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Tenor Luciano Pavarotti reacts in this file photo during an interview in his New York apartment following his final live performance. (Photo by Richard Drew / AP)

Opera great Pavarotti dead at age 71

Operatic legend Luciano Pavarotti, whose glorious tenor voice, showmanship and crossover celebrity turned him into a global superstar, died at his home in northern Italy at the age of 71.

AFP

A life in music

BBC

Hurricane Felix kills 38 in Nicaragua; survivors wash ashore

Soldiers searched for more bodies after Hurricane Felix killed 38 people in Nicaragua, while 52 members of a group of Miskito Indians washed ashore alive in neighboring Honduras.

Reuters

Fears mount for missing Fossett

Fears are growing for the safety of record-breaking pilot Steve Fossett, who has been missing in the Nevada desert for three days.

BBC

U.S. report paints bleak picture of Iraq

A bleak portrait of the political and security situation in Iraq released by the GAO has sparked protests from top U.S. officials in Baghdad, who described it as "factually incorrect".

The Age

Traveling with General Petraeus

ABC News

GOP candidates take on the elephant not in the room

Republican presidential candidates participated in their fifth debate amidst the usual issues. But the first thing the candidates were asked about? The elephant not in the room: Fred Thompson.

ABC News

Fred Thompson finally joins the presidential pack

San Francisco Chronicle

Bush and Hu in rare face-to-face talks

President George Bush, and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, had a rare face-to-face encounter at the APEC meeting, discussing sources of mutual tension.

Guardian

Climate change, nuclear power central to APEC meeting

Environment News Service

Syria says Israel bombed territory

Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory and said it could respond to its neighbor's "aggression and treachery". Israel refused all comment on the report.

Reuters

NATION

Robots may become staff on U.S. farms

With authorities promising tighter borders, some farmers who rely on immigrant labor are eyeing an emerging generation of fruit-picking robots and high-tech tractors.

ABC News

Wildfires rage in bone-dry California

Firefighters worked to contain several wildfires burning throughout California amid hopes that cooler temperatures expected in the coming days would help them get a handle on the blazes.

USA Today

California wildfires burn

Reuters

POLITICS

U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor found dead

U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor, a Republican from Ohio who spent four decades in politics, was found dead in his apartment near Washington. He was 68.

Akron Beacon Journal

Craig resignation in limbo

Sen. Larry Craig is raising the possibility that he will not resign his seat if he prevails in a Senate ethics investigation and in a fight against a disorderly conduct conviction.

NPR

Craig reversal angers GOP colleagues

The Politico

BUSINESS

Retailers report small boost for August

U.S. retailers got a modest boost in August as many consumers picked up back-to-school items like clothes and backpacks, but luxury good makers saw sales growth slow.

CNBC

Carmakers switching to electric motors

As fuel efficiency becomes paramount with high gas prices and pending government regulations, automakers worldwide are switching to electric motors.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Gutted Roddick falls to Federer again

Roger Federer again rendered Andy Roddick a frustrated wreck as he continued his utter domination of the American to reach the U.S. Open semi-finals.

Sydney Morning Herald

Venus outlasts Serbia's Jankovic to reach U.S. Open semifinals

Sports Network

Pro wrestler may have had brain damage

The father of Chris Benoit and a doctor who examined the former pro wrestler said brain damage may have contributed to the deaths of Benoit, his wife and his son.

canada.com

Brain damage may have affected Benoit

ESPN

HEALTH

Study: U.S. health-plan cost growth to tick up in 2008

Health plan costs are expected to rise at a slightly faster rate in 2008, after three years of flat growth, according to preliminary results of a new survey.

Reuters

Breast cancer more deadly in black women

A new study gives a possible explanation for why breast cancer is more deadly in black women: they are less likely to have tumors that respond to hormone-based treatments.

Yahoo! News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Mother Teresa is remembered

Hundreds of visitors gathered at the tomb of Mother Teresa in eastern India to pay tribute on the 10th anniversary of her death and to pray she will attain sainthood.

AFP

Mother Teresa remembered 10 years after her death

KCAL

A mosque in America's heartland

From Interstate 75, the sight is striking: A gleaming white mosque with twin minarets in the classical Islamic style rises out of the Ohio countryside.

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

50 years later, Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road' still beckons

Young people are still drawn to Jack Kerouac's novel, but these days they're not as likely to set out on their own.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Germany debates security after foiled bomb plot

German politicians called for tougher anti-terrorism measures and immigration rules after police said they had foiled a plot by Islamist militants to carry out massive bomb attacks.

Reuters

Can Chávez free FARC hostages?

Juan Lozada's mother has been a hostage of Colombia's leftist rebels for six years. Time and again, he and the families of other captives have seen dreams of being reunited with their loved ones dashed.

Christian Science Monitor

U.N. chief in Darfur peace push

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon visited the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, admitting the international community has not done enough to end four years of war and human suffering.

AFP

U.N. chief in Darfur

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists say global warming will hit Africa hardest

Africa will suffer the most if the world fails to reduce global warming, with parts of the impoverished continent becoming uncultivable or uninhabitable, top British government scientists said.

Environmental News Network

Global warming might hurt your heart

Global warming may be melting glaciers and forcing polar bears onto land, but doctors warn it could also affect your heart.

MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

More sex and violence in TV 'family hour'

Americans are being subjected to more sex, violence and profane language during the traditional, early-evening "family hour" of broadcast television viewing, a U.S. watchdog group said.

Hollywood Reporter

GQ lifetime award for Michael Caine

Michael Caine was honored with the GQ Lifetime Achievement Award at a star-studded ceremony. The 74-year-old star has starred in films such as "The Italian Job" and "The Quiet American."

RTE

Caine honored at GQ

ITN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Asteroid smashup may have caused dinosaurs' extinction

The rock that blasted a 112-mile-wide crater in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula and probably killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago may owe its origin to the breakup of an asteroid.

Scientific American

Apple cuts iPhone price, revamps iPod

AFP

Apple launches iPod touch

BBC

Bad memories stick better than good

We remember the bad times better than the good because our emotions influence how we process memories, a new review of research shows.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

Can technology save Africa's schools?

Hundreds of African schools are taking part in a $100 million project to introuduce technology with help from UNESCO, the World Bank and corporations like Cisco Systems.

Newsweek

Dems near deal to cut student borrower interest rates

Congressional Democrats were nearing a deal on legislation that would cut student loan borrower interest rates and launch a pilot program to test the auction to lenders of student loans.

MarketWatch

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