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Robin Tyler, left, and Diane Olson lean on each other during their same-sex Jewish wedding ceremony on the steps of Beverly Hills Courthouse, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian / AP)

Same-sex couples begin to say 'I do' in California

Seattle Times

Couple jailed for same-sex marriage freed

CBS News

Can Associated Press impose control over the blogosphere?

The Associated Press took a grandiose faceplant when it attempted to impose strict guidelines on the blogosphere.

MSNBC

Battle set for Afghanistan's second city

Afghan military officials and Taliban militants say they are preparing for a major battle on the outskirts of Kandahar, Afghanistan's second largest city.

CBS News

Old-line Taliban commander is face of rising Afghan threat

International Herald Tribune

Clinton supporters resist Obama

A new poll shows Obama leading McCain by a margin of 48 percent to 42 percent, indicating Obama did not get the traditional "bounce" in the public's opinion by finally defeating Hillary Clinton.

ABC News

Obama meets to mend rifts with CBC leaders

The Hill

Gore endorses Obama

Google Video

India goes to war in space

India's Defense Minister announced the establishment of an Integrated Space Cell which will be jointly operated by the country's three armed forces.

Asia Times

NATION

China faults US policy on the economy

Senior Chinese officials are publicly and loudly rebuking the Americans on their handling of the economy and defending their own more assertive style of regulation.

International Herald Tribune

Paulson says US, China economies challenged by energy costs

Bloomberg

Midwest braces for more flooding

As floodwaters in parts of Iowa recede, frustrations rise among victims eager to survey the damage.

CBS News

Floods drive corn to record high

BBC

Deadly flooding keeps Iowans from homes

CNN

POLITICS

It’s Christmas in July for the toy safety bill

Six months after Christmas, lawmakers hope to have a belated gift for consumers: tougher lead standards for toys and more money for the beleaguered agency that oversees product safety.

The Hill

Longtime Clinton aide joins Obama

Patti Solis Doyle, former Clinton campaign manager jettisoned in the final months of the primary, will join the Obama team as the chief of staff to Sen. Barack Obama's eventual running mate.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blog:

Interpreting Patti Solis Doyle's hiring

Atlantic Online

Military lawyers objected to harsh detainee interrogations

Military lawyers warned against the harsh detainee interrogation techniques approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, contending that they could be illegal, a Senate panel has found.

Houston Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Effects master Stan Winston dies

Stan Winston, Oscar-winning special effects master who designed the dinosaurs for "Jurassic Park" and the look of "The Terminator," died at his Malibu home. He was 62.

Variety

Record-high pain at the pump leads more motorists to park it

The tipping point is past: a record number of Americans say soaring gasoline prices are causing them financial hardship, and 55 percent have cut back on their driving as a result, up from the last month.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

McCain calls for more offshore drilling

Sen. John McCain said he supports lifting the federal moratorium on offshore drilling — a position that sets him at odds with most California officials.

San Francisco Chronicle

McCain, Obama on gas prices

CBS News

Japan to consider environment tax

The government's top advisory panel has put climate change as the focal point of a new economic policy in which Japan is considering imposing an environmental tax.

Reuters

Where did all the fish go?

Catches have declined since peaking in the 1980s. Everyone, from scientists to fishermen, is alarmed. In the United States, all quarters are pushing to develop solutions before the problem becomes unfixable.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Windows XP era draws to a close

Large PC makers will no longer be able to sell Windows XP-based PCs, at least on mainstream notebooks and desktops.

CNET News

Gay brain structure similar to straight opposite sex

A scientist with a brain scanner could figure out your sexual orientation based on the symmetry of your brain, new research from the Stockholm Brain Institute hints.

Bloomberg

Graphics wars heat up as Nvidia, AMD launch cards

Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices released new graphics processors as the two chip makers continued to compete on discrete graphics products

Channel Web Network

Columns And Op-Ed

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Half of mutual fund managers don't invest in their own products

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

The sex lives of animals

Salon.com

Editorial:

Europe's unfinished house

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

W. regrets almost nothing

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog (Ross Douthat):

Conservatism, defined and debated

Atlantic Online

Column:

Spore releases the Pixar in you

Wired

Editorial:

Another chance on global warming

International Herald Tribune

Blog:

Chinese renege on promised openness

USA Today

Column:

Is Google making us stupid?

Atlantic Online

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Why Obama should NOT pick Clinton

Salon.com

Column:

Airlines are charging for the wrong bags

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Honda rolls out new zero-emission car

Honda's new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring.

San Francisco Chronicle

Healthy living shuts down cancer genes

Lifestyle changes, including a better diet and more exercise, can lead not only to a better physique, but also dramatic changes at the genetic level, researchers said.

ABC News

WORLD

Bush and Brown's warning to Iran

Gordon Brown and President George Bush have warned Iran to accept their "offers of partnership" or face tough sanctions and international isolation.

BBC

Special section:

Iran's nuclear program explained

Guardian

Iraq confidence rising

Violence is down, armed extremists are in disarray, government confidence is rising and sectarian communities are gearing up for a battle at the polls rather than slaughter in the streets.

MSNBC

US, Iraqi forces claim big weapons cache

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Air Canada to cut 2,000 jobs

Due to its reduced ability to handle rising fuel costs, Air Canada will cut up to 2,000 jobs by the end of 2008.

Toronto Star

Intel to create a solar cell company

Chip maker Intel Corp. said that it is spinning off assets to create a company, to be known as SpectraWatt Inc., that will make solar cells.

CNN

SPORTS

Mets fire coach Randolph

Willie Randolph is out as manager of the New York Mets, fired in the middle of the night two and a half months into a disappointing season that has followed the team's colossal collapse last September.

ESPN

Beltran, Mets win; can't save Randolph

Sporting News

North Carolina trio to stay in school

Underclassmen Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green — who helped the Tar Heels to their best season in school history last year — will withdraw from the NBA draft and return to school.

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Cost of medicine could increase

Large pharmaceutical companies are now promoting proposals that would mean pharmacists could no longer automatically replace certain brand-name drugs with no-name counterparts.

Baltimore Sun

Filtering through the coffee studies

The effects of coffee can be confusing. Some studies say there is no harm, others proclaim a benefit, while still others warn of dire consequences if you so much as look at that cup of Joe in the morning.

ABC News

EDUCATION

Teacher gap shrinking in NYC

A new report indicates that New York City teachers in the poorest schools become more qualified over a five-year period which may account for the increase in student test scores.

Education Week

UI flooding may impact fall semester

University of Iowa President Sally Mason said it will meet the challenges of cleaning up the swamped campus, but didn't say all the buildings would reopen for the fall semester.

Des Moines Register

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Challenges in military burials

For the families of Jewish and Muslim members of the armed forces, challenges often arise when religious tradition conflicts with explicit rules that govern U.S. military cemeteries.

Religion News Service

Pope's weekend trip to southern Italy

Pope Benedict XVI made his 10th apostolic trip within Italy, celebrating Mass at the shrine of Santa Maria di Leuca and in the city of Brindisi.

Catholic World News

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