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A Burmese supporter of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi shouts slogans during a rally outside Myanmar's embassy in Tokyo. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama / AP)

Key House committee passes health care bill

A key House committee passed comprehensive health care reform legislation, moving President Barack Obama's domestic priority one step closer to congressional approval.

CNN

Health care moves one step forward, one back

NPR

Health care in the US

Yahoo! News

Human Rights Watch wants sanctions on Kenyan violence suspects

Human Rights Watch urged U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to impose travel bans and other sanctions on the suspected ringleaders of last year’s post-election violence in Kenya.

Bloomberg

Interview:

Questions on Clinton's trip to Africa

Reuters

Court postpones verdict in Suu Kyi trial

A Burmese court delayed its verdict in the trial of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Washington Post

Suu Kyi 'prepares for worst'

Twist in Suu Kyi trial saga

YouTube

Philippines mourns democracy icon Corazon Aquino

Military honor guards carried former President Corazon Aquino's flag-draped casket to a school gym for public viewing as Filipinos mourned the beloved democracy icon.

Google News

Iran confirms it has 3 US tourists

Kurdish officials say Iran has confirmed to them it detained three Americans who possibly strayed into Iranian territory while on a hiking trip.

ABC News

Bomb scare at NYC LaGuardia Airport

LaGuardia Airport's central terminal was evacuated after a man was busted with a fake bomb in his bag.

NY Daily News

NYC terminal evacuated, fake bomb found

YouTube

NATION

Official e-mails reveal boondoggle over Air Force One's Manhattan flyover

Government officials knew the Air Force One flyover of the Statue of Liberty would scare the bejabbers out of New Yorkers, but went ahead with it anyway and quickly realized their bigtime blunder.

NY Daily News

More photos of NY Air Force One flyover

YouTube

House passes bill to extend the popular 'cash for clunkers' program

The House approved a bill to provide $2 billion to continue the federal government's week-old "cash for clunkers" program, which proved so popular with consumers that it was almost out of cash.

San Francisco Chronicle

Clunkers program dents used-car sales

Bizjournals.com

Government jump starts clunkers program

YouTube

POLITICS

US House limits Wall Street bonuses

Bowing to populist anger, the House voted to prohibit pay and bonus packages that encourage bankers and traders to take risks so big they could bring down the entire U.S. economy.

AOL News

Sen. Dodd says he has prostate cancer

Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., announced that he has an early form of prostate cancer, but he said the prognosis is good and he is going to be fine.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Can the world's fisheries survive our appetites?

A two-year study shows that 63 percent of the analyzed fish stocks worldwide are still in decline.

TIME

Tanker oil spill spreads, threatens environment in southern Norway

An oil spill threatening Norway spread as coastguards raced against time to set up floating oil barricades to protect beaches.

Earth Times

EDUCATION

School rating progress in Houston

Texas' new school rating system — which gives campuses credit for improving test scores, even if students are still failing — helped record numbers of schools across the state earn top marks.

EducationNews.org

With new post-9/11 GI Bill, a surge of veterans at colleges

With provisions for not only tuition but books and living expenses as well, waves of veterans are expected to jump at the chance to further their education as the new post-9/11 GI Bill kicks in.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Apple warns about iPhone vulnerability; fixes bug

Apple Inc has released an iPhone software patch to fix a critical software bug, uncovered by two independent researchers, that make the devices susceptible to secret attacks by hackers.

Epoch Times

Firefox passes 1 billion downloads

Mozilla's Firefox browser has been downloaded over a billion times, an event the Mozilla community is using to launch a new evangelism campaign.

InformationWeek

HEALTH

‘Kill Granny’ health media campaign alarms senior citizens

A campaign on conservative talk radio has sparked fear among senior citizens that the health care bill moving through Congress will lead to end-of-life "rationing."

MSNBC

FDA approves new DPP-4 drug for type 2 diabetes treatment

The FDA approved saxagliptin (Onglyza) for type 2 diabetes treatment, making it the first gliptin-class competitor for sitagliptin (Januvia).

MedPage Today

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GOOD NEWS

Mayans practiced forest conservation

Not only did the Maya people practice forest management, but when they abandoned their forest conservation practices, it was to the detriment of the entire Maya culture.

HappyNews.com

Hot Wall Street caps best July in 20 years

Traders are using good news about the economy to give the stock market its best July in 20 years.

CBS News

WORLD

Inquiry call after Nigerian sect leader dies in custody

Nigeria's declaration of victory over Taliban-style militants was overshadowed by demands for an inquiry into the "extrajudicial killing" of the sect's leader.

guardian.co.uk

Iranian trial begins