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A police investigator examines an evidence he found on the ground after an explosion in Manila's financial district of Makati. (Photo by Pat Roque / AP)

Bomb attack kills scores in Pakistan as Bhutto arrives

Two bombs exploded in Pakistan just seconds apart and feet from a truck carrying the returning opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, narrowly missing her but killing scores of people.

International Herald Tribune

Bhutto vows return of democracy to Pakistan

CNN

In pictures: Bhutto returns

BBC

Iraq urges Kurdish rebels to go

Iraq asked Kurdish rebels to leave the country as soon as possible, to avoid being targeted by the Turkish military.

BBC

Brownback to end presidential run

Sen. Sam Brownback will end his bid for the presidential nomination, two sources close to the Kansas Republican tell The Associated Press.

CNN

Sen. Brownback

Politico

Manila mall explosion kills 8

Guardian

Mall explosion in Manila

Yahoo! News

Saddam jailer found guilty in secrets trial

Reuters

AG nominee rejects torture, vows independence in post

Michael Mukasey, President George Bush's choice to replace Alberto Gonzalez, appeared to repudiate the use of torture measures at the start of his confirmation hearings.

Christian Science Monitor

Nobelist's views on intelligence of blacks spark outrage

James Watson, the 79-year-old scientific icon made famous by his work in DNA, has set off an international furor with comments to a London newspaper about intelligence levels among blacks.

Indianapolis Star

Bush to announce Myanmar sanctions

President Bush will announce additional economic sanctions against Myanmar, targeting individuals responsible for the military-run government's violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

ABC News

NATION

New U.S. visas offered to crime victims

Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the U.S. can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered the protection.

Associated Press

Autistic W. Virginia hiker found alive

An autistic hiker who had been missing for four days in the Dolly Sods Wilderness area was found in remarkably good shape, sleeping under a bush.

Charleston Gazette

U.S. sex fugitive returned from Hong Kong

An American man accused of raping his daughter and posting videos of the abuse online has been returned to the United States from Hong Kong.

Associated Press

POLITICS

Rep. Stark's remark sets off GOP furor

The debate in Congress about children's health insurance was surprisingly bloodless, with only an occasional charge of "socialized medicine" from Republicans or "heartlessness" from Democrats.

San Jose Mercury News

Religious conservatives still deciding

Religious and cultural conservatives, a political force skeptical of the leading Republican presidential candidates, are caught in a tug of war between pragmatism and ideology.

Associated Press

Courting Evangelicals?

Yahoo! News

Former joint chiefs chairman dies at 82

Adm. William Crowe, former chairman of the U.S. Joints Chiefs of Staff, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 82, the U.S. Navy said.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Oil prices continue record surge

Crude oil was little changed after climbing to a record $89 a barrel in New York after the vote by Turkish lawmakers.

International Herald Tribune

Oil prices jump and set record

Yahoo! News

FCC urged to move slowly on media ownership overhaul

Two senators urged the Federal Communications Commission not to "rush forward" with an overhaul of media ownership limits by year's end.

USA Today

HEALTH

New drug eases asthma symptoms

A new twist on an old theory of drug treatment for asthma has shown promise in a small, early trial, reports a California company.

HealthDay

Cold remedies a danger for kids, FDA told

Baltimore's health commissioner told federal regulators that children's over-the-counter cough and cold remedies are ineffective and dangerous for youngsters under age six.

Baltimore Sun

SPORTS

Rutgers' win ends USF's run, deals blow to Big East

In front of a stadium-record 44,267 spectators and a national-television audience, South Florida and Rutgers staged yet another Big East thriller.

Sports Illustrated

Torre's 12-year run over with Yanks

Joe Torre's enormously successful and celebrated 12-year run as Yankees manager is over. Torre turned down a $5 million, one-year contract.

Newsday

In 12 seasons in Bronx, Joe Torre was on top of the world

New York Daily News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Evangelicals feeling left out, poll finds

According to a new CBS News poll, the next Republican nominee may have work ahead of him if he wants to count on evangelical voters turning out to the polls in his favor.

CBS News

Image in fire said to resemble late Pope

A photo of a bonfire taken by a Polish construction worker is creating a stir for the resemblance of the flames to a silhouette of the country's beloved son, the late Pope John Paul II.

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Four families honored with Carnegie Medal for 'enlightened giving'

Eli Broad and representatives of the Heinz, Mellon and Tata families received the Carnegie Medal in recognition of hundreds of millions of dollars in charitable giving.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

British Columbia protects forests to save caribou population

In an effort to save a dwindling and endangered population of mountain caribou, the British Columbia government is putting nearly 400,000 hectares of forest off-limits to logging.

Globeandmail.com

WORLD

Pedophile suspect held in Thailand after Interpol decodes photo

Thai police arrested a Canadian teacher after Interpol computer experts unscrambled disguised photographs on the Internet that showed him sexually abusing Southeast Asian boys.

Bloomberg

Putin pans 'pointless' Iraq war in address

In one of his final public addresses as President, Vladimir Putin delivered a parting rebuke to the United States for its "pointless" invasion of Iraq and bragged about Russia's growing military might.

Globeandmail.com

Australian leaders promise tax cuts

Australia's opposition Labor Party matched government promises to cut income taxes, to stem a surge in voter support back to the government ahead of elections in November.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

U.N. urges action on global warming

The head of the U.N. climate panel that shared the Nobel Peace Prize said there was still time for the world to turn around the global warming trend as he visited Japan for talks.

AFP

For pollution, the future is big

Large companies in North America, most which environmentalists consider pollution villains, have made huge strides.

Globeandmail.com

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Spears' visitation rights are suspended

Britney Spears has lost the right to see her two children after breaching a court order.

San Francisco Chronicle

Oops! Britney drives over paparazzo's foot

Reuters Canada

Will Hollywood writers strike? Labor drama unfolds

As the deadline for a new contract nears, Hollywood writers and producers are negotiating, but some are braced for the worst.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DNA shows Neanderthals had gene critical for speech

Neanderthals possessed a critical gene known to underlie speech, according to DNA evidence retrieved from two individuals excavated from El Sidron, a cave in northern Spain.

San Francisco Chronicle

Elephants sense 'danger' clothes

Elephants can tell whether a human is a friend or foe by their scent and color of clothing, according to St. Andrews University researchers.

BBC

EDUCATION

All-USA teachers honored

All-USA Teacher Team members were chosen from teacher nominations nationwide. Judges considered how well teachers address their students' needs and the impact they have on student learning.

USA Today

Feds recommend closing Saudi school in Va. over fear of radical Islam

A private Islamic school supported by the Saudi government should be shut down until the U.S. government can ensure the school is not fostering radical Islam, a federal panel recommends.

Yahoo! News

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