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Personnel of the Islamic Health Committee stand by boxes containing the remains of Hezbollah and Palestinian fighters at the southern Lebanese border. (Photo by Anwar Amra / ICRC Pool / AP)

Democrats push back on offshore drilling

President Bush and Congress traded accusations over who’s more to blame for America’s latest oil crisis and offered different assessments of the need to lift a moratorium on new offshore oil drilling.

Christian Science Monitor

Canadian detainee at Guantanamo shown crying in video

Videotape of a Canadian teenager being questioned at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the first public footage of such interrogations, shows him crying and pleading for help.

Bloomberg

Guantanamo Bay interrogation video released

YouTube

Hezbollah gives coffins to Israel in prisoner swap

Hezbollah handed over two black coffins with the bodies of two Israeli soldiers and Israel prepared to set free a notorious attacker that will close a painful chapter from the 2006 war in Lebanon.

ABC News

Hezbollah prisoners in Lebanon

BBC

Israel, Hezbollah begin prisoner swap

NPR

Massachusetts moves to end restriction on same-sex marriages

The state Senate has voted to repeal a 1913 law that prevents Massachusetts from marrying couples from out-of-state if their marriages would not be legal in their home states.

International Herald Tribune

Opposition, from both parties, over US Treasury bailout plan

The plan to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac faced sharp criticism as some in the U.S. Congress questioned the open-ended nature of the request for cash to aid the companies.

International Herald Tribune

Poll: Economic woes hits swing states

NPR

NATION

GM to cut salaried workers, production

General Motors Corp. will cut salaried jobs, executive salaries, salaried retiree health care and 150,000 additional units of truck production, the company announced.

Detroit Free Press

General Motors: Plan is to win, not just survive

YouTube

Summer political ads prove a different election year

In what's usually a slow political month, television viewers have been bombarded with reminders of John McCain's patriotism as well as Barack Obama's energy policies and heartfelt commitment to the needy.

McClatchy

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Doris Day: why she left Hollywood

When life seemed so much simpler in America — a half century or so ago — Doris Day was America's sweetheart. But the reality was more complex, according to a new unauthorized biography.

CBS News

Are you sure you own your stuff?

The Maker Movement, which emphasizes fixing rather than discarding objects, is gathering steam nationwide. One leader, Mr. Jalopy, says if you can't fix your things, you don't really own them.

NPR

EDUCATION

New vision for schools proposes broader role than teaching to the test

Randi Weingarten says she wants to replace President Bush’s focus on standardized testing with a vision of public schools as community centers that help students with more than just classroom studies.

New York Times

California colleges eager to help veterans under new GI Bill

Schools are preparing for an influx of student soldiers after lawmakers overhauled the GI Bill, making higher education accessible to a new generation of veterans.

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tumors 'alter devils' sex lives'

A disease that threatens to wipe out the wild population of Tasmanian devils has triggered an abrupt change in their breeding habits, a study shows.

BBC

US science grad goals falling behind

A high-profile push by business groups to double the number of U.S. bachelor's degrees awarded in science, math and engineering by 2015 is falling way behind target, a new report says.

Times Online

Shortage of teachers means shortage of nurses

MSNBC

HEALTH

House overrides Bush's Medicare veto

In a showdown over the Medicare health care program, the House of Representatives voted to override President Bush's veto of a bill to keep doctors' payments from being slashed.

Reuters

Bush vetoes Medicare bill

The Hill

Kids' physical activity drops by age 15

Kids get sluggish by age 15, with their physical activity dipping well below the recommended 60 minutes a day for good health, according to a new study.

WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The Pope factor hits Sydney

Cardinal George Pell launched World Youth Day in Sydney, while crowds of up to 500,000 are anticipated for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI and for the closing mass.

New Zealand Herald

New England soccer's loss is the priesthood's gain

The trade of the week is not a multimillion-dollar transfer of Ronaldinho or Cristiano Ronaldo, but the move from the New England Revs to the Roman Catholic Church by Chase Hilgenbrinck.

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Veterans' find comfort on horses

New York veterans are getting back in the saddle thanks to a horseback-riding program that helps them overcome posttraumatic stress disorder.

NY Daily News

Test scores rise

Statewide test scores for African-American and low-income children rose significantly and are moving closer to parity with other students, according to Maryland education officials.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

Party's outrage at Anwar arrest

Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was arrested by police on charges that he sodomized a male aide, creating a greater political divide and weakening the ruling party's strength in parliament.

Sydney Morning Herald

Putin gets a role in foreign policy

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was granted unprecedented rights to implement foreign policy measures, a right that has previously been monopolized by the president.

Moscow Times

SPORTS

Roger Clemens got HGH in mail

Confessed drug supplier Kirk Radomski has provided documentary evidence to the government showing that he shipped drugs to the Texas home of Roger Clemens.

NY Daily News

AL outlasts NL in marathon 15-inning All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium

The All-Star Game said goodbye to Yankee Stadium night. It was a long, long, long goodbye, as Michael Young's sac fly brought home Justin Morneau — barely — with the winning run of a 4-3 marathon.

NY Daily News

First person memories of Yankee Stadium

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Intel's profits up 25 percent

Intel Corp., the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, said that profits rose more than expected in the second quarter on strong international sales bolstered by a weak dollar.

CNNMoney

Wall Street dominated by volatile trading

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 11,000 for the first time since February 2006 as fears about the financial sector and a dramatic fall in oil prices played against one another.

Financial Times

Oil prices plummet over $6 amid economic fears

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Environmentalists block world's largest coal port

Environmental protesters in Australia brought the world's biggest coal terminal to a standstill by blocking railway lines and chaining themselves to rail cars.

Environmental News Network

Organic wines come of age

With an increasing number of organic vineyards reaching maturity, organic wines are coming of age, offering a viable alternative to consumers who seek foods without additives or synthetic chemicals.

Seattle Times

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