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Funeral service vehicles leave the IFEMA exhibition hall after delivering the bodies of victims of a Spanish airliner crash in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP)

Tricky Tropical Storm Fay to drop even more rain on Florida

Tropical Storm Fay stalled over Florida's Space Coast, dumping torrential rains that flooded hundreds of homes. The erratic tempest then crept north toward Jacksonville.

USA Today

Fay not done with Florida yet

ABC News

8,000 homes flooded

CNN

Bad news should wake up Obama as convention approaches

Democrats watching Barack Obama say his campaign should have gotten a wake-up call with an unimpressive TV appearance and weakening poll numbers.

San Francisco Chronicle

Democratic platform calls for ethics, health care, ending the Iraq war

NY Daily News

14 bodies identified as Spain mourns jet crash

Spain began three days of mourning for the 153 people who died when a jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff in the nation's worst air disaster in nearly 25 years.

MSNBC

Witnesses describe crash aftermath

BBC

Rice in Iraq to push withdrawal agreement for American troops

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Baghdad to set details with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for withdrawal of American troops.

CBS News

Russia will go 'beyond diplomatic protests' over US-Poland missile deal

Russia's foreign ministry threatened to go beyond diplomatic protests over a U.S.-Polish deal to base American missiles in Poland, which borders part of Russia.

ABC News

NATO: Russia not honoring cease-fire

CNN

Russia to cut all military ties with NATO

TIME

US supreme on the sand

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball, playing through rain to beat China in straight sets.

MSNBC

NATION

Bush sees post-Katrina progress

President George W. Bush is to speak about "hopeful signs" of progress in New Orleans three years after massive destruction and displacement of thousands of people from Hurricane Katrina.

BBC

Ohio Congresswoman dies of aneurysm

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and chair of the House Ethics Committee, died of a brain hemorrhage. She was 58.

TIME

Census: Women having fewer babies

In the last 30 years, the number of women age 40 to 44 with no children has doubled, from 10 percent to 20 percent. Mothers have an average of 1.9 children each.

Time

POLITICS

McCain won't ask GOP to change its opposition to abortion

John McCain's campaign is backing away from his previously stated goal of changing the GOP’s platform on abortion.

ABC News

DNC calls for probe of McCain public funds withdrawal

The Hill

McCain and Obama - a tale of five (well, four) polls

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

The VP picks: good and bad

NPR

Rudy Giuliani will give keynote address at GOP convention

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will give the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month.

San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Companies try part-time layoffs

Employers are laying people off for part of the workweek to retain experienced workers for when business pick back up again.

NPR

Stocks open higher after HP report

Stocks are up modestly after an upbeat profit report from Hewlett-Packard offered investors some reassurance about the economy.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Marine turtle Indian Ocean conservation moves into high gear

An innovative regional agreement in Bali and Bangkok is beginning to turn the tide for the "ancient mariners" of the world's oceans.

Environmental News Network

Catalyst produces higher yield hydrogen from biofuels

A new catalyst makes hydrogen from ethanol with 90 percent yield, at a workable temperature using inexpensive ingredients.

Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Groups call for a ban on corporal punishment in school

Two groups want federal and state lawmakers to ban corporal punishment, saying it disproportionately targets minority students and creates a "violent and degrading school environment."

USA Today

Paddling in schools

Houston Chronicle

Special section:

Map of corporal punishment in schools

CNN

Lower drinking age proposal criticized

As college students gear up to go back to school, a group of university presidents across the country are pushing for a national debate over whether the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18.

MSNBC

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Free will vs. the programmed brain

If our actions are determined by prior events, do we have a choice about anything — or any responsibility for what we do?

Scientific American

Pope explains importance of saints

Pope Benedict XVI encouraged devotion to the saints during his regular weekly audience.

Catholic World News

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GOOD NEWS

Amputee inspires in Olympic debut

Hoping to contend for a medal, a 24-year-old South African amputee fell off the pace toward the end of the grueling 6.2-mile race and finished 16th in the first open-water race in Olympic history.

MSNBC

Motorcycles designed to run on air

We may be driving on air in the next few years. That is, we may be driving vehicles powered by compressed air, instead of gasoline or diesel fuel.

Discovery

WORLD

Georgia starts to feel economic repercussions of Russian assault

Russian officials say they will soon pull their forces out of Georgia, but people fear the cease-fire that halted the fighting was settling into a partial blockade of Tbilisi, the capital.

International Herald Tribune

Alleged Nazi 'can be extradited'

An Australian court ruled that an 86-year-old man can be extradited to Hungary for alleged war crimes in Hungary during WWII.

BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Ellen on her wedding: 'It was all a blur'

With the "I do's" still fresh on her mind, Ellen DeGeneres joined the coverage of her nuptials by addressing her fans on her syndicated TV show's Web site.

People

'Little' takes Jonas Bros. to top of chart

Boy-band rock trio the Jonas Brothers have landed atop the U.S. album chart for the first time with their third full-length release, "A Little Bit Longer."

Reuters

SPORTS

Bolt cements greatness, sets world record in 200 with 19.30

Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke Michael Johnson's 12-year-old record in the 200 by two hundredths of a second.

Sports Illustrated

Bolt sets the 100m record in Beijing

YouTube

Beijing’s Bolt of lightning

ABC News

How nations dominate niche sports

Why does China crush opponents in diving? How does South Korea do so well in archery? Excellence in an Olympic sport can be a result of traditions or serendipity.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

'Frankenrobot' has biological brain

Meet Gordon, probably the world's first robot to be controlled exclusively by living brain tissue.

Discovery

Yahoo and Intel to bring interactive applications to TV sets

After years of false starts trying to bring the Web to TV sets, Yahoo! is working with Intel to create Web computer channels to run alongside TV shows.

Reuters

HEALTH

Fruit juices block common drugs

Grapefruit, orange, and apple juices block drugs commonly used to treat infections, allergy, transplant rejection, cancer and high blood pressure.

WebMD

Hospital death rates unveiled

Hospital death rates used to be closely guarded secrets. Now anyone with Internet access can directly compare a local hospital to the biggest medical institutions nationwide.

USA Today

Photo of the Day

A group of Amish women and children pass the opening of an underpass as they make their way home along a winding road near English, Ky. (Photo by Ed Reinke / AP)

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