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A neighborhood sits under floodwaters in Villahermosa, Mexico. Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans fled the flooded region of the swampy Gulf coast. (Photo by America Rocio / AP)

Pakistan declares state of emergency, makes Court changes

President Musharraf declared a state of emergency, shutting down TV stations and confronting the Supreme Court, which questions his recent re-election.

International Herald Tribune

Rice pressured by Turkish officials

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came under pressure from Turkish officials to publicly blame Kurdish leaders in Iraq for the Kurdish rebel attacks on Turkish forces.

International Herald Tribune

U.S. declares PKK 'a common enemy'

BBC

Campaign Builds to Avoid Turk-Kurd Battle

NPR

Disease feared in flooded southeast Mexico

With flooding across nearly all of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, health officials warned of possible epidemics of cholera and other waterborne diseases.

National Geographic

Mexico battles worst flooding in 50 years

CBS News

Floods leave over 900,00 homeless

ABC News

GOP turns ethics tables

Senate Republicans said they would invoke new ethics rules to block Democratic efforts to send to President Bush the first appropriations package of the 110th Congress.

The Hill

Mukasey wins key support

Two key Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee say they will support Judge Michael Mukasey to be the next attorney general.

NPR

Will Mukasey pass the test?

ABC News

Iraq war source's name revealed

The CBS show "60 Minutes" identifies Iraqi defector Rafid Ahmed Alwan as "Curveball," an Iraqi man whose information was central to the U.S. government's argument to invade Iraq.

BBC

NATION

Army drafts drought plans for Southeast

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed reducing the flow of water from Georgia rivers into Alabama and Florida in a bid to resolve a tussle among the three states over water use during a drought.

Reuters

Evidence in Nowak case thrown out

A Florida judge handed a legal victory to a former astronaut accused of assaulting a romantic rival, ruling evidence found in her car and statements she made to police after her arrest were inadmissible at trial.

CNN

Consumer safety regulators took dozens of trips paid by companies they oversee

Two chief consumer product safety regulators for the Bush administration accepted dozens of trips paid for by toy makers, children's furniture manufacturers and other industries they oversee.

Star Tribune

Consumer safety head speaks

CBS News

POLITICS

Stumbling Sen. Clinton to steady campaign

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton will seek to stabilize her presidential campaign after the worst week so far in her attempt to win the Democratic nomination.

MSNBC

Margaret Spellings: 'No Child Left Behind' faces political head winds

There is doubt whether Congress will reauthorize the No Child Left Behind law in the dwindling days of the current session.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Martha Stewart Living's loss narrows

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., the publisher of Everyday Food, reported a narrower third-quarter loss on rising magazine advertising revenue and sales of bed, bath and kitchen products.

Bloomberg

Chrysler cuts are obstacle for Ford

Chrysler LLC's decision to lay off 10,000 hourly workers five days after the union ratified a new labor contract will likely complicate efforts to get workers at Ford Motor Co. to approve the reached deal.

Detroit Free Press

Citigroup chief to offer his resignation

Citigroup Inc.'s Charles Prince will offer to quit as chief executive officer of the biggest U.S. bank, a move that may foreshadow other top-level departures at the world's largest financial companies.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Stem cells can improve memory

A new UC Irvine research study shows that cells may help to restore memory after brain damage. This creates hope that a drug to boost production of these proteins could be developed.

Science Daily

Cancer victim invents possible chemotherapy alternative

While undergoing painful chemotherapy John Kanzius determined to find a better way to treat cancer, so he invented a machine that uses radio waves.

ABC News

SPORTS

Yankees more than $100M short of entertaining A-Rod

Before Alex Rodriguez opted out of his contract with the Yankees, the team was told that it would not be able to meet with the third baseman unless it presented an offer of at least $350 million, sources say.

ESPN

A marathon without music? Runners with headphones balk at policy

As audio devices proliferate and get more portable, questions of safety confront race organizers of the New York City Marathon.

International Herald Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

'Values voters' are as split over issues as they are on candidates

Evangelicals agree on one thing: They're looking for a Republican candidate who can win the White House. Where they split is on which issues will be able to move voters out of the pews and into the polls.

National Catholic Reporter

Young Jews report few ties to Israel

A recent study found that young American Jews have less of an attachment to the land of Israel than older Jews do.

Columbus Dispatch

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GOOD NEWS

Arborist looks to clone Redwood trees

A Michigan arborist has returned to the Northern California region to realize his dream of preserving and restoring the most ancient of these trees using the latest advances in genetic cloning.

Fox News

Red pandas prove it's never too late to fall in love

After eight years of living together, two red pandas past their prime have fallen in love and discovered the art of kissing.

Reuters

Red pandas pucker up

ITN

WORLD

Senior Tamil Tiger leader killed

A senior leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels has been killed in a government air raid, the rebels say.

BBC

Saudis signal doubts over Middle East peace talks called by U.S.

Saudi Arabia has signaled that it will not attend the Middle East peace conference scheduled by the U.S. unless there is agreement in advance on the core issues that divide Israelis and Palestinians.

Guardian

North Korea nuclear shutdown to start

A team of U.S. technicians is due to begin disabling North Korea's nuclear complex with Pyongyang's permission, a top U.S. envoy has said.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

1 in 3 European freshwater fish species face extinction

More than a third of Europe's freshwater fish species are at risk of extinction, according to new data released this week by the World Conservation Union (IUCN).

National Geographic

Invisible plastic trash poses newfound threat to sea life

LiveScience

S.C. nuke landfill to close; 36 states left in the lurch

Starting July 2008, power plants, hospitals, universities and companies in 36 states will be forced to store low-level radioactive waste on their own property.

MSNBC

N.C. named top business climate

Charlotte Business Journal

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Hollywood horror show: writers to strike

Show-business writers will go on strike after their negotiating team recommended a walkout over royalties that could pinch late-night TV shows.

CNN

Late night during strike: no laughing matter

Hollywood Reporter

Ozzy blasts cops for warrant sting party

Without informing Ozzy Osbourne, Sheriff Paul D. Laney used his name in a sting operation to catch local fugitives in Cass County, North Dakota.

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Be careful what you put on Facebook

Employers don't like their staff using social network sites in work time, but are turning to these as informal sources of references on prospective employees.

iTWire

Indonesian volcano 'has erupted'

Indonesia's Mount Kelud volcano appears to have erupted, a top official has said, based on seismographic signals.

BBC

EDUCATION

Schools challenged by autism's growth

A growth in the number of students diagnosed with autism and other disorders is pitting parents who seek help for their children against school officials struggling to contain special-education costs.

Newsday

U.S. kids get more active parents

U.S. parents are reading more to their children and placing more restrictions on their television viewing than they did 10 years earlier.

Christian Science Monitor

Brits weigh weapons in obesity battle

CBS News

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