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McCain says he could support 16-month Iraq timetable

Sen. John McCain could support a 16-month timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, he told CNN's Larry King.

CNN

McCain promotes drilling for oil off US coast

Google News

McCain and Obama narrow VP choices

MSNBC

Bush approves execution of Army private

President George W. Bush approved the death sentence of an Army private convicted of murder and rape in 1988, becoming the first U.S. president to approve a military execution in 51 years.

Reuters

Middle East: Palestinians 'routinely torture' rival detainees

Palestinians detained by Fatah and Hamas, the two main factions in the West Bank and Gaza, face routine abuse and torture, according to leading human rights organizations.

Guardian

Study proposes revamping US security system

In a report aimed at the next president, security specialists propose a vast overhaul of the U.S. security system, declaring it problem-plagued.

ABC News

Budget deficit for 2009: $482 billion

The U.S. budget deficit will surge past a half-trillion dollars next year. The record flood of red ink promises to force the winner of the presidential race to dramatically alter his economic agenda.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Gonzales-era DOJ played politics

Aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales violated federal law by considering politics in hiring career employees at the department, according to an internal report.

ABC News

Blasts remind Iraqis of fragile state

Four suicide attacks in Baghdad and Kirkuk have reminded Iraqis that things aren't as safe as their government and U.S. officials would have them believe.

NPR

Bomb attacks in Iraq kill at least 56

AFP

US, Iraqi military offensive under way in Diyala

ABC News

Pilgrims attacked in Iraq

CNN

NATION

Gas prices drive push to reinvent America's suburbs

As gas prices hover around $4 a gallon, far-flung suburbs — which have boomed because they could provide larger homes at cheaper prices to those willing to drive farther — are losing their appeal.

USA Today

Drivers cut commutes by 9.6 billion miles

CNNMoney

22,000 vets call suicide hotline

More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says.

TIME magazine

Fire destroys 12 homes near Yosemite National Park

Crews fought to contain a wildfire near an entrance to Yosemite National Park that has destroyed 12 homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 200 others.

San Francisco Chronicle

Wild fire threatens Yosemite

MSNBC

POLITICS

US consumer bill partially bans plastic-softening chemicals

A partial ban on controversial plastic-softening chemicals called phthalates has been agreed on as part of a bill to revamp consumer product safety, lawmakers said.

Reuters

Why is Obama not improving in the polls?

It is a question that has hovered over Sen. Obama even as he has passed milestone after milestone: Why is he not doing better?

International Herald Tribune

Blog:

Is McCain really in the lead?

MSNBC

End of the affair for Obama, media?

CNN

McConnell says Republicans will stand firm on energy

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) indicated that GOP senators will hold firm against any effort to pass anything besides the energy bill.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Sony lowers profit forecast on electronics earnings

Sony Corp., the world's second-largest maker of consumer electronics, said profit will fall more than forecast as lower camera and computer prices caused first-quarter earnings to miss estimates.

Bloomberg

Misery on Wall Street as Dow falls

Wall Street again surrendered to investors' anxiety about the financial sector, sending the Dow Jones industrials down 240 points and back into bear market territory.

ABC News

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Interactive: World markets

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Princeton Review opens new chapter with green rating

The Princeton Review, creator of the hugely popular series of college guides, opens a new chapter with the debut of its green rating for institutions of higher learning.

Greener Buildings

POW! ZOWIE! BAM! Scholars discover the comic book

Comic figures gain new academic respect as they enter the world of literary and critical analysis.

Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Groups to pray for lower gas prices

Two prayer services will be held at St. Louis gas stations to thank God for lower fuel prices and to ask that they continue to drop.

San Francisco Chronicle

Knoxville: Gunman opens fire in Tennessee church, 2 killed

A gunman opened fire at a church youth performance, injuring eight people and killing two, including a man who witnesses called a hero for shielding others from a shotgun blast.

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Police give church shooter’s motive

CNN

The only choice is kindness

“Life is so difficult, how can we be anything but kind” — it was these words that inspired Sylvia Boorstein to follow the Buddhist path.

Shambhala Sun

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Get out of the way of energy innovators

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column:

America must learn from its problems

Economist

Column (Anne Applebaum):

'The hour of Europe' tolls again

Slate

Blog:

Kicking the tires of a natural-gas car

National Review

Editorial:

A fresh start with Pakistan

International Herald Tribune

Blog:

Safety not first at site of mine disaster

USA Today

Editorial:

Obama's answer to racist voters

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

How Harvard students want to fight terrorism

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Don't build another polluting power plant

Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

Veterans of Gulf hurricanes race to Iowa

Helped by thousands of volunteers, many Gulf Coast residents survived the worst a storm could muster. Now, they are ready to pay back the favor in Iowa.

USA Today

About Bill Gates' transition from Microsoft to foundation

Bill Gates left his day-to-day role at Microsoft to dedicate more time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

HappyNews.com

WORLD

EU envoys consider Serbia's bid

EU ambassadors are meeting in Brussels to discuss Serbia's EU ambitions after the arrest last week of former Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic.

BBC

In Turkey, ruling AKP on trial in high court, media

Newspapers and TV have entered a bitter fray between the opposition and the AKP government, accused of undermining the country's secularist ideals.

Christian Science Monitor

Olympics: 11 days to clean air? China says yes

Chinese officials say recent antipollution rules are helping. Critics question their data.

Christian Science Monitor

'Gray-jing' smog covers China's capital

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Elite airport lounges are falling victim to airline industry downturn

Membership lounges at airports are the latest casualty of the current crisis in the airline industry.

International Herald Tribune

Pedal vs. metal

A surge in bike ridership is spurring a new kind of road rage.

Newsweek

SPORTS

All Olympic events in China sold out

All tickets to Olympic events in Beijing have been sold, organizers said, putting the games on course to be the first to ever sell out.

Sports Illustrated

Team USA arrives in China; LeBron returns to practice

Sports Illustrated

Sastre gives Spain a three-peat; another rider tests positive

The final act was supposed to be a champagne-sipping, idyllic run to the Champs-Elysees for winner Carlos Sastre of Spain. Instead, it was yet another announcement of a positive drug test.

CBS SportsLine

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Virgin Galactic unveils WhiteKnight2

The launch vehicle for commercial space tourism is real, and awesome.

IGN.com

Former Google engineers launch new search engine

A new search engine created by former engineers from Google Inc. launched, claiming to cover three times as many Web pages as Google.

Times Online

HEALTH

Researchers: Bone density predicts chances of breast cancer

Researchers found higher levels of bone density raised the risk of disease.

HealthDay

Alzheimer's patients react poorly to 'elderspeak'

Talking to Alzheimer's patients like children brings out more resistance, a study found.

HealthDay

ENVIRONMENT

City OKs 20-cent fee on plastic, paper bags

Seattle became one of the first major American cities to discourage the use of paper and plastic shopping bags by requiring grocery, drug and convenience stores to charge 20 cents per bag.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

African scientists to trial GM tobacco to smoke out landmines

South African researchers are working on a genetically engineered tobacco plant that turns red near land mines — offering a potentially cheap way to clear post-conflict zones.

Environmental News Network

Department of Interior to hold auction of oil lease rights

The Bureau of Land Management announced that it will sell lease rights for oil and gas exploration in 2.6 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

Environmental News Network

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