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In this file photo, fire fighter Talon Southerland, of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, puts water on some flames close to a home near Concow, California. (Photo by Rich Pedroncelli / AP)

Senate blocks bill to help poor pay winter heating bills

The Senate voted against moving forward with legislation that would boost funding for a federal program that helps low-income families pay their cooling and heating bills.

Reuters

Housing bill clears Senate, awaits Bush's signature

NPR

1 dead, six injured by gunfire in church

One person was killed and at least six others were injured when a man opened fire inside a church in West Knoxville, according to NBC affiliate WBIR-TV.

MSNBC

Mass shooting at church in Knoxville, Tennessee

Yahoo! News

2,000 homes threatened by wildfire near Yosemite

Fueled by dry timber that hasn't burned in a century, a wildfire in central California grew to more than 16,000 acres and is threatening more than 2,000 homes near Yosemite National Park, a fire official said.

CNN

Group takes credit for India blasts

A group calling itself the Indian Mujahedeen claimed responsibility for the attack but offered few other details in e-mails sent to several television news stations, the CNN-IBN station reported.

CBS News

The Ahmedabad blast

BBC

India on alert as death toll from bombs rises

CNN

How one careless phone call ended Radovan Karadzic’s liberty

The breakthrough in the hunt for Karadzic came from a single telephone call. A Serbian security source said that the call, from Karadzic’s mobile phone, was his “fatal error”.

Times Online

At site of massacre, arrest brings little solace

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Black soldiers get apology over riot, lynching convictions

The Army formally apologized for the wrongful conviction of 28 black soldiers accused of rioting and lynching an Italian prisoner of war in Seattle more than six decades ago.

MSNBC

More drownings, missing swimmers in NYC area

The toll of swimmers caught up in treacherous ocean currents in the NYC area grew to at least nine as one man drowned and a 10-year-old girl disappeared.

Newsday

Iowans to Congressmen: stop immigration raids

An immigration raid that arrested nearly 400 people in northeastern Iowa scarred a small town and tore families apart, residents said.

ABC News

New hires bring new problems to Postville

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Des Moines Register

POLITICS

Republicans block heating aid bill

Republicans blocked the Senate from considering a bill that would nearly double federal aid to help the poor pay heating and air-conditioning bills.

TIME

The Obama roadshow rolls into London

The U.S. presidential hopeful chose to spend the last day of his Middle East and European tour in London, cementing the "relationship" between the UK and America.

Scotsman

Obama: Conditions dictate final Iraq force

Reuters

In pictures: Obama's UK visit

BBC

BUSINESS

Chrysler lending unit to end auto leases

Chrysler LLC, hurt by plunging prices for used sport-utility vehicles, said its finance unit will stop offering leases to customers on Aug. 1.

Bloomberg

UBS suspends US head of fixed income

Swiss bank UBS AG suspended David Shulman, the firm's head of fixed income in the U.S. and global head of municipal securities, according to a published report.

MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

Global warming and psycho bears

Knut was the perfect mascot for the Green moment, splashed on the cover of Vanity Fair. But now, he's a quivering, angry mess and a cautionary tale to animal celebrity.

Toronto Star

Commercially engineered bees spread disease to wild bees

Disease spread to wild bees from commercially bred bees used for pollination may be playing a role in the decline in North American bee populations, researchers said.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

No fuelin': cheap gas

There is a magic fuel for your car. Burning it instead of gasoline cuts greenhouse emissions up to 30 percent. But what is this magic fuel?

Denver Post

Ballmer urges troops to slap down Apple and Google

A "state of the union" memo from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to all his employees makes it clear that the company still sees Apple and Google as threats, but for very different reasons.

iTWire

EDUCATION

Debate: online, r u really reading?

What does it mean to read in the digital age. The discussion is playing out among educational policy makers and within groups like the National Council of Teachers of English.

New York Times

Science labs in elementary school?

Traditionally, elementary school means the three Rs: reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic. But, that may be about to change.

education.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Radical Islam gains ground in British campuses

Almost a third of Muslim students on Britain's campuses believe killing in the name of religion can be justified, according to a controversial survey.

Guardian

The first church of second life

There is another life beyond this one: where inhabitants have new bodies and can fly anywhere they like. It sounds a bit like heaven. But it’s not. It’s cyberspace.

Christianity Today

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Brent Blackwelder):

Make Freddie and Fannie go green

The Nation

Editorial:

Rewriting the rules of American justice

International Herald Tribune

Column (Richard Dowden):

Mugabe's power ploy

Guardian

Blog (Noam Scheiber):

Romney adds nothing to McCain

New Republic

Column (Joe Dickerson):

What did Obama learn in Iraq?

Slate

Column (William Schneider):

Trying to carry the red states

National Journal

Column (Susan Estrich):

Arrogance won't win the election

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Ethanol's allure plummets

USA Today

Blog:

McCain's veep: It's all about the map

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

9-year-old toy philanthropist still going strong

Encouraged by her dad and her mom, Ashlee Smith, provided comfort to children who lost toys in Nevada and California wildfires as well as standard house fires.

Nevada Appeal

The moon beckons again — for US, 8 other nations

The U.S. and eight other nations signed a landmark agreement hoping to lay the groundwork for a new generation of lunar exploration.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Qantas jet probe focuses on exploding oxygen cylinders

Air safety investigators said that an exploding oxygen cylinder may have been to blame for tearing a huge hole in an Australian Qantas jumbo jet in mid-air, nearly causing a disaster.

Google News

Oxygen bottles focus of jet inquiry

Reuters

China buys the silence of grieving parents

Free ‘life insurance’ has been offered to families of children who were killed when schools collapsed in the earthquake.

Times Online

Mahdi army weakened, but waiting

The militia that was once the biggest defender of poor Shiites in Iraq, the Mahdi army, has been weakened in a number of neighborhoods across Baghdad in an important moment for stability in Iraq.

International Herald Tribune

7 pilgrims killed in attack in Iraq

CNN

Iraq war's price tag nears Vietnam's

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Beers with more alcohol catch on

High-alcohol brews are among many craft beers that are grabbing a growing market share in the U.S. from their mass-produced and heavily advertised counterparts.

TIME

Judge tosses Savage's suit against Islamic group

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate."

Associated Press

Reality hosts to preside over Emmys

The reality is, there won't be an Emmy host this year — there will be five. The reality-TV hosts nominated in the new category that honors their work will preside over the show.

Associated Press

SPORTS

Are you kidding? Super Bowl champs still feel disrespected

On the first morning of the first day of their first training camp, the New York Giants seized upon a familiar and yet strangely incongruous role: That of an disrespected underdog.

Sports Illustrated

Johnson wins pole at Brickyard

In a qualifying session dominated by Chevrolet and Dodge, Jimmie Johnson won the pole for Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, narrowly edging Mark Martin for the top spot.

Sporting News

Packers shareholders back GM Thompson at annual meeting

While shareholders toured the Atrium, bought souvenirs or had lunch, General Manager Ted Thompson emerged from his office shortly before 1 p.m. and signed autographs and visited with fans.

USA Today

HEALTH

More than 1,000 died in painkiller overdoses

At least 1,013 people died of overdoses in several U.S. cities from 2005 to 2007 after illegally injecting the highly potent painkiller fentanyl.

Reuters

Are granite countertops radioactive?

A physics professor at Rice University, W.J. Llope, is warning that some granite countertops contain levels of uranium high enough to be dangerous to humans.

Houston Chronicle

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