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A woman grieves for her son by covering herself with dirt as he is buried in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. The man was killed in recent clashes in Sadr City. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani / AP)

US attack damages hospital, according to Iraqi official

At least 28 people were wounded in a U.S. attack on a building near a hospital in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City slum, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

CNN

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Between IEDs and Hellfire missiles

McClatchy Newspapers

UN says it will take days to assess cylone damage in Myanmar

Reuters

Obama defeats Clinton in Guam caucuses by 7 votes

Sen. Barack Obama won Guam's Democratic presidential caucuses by just seven votes, according to a Guam election official.

CNN

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Blue-collar voters of Indiana: This Bud's for you

Newsweek

Bush says Americans face a `tough economic period'

President George W. Bush said Americans are "facing a tough economic period'' after reports showed the economy lost jobs for a fourth straight month and economic growth was close to a standstill.

Bloomberg

US jobs figures better than expected

Christian Science Monitor

Fed's new move

Financial Times

'Smiley Face Killers' linked to 40 deaths in US

In 40 cases over the last decade, police in several states in America's mid-west and north-east concluded that the victims had drowned, often after student drinking binges. New evidence says otherwise.

Telegraph.co.uk

NATION

Bomber targets San Diego courthouse

A pipe bomb or series of pipe bombs exploded at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse in downtown San Diego, Calif., sending shrapnel into a courtyard and to a building across the street.

San Diego Union-Tribune

US drops charges against alleged '20th hijacker' in September 11 attacks

The United States has dropped charges against the alleged "20th hijacker" in the September 11th, 2001, terror attacks on the United States.

Voice of America

POLITICS

Obama's appeal to working-class whites faltering, polls show

Barack Obama's problem winning votes from working-class whites is showing no sign of going away, and their impression of him is getting worse.

Associated Press

Clinton, Obama play to a raucous crowd

News & Observer

GOP crossing over to vote in Dem race

Economy, discontent over Bush policies drive some; spoilers out there too.

MSNBC

McCain must separate himself from Bush, says strategist

Differences include control of federal spending and climate change, argues adviser Charlie Black.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Microsoft withdraws bid for Yahoo

Software maker walks away after it says it raised its offer by $5 billion - says economics demanded by Yahoo "do not make sense."

CNNMoney

Boeing denies media report on 787 delivery delay

Boeing denied a German media report it had informed customers of another delay on its new 787 Dreamliner model.

Reuters

Federal Reserve proposed restrictions on credit-card practices

The Federal Reserve issued proposals to restrict various credit-card billing practices, including double-cycle billing and unreasonable late charges.

MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

Cloud rat rediscovered after 112 years

The greater dwarf cloud rat was thought to live in the canopies of tall trees in the Philippines, but the last sighting of one was 112 years ago, until recently.

LiveScience

EPA wants tougher lead rules

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a major tightening of the health standard for airborne lead, saying that current allowable concentrations do not adequately protect public health.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

TV's CSI sleuths with Microsoft's Photosynth software

The AV lab in CSI: Miami was rebuilt to include layout tables based on Microsoft's Surface tabletop computers.

Sci-Tech Today

Applied Physics Lab to build craft that will touch the sun

APL scientists are preparing for the first ever NASA-funded mission to fly scientific instruments through the sun's million-degree corona and to within 4.1 million miles of its roiling surface.

Baltimore Sun

Space shuttle takes its place on the pad

After an hours-long crawl, the space shuttle Discovery reached its launch pad, in preparation for liftoff to add the main piece of a huge Japanese research complex to the international space station.

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Turkish schools in Pakistan can help reduce extremism

The Turkish schools cannot transform the country on their own. But they offer an alternative approach that could help reduce the influence of Islamic extremists.

International Herald Tribune

Lesbians riot at Smith College speech

Rioting lesbians have stormed a speech by "Born Gay Hoax" author Ryan Sorba on the campus of Smith College in Massachusetts, shutting down his address.

WorldNetDaily

As food prices rise, setting menus is cause of heartburn for schools

With food and fuel prices increasing sharply, food and nutrition directors in school districts around the country are finding themselves facing difficult choices.

Education Week

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GOOD NEWS

Teen gave birth alone, walked to hospital with baby

A 17-year-old girl gave birth secretly at home, then walked four blocks to a hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord.

CBS News

Costa Rica plants more trees to become carbon neutral

Costa Rica will plant seven million trees in 2008 to soak up as many greenhouse gas emissions as it produces, in a bid to become the world's first carbon neutral nation, a top official said.

Yahoo! News

A US military mission: food and smiles

Approximately 600 U.S. troops of Joint Task Force Bravo have been a presence at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras for 20 years. Their main role is humanitarian relief and disaster assistance.

CNN

WORLD

Opposition cries foul over Zimbabwe runoff election