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First responders Kelly Lawson, holding her son Dominik, and her husband Jim, the mayor of Toconite, Minn., watch search operations for victims of the interstate bridge collapse in Minneapolis. (Photo by M. Spencer Green / AP)

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Five now confirmed killed in bridge collapse

Five people are confirmed to have died in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, bridge collapse.

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CNN

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Bridge collapse spotlights America's deferred maintenance

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Christian Science Monitor

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20 heavily trafficked bridges in urgent need of repair -- is yours on the list?

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ABC News

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Security camera catches collapse

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MSNBC

Darfur rebel factions gather for talks

Darfur rebel factions began arriving in Tanzania for African Union-U.N. sponsored negotiations aimed at reconciling their differences before peace talks with the Sudanese government.

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Reuters

4 more U.S. troops killed in Baghdad

Four American soldiers died in combat in Baghdad, including three in a single roadside bombing, the U.S. military said.

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Iraqi leaders hope for breakthrough in gov't standoff

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Reuters

S. Korea tells Taliban it has limited influence on stand-off

The South Korean government has told Taliban insurgents holding 21 Koreans there is a limit to what it can do to resolve the hostage stand-off that has stretched into a third week, an official said.

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Reuters

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Seoul pins its hostage hopes on U.S.-Afghan summit

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International Herald Tribune

Parents and toy companies stress after toy recall

The latest recall of Chinese-made products has anxious parents rummaging through toy chests to find tainted Big Birds and Dora the Explorer toys.

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CBS News

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Recall of Chinese toys will cost Mattel Inc. $30 million

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Bloomberg

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Indigenous men listen to Bolivia's President Evo Morales, unseen, in the village of Ucurena, some 450 kilometers southeast of La Paz, Bolivia. (Photo by Dado Galdieri / AP)	Sisters Amira, 4, Wafa, 3, and Shaima, 2, cool themselves with a trickle of hose water in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Karim Kadim / AP)	A colt runs with white horses from a herd of 74 famed Lipizzaners at a farm near Novi Sad, northern Serbia. (Photo by Srdjan Ilic / AP)

NATION

Monsoon floods devastate South Asia

Monsoon rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and neighboring Bangladesh, killing at least 166 people and washing away villages and farmland that 19 million people depend on, officials said.

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Millions marooned in floods

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CNN

'Civilians dead' in NATO air raids

Many civilians are said to be among hundreds reportedly killed in air raids by Western forces in the Afghan southern province of Helmand.

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Al Jazeera

British car bomb suspect dies in hospital

One of the men wanted in connection with the failed June 30 car bomb attack at Glasgow airport died in a hospital, British police said.

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POLITICS

Rove skips Senate testimony; aide grilled

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard its first public testimony from a current White House aide in the investigation of U.S. attorney firings.

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NPR

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Support for Attorney General Gonzales slips further

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Christian Science Monitor

Dems plan ad praising Congress for 'taking on George Bush'

Democrats have plans for nationwide television advertising that praises the Democrat-led Congress for, among other things, "taking on George Bush to end a war gone wrong."

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International Herald Tribune

Rumsfeld: no coverup in Tillman death

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stood before Congress and denied any effort to mislead the public about the death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan.

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San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Sony recalls 350,000 digital cameras

Sony is recalling 350,000 digital cameras because the case may warp, creating an edge that can cut or scratch the user's hands, the company said.

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ABC News

Disney picks up children's site for $350M

The Walt Disney Company has made a massive bet that children as young as six will join the online social networking craze by buying a site targeted at pre-teenagers for up to $700 million in cash.

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5 members to join super-panel

As per the terms of the agreement between Dow Jones and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., a five member panel has been set up, which will have the power to hire and fire top editors.

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SPORTS

NBA schedule released

The NBA schedule for the 2007-2008 season has been released. Here are some of the more interesting match-ups.

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ESPN

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2007-2008 Schedule

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ESPN

The dismantling of the Yankee empire

The New York Yankees' cable network, the YES Network, is for sale, making some baseball insiders and Yankees limited partners wondering whether the team itself might be next.

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CNNMoney

HEALTH

Scientists say plastic compound causes reproductive problems

Several dozen scientists issued a strongly worded consensus statement warning that an estrogenlike compound in plastic is probably causing an array of serious reproductive disorders in people.

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San Francisco Chronicle

New Mexico man with botulism paralyzed

A New Mexico man is paralyzed from botulism poisoning, and state health officials said they were trying to determine if he ate canned food involved in a nationwide recall.

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Transplant surgeon charged in failed organ harvest

The San Francisco transplant surgeon charged with three felonies in connection with a failed organ harvest in San Luis Obispo last year was booked in County Jail.

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San Luis Obispo Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews on mission to save Jerusalem from secularism

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Guardian

Religion factoring into 2008 race

Faith is playing its most prominent role in a U.S. presidential election since JFK.

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MSNBC

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The Daily Quote

“In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

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GOOD NEWS

Death rate for U.S. children falls

Death rates from all causes dropped 53 percent among children ages 1 to 4 and 45 percent among children ages 5 to 14.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Hero baggage handler praised

A Glaswegian baggage handler who helped police tackle a suspected car bomber was rewarded with a visit to Downing Street and the congratulations of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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NATION

Outspoken editor murdered

The outspoken new editor of the Oakland Post was shot to death near a downtown courthouse in what police suspect was a deliberate hit.

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TIME

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CBS News

Marine leader convicted of killing Iraqi

A Marine Corps squad leader was convicted of murdering an Iraqi man during a frustrated search for an insurgent.

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MSNBC

Life term for teen in principal's death

A 16-year-old was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the shooting death of his high school principal.

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Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

Saved kangaroos will get luxury ride to new home

Hundreds of kangaroos will be transported across Australia in air-conditioned comfort after plans to shoot the animals were met with public outrage.

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Telegraph.co.uk

White House threatens veto of water projects bill

President Bush will veto a $20 billion water projects bill unless lawmakers remove the billions added for new plants and new costs shifted onto the federal government, the White House said.

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Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Charles Simic is 15th U.S. poet laureate

American poet Charles Simic was named as the United States' 15th poet laureate by the Library of Congress, which described his poetry as accessible with some flashes of ironic humor.

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Reuters

The ultimate 'Bourne'

Paul Greengrass' "The Bourne Ultimatum" has urgency, the kind that takes over before we've figured out whether the cup holder on the left or the right is ours. This is what action movies are supposed to be.

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San Jose Mercury News

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The Bourne Ultimatum trailer

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YouTube

Actor to undergo 90-day evaluation before sentencing in DUI death

Former "Prison Break" actor Lane Garrison, was ordered to undergo a 90-day evaluation in a prison to help a judge decide his sentence.

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Houston Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

U.S. to launch Mars probe in search for clues of life

A NASA probe that will analyze Mars for water and other chemicals needed for life is on track for launch aboard an unmanned Delta rocket, NASA officials said.

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Reuters

Korean cloned human cells were product of 'virgin birth'

Researchers have discredited claims that embryonic stem cells were extracted from the first cloned human embryo by a South Korean scientist.

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Scientific American

EDUCATION

In Alaska, school equality elusive

The state must improve education in rural areas before requiring students to pass the state exit exam, a judge recently ruled.

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Christian Science Monitor

N.Y. AG pulls athletic departments into student loan probe

40 college athletics departments are ensnared in a New York state investigation of irregularities in the college loan industry.

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USA Today

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

U.S. spends average of $8,701 per pupil on education

The United States spent an average of $8,701 per pupil to educate its children in 2005, the Census Bureau said, with some states paying more than twice as much per student as others.

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A girl jumps over bales of straw on a field near Frankfurt, central Germany. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)

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