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Iraqi women clamor for food distributed by Iraqi Red Crescent Society workers in the Husseiniyah area of northeastern Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Wisam Sami / AP)

Deadline passes with no word on Korean hostages

A deadline by which Taliban militants threatened to kill 22 South Korean hostages they are holding has expired, with no word on the captives' fate.

SBS

Update: Taliban deadline passes

Reuters

Afghan leaders plead for release of female hostages

CTV

Terrorists have killed 400 in Philippines since 2000

More than 400 civilians have been killed in bombings and other attacks by Islamic extremists in the Philippines since 2000, the highest death toll in Asia, according to a new report.

International Herald Tribune

Report: 8 million Iraqis in need of urgent aid

One third of the Iraqi population needs emergency aid because of the humanitarian crisis caused by war and ongoing violence, according to a new report.

Guardian

Third of Iraqis need aid

BBC

Iraqis celebrate soccer victory

Yahoo! News

Leahy says Gonzales risks perjury probe for misstatements

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales must quickly clarify apparent contradictions in his testimony about warrantless spying or risk a perjury investigation, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said.

Arizona Republic

Did Gonzales tell the truth?

CBS News

Iran accuses U.S. of seeking to create fear

RTE

Gates, Rice taking arms offer to Saudis

NPR

NATION

Liberia lifts diamond-trade embargo

Liberia has lifted a six-year embargo on the diamond trade in the west African country, reports said. Companies can once again apply for the license to mine and trade in diamonds.

IOL

New British PM meets with Bush

Gordon Brown flew into the U.S. for his first meeting with President George Bush amid reports that he could withdraw British troops from Iraq earlier than expected.

Telegraph.co.uk

POLITICS

Mistrust of YouTube imperils debate

While some people are hailing YouTube's involvement in the 2008 presidential election, many in politics find the popular Web site hard to trust.

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Gingrich says Republican likely to face Clinton in 2008 race

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich predicted Democrats will nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton as their presidential candidate in 2008.

Bloomberg

Iowa polls

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Study: Why do men get paid more? Because they complain

Women working full time earn about 77 percent of the salaries of men working full time, researchers said. Those who work full time earn about 11 percent less than men.

MSNBC

Will investors bear more market pain?

Last week's vicious market sell-off, which knocked the Standard & Poor's 500 index down 4.9 percent during the week, was a reminder of stocks' risk.

USA Today

SPORTS

Thousands turn out to see Ripken, Gwynn inducted into Hall

Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn took their place in baseball's shrine, saluted as much for their Hall of Fame careers as their character off the field.

ESPN

Interview:

Hall of famers Gwynn, Ripken huddle on hitting

Sports Illustrated

Spain's Alberto Contador takes scandal-ridden Tour de France

Spain's Alberto Contador won the 2007 Tour de France, finishing 23 seconds ahead of Australian Cadel Evans. American Levi Leipheimer was third, 31 seconds back.

Sports Network

HEALTH

FDA scientist to recommend pulling Avandia from market

A Food and Drug Administration official will recommend the agency pull GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia from the U.S. market.

MarketWatch

Health risks of diabetes drug

ABC News

Scientists find second gene that increases MS risk

In the most significant genetic breakthrough in multiple sclerosis research in three decades, scientists say they have unearthed a gene that can increase the risk of developing the disease by 30 percent.

Health Day

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Could Christian vote desert Republicans?

America's so-called "religious right" has been one of the pillars of Republican Party support in recent decades, but signs are emerging that those once secure foundations might be shifting.

BBC

Jesuits say take the word of God to virtual Second Life

Catholic missionaries have always trekked to dangerous parts of the Earth to spread the word of God — now they are being encouraged to go into the virtual realm of Second Life to save virtual souls.

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Michigan man's donated kidney may lead to chain of donations

A chain of small miracles started in Phoenix when a Michigan man decided to donate one of his kidneys to a person he had never met.

Mlive.com

Passion for arts and science drives Paul Allen's eclectic approach

Richard Hutton was sitting in his office near Disneyland when he got a call that would change his destiny and influence the science curriculum of many U.S. high schools.

Seattle Times

NATION

A new anti-gang tactic: litigation

Fed up with deadly drive-by shootings, incessant drug dealing and graffiti, cities nationwide are trying a different tactic to combat gangs: They're suing them.

TIME

Cities fight gang violence with lawsuits

Yahoo! News

Gang members use military training to train kids

WJZ

Fire department squanders $500,000 in 9/11 money

In the days and months after 9/11, more than $530,000 in donations poured in to the Aviation Volunteer Fire Co. Today, the fire department is broke — with little to show for the money.

New York Daily News

Pilots killed at two air shows

A biplane stunt pilot died after he crashed in front of thousands of spectators during a Dayton, Ohio, air show, a day after another pilot was killed during an air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Cry of the wild

On the lush plains of Congo's Virunga National Park, the convoy of porters gently set down a wooden frame and with it the very symbol of the African jungle: a 600-pound silverback mountain gorilla.

MSNBC

Hundreds of oil-covered penguins surface in South America

Hundreds of oil-covered Magellanic penguins have surfaced off the Atlantic coast of South America in the past few weeks, according to an animal welfare organization.

LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Legendary Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman dies

Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman has died at the age of 89. The legendary director died peacefully at his home in Sweden, according to his daughter Eva Bergman.

Channel 4 News

Movies for grownups

CBS News

Late night talk show host Tom Snyder dies in San Francisco

Talk show host Tom Snyder, whose smoke-filled interviews were a staple of late night television, has died after a struggle with leukemia. He was 71.

Fox11

The life of Tom Snyder

AOL News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study says hurricanes linked to climate change

The number of hurricanes that strike each year has more than doubled over the past century, an increase tied to global warming, according to a new study.

USA Today

Wikipedia founder to compete with Google

Jimmy Wales, the creator of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has unveiled details of his company's community-developed open source search engine.

vnunet.com

A mind for sociability

A new study suggests that brain structure offers clues to evolution of human emotional intelligence.

Science

EDUCATION

Cost of higher education gets more pricey

Even as tuition increases at public universities are expected to slow, this year schools in several states are raising tuition by 10-15 percent, adding hundreds of dollars to students' costs.

USA Today

Colleges charging more for some majors

More and more public universities, confronting rising costs and lagging state support, have decided that students with certain majors should pay more.

Seattle Times

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