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Flames rise out of burning vehicles at the site of an explosion in Ahmadabad, India. (Photo by AP )

Senate passes housing bill

CNNMoney

Obama wins the week, but McCain's still in the race

If conventional wisdom ruled politics, Barack Obama would be on his way to the White House after this week abroad. But rival John McCain is still in the game.

McClatchy Newspapers

Obama on meeting PM Brown

BBC

15 killed in multiple blasts in India's Ahmedabad city

At least 15 people were killed and 100 injured as up to 16 synchronized bombings rocked busy areas in India's western city of Ahmedabad, officials said.

Monsters and Critics

More deadly bombs rock India

Reuters

Synchronized blasts hit high-tech Bangalore

Yahoo! News

A sanitized view of the Iraq war?

International Herald Tribune

Taliban tightens grip near northern Pakistan border

In Pakistan, Taliban militants have tightened their grip on three sides of Peshawar, a strategic city of 3 million people near the frontier with Afghanistan.

NPR

NATO force kills four civilians in Afghan south

Reuters

British troops take on the Taliban

BBC

NATION

US narrows salmonella warning to Mexican jalapenos

Health officials urged consumers to avoid only raw jalapeno peppers from Mexico, narrowing an earlier warning against eating any fresh jalapenos.

Reuters

From field to fork: Food-tracing system needed

MSNBC

Tarantulas, snakes and fire ants lurk in Texas floodwaters

Texans eager to salvage items from waterlogged homes struck by Hurricane Dolly have another problem: The floodwaters are laced with stinging fire ants, snakes and tarantulas.

Google News

POLITICS

Congress deadlocked on ways to lower gas prices

With a gallon of gas hovering at $4 a gallon and energy prices the No. 1 issue on voters' minds, congressional leaders are increasingly deadlocked over what to do.

Christian Science Monitor

Congressional hearing from legislators considers Bush impeachment

A congressional hearing heard from legislators calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush.

Monsters and Critics

McCain proposes British-style Q&A sessions with Congress

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said if he is elected president, he wants to import the British custom of the prime minister's questions period.

NPR

McCain may act soon on VP pick

CBS News

BUSINESS

New home sales beat forecasts

Orders for U.S. durable goods unexpectedly rose in June, and sales of new homes were higher than forecast, easing concern that the economic slowdown will worsen.

Bloomberg

US multinationals get boost from weak dollar

NPR

Federal regulators close 2 more banks

The 28 branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed by federal regulators.

CNN

Wireless still strong for Verizon, but not for Motorola

Verizon Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc., two members of the wireless industry's royalty, are set to unveil quarterly results next week, but only one is likely to be crowned a success.

MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

Puffin numbers plummeting

The plight of puffins is worrying the National Trust after the number of breeding pairs on the Farne Islands dropped by a third in five years.

Times Online

Islands' puffin numbers fall

BBC

Mexican mangroves 'vital for fishing industry and economy'

Researchers have shown that the abundance of Mexican mangroves has a direct effect on the health of the fishing industry and the local economy.

Environmental News Network

Oil spills onto ice and rougher seas among Arctic risks

Companies seeking oil in the Arctic will need better technology to clean up spills onto ice and could new face hazards such as rougher seas caused by climate change, experts say.

Environmental News Network

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican approves new English translation for Mass

The Vatican has given formal approval to a new English translation of the central prayers of the Mass for use in the United States.

Catholic World News

Pope speaks to Iraqi leader on religious freedom for Christian minority

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki met with Pope Benedict XVI at the papal summer residence. Pope Benedict underscored his concern about the Christian minority in Iraq during the conversation.

Catholic World News

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GOOD NEWS

South Africa lawyer nominated as UN rights chief

One of South Africa's leading female jurists who won acclaim defending apartheid opponents was nominated to serve as the next United Nations high commissioner for human rights.

HappyNews.com

Schwarzenegger terminates trans fat

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has made it official: California will be the first trans fat free state in the nation.

ABC News

WORLD

Mexican military losing drug war support

MSNBC

Plane hole 'not due to corrosion'

Qantas boss Geoff Dixon has denied corrosion caused a hole in the body of the plane that was forced to make an emergency landing in Manila.

BBC

Qantas plane lands with hole in fuselage

Yahoo! News

Sudanese warning on peacekeepers

Sudan has again warned it cannot guarantee the safety of UN and African Union peacekeepers in Darfur if its president is indicted for war crimes.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Why America worships superheroes

Critics can lament the superhero surge all they want, but many reviewers gave them a stamp of approval, and for good reason: They’re simply better movies than they used to be.

Vanity Fair

'The X-Files' reopen

The agenda of the second 'X-Files' movie is right there in its subtitle: 'I Want to Believe.' Still, the nature of this project — kept top secret by its creators — should come as a surprise to most everyone.

San Jose Mercury News

SPORTS

Chamberlain leads Yankees to seventh win in a row

Joba Chamberlain shut down the Boston Red Sox to help the red hot Yankees score a 1-0 win and move within two games of their American League East rivals.

Reuters

Favre will petition for reinstatement, report to camp

An NFL source confirmed reports that Brett Favre has told the Green Bay Packers he will petition commissioner Roger Goodell for reinstatement so that he can report to training camp with the team.

USA Today

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mapping the human mind

Scientists reveal the first “wiring diagrams” of the cerebral cortex, shedding light on the infrastructure behind human intelligence.

Google recently detected more than a trillion unique URLs on the Web. This milestone awed Google search engineers, who are seeing the Web growing by several billion individual pages every day.

PC World

China has 253 million Internet users, tops US

iTWire

Private aviation on a budget

They're fast, they're dinky, and soon they'll be coming to an airport near you. They are called personal jets.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

Math scores show no gap for girls

A study paid for by the National Science Foundation has found that girls perform as well as boys on standardized math tests.

EducationNews.org

HEALTH

The soy-sperm connection

Calling all men who want to become fathers! Soy products may reduce a man's sperm count.

HealthDay

Web site demystifies lab tests

For many Americans, the meanings of various lab tests have long been the Bermuda Triangle of health care: poorly explained and often mysterious.

HealthDay

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