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In this file photo, Chinese paramilitary police officers march after the daily flag raising ceremony in Beijing's Tiananmen Square at dawn. (Photo by Andy Wong / AP)

Tropical Storm Edouard moves toward the Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Edouard gained speed as it moved west and was expected to strengthen to a near-hurricane before making landfall somewhere in Texas or southwest Louisiana.

MSNBC

From Alaska to Georgia, Obama sees novel campaign opportunities

The Democratic presidential candidate is putting money and manpower in seven traditionally GOP states - at levels unmatched by Republican rival John McCain.

CBS News

At least 145 die in temple stampede

A stampede at a Hindu festival left at least 145 people dead, including 40 children, in the mountainous north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, according to local police.

Times Online

The Naina Devi stampede

Times of India

Chinese border assault kills 16 policemen

BBC

16 killed in China ahead of Games

Reuters

India clears hurdle in nuclear deal

India cleared one of the last hurdles to its historic nuclear deal with the United States when the IAEA approved a mechanism to safeguard and inspect Indian nuclear facilities.

Times Online

Sealed court documents may be released in anthrax probe

Sealed documents describe the DNA link in the anthrax case and could solve other puzzles in the 2001 attacks.

ABC News

Anthrax suspect 'homicidal'

CNN

Bill Clinton has campaign regrets for wife, says he's 'not a racist'

Former President Bill Clinton said he still has regrets, and insisted he's "not a racist," despite controversies surrounding his comments about Sen. Barack Obama's win in the South Carolina Democratic primary.

ABC News

Group: Clinton out of running for VP post

Newsday

NATION

Texas set to defy World Court, anger Mexico with execution

Texas will defy the World Court and anger Mexico by executing a Mexican national who was not informed of his right to consular services after his arrest.

Reuters

Firebombs target university researchers

Firebombs were intentionally set on a porch and in a car belonging to two UC Santa Cruz researchers in separate incidents in what police have classified as acts of domestic terrorism.

San Jose Mercury News

POLITICS

McCain considers Va. Congressman Cantor for ticket

Rep. Eric I. Cantor of Henrico County, the No. 3 Republican in the House of Representatives, apparently is under consideration by Sen. John McCain as his vice presidential running mate.

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Blog:

Paris Hilton's mom says McCain's ad is a 'complete waste'

USA Today

Advisers for the presidential candidates see balanced budget

Advisers for the candidates, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, said on "Face The Nation" that a balanced budget is foreseeable despite a federal deficit that has ballooned to more than $400 billion.

CBS News

Obama central: harmony and deep secrecy rule

CBS News

Campaigns argue on who's more negative

MSNBC

Blog:

Obama now wants full recognition for Michigan and Florida

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Congo Basin passes milestone in swing to sustainable forestry

The World Wildlife Fund announced that more than one million hectares of Congo Basin forests have achieved certification under the world’s leading sustainable forestry scheme.

Environmental News Network

Candidates’ surrogates spar over drilling

MSNBC

GOP energy protest to continue

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The Hill

HEALTH

Marinate meat for healthy grilling?

Can grilling meat cause cancer-causing chemicals to form? Maybe. But a new study shows that store-bought marinades may keep the cancer-causing compounds from forming on grilled meats.

WebMD

Potato chip lawsuit settled

Frito-Lay and two other potato chip companies have agreed to reduce the levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their products in a settlement of a state lawsuit, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Anglicans agree to seek accord to stave off schism

To prevent a breakup of the worldwide Anglican Communion over homosexuality, a conference with 650 bishops and archbishops have agreed to seek a new pact among all parties.

International Herald Tribune

Incense may act as a psychoactive drug during religious ceremony

Burning incense during religious ceremonies may be more than symbolic — a study suggests that a chemical commonly found in incense may elevate mood.

Scientific American

EDUCATION

College admissions: sneaking through the back door

With a little ingenuity, you can attend your school of choice even if rejected.

EducationNews.org

Digital textbooks new word in schools

An emerging alternative to the traditional college textbook may lighten students' backpacks and lessen the strain on their pocketbooks.

Union-Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Maureen Dowd):

Mr. Darcy comes courting

International Herald Tribune

Column (Joe Conason):

Wanting the White House in the worst way

Salon.com

Column (Shmuel Rosner):

Israel's political vacuum

Slate

Column (Andy Worthington):

Diego Garcia: the UK's shame

Guardian

Editorial:

A chance for war on terror to regain its post-9/11 focus

USA Today

Column:

Time to rethink the way we do housing in this country

Houston Chronicle

Column:

Summer polls in presidential campaign are pure folly

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

America's $53 trillion jumbo loan

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Jack Shafer):

What's really killing newspapers

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Study: Drugs give couch-potato mice benefits of exercise

Sedentary mice gained the benefits of exercise, including improved endurance, just by taking a pill, scientists in California reported.

Bloomberg

Ex-Marine saves a life with a song

When Michael Cheeks saw a man sitting on a levee in New Orleans, head down and preparing to jump, he knew he had to do something. And he happened to have his trumpet with him.

Times-Picayune

WORLD

Global AIDS conference kicks off

The global AIDS conference opened in Mexico with an appeal for the world not to waver in fighting a disease that has claimed more than 25 million lives and placed 33 million others under its shadow.

Al Jazeera

K-2 climbing disaster kills 9