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People gather around a bus after it was rammed and overturned by a bulldozer in an attack in Jerusalem. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

At least 2 die in Jerusalem attack

The Palestinian driver of an earthmover went on a rampage in Jerusalem before a police officer clambered onto the careening vehicle and shot him to death, witnesses said.

International Herald Tribune

Bulldozer slams into bus, cars in Jerusalem

CNN

Microsoft and Yahoo shares rise

Shares of Yahoo and Microsoft rose as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft has talked to other companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

100 more labs join FDA effort to test beyond tomatoes

The Food and Drug Administration activated its Food Emergency Response Network in an attempt to trace the salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 800.

USA Today

Salmonella outbreak still unclear

ABC News

Man arrested in killing of 8

Nicholas Sheley walked into Bindy's Bar in Granite City, just minutes after images of his face flashed on a TV news broadcasts warning that he was wanted in the murders of eight people in five days.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Murder-spree suspect nabbed

MSNBC

High gas prices threaten rural towns

Soaring gas prices are a double-whammy for many rural residents: They often pay more than people who live in cities and suburbs because of the expense of hauling fuel to their communities.

USA Today

Driving down real estate: how gas prices are affecting the suburbs

Newsweek

Obama vows to expand, amend Bush's faith-based initiative

Sen. Barack Obama said if he were elected president he'd have his own version of President Bush's office of faith-based initiatives that would inject morality into policy debates.

McClatchy Newspapers

Obama: Would Overhaul Bush Faith-based Program

YouTube

Turkey rocked by arrests

Twenty-three arrests of prominent persons have been made in Turkey on speculation that they are affiliated with Ergenekon, an organization suspected of plotting against the government.

Asia Times

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Bandit the Biker Dog gets a ride in the solo division at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition in Imperial Beach, Calif. (Photo by Denis Poroy / AP)	China's Zheng Jie watches the ball as she returns to Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic, during their quarterfinal at Wimbledon. (Photo by Alastair Grant / AP)	Participants in the "Longest Walk" from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., walk along a highway in Richmond, Va. (Photo by Steve Helber / AP)

NATION

After the flood, FEMA earns praise

The impact of the floods has been severe. But the perception of how well the federal, state and local emergency responders performed contrasts sharply with other recent disasters.

Christian Science Monitor

Midwest floods show impact of global warming

Reuters

For many, golden years mean less travel, more work

Many older Americans had long envisioned retirement as a time for vacation. Now, with food and health care costs surging and fuel prices soaring, many retirees are forced to downsize their dreams.

USA Today

POLITICS

McCain: The current economy is in ‘terrible shape’

The Hill

NRA to target Obama in ad blitz

CNN

Poll shows Obama, McCain in a statistical dead heat

The new CNN survey indicates that among registered voters nationwide, Sen. Barack Obama holds a 5-point advantage over Sen. John McCain, 50 percent to 45 percent.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Georgia judge yanks coal power permit on climate concerns

Fulton County Superior Court judge issued a decision that blocks construction of the first coal-burning power plant proposed in Georgia in more than 20 years.

Environment News Service

How farmers are saving the soil by parking their plows

The age-old practice of turning the soil before planting a new crop is a leading cause of farmland degradation. Many farmers are thus looking to make plowing a thing of the past.

Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Archdiocese files $10M suit agains Whirlpool in ’05 blaze

The Archdiocese of Boston has filed a lawsuit against Whirlpool for a refrigerator that allegedly malfunctioned and caused a church to be burn to the ground in 2005.

Boston Herald

Poland gets first Orthodox rabbis since World War II

Nine students were recently ordained as rabbis in Warsaw by the Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich in an effort to revive Judaism in Poland after it was nearly annihilated during the Holocaust.

Jerusalem Post

EDUCATION

New D.C. schools chief makes bold moves to reform dysfunctional system

After a year of dramatic shake-ups by Washington Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, mass firings in what was once a remarkably dysfunctional system now seem almost routine.

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Official: Some A-level subjects are harder than others

The United Kingdom's Institute of Physics and the Royal Society has found that A-levels in math and science are much harder than other subjects.

London Independent

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

iPhone to be available without contract

Smartphone buyers in the United States will be able to buy a version of Apple’s new 3G iPhone for $599 without committing to a two-year service agreement, AT&T said.

Financial Times

Study finds benefit in 'magic mushrooms'

Scientists reported that when they surveyed volunteers 14 months after they took a psychedelic drug, most said they were still feeling and behaving better because of the experience.

ABC News

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The Daily Quote

“If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.”

Henry Kravis

American business financier and investor

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School passes up chance for change

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

FDA emphasizes safety, not speed

News Journal

Column:

Building a foundation in quality childcare

Daily Telegraph

Editorial:

African leaders failed to act

Economist

Blog (Ross Douthat):

Is the iPhone making us stupid?

Atlantic Online

Column (Dominic Lawson):

Meet Obama, master of the U-turn

London Independent

Column:

Global warming challenges old views

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Medicare cuts show need for an overhaul

Star Tribune

Column:

Bitter Yankee Doodles need to chill out

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Column:

The limits of racism, sexism

Boston Globe

Column:

Clark feels the heat, but stays firm

Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

Donors help save jazz icon's home

Donors made contributions to save four-time Grammy-nominated jazz singer, Ernestine Anderson's, home from foreclosure. Now, she can breathe again.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Anderson sings 'I Can't Give You Anything but Love'

YouTube

Dalai Lama envoys in China talks

Senior envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, are in Beijing for formal talks with the Chinese government.

BBC

WORLD

A.U. recommends a national unity government for Zimbabwe

The African Union recommended creating a government of national unity for Zimbabwe during the A.U. summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.