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An Afghan boy walks with his donkey as police officer frisk another at a check point in Kabul, Afghanistan. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan, the first stop on a campaign-season tour of war zones, a spokesman said. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool / AP)

KBR's internal wiring inspection shocks Senate Dems

Pentagon officials have acknowledged that between September 2003 and May 2008, 13 Americans — 11 military personnel and two civilian contractors — had been electrocuted in Iraq.

Houston Chronicle

Could DC bribery have cost troop lives?

CBS News

Air Force uses counterterror funds to pay for VIP 'comfort capsules'

Reuters

Oil markets search for signs of a bubble bursting

Crude oil futures closed below $130 a barrel for a second day, marking their biggest weekly drop ever, as traders started to wonder if the oil bubble has burst.

USA Today

Iraqi prime minister backs Obama troop exit plan

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a German magazine he supported U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's proposal that U.S. troops should leave Iraq within 16 months.

Reuters

Obama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone

Google News

Obama arrives in Afghanistan

YouTube

Will trip be more than a photo op?

CNN

Hurdles crossed for Guantanamo trial

Prosecutors who are preparing for a historic war-crimes trial next week cleared a final hurdle as attorneys for defendant Salim Hamdan accepted a federal judge's decision not to interfere.

McClatchy Newspapers

Canadian mother speaks out on son at Gitmo

YouTube

Blood vessels made from human adult stem cells grown in mice

Stem cells drawn from the blood system of adult humans or the umbilical cord blood of newborns, injected into mice, formed vessels that may one day deliver oxygen-rich blood to damaged organs.

Bloomberg

NATION

85 percent of US unhappy with economy

Americans are not simply dissatisfied. They are very unhappy. OK, deeply, pessimistically unhappy. Un–American dreamy unhappy.

TIME

4 killed as huge crane collapses at Houston refinery

Four workers were killed and six were injured when a huge industrial crane collapsed at the LyondellBasell refinery in southeast Houston, a company official said.

Houston Chronicle

POLITICS

Hillary Clinton rips Bush abortion proposal

Sen. Hillary Clinton blasted a Bush administration proposal that would change the definition of abortion and, she argues, limit women's access to contraception.

ABC News

McCain to General Motors Corp.: electric car 'vital' to oil independence

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain told General Motors Corp. employees that reviving the struggling industry would be of utmost importance in his administration.

USA Today

Gramm steps down after 'whiners' comment

CNN

BUSINESS

Freddie's finally a regulated guy

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that government-backed mortgage lender Freddie Mac has finally registered with the agency, 38 years after the publicly traded firm was created.

Forbes

California jury finds J&J not liable In $1 billion Motrin lawsuit

A jury in Los Angeles found that Johnson & Johnson isn't liable in a $1 billion lawsuit filed by parents who claimed their 11-year-old daughter went blind because of the pain reliever Children's Motrin.

CNNMoney

SPORTS

Anderson, Angels slam Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox came out flat in their first game after the All-Star break and Garret Anderson went 4-for-4 and drove in five runs for the Los Angeles Angels in an 11-3 victory.

ESPN

Pistorius fails to make South African Olympic team

In the end, it was a split second and not a court's decision that kept double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius from competing in the Beijing Olympics.

Google News

EDUCATION

Chinese schools now top source of doctoral students for US universities

The pipeline into America's PhD programs used to flow from Berkeley. Now the most students pour in from China's Tsinghua and Beijing universities.

San Jose Mercury News

Task force formed to establish new Antioch College

Antioch University trustees and directors of the Antioch College Alumni Association have agreed on the framework for a plan to create a new, fully independent Antioch College.

Springfield News-Sun

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA used human cadavers in Orion landing tests

Personnel working under contract for NASA used cadavers in tests to develop landing systems, spacesuits and seats in the new Orion moonship, space agency officials said.

Houston Chronicle

No recession for game console makers

The rest of the economy might be on the road to ruin, but the video-game market is riding high.

TechNewsWorld

AT&T muffs free iPhone Wi-Fi offer again

For the second time in the last two months, AT&T Inc. has mistakenly announced free access for iPhone owners to its 17,000 wireless hot spots.

Computerworld

HEALTH

Tomato scare makes consumers wary

The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll — it’s cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods.

MSNBC

Salmonella: frequently asked questions

WebMD

Deep flaws found in US health care

American medical care might be the most expensive in the world, but it is getting increasingly difficult to argue that it is worth every penny.

International Herald Tribune

7 Slimming Tips From the Skinniest State

WebMD

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GOOD NEWS

In Spain, human rights for apes

One could be forgiven for wondering how it is that Spain, of all places, is on track to become the first country in the world to extend limited "human" rights to apes.

TIME

Letter carrier saves child

It's been more than 30 years since Keith McVey used the skills he learned as a Boy Scout, but the letter carrier didn't let that stop him from jumping into a lake to rescue a young girl who was drowning.

Akron Beacon Journal

WORLD

How the International Court pieced together its case against Sudan's Bashir

With the controversial indictment of Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, the International Criminal Court is putting its reputation on the line.

Newsweek

Cuba reforms turn to state land