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Cliff Fischer holds on to his boogie board during tropical storm Fay's winds in Big Pine Key, Florida. (Photo by Alan Diaz / AP)

No sign of major destruction as Fay soaks Fla.

Tropical Storm Fay made landfall on Florida's southwest coast, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but nothing like the destruction last seen in the area during a 2004 killer hurricane.

MSNBC

Kite-surfer confronts Fay, loses

CNN

Tropical storms and hurricanes

Yahoo! News

July's wholesale inflation climbed at fastest pace since 1981

Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years.

Newsweek

Pakistan's next president

Triumphant after the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf, the leaders of the parties in the coalition government were set to gather to discuss candidates for his replacement.

International Herald Tribune

Pakistan reacts to resignation

MSNBC

Suicide attack at Algerian police academy kills 43

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged car into a police academy as recruits lined up to register for classes, killing at least 43 people.

Google News

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Timeline: Algeria

BBC

100 college presidents seek debate on drinking age

College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities are calling on lawmakers to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

To college freshmen, GPS has always been there

Yahoo! News

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Nigeria's Olubayo Adefemi reacts during their men's semifinal soccer match against Belgium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. (Photo by Vincent Yu / AP)	Cattle to be auctioned at the Belleville Farmers and Livestock Market in Belleville, Pa., is a sign of tough economic times for farmers. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP)	Fireworks explode behind the New Palace during the 10th Night of Potsdam's Palaces near Berlin. (Photo by Franka Bruns / AP)

NATION

Calif. Supreme Court: Doctors denying care to lesbians 'discrimination'

California's highest court barred doctors from invoking religious beliefs to deny treatment to gays and lesbians.

CBS News

Anthrax scientist aided FBI's probe

The FBI destroyed anthrax samples submitted in 2002 by Bruce Ivins because he didn't prepare them according to the protocol spelled out in a court order.

ABC News

Bid to allow guns in national parks

The U.S. Interior Department is considering scrapping a 25-year ban on carrying concealed weapons in national parks.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Convention plan: introduce Barack Obama as all-American success story

Introducing Barack Obama as the candidate for president at the Democratic convention presents unique challenges because of his race and Republican questions about his patriotism, values and faith.

MSNBC

Obama's vice presidential running mate search nears end

ABC News

Blog:

Clinton still in debt

CNN

McCain: Obama tried to 'legislate Iraqi failure' by opposing surge

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Democrat Barack Obama placed political self-interest ahead of the country's and tried to legislate failure in Iraq.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Google plans big presence at summer political conventions

Delegates, reporters and bloggers will be able to use computers to upload their photos and videos to the web. The company also plans to offer free smoothies and massages.

Wired

The business of hip-hop

After years of violent rivalry marked by the murders of such icons as Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., hip-hop's focus has shifted from beef to cake — making money.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Bush to relax endangered species rules

President Bush is proposing changes that would allow federal agencies to decide for themselves whether subdivisions, dams, highways, and other projects might harm endangered species.

National Geographic

Sanitation and wastewater use on World Water Week agenda

Lack of access to sanitation remains a major impediment to global development while claiming hundreds of lives daily, experts agreed as the annual World Water Week opened.

Earth Times

EDUCATION

Making an arguement for misspelling

A professor at Bucks New University in Buckinghamshire, England, sees so many misspellings in papers that he says we'd be better off doing away with certain spelling rules altogether.

TIME

College presidents: lower drinking age

College presidents from about 100 U.S. universities are asking lawmakers to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws encourage dangerous binge drinking.

USA Today

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Survey says God is the ultimate doctor

An eye-opening survey reveals widespread belief that divine intervention can revive dying patients. Researchers said doctors “need to be prepared to deal with families who are waiting for a miracle.”

Florida Times-Union

Native Americans protest fires in forests

With summer wildfires raging across the western United States, California's two largest Indian tribes are taking aim at Forest Service officials who they say are interfering with sacred lands.

Beliefnet

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“I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.”

Andre Gide

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With attacks on Gov. Paterson failing, it's 'Dave of reckoning' in Albany

NY Daily News

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Doubts over the anthrax case intensify - except among much of the media

Salon.com

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Poverty, income and health insurance: what to expect and why it matters

Huffington Post

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The perils of an Israeli transition

International Herald Tribune

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Gunning for bear and public safety

Seattle Times

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Trade or warfare: Tribal ways rule

Sydney Morning Herald

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Why campaigns feel like they never have enough time

Slate

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A 3:00 a.m. moment

Newsweek

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

"The End of Food": Paul Roberts August 19 at 3 pm

Washington Post

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Doctor finds higher calling when death knocks in Africa

After very nearly dying on Africa's Mt. Kilimanjaro, Dr. Frank Artress decided to to leave his comfortable life in California to become a bush doctor in Africa.

San Francisco Chronicle

Gates honors Mexican library service

Mexico's Vasconcelos program brings technology to remote villages to train people how to use computers and connect to the Internet.

HappyNews.com

WORLD

Nato holds Georgia crisis summit

BBC

Russian tanks roll

MSNBC