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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, smiles as he leaves the parliament after delivering a report of his activities on Iran's fourth development plan, in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Vahid Salemi / AP)

Columbia won't call off speech by Iran's president

Columbia University said it does not plan to call off a speech by Iran's president despite pressure from critics including the City Council speaker, who called it a forum for "hate-mongering vitriol."

Houston Chronicle

Iran's president not welcome at WTC

CBS News

Future annual Iraq tab $10 billion plus

The cost of keeping a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq, similar to the one in South Korea, would range from $10 billion to $25 billion a year, the Congressional Budget Office said.

Associated Press

2 students shot at Delaware university

Two students were shot and wounded, one seriously, at Delaware State University, and the campus was locked down as police searched for a gunman, officials said.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Interactive map: U.S. school shootings

CBS News

Columbine memorial set for dedication

KCNC

Mattel issues apology to China for massive toy recall

CTV

Mattel toys recalled

MSNBC

Court urges Sudan war crimes arrest

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court urged world leaders to press Sudan to arrest one of its ministers for alleged war crimes.

Al Jazeera

U.N. calls for arrests in Sudan

BBC

NATION

MIT student arrested for fake bomb at Logan airport

An MIT student who walked into Logan International Airport allegedly wearing a fake bomb strapped to chest was arrested at gunpoint, officials said.

WBZ

Tornado strikes central Florida

Severe weather, including a possible tornado, damaged about 50 homes, shearing the entire second story off one home, authorities said.

Canadian Press

Tornado tragedy: frustration and sorrow

WCBS

U.S. soldier: I cried for Youssif

A U.S. soldier who served in Iraq was so moved by the story of Youssif he had to do something. His reaction was like that of 13,000 others who donated money to help the boy who was set on fire.

CNN

Plight of Iraq refugees

MSNBC

POLITICS

Elizabeth Edwards bashes Hillary's healthcare plan

Elizabeth Edwards accused Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton of copying the health care plan outlined more than seven months ago by her husband, John.

Associated Press

Democrats' toughest out-of-Iraq plan defeated in Senate

A Democratic antiwar proposal that would have cut off funding for combat in Iraq by next June was blocked 70-28 in the Senate.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Wall Street set for gains

Wall Street stocks were set for a higher start, buoyed by some upbeat earnings results, while bond yields were steady and the dollar remained under pressure.

Financial Times

Bernanke says Fed will develop new loan rules this year

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told lawmakers that the central bank is "actively working" to avoid a repeat of the subprime-mortgage rout.

Bloomberg

Wage wars

Workers — from truck drivers to stockbrokers — are winning huge overtime lawsuits, raising fundamental questions about the modern workplace.

BusinessWeek

HEALTH

Bush challenges Democrats over kids' health bill

President Bush vowed to veto a reported deal in Congress to expand a children's health-care program, accusing Democrats of wanting to send him the legislation to score "political points in Washington."

CNN

89.6 million had no insurance in '06-'07

More than one-third of the U.S. population under the age of 65 went without health insurance for all or part of the last two years, a consumer group said.

MSNBC

Preventative health care

CBS News

SPORTS

Landis loses appeal, must forfeit Tour de France title

Floyd Landis lost his doping case when arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion used synthetic testosterone.

Sports Illustrated

New team, new sponsors, new number for Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Next season Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive a Chevy with the No. 88 and Mountain Dew, Amp Energy and the Army National Guard on the side.

New York Daily News

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GOOD NEWS

Mexico named as best place to retire

Mexico was named as the best place in the world to retire by an annual retirement index, replacing last year's winner, Panama, where real estate prices have soared.

Reuters

11-year-old bullfighter takes life by horns

KCAL

Ancient Chinese treasure recovered

A Macau casino tycoon purchased a bronze horse head that was looted from Beijing's former Summer Palace in the 19th century and has donated it to China.

TIME

Chinese diamond market grows

BBC

WORLD

Fujimori to be extradited

Chile's supreme court has ruled that Alberto Fujimori, the former president of Peru, will be extradited to face charges of embezzlement and human rights abuses.

Al Jazeera

A legal danger zone for Blackwater

Blackwater and other U.S. firms working in Iraq could be subject to prosecution from several quarters.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Record sea ice melt this summer larger than Texas and Alaska

The Arctic sea ice shrank 1 million square miles more this summer than the average melt over 25 years, an area larger than Alaska and Texas combined, according to NASA satellite data.

San Francisco Chronicle

WMO: Investing a billion could save billions on climate change

An extra $1 billion a year invested in meteorological services globally could save the world more than $10 billion a year in damage caused by natural disasters, the U.N. weather agency WMO said.

Earth Times

Taking the planet's pulse

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Dan Rather making a stand with lawsuit

A day after he filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS for violating his contract, veteran newsman Dan Rather said that he would "absolutely not" settle purely for money.

Reuters

Spector jury briefly back to work

The Los Angeles Superior Court offered revised instructions to the previously deadlocked jury deciding whether Phil Spector is guilty of second-degree murder.

E! Online

Spector jury sent back to deliberate

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

'Jurassic Park' raptors had feathers, fossil suggests

Bumps on the forearm bone of a velociraptor fossil suggest the predators were adorned with fluffy feathers, a new study says.

National Geographic

Why stuff stinks: secret sniffed out

Our noses can quickly distinguish a pleasant smell and a stench, but until now the chemical cues that help us make such decisions had not been understood.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

Bomb threats disrupt schools around Jersey and in N.Y.

Schools are back in session, and so are the bomb scares that have become almost daily events in one school or another across the state.

The Star-Ledger

Author launches hunger strike against No Child Left Behind

Respected education author Jonathan Kozol, 71, has been on a “partial fast” since July to call attention to what he calls the racist agenda inherent in the federal education reform act.

Newsweek

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The polygamy paradox

The trial of Warren Jeffs pits the state's interest in protecting children against his claim to religious freedom.

TIME

Critics right and left protest book removals from prisons

The federal Bureau of Prisons is under pressure from members of Congress and religious groups to reverse its decision to purge the shelves of prison chapel libraries.

Ledger

Photo of the Day

Hindu devotees carrying flags trek through overgrown wild grass towards a temple on the outskirts of Jammu, India. (Photo by Channi Anand / AP)

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