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In this file photo, Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards tests missiles during maneuvers in a central desert area of Iran. (Photo by Sajjad Safari, Mehr News Agency / AP)

US foreclosures rose 53%, bank seizures almost triple

U.S. foreclosure filings rose 53 percent from a year earlier and bank repossessions almost tripled as deteriorating property values forced more people to give up their homes.

Bloomberg

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

Senate approves terrorist surveillance bill

Houston Chronicle

Spy satellites eyeing Americans?

MSNBC

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

Will Iran's missile test force the region to war?

Newsweek

Special section:

The US and Iran

CBS News

Rice: We will defend Israel from Iran

CBS News

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

Rice: Russia should help defuse tension in Georgia

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Russia to help resolve tension in Georgia's rebel regions rather than "contributing to it."

Reuters

US troops in Iraq face a new weapon

Suspected Shiite militiamen have begun using powerful rocket-propelled bombs to attack U.S. military outposts, broadening the array of weapons used against American troops.

MSNBC

NATION

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

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

POLITICS

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

Dems follow Obama down centrist path

The Hill

Ailing Sen. Kennedy returns to Senate

YouTube

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

Blog:

Did McCain call Social Security a disgrace?

USA Today

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

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Around the world on 80 couches

The phenomenon of couch surfing has moved into the 21st century with a website, a mission statement, referral and vetting procedures.

Christian Science Monitor

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

ENVIRONMENT

Urban farming tackling hunger crisis

Could growing vegetables help save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger? That is the aim of a charity called Urban Farming.

BBC

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

HEALTH

Lower fertility in men linked to obesity

Fertility doctors advised obese men to lose weight if they want to start a family, after research linked a dramatic fall in sperm quality to rising body weight.

Guardian

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

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope Benedict 'rock star' of World Youth Day in Sydney

Pope Benedict will arrives in Sydney as the headline "rock star" act in the Catholic Church's World Youth Day — five days of peace, love and Christianity.

Reuters

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

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

'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

BUSINESS

Sales of gas-saving gadgets rise

With fuel prices soaring, sales of products designed to boost gas mileage are also rising, even though the government says they're not worth the money.

CNN

$4 gas may help rural towns as shoppers stay local

Newsweek

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

California will require eighth-graders to take Algebra I test

California education officials set a high bar: All eighth-grade students will be tested in algebra. The decision means that an intense ramp-up period is about to begin.

San Jose Mercury News

School cafeterias struggling to keep food on the table

Rising costs for food are forcing school cafeterias nationwide to raise prices, cut jobs and, in some cases, dip into "rainy day" funds to put food on trays.

USA Today

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Apple Store for iPhone a hit

Apple CEO Steve Jobs expected to launch his App Store with 200 software offerings; he ended up with more than 500.

USA Today

Yahoo opens its search technology to third parties

Yahoo said it would release the beta version of an API (application programming interface) that Web sites can use to build services based on its search infrastructure and algorithms.

PC World

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

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