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British transport police stand near the site of a derailed train 270 miles northwest of London. A high-speed train traveling from London to Scotland derailed in northwestern England, sending carriages slipping down an embankment, leaving passengers trapped for hours and killing at least one person, officials said. (Photo by Jon Super)

Officials seek cause of U.K. train crash

Investigators were examining rail tracks as the possible cause of a high-speed commuter train crash in northern England which killed one passenger and sent carriages hurtling down an embankment.

Guardian

Cheney leaves open military option against Iran

MSNBC

Cheney warns China over military build-up

Times

Proposed war resolution may spark constitutional showdown

Senate Democrats will pursue a resolution aimed at limiting the role of U.S. forces in Iraq and removing combat troops there by March 2008, a senior Democratic aide familiar with the proposal said.

CNN

Truck blast kills 35 at Iraqi mosque

Local police say a truck exploded as worshipers left a Sunni mosque in the western city of Habbaniyah, killing 35 people and wounding 62.

Guardian

Gunmen kill 8 police at Baghdad checkpoint

Reuters

Maliki hails crackdown in Baghdad

The Iraqi prime minister says there has been a reduction in sectarian killings and kidnappings since a Baghdad security plan was launched 10 days ago.

BBC

Americans underestimate Iraqi death toll

Yahoo! News

Prodi keeps job as Italy PM

Italy's president asked Romano Prodi to stay on as prime minister, but he now faces a confidence vote in parliament to prove he has enough support to govern.

Reuters

North Korea 'invites U.N. nuclear head'

The head of the United Nation's nuclear agency says he has been invited to North Korea for talks on its nuclear program.

BBC

N. Korea nuclear envoy to visit U.S.

North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator plans to visit the United States within days for follow-up talks on a recent disarmament deal, South Korean news reports said.

Yahoo! News

Fla. teen makes escape after abduction

A 13-year-old boy abducted at gunpoint from a school bus stop made a "miraculous" escape hours later, authorities said. The gunman was still being sought.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NATION

NATO colonel calls al Qaeda tape 'video fiction'

The purported al Qaeda video showing fighters firing missiles at a U.S. base in Afghanistan is "video fiction," a NATO official said.

CNN

Three killed in new Gaza clashes

At least three Palestinians have been killed and nearly 20 hurt in the Gaza Strip in fresh violence between backers of the rival Hamas and Fatah factions.

BBC

Hamas sends message to captured Israeli soldier's dad

CNN

POLITICS

Iran links undercut Romney's recent call

Republican Mitt Romney is urging state pension systems to divest from Iran, yet his former employer and the company he started have links to recent Iranian business interests or deals.

Guardian

Cheney won't take back Pelosi comment

Vice President Dick Cheney refused to take back his charge that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's opposition to President Bush's Iraq war buildup is playing into the hands of the al-Qaida terrorist network.

Yahoo! News

In both parties, politeness falls to infighting

Members of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign team were confronted with the kind of attack that most infuriates them: one questioning the character of Mrs. Clinton and her husband.

AOL News

Clinton-Obama tussle reveals some real issues

CNN

SPORTS

Sabres' Ruff fined $10,000 by NHL

The NHL has fined Sabres coach Lindy Ruff $10,000 for his role in a brawl between Buffalo and the Ottawa Senators.

TSN

Tiger's streak ends in shocking fashion

A winning streak that carried an asterisk ended because of a ball mark.

Examiner

HEALTH

Tests confirm salmonella in peanut butter

A week after ConAgra Foods Inc. recalled peanut butter from its Georgia plant after a salmonella outbreak, the Center for Disease Control confirmed the presence of the dangerous germ.

Newsday

Outside forces 'medicalizing' everyday problems, experts say

Consumers, often egged on by drug ads they see on television and elsewhere, are "medicalizing" what doctors may have previously not considered full clinical problems.

HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The nerd auteurs

Machinima, perhaps the worst-named genre ever, is the blanket term for movies made with characters and graphics from videogames.

Slate

'American Idol' goes to camp

To tide the tweens over until they reach the magic audition age of 16, "Americal Idol" producers will launch Idol Camp, a summer getaway for pop star wannabes between the ages of 12 and 15.

E! Online

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Episcopalians face crucial choice

Anglican leaders have given the U.S. Episcopal Church an ultimatum: Halt your march toward full acceptance of gays, or lose your place in the global Anglican family.

Columbus Dispatch

Germany university to issue complete works of pope

The German university where Pope Benedict XVI made a speech last year which upset Muslims said it would publish the complete works of Joseph Ratzinger from his early days as a theologian.

Earth Times

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GOOD NEWS

Iranian refugee granted asylum

For nearly three years, Amir Kazemian listened to the rain from inside a Vancouver church where he sought sanctuary from a deportation order.

Globe and Mail

Hoop dreams alive, well in New Orleans

The destruction that has ravaged Alfred Lawless High School in the lower Ninth Ward is beyond heartbreaking. The school was steamrolled when a nearby levee broke.

Seattle Post- Intelligencer

NATION

U.S. court upholds same-sex teaching to children

A federal judge in Boston has dismissed a suit by two families who wanted to stop a Massachusetts town and its public school system from teaching their children about gay marriage, court documents show.

Reuters

Powerful X-ray machine debuts in Phoenix airport

An X-ray security scanner that can see through clothing was put into its first operational use at Sky Harbor International Airport and could be used in two other major airports by year's end.

MSNBC

5-year-old girl trampled in rodeo parade

Rodeo parade spectators in Tucson watched in horror as a 5-year-old girl was thrown off her mount and trampled by an out-of-control team of horses pulling a wagon. She later died.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Oil hits high for the year on tight U.S. supplies, Iran concerns

Oil climbed above $61 to its highest level this year after the United States reported an unexpected drop in gasoline stocks and Iran said it would show 'no weakness' over its nuclear program.

CNBC

U.S. stocks decline for a 3rd day; financials lead the retreat

U.S. stocks declined for a third day, buffeted by the biggest drop in financial companies in a month, on concern the fallout from mortgage defaults among the riskiest borrowers may spread.

Bloomberg

Starbucks chairman warns of brand's 'watering down'

Howard Schultz, the founder of the Starbucks Corp., told executives that the company's expansion to 13,000 stores is "watering down'' the Starbucks brand.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Are scientists ignoring environmental influence on genetic research?

In yet another collision of nature versus nurture, a team of scientists at the University of Arizona says researchers must control for the environment when conducting experiments.

Scientific American

Chimpanzees 'hunt using spears'

Chimpanzees in Senegal have been observed making and using wooden spears to hunt other primates, according to a study in the journal Current Biology.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

NZ fishermen land colossal squid

New Zealand fishermen have caught what is expected to be a world-record-breaking colossal squid.

BBC

Beavers return to New York City after 200 years

Beavers grace New York City's official seal. But the industrious rodents have not been seen in the flesh here for as many as 200 years — until this week.

CNN

EDUCATION

College students seeking therapy in record numbers

Universities around the country are reporting increases in campus mental illness, at times creating a backlog of cases and weeks-long waits to see a therapist.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Advanced courses may not be all that advanced, some say

Years of education reforms have failed to lift the performance of U.S. high school students, according to a gloomy set of numbers that stunned educators and brought calls for more urgency.

St. Petersburg Times

Photo of the Day

A Palestinian who offers donkey rides to tourists shares a laugh with an Ultra-orthodox Jewish man at the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem's Old City. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP)

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