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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe delivers a speech during his campaign rally in Banket, west of Harare, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / AP)

2 GIs, 2 US workers killed in Iraq blast

CBS News

Violence figures decline in Iraq

Baltimore Sun

U.S. military is training Iraqi women to find female suicide bombers

CNN

Iran: EU sanctions illegal

Condemning as illegal new EU sanctions against Iran, a foreign ministry spokesman said the sanctions would make them more eager than ever to obtain the technology to enrich uranium.

BBC

Mugabe's victory by violence

Morgan Tsvangirai's decision to seek shelter after announcing his withdrawal from Zimbabwe's runoff presidential election signals the collapse of organized efforts to unseat President Robert Mugabe.

Yahoo! News

UN says fair vote in Zimbabwe impossible

Yahoo! News

Zimbabwe's president 'beyond normal restraint'

NPR

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Zimbabwe election challenge

BBC

Gaza truce shaken by rocket fire and killings in West Bank

Militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip fired at least two rockets into southern Israel, breaching a five-day-old ceasefire after Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Reuters

Airport scare for Sarkozy at Tel Aviv airport

MSNBC

US envoy to Albania linked to cover up of Afghan arms deal

A U.S. ambassador helped cover up the illegal Chinese origins of ammunition the Pentagon bought to supply Afghan security forces, according to testimony gathered by congressional investigators.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Teen mom: 17 pregnancies a 'coincidence,' denies pact

One of the pregnant teenage girls at a Massachusetts high school denied that the 17 students had entered a pact to get pregnant and called the high rate of pregnancies a "coincidence."

ABC News

Community concerned about pregnancies

MSNBC

Florida gains Everglades land from US Sugar Corp.

Florida is buying 187,000 acres of South Florida land from U.S. Sugar Corp., a move that will boost efforts to restore the Everglades, state officials said.

NPR

POLITICS

Some Muslims feel shunned by Obama

International Herald Tribune

Dobson criticizes Obama on religion

Baltimore Sun

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‘Burbs may be Obama base; Latino-rich communities, not so much

Christian Science Monitor

McCain aide regrets terror remark

An aide to Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has said he regrets telling a reporter that a terror attack on the U.S. would be "an advantage."

BBC

McCain offers $300 million bounty for better battery

Baltimore Sun

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

CIA looks back on postwar Berlin

As the CIA opens its classified archives and puts formerly secret information online, the resulting treasure trove has given historians and intelligence experts lots to debate.

NPR

Is local food really miles better?

The primary argument for eating local food is protection of the environment. But does locally grown produce really have less of a carbon footprint?

Salon.com

3-D: Coming at you soon in a home theater near you

TV makers and technology firms are trying to bring the eye-popping visuals-with-depth into your living room.

USA Today

HEALTH

Time in the sun: How much is needed for vitamin D?

Research, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that those with the lowest vitamin D levels have more than double the risk of dying from heart disease.

U.S. News & World Report

1 percent of newborns test-tube babies

One in 100 U.S. babies was conceived in a test tube. Half these babies were twins, triplets, or higher multiple births, according to the CDC.

WebMD

EDUCATION

Seattle schools budget of $556 million would use to fund raises, new hires

Seattle Public Schools has a budget of $556 million and it intends to use $12.6 million of its savings to increase its staff.

Seattle Times

Small-school experiment does not live up to hopes

Oregon's highly touted small high schools graduated their first class of students who spent all four years in intimate academies intended to revolutionize high schools.

Seattle Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican employee's daughter 'was thrown into cement mixer'

In an investigation that started 25 years ago, the daughter of a Vatican employee was murdered by the Magliana Gang to pressure authorities to release the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II.

Times Online

Priests urged to care for their bodies the way they care for souls

With a high percentage of clerics overweight, several Catholic leaders said priests should focus on their bodies with the same amount of care they give to the souls of their parishioners.

National Catholic Reporter

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Arthur Brooks):

Does money make you happy?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Allan Lichtman):

Splintered conservatives hurt McCain

Politico

Column (Amy Sullivan):

Will abortion rights women back McCain?

TIME

Editorial:

Iowa's new health plan still out of reach

Des Moines Register

Column:

For every Britney, there's a Cyrano

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

New FISA bill ekes out gains

Denver Post

Column:

A Pacific solution for guest workers

Sydney Morning Herald

Column:

Adam Jones vs. Imus on Pacman

USA Today

Editorial:

Mugabe must go

USA Today

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$34 for a cup of coffee?

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

Goats rescue N.Y. bog turtles

An invasive weed is drying up the swamps that house the last of New York's endangered bog turtles. But the turtles have an unlikely savior: goats and cattle brought in to eat the weed.

NPR

Social ties may help cut dementia risk

Elderly women who maintain close friendships and strong family ties are less likely to develop dementia than women who are less sociable.

WebMD

WORLD

No survivors found in stricken Philippines ferry

Guardian

Pakistan adrift without a leader

Pakistan remains in a leaderless drift after elections; Pakistani politicians and Afghan officials are increasingly worried that no one is really in charge.

International Herald Tribune

North Korea to destroy nuclear facility

North Korea will blow up part of a nuclear facility under an international agreement.

United Press International

North Korea may deliver nuclear list

Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Kroger spurs shaky Wall Street rebound

U.S. stocks rebounded hesitantly from three-month lows as investors weighed up a handful of mixed earnings reports.

Financial Times

US economy: consumer confidence, house prices slide

Confidence among Americans dropped to the lowest level in 16 years and house prices continue to fall, raising concern that consumers will cut back on purchases after spending their tax rebates.

Bloomberg

Rapid decline in US house prices

Financial Times

SPORTS

Making a splash

Speedo's LZR Racer swimsuit is causing the biggest splash in and out of the pool. The second big story is Michael Phelp's quest to top Mark Spitz's seven gold medals.

Newsweek

Bryant, James headline US Olympic team

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James highlighted a group of 12 NBA players named to the U.S. Olympic basketball team.

The Sports Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Facebook in legal fight for its future

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO and Harvard graduate, is being sued by his classmates who accuse Zuckerberg of stealing their ideas in launching Facebook.

San Jose Mercury News

Statisticians show how much people depend on weather reports

Odds are you have already watched one weather forecast today and will probably check out a few more. Accurate, timely forecasts are vital to everyday life, but just how critical may surprise you.

Science Daily

Web TV is a hit. So where's the money?

While media analysts agree that the future of television will be online, no one knows what form Internet TV will take or how it will make money.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Worn out artificial turf poses lead exposure risk

When the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and the federal Agency for Toxic Substances tested a nearby community athletic field for lead contamination, red flags went up.

Environment News Service

Air quality worsens as fires continue to burn in California

Wildfires continue to burn throughout Northern California and pose serious threats to homes.

Sacramento Bee

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