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U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police secure the scene following a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq. Three civilians were killed and two others injured when a car bomb detonated in a parking lot. (Photo by Hadi Mizban / AP)

Gonzales deputy McNulty resigns from Justice Department

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, the second-in-command to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, resigned citing family financial reasons.

Reuters

McNulty, No. 2 Justice Department Official, to Resign

Bloomberg

Iran vows 'severe' response if attacked

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has promised "severe" Iranian retaliation if the United States attacked his country, which is in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program.

Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan, Egypt tell Cheney they support peaceful solution to Iran standoff

International Herald Tribune

Military puts MySpace, other social networking sites off limits

Citing security concerns and technological limits, the Pentagon has cut off access to social networking Web sites for personnel using the Defense Department's computer network.

CNN

Iraqi insurgents: Stop search for U.S. troops

The Islamic State of Iraq — a Sunni insurgent coalition that includes al-Qaeda in Iraq — issued a statement warning the U.S. military to call off its search for three missing American soldiers.

CNN

U.S. intensifies search for 3 missing soldiers

International Herald Tribune

Special section:

Iraq violence, in figures

BBC

Report: Wolfowitz violated rules

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz showed a "disregard for the interests of the institution" when he ordered a pay raise and promotion for his companion, according to a report.

Bloomberg

Gas prices hit all-time high

American motorists are paying record-high prices at the gas pumps on the eve of summer vacation season as problems at the nation's oil refineries cut deeply into fuel stockpiles, AAA said.

CNBC

Bush orders regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

President George W. Bush ordered government agencies to begin regulatory steps to curb tailpipe emissions and urged Congress to enact legislation to reduce the nation's dependence on imported oil.

Bloomberg

Bush reveals new pollution regulations designed to curb emissions in 18 months

Environmental News Network

NATION

Violence threatens Palestinian unity gov't

The Palestinian unity government, which was formed earlier this year, is in danger of collapsing as members of the two political factions clashed in the streets.

CBC

Special section:

Palestinian rivals: Fatah & Hamas

BBC

U.S., German ministers to meet Russia's Putin amid strains

The U.S. and German foreign ministers will hold separate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to touch on a number of simmering disputes between Moscow and the West.

Reuters

Cheney meets with Jordan’s king

Vice President Dick Cheney wrapped up a weeklong tour of the Middle East, meeting privately with King Abdullah of Jordan, a longtime U.S. ally in the region.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Obama says he would roll back tax cuts for the wealthiest

As president, Barack Obama says he would repeal President Bush’s cuts to pay for health care, without suggesting other tax hikes.

Ledger

Romney criticizes Bush on Iraq

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took to the national airwaves to criticize the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war, describe his faith and denounce polygamy.

Deseret News

Mitt Romney on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace

YouTube

Hagel considering independent White House bid

Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel hinted at the possibility of running for the White House as an independent, saying a credible third party ticket would be beneficial to the country.

The Hill

POLITICS

Cerberus buys Chrysler for $7.4B

DaimlerChrysler announced it will sell an 80 percent stake in its U.S. brand for $7.4 billion to Cerberus Capital, a private equity investment firm.

CNNMoney

Fund managers expect bear to growl, but not bite

While stocks may still have room to run, several top mutual-fund managers say they're preparing for a market slowdown but aren't bracing for lows seen in 2002.

MarketWatch

Skype, Wal-Mart strike retail deal

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores announced it will add a special section that sells Skype products, including handsets, Webcams, headsets and other equipment, in more than 1,800 of its stores.

CNET News

SPORTS

Frustrated Favre quells trade talk

Brett Favre acknowledged his anger over the team's unwillingness to pull off a trade for wide receiver Randy Moss, but denied he ever really wanted the Green Bay Packers to trade him.

Sporting News

Warriors succumb to slow Jazz

All that was good about the Warriors' running and gunning disappeared in a volley of missed three-pointers and free throws.

San Francisco Chronicle

Up-to-the-minute scores

Sports Illustrated

EDUCATION

Better hunting, bigger salaries greet graduates this year

As a whole, this year's crop of college graduates is expected to find more jobs and better salaries compared with counterparts a year ago, according to a recent survey of hiring managers.

Denver Post

The teachers who cheat

Teachers have helped students cheat on California's high-stakes achievement tests in at least 123 public schools since 2004, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.

San Francisco Chronicle

Lawsuit filed over ‘Brokeback’ showing

A girl and her grandparents have sued the Chicago Board of Education, alleging that a substitute teacher showed the R-rated film “Brokeback Mountain” in class.

MSNBC

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GOOD NEWS

Company donates $20 million to Clinton Foundation for AIDS fight

MIDROC-Ethiopia announced it would donate $20 million over a 10-year period to Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative in Ethiopia.

allAfrica.com

Kirstie Alley returns to Kansas to help tornado victims

Kirstie Alley is paying for truckloads of supplies to help residents and their animals recover from the tornado that nearly destroyed this south-central Kansas town.

Houston Chronicle

NATION

300 passengers rescued from grounded cruise ship

Coast Guard and civilian vessels banded together to rescue more than 300 people from a Seattle-based cruise ship that ran aground in Alaska.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Jose Padilla trial opens in Miami

The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla opened with federal prosecutors arguing the U.S. citizen and two co-defendants were key players in a terror support cell.

CBS News

U.S. trying to weaken G-8 climate pledge

Negotiators from the U.S. are trying to weaken the language of a climate-change declaration set to be unveiled at next month's G-8 summit of the world's leading industrial powers, according to documents.

Seattle Times

ENVIRONMENT

Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warming

In 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. Stopping logging is the fastest and cheapest solution to climate change.

London Independent

U.S. spies 'must look at global warming'

America's top intelligence official says the nation's spy agencies should assess the "geopolitical and security implications" of global warming.

Telegraph.co.uk

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Doghouse team sent packing by CBS Radio for prank call

A month after firing shock jock Don Imus for racist comments, CBS Radio has fired the Doghouse, a former Bay Area morning team, for a prank phone call making fun of workers at a Chinese restaurant.

San Jose Mercury News

Hollywood downloads a dilemma

The U.S. video download market is on track to triple in size to $279 million this year, but that may be about as big as it gets, according to a new study by Forrester.

Variety

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

U.S. soldier's Iraq memoir wins blog book prize

An American soldier's violent and darkly comic account of fighting in Iraq has won the "Blooker prize" for best book that began as a blog on the Internet.

Reuters

Long-range eye tracker enables selling ads 'by the eyeball'

A professor’s invention provides a unique, affordable way for advertisers to track the effectiveness of their messages by measuring how many people are looking at their billboards and screens.

Science Daily

Early Moon photos revealed more than was known

Reprocessed images of the Moon's far side taken by Soviet spacecraft more than 40 years ago may have confirmed that the Moon's biggest impact scar was glimpsed far earlier than previously thought.

LiveScience

HEALTH

Antibody that detects only known cause of Lou Gehrig's disease developed

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine have developed the first antibody that detects the only known cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Science Daily

Mammography rate falling — a worry for breast cancer experts

After rising steadily for decades, the proportion of U.S. women getting mammograms to screen for breast cancer has dropped for the first time, federal researchers are reporting.

San Francisco Chronicle

Want to beat depression? Take a hike

Country walks can significantly reduce depression and raise sufferers' self-esteem, according to researchers.

Telegraph.co.uk

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