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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announces his resignation at a press conference at the Department of Justice, in Washington. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

Alberto Gonzales resigns in wake of attorney firings

Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation, ending a wrenching standoff with congressional critics over his performance as head of the Justice Department.

CBS News

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Text of Alberto Gonzales' resignation statement

International Herald Tribune

FAA orders emergency inspections of Boeing 737s

U.S. regulators ordered Southwest Airlines Co., American Airlines and six other carriers to inspect newer Boeing Co. 737 jets after a fire destroyed a China Airlines plane.

Bloomberg

FAA chief to step down

ABC News

Idaho Sen. Larry Craig pleads guilty in men's room arrest

U.S. Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in the Minneapolis airport men's room by a police officer who was investigating complaints of lewd conduct. He later pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.

Arizona Republic

Political scandals

CBS News

French president Sarkozy warns of Iran's nuclear crisis

Nicolas Sarkozy gave warning that unless the West redoubled its efforts to curb Teheran's nuclear ambitions it could lead to "an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran".

Telegraph.co.uk

Sarkozy: Iran's nuclear plans could be 'catastrophic'

EuroNews

Vick pleads guilty, apologizes

CNN

Will Michael Vick ever play again?

ABC News

NATION

Report says most Gulf Coast aid failing to reach Katrina victims

Two years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Washington's recovery plans remain plagued by red tape, failures of oversight and misguided priorities, keeping thousands of families in limbo.

Louisiana Weekly

New Orleans musicians demand higher wages

MSNBC

Careless smoking caused WTC fire

A preliminary investigation into a deadly fire at a ground zero skyscraper found that the cause was careless smoking by construction workers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

Newsday

Disturbing details emerge on Deustche Bank fire

WCBS

POLITICS

Officer dies after Bush motorcade crash

A Rio Rancho police officer assigned to the presidential motorcade has died from injuries received in a crash, according to Albuquerque police spokeswoman Trish Hoffman.

NBC6

As states play 'Me First,' presidential primaries fall into chaos

Don't be fooled by the mild manner and balding pate: William Gardner just might be the most powerful person in American politics at the moment.

USA Today

BUSINESS

Yahoo says it followed Chinese law in passing information

Yahoo Inc. said that its Chinese subsidiary had no choice but to follow local laws when it handed over private information about political dissidents that led to their imprisonment and torture.

MarketWatch

Home Depot could set buy-out tone

For several days last week, Home Depot's deal to sell its wholesale supply division to a consortium of private equity groups was teetering on the edge of collapse.

MSNBC

SPORTS

Cornerback Samuel returns to Patriots

New England Patriots cornerback Asante Samuel ended his contract holdout and rejoined his teammates at their home stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Guardian

Federer, Henin cruise through

World no. 1s Roger Federer and Justine Henin breezed past qualifiers and into the second round of the U.S. Open.

Herald Sun

HEALTH

Human stem cells fix heart damage in rats

Human embryonic stem cells have been used to regrow the heart muscles of rats that had survived lab-induced heart attacks, scientists from the University of Washington reported.

Seattle Times

Oral sex implicated in throat, neck cancers

Human papillomavirus, which is believed to be responsible for most cervical cancers, may also be at the root of many cancers of the mouth and throat, new research suggests.

HealthDay

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican launches pilgrim airline

The maiden flight of the Vatican's own charter airline designed for pilgrims has taken to the skies. The service is intended to transport pilgrims to holy sites across the world.

Manchester.com

Vatican flight service launch

BBC

Church ready to forgo tax breaks

Under pressure from the European commission, the Roman Catholic church has signalled its willingness to give up some of the tax breaks it gets from the Italian state.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

From foster child to fostering change

There is no place 19-year-old Kala Clark would rather be than lobstering like an old salt near her hometown in Maine; it's an escape from what she's been through.

CBS News

Former foster child seeks sibling rights

WCCO

81-year-old fights off teen robbers

A couple of Sampson County teenagers are behind bars after trying to rob a well-known hardware store in Dunn, and family members are calling the store's 81-year-old owner a hero.

ABC11

Girl saves 34 from fast-moving fire

A 9-year old girl is being hailed as a hero after saving more than 30 members of her immediate and extended family from a fast moving fire in Paterson, New Jersey.

WCBS

WORLD

U.S. rejects Hamas demand for role in Mideast peace talks

The U.S. rejected Hamas's assertion that Middle East peace talks will fail because the Palestinian movement is excluded, saying the group has itself to blame.

Bloomberg

Afghan opium harvest jumps to new high

Afghanistan's opium harvest jumped by 34 percent this year to a new high with the country almost the exclusive supplier of the world's deadliest drug, the U.N. said.

NEWS.com.au

Afghanistan poppy harvest

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

United Nations turns on the heat for post-Kyoto options

More than 1,000 delegates from 150 nations are meeting in Vienna this week to discuss where to take the U.N. Kyoto Protocol on climate change after its expiration in 2012.

Earth Times

Warming-fueled hurricanes need new tactics, experts say

Global warming is expected to cause more severe hurricanes, and that means U.S. communities will need new tactics to minimize storm damage, emergency preparedness experts said.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Owen Wilson mum on alleged suicide try

Actor Owen Wilson, suffering through a "difficult time," pleaded for privacy yesterday but said nothing of reports he attempted suicide by slashing his wrists and overdosing on drugs.

New York Daily News

Lawyer who led Spector defense quits

The flamboyant New York lawyer who once led Phil Spector's defense quit hours before testimony concluded in the four-month murder trial.

San Diego Union-Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Yahoo e-mail now sent directly to cellphones

Yahoo Inc., the most popular provider of Web-based e-mail in the United States, has added a feature that lets users send free messages directly to mobile phones.

Toronto Star

Analog TV in countdown to oblivion

The old TV with the "rabbit ear" antennae that brought us Howdy Doody and the original Star Trek episodes has a date with the Grim Reaper. After Feb. 19, 2009, it will only display static.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

CU student stabbed on first day of class

A student at the University of Colorado was grabbed from behind and slashed in the throat by a suspect who then stabbed himself repeatedly before he was stunned by a Taser gun and captured.

ABC7

Man stabs student, self on campus

KCNC

Stanford medical school bans smoking

Students, doctors and staff members at Stanford University's medical school will have to find a new place to light up after the school announced that it is becoming a smoke-free zone.

San Jose Mercury News

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