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Mychal Bell, right, one of the Jena Six, hugs Rev. Al Sharpton after leaving the LaSalle Parish Courthouse in Jena, La. (Photo by Kita Wright / AP)

'Jena 6' teen released on bail, faces juvenile charges

A black teenager accused of beating a white classmate in a case that attracted national attention was released on bail.

New York Daily News

Case sent back to juvenile court

Yahoo! News

Blackwater guards killed 16 as U.S. touted progress in Iraq

Blackwater's contractors have killed or wounded at least 43 people in eight days in Baghdad. Its snipers also killed three guards at an Iraqi TV station earlier this year.

McClatchy Newspapers

Musharraf cleared to seek re-election

The Pakistani president, General Pervez Musharraf, was cleared by the country's supreme court to stand for re-election next month.

Guardian

Rice: Nations must fight climate change like terror

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told delegates at a global climate change conference that countries around the world must work together to combat climate change.

CNN

As the waters rise

Economist

Myanmar breaks up rallies, cuts Internet

Yahoo! News

Special section:

Accounts from inside Burma

BBC

House cuts transgender people from hate crimes bill

The Senate passed a hate crimes bill sought for a decade by gays and lesbians, yet House Democratic leaders decided to strip transgender people from another long-languishing civil rights bill.

San Francisco Chronicle

Bush readies veto pen as Senate passes children's health bill

The Senate cleared a massive children's health insurance bill by a veto-proof margin, 67-29, but House approval earlier this week of the same bill was not enough for a veto override.

CBS News

NATION

U.S. offers attorneys to 'high value' Gitmo detainees

Fourteen "high value" terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison have been offered the right to ask for attorneys, the Pentagon said.

USA Today

U.S.-Canada security fails terror test

A terrorist wanting to smuggle radioactive material from Canada into the United States probably would find it easy to do, a new report from congressional investigators said.

CNN

POLITICS

Bush, Clinton, Bush ... Clinton?

Forty percent of Americans have never lived when there wasn't a Bush or a Clinton in the White House. Anyone got a problem with that?

Yahoo! News

For voters, 'tough' now trumps 'nice'

Going into a recent Democratic presidential debate, the big question was whether Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois would get tough on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Palm debuts new smart phone

After being bruised in the heavily competitive smart-phone market, Palm Inc. unveiled a new device that the company hopes will appeal to a broader base of cell phone buyers.

MarketWatch

Owners of unlocked iPhones hosed by software update

CNET News

British Airways buys airplanes from Boeing and Airbus

British Airways has ordered 24 Boeing 787 aircraft and a dozen Airbus A380s, all to be equipped with Rolls-Royce engines, the company announced.

International Herald Tribune

HEALTH

Report assails FDA oversight of trials

The Food and Drug Administration does very little to ensure the safety of the millions of people who participate in clinical trials, a federal investigator has found.

Ledger

15 percent of women struggle with pregnancy-related depression

One in seven women suffers from depression before, during or after pregnancy, a new study finds.

HealthDay

3 drinks a day raises breast cancer risk

All types of alcohol — wine, beer or liquor — add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said.

MSNBC

Alcohol linked to breast cancer

MSNBC

SPORTS

Brazil kicks U.S. from Women's World Cup

The streak is over, and so is the United States' bid for a third Women's World Cup championship. Brazil put on a dazzling performance and cruised to a 4-0 victory in the semifinals.

ABC News

Brazilian soccer star Marta Vieira da Silva

ESPN

Griese replaces shaky Grossman at QB

After a dismal start to the Chicago Bears season, a change at quarterback this week puts veteran Brian Griese in the starting position, and Rex Grossman at second string.

Northwest Indiana TImes

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Sect leader's conviction unlikely to stifle polygamy

Utah has 37,000 residents living polygamous lifestyles. The state's top lawyer says he won't prosecute them just for having multiple spouses.

Seattle Times

Threat of Anglican schism still looms

Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the U.S. have bowed to pressure and taken "sacrificial action" over their approach to homosexuality, in order to remain fully part of the Anglican Communion.

BBC

Six Arkansas nuns excommunicated

Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be possessed by the Virgin Mary.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

A girl and her dog inspire others through fictional adventures

Megan Megale always knew her 12-year-old daughter, Shea, was special — and not just because Shea has a muscular disease that confines her to a wheelchair.

MSNBC

Russian mother has 'giant' baby

A Russian woman has given birth to a baby weighing 17.5 pounds, more than twice the average newborn weight.

BBC

17-pound bundle of joy

MSNBC

WORLD

Latin America welcomes Ahmadinejad

After a visit to New York, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has embarked on a tour of Latin America where it looks assured he'll receive a much warmer reception.

Christian Science Monitor

Iraqi leader rejects division of nation

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rejected a U.S. Senate proposal calling for the decentralization of Iraq's government, calling it a "catastrophe."

St. Petersburg Times

Senate approves partition plan in Iraq

Houston Chronicle

Report: Bush thought Saddam was prepared to flee

Saddam Hussein was prepared to take $1 billion and go into exile before the Iraq war, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais, that obtained a transcript of talks between George Bush and an ally.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

In hot water: ice age defrosted by warming ocean, not rise in CO2

Warmer waters in the deep Pacific triggered the end of the last ice age, preceding the rise in greenhouse gas levels.

Scientific American

Scientists urge ocean climate fix

Two of Britain's leading environmental thinkers say it is time to develop a quick technical fix for climate change.

BBC

Peugeot, Citroen and Ford are all greener, says new study

A study between Cardiff University and Clifford Thames, a car consultancy, revealed that the greenest carmakers are Peugeot, Citroën, Ford, and others in a new environmental rating system.

Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'The Kingdom' plays like CSI: Riyadh

The slick thriller "The Kingdom" makes an initial stab at intercultural complexities, but ends in gritty stylishness — and ultimate hollowness.

Christian Science Monitor

Another Stones record, this one in Guinness Book

The Rolling Stones may be aging rockers but their pulling power is undimmed — they topped the charts with the world’s most successful music tour in the latest edition of Guinness World Records.

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A PC for peasant farmers? China targets digital divide

China's computermakers are tapping a vast rural market with simple tools and local officials' support.

Christian Science Monitor

NZ police let public write laws

New Zealanders have been given the chance to write their own laws, with a new online tool launched by police.

BBC

EDUCATION

The crossroads of history: America's best black colleges

Black colleges today increasingly have to compete with other institutions for prize pupils.

U.S. News & World Report

Schools both scrutinize and promote studying abroad

Concerns over travel 'perks' lead to a clarification of funding behind increasingly popular overseas programs.

Christian Science Monitor

Europe falls short in higher education

U.S. and British universities consistently win kudos, and that could spell trouble the Europe's competitiveness.

BusinessWeek

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