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Mike Coy paddles a kayak around the flooded streets of Franklin, Ind. Morning rains brought the water up in many parts of the city, as storms dumped as much as 10 inches of rain on soggy central Indiana. (Photo by AJ Mast / AP)

First lady in Afghanistan, highlights country's progress

First lady Laura Bush is highlighting signs of rebirth in war-weary Afghanistan ahead of a donors conference in Paris, where the U.S. hopes billions of dollars in aid will be pledged to help the embattled nation.

NPR

Salmonella food poisoning spreading across 16 states

Salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has spread to 16 states, federal health officials said.

USA Today

McDonald's pull tomatoes from menu

Globeandmail.com

Man stabs shoppers in crowded Tokyo street, killing seven

A man who said he was tired of life went on a stabbing rampage in a crowded Tokyo shopping street, killing seven people and wounding a dozen others.

Reuters

Flooded in a flash

At least one person died, hospitals were evacuated, a dam failed, people fled their homes in boats. An apparent Indiana record of almost 11 inches fell in Edinburgh, Ind.

Indianapolis Star

Midwest flooding

Yahoo! News

Tornadoes rip south Chicago suburbs

Chicago Sun-Times

Boston baked beings

CNN

Oil crisis dominates G8 meeting

The energy ministers of the world's leading industrialized nations have met in Japan amid fears soaring oil prices could damage the global economy.

BBC

Sportscaster Jim McKay dies at 86

Jim McKay, who became the model for the modern sports anchorman with his marathon effort amid a terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died of natural causes at his Maryland horse farm.

Baltimore Sun

Jim McKay talks about Munich Olympics

YouTube

‘Anything not to go back’

Cases of self-harm are a "rising trend" that military doctors are watching closely, says Col. Kathy Platoni, an Army Reserve psychologist who has worked with veterans.

Newsweek

NATION

Bush warns of pay cuts for troops

The Hill

US prison population hits all-time high: 2.3 million incarcerated

The Justice Department has released a new report showing the nation's prison and jail population reached a record high of 2.3 million people.

ABC News

POLITICS

Clinton ends historic bid, urges supporters to put Obama in White House

Hillary Rodham Clinton suspended her pioneering campaign for the presidency and summoned supporters to use "our energy, our passion, our strength" to put Barack Obama in the White House.

MSNBC

Clinton's bid comes to a close

International Herald Tribune

What's next for Hillary Clinton?

NPR

Franken sweeps to endorsement

U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken took the DFL nomination by acclamation, after a day of questions over whether the controversial satirist can wage a focused campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.

Star Tribune

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Rocking funeral: 'Who do you love? It's you, Bo'

Bo Diddley's funeral rocked and rolled with as much energy as his music. For four hours, friends and relatives sang, danced and celebrated the life of the man who helped give birth to rock and roll.

MSNBC

Spike strikes back at Clint

After Eastwood told him to "shut his face" and stop criticizing him about not including African-Americans in his Iwo Jima movies, Lee's lashing out.

ABC News

SPORTS

Big Brown denied Triple Crown; Da' Tara wins Belmont Stakes

Big Brown failed in his chance to become the first horse in 30 years to win the Triple Crown, as 38-1 long shot Da' Tara led wire-to-wire to capture the 140th running of the Belmont Stakes.

Bloomberg

Ivanovic secures first Grand Slam title

London Independent

Rice outslugs A&M to take Super Regional Game 1

Jordon Dodson drove in four runs and Cole St. Clair had a terrific outing in relief, leading Rice past Texas A&M 9-7 in the first game of the best-of-three super regional.

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Religion's role in elections past, present

A string of incidents involving presidential contenders, pastors and churches illustrates how tricky the navigation of religious terrain continues to be for political candidates.

Baltimore Sun

Pastor challenges baby mamas to marry their baby daddies

Love might be the primary reason four committed couples — all of whom have stayed together since having children — have decided to take the marital step.

Religion News Service

ENVIRONMENT

Caribbean Monk Seal declared extinct

Federal officials have confirmed what biologists have long thought: The Caribbean monk seal has gone the way of the dodo.

CBS News

Thirst for bottled water unleashes flood of environmental concerns

Once reserved for Perrier-sipping elitists, bottled water has become a drink of the masses. But some have watched this growth with alarm.

USA Today

$45 trillion urged to battle carbon emissions, global warming

The International Energy Agency has said that investment totaling $45 trillion might be needed over the next half-century to prevent energy shortages from undermining global economic growth.

International Herald Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cloaking device moves beyond theory

The concept of a superlens cloak is still far from reality, but the integrity of the mathematical concept has sent some experimentalists into the laboratory to try and turn the theory into reality.

LiveScience

T-Mobile sues Starbucks over breach of Wi-Fi contract

T-Mobile USA Inc. is suing Starbucks Corp., alleging that the world's largest coffee chain breached a contract by letting a rival company supply customers with free wireless Internet service.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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GOOD NEWS

Coast Guard finds 5 missing sailors in Gulf of Mexico

A Coast Guard spokeswoman said that a helicopter crew had found five of six regatta competitors alive after their boat disappeared in the Gulf of Mexico.

MSNBC

New legacy from Shanghai Jews

The growing Jewish expatriate community in Shanghai has won support from local officials for preserving the Hongkou ghetto as a historic district.

HappyNews.com

In Iran, a monument to selflessness

The Bakhtiari tribe names a mountain after Helen Jeffreys Bakhtiar, a woman from Idaho, to commemorate her public health work there in the 1950s.

NPR

WORLD

Musharraf denies he plans to resign and leave Pakistan

President Pervez Musharraf said that he would not resign despite increasing pressure from Pakistan’s ruling coalition to do so.

Monsters and Critics

S. Korean protestors clash with police in rallies against US beef

South Korean protesters fought with police, amid a deepening political crisis over U.S. beef imports.

Globeandmail.com

Food crisis softens resistance to genetically modified (GM) food

Christian Science Monitor

UN: Zimbabwe aid cutoff endangers 2 million people

At least 2 million people in Zimbabwe face greater risk of starvation, homelessness and disease because the government ordered aid groups to halt operations there, according to U.N. official.

USA Today

Zimbabwe, a nation in decline

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Russia takes critical tone on economy

In his first major economic speech since becoming president, Dmitri Medvedev said that the world might be in the throes of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

International Herald Tribune

Delta begins LA-Kona service

Delta Air Lines began its daily Los Angeles-Kona route, delivering 178 passengers to the Big Island.

Bizjournals

Gas price record reaches $4 a gallon

CNNMoney

US, Asia express `serious concern' over oil prices

Bloomberg

HEALTH

911 dispatchers seek help in nurses

Callers who turn to 911 for non-emergencies will now be passed directly to nurses.

ABC News

Study: Stem cells could thwart rare neurological disorders

Researchers from the University of Rochester discovered that with a single shot of human fetal stem cells, they cured lab mice suffering from a nervous disorder.

Scientific American

Harvard researchers find how to turn on brain stem cells

New England Journal of Medicine

Doctors urged to look for link between type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea

The ties being found between type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) indicate these disorders have major implications on public health, the International Diabetes Federation warns.

U.S. News & World Report

EDUCATION

Now students take field trips online

When seventh graders in Stockton took a field trip this week to see elephant seals, instead of leaving the school, they teleconferenced with a state park guide on the California coast.

Christian Science Monitor

A new book explores college a cappella singing groups

GQ editor Mickey Rapkin reviews the subculture of campus a cappella in his new book, "Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory."

U.S. News & World Report

How to become a cappella

U.S. News & World Report

Charter school shatters stereotypes

70 eighth-graders gathered at the gymnasium on the campus of KIPP: Aspire Academy, a public charter school, to pledge to return in four years with high school diploma in hand.

My San Atononio

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