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This video frame grab taken from a Taliban propaganda video shows Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho, missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan since June 30. (Photo by AP / Militant Video)

Afghanistan copter crash kills 16

A helicopter crashed during takeoff from Kandahar airfield in southern Afghanistan, killing 16 people, NATO said.

CNN

Crash not result of hostile fire

CNN

'Angela's Ashes' author McCourt dead

Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-winning epic, died of cancer at age 78.

CBS News

Angela's Ashes trailer

YouTube

US names soldier in Taliban video

The U.S. military has identified a man shown on a Taliban video as an American soldier captured in Afghanistan.

BBC

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Captured US soldier held by Haqqani?

Christian Science Monitor

Single-sex classes experiment in Las Vegas public schools being praised

The jury is still out on single-sex classrooms, but already some educators in Nevada's largest county are convinced of its benefits.

Las Vegas Sun

Honduran crisis talks break down

Honduras's interim government has rejected a proposal to solve the country's political crisis, in effect ending talks with the ousted president.

BBC

Obama troubled by stimulus and deficit

Rising doubts about the economic stimulus program, broad concern about the federal deficit and tepid support for President Barak Obama's health care efforts are softening his popularity.

ABC News

NATION

California's marijuana 'green rush'

Marijuana has transformed California. Since the state became the first to legalize the drug for medicinal use, the federally banned drug has become an economic force.

Google News

Marijuana a gateway drug for two debates

New York Times

Dozens hurt in San Francisco rail accident

Safety inspectors are investigating the cause of a Municipal Railway crash that injured 48 people, four of them severely, when a train rear-ended another at the West Portal Station, authorities said.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Health care reform bill faces fight from Tennessee Blue Dogs

Members of the Middle Tennessee congressional delegation will play key roles in shaping how the state and country's health system will appear in years to come.

Nashville Tennessean

Diversity a touchy topic at Sotomayor Senate hearings

Two months ago, Sonia Sotomayor's Latino heritage was viewed as an overwhelming asset. There wasn't much talk about that during grueling testimony last week. For some, her hearings left a bitter taste.

Los Angeles Times

Atheists sue to keep 'In God We Trust' off Capitol Visitor Center

If Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., gets his way, Congress will spend nearly $100,000 to engrave the words "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance in prominent spots at California's new Capitol Visitor Center.

Miami Herald

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

South Africa hails 'Mandela Day'

Supporters of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, have celebrated the anti-apartheid icon's 91st birthday with the launch of a special day in his name.

Al Jazeera

Paula Abdul not likely to return to 'American Idol' next season

Paula Abdul has not yet received a new contract from the show's production companies and auditions begin August 6.

Examiner

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Space Station toilet malfunctions

The new toilet in the U.S. Destiny laboratory module aboard the International Space Station, currently hosting a combined crew of 13, malfunctioned.

CBS News

Is there a plumber on board?

MSNBC

'Flesh-eating robot' is actually a vegetarian, say inventors

The machine's inventors say that the Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot does indeed power its "biomass engine" by digesting organic material, but it is not intended to chomp on fallen soldiers.

Guardian

HEALTH

Making home a safer place, affordably

Most older people settle on staying in their homes says a recent survey by the Home Safety Council, an organization dedicated to preventing home-related injuries.

New York Times

CDC: Swine flu vaccine on track for fall

U.S. health officials said that development of a vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu is on track, with the first doses possibly ready by the fall.

HealthDay

Pregnancy, STDs on the rise among teens

Birth rates among U.S. teens increased in 2006 and 2007, following large declines from 1991 to 2005, according to a new U.S. government study.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Leading Muslim women sign initiative 'Jihad Against Violence'

200 Muslim women, including scholars and leaders from all over the world, are taking part in the Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) conference in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.

The Media Line

Pope Benedict XVI preaches in public after breaking wrist

Pope Benedict XVI preached and greeted well-wishers three days after breaking his wrist in a fall.

CNN

Pope's first broken arm blessing

Reuters

ACLU protests removal of Bible verses

The American Civil Liberties Union has demanded that officials at Virginia's Rappahannock Regional Jail cease censoring religious material sent to prisoners there.

Charleston Post Courier

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GOOD NEWS

'Lemon Lady' thinks outside the box

Anna Cha was bothered by something she saw — lemon trees in people's yards, straining under a bounty that apparently no one was harvesting.

Contra Costa Times

Mandela Day honors a man and humanity through giving back

This year, to honor the former president and apartheid fighter's contributions to South Africa, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has started a global movement to turn July 18 into Mandela Day.

CBS News

Aretha Franklin, Josh Grobin, Queen Latifah at Nelson Mandela's birthday

YouTube

WORLD

China says Muslim unrest premeditated

The Chinese government has admitted that police killed 12 people during unrest in western China but put the blame squarely on rioters.

FOX News

Indonesia police: Bomb attacks have Jemaah Islamiah hallmark

Indonesian police said that deadly attacks on two Jakarta hotels used the same methods and equipment as previous bombings by the militant Jemaah Islamiyah group.

Reuters

BUSINESS

CIT Group on cusp of $3 billion rescue

CIT Group Inc's board approved a deal to receive $3 billion in rescue financing from a group of bondholders, which the lender hopes will allow it to avoid bankruptcy.

Reuters

TARP inspector urges Treasury to track banks’ aid more closely

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should press banks for information on how they use the more than $200 billion the government has pumped into U.S. financial institutions, a new report says.

Bloomberg

Watchdog refutes Treasury claim banks cannot account for bailout cash

ABC News

EDUCATION

Obama's big plan for little colleges

President Barak Obama has announced a $12 billion plan to help the nation's struggling community colleges.

NPR

School districts reduce hiring of teachers in lean times

When the economy struggles, fewer teachers retire or take time off for a new baby, school officials said. Some are less likely to leave their current jobs if another family member is struggling financially.

EducationNews.org

College admissions advice comes at the right price

Recently, The New York Times reported how admissions consultants are charging upwards of $40,000 to help students navigate the college admissions process.

Examiner

ENVIRONMENT

Are the deserts getting green?

It was assumed that global warming would cause an expansion of the world's deserts, but now some scientists are predicting a contrary scenario in which water and life slowly reclaim these arid places.

Environmental News Network

India gives cold shoulder to US on climate change concessions

Hillary Clinton's warm welcome in India on her first visit to the country as secretary of state did not win her any of the concessions she sought from New Delhi on climate change.

ABC News

SPORTS

Stewart Cink wins British Open in upset

Tom Watson stood over an 8-foot par putt on the final hole of a mystical British Open, one stroke away from becoming the oldest major champion ever. For the first time, he showed his 59-year-old nerves.

CBS News

US rallies past Panama 2-1 in Gold Cup

Worn down and undermanned, the United States found a way to rally. Now the Americans remain in position to win their third straight CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Sports Illustrated

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