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Ex-spokesman faults Bush for withholding facts

Former spokesman Scott McClellan said President Bush lost the public's trust by failing to open up about administration mistakes and backtracking on a promise to tell all about the leak of a CIA operative.

ABC News

Outdated levee systems exposed

At least 18 more levees on the already flooded Mississippi River are at high risk of being overwhelmed this weekend, endangering small communities and farmland.

USA Today

Farms hit as floods kill 24 in US midwest

Guardian

Levees fail in Missouri

Yahoo! News

US says exercise by Israel seemed directed at Iran

Israel carried out a major military exercise this month that American officials say appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

International Herald Tribune

Hezbollah poised to strike Israel?

ABC News

Obama, Clinton to campaign together

Sen. Clinton will join Sen. Obama on the campaign trail next week for the first time since Sen. Obama emerged as the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Reuters

Special section:

VP hot sheet

CBS News

Tibet prepares for Olympic torch

Tibet's capital is getting ready to host the Olympic torch relay, months after violent anti-government rioting rocked the city.

MSNBC

Overhaul of wiretap laws approved

The House approved a plan to overhaul the nation's wiretapping laws, breaking an impasse with Bush over whether to protect telecommunication companies that took part in a program critics call illegal.

CNN

NATION

Hawaii natives want their kingdom back

Her Majesty Mahealani Kahau and her government ministers hold court every day outside the palace of Hawaii's last monarch, passing laws and discussing how to secure reparations for the Native Hawaiian people.

CBS News

Mexico tries to stop US executions

Mexico made an emergency appeal to the United Nations' highest court to block the execution of its citizens in the United States.

International Herald Tribune

FBI: Mortgage-fraud probe includes some big companies

The FBI says it has arrested 406 property market players as part of its crackdown on mortgage fraud.

CNNMoney

POLITICS

Bipartisan deal reached on war funding

House leaders say President Bush will sign the long-delayed bill.

MSNBC

Sweeping new GI Bill plan gets final approval

Air Force Times

Obama poised for huge cash edge

Sen. Barack Obama's decision to forgo public financing for his presidential campaign clears the way for him to outspend Sen. McCain by 3-to-1 or more in the general election.

ABC News

The significance of Sen. Obama's decision not to take public financing.

CNN

Obama's wife deemed politics 'mean'

The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said she did not want her husband to enter politics.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Williams to host 'Meet the Press' Sunday

"NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams will host the next "Meet the Press" but the network hasn't chosen a permanent replacement for Tim Russert, an NBC News spokeswoman said.

CBS News

'American Girl' heads to the big screen

For more than 20 years, American Girl dolls and books have been big sellers. Now the series is going to the movies.

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What the CIA learned from 'Get Smart'

Maxwell Smart always "missed it by that much," but some of those dopey spy shows of the '60s were right on the money.

Wired

Firefox heats up new browser war

The Mozilla Foundation, a nonprofit organization that taps into the open-source software community, took a high-profile step in this regard earlier this week when it officially released Firefox 3.

MarketWatch

HEALTH

Toxic chemicals in food packaging

In 2006, DuPont promised to phase out a cancer-causing chemical used for food packaging. But an investigation finds no evidence that the replacement chemicals are safer.

Environmental News Network

Do you wash your fruits and vegetables?

Washing fruits and vegetables is smart. But can it keep you safe from bacteria outbreaks like the recent tomato scare?

LiveScience

Games help aging brains get fit

The brain fitness boom makes its way to the software market with games such as Nintendo's "Brain Age" and puzzles such as Sudoku.

Detroit Free Press

EDUCATION

BYU arts-education programs get $4.5M

Salt Lake Tribune

Free online tool targets 'military brats'

Web site aims to make transitions to new schools easier for children of military families.

e School News

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GOOD NEWS

Monsanto donates $1 million in support of Iowa flood relief efforts

Monsanto Company announced that it is donating $1 million to the American Red Cross to assist in flood relief efforts in Iowa.

PNN

Meet the Beatles, sort of

The Beatles broke up nearly 40 years ago, but you can still see them live. Or, at least, you can see their carbon copies.

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

South American leaders protest EU immigration rules

Venezuela's President Chavez protested the EU directive that stipulates that illegal immigrants to Europe can be held from six to eighteen months in detention camps.

Spiegel International

New Iraqi operation against militants produces scant resistance

Iraqi security forces met little resistance in the southern city of Amarah as they sought to disarm gunmen loyal to the militant Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr.

McClatchy Newspapers

Afghan forces drive out Taliban

Yahoo! News

European Union to lift sanctions on Cuba

Members of the European Union decided to formally lift sanctions on Cuba, a spokeswoman for EU Secretary-General Javier Solana said.

CNN

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Cuba: fast facts

CBS News

BUSINESS

United, Continental team up

The airline industry did a little more reshuffling, with Continental and United announcing plans to link their networks through a new alliance.

ABC News

Airlines consider ways to fight fuel costs

MSNBC

Citigroup shares fall on writedown

Shares of Citigroup Inc., fell in New York trading after predicting "substantial" additional writedowns and more losses on consumer loans.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Mariners fire manager McLaren

John McLaren is out as manager of the Seattle Mariners, fired as the team lags with the worst record in baseball.

USA Today

Celtics celebrate 17th NBA title

The world champion Boston Celtics celebrated their 17th NBA title, with a rolling rally through the city's streets before ending with a raucous gathering at Copley Square.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists: Weather extremes consistent with global warming

USA Today

Ocean temperatures, sea level increase 50 percent higher than estimate

New research suggests that ocean temperature and sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 percent larger than estimated.

Environmental News Network

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

'Constantine's Sword' stabs at religion

"Constantine's Sword" is based on James Carroll's book which advocates clarity on the history of the relationship between Christian's and Jews.

Baltimore Sun

Suit filed over SC 'I Believe' plates

A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit to prevent South Carolina from issuing "I Believe" license plates.

USA Today

Struggling Twin Cities Catholic schools given $10 million grant

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been given a $10 million grant for 15 of its elementary schools in urban neighborhoods of Minneapolis, St. Paul and a handful of inner-ring suburbs.

Star Tribune

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