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Former South African President Nelson Mandela, left, with his wife Graca Machel, at his home in in Qunu, rural southeastern South Africa. Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday by urging the wealthy to share with the less fortunate. (Photo by Themba Hadebe / Pool / AP)

Mandela celebrates 90th birthday

Nelson Mandela, the man credited with ending apartheid in South Africa, has marked his 90th birthday by calling for the rich to do more for the poor.

BBC

Report: Spending $10 a person could save health, money

USA Today

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Key facts on Nelson Mandela

Reuters

Iran calls nuclear talks positive

Iran's foreign minister said that forthcoming nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland, and the attendance of a U.S. diplomat for the first time look positive and he expects progress.

ABC News

Cast of hundreds advises Obama on foreign policy

A tight-knit group of aides supported by a huge 300-person foreign policy campaign bureaucracy assists Obama, a candidate whose limited national security experience remains a concern to many voters.

International Herald Tribune

McCain says he's glad Obama going to Iraq, sort of

Kansas City Star

Obama's overseas trip

CNN

US stocks turn lower after mixed earnings reports, oil heads upward

U.S. stocks slid lower after a mixed start, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. all disappointed, while oil reversed direction after three days of losses.

MarketWatch

Merrill Lynch hit by $9.4bn writedown

Financial Times

Report: severe danger posed from Iraq electrical work

MSNBC

NATION

US judge backs Guantanamo trial

A U.S. judge has ruled that the first war crimes trial at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, involving Osama Bin Laden's former driver, can go ahead.

BBC

What does 'jihad' really mean?

NPR

Nebraska farm sector on top, for now

Cecil Roth has been farming since 1974 and has seen prices rise and fall. This time around his income has doubled, thanks to the rising global demand for food and the booming ethanol industry.

NPR

Fuel costs strain US mass transit, too

With West Coast gasoline prices averaging $4.41 per gallon, even car-crazed southern Californians are moving toward public transportation. But the increase at the pump is also hitting transit agencies hard.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Obama raises $52 million in June, tops McCain's haul

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $52 million, more than doubling Republican rival John McCain's fundraising figures.

Bloomberg

The money race

CNN

Bill Clinton says he's ready to campaign for Barack Obama

Former President Clinton said he is eager to campaign for Barack Obama whenever the Democrat needs him, but has not given any thought to whether he wants to speak at the party convention in Denver.

International Herald Tribune

Proposal to change abortion definition, limiting access to contraception

Congressional Democrats are criticizing the Bush administration for a draft proposal they say would change the definition of abortion and limit women's access to contraception.

ABC News

SPORTS

Norman claims lead in second round

A month after marrying tennis great Chris Evert, the Shark has turned back the clock at the British Open, a major he won two times in his prime but never thought was still there for the taking at age 53.

Baltimore Sun

Piepoli, Ricco fired by team over doping

Italians Leonardo Piepoli and Riccardo Ricco were kicked out of the Saunier Duval team for "doping practices," the team said.

Guardian

Ranking the top 20 NFL tight ends

The modern NFL tight end can no longer get away with being a plodding, one-dimensional, nice-sized blocker and expect to stay on the field often for his team.

Sporting News

EDUCATION

Does the new SAT help with admissions decisions?

The College Board releases a positive report on the writing section, but many schools are doing their own studies.

Christian Science Monitor

Merit pay and a Colo. school district

Many questions surround the issue of merit pay, including whether teachers can be punished for the challenges facing students. One school district in Colorado already has tackled the problem.

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Analyst: Xbox 360 best of show at E3

If any of the Big 3 platforms could be said to have 'won' E3, it was Microsoft's Xbox 360, according to Yankee Group analyst Mike Goodman.

TechNewsWorld

Apple fails BlackBerry test

It is definitely one of the best smartphones built to date. But while it is good, it is not quite perfect and still lacks some features that business users may consider essential.

Financial Times

HEALTH

Human trial of AIDS vaccine canceled

Plans for a large human trial of a vaccine against the AIDS virus in the United States were canceled because federal health officials said the vaccine was unlikely to prove effective.

International Herald Tribune

Preterm birth raises risk of disability later in adulthood

Physical, mental, and social impairments affect the lives of many adults who were born prematurely, according to a national study in Norway.

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

FDA: OK to eat tomatoes again

The U.S. government has declared it’s OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak — while not over — may finally be slowing.

CBC

Mental health costs to drop after override of Medicare veto

Medicare beneficiaries in need of mental health services will soon face lower coinsurance payments and will have improved access to certain medications.

U.S. News & World Report

WORLD

Al-Qaida draws more foreigners to war

MSNBC

Iraqi politicians and security officials divided over US withdrawal timetable

Iraqis want the U.S. military presence to end. But when that occurs, and whether a timetable should be set, is something ordinary Iraqis, security officials and politicians cannot agree on.