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Leaders of Group of Eight take shovels to plant trees commemorating the G8 summit prior to a group photo session in Tokyo, northern Japan. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama, POOL / AP)

Bush, G-8 make progress on climate change

USA Today

Confronting climate change

MSNBC

Southwest Air, WestJet to create marketing alliance

The partnership is the first so-called codeshare agreement outside the United States for Southwest, the largest low-fare carrier.

Bloomberg

Singh to seek IAEA approval for US nuclear accord

Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, will meet with President Bush and seek approval from the International Atomic Energy Agency in the two nations' attempt to move forward with their 2005 pact.

Bloomberg

Bernanke seeks new powers for Federal Reserve

MarketWatch

Bernanke is 'walking a fine line'

CNN

Afghan official: Pakistan spies behind Kabul attack

The official, who did not want to be named, said the investigation into the Kabul bombing is still under way, but sources indicate that Pakistan's intelligence service is behind the attack.

CNN

Pakistan rejects Kabul bombing link

Al Jazeera

US and Czechs sign defense deal

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed a deal to base part of Washington's controversial missile defense system in the Czech Republic.

BBC

Czechs sign on for a controversial missile-defense system

U.S. News & World Report

States approve compact to protect the Great Lakes

The vast majority of the fresh surface water in the United States may soon be off-limits to thirsty parts of the nation and the world.

NPR

NATION

Hurricane may weaken over Atlantic

Hurricane Bertha, a "powerful" Category 3 storm, may weaken as it passes over the Atlantic away from land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Bloomberg

Big Sur fire crews worry about weather

High temperatures and low humidity are making the job of fighting wildfires in California much more difficult, state officials said.

San Francisco Chronicle

Federal judge nixes lawsuit for Sept. 11 victim remains

New York City is not required to re-sift through debris from ground zero in search of bits of human remains, a federal judge, Alvin Hellerstein of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, decided.

New York Sun

POLITICS

Obama's record complicates his shift to political center

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is trying to claim the political center, yet the Illinois senator has a consistently liberal voting record.

Bloomberg

Obama proposes easing consumer bankruptcy laws

Reuters

Webb rules out spot on Obama ticket

New York Sun

Hispanic group to grill McCain, Obama

A leading Hispanic organization is demanding assurances from the two major presidential candidates that they'll push for immigration revisions and increase Hispanic representation in government.

McClatchy

Candidates to focus on economy

Not since at least 1980, when the United States was reeling from the oil shocks, inflation and slow growth, has the economy been in worse shape heading into the heart of a presidential campaign.

International Herald Tribune

McCain vows to balance budget

CNN

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Analysts say Obama's plans cost too much, McCain's won't balance budget

USA Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

5 alternatives to the new Apple iPhone

Touch-screen competitors might not top Apple's software, but they offer other unique features.

U.S. News & World Report

Undercover ‘john’ takes on trannies, pimps to fight crime

Seargent Detective Fong has helped to fight crime in Brighton brothels by becoming fluent in online illicit sex lingo, arranging meetings with pimps, and setting prostitutes up for a bust.

Boston Herald

ENVIRONMENT

Coral reefs are declining

Coral reefs are increasingly threatened from the effects of global warming and other hazards, according to a new U.S. government report.

ABC News

Everglades rescue 'out on a limb' without federal aid

Florida's proposal to buy farmland to help restore clean water to the Everglades could be seriously hampered unless the U.S. Congress follows through on a commitment it made almost 20 years ago.

National Geographic

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Anglican Church approves appointing female bishops

The governing body of the Anglican Church in Britain voted to approve the appointment of female bishops. The step appeared to risk a dangerous schism in the church in its historic homeland.

Seattle Times

Oprah’s unorthodox gospel under scrutiny of conservative Christians

Oprah Winfrey has become a catalyst for a new journalistic project and increasing news coverage by conservative Christians criticizing her spiritual beliefs.

Religion News Service

Pell accused of sex abuse cover-up

Church documents disclosed before the Pope's arrival in Sydney, reveal that Cardinal Pell, the archbishop of Sydney, covered up details of a priest's history of sexual abuse.

Sydney Morning Herald

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA sets date for final shuttle mission

NASA has tentatively set the final space shuttle mission, four months before the shuttle fleet is scheduled to retire.

CBC

Space shuttle: evolution of spaceflight

PBS

Microsoft wants a new Yahoo board

Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board.

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Warren Buffett gives stock to charity

Billionaire Warren Buffett has given away 512,169 Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to three charitable foundations in keeping with his plan to give away the bulk of his fortune.

BusinessWeek

Baby's smile a natural high for mom

A new study shows seeing her baby's smile lights up the reward center in a mother's brain. Researchers say understanding that reaction may help explain that special mother-child bond.

WebMD

WORLD

Iran in warning to US and Israel

Iran will strike Israel and the U.S. Navy in the Persian Gulf if it is attacked over its nuclear program, a senior Iranian official has warned.

BBC

End Farc 'hate', Betancourt urges