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A helicopter drops water on a hot spot where a wildfire driven by powerful Santa Ana winds threatened homes in Santa Clarita, Calif. (Photo by Mark J. Terrill / AP)

U.S. results point to weaker dollar and economy

U.S. companies underlined the resilience of their international operations, but failed to dispel fears that the slowing domestic economy would weigh on future earnings.

Financial Times

China launches its first lunar probe

China launched its first lunar probe, the first step in an ambitious 10-year plan to send a rover to the moon and return it to earth.

MSNBC

China launches lunar probe

Reuters

South Africa recalls millions of condoms

South Africa is recalling millions of locally manufactured condoms after tens of thousands failed an air burst test, dealing a further blow to the country's campaign to prevent the spread of AIDS.

ABC News

Bush promises California fire aid

Federal emergency officials are assisting California in the fight against wildfires that have forced evacuation orders for 500,000 people, caused five fire-related deaths, 45 injuries, and destroyed 1,800 homes.

CBS News

FEMA vows aggressive effort on wildfires

U.S. News & World Report

Evacuees jam highways

MSNBC

Special section:

Fire locations and activity

CBS News

NATO ministers face tough talks

The United States' pressure on its allies to send more troops to Afghanistan, and tension on Turkey's Iraq border are likely to dominate NATO talks in the Netherlands.

BBC

Bush to warn Cuba on plan for transition

President Bush is planning to issue a warning that the U.S. will not accept a political transition in Cuba in which power changes from one Castro brother to another, rather than to the Cuban people.

International Herald Tribune

Country profile: Cuba

BBC

NATION

Military spending: up and away

With a White House request for $196 billion more for Afghanistan and Iraq is included, total military spending will reach about $808 billion, according to the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

Christian Science Monitor

White House pledges $1.4 billion for Mexico drug war

The White House pledged $1.4 billion to aid Mexico's crackdown on drug-related crime that has spread across the border into the United States.

USA Today

Space shuttle Discovery blasts off

Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven rocketed away in pursuit of the International Space Station where a formidable construction job awaits them.

Globeandmail.com

Space shuttle

Yahoo! News

POLITICS

Candidates wives share stage

The wives of five 2008 presidential hopefuls traded tales of juggling their kids, marriages and self-esteem in the maelstrom of a national campaign.

CBS News

Sens. consider help for immigrants' kids

Senate Democratic leaders have scheduled a showdown vote on a bill that would give children brought to the USA by illegal immigrant parents a chance to qualify for citizenship.

USA Today

Immigrant battles U.S. government for savings

Reuters

BUSINESS

Merrill in the red

Merrill Lynch & Co., the largest U.S. brokerage, said the summer's credit crisis triggered a bigger-than-expected $7.9 billion writedown during the third quarter.

Globeandmail.com

Oil eases below $85

Oil retreated for the fourth consecutive session on forecasts that U.S. crude stocks likely rose again and on signs that OPEC was already boosting oil supply.

Reuters

HEALTH

Experts sound off on workout grunting

Jane Ross, a 42-year-old Boston area gym buff, is honest about it: When exercising, she sometimes grunts. Some gym members object, but these noises may boost fitness.

HealthDay

Broccoli extract protects skin from ultraviolet radiation effects

The damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation can be appreciably reduced with the topical application of a broccoli extract, according to an article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Medical News Today

SPORTS

Sparks hits jackpot with top draft spot

When told that the Los Angeles Sparks had hit the WNBA lottery by getting the No. 1 pick in the 2008 draft, center Lisa Leslie said she was "ecstatic."

USA Today

Wakefield left off Sox's roster; Cook added to Rockies'

Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is being left off Boston's roster for the World Series because of a bad shoulder.

ESPN

After cyber 'attack,' Rockies will resume online ticket sales

Sports Illustrated

RELIGION

Burmese monks are shown the limits of moral authority

Two powerful institutions have shaped life in Myanmar: the junta and the Buddhist clergy. Their uneasy coexistence was shattered last month, and the guns have prevailed over mantras, at least for now.

International Herald Tribune

Oklahoma lawmaker objects to getting copy of Quran

An Oklahoma lawmaker is objecting a copy of the Quran from the Governor's Ethnic American Advisory Council. Lawmakers also have received a copy of the Bible sponsored by the Baptist General Convention.

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Mozambique's former president wins leadership prize

Mozambique's former President Joaquim Chissano, who brought peace and democracy to his country, won the first Mo Ibrahim Prize for achievement in African leadership.

HappyNews.com

Women in McClatchy Baghdad bureau receive courage award

Six Iraqi women who've worked in the Knight Ridder and McClatchy Baghdad bureau received the International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award.

McClatchy Newspapers

WORLD

Rice: Iran an obstacle to U.S. goals

Iran is a major obstacle to the U.S. vision of a Middle East in which nations will "trade more, invest more, talk more and work more constructively to solve problems," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.

TIME

Pakistani detective withdraws from Bhutto attack investigation

The detective leading the investigation into the bombings that targeted former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as she returned to Pakistan has withdrawn from the case, a senior official said.

Guardian

Bhutto Calls For Help

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Warming could wipe out half of all plant and animal species

Rising global temperatures caused by climate change could trigger a huge extinction of plants and animals, according to a study.

Guardian

African tortoises at risk

Globeandmail.com

Moonlight triggers mass coral 'romance'

Australian and Israeli scientists have discovered the trigger for the planet's biggest group sex spectacle: the mass spawning of hard corals along Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

National Geographic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

India's great chess hope

India has long lagged behind in Olympic sports. And that's why chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is a national hero.

Asia Times

In exile, a former gang member finds a reason to dance

Deported to Cambodia for criminal convictions, Tuy Sobil saves street kids, and himself, with break dance. He aims to steer his protégés clear of the bad choices he has made in the past.

Christian Science Monitor

Magician David Copperfield accused of sexual misconduct

Magician David Copperfield is being investigated by the FBI after a Seattle woman accused him of sexual assault.

Herald Sun

Copperfield's attorney responds

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Free phone services are multiplying

If you're not using Skype or an equivalent Internet-linked phone service, you're wasting money.

International Herald Tribune

MySpace to debut casual-game site

News Corp.-owned social-networking site MySpace.com announced that it has partnered with casual-game maker Oberon Games, part of Oberon Media, to create a "channel" of social games.

CNET News

EDUCATION

Tuition at Texas universities rises

The sticker price at public universities across Texas rose 7.6 percent this year, again outpacing the rapid increases in tuition and fees nationwide, the College Board reported.

Houston Chronicle

Prodigies need educating, too

Like other private schools that cater to students with extraordinary abilities, the Academy for Gifted Children strives to provide an experience rich enough to satisfy the intense needs of its pupils.

Globeandmail.com

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