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Mike Coy paddles a kayak around the flooded streets of Franklin, Ind. Morning rains brought the water up in many parts of the city, as storms dumped as much as 10 inches of rain on soggy central Indiana. (Photo by AJ Mast / AP)

First lady in Afghanistan, highlights country's progress

First lady Laura Bush is highlighting signs of rebirth in war-weary Afghanistan ahead of a donors conference in Paris, where the U.S. hopes billions of dollars in aid will be pledged to help the embattled nation.

NPR

Salmonella food poisoning spreading across 16 states

Salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has spread to 16 states, federal health officials said.

USA Today

McDonald's pull tomatoes from menu

Globeandmail.com

Man stabs shoppers in crowded Tokyo street, killing seven

A man who said he was tired of life went on a stabbing rampage in a crowded Tokyo shopping street, killing seven people and wounding a dozen others.

Reuters

Flooded in a flash

At least one person died, hospitals were evacuated, a dam failed, people fled their homes in boats. An apparent Indiana record of almost 11 inches fell in Edinburgh, Ind.

Indianapolis Star

Midwest flooding

Yahoo! News

Tornadoes rip south Chicago suburbs

Chicago Sun-Times

Boston baked beings

CNN

Oil crisis dominates G8 meeting

The energy ministers of the world's leading industrialized nations have met in Japan amid fears soaring oil prices could damage the global economy.

BBC

Strong earthquake rocks Greece

Authorities say a very strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 has struck southwestern Greece. So far, reports say at least three people are injured, and five trapped.

USA Today

Opposition rally stopped in Zimbabwe

Opposition officials accused ruling party militants of preventing the Movement for Democratic Change from holding a rally, a day after a court lifted a ban on opposition rallies.

CNN

NATION

America's medicated army

For the first time in history, a sizable and growing number of U.S. combat troops are taking daily doses of antidepressants to calm nerves strained by repeated and lengthy tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

TIME

Judge seeks end to 12-year suit over Indian money

A judge plans to begin hearings to determine how much the government should pay in a suit brought against the government 12 years ago by a group of American Indians.

Newsweek

US prison population hits all-time high: 2.3 million incarcerated

The Justice Department has released a new report showing the nation's prison and jail population reached a record high of 2.3 million people.

ABC News

POLITICS

Clinton ends historic bid, urges supporters to put Obama in White House

Hillary Rodham Clinton suspended her pioneering campaign for the presidency and summoned supporters to use "our energy, our passion, our strength" to put Barack Obama in the White House.

MSNBC

Clinton's bid comes to a close

International Herald Tribune

What's next for Hillary Clinton?

NPR

Franken sweeps to endorsement

U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken took the DFL nomination by acclamation, after a day of questions over whether the controversial satirist can wage a focused campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.

Star Tribune

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Rocking funeral: 'Who do you love? It's you, Bo'

Bo Diddley's funeral rocked and rolled with as much energy as his music. For four hours, friends and relatives sang, danced and celebrated the life of the man who helped give birth to rock and roll.

MSNBC

Spike strikes back at Clint

After Eastwood told him to "shut his face" and stop criticizing him about not including African-Americans in his Iwo Jima movies, Lee's lashing out.

ABC News

SPORTS

Sportscaster Jim McKay dies at 86

Jim McKay, who became the model for the modern sports anchorman with his marathon effort amid a terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died of natural causes at his Maryland horse farm.

Baltimore Sun

Jim McKay talks about Munich Olympics

YouTube

Big Brown denied Triple Crown; Da' Tara wins Belmont Stakes

Big Brown failed in his chance to become the first horse in 30 years to win the Triple Crown, as 38-1 long shot Da' Tara led wire-to-wire to capture the 140th running of the Belmont Stakes.

Bloomberg

Nadal manhandles Federer to claim fourth straight French title

Rafael Nadal overwhelmed Roger Federer in the French Open final, winning 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 to become the second player to win four straight titles in Paris.

ESPN

Ivanovic secures first Grand Slam title

London Independent

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Religion's role in elections past, present

A string of incidents involving presidential contenders, pastors and churches illustrates how tricky the navigation of religious terrain continues to be for political candidates.

Baltimore Sun

Pastor challenges baby mamas to marry their baby daddies

Love might be the primary reason four committed couples — all of whom have stayed together since having children — have decided to take the marital step.

Religion News Service

ENVIRONMENT

Caribbean Monk Seal declared extinct

Federal officials have confirmed what biologists have long thought: The Caribbean monk seal has gone the way of the dodo.

CBS News

Thirst for bottled water unleashes flood of environmental concerns

Once reserved for Perrier-sipping elitists, bottled water has become a drink of the masses. But some have watched this growth with alarm.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cloaking device moves beyond theory

The concept of a superlens cloak is still far from reality, but the integrity of the mathematical concept has sent some experimentalists into the laboratory to try and turn the theory into reality.

LiveScience

T-Mobile sues Starbucks over breach of Wi-Fi contract

T-Mobile USA Inc. is suing Starbucks Corp., alleging that the world's largest coffee chain breached a contract by letting a rival company supply customers with free wireless Internet service.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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GOOD NEWS

Coast Guard finds 5 missing sailors in Gulf of Mexico

A Coast Guard spokeswoman said that a helicopter crew had found five of six regatta competitors alive after their boat disappeared in the Gulf of Mexico.

MSNBC

New legacy from Shanghai Jews

The growing Jewish expatriate community in Shanghai has won support from local officials for preserving the Hongkou ghetto as a historic district.

HappyNews.com

In Iran, a monument to selflessness

The Bakhtiari tribe names a mountain after Helen Jeffreys Bakhtiar, a woman from Idaho, to commemorate her public health work there in the 1950s.

NPR

WORLD

Russia takes critical tone on economy