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President Bush outlines his proposal for major nations to agree on a global emissions goal for greenhouse gases, during a speech ahead of next week's summit in Germany of leading industrialized nations. (Photo by Scott Applewhite / AP)

TB patient's father-in-law studies the disease for CDC

In an odd twist, a tuberculosis patient under the first federal quarantine since 1963 has a father-in-law who works as a microbiologist at a CDC laboratory that studies TB.

WCBS

TB patient identified

ABC News

Putin: missile test a response to U.S.

Referencing a missile test by his country, Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a scathing attack on the West, accusing the U.S. of starting a new arms race.

Daily Mail

Spain sues to claim shipwreck treasure

A Tampa company's plan to keep the treasure it recently recovered from an Atlantic Ocean shipwreck just grew a little tougher.

Tampa Tribune

Bush calls for global emissions pact

Before an expected clash with other world leaders at next week's G-8 summit, President Bush offered up his own plan for addressing the threat of climate change.

CBS News

NASA chief doubts global warming is front-burner issue

Houston Chronicle

Suspect: UK involved in ex-spy's death

The Russian businessman whom Britain has named as a suspect in the killing of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko claimed that he has evidence of British special services' involvement in the death.

Forbes

Phillippines, Australia sign security pact

High-speed Australian gunboats will be sent to help fight terrorists in the southern Philippines under a major security agreement signed with the Asian nation.

The Australian

Canberra-Manila security pact

BBC

Feds arrest 'Spam King' on 9 charges

The man the feds have dubbed the "Spam King" was arrested on charges of identity theft, fraud and money laundering. Robert Alan Soloway, 27, faces up to 75 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

InformationWeek

Spam king arrested

MSNBC

NATION

Human rights groups urge Iran to release American-Iranians

Leading human rights groups jointly urged Teheran to immediately release American-Iranian scholars and activists held by Iran on suspicion of spying and banned from leaving the country.

Jerusalem Post

Appeals made for release of scholar held in Iran

Yahoo! News

Abbas seeks Palestinian cease-fire

The U.N. Security Council called for an "immediate end" to the fighting between rival Palestinian factions in Gaza and welcomed efforts by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to arrange a cease-fire.

Daily Star

POLITICS

Analysts: Thompson's entry would shuffle GOP race

He has been a lawyer, a U.S. senator, and a TV actor, and now Fred Thompson has made it clear that he's ready to audition for the role of a lifetime, president of the United States.

Christian Science Monitor

Thompson inches toward presidential run

Yahoo! News

President Bush attacks critics of immigration reform bill

President George W. Bush cranked up his campaign for immigration reform, accusing detractors of picking apart a compromise bill and of denouncing the legislation without reading it.

Newsday

Taking sides on immigration bill

CNN

BUSINESS

Economic growth stalls in first quarter

The economy nearly stalled in the first quarter with growth slowing to a pace of just 0.6 percent. That was the worst three-month showing in over four years.

MSNBC

IBM to cut almost 1,600 more jobs

Marking a second round of layoffs this month, IBM announced that it will cut 1,566 jobs from its global workforce, primarily in its U.S. strategic outsourcing services business.

CNET News

SPORTS

Hewitt, Nadal advance to third round at French Open

Leyton Hewitt came back from two sets down to beat 2004 champion Gaston Gaudio and reach the third round at the French Open. Two-time defending champion Rafael Nadal also advanced.

Bloomberg

French Open: day 5 recap

ESPN

NFL bans alcohol for team functions

NFL clubs may no longer serve alcohol at team functions or on buses or flights, extending a ban that until now applied only in locker rooms.

Sports Illustrated

EDUCATION

Will buying educational toys make your kid a genius?

Every year more and more American parents snap up the latest kid-centric luxuries, convinced they can provide their children with a head start. But do they help?

Slate

Donor gives $100 million for low-income scholarships

A graduate of the University of Chicago gave an anonymous donation of $100 million to his alma mater, marking the largest single donation given to an Illinois university.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Forecasters: 74 percent chance of major U.S. hurricane

Colorado State University hurricane forecasters called for a very active 2007 season with a 74 percent chance of a major hurricane making landfall on the U.S. coastline.

Greeley Tribune

Secrets of ancient Pompeii households revealed in ruins

Residents of Pompeii ate their meals on the run, just like many Americans do today, according to a new study of how households functioned in the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash.

LiveScience

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GOOD NEWS

College aims for better world one student at a time

A cliff-top medieval castle in southern Wales is home to teenagers from more than 70 countries who study together for two years with the aim of becoming responsible global citizens.

Reuters

Woman rescued from Everest

Usha Bista nearly died on Mount Everest. The Nepalese mountain climber got sick about 2,000 feet below the summit. But Meagan McGrath, a 29-year-old Canadian, saved her.

CBS News

NATION

Ex-presidents at Graham library opening

Three former U.S. presidents joined together to praise evangelist Billy Graham and dedicate a new library in his honor, a $27 million complex that traces the preacher's life.

Houston Chronicle

Notebook: Billy Graham

CBS News

LA police admit riot 'mistakes'

The head of the Los Angeles Police Department, William Bratton, has admitted that his officers made serious mistakes at the end of a May Day rally.

BBC

Favorite gone from national spelling bee

Samir Patel's dream of winning the national spelling title, a goal that dominated the last five years of his life, ended in one quick moment with the word "clevis.''

Guardian

Spellers battle for top spot

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Whales' enriching diversion ends

The two humpback whales that took a wrong turn and swam into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta were spotted in the Pacific Ocean outside the Golden Gate, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

San Francisco Chronicle

Cyclones could save oceanic conveyor belt from global warming

The ferocious winds of tropical cyclones churn up ocean water as they spin over the surface, significantly affecting the transport of heat in the ocean, a new study finds.

LiveScience

China city suspends chemical plant after uproar over pollution

Chinese citizens alarmed about pollution won a rare victory when a city froze a chemical project after angry residents joined in opposition through a flood of mobile phone text messages.

San Diego Union Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Harry Potter theme park headed for Fla.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has given her permission for a theme park dedicated to the schoolboy wizard to be opened in Florida, her website said.

Independent

Theme park for Potter fans

BBC

Documentary on Princess Diana assailed

A British broadcaster is defending a documentary featuring graphic images of the Paris car crash that killed Princess Diana, including one showing a French doctor giving her oxygen through a mask.

Orange County Register

Diana dress book sells for $2000

Reuters

HEALTH

Studies: Surgery can take the bite out of back pain

For millions of Americans with slipped discs and lower-back pain, surgery may provide relief, according to studies.

ABC News

FDA approves new kidney cancer drug

Federal regulators said they have approved Wyeth's drug Torisel to treat a common type of kidney cancer.

Forbes

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Former priest gets 14 years to life for sexual abuse

A former Fort Collins priest not only permanently scarred the 17-year-old boy he sexually abused, but also the city and the church where he worked, a district judge said.

Denver Post

Ex-priest gets another 4 years

KCNC

Pope tells parents he'll pray for return of kidnapped British girl

Pope Benedict comforted the parents of a four-year-old British girl snatched from a Portuguese holiday resort and blessed a photograph of the child held up by her mother.

Brisbane Times

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