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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, shakes hands with North Korean nuclear envoy Kim Kye Gwan before leaving from Pyongyang airport. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service / AP)

Trapped Chilean miners sing

Video footage of the 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped underground for three weeks shows the men in good spirits, singing the national anthem, chanting, "Long live Chile, and long live the miners."

Guardian

Trapped Chile miners video message

YouTube

Hurricane Danielle now a Category 4 storm

Hurricane Danielle is now a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic. Danielle's maximum sustained winds increased to near 135 mph with some additional strengthening possible.

NPR

3 storms swirl in the Atlantic

MSNBC

American imprisoned in N. Korea returns to US

Looking gaunt but relieved, an American freed after being jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang in the company of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

MSNBC

China silent on reported visit by NKorea's Kim Jong-il

Reuters

North Korea frees American

CNN

After Katrina, Gulf Coast is still vulnerable

Since Hurricane Katrina slammed the U.S. Gulf Coast, breaching levees and flooding New Orleans, one thing hasn't changed: Louisiana is still sinking at a rate that's only going to quicken.

Discovery News

Brown says not giving context was 'fatal mistake' during Katrina

CNN

2nd quarter GDP revised down

The sputtering economy may be headed for a double-dip recession after the government revised the nation's gross domestic product downward to 1.6 percent from an initial estimate of 2.4 percent.

ABC News

Fed chief to deliver key address

MarketWatch

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The shadow of a performer is seen during the closing ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore. (Photo by Wong Maye-E / AP)	Dillon O'Grady of Auburn, Wash., reacts after scoring a run at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. (Photo by Matt Slocum / AP)	Plate-sized sea spiders that appear to be carnivorous are in the waters off Indonesia. (Photo by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program / AP)

NATION

Iraq 7 years later: Was the war worth it?

Democracy is alive in Iraq. Yet many Iraqis are not pleased with life. Unemployment is 35 percent. Electricity is spotty. Terrorist bombings continue.

USA TODAY

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Iraq timeline

BBC

Blog:

Poll: Americans think Iraq war a mistake

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

Divided beef industry to meet with feds

Farmers and ranchers from across the country have a rare opportunity to meet with federal officials and air long-standing concerns over the beef business.

Denver Post

For panel, clear details on BP's structure are still out of reach

Federal investigators became visibly annoyed as BP executives were unwilling or unable to provide a clear picture of the company's hierarchy.

Seattle Times

Gulf Coast wearied by oil spill

MSNBC

POLITICS

Why political polls sometimes get it wrong

A number of primary election polls this season have been notably off the mark in their predictions, raising questions about their reliability.

ABC News

GOP plans wave of White House probes

President Barack Obama needs no incentive to go all out for Democrats. Republicans are planning many committee investigations targeting the White House and Democratic allies if they win back the majority.

Politico

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Kepler spies Saturn-sized worlds

The U.S. space agency's Kepler planet-hunter has spied a star that has two Saturn-sized objects circling it.

BBC

Blog:

NASA announces discovery of 2 new planets

(CNN)

This Just In

Earning virtual currency by watching ads

To fuel their gaming, social game addicts may soon be posting updates about the sneaker they designed for Adidas, or the app they downloaded for Coke.

San Jose Mercury News

Sony Ericsson: opportunity in Facebook Places

Toronto Sun

SPORTS

Strasburg has 'significant tear'; Tommy John surgery likely

Stephen Strasburg has a torn elbow ligament and most likely needs Tommy John surgery, bringing the pitcher's promising rookie season to an abrupt end.

Sports Illustrated

Pujols hits 400th home run

At 30 years 222 days, Pujols became the third-youngest player to reach 400 homers. Alex Rodriguez hit No. 400 at 29 years 316 days, and Ken Griffey Jr. reached the benchmark at 30 years 141 days.

New York Times

HEALTH

High-fat diets treat absence epilepsy

Two types of high-fat diets can reduce and, in some cases, completely eliminate seizures in children with a common seizure disorder known as absence epilepsy.

Medical News Today

Flu season: what to know to stay healthy

As a new flu season dawns and students head back to school, the latest vaccine protects against three strains of flu expected to circulate, including the H1N1 (swine flu) virus.

U.S. News & World Report

Doctors' faiths influence end of life care

A new study from the U.K. suggests that doctors' religious faiths strongly influence end of life care, with agnostic and atheist doctors nearly twice as willing to take decisions that speed up end of life.

Medical News Today

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GOOD NEWS

Toddler implanted with artificial lung

Toddler Owen Stark of Eldon, Mo., has become the youngest person in the world to receive an artificial lung, thanks in part to a device called the NovaLung.

ABC News

Deaf find their voices via mobile wireless video and apps

Wireless gadgets have changed the way nearly everyone communicates, but the deaf have benefited more than others.

Scientific American

WORLD

Rebels reach peace deal in Qatar

Yemen's government and northern rebels have agreed to bolster a fragile truce and start political dialogue to end a civil war that has raged on and off since 2004.

Reuters

DR Congo killings 'may be genocide'