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U.S. Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, looks on, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, speaks during a press conference following their meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. (Photo by Remy de la Mauviniere / AP)

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Passenger terror after Quantas 747 fuselage rupture

The 300 travelers on the 747, flying from London to Melbourne, have told of their terror as a jet plunged 19,000 feet after the fuselage ruptured.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Huge hole in Qantas plane

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CNN

Air Force crew dozes off with classified launch codes

Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and NSA experts, the Air Force said.

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Housing rescue on track to pass Senate

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Newsweek

Barack Obama urges Iran to accept EU nuke proposal

Sen. Barack Obama said that Iran should accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program and not wait for the next U.S. president.

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MSNBC

Obama, Sarkozy meet les medias

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Real Clear Politics

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Obama tour of Europe, Middle East

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CNN

Girls bridge gender divide in math

Fifteen years ago, the gender gap was an issue that filled the headlines: By high school, girls were falling 50 points behind boys on the math section of the SAT.

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ABC News

US economy: Goods orders gain, home sales exceed forecasts

Orders for U.S. durable goods unexpectedly rose in June, and sales of new homes were higher than forecast, easing concern that the economic slowdown will worsen.

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Bloomberg

Prof whose 'Last Lecture' became sensation dies

Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "Last Lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, has died. He was 47.

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Associated Press

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Randy Pausch and family

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'The Last Lecture'

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NATION

Storms slam New England

Torrential rains pummeled parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Forecasts called at times for 1 to 3 inches of rain per hour, and some areas faced threats of flooding.

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Boston Globe

Two barges allowed into Mississippi's oil-spill waters

Two fuel barges were cleared to enter Mississippi River waters that have been off-limits since a massive oil spill from a barge that collided with a tanker, a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said.

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CNN

Shooting at Phoenix community college leaves 3 wounded; suspect arrested

A long-standing dispute between two men turned violent when a former student shot three people in a computer lab at a community college. The suspected gunman was arrested nearby.

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POLITICS

House GOP urges Bush to reconsider veto stance

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee are asking President Bush to reconsider his pledge not to veto a housing bill that passed the lower chamber.

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The Hill

John McCain struggles to overcome economy gap

Uncertain economic times have returned Americans to a pre-Sept. 11 mind-set, according to recent polling, placing John McCain at a disadvantage on pocketbook issues.

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Politico

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McCain gains on Obama in Minnesota

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USA Today

BUSINESS

Wireless still strong for Verizon, but not for Motorola

Verizon Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc., two members of the wireless industry's royalty, are set to unveil quarterly results next week, but only one is likely to be crowned a success.

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MarketWatch

Stocks advance on new home sale reports

Upbeat economic data lifted stocks, placating a market pummeled a day earlier by concerns about housing and the financial sector.

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Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

China says air clearing for Games despite hazy skies

China's efforts to clear the skies over its polluted capital are having an effect, officials said, insisting that Beijing's air would be safe for Olympic athletes despite persistent smog over the city.

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Environmental News Network

Arctic may hold as much as a fifth of undiscovered oil and gas reserves

The lure of the Arctic as oil's next big frontier was vindicated as a major survey found the region might hold as much as a fifth of the world's yet to-be-discovered oil and natural gas reserves.

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International Herald Tribune

Nevada, Southwest face drought

A new study predicts that climate change will create devastating drought in this state and throughout the Southwest and continue to drop the levels of already low Lake Mead and Lake Powell.

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MSNBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholic critics ask Pope to lift contraception ban

More than 50 dissident Catholic groups published an unusually frank open letter to Pope Benedict saying the Church's ban on contraception has been "catastrophic" and urging him to lift it.

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ABC News

Polygamist sects likened to organized crime rings

A Senate committee heard appeals for the creation of a federal task force to combat polygamist sects that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid described as sophisticated organized crime rings.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Gurpurbs

Gurpurbs are festivals that are associated with the lives of the Gurus. They are happy occasions which are celebrated most enthusiastically by Sikhs.

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BBC

HEALTH

Fish oil, red yeast rice cut cholesterol

Supplements of fish oil and red yeast rice, coupled with lifestyle changes in diet and exercise habits, can reduce cholesterol as much as standard cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins.

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WebMD

The wormy truth about aging

The worm may hold one of the keys to aging. In the journal Cell, researchers report that when a worm gene called elt-3 becomes less active, lots of other genes do the same, and worms age.

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WebMD

Viagra may boost female libido

Study suggests sildenafil may reduce sexual dysfunction for women taking antidepressants.

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U.S. News & World Report

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GOOD NEWS

Saving lives, one rent check at a time

Keith Taylor's Web site, "Modest Needs," is open to anyone who wants to help strangers with short-term money needs. The average grant is for $560 and can help pay someone's rent or fix a car.

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Forbes

HIV-infected patients' life expectancy increased by 13 years

HIV-infected patients in North America and Europe are living at least 13 years longer on average as a result of combination drug therapies introduced in the mid-1990s.

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Bloomberg

The $500 million war on smoking

Billionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg are pooling their riches in an uphill drive to cut tobacco use in poor and middle-income countries.

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Star Tribune

WORLD

Karadzic appeal deadline passes

A deadline has passed for Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic to appeal against extradition to the Netherlands on genocide and war crimes charges.

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Times Online

Labour defeat a blow for Britain's Gordon Brown

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced calls for a change of direction after he suffered his fourth local election disaster, losing one of the Labour Party's safest seats in a byelection.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Brown seeks Labour morale boost

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BBC

Deadlocked world trade talks hang by a thread

With rich and poor countries in deadlock over a new wave of trade liberalisation, WTO talks face collapse unless negotiators find some common ground in the coming hours, delegates said.

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Business Day

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

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Scrabble's owners sue Scrabulous

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BBC

Gamers come out for Comic-Con

Videogame publishers have set up shop at the annual confab to tout their newest titles, hoping that the kind of early buzz that benefits movies and TV shows will help boost interest in their games as well.

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Variety

The X-Files: I want to believe

In grand “X-Files” manner, the film’s storyline is being kept under wraps. This much can be revealed: It is a stand-alone story like some of the show’s most acclaimed and beloved episodes.

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Monsters and Critics

SPORTS

Danica not apologetic about confrontation with Milka

A week after a confrontation with fellow driver Milka Duno that quickly became a popular YouTube video, Danica Patrick said her only regret is not thinking about how public it would be.

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MSNBC

Krzyzewski: James likely out of US exhibition against Canada

U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski says injured forward LeBron James is a "95 percent no-go" for the exhibition game against Canada.

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Carlos Delgado's big hit lifts Mets into first place

Carlos Delgado's tie-breaking, two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning gave the Mets a 3-1 win over the Phillies.

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Newsday

EDUCATION

Educators look to boost American Indian and other minority graduation

American Indian and other minority students sometimes drop out of school partly because they don't feel connected enough to their cultures from an early age.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Urban leaders back stronger No Child Left Behind accountability

In the debate over the future of the No Child Left Behind Act, many educators say the federal government should ease the law’s accountability requirements.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Northern lights mystery exposed

Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights.

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AOL News

How anecdotal evidence can undermine scientific results

The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition—thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.

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Scientific American

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Shoppers saving the planet, one reusable bag at a time

Nowadays, so many good-looking reusable market bags are available these days that shoppers can buy them and use them as a fashion accessory — and help save the world.

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South Korean elementary school students shout the word "mother" as they lay in the water during an exercise at a marine boot camp for students on Daebu Island, in Ansan, South Korea. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon / AP)

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