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President Bush makes a statement about conditions in Russia and Georgia outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, prior to departing for his Texas ranch for vacation. (Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP)

US and Poland reach agreement on missile defense deal

Poland and the United States reached an agreement that will see a battery of American missiles established inside Poland, a plan that has infuriated Russia.

International Herald Tribune

Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles

Newsweek

Oil drops below $114 on slowing world economic growth

Oil prices dropped below $114 a barrel in Asia as investors speculated slowing economic growth in the world's largest economies will continue to undermine global crude demand.

Google News

Bush condemns Russia

President George W Bush has accused Russia of "bullying and intimidation" in its relations with Georgia.

BBC

Russian tanks 'on the move' in Georgia

CNN

Bush to Kremlin: Honor Georgia cease-fire

Yahoo! News

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The Soviet break-up

MSNBC

Chavez's ex-wife running as opposition mayor of Venezuelan city

Hugo Chavez has left a trail of defeated men in his wake as Venezuela's socialist president. Now his ex-wife and former first lady has emerged as what Venezuelans like to call "the pebble in his shoe."

McClatchy Newspapers

Massive protests expected at both political conventions

Thousands of protesters are expected to jam the streets of Denver and St. Paul at the Republican and Democratic conventions in a noisy counterpoint to the parties' carefully scripted speeches.

Reuters

Clinton's name to be presented

Reuters

Katie Couric talks DNC and RNC

CBS News

NATION

US cities plan to bring back streetcars

Cincinnati and at least 40 other cities are exploring streetcar plans to spur economic development, ease traffic congestion and draw people back from the suburbs.

International Herald Tribune

Highway crashes drop to 10-year low

Traffic deaths in the United States declined last year, reaching the lowest level in more than a decade, the government reported.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Obama, McCain aim for faith vote at forum

Presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain target religious voters as guests of a forum hosted by evangelist Rick Warren.

MSNBC

Purpose driven candidates: Obama, McCain seek Rick Warren's blessing

ABC News

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US Election polltracker

BBC

Deal: Clinton's name will be placed in nomination at dems convention

A deal will allow Clinton's name to be placed in nomination at next week's Democratic nominating convention.

ABC News

McCain says 'maybe' to selecting an abortion-rights veep

John McCain is seriously considering selecting a running mate who supports abortion rights.

ABC News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Cinderella, others arrested in Disneyland labor protest

Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell and other characters were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans at the culmination of a labor protest that brought a touch of reality to the 'happiest place on earth.'

CNN

Poof! ‘Harry Potter’ flick bumped to summer 2009

Warner Bros. Pictures announced that it has moved back the release date of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' to Summer 2009.

MarketWatch

Should 'Mein Kampf' be un-banned?

Eighty-three years after "Mein Kampf" was first published, some Germans argue it should be made available again in order to drain it of whatever power it might still have.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists test for water pollution by 'listening' to water plants

Scientists in Israel have discovered a new way to test for water pollution by "listening" to what the plants growing in water have to say.

Environmental News Network

Scientists: Ocean dead zones on the rise at startling rate

Dead zones where fish and marine life can no longer survive are spreading across the world's oceans at an alarming rate as oxygen vanishes from coastal waters, scientists reported.

San Francisco Chronicle

Cement from CO2: a possible concrete cure for global warming

A new technique could transform cement from a source of climate-changing greenhouse gases into a means to remove carbon dioxide them from the air.

Scientific American

HEALTH

Teen drug use linked to 'problem parents'

Parents who fail to monitor their school-age children's activities and leave prescription drugs within easy reach play a major contributing role in teen drug abuse, according to a new survey.

WebMD

When does an infant's life end?

Doctors are locked in debate over a new approach to infant heart transplants, in which surgeons remove the organs of babies before they are declared brain dead.

ABC News

Giving birth at home popular once more

Old-school, non-hospital birthing is back in style, with well-read women forsaking obstetricians for midwives and epidurals for warm baths.

Time

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Pre-hearing prayer causes complaint

A judge who made headlines four years ago wearing the Ten Commandments embroidered on his judicial robe now faces a complaint over a prayer he led in a Mississippi courtroom.

Mobile Press-Register

After 25 years, a Vatican mystery is back in the headlines

It’s now been 25 years since the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl and Vatican citizen, whose fate has become one of the Vatican mysteries.

National Catholic Reporter

Vatican directive: "Yahweh" inappropriate for liturgical use

The Vatican has ruled that the name of God, commonly rendered as "Yahweh," should not be pronounced in the Catholic liturgy.

Catholic World News

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GOOD NEWS

Iraqi child with massive tumor saved by liquor tycoon

A two-year-old Iraqi child who has a 12-pound tumor came to Jordan for surgery financed by a most unlikely source: an 85-year-old liquor tycoon on the other side of the world.

CNN

Poles who rescued Jews from the Holocaust honored in Warsaw

More than 60 Christian Poles who saved Jews were honored in Warsaw by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, a group devoted to helping such former rescuers in their old age.

Eagle Tribune

WORLD

Musharraf expected to resign as Pakistan's president

President Pervez Musharraf is expected to quit in the next few days rather than face impeachment, Pakistani politicians and Western diplomats said.

International Herald Tribune

Pilgrims killed in Iraq suicide blasts