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Damage after the passing of Hurricane Ike is seen in Crystal Beach, Texas. The storm cut off power to more than 3 million people, perhaps for weeks. (Photo by Smiley N. Pool / AP)

Pakistan raid start of concerted bid to hit al-Qaida

A helicopter raid by U.S. Special Operations forces in Pakistan was part of a three-phase plan, approved by President Bush, to strike at Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida leadership.

NPR

Pakistan pursuing diplomacy on cross-border raids

International Herald Tribune

States hiring foreign teachers

Schools across the United States are plucking from an abundance of skilled international teachers. Critics call it shortsighted; educators say it meets the needs of students and qualified candidates.

USA Today

Ike cleanup, rescue starts in Texas and Louisiana

As Hurricane Ike weakened to a tropical storm, a massive search-and-rescue effort began on the Texas coast, plucking dozens of survivors from rooftops, shattered homes and even tree limbs.

USA Today

Houston after Ike

Houston Chronicle

Galveston hit hard

CNN

Plane goes down In Russia; no survivors among 88 dead

The plane was on its approach to land in Perm, Russia when it crashed into an unpopulated area of the city. A total of 82 passengers, including seven children, and six crew members were on board.

CBS News

Greenspan says America can't afford McCain tax cuts

Alan Greenspan says the country can't afford tax cuts of the magnitude proposed by Republican presidential contender John McCain — at least not without a reduction in government spending.

MSNBC

NATION

California rail agency: Engineer running red light caused fatal collision

A commuter train engineer was blamed for the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years that killed 25 people and left such a mass of twisted metal that it took nearly a day to recover the bodies.

San Francisco Chronicle

NTSB on collision: 'It's one of the worst'

YouTube

Chertoff: Aviation still vulnerable

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says that the al-Qaida terrorist network continues to focus on the aviation system as a target.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Obama pulls back on events, but not attack mode

With Hurricane Ike cutting through Texas, Barack Obama canceled plans to appear on "Saturday Night Live" and asked voters to consider the "quiet storms" taking place in the lives of many Americans.

International Herald Tribune

Eye on attack ads

CBS News

The candidates brain trusts

MSNBC

Palin hired friends and hit critics

Throughout her political career, she has pursued vendettas and fired officials who crossed her, according to public records and interviews with legislators and local officials.

MSNBC

A police chief, a lawsuit and a small-town mayor

Newsweek

SPORTS

Angels' K-Rod gets record 58th save

Francisco Rodriguez put himself in the record books with his 58th save this season, closing out the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-2 win over Seattle.

MSNBC

Irish take advantage of Michigan miscues in football celebration

After a season of disappointment and an uninspiring opening-game victory against a heavy underdog, the Fighting Irish have something to truly celebrate — Notre Dame 35, Michigan 17.

MSNBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Writer David Foster Wallace found hanged at home

David Foster Wallace, the 46-year-old author best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, was found dead in his home, according to police.

Houston Chronicle

TV rides the red-blue divide

In another coalescence of politics and pop culture, the presidential campaign has started to mirror TV's growing cultural divide, as contentious debate over Palin is cast.

Variety

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Stonehenge partiers came from afar, cattle teeth show

Prehistoric cattle remains support a theory that the megalithic monument near Salisbury, in southern England, drew ancient peoples from distant regions to celebrate important feast ceremonies.

National Geographic

Integrated circuit is 50 years old

Texas Instruments commemorated the 50th anniversary of the integrated circuit with the opening of Kilby Labs, honoring Jack Kilby, the Nobel-prize-winning inventor of the seminal electronic device.

CNET News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Pope to celebrate mass in Lourdes

Pope Benedict XVI has joined pilgrims in the southern French town of Lourdes, one of the most revered Roman Catholic shrines, on a visit to the country.

BBC

Dalai Lama cancels trip for more rest

The Dalai Lama has canceled a planned trip to Europe in October after doctors advised the Tibetan spiritual leader to rest more while he recovers from exhaustion.

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

NBA teaches African girls the right moves on – and off – the court

This year, for the first time, the NBA is reaching out to young African women players, at a time when the women's game here is only just now finding its place.

Christian Science Monitor

The human side of NJ's affordable housing law

These stories are of people grateful for New Jersey's aggressive affordable housing laws and of the communities around them, grappling with the conflict of idealistic goals and real-life limitations.

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Venezuelan president expels US ambassador amid US-Bolivia tension

Hugo Chavez alleges that the United States is plotting a military coup against him after Evo Morales blames Washington for upheavals in eastern Bolivia. The United States denies these claims.

Christian Science Monitor

Nicaragua's Ortega rejects meeting Bush

Google News

Going home in Baghdad

Between the Shiite Mahdi Army and extremist Sunnis of al-Qaeda, some 5,000 families fled, joining the estimated 4.8 million Iraqis — almost one fifth of the population — displaced by the war.

TIME

Twenty killed, 98 injured in New Delhi bomb attacks

Indian police said that 20 people were killed and close to 100 injured in a string of coordinated bomb attacks that ripped through busy shopping areas in the capital.

AFP

BUSINESS

Gas supply, price issues continue

One day people are looking for a decent price for gas. The next day people went looking for gas anywhere they could get it.

WIS

Walgreen challenges CVS for Longs with $3 billion bid

Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. pharmacy chain, offered to buy Longs Drug Stores Corp. for $3 billion, challenging CVS Caremark Corp.'s month-old agreement to acquire the California retailer.

Bloomberg

Bankers and US map out options in Lehman crisis

As Lehman Brothers raced to find a buyer, government officials and Wall Street chieftains mapped out options to prevent an abrupt collapse of the crippled bank.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Projects try to prepare students to succeed at STEM in college

University officials are now moving to help college newcomers with increased tutoring and mentoring. They also plan to begin earlier, by counseling high school students.

Education Week

Schools admit illegal immigrants

Arkansas' colleges and universities can admit illegal immigrants, the Arkansas attorney general's office says.

USA Today

ENVIRONMENT

Climate-linked disease injures Alaska's salmon as cold-temperature barriers fall

With global warming, cold-temperature barriers are giving way, allowing parasites, bacteria and other disease-spreading organisms to move toward higher latitudes.

Baltimore Sun

MTV ad attacks 'greenwash' firms

MTV is launching a global marketing push to tackle climate change that includes a TV ad attacking businesses guilty of "greenwash" - deliberately misleading consumers about their eco-credentials.

Guardian

HEALTH

Stanford 'microbe hunter' Stanley Falkow wins Lasker Award

For his lifetime of pioneering work in microbiology and immunology, Falkow received the Lasker-Koshland Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science.

San Jose Mercury News

A workout on the ropes

If you regard "skipping rope" as an activity for little girls on the playground, think again. It is a competitive sport and a part of most athletic training.

Denver Post

Photo of the Day

A girl dressed as Sainte Bernadette gives holy water to Pope Benedict XVI at the Grotto of the Apparitions in the Sanctuary of Lourdes, France. (Photo by Eric Cabanis / AP)

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