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A Taiwanese woman rides a life cutter with rescuers in floodwater following a heavy rain brought by typhoon Morakot in a street in Linbian, southern Taiwan. (Photo by AP)

Typhoon pummels China, Taiwan

Rain deluged China’s east coast hours after Typhoon Morakot slammed into the region, packing winds up to 111 miles an hour, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing one million people to flee.

New York Times

Climate change seen as threat to US security

Ledger

Taiwan typhoon intensifies

Reuters

Car fleeing Calif. police hits pickup, killing 7

A stolen car fleeing from police ran a stop sign and slammed into a pickup in California's Central Valley, killing four young children in the truck and all three people in the car, police said.

ABC News

Trade, security focus at summit in Mexico

Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada — also known as "the three amigos" — began a summit in Mexico to talk about simmering trade issues and the threat of drug gangs.

Reuters

Tackling the issues

CBS News

Alaska legislature to take up Sarah Palin stimulus veto

A final battle remaining from the Sarah Palin era as Alaska governor closes when the Legislature votes on whether to override her veto of federal stimulus money for energy cost relief.

San Jose Mercury News

Britain behind 'coup attempt'

Britain has been accused of directing a coup attempt against the Iranian government.

Telegraph.co.uk

British, French embassy workers on trial

CNN

'40 injured' in US prison riot

Some 40 prisoners have been taken to hospital following a riot and a fire at a jail in California, according to U.S. media reports.

BBC

NATION

Secret sessions held on exec bonuses

President Barack Obama's compensation czar has been meeting with executives of large, troubled companies as they face a deadline to propose executive compensation levels.

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Divers recover body in fuselage, piece of helicopter in Hudson River

Divers recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fifth body as investigators searched the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, killing nine people.

Baltimore Sun

Little room for error in NY's crowded skies

Christian Science Monitor

Hudson aftermath 'caught on tape'

CBS News

POLITICS

US willing to hold direct talks with North Korea over nuclear weapons

The Obama administration said it is willing to hold direct talks with North Korea over its nuclear weapons if it first resumes international negotiations.

Seattle Times

As Dems fret, Obama sharpens war goals

Obama will send Congress a plan for measuring progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan to build confidence among wavering Democrats and give direction to a costly and increasingly bloody war.

CNN

US Chamber of Commerce opposes Obama's plans

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a leading critic of the administration's health care and banking overhaul plans.

MSNBC

Separating health care fact from fiction

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Publicis Groupe to buy Microsoft's Razorfish for $530 million

French advertising group Publicis Groupe SA has agreed to acquire Internet ad agency Razorfish from Microsoft for $530 million in cash and stock.

CNET News

Apple's App Store rejections open the door for competition

If fart noises and baby-shaking meet Apple's standard, then you have to wonder what is going on inside Apple that has caused a string of recent app rejections.

PC World

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Epix has ambitious online plan

Offering movies and related content online more comprehensively than any premium TV player has done so far is a key focus for Epix, the joint venture of Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM.

Hollywood Reporter

Elisabeth Hasselbeck welcomes 3rd child

It's another boy for Elisabeth Hasselbeck and her husband of seven years, former NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck.

People

HEALTH

Those who didn't get bone cement claimed it works

A common treatment that uses medical cement to fix cracks in the spinal bones of elderly people worked no better than a sham treatment, the first rigorous studies of the popular procedure reveal.

Chicago Sun-Times

Drug makers and White House make up

PhRMA and the White House have made up and the drug industry is now set to launch a $150 million television advertising blitz supporting Obama’s health care reform.

ChattahBox

EDUCATION

How to reduce spending for college

The bill to outfit a freshman can run into thousands of dollars if you're not careful, financial advisers say. Families are finding creative ways to stretch each dollar.

Seattle Times

Code of conduct: Schools say teens' outside actions have consequences

Students returning to Morris County, N.J., public schools in September could find themselves called in to the principal's office to account for their out-of-school behavior this summer.

Daily Record

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Spirituality joins nature in parish garden

The new memorial garden at Santa Catalina Roman Catholic Parish is a thing of physical and spiritual beauty, landscaped with desert plants and rocks and inhabited by lizards and other desert wildlife.

Arizona Daily Star

Twitter founder rejects Archbishop's claim

Twitter founder Evan Williams has rejected Westminster Archbishop Vincent Nichols' suggestions that social networking sites are causing teenagers to focus too much on the number of friends they have online.

Catholic Digest

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Photographer's panoramic vision turns decay into art

Jean-Pierre Lavoie took panoramic pictures — sweeping, 360-degree views of places like the old Packard and Fisher Body factories. His photos prove that at some level beyond decrepitude, there's art.

Detroit News

Volunteerism up despite recession

The latest survey by the Corporation for National and Community Service showed volunteering has remained steady nationwide despite the miserable economy.

Bakersfield Californian

WORLD

Clinton on oil mission to Angola

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shifts the focus of her Africa trip to business as she works to ensure a steady oil supply from key producer Angola and counter China's growing influence.

France 24

Chevron discovers oil and gas off Angola

Oil & Gas Journal

Kim Jong Il 'in full control' of North Korea, US official says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appeared to be "in full control of his government" when an American mission met with him to free two imprisoned American journalists.

Los Angeles Times

National security adviser: US believes Mehsud dead

The U.S. is nearly certain the Pakistani Taliban's leader is dead and there now is a leadership struggle within the terrorist group, White House national security adviser James Jones said.

NPR

Doubts about Mehsud death

Reuters

BUSINESS

Bush drilling program left huge backlog of contested oil and gas leases

Brian Wixom's company has paid the U.S. government hundreds of thousands of dollars for leases to drill for oil and gas on federal lands over the years, only to never put a rig in the ground.

Star Tribune

US bank failures rise to 72 in 2009

Regulators shut three banks in Florida and Oregon, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures to 72 for the year.

Barrons

Auto plan probably boosted retail sales: US economy preview

The Obama administration’s cash-for- clunkers plan probably gave auto dealers a boost in July, while other retailers struggled to lure customers constrained by ongoing job losses, economists said.

Bloomberg

Tracing a clunker

MSNBC

SPORTS

Johnson, visiting Marlins complete 3-game sweep of Phillies

Josh Johnson pitched six impressive innings, helping the Florida Marlins complete a three-game sweep over the Philadelphia Phillies with a 12-3 victory.

CBS SportsLine

Johnson wins Watkins Glen pole

Johnson captured the first road-course pole of his career, turning a lap at 123.633 mph in 71.34 seconds over the 11-turn, 2.45-mile circuit to edge Kurt Busch for the top spot.

FOX News

Ryan Briscoe snares IndyCar pole

Autoweek Magazine

ENVIRONMENT

New land program protects environment with simpler rules

Congress wants to pay farmers according to how they farm, not just what they grow. The result is the new Conservation Stewardship Program, a newer version of the old Conservation Security Program.

Des Moines Register

China starts building 1st 10-GW mega wind farm

China started construction of the country's first 10-GW wind power base in Jiuquan as Beijing seeks more clean power to fuel its fast economic growth.

Reuters

Lionfish invasion threatens Bahamas

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed an aquarium tank in Florida releasing about a half-dozen spiny, venomous lionfish into the Atlantic Ocean.

NPR

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