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U.S. soldiers stand guard during operations in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Talal Mohammed / AP)

U.S. expects N. Korea to shut reactor within 3 weeks

The United States expects North Korea to shut down the reactor at the heart of its atomic arms development within about three weeks, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said.

Reuters

Reactor deal

Yahoo! News

Nifong facing a contempt hearing

Three former Duke University lacrosse players are seeking criminal contempt of court charges against Mike Nifong, the disbarred prosecutor who pursued a flawed rape case against them.

CNN

Rising seas to destroy U.S. beaches

You may have to kiss that summer trip to the beach goodbye later this century, thanks to rising sea levels and more intense tropical storms, scientists predict.

LiveScience

Chemical Ali sentenced to death for genocide of Kurds

Chemical Ali, the cousin of Saddam Hussein who masterminded the brutal campaign of genocide against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s, was sentenced to death by a court in Baghdad.

Times Online

Iraq roadside bombings, attacks kill 7 U.S. troops

BBC

Coalition: 80 Taliban killed in Afghanistan

London Independent

Pregnant woman's body found

Authorities arrested the boyfriend of a missing nine-month pregnant woman on murder charges and said they recovered a body believed to be hers.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Boyfriend charged

Yahoo! News

Israel seizes top Hamas leader

Israeli troops seized a top Hamas militant in the occupied West Bank, Israeli military and Palestinian security sources said.

Reuters

Mideast summit to show support for Abbas

Africasia

Iran: Sanctions could derail talks

Al Jazeera

NATION

Karzai critical of ‘indiscriminate attacks’

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has condemned "indiscriminate and imprecise" operations by NATO and U.S.-led forces that he says have killed 90 civilians in just over a week.

Telegraph.co.uk

'50,000 Iraqi refugees' forced into prostitution

Iraqi women and girls, many alarmingly young, who fled the chaos at home are being further betrayed after reaching 'safety' in Syria.

London Independent

EU leaders reach deal on replacing constitution

The leaders of the 27 members of the European Union agreed to negotiate a treaty by the end of this year to replace the defunct proposed constitution.

International Herald Tribune

EU chiefs 'satisfied' with treaty

BBC

POLITICS

Bush says immigration bill stresses enforcement, strengthens border

Bloomberg

Romney aide takes leave amid probes

An aide to Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney took a leave of absence after he became the subject of investigations in two states for allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Guardian

White House says it's also exempt from security rules

Seattle Times

Cheney refuses executive order

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Delphi, UAW set tentative pact

Struggling auto parts maker Delphi Corp. reached a tentative wage-cutting agreement with its largest union in what may set the pattern for future pay in the U.S. auto parts industry.

Baltimore Sun

Bear Stearns plans hedge fund bailout

Bear Stearns Cos. offered $3.2 billion in loans to bail out one of its failing hedge funds, the biggest rescue since 1998, after creditors started seizing assets and investors demanded their money back.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Alinghi win a tight opening race

Alinghi beat Team New Zealand in the first race of the 32nd America's Cup in a tight fight that set the scene for a close best-of-nine battle for sailing's most coveted prize.

CNN

America's Cup video

Versus

Canada finds silver lining

It will be difficult to erase the memory of a poor offside call in the final minute of injury time that erased the tying goal in Canada's 2-1 loss to the United States in the CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final.

Globeandmail.com

Henry heads to Barcelona

A physical and terms of a four-year contract are all that remain to complete the transfer of Arsenal striker Thierry Henry to FC Barcelona.

Sports Illustrated

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

AT&T hires 2,000 workers for iPhone launch

AT&T said it has hired 2,000 temporary store workers to handle its introduction of the iPhone, the first cell phone from iPod music player maker Apple.

InformationWeek

In your face

How Facebook could crush MySpace, Yahoo!, and Google.

Slate

EDUCATION

Antioch faculty explore legal action to keep college open

Faculty at Antioch College are exploring the possibility of legal action to stop the college's closing. Antioch said it plans to close the college and if they can obtain funding will reopen in 2012.

Washington Business Journal

DA: Student who drove Halberstam during crash will be charged

A graduate student who was driving Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam to an interview in April caused the crash that killed the writer by running a red light while making an illegal turn.

San Diego Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial (John H. Bunzel):

Affirmative action has its place -- but we have to determine where

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Michael Barone):

A primary fix

U.S. News & World Report

Editorial:

Senate puts U.S. carmakers at risk

Detroit Free Press

Column:

Rudy out of Iowa?

Real Clear Politics

Column (Scott Horton):

Setting the stage for the next war

Harper's Magazine

Editorial:

Ghost of '86 failure haunts bid for immigration reform

USA Today

Column (Richard Samuelson):

Live free or diet

Real Clear Politics

Column (Jonathan Alter):

The case for national service

Newsweek

Editorial:

Blair's flair as referee

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

New treatment promising for Parkinson's

An experimental treatment for Parkinson's disease seemed to improve symptoms — dramatically so, for one 59-year-old man — without causing side effects in an early study of a dozen patients.

Houston Chronicle

Optimism rises over N. Korea

The United States and South Korea are becoming more upbeat about disarming North Korea following a surprise visit by the chief U.S. nuclear envoy to Pyongyang.

Monsters and Critics

NATION

Husband in SUV killings arrested

A suburban Chicago man was charged in the shooting deaths of his wife and the couple's three children, whose bodies were found in the family's sports utility vehicle last week.

CBS News

The end game for Guantanamo

The cancellation of a discussion of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo from a scheduled White House meeting appears to be another example of the conflict inside the Bush Administration.

TIME

Scores arrested in immigration raids

Scores of illegal immigrants, including a man wanted for murder and a convicted child molester, were arrested in Southern California raids, U.S. authorities said.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Senate pushes domestic energy policy in new direction

After a 65-27 vote, Democrats expect the House will pass even more renewable-fuel and conservation measures.

Christian Science Monitor

EPA proposes tougher smog standards

San Francisco Chronicle

U.N.: Sudan must improve environment to gain peace

Sudan is unlikely to achieve a lasting peace unless it addresses extensive and accelerating environmental damage, a U.N. report said.

Reuters

U.S. Army plans to contract out environmental jobs

The U.S. Army is about to begin contracting out its environmental, natural and cultural resource staff positions, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER.

Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Michael Moore comes calling on Cigna

H. Edward Hanway and his turnaround team at Cigna have been on quite a roll, but filmmaker Michael Moore and the growing debate over health care may soon help put an end to that.

BusinessWeek

'Evan Almighty' takes leap of faith

If "Evan Almighty" turns into a summer hit the movie could put Hollywood back in the business of making big-budget movies that intentionally embrace sacred subjects.

Houston Chronicle

Evan Almighty trailer

YouTube

Comics fans, grow up!

With the rise of the graphic novel, comics have hit the big time. It's time for fans to quit whining and celebrate their favorite art.

Salon.com

HEALTH

Texas Democrat chastises Bush on vets' health care

The Texas congressman who represents President Bush's home district said that the administration and Republicans put a higher priority on tax cuts than on veterans' health care.

CNN

Wine may curb cavities

Even with the alcohol removed, red wine and white wine may fight bacteria that cause cavities, an Italian study shows.

CBS News

HIV infection theory challenged

A longstanding theory of how HIV slowly depletes the body's capacity to fight infection is wrong, scientists say.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

New Hindu temple will simulcast ceremonies online

A new Hindu temple opened in suburban Chicago. But this has a modern twist. It is believed to be the first Hindu temple that plans to broadcast ceremonies and temple festivities on its Web site.

ABC News

Jerusalem parade gets orthodox response

Under police guard, hundreds of gay activists marched in a Gay Pride parade in central Jerusalem. This set off a noisy reply from ultra-Orthodox Jews and Muslim and Christian leaders.

The Age

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