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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, left, speaks as Petty Officer 1st Class Marquita Reed from U.S. Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan looks on during his visit to Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by U.S. Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, HO / AP)

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Paulson `very optimistic' on Freddie, Fannie rescue

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Bloomberg

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Can bottom be seen for US housing?

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International Herald Tribune

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Paulson braces public for tough times

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CBS News

Historic first terror trial opens at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Osama bin Laden's former driver is scheduled to stand trial in the first war crimes tribunal at America's terrorist prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Obama wants more troops in Afghanistan

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Reuters

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Iraqis say they like Obama, divided on his policies

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Reuters

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Raw video: Obama visits with troops

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YouTube

Gloomy economy changing shoppers' habits

Experts say changes in consumer behavior — fueled by higher gas and food prices and a slumping housing market — are the most dramatic and widespread that they have seen since the mid-1970s.

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US food groups plan hefty price rises

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Financial Times

Iran has two weeks to answer nuclear issue question

Iran is facing a two-week deadline to give a final answer to world powers seeking a breakthrough in the nuclear crisis, after talks with the EU foreign policy chief ended in stalemate.

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Google News

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Iran nuclear program freeze?

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CBS News

NATION

Police: Woman charged with murder in Pittsburgh stolen baby case

Police shared little new information at a press conference called to shed light on the case of a teenager found dead with her abdomen sliced open and her baby missing.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tropical storm Cristobal rumbles off the Carolina coast

Tropical storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season and was expected to dump several inches in some areas of the drought-stricken state.

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Google News

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Tropical storm Cristobal forms off southeast coast

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YouTube

As wars drag on, toll on military families mounts

Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest efforts to help.

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Charleston Post and Courier

POLITICS

Gore's surprise visit highlights Netroots conference

When the former vice president and Nobel Prize co-winner made a surprise appearance during U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's talk, it looked like the conference might turn into a faint-in.

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Austin American-Statesman

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Gore: No plans to serve in Obama WH

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Politico

VP search by McCain, Obama take diverse paths

For all the lengths Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have gone to in keeping their hunt for a vice president under wraps, their deliberations are in some ways being conducted in plain sight.

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Houston Chronicle

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McCain's age: handicap or asset? Voters differ

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Columbus Dispatch

Anger on left: Obama shifts to the center

Just as Obama mastered Internet politics as he swept toward the nomination, now activists and bloggers are using some of the same tools to bring pressure to bear on the candidate.

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San Jose Mercury News

BUSINESS

Buy a house, get a car

New appliances and vacation packages aren't unusual giveaways in the housing slump, but one woman is taking the unorthodox step of throwing in a car with the purchase of her home.

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CNN

Wal-Mart: The new FDA

A chemical used in plastic baby bottles is being driven off retailers' shelves not by regulators, but by advocacy groups, politicians and giant retailers.

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CNNMoney

Microsoft profit strong, forecast disappoints

For its fourth quarter, which ended June 30, Microsoft earned $4.3 billion, or 46 cents a share. That was up from $3 billion, or 31 cents a share, for the corresponding period a year ago.

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MarketWatch

SPORTS

Skins get Jason Taylor from Fins

Jason Taylor wanted out of Miami, and Bill Parcells seemed only too happy to trade the "Dancing with the Stars" defensive end.

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Sports Illustrated

Harrington captures second straight British Open title

Padraig Harrington became the first European in more than a century to win golf's oldest championship two years in a row, after pulling away from mistake-prone Greg Norman.

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ESPN

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British Open gallery

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Guardian

Favre saga gets respite at Packers ceremony

The Brett Favre vs. the Packers confrontation took the night off, the ceasefire allowing the 38th annual Packers Hall of Fame induction banquet to move front and center in Titletown.

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EDUCATION

'Hip-Hop High' students fear their charter school will close

The California high school that is as quirky and rough-hewn as many of its students may close due to a bureaucratic breakdown.

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Houston Chronicle

College-bound vets say campus needs often unmet

As veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq return to campus, many are finding that schools are only beginning to figure out how to help soldiers, sailors and others transition back to civilian life.

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USA Today

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mom fights music giant

Stephanie Lenz finds herself in a copyright fight over Universal Music's attempt to force her to take down a YouTube video of her toddler learning to walk with the Prince song "Let's Go Crazy" playing.

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San Jose Mercury News

Big brains arose separately in multiple primate groups

The ancestors of modern-day primates in the Americas had tiny brains just like their counterparts in Africa and Eurasia, according to a new study.

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National Geographic

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GOOD NEWS

Quick thinking teen rescues angler

Sixteen-year-old Will Hughes was fishing with his grandfather at an angling pool near Worcester, England when an elderly fisherman fell in.

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Bromsgrove Advertiser

Cathedral goes green with donation

San Francisco's Grace Cathedral will receive $65,000 from Pacific Gas and Electric Company for the installation of a new, state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic power system.

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MarketWatch

WORLD

Cambodia reports Thai incursions to UN

Cambodia has sent a letter to the UN Security Council to call attention to its continuing standoff with Thailand over an ancient border temple on disputed land.

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CNN

Zimbabwe opposition appears ready to talk with Mugabe

Raila Odinga, the prime minister of Kenya, said that Zimbabwe's main opposition group was preparing to hold talks with President Robert Mugabe's party.

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International Herald Tribune

Thanks to Olympics, Beijing gets its Eiffel Tower, of sorts

Paris has the Eiffel Tower, San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge and now Beijing has an iconic structure that's likely to identify the city forever.

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McClatchy Newspapers

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

As 'Mamma Mia' movie opens, fans cross age groups

ABBA enthusiasts aren't the only ones mobbing movie theaters to catch the new "Mamma Mia!" movie. Thanks to actress Amanda Seyfried, a new generation of fans has surfaced.

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Panda film is a national insult, say Chinese

Dreamworks is being sued by a Chinese performance artist for its alleged insulting depiction of China's national symbol, the panda bear, in the film "Kung Fu Panda."

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London Independent

ENVIRONMENT

Judge restores protection for wolves

A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall.

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TIME

US agonizes over whether to kill excess wild mustangs

Some environmentalists and scientists have come to see the mustangs, which run wild from Montana to California, as top-of-the-food-chain bullies.

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International Herald Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Mixed views on Saudi interfaith forum

A major gathering of the world's religious leaders has called on governments to combat the association between religion and terrorism and promote constructive dialogue between those of religious faith.

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BBC

Pope says 'spiritual desert' is spreading

The Pope launched a fresh assault on consumer culture and materialism today, warning of a “spiritual desert” spreading across the world.

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Times Online

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Pope welcomed in Sydney

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Sydney Morning Herald

HEALTH

Can juice really make you healthier?

You may have dismissed it as just another food fad, but experts are putting a whole new spin on the beverage.

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WebMD

What's next for the HIV vaccine?

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, scrapped plans for a large clinical trial of the government's most advanced HIV vaccine candidate to date.

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TIME

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

FDA takes closer look at Lasik

Patients harmed by Lasik eye surgery alternated between fury and despair as they told federal health officials of suffering years of eye pain, blurred or double vision — even of people driven to suicide.

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MSNBC

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Escaping the high temperatures, children cool off in the water and shade of a fountain near the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Photo by Tom Mihalek / AP)

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