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An aerial view of the Ocean Confidence, a deepwater drilling rig, is shown as it works in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Bill Haber / AP)

Obama won't accept public money in election campaign

Democrat Barack Obama said he won't accept public financing for his presidential campaign, calculating that he can raise privately far more than the $85 million available in government funds.

Bloomberg

Muslim calls out Obama after being snubbed at rally

Detroit Free Press

4 of Mugabe's opponents killed in firebomb attack

London Independent

African group casts doubt on fairness of Zimbabwe runoff vote

International Herald Tribune

Partisan battle lines drawn over offshore drilling

President Bush's call for Congress to end a ban on offshore drilling sharpened the partisan divide over energy policy and reversed a position he had held publicly through his presidency.

St. Petersburg Times

Will more drilling mean cheaper gas?

TIME

Bush pushes Congress for more offshore drilling

MSNBC

Former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers indicted

Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were arrested and indicted on securities fraud charges following a federal criminal probe into the collapse of two funds they oversaw.

Reuters

Bear Sterns managers arrested

Yahoo! News

Afghanistan: Taliban is 'pushed back in Kandahar,' forced to retreat

Taliban fighters who were occupying villages near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar have been forced to retreat, the province's governor claimed.

Guardian

NATO and Afghan forces battle Taliban

International Herald Tribune

The World in Photos .........................................................................
Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers gets a Gatorade shower as the Celtics win the NBA Championship in Boston, Mass. (Photo by Elise Amendola / AP)	Wham-O intern Li-Hsuan Lu hula hoops in Emeryville, Calif. The hula hoop marks its 50th anniversary. (Photo by Noah Berger / AP)	A tourist couple takes photos of the House of Parliament during a very hot day in central Athens, Greece. (Photo by Petros Karadjias / AP)

NATION

Mississippi levee breach could swamp 47 square miles

Floodwaters with the potential to swamp 47 square miles breached a levee in Illinois, adding to the 18 other levees breached or overtopped along the Mississippi River.

MSNBC

Congress to add to $1.8B flood aid

TIME

Midwest flooding map

CNN

US nuclear weapons parts missing, Pentagon says

The U.S. military cannot locate hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components, according to several government officials familiar with a Pentagon report.

Financial Times

Politicians flock to Russert funeral

Tom Brokaw lifted a bottle of Rolling Rock beer in tribute to fallen colleague Tim Russert, part of a day of tributes that brought the nation's top journalists and politicians together.

CNN

Russert: my dad was a force of nature

MSNBC

POLITICS

McCain plans to add 100 nuclear reactors, invest in coal

Republican presidential candidate John McCain will push to almost double the number of nuclear reactors in the U.S. as part of a plan to lessen the nation's dependence on foreign oil.

Bloomberg

Cindy McCain on Vietnam charity mission

TIME

Web’s effect on politics: big bucks, big turnout and big scandals

A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that “46 percent of Americans have used the Internet to get news about the campaign, share their views, and mobilize others.”

Christian Science Monitor

Michelle Obama looks to soften image

Michelle Obama makes her debut appearance on ABC's "The View" as her husband, presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama, fights to gain popularity with key women voters.

ABC News

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Can she bond with stay-at-home moms?

TIME

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Conspicuous by their presence

For the July issue of Italian Vogue, Meisel has photographed only black models. In a reverse of the general pattern of fashion magazines, all the faces are black.

International Herald Tribune

Cirque du Soleil denies Dubai deal

Cirque du Soleil is dismissing reports that an oil-rich Dubai investment fund has approached the Canadian company with a takeover bid.

Globeandmail.com

George Carlin's Mark Twain honors

Comedian George Carlin will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Carlin was selected as the 11th recipient of this award by the Kennedy Center.

Monsters and Critics

EDUCATION

These students have a (business) plan

Entrepreneurship education is gaining popularity as a way to motivate students to master everything from mathematics to public speaking.

Christian Science Monitor

Public shows will to protect schools

According to a newly published survey, 60 percent of Californians believe that K-12 public education should be protected from budget cuts.

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

iTunes store hits 5 billion downloads

Apple 's iTunes store, the country's No. 1 music retailer, announced that it has surpassed five billion downloads.

PC World

Firefox 3 downloads clear 8 million mark

Take this statistic with a grain of salt, but Mozilla said more than 8 million copies of Firefox 3 were downloaded in its first 24 hours online.

CNET News

IBM's Roadrunner breaks petaflop barrier, tops supercomputer list

At the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany, IBM will reveal that its Roadrunner, the fastest supercomputer in the world is also one of the most energy efficient.

CNET News

HEALTH

Even best efforts can't always prevent heart attacks

Heart disease patients can significantly reduce their chances of a heart attack, but they can't totally prevent it, said Dr. Howard Hodis of the Keck School of Medicine at USC.

Yahoo! News

Latest research on octopuses sheds light on memory

Research on octopuses, creatures considered to be the most intelligent invertebrates, has revealed how our brains store and recall memory.

Science Daily

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Sister Mary Corita Kent

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GOOD NEWS

Missing women found at Alaska's Denali National Park

Two women, Abby Flantz, 25, and Erica Nelson, 23, reported missing in Denali National Park and Preserve were located alive and well.

San Jose Mercury News

Melanoma stopped in patient with 5 billion copies of own cell

Researchers used five billion copies of a single immune cell from a man to wipe out signs of his advanced melanoma for more than two years.

Bloomberg

Quadriplegic woman embarks on solo sailing around UK

In a yacht steered by her breath, Hilary Lister is attempting to become the first quadriplegic sailor to circumnavigate Britain.

Scotsman

WORLD

Israel-Hamas Gaza truce begins