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A group of security guards lay flowers at a makeshift shrine outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel bombing site in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo by Mark Baker / AP)

Investigators sift for clues from Indonesia bombs

Investigators were sifting through two bomb-damaged luxury Indonesian hotels for clues to those behind suicide attacks that shattered four years of stability in the world's most populous Muslim nation.

Reuters

Hotel bombings rekindle Indonesians' anxieties

Google News

Indonesian police continue to investigate

YouTube

Atheists sue to keep 'In God We Trust' off Capitol Visitor Center

If Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., gets his way, Congress will spend nearly $100,000 to engrave the words "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance in prominent spots at California's new Capitol Visitor Center.

Miami Herald

Pregnancy, STDs on the rise among teens

Birth rates among U.S. teens increased in 2006 and 2007, following large declines from 1991 to 2005, according to a new U.S. government study.

ABC News

Single-sex classes experiment in Las Vegas public schools being praised

The jury is still out on single-sex classrooms, but already some educators in Nevada's largest county are convinced of its benefits.

Las Vegas Sun

California's marijuana 'green rush'

Marijuana has transformed California. Since the state became the first to legalize the drug for medicinal use, the federally banned drug has become an economic force.

Google News

Marijuana a gateway drug for two debates

New York Times

ACLU protests removal of Bible verses

The American Civil Liberties Union has demanded that officials at Virginia's Rappahannock Regional Jail cease censoring religious material sent to prisoners there.

Charleston Post Courier

NATION

Obama shifts to campaign mode on health

Congress enters the week with resistance stiffening to health care overhaul and the president has dramatically altered his tone, using rhetorical urgency in an attempt to change the dynamic among lawmakers.

Washington Examiner

Obama moves to calm health care fears

NPR

Dozens hurt in San Francisco rail accident

Safety inspectors are investigating the cause of a Municipal Railway crash that injured 48 people, four of them severely, when a train rear-ended another at the West Portal Station, authorities said.

San Francisco Chronicle

California lost 66,500 jobs in June

The recession continued to punish California as employers cut 66,500 jobs in June to put the state at an unemployment rate of 11.6 percent, the nation's sixth highest.

San Francisco Chronicle

More job cuts expected in defense sector

Reuters

POLITICS

Health care reform bill faces fight from Tennessee Blue Dogs

Members of the Middle Tennessee congressional delegation will play key roles in shaping how the state and country's health system will appear in years to come.

Nashville Tennessean

Health care bill too sick to pass House?

FOX News

Diversity a touchy topic at Sotomayor Senate hearings

Two months ago, Sonia Sotomayor's Latino heritage was viewed as an overwhelming asset. There wasn't much talk about that during grueling testimony last week. For some, her hearings left a bitter taste.

Los Angeles Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Cronkite's work recalled as 'gold standard' for news

One day after legendary reporter and anchorman Walter Cronkite died, colleagues and admirers mourn the loss of "the most trusted" voice that led America through 40 years of war and peace.

ABC News

Walter Cronkite over the years

CNN

Islamic militants premiere first feature film, 'Emad Akel,' in Gaza

The Islamic militants' first feature film, an action-packed homage to a top Hamas militant, cost only $200,000 to make and is being shown to segregated audiences of bearded men and veiled women.

NY Daily News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Spacewalk: Astronauts take first outing

Two astronauts ventured out on the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station visit to help install a porch on Japan's expansive lab.

ABC News

Endeavour astronauts' first spacewalk

CBS News

Endeavour lands at space station

MSNBC

Rice concrete cuts CO2 emissions

A new way of processing rice husks for use in concrete could lead to a boom in green construction.

MSNBC

HEALTH

Defying slump, 13 states insure more children for health care

Despite budgets ravaged by the recession, 13 states have invested millions of dollars to cover 250,000 more children with subsidized government health insurance.

New York Times

CDC: Swine flu vaccine on track for fall

U.S. health officials said that development of a vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu is on track, with the first doses possibly ready by the fall.

HealthDay

Should you get pregnant if you're 50+?

The average American woman can live to 80, so if she becomes pregnant at 56, she could still watch her child grow into an adult. But just because it's possible, does that mean she should?

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope Benedict XVI preaches in public after breaking wrist

Pope Benedict XVI preached and greeted well-wishers three days after breaking his wrist in a fall.

CNN

A hard-line sequel to the case of the pregnant 9-year-old

The Catholic Church was presented with a public relations powder keg last March when news broke that a nine-year-old Brazilian girl underwent an abortion.

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Mandela Day honors a man and humanity through giving back

This year, to honor the former president and apartheid fighter's contributions to South Africa, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has started a global movement to turn July 18 into Mandela Day.

CBS News

Motorcycles going green

A San Francisco startup, Mission Motors, is on a mission to give the world motorcycles that are fast and sexy, yet green.

San Francisco Chronicle

Asian spice could reduce breast cancer risk in women

Researchers have found that curcumin, a popular Indian spice derived from the turmeric root, could reduce the cancer risk for women.

ScienceDaily

WORLD

Taliban video shows captive US soldier

The American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured, appeared on a video posted to a Web site by the Taliban.

News Review

Does US road to better relations with Iran pass through India?

On her next trip to New Delhi, Secretary Clinton seeks a new strategic partnership. But congressional critics see India as an enabler of the Iranian regime.

Christian Science Monitor

China admits Uighur riot killings

A Chinese official says police shot dead 12 Uighur rioters in Urumqi this month in a rare government admission of deaths inflicted by security forces.

BBC

BUSINESS

TARP inspector urges Treasury to track banks’ aid more closely

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should press banks for information on how they use the more than $200 billion the government has pumped into U.S. financial institutions, a new report says.

Bloomberg

SEC evolution: tough stance and internal strife

The Star-Ledger

Minimum wage increase: more money or fewer jobs?

Economists are split on whether the increase to $7.25 will cause layoffs or boost consumer spending.

NPR

EDUCATION

Calif.'s crisis hits its prized universities

As California continues to pay its bills with IOUs, the University of California, the nation's leading public university, is being forced to cut its budget by 20 percent.

TIME

School mascots get trained

The training sessions, usually held over three days, teach high school and college students character development, dance moves and safety skills.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Are the deserts getting green?

It was assumed that global warming would cause an expansion of the world's deserts, but now some scientists are predicting a contrary scenario in which water and life slowly reclaim these arid places.

Environmental News Network

Clinton upbeat on climate change talks with India

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sounded optimistic that the United States and India can bridge their differences on reducing greenhouse gases.

Reuters

Cleaning up Great Lakes gets attention

Federal officials are preparing for a series of public meetings to discuss a new initiative to restore the Great Lakes, battered by invasive species, toxic pollution and other problems.

MSNBC

SPORTS

Watson reclaims lead at British Open

Tom Watson leads the British Open with one round to go in his quest to become the oldest major champion in golf history.

KOAA-TV

Irish-Army to play at Yankee Stadium

Notre Dame and Army will play the first football game at the new Yankee Stadium, rekindling a tradition that took off after Knute Rockne's "Win one for the Gipper" speech more than 80 years ago.

Detroit Free Press

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