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Motorists drive past the Beijing Olympic national stadium, known as Bird's Nest, covered with hazy skyline in Beijing, China. (Photo by Andy Wong / AP)

Olympics: 11 days to clean air? China says yes

Chinese officials say recent antipollution rules are helping. Critics question their data.

Christian Science Monitor

China Olympic village opens

BBC

Fire destroys 12 homes near Yosemite National Park

Crews fought to contain a wildfire near an entrance to Yosemite National Park that has destroyed 12 homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 200 others.

San Francisco Chronicle

Wild fire threatens Yosemite

MSNBC

Britain's Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare destroyed by fire

Fire has completely gutted the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare in Great Britain leaving nothing of the seaside town’s main attraction but a charred steel skeleton.

Times Online

Bombings kill 43 in Baghdad, Kirkuk

Explosions tore through a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish rally in northern Iraq, killing at least 43 people and wounding scores more, police said.

ABC News

Hagel, Reed on Iraq trip

CBS News

Special section:

In depth: struggle for Iraq

BBC

Fuel subsidies for some make oil more expensive for all

International Herald Tribune

Knoxville: Gunman opens fire in Tennessee church, 2 killed

A gunman opened fire at a church youth performance, injuring eight people and killing two, including a man who witnesses called a hero for shielding others from a shotgun blast.

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Police give church shooter’s motive

CNN

US deficit to hit record $490 billion in 2009, official says

The U.S. budget deficit will increase to a record of about $490 billion in fiscal 2009, an administration official said, leaving deep budget problems for a new president.

Bloomberg

NATION

Sudanese find refuge, jobs in Anchorage

The word is spreading on the grapevine in the Lower 48 that Anchorage is a place where the refugees can find work.

McClatchy Newspapers

Black soldiers get apology over riot, lynching convictions

The Army formally apologized for the wrongful conviction of 28 black soldiers accused of rioting and lynching an Italian prisoner of war in Seattle more than six decades ago.

MSNBC

More drownings, missing swimmers in NYC area

The toll of swimmers caught up in treacherous ocean currents in the NYC area grew to at least nine as one man drowned and a 10-year-old girl disappeared.

Newsday

POLITICS

Obama, McCain accuse each other of shifting on Iraq

With just 100 days until the election, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are accusing each other of shifting their positions when it comes to Iraq.

CNN

Obama, McCain talk timetables

Politico

Obama on the Iraqi surge

MSNBC

Hagel: McCain attack ads treading on very thin ground

Sen. Chuck Hagel, who accompanied Sen. Barack Obama on his trip to South Asia and Iraq, criticized the McCain campaign for its latest television ad attacking the Democratic candidate.

CBS News

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McCain questions Obama's decision to cancel troop visit

ABC News

Three incumbents get outraised in Kansas, Missouri

Two incumbents in Kansas and one in Missouri were outraised over the last three and a half months, as three of the biggest House races in the country took form before their early August primaries.

The Hill

BUSINESS

In era of specialization, some generalists thrive

A broader analytical view has distinct advantages over specialization.

Barrons

Why do sick people go to work? Unhealthy fear

A lot of people come to work sick, according to a new poll conducted by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.

NPR

HEALTH

Soy foods 'reduce sperm numbers'

A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, suggest scientists.

BBC

More than 1,000 died in painkiller overdoses

At least 1,013 people died of overdoses in several U.S. cities from 2005 to 2007 after illegally injecting the highly potent painkiller fentanyl.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Former Google engineers launch new search engine

A new search engine created by former engineers from Google Inc. launched, claiming to cover three times as many Web pages as Google.

Times Online

Google counts more than 1 trillion unique Web URLs

In a discovery that would probably send the Dr. Evil character of the "Austin Powers" movies into cardiac arrest, Google recently detected more than a trillion unique URLs on the Web.

PC World

Special delivery: World's first 'test tube baby turns 30

Louise Brown, the first child conceived by in vitro fertilization, entered her 30s. Her 1978 birth, just outside of Manchester, England, caused a stir throughout the world.

Scientific American

EDUCATION

Poor economy is likely driving growing popularity of online college classes

The seven-mile, 40-minute drive during season from Natlee Valego’s home to Hodges University was the primary reason why she started taking online courses.

Naples Daily News

Students get hired to capture the breeze

Community colleges in North Dakota and other states are jumping at the chance to help fill that need and develop a niche for themselves at the same time through wind tech programs.

San Francisco Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog:

Social networking can be a friend indeed

TheStreet.com

Column:

Obama's audacity of hubris

Globeandmail.com

Column:

The fiction behind torture policy

Newsweek

Column:

Does the American flag belong in church?

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Obama or not, world hopes for renewal of US ideals

Houston Chronicle

Editorial:

Why Bush should inject politics into Olympic visit

San Jose Mercury News

Column:

McCain, Obama weigh veep timing

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Brent Blackwelder):

Make Freddie and Fannie go green

The Nation

Editorial:

Rewriting the rules of American justice

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Day care operator plunges into burning school building to save 4-year-old

After fire broke out at her day-care center, she broke in a window, crawled back into the building and inched through the smoke and flames to find a 4-year-old boy who was still inside.

MSNBC

9-year-old toy philanthropist still going strong

Encouraged by her dad and her mom, Ashlee Smith, provided comfort to children who lost toys in Nevada and California wildfires as well as standard house fires.

Nevada Appeal

WORLD

Bombs kill 16 in residential Istanbul neighborhood

Two bombs exploded minutes apart in a packed Istanbul square, killing 16 and injuring more than 150 in the deadliest attack against civilians in Turkey in almost five years.

Star Tribune

Group takes credit for India blasts

A group calling itself the Indian Mujahedeen claimed responsibility for the attack but offered few other details in e-mails sent to several television news stations, the CNN-IBN station reported.

CBS News

US admits soldiers killed innocent Iraqis

The U.S. military admitted that American soldiers killed innocent civilians after opening fire on a car last month on the heavily secured Baghdad airport road.

Google News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Museum celebrates the Harley-Davidson

There are probably few cars that you'd recognize just by hearing them come down the street. But the throaty rumble of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle engine is unmistakable.

NPR

SAG's national board holds meeting

Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild have been meeting over the contract stalemate with majors, amid muted expectations that SAG will soon take any action.

Variety

Beers with more alcohol catch on

High-alcohol brews are among many craft beers that are grabbing a growing market share in the U.S. from their mass-produced and heavily advertised counterparts.

TIME

SPORTS

Sastre gives Spain a three-peat; another rider tests positive

The final act was supposed to be a champagne-sipping, idyllic run to the Champs-Elysees for winner Carlos Sastre of Spain. Instead, it was yet another announcement of a positive drug test.

CBS SportsLine

Johnson overcomes tire debacle en route to Brickyard win

Johnson survived tire troubles that made the race a caution-filled debacle because the Goodyear product was not durable enough to withstand the lack of downforce on NASCAR's new car.

ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

2,000 homes threatened by wildfire near Yosemite

Fueled by dry timber that hasn't burned in a century, a wildfire in central California grew to more than 16,000 acres and is threatening more than 2,000 homes near Yosemite National Park, a fire official said.

CNN

California crusade to abolish plastic bags gaining support

Ocean activists have declared war on disposable plastics because of the threat they pose to marine life. A growing number of politicians are starting to jump aboard the bag-ban bandwagon.

San Diego Union Tribune

For hotels, going green pays

Hotel managers as well as travelers are eager to find their way to lodging that is designated as being green.

Marco Eagle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

1 dead, six injured by gunfire in church

One person was killed and at least six others were injured when a man opened fire inside a church in West Knoxville, according to NBC affiliate WBIR-TV.

MSNBC

Mass shooting at church in Knoxville, Tennessee

Yahoo! News

Radical Islam gains ground in British campuses

Almost a third of Muslim students on Britain's campuses believe killing in the name of religion can be justified, according to a controversial survey.

Guardian

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