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Former President Bill Clinton salutes the crowd as he takes the stage during the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (Photo by Charles Dharapak /AP)

Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears

With forecasters warning that Gustav could strengthen and slam into the Gulf Coast as a major hurricane, a New Orleans still recovering from Hurricane Katrina's devastating hit drew up evacuation plans.

ABC News

Gustav batters Carribean

CNN

US military sending foreign fighters to home nations

More than 200 militants captured in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past two years have been handed over to their countries to be jailed and questioned, according to U.S. officials.

International Herald Tribune

Upbeat US census data mask increasing economic plight

Experts caution that the new upbeat census data doesn't capture the effects of the economic slump, which has caused massive job losses, high inflation and falling wages.

McClatchy

Clinton: Obama is ready to be president

Former President Bill Clinton declared he was "here to support Barack Obama" in a full-throated endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama following his historic nomination at the Democratic National Convention.

MSNBC

Pres. Bill Clinton address at Democratic National Convention

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Today's DNC schedule

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Biden goes after McCain as he joins the Democratic ticket

Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president and immediately went to work: tying Sen. John McCain to the Bush White House.

MSNBC

Obama makes unscripted appearance at the DNC

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Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) addresses the DNC

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EU considers sanctions on Russia

EU leaders are considering sanctions "and many other means" against Russia over the crisis in Georgia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said.

BBC

US officials describe Afghan airstrike

American military officials sought to refute claims that as many as 90 civilians — among them 60 children — were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

New York's HIV rate 3 times higher than national rate

New York City's rate of HIV infection is about three times the national rate, according to estimates released by the New York City Department of Health.

CNN

Public school education in New Orleans watched by other city schools

Other cities are watching closely as a new superintendent strives to rebuild New Orleans' school system with added funding and greater administrative power.

USA Today

Lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87

Del Martin, a pioneering lesbian rights activist who married her lifelong partner on the first day same-sex couples could legally wed in California, has died. She was 87.

San Jose Mercury News

POLITICS

McCain selects his VP

John McCain is planning to roll out his vice presidential nominee in three battleground states this weekend, with large-scale rallies planned for Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri, according to aides and advisers.

Politico

Clinton speech moves Democrats toward unity, but hasn’t clinched it

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said virtually all the right things in her speech at the Democratic National Convention. But were her words enough to heal a divided party?

Christian Science Monitor

Sen. Hillary Clinton suspends roll call vote

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Alaska's Stevens survives Republican primary election

U.S. Senator Ted Stevens won his Alaska Republican primary race less than a month after his indictment on corruption charges, while Representative Don Young's bid for a 19th term is too close to call.

Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Fannie replaces top managers amid capital concern

Fannie Mae replaced three top managers at the beleaguered mortgage-finance provider as the company struggles to convince investors it has enough capital to weather the housing slump.

Bloomberg

Oracle recruits Jeff Epstein for CFO post

Jeff Epstein has joined Oracle Corp. (ORCL) as chief financial officer after holding the same job at Oberon Media, a private Internet game technology provider and publisher.

CNNMoney

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New PC's will wake up when they get phone call

Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet.

LiveScience

Democrats: Twitter, text, or telephone?

CNET News

General Motors uses 'green' car to buff its image

General Motors, the "official vehicle provider" to the Democratic National Convention, has something to showcase to the nation: beer-powered cars.

International Herald Tribune

HEALTH

Harvard's cell 'makeover' may spur diabetes therapy

Using a kind of biological alchemy, Harvard University researchers have turned one type of cell found in the pancreas of mice into the variety that secretes the hormone insulin.

Bloomberg

Preterm birth risk linked to diversity of microbes in amniotic fluid

U.S. researchers have discovered a significant link between the number and range of bacteria or fungi in a mother's amniotic fluid and the degree to which her baby is born premature and sick.

Medical News Today

EDUCATION

Army opens prep school for dropouts

The U.S. Army, eager to fill its ranks amid wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, formally opens its first prep school for recruits who has not completed their high school education.

My Way News

SAT scores hold steady for class of '08

The recent crop of high school graduates tied their predecessors' scores on the standardized test.

U.S. News & World Report

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GOOD NEWS

More aortic chest aneurysms being treated with less-invasive stents

At Loyola University Hospital, an increasing number of patients are being treated with a device called a stent graft, which is inserted without opening the chest.

Science Daily

Early labor treatment to cut cerebral palsy risk in babies

A drug given to women whose labor is starting too early can reduce the chances of the baby having cerebral palsy by almost half, a study has found.

Telegraph.co.uk

WORLD

9 killed as violence spreads along Pakistan border

Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan, killing at least nine people, as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's tribal belt.

Associated Press

Pakistan

Yahoo! News

Sudan plane hijackers surrender

Two hijackers of a Sudanese plane flown to Libya have given themselves up in the desert town of Kufra. The crew and all 95 passengers on board the Sun Air Boeing 737 have been released.

BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Clooney, Pitt bring star power to Venice

Venice regulars Brad Pitt and George Clooney helped assure the 65th annual Venice Film Festival got under way.

Hollywood Reporter

What to eat at the US Open

Attendees of the U.S. Open can choose from an array of foods including Indian kati rolls, shrimp, and crepes stuffed with ham and cheese.

NY Daily News

SPORTS

LPGA working out details of evaluating English proficiency

The LPGA tour will use the next four months to create evaluation procedures for its new policy requiring its golfers to speak English or face suspension.

USA Today

No-mentum: Mets trip Phillies, reclaim first place

Daniel Murphy hit a tiebreaking double after Carlos Delgado's second solo homer had tied the game in the eighth and the New York Mets beat Philadelphia 6-3 to reclaim first place in the NL East.

Sporting News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Dalai Lama suffers from exhaustion

The 73-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has canceled two international trips to undergo medical tests due to exhaustion following his return from an 11-day trip to France.

USA Today

Chinese bishop arrested as Olympic games close

China's most prominent "underground" Catholic bishop was arrested on the day that also saw the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Catholic World News

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic ice second-lowest ever; polar bears affected

Arctic sea ice shrank to its second-lowest level ever, U.S. scientists said, with particular melting in the Chukchi Sea.

Reuters

Global warming wake up call for US Gulf, Atlantic coasts

"The big picture is that global warming is putting hurricanes on steroids," declared climate scientist Dr. Amanda Staudt of the National Wildlife Federation, one of the country's largest conservation groups.

Environment News Service

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