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A Pakistani family make their way through a flooded street after a heavy rain in Karachi, Pakistan. (Photo by Fareed Khan / AP)

Seventh body pulled from bridge site

Searchers found two more bodies in the wreckage of the collapsed Mississippi River bridge, bringing the death toll to seven.

CNN

Bridge divers in action

CBS News

Democratic hopefuls grilled on gay rights

"Gay marriage - right or wrong?" was the question that divided Democratic candidates last night in a debate on gay rights. In front of a Hollywood gathering, the candidates laid bare their thoughts.

Guardian

U.S., European central banks step in to contain mortgage crisis

The U.S. subprime mortgage mess escalated into a full-blown global financial crisis, making credit harder to get from Paris to San Francisco.

San Francisco Chronicle

Global warming forecast predicts rise in 2014

Here is the climate forecast for the next decade; although global warming will be held in check for a few years, it will come roaring back to send the mercury rising before 2014.

Telegraph.co.uk

New study on warming

ABC News

Pentagon: 14 Guantanamo suspects are now combatants

The 14 so-called "high-value" detainees who were transferred from secret CIA prisons to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, last year have all been declared enemy combatants and are subject to trial.

TIME

No sign of trapped Utah miners as drill reaches chamber

A microphone lowered into a hole drilled into a mine cavity where six workers are believed to be trapped has detected no sound so far.

CNN

Utah mine collapse

CBS News

Iraqi interpreter: 'Now I have no future'

CNN

NATION

Twenty dead in Pacific air crash

An Air Moorea aircraft crashed on take-off from the French Polynesian island of Moorea bound for Tahiti, with all 20 people aboard feared dead. The Twin Otter turboprop aircraft overshot the runway.

Australia Herald Sun

Pakistanis express ire toward army and Musharraf

Dissatisfaction with the military is a sentiment expressed openly in Pakistan, rare for a country where the military has long dominated, intimidating critics from speaking.

International Herald Tribune

Profile: President Pervez Musharraf

BBC

POLITICS

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan announces candidacy against Pelosi

Citing her son as inspiration, a tearful Cindy Sheehan announced her candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives. She is running as an independent against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

San Jose Mercury News

Sheehan rallies supporters

ABC News

Poll: Clinton firmly positioned as Democratic front-runner

Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York retains her position firmly at the front of the pack of Democratic presidential candidates, with a poll giving her 44 percent of the vote.

CNN

BUSINESS

Businessman gives UNC $2 million

A businessman donated $2 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to establish an endowment that will support projects in research, economic development and undergraduate education.

BusinessWeek

U.S. stocks tumble as loan fears spread

Stocks on Wall Street suffered their biggest one-day decline since February after the turmoil in the home-loan market caused renewed concerns about tightening credit worldwide.

International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Report: Spiezio seeking help for alcohol, drug abuse

Cardinals utility player Scott Spiezio voluntarily sought treatment for "possible problems related to substances" that the team did not specify.

ESPN

Spiezio being treated for unspecified illness

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Clemens suspended for intentionally throwing at Rios

Roger Clemens was suspended for five games and New York Yankees manager Joe Torre for one, the fallout from the Rocket hitting Toronto's Alex Rios with a pitch this week.

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Study: Antioxidants 'may do you more harm than good'

Antioxidants overload may underlie diseases such as congenital heart failure and Alzheimer's, a study has shown.

Scotsman

Down the tube: Videos for tots don't aid learning

U.S. News & World Report

Breast implant link to suicide

Women who have breast implants are three times more likely to commit suicide, according to a report.

NEWS.com.au

Study finds breast implants linked to suicide

KCAL

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Exiled 'anti-Islam' Bangladeshi writer attacked

Dozens of Muslim protesters attacked an exiled Bangladeshi writer at the release of her book in southern India, calling her "anti-Islam," and telling her to go back to her country.

MSNBC

Iraqi Shiites make pilgrimage

Thousands of Shiite pilgrims converged on a shrine in western Baghdad to honor an 8th-century imam.

International Herald Tribune

General Batiste: 'Protect America, not George Bush'

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

YouTube video helps catch thief

A thief was convicted and fined in Greymouth, New Zealand after being spotted on a video posted on the Web site YouTube.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

New research reports good environmental news

For a change, there's some good news from the world of the environment. Three positive trends have been recently reported in a series of papers in the journal Science.

USA Today

WORLD

Man slips through N.C. airport security

A man bypassed security screening at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport and likely made it onto a flight that departed before he could be found, officials said.

MSNBC

Suspect pleads not guilty in N.J. killings

A man accused in the killings of three college students and the wounding of another pleaded not guilty in a crime that has outraged a city fed up with continued violence.

CBS News

49% of murder victims are black, Justice Dept. study finds

Nearly half of the nation's murder victims in 2005 were black, and the number of black men who were slain is on the rise.

Seattle Times

ENVIRONMENT

Eating fish: good for heart, bad for environment?

Doctors recommend a good dose of salmon or tuna in the diet because of its benefits to the heart. But is it good for the environment?

Reuters

Conservation works: Falcons, ferrets and forests benefit from preservation efforts

Modern conservation efforts worldwide deliver measurable effects, from rebounding ferret populations to less destructive logging in the Peruvian Amazon.

Scientific American

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Idol’ seeks new champion, forgets Sparks

It’s been about 3 months since Sparks’ coronation, and her crown hadn’t even had enough time to warm up to her body temperature before Seacrest announced that auditions would be starting up soon.

MSNBC

When you need a revolution, who you gonna call? Patti Smith

America needs Patti Smith now more than ever. The singer, songwriter and poet still believes in something like a rock revolution, with no regard for commercial pop music's promise of money.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

My top ten movies after 77 years in the fleapits

From Citizen Kane to Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion. Ken Russell's controversial top 10 movies of all time.

Times Online

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Halo 3 pre-orders reach the 1 million mark in U.S.

Bungie’s third iteration of the popular Xbox exclusive is continuing the hype on the Xbox 360 with pre-orders for the soon to be released game reaching a milestone 1 million mark.

iTWire

Dinosaur mass grave discovered

An amateur paleontologist in Switzerland may have unearthed Europe's largest dinosaur mass grave after he dug up the remains of two Plateosaurus.

CNN

EDUCATION

Local nonprofit organization to pay students for attendance

Chosen randomly from a pool of students who live in "poverty-stricken areas," 175 juniors from Rincon and Amphitheater high schools will be paid up to $25 a week this fall for going to class.

Arizona Daily Star

Dropouts

The United States has quietly withdrawn from an international study comparing math and science students.

Newsweek

Money test results mixed for U.S. students

Fresh out of high school, how many American students understand the basic economic forces at work in their own wallets or their country's trade policies?

Christian Science Monitor

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