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Iranians burn a gas station during a protest against gas-rationing in Tehran, Iran. Angry Iranians attacked several gas stations in protest after the government suddenly began long-threatened fuel rationing. (Photo by AP)

Iran fuel rations spark violence

At least 12 gas stations have been torched in the Iranian capital, Tehran, after the government announced fuel rationing for private vehicles.

BBC

Brokers charged in counterfeit scheme

Private brokers licensed by the government to clear commercial imports participated in a scheme to flood the U.S. market with Chinese-made counterfeit products, authorities said.

Newsday

Huge counterfeit smuggling ring busted

MSNBC

Former Interior Dept. official gets prison

A federal judge chastised the Interior Department's former No. 2 official and doubled his proposed prison term to 10 months for lying to senators in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.

Forbes

Jack Abramoff names names

ABC News

Winds cause more worry for firefighters near Lake Tahoe

A forecast of gusty winds added to the worries of firefighters battling a wildfire near Lake Tahoe in California.

CNN

Fire gets second wind in Lake Tahoe

ABC News

Secret records show CIA asked mafia to kill Castro

The CIA worked with two of the country's most-wanted criminals in a botched attempt to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro the 1960s, according to documents released by the CIA.

Sydney Morning Herald

CIA reveals Cold War secrets

CBS News

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A watermelon explodes in a demonstration of the power of holiday fireworks near the National Mall in Washington. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)	A fan in a costume the colors of the Bolivian flag cheers his team prior to the Copa America soccer game in San Cristobal, Venezuela. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa / AP)	Lightning illuminates the sky over Prvic Luka during a summer storm on the island of Prvic, Croatia. (Photo by Filip Horvat / AP)

NATION

Brown is Britain's new prime minister

Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister and promised changes after a decade of Labour Party rule marred by a lack of trust.

Reuters

Day in pictures: Brown takes over

BBC

Illegal drug use, production falls globally

A United Nations report shows that, globally, illicit drug use, production has declined. But it fingers a key trouble spot: Afghanistan, which has nearly doubled its opium production.

Christian Science Monitor

China opens world's longest sea bridge

A 22-mile bridge that its builders claim is the world's longest sea-crossing structure was formally linked up just south of the business hub of Shanghai.

Daily Mail

World's longest sea-crossing bridge

Yahoo! News

POLITICS

Elizabeth Edwards asks Ann Coulter to stop attacks on husband, others

Elizabeth Edwards asked Ann Coulter to “stop the personal attacks” after the conservative commentator said she wished presidential candidate John Edwards had been killed by terrorists.

San Diego Tribune

Poll: Young voters favor Obama, Clinton

Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are the favored presidential candidates of younger Americans, according to a poll conducted by CBS News, The New York Times and MTV.

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BUSINESS

Murdoch: no plans to raise Dow Jones bid

Rupert Murdoch said he had no plans to raise his $5 billion bid for media group Dow Jones & Co. Inc. and expected final approval from the controlling Bancroft family soon, "if at all."

Reuters

Is aging infrastructure slowing the U.S.?

For roughly a century, the United States has had the world's biggest economy, but as the United States struggles to stay ahead of China, is its aging infrastructure slowing it down?

International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Management, former players face off during congressional hearings

Aging NFL retirees told Congress that playing professional football left them with broken bodies, brain damage and empty bank accounts.

ESPN

Police say wrestler strangled wife, smothered son

Disturbing details continue to come out about the apparent double murder-suicide of professional wrestling star Chris Benoit, his wife, and 7-year-old son.

Newsday

Wrestler commits familicide

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What are dogs thinking? Maybe more than we knew

Research shows pups, like humans, imitate behaviors.

Houston Chronicle

Remains identified as those of pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut

Egyptian authorities said that a mummy found a century ago has been identified as the remains of pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled over Egypt during the 15th century B.C.

MSNBC

Tiny Web radio stations squawk over royalty fees

Internet radio DJs are replacing their eclectic playlists with a "Day of Silence," a protest against new royalty rates they say could decimate the fledgling digital broadcasting industry.

San Francisco Chronicle

EDUCATION

How dads influence their daughters' interest in math

Dads have a major impact on the degree of interest their daughters develop in math, according to a University of Michigan study.

Science Daily

U.S. faces teacher shortage

As hundreds of thousands of baby boomers retire and the No Child Left Behind law raises standards for new teachers, school systems face a scarcity of qualified recruits.

Daily Herald

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Guinean migrants turn dust into gold

It looks like a medieval alchemist's den, this tumbledown shack where young Africans use bubbling blue acid to turn dust into gold.

Reuters

2 rescued from car on flooded spillway

Teenage sisters had to be rescued from a car stalled in bumper-deep water rushing over a flooded road in a residential area of the city.

WNYT

Oklahoma flood rescue

ABC News

NATION

Poll shows GOP support for Iraq war beginning to waver

Public support for the war in Iraq has fallen to a new low. Not only that, but Republican support is beginning to waver.