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President Bush gestures while addressing the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, where he expressed concern over Democrat legislation aimed at setting a timeline for troop withdrawal from Iraq. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

'I am responsible' FBI director tells Congress

Facing criticism over the FBI's misuse of power to search for terrorists, director Robert Mueller took full responsibility for the actions of his agents and employees while testifying before Congress.

ABC News

FBI chief blames computers for privacy flap

CNET News

Senate panel zeroes in on two top Gonzales aides

Two Justice Department aides behind the firings of eight U.S. attorneys could hold the key to embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' credibility as lawmakers call for his ouster.

CNN

Congressman calls for investigation into Pat Tillman's death

Rep. Mike Honda requested congressional hearings into the "friendly fire" death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, a move Tillman's mother says is the "only way we're going to find out what happened."

San Jose Mercury News

Inspector general's report on the Tillman case

San Jose Mercury News

Bush: Dems to blame if war funds are delayed

USA Today

Iraq pullout deadline survives in Senate

CNN

Shiite cops reportedly rampage against Sunnis

Examiner

Iranian official: Female U.K. sailor may go free

MSNBC

Standoff between Iran and Britain heats up

Yahoo! News

Israeli police remove settlers in Homesh

Hundreds of Israeli police in riot gear dragged squatters from the ruins of a Jewish settlement, ending a three-day showdown between the government and settlers trying to rebuild the settlement.

Yahoo! News

Expanded use of MRI urged in breast cancer prevention

Two reports call for greatly expanded use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for women who have breast cancer or who are at high risk of developing the disease.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Zimbabwe opposition leader arrested

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was taken into police custody, an aide said.

Forbes

Phillipines hostage-taker releases children and teachers

A daycare operator - armed with grenades and a gun - released more than 30 preschool children and teachers after holding them hostage on a bus for more than eight hours.

CNN

Dozens riot in Paris rail station

Up to 13 people were arrested after an argument over a ticket in a Paris metro station sparked riots.

BBC

POLITICS

Rangel outlines Dems’ broad trade agenda

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) unveiled a set of conditions he said must be met before the administration’s trade agenda in the Democratic Congress moves forward.

The Hill

Rumsfeld torture suit dismissed

A court has dismissed a lawsuit against former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over claims prisoners were tortured in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BBC

Senator Webb says he needs gun for protection

U.S. Sen. Jim Webb said he felt the need to carry a gun to protect himself, a day after an aide was arrested for taking a loaded weapon belonging to the lawmaker into a Senate office building.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Oil rises a 7th day as Iran tension adds to disruption concern

Crude oil rose for a seventh day, climbing close to $65 a barrel in New York, on concern that Iran's capture of British servicemen may escalate, disrupting shipments from the Middle East.

Bloomberg

ITT pleads guilty in criminal case

ITT, the leading provider of night vision technology for the military, agreed to plead guilty to illegally providing classified equipment to China, Singapore and the UK, the Justice Department announced.

Forbes

SPORTS

Phelps sets second world record in as many days

Michael Phelps earned his third gold medal with another world record at the world swimming championships, producing the biggest time drop in the 200-meter butterfly in 48 years.

Sports Illustrated

Swimming Worlds - week one

Sports Illustrated

Billy's dilemma

Billy Donovan keeps saying the question has "nothing to do with me," which is either his way of making sure he doesn't make Nick Saban look honest, or of holding up the University of Florida for millions of dollars.

Yahoo! News

NBA coverage

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study explains why we're not all beautiful

A new study explains why we aren't all born with Brad Pitt’s perfectly chiseled features or Angelina Jolie’s pouty lips.

LiveScience

Adobe's big multimedia software introduction

In 2005, after spending $3.4 billion to acquire Macromedia, Adobe Chief Executive Bruce Chizen said, "We are in a better position than any other software company in the world." He may have been right.

San Jose Mercury News

Review: Adobe CS3

CNET News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Debra Saunders):

Mrs. Edwards' class act with cancer

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Jonathan Turley):

Justice? What a joke.

USA Today

Blog (Peter Rothberg):

Exxon's shame

Nation

Editorial:

In the new Europe, unity is the best defense

International Herald Tribune

Column (Gary Kamiya):

How Bush helped the GOP commit suicide

Salon.com

Editorial:

Clerics' lawsuit threatens security of all passengers

USA Today

Column:

Son follows dad to Final Four

Newsday

Editorial:

Now playing in Washington: gridlock

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

The 50-year itch

Slate

Column:

The hill is alive with the sound of hearings

Foreign Affairs

Column:

Now is not the time for Mideast "peace" plans

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Unfriendly fire

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

iPods help doctors recognize heart problems

Doctors can greatly improve their stethoscope skills and therefore their ability to diagnose heart problems by listening repeatedly to heartbeats on their iPods.

LiveScience

Persistence paid off for paralyzed dad

In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he'd lost the chance to be a father.

HappyNews.com

NATION

Immigrant family's quest ends in tragedy

As the search for the missing mother of four dead children entered a third day, a portrait began to emerge of an immigrant family struggling to live the American dream.

Examiner

Mistake lets tax cheat keep $100 million

Poorly written Justice Department documents cost the federal government more than $100 million in what was supposed to have been the crowning moment of the biggest tax case ever.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

San Francisco supervisors vote to ban plastic bags in stores

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 to make the city the first in the nation to prohibit petroleum-based plastic checkout bags in large markets and pharmacies.

San Francisco Chronicle

Monster cane toad found in Australia

A cane toad the size of a small dog has been captured in the Australian tropical city of Darwin, startling environmentalists who are fighting to stop the poisonous reptiles from spreading.

Epoch Times

Cane toads are coming to Sydney

Yahoo! News

High-altitude desert oases are vanishing

High above the desert floor, the town of Summerhaven, Arizona has long served as a natural air-conditioned retreat. But for the past 10 years or so, things have been unraveling.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Top-to-bottom support

Through intensive mentoring and training for everyone from novice instructors to top district leaders, a long-troubled California system is seeing teacher turnover fall and test scores rise.

Education Week

Princeton leads in grade deflation

Jennifer Mickel, a Princeton University senior, can't help but look around a class of 10 students and think, "Just three of us can get A's."

USA Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Dan Brown wins copyright infringement case

Author Dan Brown won his copyright infringement case, after Britain's Court of Appeal rejected efforts from two authors who claimed he stole their ideas for his blockbuster novel, The Da Vinci Code.

USA Today

Eddie Griffin wrecks rare $1.5 million Ferrari

Eddie Griffin crashed a rare Ferrari Enzo worth $1.5 million into a concrete barrier while practicing at a racetrack, destroying the car but escaping uninjured.

CNN

Video: Griffin crashes rare Ferrari

CNN

HEALTH

Making and baking healthier pizza dough

U.S. researchers have found ways to increase antioxidant levels in pizza dough, creating a healthier meal.

CBS News

Doubt cast on stents' value

For patients with clogged arteries who haven't had heart attacks, the widely used treatment of angioplasty with the insertion of a stent is no better than conventional drug treatment, researchers said.

Baltimore Sun

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Movement brings spirituality into workplace

A car dealership holds weekly Christian prayer services and Bible lessons on how to put religious principles into practice in the wheeling and dealing world of auto sales.

Tennessean

Mysterious nun at heart of John Paul sainthood bid

A French nun cured of Parkinson's disease after praying to the late Pope John Paul will attend ceremonies marking the end of the first phase of the process to make him a saint.

Reuters

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