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Kai Diekmann, chief editor of German "Bild" newspaper, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, former US President George Bush, his wife Barbara, and Gorbachev's daughter Irina pose prior to the dinner "Fathers of the unity" in Berlin. (Photo by Michael Gottschalk / pool / AP)

Germany celebrates 20th anniversary of Berlin Wall's fall

Since the fall of the wall, Berlin has roared back to life, offering visitors both a taste of modern Germany and a firsthand encounter with the wall's history.

Seattle Times

3 world leaders recall Berlin Wall's fall

BBC

Berlin Wall anniversary

CNN

Lessons from oil industry may help address groundwater crisis

Some of the worst water battles of the next century in the U.S. may be over groundwater – a critical resource taken for granted until it begins to run out.

esciencenews.com

Abdullah quits run-off, Afghan poll chaos

President Hamid Karzai’s challenger pulled out of the Afghan run-off election after accusing the government of not meeting his demands for a fair vote.

Times Online

Discussion:

Afghan election

BBC

Karzai challenger quits Afghan runoff

CNN

Clinton calls Israeli settlement construction concessions 'unprecedented'

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a press conference in Jerusalem that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement on limiting construction in the settlements was "unprecedented."

Haaretz

Palestinian anger

Times Online

Clinton's Middle East mission for peace

ABC News

Black students fall behind

The identity issues facing middle-class black and Latino teenagers might be a clue as to why they don't do as well academically as their white counterparts, some researchers and educators say.

NPR

NATION

9 remain missing after midair collision

Rescuers are still searching for nine people missing in the Pacific off the southern California coast after a Coast Guard C-130 plane and a Marine AH-1 Cobra helicopter collided in midair.

CNN

Searchers scan Calif. seas for 3rd day

Associated Press

Chapel housing 9/11 remains is set afire

The inside of a temporary structure where the remains of those who did not survive the burning World Trade Center towers was itself set aflame.

New York Times

Calif. may pull the plug on power-guzzling flat-screen TVs

The state that first championed the ban on energy-hogging refrigerators in the 1970s now has its sights set on power-hungry flat-screen TVs.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Privacy looms over gay rights vote

At a time when voters in many states are using petitions to qualify ballot measures on issues from gay rights to property rights, a legal dispute over the identity of 138,000 petition signers raises questions.

New York Times

3rd party challenges in NJ, NY viewed as a warning sign

Third-party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters disillusioned by politics as usual.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

GOP assemblywoman suspends campaign

Newsday

Party pressure

MSNBC

Democrats move to mark up climate bill, but Republicans say not so fast

Senate Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee say they may block panel Democrats from holding a mark-up hearing to pass climate legislation.

The Hill

ENVIRONMENT

AEP tests coal’s future at its W.Va. plant

An American Electric Power Co. plant in New Haven, W.Va., may help determine whether the nation’s 1,500 coal-burning power generators become relics of a dirtier age or can flourish in a low-carbon world.

Bloomberg

Calif. oil spill cleanup will take days, Coast Guard official says

Cleanup crews will resume mopping up an oil tanker spill that dirtied at least 12 birds and left tar balls on the shoreline at Crown Memorial Beach and Ballena Bay in Alameda, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.

San Jose Mercury News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Founder of Dead Poets Society visits the graves of poets

In real life, the leader of the Dead Poets Society is a balding amateur poet who drives around in his "Poemobile," visiting and documenting the graves of dead poets and calling attention to their works.

Denver Post

Will having 10 best-picture nominees diminish Oscar?

The number of Academy Award best-picture nominees will double from five to 10 for the first time since 1943.

ABC News

EDUCATION

Federal government takeover of college loan pool in works

Banks and other private sources would be cut out of the college loan process by the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, passed by the U.S. House. The measure still must be considered by the Senate.

Kansas City Star

School suicides lead Calif. students to battle despair together

As debate continued over how to stop the deaths and improve safety at the crossing where the young people stepped in front of moving trains, Sophia Jiang launched Operation Beautiful.

Denver Post

HEALTH

FDA: no 'miracle cure' for swine flu

Fake drugs, ultraviolet lights and zappers that say they can kill the virus are just some of the products that have shown up on the Internet as this pandemic has grown.

ABC News

Special section:

Swine flu

BBC

Will you get the swine flu vaccine?

WebMD

Study examines mercury in vaccines

The presence of thimerosol in the H1N1 vaccine has once again raised concerns of whether there are risks posed to children when the tiny amount of mercury contained in thimerosol is included in a vaccine.

Medical News Today

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GOOD NEWS

MLB stands up to cancer in Game 3

Major League Baseball, MasterCard Worldwide and Stand Up To Cancer joined together to lift up a sellout crowd and create a historic and "Priceless" live display of people helping others.

MLB.com

Abused Zimbabwe elephants to return to the wild

Nine Zimbabwean elephants, which animal rights activists say were cruelly abused by an elephant-back safari operator, will return to the wild after being rehabilitated.

Earth Times

WORLD

Philippines recovering after Typhoon Mirinae leaves 14 dead

The Philippines has been recovering after Typhoon Mirinae passed across Manila and southern Luzon, leaving 14 people dead and four missing, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said.

Bloomberg

Typhoon Mirinae lashes Philippines