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Turkish police forensic experts examine a weapon outside of the U.S. Consulate after an attack in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Murad Sezer / AP)

Oil rebounds $2 after Iran missile tests

Reuters

Iran test-fires missiles in show of defiance

NPR

Web-savvy homeowners vs. landmen

Today's energy company landmen must deal with Texas soccer moms with their own Web sites and Pennsylvania dairy farmers/bloggers, all armed with Google maps and Excel spreadsheets.

TIME

Attack on US post in Turkey kills 6

A group of unidentified gunmen opened fire on Turkish security guards outside the United States Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, the Turkish authorities said.

International Herald Tribune

US consulate attack

CNN

'Three Germans seized' in Turkey

BBC

US played quiet role in Colombia jungle hostage rescue

U.S. troops did not participate directly in the hostage-rescue operation, but behind the rescue in a jungle clearing stood years of clandestine American work.

MSNBC

Scam artists use dead doctors' IDs to abuse Medicare

According to court documents, Nelson Martin and Aurelio Benavides submitted $14.3 million in false claims for reimbursement. As a result, Medicare paid them about $1.3 million.

ABC News

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Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr flashes peace signs during his 68th birthday celebration outside the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago, Ill. (Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / AP)	A woman looks at lumpfish sitting on balloons at Shinagawa Aqua-Stadium aquarium in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koji Sasahara / AP)	Boston Red Sox's Coco Crisp dives for a double by Minn. Twins' Nick Punto during the ninth inning at Fenway Park, Boston, Mass. (Photo by Winslow Townson / AP)

NATION

Did trailer makers know about formaldehyde fumes?

By early 2006, the Gulf Stream Coach plant was cranking out more than 100 trailers a day. The pace, former employees say, quickly forced the company to turn to low-quality materials.

CBS News

Trailer graveyards haunt FEMA, neighbors

NPR

Cheney accused of suppressing testimony on climate change's risks

The U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney intervened to gag a senior official from testifying to the public health problems caused by climate change, according to a Bush administration whistleblower.

Guardian

EPA official claims Cheney silenced agency

MSNBC

Calif. blaze threatens more evacuations

A new blaze in northern California threatened 2,000 structures and may force 5,000 residents to evacuate, adding to a spate of wildfires in the state, a state spokeswoman said.

CNN

POLITICS

McCain, Obama react to Iran's missile test

Sen. John McCain said that Iran's show of force highlights the need for a missile shield, while Sen. Barack Obama said it is time for direct talks with Tehran.

The Hill

Obama calls 'Access Hollywood' interview a mistake

Barack Obama said it was a mistake to allow his daughters to be interviewed extensively by “Access Hollywood,” and he will not allow it to happen again.

MSNBC

Obama's call for unity faces abortion test

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Many movie theaters decide to leave the 'Bat Signal' on till dawn

Fans have bought so many late-night tickets for the July 18 opening of the next Batman movie that many theaters are scheduling 6 a.m. screenings for those who can’t get in at midnight or 3 in the morning.

Rotten Tomatoes

How the Google generation thinks

Digital natives and immigrants are terms for those who have grown up with technology and those who have adapted to it. What is new is the emerging evidence of the consequences of this digital divide.

Times Online

5 alternatives to the new Apple iPhone

Touch-screen competitors might not top Apple's software, but they offer other unique features.

U.S. News & World Report

ENVIRONMENT

Suit seeks ban on oil companies disturbing wildlife

Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn new federal regulations that grants permission to oil companies working in the Chukchi Sea to disturb the polar bears and walrus.

Reuters

States approve compact to protect the Great Lakes

The vast majority of the fresh surface water in the United States may soon be off-limits to thirsty parts of the nation and the world.

NPR

HEALTH

Food diary may double your weight loss

A recent study by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research found that dieters who kept track of what they ate in a food journal lost twice as much weight compared to those who didn't.

ABC News

Waist size a better measure of health than Body Mass Index

As a measurement of health status as it is currently applied, the BMI is misleading. The good news is that there are other more easily determined and more useful measurements out there.

Epoch Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fix found for Internet security flaw

Computer experts have released software to tackle a security glitch in the Internet's addressing system.

BBC

Who's tracking your Web browsing?

Seeking to mute consumer and congressional concerns over possible online privacy violations, the media company NebuAd announced that it will take new steps to protect Internet users.

McClatchy Newspapers

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GOOD NEWS

South Africa releases Mandela 90th birthday coin

The South African Reserve Bank will circulate 5 million coins featuring Nelson Mandela to commemorate the former president's 90th birthday.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Warren Buffett gives stock to charity

Billionaire Warren Buffett has given away 512,169 Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to three charitable foundations in keeping with his plan to give away the bulk of his fortune.

BusinessWeek

WORLD

G-8 looks past Bush

Leaders of the G-8 issued a polite sayonara to President Bush and to the rest of the world: We’re likely to take a stronger, more specific joint stance on dealing with climate change next year.

Christian Science Monitor

Over caviar and sea urchin, G-8 leaders mull food crisis