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People queue for gasoline in Baghdad, Iraq. A country with one of the world's largest oil reserves still has major challenges delivering fuel to its people. (Photo by Loay Hameed / AP)

In oil-rich Iraq, long lines to buy gasoline

Although the Iraqi government hopes that development of its oil fields will boost oil production by more than 60 percent, it still faces challenges fueling its people.

Houston Chronicle

The West could run out of gas

BBC

No charges for man who killed burglars

A suburban Houston, Texas, homeowner was cleared by a grand jury for shooting to death two men he suspected of burglarizing his neighbor's home.

CBS News

Attorney, Houstonians react to decision

Houston Chronicle

NATION

FBI raids suburban Chicago residence, man charged with possessing toxins

A suburban Chicago man was charged with illegal possession of a toxin after the FBI raided his northwest suburban home.

Chicago Sun-Times

Court cites nonsense poem in ruling for Gitmo detainee

A federal appeals court has slammed the reliability of U.S. government intelligence documents, saying just because officials keep repeating their assertions does not make them true.

CNN

Execution sought for planner of USS Cole attack that killed 17

U.S. military prosecutors will seek the death sentence for a Saudi national who was charged with planning al-Qaida's October 2000 attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors, the Pentagon announced.

Bloomberg

Why hasn't Bin Laden been found?

MSNBC

POLITICS

McCain: Pa. tough, winnable

Philadelphia Inquirer

McCain on Clark comments

CNN

Obama stresses patriotism on visit to Independence, Mo.

Sen. Barack Obama fought back against doubts about his patriotism, telling a crowd in Independence, Mo., that he had always taken his allegiance to his country “as a given.”

Kansas City Star

Bill Clinton and Sen. Obama smooth out their differences

Guardian

Obama affirms patriotism

CBS News

Lobbying loophole funds conventions

When the candidates accept their presidential nominations, both will do so on a stage built by special interests — the very corporate and union pariahs that both claim have ruined D.C. and our democracy.

Politico

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Pause after SAG contract expires

The contract between movie and TV actors and major Hollywood studios expired after the studios made a final offer and the Screen Actors Guild said it would take more than a day to study it.

Newsweek

Disney's 'WALL-E' wows box office

Animation giant Pixar scored its ninth consecutive No. 1 with its robot love story "WALL-E."

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Squid, lobster numbers rise as fish fall due to warming

Lobsters, crabs and other invertebrates are becoming more common while populations of bottom-feeding fish are plummeting in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay.

National Geographic

Indian climate change plan focuses on solar energy, sustainability

India unveiled an action plan to combat climate change that focuses on solar energy and sustainable development but makes no specific commitment on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Earth Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Polygamist raid is public relations nightmare for Mormons

Mormons want the world to know this: They're not polygamists. And the FLDS polygamists in Texas are not Mormons.

NPR

Clergy threaten to leave Church of England over women bishops

More than 1,300 Church of England clergy have written to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, threatening to leave the church if proposals allowing women to be consecrated as bishops are passed.

AFP

Vatican says Pope doesn’t wear Prada

According to the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, the bright red loafers that Pope Benedict XVI wears are not designed by the Milanese fashion house, as has long been rumored.

MSNBC

HEALTH

Tomato scare may be mistake

A growing number of health officials increasingly suspect other foods commonly found in Mexican restaurants, rather than tomatoes, to be the culprit that made over 800 people ill.

Baltimore Sun

Promising cancer treatment ready for human trial

A clinical trial will examine whether a new cancer treatment is as effective in humans as it's proven to be in mice, say researchers at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.

U.S. News & World Report

Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug

ABC News

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GOOD NEWS

Family philanthropy to La Mama's rescue

The Pratt Foundation and the Myer Foundation, founded by two of Melbourne's leading philanthropic families, both pledged funds to save La Mama theatre.

The Australian

Unconventional dolls

Donna Moore, owner of the non-profit doll seller Downi Creations, offers children with Down syndrome the chance to have a doll that resembles them.

Chicago Sun-Times

'King Kong:' the 8th wonder of the world

After meeting initial skepticism, "King Kong" quickly turned out to be a huge hit in 1933, and it saved RKO from bankruptcy.

NPR

WORLD

France assumes EU presidency under Lisbon Treaty cloud