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Election workers count ballots at a polling center in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. Campaigns for President Hamid Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah each positioned themselves as the winner. (Photo by Rafiq Magbool / AP)

Pelosi says she can’t pass bill without public option

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she won’t be able to pass health care legislation in her chamber if the measure does not include a government run insurance plan to compete with private insurers.

Bloomberg

46 million uninsured: a look behind the number

NPR

Health care battle wages on

CBS News

Bernanke says prospects for return to global growth good

The global economy appears on the mend after a deep downturn, but the recovery is likely to be sluggish and risks remain, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said.

ABC News

Bernanke's reappointment

publicradio.org

Karzai and Abdullah both claim victory

Despite calls by the US for the leading candidates in Afghanistan's election not to claim victory, both Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah said they won yesterday's vote.

Guardian

Obama: US must finish job after Afghan vote

Reuters

Karzai claims Afghan election win

Reuters

CIA accused of 3rd secret torture prison

A new report has emerged about the alleged existence of a third secret prison used by the CIA in Europe.

Spiegel International

CIA's use of contractors draws scrutiny

NPR

In advance of pending reforms, credit card issuers hike fees

Credit card companies must now give consumers 45 days notice of any rate increases instead of 15 days. Consumers can opt out and pay their balances off at the lower rate.

CBS News

Existing homes selling at record pace

Sales of existing homes rose in July for the fourth consecutive month, lending support to economists who argue that a recovery is on the horizon.

CNNMoney

NATION

Cash for Clunkers to end Monday

The Obama administration will wind down the $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program to support the auto industry.

The Hill

Special section:

10 most traded-in cars

MSNBC

Immigrant groups decry fingerprint sharing policy

Some lawmakers in Philadelphia are joining immigrant advocacy groups in opposition to a new policy of city police sharing with federal authorities the fingerprints of immigrants who are arrested.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Abortion law ruling to be appealed

Okla. will ask the state's high court to overturn a judge's decision to toss out a controversial abortion law.

Tulsa World

POLITICS

Bush White House politics linked to raised terror alerts

Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge says pressure from fellow Cabinet members to raise the nation's terror alert level just before the 2004 presidential election helped convince him to resign.

Sacramento Bee

Terror alert for political reasons

CNN

Tom Vilsack's farm-country tour: a different kind of town hall

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has embarked on a listening tour through rural America to hear about the problems facing farmers. And it's a good thing too, because back on the farm, all is not well.

Politics Daily

Small farmers see promise in Obama's plans

NPR

BUSINESS

Oprah Winfrey sues Resveratrol seller

It appears Winfrey and Oz have had enough of their names and likenesses being used to mislead consumers. Harpo Entertainment Group filed suit against more than 50 Web marketers of nutritional supplements.

BusinessWeek

Starbucks changes drink prices; last price hike followed by traffic decline

Starbucks began changing drink prices in some markets today as part of a readjustment that will roll out nationwide over the next few months.

Seattle Times

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Tiny video screen to run ad in magazine

CBS will run video advertisements in September issues of Entertainment Weekly magazine, using a new form of insert to spur interest in its shows for the coming television season.

San Jose Mercury News

CBS to run video ads in Entertainment Weekly

YouTube

'Inglourious Basterds'

In Quentin Tarantino's imagination, World War II features Brad Pitt scalping Nazis, G.I. Jews with a flair for torture porn, a film critic as a war hero, and babes as the brains of the Resistance.

Rolling Stone

'Inglorious Basterds' trailer

USA TODAY

HEALTH

Study: organic food 'superior'

Sustainable farming researcher the Rodale Institute says a recent study, which claimed there was little health benefit from eating organic food, contained research which suggested the opposite.

The Weekly Times

Organic Food: behind the hype

Picking a can of black beans is likely one of the most mundane grocery store tasks. Unless, of course, the choice is between organic and non-organic beans.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Australia passes bill requiring 20 percent renewables by 2020

Australia's parliament today passed a law demanding that 20 percent of the country's electricity come from renewable sources by 2020, matching European targets.

Guardian

Rising sea levels threaten Nile Delta

The banks of the Nile are seeing a series of environmental crises; some subtle, like the river's vanishing act in the Delta's northern fields; others, like the dramatic collapse of coastal lands into the ocean, more striking.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Math instructor lauded for outstanding job once again

Dr. Paul Stanford is beaming once again after learning he’s among the University of Texas System Board of Regents best teachers for 2009.

University of Texas Dallas News

Bolt breaks 200m record

Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt claimed yet another world record as he recorded a stunning victory in the 200m final at the World Championships.

i95.5 fm

Bolt runs 200 in record 19:19

ESPN

WORLD

Lockerbie convict arrives home

Over ferocious American objections, the person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing flew home to a jubilant welcome in Libya after the Scottish government ordered his release on compassionate grounds.

New York Times

Families react to Lockerbie

CNN

US indicts 10 men reputed to be Mexican cartel leaders

Federal authorities announced the indictment of 10 men described as Mexican cartel leaders who have organized the smuggling of billions of dollars of drugs into the United States.

International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Who will be No. 1 in college football?

Under the BCS system, college football has seen a handful of annual power programs that are predictably in the hunt for the national championship any given year.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Plaxico Burress accepts surprise plea bargain, will spend 2 years in jail

Ex-Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress took a surprise plea bargain that will land the talented but troubled wide receiver behind bars for two years.

NY Daily News

Burress reaches plea deal

7online.com

EDUCATION

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for legislation to reform education

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling for a special session of the Legislature to ensure that California can compete for $4.3 billion in federal stimulus funds tied to reforming the educational system.

San Jose Mercury News

Celebrities confer cachet to civics education in K - 12 curriculum

Richard Dreyfuss, Bob Graham, two retired U.S. Supreme Court justices and several nonprofit organizations are working on ensuring that civics education gains a bigger foothold in the K-12 curriculum.

Education Week

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Life's building blocks in comet dust

A building block of proteins found in samples from an icy comet’s halo suggests that the ingredients of life could have hitched a ride to early Earth.

U.S. News & World Report

Life on other planets a reality: NASA

ABC News

More employers use social networks to check out applicants

In a new study conducted by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.com, 45 percent of the employers questioned use social networks to screen job candidates — more than double from a year earlier.

New York Times

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Is Georgia kosher law 'kosher'?

Georgia is the latest front in the debate over whether kosher laws are kosher after Zimmerman and other rabbis, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, challenged the law.

USA TODAY

America's nuns suspicious of Vatican

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is investigating the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an umbrella group that represents about 90 percent of women's orders.

NPR

Obama turns to religion to press health care agenda

President Barack Obama tried to retake the upper ground in this month's health care debate by casting reform as a "moral conviction" in a conference call with religious leaders.

The Hill

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