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Sisters Caycee, left, and Caytie Ribble are reunited with their pets, a cat and a rabbit, in Cedar Rapids, Mo. Their mother and her boyfriend returned to their house through waist-high water for the first time since Wednesday to rescue the animals.  (Photo by Seth Wenig / AP) How Guantanamo backfired on US An eight-month investigation of the detention system created after Sept. 11 has found that the U.S. imprisoned innocent men, abused them and allowed militants to turn the prison into a school for jihad. McClatchy Newspapers Karzai: attacks into Pakistan justified, may send troops Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened to attack Taliban insurgents on Pakistani soil, saying his war-torn country had a right to do so out of "self-defense." Agence France-Presse Unfulfilled promises haunt Afghanistan BBC 15 militants killed in search for Afghan prisoner escapees CNN International   Iowa floodwaters soaking Cedar Rapids moving south The water that is beginning to recede in Cedar Rapids is moving south to Iowa City, where the Iowa River's depth broke a 15-year record. USA Today Officials order mandatory evacuation of Des Moines NPR In photos: Midwest storms Yahoo! News Levees breached in Iowa CNN Get Osama Bin Laden before I leave office, orders Bush President George W. Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden before his term in the White House ends. Times Online Bush arrives in UK amid huge security operation Guardian Free-trade era may be nearing end amid food, growth concerns After six decades of ever-expanding international commerce, the high tide of free trade is ebbing. Bloomberg   NATION 3 men face life in plot to train terrorists to kill US troops Three Toledo-area men were convicted of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq. The case relied on help from an ex-soldier who posed as a radical. Detroit Free Press San Diego drivers appreciate Mexico's cheap gas If there's pain at the pump in the U.S., Mexico may just have a remedy. A gallon of gas a few miles south, in Tijuana, is about $2.54 — less if you pay in pesos. Yahoo! News POLITICS Obscenity-laden e-mail shows Florida delegate fight lingers After Democrats thought they mostly had put the debacle over Florida's delegates behind them, party faithful are bickering over who will get to attend the national convention at Denver in August. McClatchy Newspapers McCain blasts detainee ruling Republican presidential candidate John McCain denounced the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting broader legal rights to the detainees at Guantanamo Bay as "one of the worst . . . in history." Philadelphia Inquirer Obama sends out army of volunteers Although there are still 143 days left before the election, Obama is to send thousands of campaign volunteers across the U.S. in the hope that he will out-organize his rival John McCain. Guardian Black conservatives conflicted on Obama campaign NPR SPORTS Managers would not initiate instant replay under current plan Major League Baseball is attempting to institute instant replay on home run calls before the end of this season, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. ESPN Tiger takes Torrey — on one leg Playing through intense pain from a surgically repaired knee, Tiger Woods' play announced what we already knew: Woods isn't giving up his dance with destiny without a fight to the last. Golf.com HEALTH Children more vulnerable to swimming-related illness According to the Environmental Protection Agency, children age 10 and younger are more susceptible to sicknesses related to swimming in bacteria-infested water. Vancouver Sun Synapses may prove key to brainpower A cross-species study looking at the interconnections between neurons, known as synapses, reveals a whole new dimension to the evolution of our complex brain overlooked by previous studies. International Herald Tribune Wii Fit finding its way into rehab Wii Fit is being used to rehabilitate injured athletes since it has "great potential" to strengthen the core and increase compliance with rehabilitation exercises. New Zealand Herald SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Heavy bandwidth users face limits on Internet use Some people use the Internet simply to check e-mail and look up phone numbers; others are online all day, downloading big video and music files. Should they pay the same price for access? International Herald Tribune Using video games in the classroom Learning how neutrophils attack infection isn't the most gripping topic for your average high school student, but the Federation of American Scientists hopes to change all that — with video games. ABC News Ultraviolet glow betrays impending supernova In the latest in a series of supernova firsts, scientists report that they pinpointed a star that flared in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum for several hours. Scientific American LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT This old, very expensive, house If you have $100-million-plus you could own one America’s costliest homes. MSNBC RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Compromise in Muslim dispute not working out in Indonesia Indonesia is bracing for renewed religious violence as a government attempt to be even-handed in a dispute between radical and moderate Muslims has only served to inflame passions. Vancouver Sun Camps teach creation science According to the Christian Camp and Conference Association, 50 percent of its member camps offer a science curriculum about God's creation. Newsweek   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column: My two dads Salon.com Editorial: World hunger Philadelphia Inquirer Blog: McCain promises an increase in women by end of first term ABC News Column (Joe Klein): "He was loving this election" TIME Column (Christopher Caldwell): Web gossip is forever Financial Times Column (Michael Barone): In defense of lobbyists Real Clear Politics Editorial: Bad cow disease International Herald Tribune Column (Howard Fineman): Getting to know him Newsweek Editorial: Iraq starts to fix itself Economist   Site edited by: Andrew McMillan, Mason Lane, Brian Levine, Eric Connolly, Destinei Waddy, Max Miller, Walt Chiu, Dana Myles, Steff White-Olson and Jasmine Jernberg.   GOOD NEWS US teen sailor takes on the world A 16-year-old from Los Angeles is hoping to become the youngest person to sail round the world alone. Zac Sunderland will make the historic year-long journey in a boat bought with his own savings. BBC Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario A sunken British warship that was lost during a gale in 1780 has been found at the bottom of Lake Ontario, making it the oldest shipwreck ever found in the Great Lakes. Google News WORLD More secret documents discovered on London train A second set of confidential papers on British terrorism policies were found on a train in less than a week, a British newspaper reported. CNN New batch of terror files left on train The Independent Million flee south Chinese floods Flooding in southern China has killed at least 55 people and forced more than one million to flee their homes, some in the area of the recent earthquake. BBC Che Guevara, 4 decades later, gets a hometown statue Few markers alert visitors that the revolutionary leader was born here exactly 80 years ago, even though Ernesto "Che" Guevara remains the most famous export of this sleepy city. McClatchy Newspapers BUSINESS Oil rally topped dot-com craze in speculators' mania The rally that drove oil to a record $139.12 a barrel last week surpassed the gains in Internet stocks that preceded the dot-com crash in 2000. Bloomberg Saudis plan to raise oil output International Herald Tribune US and China to announce energy-environment deal at economic talks At the Strategic Economic Dialogue meeting, the U.S. and China will announce an energy and environmental pact that will address clean air, clean water, clean electricity, and transportation. Forbes Housing crisis likely to last all summer Forclosures are unlikely to peak until sometime this fall, as more loans made to borrowers with poor credit records reset at higher levels, said Rick Sharga, RealtyTrac's vice president of marketing. CBS News Special section: Credit crunch: a timeline CBS News Ed McMahon's housing troubles CNNMoney ENVIRONMENT Companies get OK to annoy polar bears The Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially harm polar bears in the pursuit of oil and natural gas, less than a month after its being listed as endangered. ABC News Mending the ozone hole may worsen climate change Atmospheric scientists caution in a new study that sewing up the rift in the ozone layer may exacerbate climate change. Scientific American Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide "renewable petroleum." Times Online EDUCATION Mississippi school holds interracial prom Mississippi integrated its public schools in 1970, but segregation still haunts parts of the culture. A Delta town had, until recently, maintained a system of separate proms for black and white students. NPR Clampdown on public buses could jeopardize school ride According to federal officials, districts like Oakland, Calif., harm private bus firms by using city transit buses. Christian Science Monitor NCATE revising standards on child-development preparation An expert panel is drafting recommendations for how teacher colleges can craft courses and curricula so that future educators have a stronger understanding of how children develop. Education Week   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT New life for broken hearts? Scientists have found a way to reliably grow large quantities of heart cells from human embryonic stem cells — a feat that marks a significant step toward generating replacement tissue for failing hearts. 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