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A firefighter takes a moment after helping to put out the fire that claimed the lives of nine Charleston area firefighters at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C. (Photo by Alice Keeney / AP)

'Tornado of flames' kills 9 S.C. firefighters

Fire swept through a Charleston, S.C. furniture warehouse, collapsing the building's roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters in a disaster the mayor described as "difficult to fathom."

CNN

S.C. tragedy

Yahoo! News

Death toll in Texas floods reaches 6

The body of a 2-year-old girl was found in a tree, raising the death toll from floods that swept part of northern Texas to six, officials said.

MSNBC

U.S. says 10,000 troops in major Iraq offensive

The U.S. military deployed 10,000 soldiers backed by attack helicopters in an offensive against al-Qaeda north of Baghdad as a truck bomber killed 75 people near a Shi'ite mosque.

Reuters

Car bomb kills 78 in busy Baghdad square

CNN

Fight for Baquba

CNN

Atlantis begins journey home

Shuttle Atlantis has started its journey home, leaving the International Space Station with new solar power wings and a mystery over what knocked out the space station's computers.

NEWS.com.au

Atlantis leaves space station

CBS News

U.S. hopes for 6-way Korea nuclear talks

North Korea should move quickly to shut down its source of bomb-grade plutonium, a top U.S. envoy said, hoping that stalled six-party talks on scrapping its nuclear arms program could resume next month.

Reuters

NATION

Scared Gazans clamoring to enter Israel

Yahoo! News

Photos: Mideast conflict

Yahoo! News

Iraqi orphanage nightmare

On a patrol in central Baghdad just over a week ago, a U.S. military advisory team and Iraqi soldiers happened to look over a wall and found something horrific.

CBS News

Baghdad orphanage shocker

IraqSlogger

POLITICS

Rare tactic may allow immigration votes

Only in the arcane world of the U.S. Senate could a quirky gambit known as a "clay pigeon" make the difference between passage or death of an important immigration measure.

U.S. News & World Report

Obama calls Clinton memo 'dumb mistake'

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said his campaign made a "dumb mistake" when it circulated a memo criticizing rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's financial ties to India.

TIME

'Obamagirl' crush

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Moscow still the costliest city for expats

Moscow remains the world's most expensive city for expatriates, with London close behind after rising three places due to the weakness of the dollar.

Stuff.co.nz

World's most expensive cities

ABC News

Yahoo! replaces CEO Terry Semel; co-founder takes over

Yahoo! Inc. Chairman Terry Semel stepped down as chief executive in a surprise move, ending his increasingly ineffectual pursuit of online search leader Google Inc.

The Age

Stocks sidelined; Yahoo CEO quits

Reuters

SPORTS

West Coast teams stretch time in Omaha

It took UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton 96 baseballs and 5 hours and 40 minutes to play their elimination game at the College World Series.

ESPN

Orioles fire manager Perlozzo

The Baltimore Orioles officially announced at a press conference the firing of manager Sam Perlozzo.

Sports Network

Orioles fire manager

ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Apple upgrades iPhone ahead of release

Apple Inc.'s iPhone will have a longer-lasting battery than it originally expected, exceeding those in rival phones, the company said.

Scientific American

Blockbuster backs Blu-ray over HD-DVD

The next-generation DVD format war was all but settled with an endorsement by global video-rental chain Blockbuster Inc. of the Sony Corp.-backed Blu-ray standard.

Financial Post

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GOOD NEWS

Retired financier donates $300 million to Cornell University

Sanford I. Weill, chairman emeritus of Citigroup, and his wife, Joan, announced that they are providing $300 million to Cornell University.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

84 rare Siberian tigers born in China

Eighty-four Siberian tiger cubs have been born in a Chinese zoo since March in a boost to the survival chances of the endangered species.

Radio Australia

NATION

Portman to step down as White House budget chief

White House budget director Rob Portman is stepping down and will be replaced by former Iowa Rep. Jim Nussle, U.S. officials said.

Reuters

N.C. governor wants Duke prosecutor out of office now

At his state bar hearing a tearful Mike Nifong promised to resign from office. In letters to both Governor Mike Easley and Judge Orlando F. Hudson, Nifong made good on that promise.

NBC17

Duke lacrosse players reach settlement with university

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Fed wants to allow logging in owl habitat

The Bush administration has proposed allowing logging on 1.5 million acres of federal old-growth forest lands in the Pacific Northwest previously protected under 1994’s Northwest Forest Plan.

E Magazine

Elephants win 9-year reprieve

A ban on ivory exports was extended for another nine years at a United Nations conference on wildlife in a move described as a step to further safeguard the African elephant population.

Business Daily Africa

New crackdown on ivory poaching

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Michael Jackson settles breach of contract claim

Debt-laden pop singer Michael Jackson reached a settlement over a breach-of-contract claim by New Jersey-based finance house Prescient Capital.

New Zealand Herald

Billboards removed after Britney Spears threatens to sue

Radio station billboards that featured unflattering photos of a bald, scowling Britney Spears have been taken down after the pop star's attorneys threatened legal action.

International Herald Tribune

HEALTH

Immune system protein may be tied to weight loss

A piece of the body's immune system might also help dampen appetite and help people lose weight, research in mice suggests.

Health Day

Clot-busting drug may help treat frostbite, report says

A powerful clot-busting drug used in stroke and heart attack patients might also reduce amputations in people with severe frostbite, researchers say.

Forbes

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican issues '10 Commandments' for moral driving

The Vatican took a break from strictly theological matters to issue its own rules of the road, a compendium of dos and don'ts on the moral aspects of driving and motoring.

Sydney Morning Herald

EDUCATION

Study: Big city schools struggle with graduation rates

Students in a handful of big-city school districts have a less than 50-50 chance of graduating from high school with their peers, according to a new study.

USA Today

Quitting HS will cost you $260K

CNN

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