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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listens as vice presidential running mate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., speaks at a rally in front of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (Photo by Alex Brandon /AP)

With partial pullout, Russia envisions long-term shift

As the Russian Army withdrew most of its forces from Georgia, it was becoming ever more clear that Moscow had no intention of restoring what once was — either on the ground or diplomatically.

International Herald Tribune

Russia downplays prospect of Syria missile deal to calm Israel

Christian Science Monitor

Human cost of Georgia conflict

BBC

Bhutto's widower will be party's candidate for Pakistan presidency

The senior party in Pakistan's governing coalition nominated Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, as its candidate in elections for president.

International Herald Tribune

Obama picks Biden for VP

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has chosen Sen. Joseph Biden — a man with working-class roots, but a long record of working in Washington's halls of power — as his running mate.

NPR

Biden: the pros and the cons

TIME

Special section:

Profile: Joseph Biden

Financial Times

Fight, falters fill Biden's life

ABC News

Fay slowly heads towards Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Fay made its fourth landfall in Florida, moving over the state's central Panhandle on a westward path.

CNN

Fay makes landfall again

CBS News

Homeland Security drops program

The DHS scrapped Operation Scheduled Departure, a program to encourage immigrants with deportation orders and no criminal records to come out of the shadows and self-deport.

San Francisco Chronicle

Report DOD to again probe post-Katrina pumps in New Orleans

The Department of Defense will again investigate allegations that the Army Corps of Engineers let a contractor install faulty pumps after Hurricane Katrina despite a warning that they might fail.

Southern Ledger

NATION

Bush pins gas prices on Democrats

President Bush blamed the Democratic-led Congress for the high cost of gasoline and renewed his call for expanded offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies.

TIME

Drinking age debate spreading

The college presidents said they wanted a national debate on the 21-year-old drinking age. They got it.

TIME

Americans reject lowering drinking age by large margin

eFluxMedia

Tropical Storm Fay makes fourth landfall; death toll rises to 12

Tropical Storm Fay made its fourth landfall in Florida, drenching the state with torrential rains as it moved westward.

CNN

POLITICS

Obama winning women voters, but margin slimmest among boomers

Although surveys show the presidential race could be a squeaker, Barack Obama is winning women 51 to 39 percent.

U.S. News & World Report

McCain and Obama, both well-to-do, try to connect on the economy

An exchange over which candidate has better housing highlights how the two continue to search for ways to talk to voters about money troubles.

International Herald Tribune

Ready, set, cyber war!

MSNBC

BUSINESS

US and global economies slipping

Economic trouble has spread far beyond the United States, threatening American businesses with the loss of foreign sales and investment that have become increasingly vital to their sustenance.

International Herald Tribune

Stocks jump on falling oil prices

ABC News

Stocks end week with a rally

Bernanke's dovish tone on inflation signaled that the Fed won't be hiking rates. Speculation swirled about a possible buyout of Lehman Brothers as major U.S. stock indexes finished solidly higher.

BusinessWeek

ENVIRONMENT

Study finds earthquake dangers for NYC

An analysis of recent earthquake activity around New York City has found that many small faults that were believed to be inactive could contribute to a major, disastrous earthquake.

Yahoo! News

Despite Love Canal's lessons, schoolchildren are still at risk

Thirty years ago this summer, America learned the name Love Canal. The working-class Niagara Falls neighborhood built atop tons of chemical waste became a synonym for environmental disaster.

CNN

Eco-police find new target: Oreos

Kraft Foods and other U.S. food producers come under attack as demand for vegetable oil made from palm trees soars.

CNNMoney

EDUCATION

Stereotype of mathematical inferiority still plagues girls

Educators have been trying to get the word out for years: Girls perform as well as boys in math. But school officials still face a major task in overcoming the stereotypes.

Education Week

Colleges try to control students behavior off campus

A growing number of universities are starting to take a more proactive approach to monitoring off-campus behavior and neighbors say the efforts are working.

MSNBC

HEALTH

Regulators expected to allow radiation for spinach and lettuce

Federal regulators are expected to let processors for the first time use radiation to kill bacteria in spinach and iceberg lettuce.

San Jose Mercury News

Gastric band weight-loss surgery can boost reflux

Gastric banding, a surgical procedure designed to combat obesity, appears to boost the risk for developing or exacerbating symptoms of gastro-esophageal reflux disease.

HealthDay

Successful face transplants performed

Two men have undergone face transplants and have indicated promising results.

Medical News Today

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GOOD NEWS

Titanic treasures to go on display

About 200 pieces from the Titanic collection will be exhibited at the Georgia Aquarium, the first time the show has been at an aquarium.

Mansfield News-Journal

Argentine dog saves abandoned baby

An eight-year-old dog has touched the hearts of Argentines by saving the life of an abandoned baby, placing him safely alongside her own new puppies.

BBC

WORLD

Terror arrests link to PM threat

The arrests of three men over terror offenses are linked to an investigation into threats to kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

BBC

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Algeria attacks

International Herald Tribune

Among the Madrid crash survivors, courage and sheer luck

The catastrophe in which a Spanair flight exploded spared 19 passengers, making them into the miraculous escapees of a disaster that took 153 other lives.

International Herald Tribune

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Hollywood classics ignored online

Almost a decade after consumers began legally downloading movies on the Internet, none of the greatest Hollywood titles is yet available for digital purchase or rental.

Variety

A tribute to the Coen brothers

The Coens' latest, "Burn After Reading," premieres at the Venice Film Festival next week. Geoffrey Macnab pays tribute to a pair of genre-defying, subversive mavericks.

London Independent

SPORTS

Fueled by quick start, Team USA beats Argentina to advance to final

The U.S. Olympic men's basketball team has advanced to its first major gold-medal game in eight years after a 101-81 victory over Argentina.

Sports Illustrated

Olympics

CBS News

Weightlifter expelled for doping

Ukrainian weightlifter Igor Razoronov has been kicked out of the Beijing Olympics, becoming the sixth athlete caught for doping during the games.

CNN

Celtics reach deal with Darius Miles

The Boston Celtics signed forward Darius Miles, who missed the last two NBA seasons because of knee injuries.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in South America

An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that had never been found before in South America.

HappyNews.com

FCC proposes ban on some microphones

The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a ban on certain types of wireless microphones and has begun an investigation into how the industry markets its products.

Yahoo! News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Young evangelical backs out of convention prayer

It was a coup for Democrats: An emerging young evangelical voice, a registered Republican no less, accepted their invitation to deliver a prayer at next week's Democratic National Convention.

Yahoo! News

Catholic group calls for more women in Mass texts

A letter was sent from Ohio to Vatican City this month with a message for Pope Benedict XVI backed by thousands of women from around the world.

Religion News Service

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