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Obama won't accept public money in election campaign

Democrat Barack Obama said he won't accept public financing for his presidential campaign, calculating that he can raise privately far more than the $85 million available in government funds.

Bloomberg

Muslim calls out Obama after being snubbed at rally

Detroit Free Press

4 of Mugabe's opponents killed in firebomb attack

London Independent

African group casts doubt on fairness of Zimbabwe runoff vote

International Herald Tribune

Partisan battle lines drawn over offshore drilling

President Bush's call for Congress to end a ban on offshore drilling sharpened the partisan divide over energy policy and reversed a position he had held publicly through his presidency.

St. Petersburg Times

Will more drilling mean cheaper gas?

TIME

Bush pushes Congress for more offshore drilling

MSNBC

Former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers indicted

Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were arrested and indicted on securities fraud charges following a federal criminal probe into the collapse of two funds they oversaw.

Reuters

Bear Sterns managers arrested

Yahoo! News

Afghanistan: Taliban is 'pushed back in Kandahar,' forced to retreat

Taliban fighters who were occupying villages near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar have been forced to retreat, the province's governor claimed.

Guardian

NATO and Afghan forces battle Taliban

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Small towns suffer big losses as Mississippi River rises

As floodwaters take aim at the tiny towns lining the Mississippi River, the heartland ethic of neighbors helping neighbors is proving to be a potent force against the rising water.

Associated Press

Flooding in historic Clarksville, Mo.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Another levee breaches

CNN

US nuclear weapons parts missing, Pentagon says

The U.S. military cannot locate hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components, according to several government officials familiar with a Pentagon report.

Financial Times

Politicians flock to Russert funeral

Tom Brokaw lifted a bottle of Rolling Rock beer in tribute to fallen colleague Tim Russert, part of a day of tributes that brought the nation's top journalists and politicians together.

CNN

Russert: my dad was a force of nature

MSNBC

POLITICS

McCain plans to add 100 nuclear reactors, invest in coal

Republican presidential candidate John McCain will push to almost double the number of nuclear reactors in the U.S. as part of a plan to lessen the nation's dependence on foreign oil.

Bloomberg

Cindy McCain on Vietnam charity mission

TIME

Web’s effect on politics: big bucks, big turnout and big scandals

A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that “46 percent of Americans have used the Internet to get news about the campaign, share their views, and mobilize others.”

Christian Science Monitor

Michelle Obama looks to soften image

Michelle Obama makes her debut appearance on ABC's "The View" as her husband, presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama, fights to gain popularity with key women voters.

ABC News

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Can she bond with stay-at-home moms?

TIME

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Conspicuous by their presence

For the July issue of Italian Vogue, Meisel has photographed only black models. In a reverse of the general pattern of fashion magazines, all the faces are black.

International Herald Tribune

Cirque du Soleil denies Dubai deal

Cirque du Soleil is dismissing reports that an oil-rich Dubai investment fund has approached the Canadian company with a takeover bid.

Globeandmail.com

George Carlin's Mark Twain honors

Comedian George Carlin will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Carlin was selected as the 11th recipient of this award by the Kennedy Center.

Monsters and Critics

EDUCATION

These students have a (business) plan

Entrepreneurship education is gaining popularity as a way to motivate students to master everything from mathematics to public speaking.

Christian Science Monitor

Public shows will to protect schools

According to a newly published survey, 60 percent of Californians believe that K-12 public education should be protected from budget cuts.

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

iTunes store hits 5 billion downloads

Apple 's iTunes store, the country's No. 1 music retailer, announced that it has surpassed five billion downloads.

PC World

Firefox 3 downloads clear 8 million mark

Take this statistic with a grain of salt, but Mozilla said more than 8 million copies of Firefox 3 were downloaded in its first 24 hours online.

CNET News

IBM's Roadrunner breaks petaflop barrier, tops supercomputer list

At the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany, IBM will reveal that its Roadrunner, the fastest supercomputer in the world is also one of the most energy efficient.

CNET News

HEALTH

Even best efforts can't always prevent heart attacks

Heart disease patients can significantly reduce their chances of a heart attack, but they can't totally prevent it, said Dr. Howard Hodis of the Keck School of Medicine at USC.

Yahoo! News

Latest research on octopuses sheds light on memory

Research on octopuses, creatures considered to be the most intelligent invertebrates, has revealed how our brains store and recall memory.

Science Daily

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GOOD NEWS

Missing women found at Alaska's Denali National Park

Two women, Abby Flantz, 25, and Erica Nelson, 23, reported missing in Denali National Park and Preserve were located alive and well.

San Jose Mercury News

Melanoma stopped in patient with 5 billion copies of own cell

Researchers used five billion copies of a single immune cell from a man to wipe out signs of his advanced melanoma for more than two years.

Bloomberg

Quadriplegic woman embarks on solo sailing around UK

In a yacht steered by her breath, Hilary Lister is attempting to become the first quadriplegic sailor to circumnavigate Britain.

Scotsman

WORLD

Israel-Hamas Gaza truce begins

A truce between Israel and Gaza militants went into effect with the aim of halting militant attacks and an Israeli blockade that have made life unbearable for people living on both sides of the border.

ABC News

Somali bomb attack targets president Abdullahi Yusuf

Somalia's president was targeted in a bomb attack that killed two policemen, as violence continued in the capital of Mogadishu, despite a recent peace accord.

Christian Science Monitor

Deals with Iraq are set to bring Western oil giants back

Four oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.

International Herald Tribune

A horrific bombing marks Baghdad's patchwork instability

Newsweek

BUSINESS

Economic rebound at least a year away

Economic woes are expected to continue until at least mid-2009, and things may get worse before they get better, according to a quarterly survey of chief financial officers.

CNNMoney

Almost a third of CEOs expect to cut jobs

MSNBC

Profits at Morgan Stanley tumble

Morgan Stanley has posted a sharp drop in second-quarter profits to $1.01B as the credit crunch hit its trading and investment banking business.

BBC

SPORTS

Tiger out for the season

Tiger Woods will have reconstructive surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the PGA Tour season.

San Francisco Chronicle

Report: Goosen said Tiger was faking it

Sporting News

Russia secures place in quarterfinals

Russia booked a spot in the quarterfinals of Euro 2008 with a convincing 2-0 win over Sweden, allowing them to claim second place in Group D.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

ENVIRONMENT

Alaska fishing: the merits and costs of a tamed frontier

While fisheries are collapsing around the world, stocks are strong in the waters off Alaska, source of half the seafood commercially harvested in the nation.

Christian Science Monitor

Senate blocks debate of renewable energy tax credits

The Senate blocked debate of a bill to offer about $17.7 billion in tax incentives for consumers to build clean energy sources like windmills and solar arrays.

Environmental News Network

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Ancient Christian 'holy wine' factory found in Egypt

Two wine presses found in Egypt were likely part of the area's earliest winery, producing holy wine for export to Christians abroad, archaeologists say.

National Geographic

Vatican weighing in on 'good cinema'

The Vatican said that it is working on guidelines for "good cinema." The move comes after the Vatican told producers of "Angels & Demons" that their follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code" doesn't qualify.

Reuters

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