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Um Hazem mourns for her son Hazem Hashen in the Imman Ali shrine in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. Family members mourned eight relatives that were among the thirty bodies recovered from a mass grave in Basra. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani / AP)

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U.S. report sees little progress on Iran

A draft intelligence report portrays a bleak political situation in Iran, anticipating little progress in getting Tehran to halt its nuclear program, U.S. officials said.

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International Herald Tribune

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Iran peace talks set to begin

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CBS News

Man who shot George Wallace in 1972 set for release

The man who shot Alabama Gov. George Wallace during a presidential campaign stop in 1972 is scheduled for release this year.

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Business Gazette

NATION

Calif. family loses second son to Iraq war

Nathan and Jason Hubbard decided to enlist in the U.S. army two years ago to honor their brother Jared, a marine who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq.

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Scotsman

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Gold Star mother loses 2 sons to war

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MSNBC

Fallen firefighter from Deutsche Bank blaze remembered

The sound of bagpipes echoed through a quiet Brooklyn neighborhood as colleagues and family mourned one of two firefighters killed in last weekend's Deustche Bank building blaze.

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Newsday

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FDNY tragedy

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WCBS

POLITICS

MySpace, MTV team up for one-on-one presidential dialogues

MySpace and MTV announced they have joined forces for a series of "one-on-one dialogues" with all the major candidates from both political parties.

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CNET News

Edwards embraces message of 'change'

Add John Edwards to the list of presidential hopefuls embracing "change" as a tenet of a presidential campaign.

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ABC News

BUSINESS

Fed uncertainty makes rate cut less likely

Federal Reserve policy makers' uncertainty over the credit crunch's toll on U.S. growth is making them increasingly unlikely to cut interest rates before their Sept. 18 meeting.

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Bloomberg

Lehman Brothers shuts down subprime lending unit, fires 1,200

Lehman Brothers, the biggest underwriter of U.S. bonds backed by mortgages, became the first firm on Wall Street to close its subprime-lending unit and said 1,200 employees will lose their jobs.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

SuperSonics co-owner fined $250,000 for relocation comments

Seattle SuperSonics co-owner Aubrey McClendon was fined $250,000 for comments he made recently about his team's possible move to Oklahoma City.

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Bloomberg

Rangers' 30 runs sets AL record

The Rangers' 30 runs sets a modern MLB record, surpassing the mark of 29 runs that were scored by the Red Sox (June 8, 1950) and White Sox (April 23, 1955).

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ESPN

HEALTH

Contaminated baby carrots are recalled

An undisclosed amount of carrots that may be contaminated with bacteria could cause diarrhea, nausea, fever and vomiting.

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Newsweek

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Baby carrots recalled

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KCAL

FDA proposes new rules for sunscreens

The U.S. Food and Drug Administrationproposed a new rating system for sunscreens that would, for the first time, alert consumers as to how well they block dangerous ultraviolet A rays.

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HealthDay

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New sunscreen standards

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CBS News

EDUCATION

U.S. colleges stress ethical leadership

Ethical lapses in society are prompting universities to try to turn out students who are more socially responsible.

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Christian Science Monitor

Can technology save African schools?

As Africa strives to pull itself out of grinding poverty, countries are looking to technology to give them a leg up in the race for quality education.

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Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

3 entrepreneurs raise millions for poor people worldwide

Three young entrepreneurs found an easier way to raise millions for struggling businesses almost anywhere in the world. But don’t call it a handout -- it’s a loan.

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People of the Web

Find could be remains of Czar Nicholas II's son Alexei

The remains of the last czar's hemophiliac son and heir to the Russian throne, missing since the royal family was gunned down nine decades ago, may have been found.

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Forbes

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Remains of czar heir possibly found

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Yahoo! News

WORLD

WHO says cheap air travel 'is spreading deadly diseases'

People are at greater risk of contracting potentially lethal infectious diseases because of the boom in international air travel, the World Health Organization has warned.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Infectious diseases highlighted

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BBC

Pakistani court rules exiled former PM Sharif can return

Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled that exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif can return home after seven years in exile.

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Reuters

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Sharif allowed to go home

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BBC

Video shows desperate Taliban hostage

A video of a German engineer pleading for his life and claiming to be ill has surfaced more than a month after he was kidnapped by Taliban rebels in Afghanistan.

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Times Online

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German engineer makes appeal

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EuroNews

ENVIRONMENT

BP won't dump more pollution

The manager of British Petroleum's Whiting, Indiana refinery said the company will not dump additional waste into Lake Michigan despite having the necessary permits to do so.

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WBBM

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BP backtracks after criticism over lake pollution

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NPR

Iraq calls for water treaty to avert crisis

Iraq called for a water treaty with neighbors that share the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, saying a deal was needed to avoid a crisis.

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Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Acclaimed writer Grace Paley dies at 84

Grace Paley, the short-story writer and poet who combined social activism with her literary pursuits, died after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 84.

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Bloomberg

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Great American short-story writer has died

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NPR

Lohan will serve 1 day in jail, do community service

Lindsay Lohan reached a plea deal on misdemeanor DUI and drug charges that will find her spending one day in jail and serve 10 days of community service.

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MTV

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientist: Tests back Russia Arctic claim

A Russian scientist said that fresh test results back his country's legal bid to take control of the Arctic, just weeks after a submarine planted the Russian national flag on the North Pole's seabed.

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Reuters

Scientists reveal the moving secret of T-rex on computer

The most formidable dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, could have chased down all but the fastest humans if they roamed the world today, British scientists claim.

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Guardian

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

China detains underground Catholic bishop-group

China detained an underground Catholic bishop, the U.S.-based Cardinal Kung Foundation said, the latest irritant in fraught relations between Beijing and the Vatican.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Mormon Church revisits dark period

At a time when the Mormon Church is drawing heightened public visibility because of Mitt Romney's presidential bid, the church is grappling more openly with one of its darkest chapters.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Mitt Romney

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Philadelphia Daily News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Private sources in U.S. gave $95B in overseas aid last year

Foundations, individuals, and other private sources in the U.S. provided more than $95-billion in aid to developing countries in 2005, more than triple the amount given by the federal government.

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Teenagers jump into a fountain to cool themselves just outside the Moscow Kremlin, where temperatures reached 90 F. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP)

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