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An soldier with the Afghan National Army gives donations to an elderly Afghan man during a distribution of humanitarian aid in the Andar district of Ghazni province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Musadeq Sadeq / AP)

Dozens of militants killed in Afghan south

Reuters

Long procession honors S.C. firefighters

A long procession of fire trucks wound through streets lined with mourners, passing firehouses and a gutted furniture store on its way to a memorial service for nine firefighters who died.

ABC News

Leaders, comrades pay tribute to killed firefighters

Nine caskets lined the front of a coliseum as thousands of firefighters from across the nation, their hats in their hands, honored nine colleagues killed in a furniture store blaze.

CNN

Historic wildfire still smolders

Ernest Sweat paused by the charred pine trunk he found burning like a match two months ago and wondered if he could have stopped the largest Southeastern wildfire in more than a century.

CNN

Roadside bombs kill 7 U.S. troops in Iraq

Roadside bombs killed seven U.S. troops in Iraq, including four in a single strike outside Baghdad, the military said, as U.S. and Iraqi troops captured two senior al-Qaeda militants in Diyala province.

Yahoo! News

Top targets fled before U.S. push: commander

International Herald Tribune

U.S. expects N. Korea to shut reactor within 3 weeks

The United States expects North Korea to shut down the reactor at the heart of its atomic arms development within about three weeks, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said.

Reuters

Bush, Vietnamese president talk rights

President Bush pointedly emphasized human rights and democracy during the first visit by a Vietnamese president to the White House since the Vietnam War.

San Francisco Chronicle

Protests greet Vietnam leader in Washington

EUX.TV

Davis search includes horseback riders

Cindy Wisdom, case manager for Texas EquuSearch, said the organization has nothing new to report after searching a 4-square-mile area for the missing Jessie M. Davis.

The Repository

1,800 volunteers search for missing mother

ABC News

NATION

U.S. may move Guantanamo detainees to Afghan prison

The United States is helping build a prison in Afghanistan to take some prisoners now at Guantanamo Bay, but the White House said it is not meant as an alternative to the detainee facility in Cuba.

Guardian

White House denies Gitmo to close

MSNBC

U.N. food aid 'causing chaos and violence' in Somalia

Food aid sent to Somalia to combat one of the world's largest malnutrition crises has been criticized by Somali elders for causing violence and for being delivered at the start of the harvest season.

London Independent

Aides: Abbas considering early elections

In his bitter wrangling with Hamas over legitimacy, Mahmoud Abbas won the backing of the PLO, and a top aide said he is considering calling presidential and legislative elections.

USA Today

International mediators to meet in Jerusalem

Reuters

POLITICS

Cheney ignores order on classified info

San Francisco Chronicle

Conservative Wyo. surgeon named newest senator

Republican John Barrasso, a surgeon and conservative Wyoming legislator, became the country's newest U.S. senator, replacing the late Craig Thomas.

San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Cuomo corrals more student lenders

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has reached agreement with three more lenders resulting from his ongoing investigation of the student loan industry.

Consumer Affairs

Google asks gov't to fight censorship

Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

U.S. holds off Canada to advance to Gold Cup final

Frankie Hejduk and Landon Donovan scored as the United States survived the last few minutes playing with just 10 men in a 2-1 win over Canada in the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals.

Sports Network

Supreme Court upholds limits on high school recruiting

State athletic associations can restrict recruiting of high school students without violating coaches' free-speech rights, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in a decade-old case from Tennessee.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

E-mail privacy gets a win in court

In a startling decision, a federal appeals court in Cincinnati ordered the feds to keep their mitts off e-mail stored with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) like Yahoo! unless they notify the sender first.

TIME

Shuttle ends mission in California

Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station.

CNN

Europe to allow in-flight phoning

European regulators have cleared use of mobile phones and BlackBerry devices for passengers while flying, Airbus announced.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Feds aim sex ed campaign at parents

Federal officials announced a campaign to urge parents to talk to their children about waiting until marriage to have sex.

Education Week

University under fire for cover-up

For two months after Laura Dickinson was found dead in her dorm room, Eastern Michigan University officials assured her parents and the public there was no sign of foul play.

U.S. News & World Report

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GOOD NEWS

'Most polluted' town sees ray of hope

After a decade of complaints about health, one of the world's most polluted towns met with a company whose former battery recycling plant is blamed for dangerously high lead levels in the townspeople.

MSNBC

Boss donates kidney to office assistant

A kindhearted employer offered his organ to an ailing woman with a deadly disease.

MSNBC

NATION

Six Flags closes more rides

Six Flags and another company shut down eight more rides around the U.S., after a girl had her feet chopped off at the ankle on a Superman Tower of Power.

CBS News

CIA to reveal 'skeletons'

The CIA will declassify hundreds of pages of long-secret records detailing some of the intelligence agency's worst illegal abuses, CIA Director Michael Hayden said.

San Francisco Chronicle

Americans want to ease rules on stem cell research

More adults in the United States would like their federal government to change its current policy regarding stem cell research, according to a Gallup poll released by USA Today.

Angus Reid Global Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Galapagos may get 'in danger' listing

Ecuador says tourism is threatening the Galapagos Islands and has asked UNESCO to add the habitat that inspired the theory of evolution to its endangered list, the culture agency said.

USA Today

Antarctic icebergs become floating islands of life

Global climate change is causing Antarctic ice shelves to shrink and split apart, yielding thousands of free-drifting icebergs in the nearby Weddell Sea.

Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Review: 'A Mighty Heart' showcases an understated Jolie

Produced by Brad Pitt and starring Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart" is based on Mariane Pearl's memoir of the same name. Give the celebrity couple some credit: This is hardly a typical star vehicle.

CNN

Paris Hilton prosecutor under ethics probe

The Los Angeles prosecutor who accused Paris Hilton of enjoying celebrity favoritism was under investigation for his conduct in a scandal over driving violations and personal use of city resources.

Reuters

HEALTH

U.S. issues new supplements standards

U.S. regulators issued new manufacturing standards on Friday for vitamins, herbs and other dietary supplements that are meant to make sure the products are free of contaminants and accurately labeled.

Reuters

High stroke risk for middle-aged women

Women in midlife, those aged 45 to 54, are more than twice as likely as men their age to have strokes, according to a new study.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

UCC celebrates 50th anniversary

The United Church of Christ is celebrating its 50th anniversary at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Conn.

Clarion News

Pakistanis protest Rushdie knighthood

About 2,000 Pakistanis rallied across Pakistan against Salman Rushdie's knighthood, calling for the author to be killed and for a boycott of trade with Britain.

USA Today

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