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GOOD NEWS

Boat picks up 9 trapped by Alaskan volcano's eruption

A volcano erupted in Alaska's Aleutian Island chain, trapping at least nine people with falling ash until a private boat was able to rescue them after the Coast Guard appealed for help.

Anchorage Daily News

1-handed wonder still inspires

Jim Abbot, a former professional baseball player who pitched successfully despite only having one hand, still inspires children across the country.

Sports Illustrated

WORLD

Brazil oil workers begin strike

Employees of Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras, have commenced a five-day strike to protest offshore working conditions.

BBC

154 Indian students duped, Chinese police hunt for agent

Chinese police have sealed the home of a Bangladeshi agent accused of selling fake airline tickets to 154 Indian medical students studying in China.

ZeeNews

Accept Iran as reality, Tehran mayor tells the Western world

At odds with the West over its nuclear work, Iran could reach an accommodation with the U.S. if its critics accepted that the Islamic Republic is here to stay, according to Tehran's ambitious mayor.

Reuters

SPORTS

Kings of New York: Cubs rule All-Star game roost

A mind-blowing eight Cubs players will join manager Lou Piniella for the festivities in New York, the most All-Stars from a NL team since the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates.

Chicago Sun-Times

Favre seeks unconditional release from Packers, sources say

After a conference call with Packers team officials in which quarterback Brett Favre emphatically expressed his desire to play in 2008, Favre formally asked by letter for his unconditional contractual release.

ESPN

Where would Favre go? Ten places he could call home

USA Today

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Apple Inc. sells 1 million iPhones in its first 3 days

Apple Inc. said it has sold 1 million iPhones in the three days following the release of the latest model. But the launch was plagued by software problems.

San Francisco Chronicle

Solar panels to dye for

Scientists show that cheap chemical dyes may lead to efficient conversion of the sun's energy.

Science News

Solar car off to good start

Calgary Herald

Can microorganisms be a solution to the world's energy problems?

The ability of microorganisms to grow from an almost infinite variety of food sources may play a role in bailing out society from its current energy crisis, according to researchers at the Biodesign Institute.

Science Daily

EDUCATION

HCC program makes college free

For two years, Houston Community College's grant program, Opportunity 14, will cover college expenses that aren't covered by state and federal grants.

Houston Chronicle

Texas students push for right to carry guns on campus

College students in Texas are pushing for legislation that grants the right to bear arms on campus in the wake of last year's massacre at Virginia Tech.

Houston Chronicle

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