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A plane lands at John F. Kennedy International Airport in the Queens borough of New York. Three people were arrested and another was being sought for allegedly plotting to blow up a fuel line that feeds the airport. (Photo by Frank Franklin II / AP)

Four charged in plot to blow up New York airport

Four people, including a former member of Guyana's parliament, have been charged in connection with a plot to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, U.S. officials said.

Reuters

Lebanon keeps up siege on militants in Palestinian camp

Six Lebanese soldiers were killed during intense fighting as the army battled again to rout militants from a Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli, a military spokesman said.

CNN

Heavy fighting in Lebanon camp

Yahoo! News

Protesters attack police after anti-G8 demo

Protesters threw stones and bottles and attacked police officers with sticks in the German port of Rostock after a largely peaceful demonstration against next week's Group of Eight summit.

Reuters

G8 protests

CNN

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Profile: G8

BBC

Baghdad mortar attacks kill 8; bridge damaged

A series of mortar barrages killed eight civilians and wounded 25 others in a Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad, police said, while a strategic bridge was damaged by a bomb in northern Iraq.

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. fires at terror suspects in Somalia

The destroyer USS Chafee fired its deck guns along the northern coast of Somalia at a few suspected "high-value terrorist targets" accused in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

MSNBC

Boat filled with Taliban sinks; 60 dead

CBS News

NATION

Hamas proposes new interior minister

Hamas has nominated one of its members to be Palestinian interior minister, officials said, a choice likely to be opposed by Western states.

Reuters

Shifting policy, U.S. offers to work with China's military

Two years after Donald Rumsfeld bluntly criticized China's rapid military buildup, Defense Secretary Robert Gates struck a conciliatory tone.

International Herald Tribune

Rice chides Spain for overtures to Cuba

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Cuba was on the verge of a "major transition,'' and chided Spain for doing business with Fidel Castro while not working more to support dissidents there.

Guardian

POLITICS

Rove linked to prosecution of former Alabama governor

TIME

Senate set to debate immigration bill

The Senate faces a contentious debate next week on immigration, with backers of a compromise overhaul bill hopeful it will hold up.

Wall Street Journal

BUSINESS

Behind the Bancrofts' shift at Dow Jones

A look inside the family's deliberation shows four crucial factors laid the groundwork for the Bancrofts' dramatic change of position.

Wall Street Journal

U.S. markets hit highs, but world stocks are soaring

Small investors aren't eagerly swapping stock tips as they were in 1999. But it's a bull market all the same, and one that's global in scope.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Donovan steps into faster lane with Magic

Billy Donovan has always been about challenges. Next up: overcoming the notion that college coaches just can't make it in the NBA.

Newsday

Venus falls as Serena, Henin win on Day 6

Venus Williams was knocked out of the French Open, losing to fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the third round.

USA Today

EDUCATION

Cuomo extends his reach

Andrew M. Cuomo, who drew attention to the conflicts of interest between lenders and college officials, cemented his role as industry watchdog in the future.

Inside Higher Ed

School's chief plagiarized speech for honor society induction

It appears the schools superintendent in Fort Lee may have set a bad example when she gave her induction speech to the Society in her district last week.

Editor & Publisher

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Have sex while you sleep

If you think it’s impossible to have sex while you sleep, think again, according to a new study.

LiveScience

Spam flows despite high-profile arrest

A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested, and federal authorities said computer users could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Just off to the club for some metaphysics

Times Online

Column (Michael Lemonick):

Why Senator Brownback doesn't know science

TIME

Column (Daniel Gross):

Suckers or predators?

Slate

Editorial:

Welfare reform

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Richard Reeves):

The end of Reganism

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Can humility save Africa's giant?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Daniel Levitin):

Beatles on the brain

Guardian

Column (Ruth Ostrow):

Text rage

The Australian

Column:

Veterans group comes out in favor of antiwar vet

Salon.com

Column (Ari Berman):

Hillary, Inc.

The Nation

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GOOD NEWS

New law proposed to save bald eagle

The Fish and Wildlife Service wants to replace four decades of federal protections for the American bald eagle with new rules against disturbing it.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Role reversal

The world's heaviest man is inspiring others to lose weight.

BBC

NATION

Tropical storm brings rain to dry Fla.

Tropical Storm Barry brought heavy rain to a parched Florida, along with strong winds and heavy surf along the state's Gulf coast.

Houston Chronicle

Are you ready for a hurricane?

CNN

Eight badly hurt In Baltimore prison fight

A fight broke out among inmates in a prison yard, injuring as many as 15 prisoners, some of them seriously, authorities said.

CBS News

California allows gay conjugal visits in prisons

Reuters

Kevorkian out of prison after 8 years

Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist dubbed "Dr. Death" for claims that he participated in at least 130 assisted suicides, left prison after eight years still believing people have the right to die.

ABC News

Kevorkian walks out of jail

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Solar city sets sights on ending pollution

Times Online

IWC validates commercial whaling ban, condemns Japan's hunt

The International Whaling Commission re-authorized an existing moratorium on commercial whaling. A group of 26 pro-whaling nations, including Japan, did not vote.

Environment News Service

Whaling row washes over Japanese

BBC

Dutch to grow meat in lab

Dutch researchers are trying to grow pork meat in a laboratory with the goal of feeding millions without the need to raise and slaughter animals.

Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Artist Damien Hirst says $100 million skull is priced 'right'

Damien Hirst, whose $100 million diamond skull is priced nearly as high as the costliest estate in swank East Hampton, New York, said the artwork has the right value for the market.

Bloomberg

A French collector with a rare eye

There can be genius in art collecting. It is mostly found among those who cast aside the received ideas of their time and broke loose from the conventions of the society into which they were born.

International Herald Tribune

TV kidney competition was a hoax

A Dutch TV contest which purported to show a dying woman choose a patient to receive her kidneys was a hoax.

BBC

HEALTH

Salmonella cases linked to peanut butter top 600

The number of people sickened since August by peanut butter tainted with salmonella has grown by more than 200, according to a new federal report.

CNN

Sunlight exposure may increase lymphoma risk

In women, ultraviolet radiation exposure from time spent in the sun appears to boost the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Post-Falwell, Religious Right still strong

U.S. evangelist Jerry Falwell has been laid to rest but it is premature to write the political obituary of the conservative Christian movement he once led.

Reuters

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