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Beachgoers look at the rough surf pounding the Virginia Beach fishing pier as rain and wind from Tropical Storm Hanna pass through Virginia Beach, Va. (Photo by Steve Helber / AP)

GOP orchestrated delegates' comments about Palin

Alaska delegates to the RNC got a strong message this week from Republican officials as the media swarm kept bugging them about Gov. Sarah Palin: "STAY POSITIVE when talking with reporters."

McClatchy

Themes set, campaigns begin a 60-day dash to election day

International Herald Tribune

Analysis: Obama's pitch ... Fire GOP, hire me

USA Today

GOP mocks public service at its peril

For the first time in American history, a major political party devoted a substantial portion of its national convention to attacking grassroots organizing.

The Nation

Hanna rakes Carolinas with rain, wind, some floods

Tropical Storm Hanna blew hard and dumped rain in eastern North Carolina and Virginia, but caused little damage beyond isolated flooding and power outages. The storm headed toward New England.

ABC News

Is Hurricane Ike like devastating Andrew?

MSNBC

After Hanna: 'We fared good'

Yahoo! News

US takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac appears imminent

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expected to be taken over by the government as soon as this weekend to protect the mortgage market from risk.

USA Today

Nevada bank becomes 11th failed bank in 2008

Reuters

Bhutto's widower wins presidency

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has won a sweeping victory in Pakistan's presidential election.

BBC

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A model displays her face painted with Thracian symbols during a body-art festival in the town of Kazanlak, east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. (Photo by AP)	Melissa Stockwell, right, one of two U.S. veterans of the war in Iraq who is competing in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, chats with coach Jimi Flowers. (Photo by Greg Baker / AP)	At the Kremlin, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the war with Georgia has shown the world that "Russia is a nation to be reckoned with." (Photo by Sergei Chirikov / Pool / AP)

NATION

Machinists Union will strike at Boeing

Despite a 48-hour contract extension, negotiations between Boeing Co. and Machinists union officials failed. The union said a strike is set to begin.

BusinessWeek

FAA investigating 11 air carriers for safety

The cases were uncovered during a major Federal Aviation Administration effort to verify whether air carriers follow the agency's safety orders as required.

Google News

Highway Trust Fund is nearly broke

As Americans drive less, revenues have plummeted for the Highway Trust Fund, made up of gas tax money, so it is essentially broke.

ABC News

POLITICS

Bush presses Democrats for immediate lifting of ban on offshore drilling

President Bush called on Democrats to “immediately” lift the ban on offshore drilling, using his first radio address after the Republican National Convention to push the energy debate.

The Hill

Subpoenas to be issued for Alaska 'Troopergate' probe of Gov. Palin

The Alaska Legislature intends to complete its ethics investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner earlier than expected, weeks before the national election.

MSNBC

Special section:

An in-depth look at Palin's record

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Palin on foreign policy

CNN

Protesters at Rage Against the Machine arrested

Star Tribune

Obama hits McCain on Social Security

Democrat Barack Obama said Republican John McCain's approach to Social Security would undermine the government program aimed mostly at retirees.

Newsweek

BUSINESS

Record 1.2 million homes hit by foreclosure in 2008

That represents 2.8 percent of all outstanding loans, up from 1.4 percent of all loans during the same period a year ago, according to a report released by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

CNNMoney

Oil falls to 5-month low on dollar gain

Crude oil fell to a 5-month low as the dollar gained, curbing demand for commodities as a hedge, and a government report showed employers in the U.S. cut more jobs last month than forecast.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Did 'junk DNA' trigger the evolution of human thumb and foot?

Out of 3 billion genetic letters that spell the human genome, Yale scientists found a few that may have contributed to evolution of human limbs enabling us to manipulate tools and walk upright.

Science Daily

A subsidized netbook in your future?

As promised by Dell inc. CEO Michael Dell, the newly launched Inspiron Mini 9 will soon be bundled with Vodafone's mobile broadband services in parts of Europe.

BetaNews

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Teaching your children Buddhist values

Of all the thousands of the Buddha's teachings, he directed a very few specifically to children.

Tricycle

Vatican battle looms on 'brain death'

A front-page article in the Vatican newspaper questioned the medical determination of "brain death," which suggests an internal debate on the topic.

Catholic World News

Palin offers a window into Pentecostal beliefs, practices

Sermons attended by vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin declare that people who die without Christ "have a horrible, horrible surprise" awaiting them and refer to America as a "Christian nation."

Religion News Service

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University offers bonuses for professors

To improve its retention rate and fund raising, Kent State University is paying cash bonuses to faculty members if the university exceeds its goals in those areas.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Network news anchors, stars join to 'Stand Up to Cancer'

In an unusual alliance, ABC, CBS and NBC ran a 1-hour, live special simultaneously, with their respective news anchors Charles Gibson, Katie Couric and Brian Williams.

USA Today

WORLD

In destitute kingdom, ruler and his family live like royalty

In poverty-stricken Swaziland a lavish "40-40 Celebration" will mark the king's 40th birthday and the nation's 40th year of independence that it can ill afford.

International Herald Tribune

Rice and Gaddafi hammer at wall built by decades of animosity