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A woman feeds her daughter outside her house damaged by a strong earthquake on Sumatra island, Indonesia. Four quakes jolted Indonesia, triggering tsunami warnings and damaging houses. (Photo by Dita Alangkara / AP)

Fourth quake rattles Indonesia

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck in the Indian Ocean west-northwest of the Sumatran province of Bengkulu, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

CNN

Special section:

Eyewitnesses: Sumatra earthquake

BBC

Experts doubt Steve Fossett is still alive

Ten days after adventurer Steve Fossett took off on a routine flight, doubts were growing as to whether he was still alive.

Guardian

Fossett search could solve old mysteries

CNN

Bush to pull 5,700 troops from Iraq

President Bush is expected to announce that 5,700 U.S. troops will return from Iraq by Christmas, and more can come home as the country stabilizes.

New York Daily News

Prominent Anti-Qaeda sheik killed

TIME

Key ally

Yahoo! News

Pentagon censors Web site audio of Sept. 11 mastermind

The Pentagon posted a censored audio version of testimony from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on its Web site, deleting a lengthy personal defense of the September 11, 2001 attacks, officials said.

AFP

9/11 mastermind's tape released

Reuters

Google puts up $30M for lunar mission

Google announced it is sponsoring the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to the moon with a purse of $30 million.

CNET News

NATION

Police seeking suspect who killed police officer, wounded 3

A massive manhunt is under way after four Miami-Dade County, Florida police officers were shot, a police spokeswoman said. One of the officers later died, Miami Mayor Carlos Alvarez said.

CNN

Miami-Dade officer killed, 3 others injured

KCAL

Hurricane claims 1 in East Texas

Hurricane Humberto claimed the life of an Orange County man as the storm blasted East Texas with winds up to to 85 miles an hour this morning, police said.

Houston Chronicle

Texan: Humberto 'snuck up on us'

CNN

POLITICS

Mark Warner to seek Va. Senate seat

Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner announced that he will run for the U.S. Senate next year, assuring his party a competitive race for a seat long in Republican hands.

MSNBC

Nevada caucus creates more questions

If Iowa and New Hampshire are the favorite sons, then Nevada may be the presidential primary's awkward stepchild. Nine months into the race, few know what to make of the Nevada caucus.

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Bank of America boosts ATM fees to $3

Bank of America has now lifted the basic surcharge for non-customers at roughly two-thirds of its ATMs to $3 a pop from $2.

International Business Times

Most expensive ATMs

WCBS

UAW picks GM as strike target if talks aren't successful

The International UAW Executive Board voted to name General Motors the union's strike target in current national contract negotiations, a UAW insider familiar with the talks said.

MLive.com

High stakes for both sides in auto talks

NPR

HEALTH

British officials approve contentious stem cell research

British authorities decided to permit research that uses animal eggs to create human stem cells -- studies experts say are critical to unlocking treatments for diseases.

Forbes

Bush disapproves of stem cell bill

ABC News

Diet-conscious city eyes moratorium on fast-food outlets

Los Angeles officials see myriad fast-food outlets as a health problem and are seeking change in efforts that experts say may be the first example of a health-zoning law in the United States.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

NFL's Cowboys are most valuable at $1.5 billion, Forbes says

The Dallas Cowboys are the most valuable sports franchise in the world at $1.5 billion, supplanting the Washington Redskins atop Forbes magazine's annual list of NFL teams.

Bloomberg

Oden likely out for rookie season after undergoing knee surgery

Celebrated Trail Blazers rookie center Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, will likely miss the 2007-08 season after undergoing knee surgery, the team said.

ESPN

Oden's surgery is a setback, not the end

Sporting News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican investigates U.S. theologian

The Vatican and U.S. Roman Catholic bishops are investigating the writings of a well-known American theologian who has analyzed how the Catholic faith relates to other religions.

Beliefnet

Chinese Catholic bishop dies in custody

A bishop who led an underground congregation of Roman Catholics and was repeatedly detained in China for his loyalty to the Vatican died in police custody, a monitoring group said.

Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Sally Satel):

Mental illness -- mind over manual

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Small steps add up to cleaner air

San Jose Mercury News

Editorial:

Merit pay for teachers begins to earn high grades

USA Today

Column (Fawaz Gerges):

Bin Laden's new image: younger, more Marxist

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Brandon Friedman):

Paying with their lives

Guardian

Editorial:

Why they should stay

Economist

Column:

Notes from a global warming agnostic

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

A virus among honeybees

International Herald Tribune

Column (Christopher Ringwald):

Give the earth a Sabbath

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

San Diego Zoo reveals gender of 6-week-old panda cub

A giant panda cub born six weeks ago at the San Diego Zoo is a healthy girl, zoo veterinarians announced.

10News

Pandas head for new home

Reuters

NBA players travel to China for charity

Several NBA stars, including the Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash and Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, headed to China to play in a charity basketball game in Beijing.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Suicide blast kills 15 Pakistan troops

A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a canteen at a high security base used by Pakistan's anti-terrorism forces, killing at least 15 soldiers and wounding many others, officials say.

Al Jazeera

Is Bin Laden in Pakistan?

CBS News

Sri Lanka destroys rebel navy flotilla, raids financial center

Sri Lankan naval forces destroyed about 30 boats of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and attacked its financial center after threatening to drive the rebels from the region.

Bloomberg

Sri Lanka's forgotten people

Reuters

Cracks appear in allied coalition in Afghanistan

The coalition established to stabilize Afghanistan is weakening as countries fighting in the volatile south criticize the lack of military support from other NATO allies, defense officials said.

International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Millions at risk in China, India pollution

China and India's 10 worst pollution blackspots together account for a third of the world's 30 most polluted places, according to a report issued by U.S.-based group, the Blacksmith Institute.

Yahoo! News

States are closer to trimming vehicles' CO2 emissions

The move by 12 states could coax Congress to pass efficiency limits.

Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Get an early taste of new fall TV shows

The fall TV season has yet to begin, but that won't stop networks from unveiling some new shows early. They're just doing it elsewhere.

USA Today

American Muslims cheer new sitcom

NPR

MySpace launches Web TV show

Facebook may be getting the headlines lately, but MySpace still has a few cards up its sleeve — including the connections it has to some of the top names in media.

Globeandmail.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Explanation of dark matter might lie in origin of stars

Some of the universe's first stars might still be lighting up their corners of the cosmos and finding these stars could reveal something about the nature of dark matter.

LiveScience

Understanding dark matter and light energy

Space.com

Brits considering manned space flights

The British National Space Centre is recommending to the government that manned missions should begin, and could be up and running by 2010.

iTWire

EDUCATION

Quality gap in school faulted

The head of Baltimore County schools says some of the system's high schoolers are not receiving "the same level or quality of education" as others, and blames lack of leadership.

Baltimore Sun

Univ. of Minnesota rated best in nation at promoting sexual health

The maker of Trojan condoms ranked the University of Minnesota as first among 139 colleges and universities for sexual health on campus.

Star Tribune

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