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Adel Tolba, right, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) inspection team, arrives at Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Xia Yu / AP)

Ga. judge: no stay on Davis execution

A judge rejected Troy Anthony Davis' 11th-hour appeal of his murder conviction in the death of Mark Allen MacPhail.

Savannah Morning News

Will Georgia kill an innocent man?

TIME

Veteran Republicans put Bush on notice about Iraq

In the clearest sign yet of Republican anxiety over Iraq, two party elder statesmen have urged President George W. Bush to begin pulling U.S. troops out of the sectarian cross-fire by the end of the year.

Yahoo! News

Bin Laden praises martyrdom in new video

Osama bin Laden praised martyrdom in a new videotape posted on a militant Web site by al-Qaida's media production wing.

Jerusalem Post

New message from al Qaeda No. 17

ABC News

North Korea 'closes nuclear reactor'

North Korea shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, a U.S. state department spokesman said. The U.S. is now awaiting verification from the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA.

BBC

Slideshow: North Korea

Yahoo! News

Meeting in Libya seeks to unify Darfur peace jumble

The United Nations and African Union will host a meeting in Tripoli to evaluate the troubled peace process in Sudan's war-torn Darfur, until now bedevilled by fragmented rebel groups.

IOL

Libya hosts Darfur talks

BBC

NATION

24 troops die in Pakistan suicide attack

Islamic militants launched a suicide attack, detonated a roadside bomb and fired rockets as Pakistani troops deployed to the northwestern frontier to thwart the launch of a holy war, officials said.

Yahoo! News

Lebanese army pounds camp

Lebanese troops pounded a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon where barricaded al-Qaida inspired militants fired eight Katyusha-type rockets, a military source said.

Reuters

POLITICS

Obama says U.S. less safe because of Bush's war decisions

President Bush's war-fighting policies have left the United States at greater risk from terrorists, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said.

International Herald Tribune

Giuliani has more to spend than Romney, filings show

Rudy Giuliani entered the second half of 2007 with $3 million more to spend than former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, according to reports filed with the U.S. Federal Election Commission.

Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Another record setting day on Wall Street

Both the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 continued their campaign into record territory, reaching all-time highs for the second straight session, despite mixed economic news.

CNNMoney

Black insists verdict not a total defeat

Conrad Black, who faces up to 20 years in prison after a jury found him guilty on four felony charges, insists the verdict was not a complete defeat.

National Post

Special section:

The life and times of Conrad Black

Edmonton Sun

SPORTS

Copa America final preview: Brazil-Argentina

It’s being billed as the grudge match of the year, and not without reason. The last time the nations met with a Copa America up for grabs Brazil won, dashing Argentine hopes of ending an 11-year trophy drought.

Goal.com

Mock terrorist attack staged on Beijing Olympic venue

Hundreds of police officers staged a mock terrorist attack on the Beijing Olympics' sailing venue, "hijacking" an oil tanker and trying to break into the facility, state media reported.

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Senators agree on kids' health plan

Lawmakers in a key Senate committee brokered a bipartisan agreement that they said would extend health insurance to an additional 3.3 million low-income children in the U.S.

Guardian

Food-poisoning reports traced to Taste of Chicago booth triple

City Health Department officials ordered a restaurant to stop serving hummus as the number of people reporting getting ill from the eatery's food tripled to 378.

Chicago Sun-Times

EDUCATION

200,000 Mexicans learn to read with Cuban method

At least 25 of the 113 municipalities of Michoacan State in Mexico have been declared free of illiteracy through the Cuban teaching method "Yo Si Puedo (Yes I Can)."

Prensa Latina

Limelight eludes fired D.C. schools chief

It's been a tough month for former D.C. school superintendent Clifford B. Janey since his abrupt dismissal by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in a late-night telephone call.

Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Waitress gets $10,000 tip

An Indiana Pizza Hut waitress with dreams of college received a much-needed boost in arriving at that goal: a $10,000 tip.

FOX News

Pizza waitress gets $10,000 tip

BBC

Twins separated at birth reunite

A chance meeting has reunited identical twin sisters who were separated at birth nearly 15 years ago — and touched off a legal dispute over how two doctors adopted one of the girls.

MSNBC

NATION

L.A. archdiocese to pay $600M to victims

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, the largest payout to date in the church's sexual abuse scandal.

USA Today

First lady remembered

Family prayer services and a huge public outpouring ushered in three days of memorial ceremonies honoring the late Lady Bird Johnson, an environmentalist first lady who clung to her Texas roots.

CNN

Nation mourns Lady Bird

CBS News

Police: teens planned school attack for Columbine anniversary

One is a 15-year-old who was recently suspended from his high school for making violent threats. The other is an awkward 17-year-old hungry for attention.

CNN

Are killers born or made?

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Want clean water and rich soil? Save more species

A new study reveals that biodiversity plays a key role in ensuring the broadest range of ecosystem services, such as clean water and fertile soil.

Scientific American

USDA buzzing with new plan to fight collapse of bee colonies

Agriculture Department scientists are mobilizing to fight the puzzling and potentially catastrophic collapse of the nation's honey bee colonies.

McClatchy Newspapers

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

For Harry Potter fans about to rock, we salute you

A global network of Potter-influenced bands inspired kids like 8-year-old Darius to make their own wizard rock. Will fans keep the music alive?

Salon.com

Temptation lurks at the book sale

With an excess of books already, the local library's sale still proves too enticing to ignore.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Egypt's royal mummies will now get identity checks

All of Egypt's royal mummies will get identity checks after scientists found one was wrongly identified as a Pharaoh, the chief Egyptian archaeologist said.

International Herald Tribune

Computer viruses are 25 years old

In the 25 years since the first irksome but relatively benign virus was created, the World Wide Web of computer networks has left nearly everyone with a PC or laptop vulnerable to malicious software.

Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

How the Democrats got religion

In this campaign season, if Clinton and Barack Obama and John Edwards are any measure, there will be nothing unusual in Democrats' talking about God and the beliefs that sustain them.

Yahoo! News

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