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A man shows his Olympic spirit at Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Police cleared him from the area soon after. The 2008 Beijing Olympics begin Aug. 8. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty / AP)

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One quarter of nation's bridges, roads still 'structurally deficient'

The Federal Highway Administration reported in 2006 that one quarter of the nation's 600,000 bridges were at risk.

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Japanese officials seek data on sub's radiation leak

Japanese municipal officials in the city of Sasebo plan to ask the national government for more information about a leak by a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy submarine, Kyodo News reported.

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China inaugurates 220 mph rail service in time for Olympics; fastest in the world

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Defiant Chinese harassed, jailed before Olympic Games

Behind the barbed wire of prison, eight Chinese farmers with a grievance against the government have been consigned to Olympic limbo.

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IOC gave nod to Web site censorship

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The real China experience

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Beijing cabbies must quit garlic and learn English

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NPR

Anthrax suspect threatened coworkers

In July, Bruce Ivins told members of his counseling group that he bought a bulletproof vest and a gun, contemplating killing co-workers at the U.S. Army research laboratory.

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International Herald Tribune

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The anthrax case

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Antrax case remains open after settlement

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CBS News

California market hints at bottom to housing slump

California's battered homes market may be hitting bottom, suggesting a national housing recovery may follow, veteran banking analyst Charles Peabody said.

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Reuters

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Los Angeles Dodger Russell Martin (55) is forced out at second by Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Orlando Hudson. (Photo by Chris Carlson / AP)	A king vulture looks crossed-eyed at the camera in the Berlin Zoo. The bird is mainly found in middle and South America. (Photo by Franka Bruns / AP)	The total solar eclipse is observed in Jiuquan City, China. The total solar eclipse is the first visible in China this century. (Photo by Han Chuanhao / Xinhua / AP)

NATION

US death toll in Iraq at lowest point since war began

The monthly U.S. toll in Iraq fell to its lowest point since the war began, with 11 American deaths as July drew to a close.

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TIME

Minneapolis bridge collapse revealed holes in federal data

When the I-35W bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, officials requested an inspection of every similar bridge in the nation. There was just one problem: No one knew how many there were.

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POLITICS

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Breakaway Senate "gang" pushes drilling, conservation

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Congress breaks with no gas solution

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Yahoo! News

Future looks bleak for jobs

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Forbes

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Republicans continue to press celebrity attack on Obama

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U.S. News & World Report

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The specter of dueling media darlings

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International Herald Tribune

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Jack Reed says McCain Camp injected race issue into campaign

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Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Yahoo! chairman defends merger stance

Yahoo! Inc. tried to soothe angry investors at its annual meeting, insisting it had been serious about talks to sell itself to Microsoft Corp. and that it had good growth prospects in the next three years.

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Guardian

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What is Microsoft so afraid of?

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ABC News

Wal-Mart warns managers about labor bill

Wal-Mart said it has warned store managers about the consequences of a labor-friendly bill backed by presidential hopeful Barack Obama that would make it easier for workers to form unions.

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Reuters

Sun Micro shares take a hit

Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. slumped after the computer server and software maker reported a 73 percent drop in earnings and warned that it will report a loss for the current period.

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MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

San Diego company: 'oil from algae'

A company in San Diego claims to have developed a liquid fuel made from plants that is chemically identical to crude oil but which does not contribute to climate change when it is burned.

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Guardian

Great migrations deserve protection

Animal migrations must be protected, researchers argue, not just to save the species in question, but because the migrations themselves are ecologically important and spectacular to behold.

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Discovery Channel

HEALTH

Frankincense 'can ease arthritis'

A herb known as "Indian Frankincense" can reduce the symptoms of arthritis, U.S. researchers have suggested.

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BBC

Surgeons: German farmer gets double arm transplant

A German farmer who lost both his arms in an accident has been successfully fitted with two new limbs in what is believed to be the first complete double arm transplant, his surgeons said.

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ABC News

Protect yourself to keep away mosquitos, West Nile

Heavy rainfall has affected most of the Midwest, but flooding won't be the only consequence. An increased mosquito population will be an outcome of more rain as well.

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High Plains Journal

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Black US bishops question conservatives ties to African allies

For five years, conservative Episcopalians eager to escape their liberal American church have been building ties with African Anglicans half a world away.

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Religion News Service

Syrian leader invites papal visit

A top Islamic leader has issued an invitation for Pope Benedict XVI to visit Syria during the current Pauline year, the Italian Apcom news agency reports.

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Catholic World News

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GOOD NEWS

Nonprofit lets teens produce 3 films

The nonprofit Media Arts Center San Diego gathers teens from “under-represented” segments of the community who are interested in learning to make short documentaries.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

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Golden Globe sponsors give $750,000 to film schools, nonprofits

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Reuters

WORLD

India nuclear accord clears hurdle after IAEA deal

The United Nations atomic agency endorsed a plan for inspections of India's nuclear plants, a crucial step toward implementing a U.S.-India accord.

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Bloomberg

Rising Afghan violence threatens NGO aid effort

Violence in Afghanistan has reached its worst level since 2001 with more than 260 civilians killed in July, a group of aid agencies said, calling on all sides to protect the lives of non-combatants.

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Yahoo! News

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A look at Afghanistan and Pakistan

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CBS News

Israelis want early election as race for Prime Minister begins

Polling following Prime Minister Olmert's hastily arranged press conference suggests efforts by his ruling Kadima party to avoid early elections next month may be in vain.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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How Israeli elections work

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LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

8 cool attractions of the future

From the half-mile-tall Burj Dubai to a 16-deck cruise ship with its very own Central Park — these eight coming attractions will catch your imagination and get you thinking big about the future.

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MSNBC

'Swing Vote' good-ol'-boy comedy, satire and PSA

"Swing Vote" is an amiable lug of a movie, part public service announcement, part political satire and part good-ol'-boy comedy with a spritz of sentiment hanging over the entire enterprise.

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San Jose Mercury News

The 'Montauk Monster' mystery

The "Montauk Monster" may just be a bag of bones by now, but the people who know where it is aren't saying.

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FOX News

SPORTS

US relay team stripped of 2000 Olympic gold medals

The International Olympic Committee has stripped gold medals from the U.S. men's 1,600-meter relay team in the aftermath of Antonio Pettigrew's admission that he was doping at the time.

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CNN

Super Collingwood revives England

Paul Collingwood rescued England and resurrected his international career with the most courageous, determined century imaginable at Edgbaston.

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BBC

Sox fans knew a trade was always on-deck with Ramirez

It’s a bittersweet goodbye for Red Sox nation, after sultry slugger Manny Ramirez got his way and left Boston to swing for the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mars water discovered, "tasted" by lander — a first

NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander quenched a longtime scientific thirst when it detected water in a soil sample — the first time liquid water has been touched or "tasted" on another planet.

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National Geographic

Researchers may have found cosmic Rosetta stone

The first cosmological object formed in the universe was a tiny protostar with a mass of about 1 percent of our sun, according to U.S. and Japanese researchers.

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Wired

EDUCATION

House passes college aid bill

Aid for low-income students would increase and college students would get more information about tuition and textbook costs under legislation approved by the House.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The next big thing: smaller schools

Across the nation, urban school districts are breaking up large schools and replacing them with smaller ones.

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BITS AND PIECES

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An Iraqi toddler fills a wash basin with water in a village near Muqdadiyah, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo / AP)

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