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British police officers conduct searches outside Waterloo train station in central London. Meanwhile, British police were sifting through large amounts of evidence from the vehicles and from video surveillance of the scenes where two car bombs had failed to explode in central London and two men had rammed a Jeep Cherokee into the Glasgow airport's entrance the following day. (Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis / AP)

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Record rains drown Kansas and Texas

Even after sunshine returned to southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri, rivers swollen by days of heavy rain inched dangerously upward across the Plains.

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Israel to transfer funds to Abbas

The Israeli government agreed to restore full financial ties with the new, non-Hamas Palestinian Authority.

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International Herald Tribune

Glasgow suspects planted London bombs: sources

Authorities suspect the two men who rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into Glasgow's airport also parked two car bombs in central London a day earlier, security sources said.

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U.K. terror threat

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U.S. plays down report of imminent al- Qaida attack

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Reuters

5 U.S. troops killed in Iraq

Four U.S. soldiers and a Marine were killed during separate combat operations in Baghdad and Anbar province, west of the Iraqi capital, the U.S. military said.

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U.S. military ties Iranians and Hezbollah to attack on GIs in Iraq

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International Herald Tribune

Help for Darfur may be derailed

Plans to deploy a U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force to Sudan's Darfur region could be derailed by a dearth in funding and political will.

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NATION

Vote count begins in East Timor after 'peaceful' election campaign

East Timor faces days of suspense while votes are counted in legislative elections that Timorese hope will restore stability to the tiny, violence-wracked nation.

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London Independent

Protests and celebrations in Hong Kong

The president of China, Hu Jintao, said political reform in Hong Kong must progress in a "gradual and orderly" way as thousands of people took to the streets to demand accountability.

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Guardian

England smoking ban in effect

England snuffed out smoking in bars, workplaces and public buildings in what campaigners said was the biggest boost to public health since the creation of the National Health Service in 1948.

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Smoking could kill 1 billion this century: WHO

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Reuters

POLITICS

Lieberman calls for wider use of surveillance cameras

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said he wants to “more widely” use surveillance cameras across the country.

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The Hill

Senators want probe of weapons, systems delays

Two senior senators have asked the secretary of defense to investigate what they call unwarranted delays in sending weapons and protection systems to troops in Iraq.

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Obama raises $32.5 million for White House race

Sen. Barack Obama announced he had raised $32.5 million for his presidential campaign in the past three months, the biggest quarterly fundraising for any Democrat in a pre-election year.

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Reuters

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Clinton joins wife on campaign trail

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BUSINESS

Manufacturing fastest in 14 months

A gauge of U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly rose to the highest level in 14 months, boosted by gains in production and in new orders.

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Bloomberg

U.S., South Korea sign free-trade accord

The United States and South Korea signed a free trade agreement that will face a tough battle in Congress because of Democratic Party concerns that it will cost auto-industry jobs.

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International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Mariners manager Hargrove steps down

Mike Hargrove resigned as manager of the Seattle Mariners — and then stood in line among all those who don't exactly understand why.

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USA Today

Birdie on 18 gives Bateman first PGA win

Brian Bateman, who entered 204th on the money list, sunk a 15-foot putt to break a four-way tie and become the improbable winner of the Buick Open by one stroke.

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Saturday at the Buick

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Sports Illustrated

Kerr outlasts Ochoa to win first major

United States veteran Cristie Kerr captured her first major golf title this morning, outdueling top-ranked Lorena Ochoa to win the 62nd U.S. Women's Open by two strokes in North Carolina.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Marathon day at women's open

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Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Canada latest to target trans fats

Canada's federal health minister, Tony Clement, announced that Canada will gradually eliminate trans fat in manufactured foods.

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Toronto Sun

Scientists report finding how stress can make mice fat

Scientists have uncovered a biological switch by which stress can promote obesity, a discovery that could help explain the world's growing weight problem and lead to new ways to melt flab.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Drug used to delay preterm labor has added side effects

A drug commonly used to delay preterm labor in pregnant women has more serious side effects than alternatives without being any more effective, Stanford University researchers said.

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Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Claiborne honored for her philanthropy

Fashion designer Liz Claiborne was known by Montanans as a generous philanthropist who, along with husband Art Ortenberg, supported numerous charitable, civic and educational groups in the state.

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Forbes

Study: Computer games could be good for kids

Children who spend hours playing computer games may actually be doing themselves some good, according to a controversial three-year university study.

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Scotsman

NATION

Hundreds flee deadly Utah wildfire

A wildfire that has scorched about 46 square miles in northeastern Utah and killed three people has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people from nearby towns.

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MSNBC

Winds of blame blow toward Tahoe agency in wake of wildfire

Now that the smoke is clearing from the historic Lake Tahoe fire, questions of responsibility hang thick in the air.

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San Jose Mercury News

Demonstrators march in Kennebunkport to protest Bush-Putin meeting

Several hundred demonstrators gathered on the day of Russian President Vladimir Putin's summit meeting with President George W. Bush to attack both leaders.

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International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

National emblem saved as bald eagles find safety in numbers

America’s national emblem, which was hunted and poisoned to the brink of its disappearance from the country – has been saved, the U.S. government announced.

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Times Online

Banks warned not to fund Shell project in Russia

Green campaigners have asked banks not to consider funding Shell's Sakhalin-2 gas project in Russia because of continuing danger to the future of western grey whales.

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Guardian

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Old and new mix at concert for Diana

Princes William and Harry took to the stage at London's Wembley Stadium at a star-studded pop concert they planned themselves in honor of their mother, Princess Diana.

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Pixar's latest is a winner

Disney has put a rat at the top of the box office, though not the studio's venerable mascot, Mickey Mouse.

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ABC News

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'Ratatouille' trailer

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Synthetic life closer

Scientists took a first step toward making synthetic life by transferring genetic material from one bacterium into another, turning the second microbe into a copy of the first.

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Sydney Morning Herald

11-mile Baltic bridge to be built

Germany and Denmark agreed to build an 11-mile bridge spanning the waters between the two nations and cut travel times between Scandinavia and central Europe.

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TIME

EDUCATION

Schools grapple with how to integrate

At the crossroads of education and civil rights, a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is leaving school districts that have been striving for integration wondering which way to proceed.

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Christian Science Monitor

Equal education doesn't mean equal pay

For those who believe deeply in the value of education to advance opportunity, the gender equality problem appears to have been solved. Or has it?

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

China Church welcomes Pope letter

A senior official from China's state-run Catholic Church has welcomed a letter from Pope Benedict to the authorities in Beijing.

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BBC

Play looks at Mormonism, homosexuality

Not many theater productions include a glossary of Mormon theological and ecclesiastical terms in the program. Then again, Carol Lynn Pearson's play, "Facing East," defies a number of expectations.

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USA Today

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Major problems found in Iraqi rebuilding effort

Inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the U.S. declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed.

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Britain's Princes William, left, and Harry speak on stage during the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in London. The concert was held to mark what would have been the 46th birthday of Diana Princess of Wales. (Photo by Stephen Hird / AP)

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