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Iran test-fires more missiles in Gulf

Iran's military has test-fired more missiles in the Gulf on the third day of its war games, state TV reported on its website.

Al Jazeera

Oil rebounds $2 after Iran missile tests

Reuters

Iran test-fires missiles in show of defiance

NPR

Jackson apologizes to Obama for remarks

Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson publicly apologized to Sen. Barack Obama for remarks that remain undisclosed, but which Jackson described as "crude" and "hurtful."

Guardian

Jackson apologizes to Obama

CNN

Fires force California residents to flee — once more

A wildfire raging in the Sierra Nevada foothills turned residents into refugees as firefighters hoped the weather would help them keep the blaze from igniting a threatened city.

San Jose Mercury News

Senate approves terrorist surveillance bill

Houston Chronicle

Spy satellites eyeing Americans?

MSNBC

Air Force reopens $35 billion aerial refueling tanker contract

The Department of Defense said it will reopen a $35 billion contract to build its next generation aerial refueling tankers, giving Boeing Co. a second chance to beat its rivals Northrop Grumman Corp.

MarketWatch

Senate votes reversal of cuts in Medicare doctor

The Senate voted a final passage of legislation that would halt a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements to doctors.

Bloomberg

Ailing Sen. Kennedy returns to Senate

YouTube

Key developing nations reject G-8 climate plan

China, India and other energy-guzzling developing nations rejected key elements of a global warming strategy embraced by President Bush and other leaders of wealthy nations.

Google News

NATION

Salmonella toll tops 1,000; some hot peppers implicated

More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes. The government is implicating some types of hot peppers, too.

MSNBC

DNA clears JonBenet's family, points to mystery killer

Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy said no one in the Ramsey family is considered a suspect and formally apologized in a letter to John Ramsey.

CNN

Mukasey: government wants all anti-terror tools to remain

The upcoming election is going to be crucial times for assuring the safety of American civil liberties, as well as the safety of American citizens, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said.

USA Today

POLITICS

McCain surrogate Fiorina's campaign gaffes drawing criticism

Carly Fiorina has headed a major Silicon Valley corporation, ascended to the rank of America's top female business icon, and now is on the short list of possible GOP vice presidential candidates.

San Francisco Chronicle

Congress continues FEMA trailer probe

Congressional Democrats for the first time named names in their investigation of formaldehyde-contaminated travel trailers provided by FEMA to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

MSNBC

Obama campaign plans set off political squabble in Germany

A political fight has broken out in Germany over the visit by Sen. Barack Obama, pitting the two parties in the German governing coalition against each other.

International Herald Tribune

Obama's call for unity faces abortion test

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Wedding couples hit by recession

You’re getting married soon, but the economy is in the tank. Maybe that fancy wedding is not such a good idea.

MSNBC

More chefs tending to own produce

In an effort to experiment with and grow rare plants that aren't common in local markets, more chefs are using herbs, veggies and fruits, from their own gardens on their daily menus.

Chicago Sun-Times

Popular baby names change dramatically

The 1960s brought us baby names such as April and Sunshine, and naming new Americans has never been the same.

LiveScience

ENVIRONMENT

Pressure on global fish stocks underestimated, scientists warn

Fish catches in some of the poorest nations in the world have been grossly underestimated, scientists warned, meaning fish stocks are in far more in danger than previously thought.

Guardian

Seattle council discussing styrofoam ban, plastic and paper bag fee

The Seattle City Council will hold a public hearing on Mayor Greg Nickels’ proposal to ban foam containers and impose a plastic/paper bag fee at local stores, reports the Seattle Times.

Environmental News Network

HEALTH

Test-tube babies have no greater health risks than regular births

Dutch experts studying children born after in-vitro fertilization concluded that the invasive procedure does not appear to be dangerous for babies' early physical and neurological development.

Sci-Tech Today

Breast cancer HER2 test for Herceptin candidates approved by FDA

The Food and Drug Administration announced that it had approved a new test that measures the strength of HER2 gene amplification in breast cancer patients.

Medical News Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholic bishops reject changes to Mass prayers, a rare instance

The nation’s Catholic bishops have rejected a new translation of Mass prayers, a rare instance of U.S. prelates denying a Vatican-ordered liturgical change.

National Catholic Reporter

Archbishop Ncube says he plans to return to Zimbabwe despite dangers

Zimbabwean Archbishop Pius Ncube, who resigned as archbishop of Bulawayo last year and fled the country after a sex scandal, said that he plans to return to his troubled homeland even if it means death.

National Catholic Reporter

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GOOD NEWS

New social network fundraising tool

DonorPerfect has announced the release of DonorPages, which empowers an organization’s supporters to raise money and awareness for their nonprofits mission.

PNN

Microsoft launches online resource for non-profit groups

Microsoft Corp. announced the global availability of NGO Connection, a new online resource for thousands of non-profit groups around the world.

PNN

WORLD

'Dr. Death' believed to be living in Chile

The Simon Wiesenthal Center's head Nazi hunter has received leads that "Dr. Death" Aribert Heim, who murdered hundreds of prisoners in concentration camps, is in Patagonia in southern Chile.

Spiegel International

UN fury at Darfur militia ambush

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has condemned an ambush which left seven members of the joint U.N.-African Union peace mission to Sudan's Darfur region dead.

BBC

Attack on US post in Turkey kills 6

A group of unidentified gunmen opened fire on Turkish security guards outside the United States Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, the Turkish authorities said.

International Herald Tribune

'Three Germans seized' in Turkey

BBC

US consulate attack

CNN

BUSINESS

Northwest Airlines to cut 2,500 jobs, charge $15 for first checked bag

Northwest Airlines Corp. said it plans to eliminate 2,500 management jobs and charge $15 for customers' first checked bag as it deals with soaring fuel prices.

Forbes

Women not saving enough

Women probably aren't saving enough to bankroll those extra years in style. They invest more conservatively, start saving later and are more likely to be in and out of the work force, according to a study.

San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Gibbs Racing agrees to release Stewart from contract after '08

From his seat in the orange No. 20, Tony Stewart spent a decade driving his way to stardom while helping Joe Gibbs Racing become one of NASCAR's top teams.

Sports Illustrated

Sixers reach $80 million agreement with Elton Brand

The 76ers reached a verbal agreement to sign Los Angeles Clippers free agent, Elton Brand, to a 5-year deal with a value in the range of $80 million.

Philadelphia Inquirer

EDUCATION

College officials urged to monitor the graduation rate gap

A recent report by the Washington, D.C.-based Education Sector, an independent education policy think tank, brought to light a little-discussed dimension of race and retention analysis.

EducationNews.org

New dance fad is stepping out

Facebook makes it easier for high school students to spread the word about private dances since the Seattle Public Schools have recently decided to limit high schools to three dances a year.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Switch from analog to digital will leave a hole in emergency communications

The switch from analog to digital will take most battery-powered TVs out of the picture and leave a hole in emergency communications. But there's always old-fashioned AM radio.

Star Tribune

Internet bug fix spawns backlash from hacker community

Dan Kaminsky got a lot of flack from his hacker colleagues in the security research community after claiming to have discovered a critical bug within the Internet's infrastructure.

PC World

NASA scopes out the next meteor 'civilization killer'

100 years ago, something, presumably a meteoroid, most experts say, streaked across the sky and exploded with a force equivalent to 185 Hiroshima bombs.

Sci-Tech Today

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