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A forensic expert, right, examines bodies of earthquake victims as people look on, in Pisco, Peru. At least 510 people were killed and 1,500 were injured in the magnitude 8.0 quake. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano / AP)

Peruvian President appeals for order after looting

Peruvian President Alan Garcia called for the orderly distribution of emergency supplies as desperate victims of a magnitude-8 earthquake on Peru’s southern coast looted markets.

ic Wales

Rescuers search for signs of life in southwestern Peru

CNN

Peru quake toll still rising

WCBS

Hill corruption probe is in high gear

With his youthful face and tan-colored suit, Will Heaton barely looked his 29 years, but at his sentencing hearing, the former Capitol Hill staffer acknowledged that his youth hardly excused his actions.

U.S. News & World Report

Search for six trapped coal miners abandoned

The search for six miners trapped in a collapsed Utah mine was suspended after crumbling tunnel walls inside the Crandall Canyon Mine killed two rescue workers and a federal mine inspector.

San Jose Mercury News

Handling of mine disaster questioned

Yahoo! News

Rescuers have long way to go

CBS News

Hurricane Dean seen becoming deadly Category 5

Hurricane Dean is expected to grow into a ferocious Category 5 storm as it passes Jamaica and nears Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Reuters

As Dean strengthens, NASA says it may bring shuttle home early

CNN

Dean tears through Caribbean

Yahoo! News

Turkish jet hijack ends peacefully

Two men who hijacked a Turkish passenger jet bound for Istanbul have surrendered to authorities and were escorted from the plane after releasing the remaining passengers and crew.

CNN

In pictures: Turkey hijack attempt

BBC

NATION

Army says suicide rate among soldiers in '06 was a record

Ninety-nine U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year, the highest rate of suicide in the Army in 26 years of record-keeping.

Baltimore Sun

4 killed in helicopter crash over Ariz.

A U.S. Marine Corps search-and-rescue helicopter crashed during a training flight over southwest Arizona, killing four people on board, officials. One person survived.

Yahoo! News

Charity: U.S. food aid is 'wrecking' Africa

Critics of U.S. food aid subsidies say they help cause obesity among Americans and starvation among Africans.

London Independent

POLITICS

Snow to leave before Bush

White House press secretary Tony Snow said he'll leave before the end of the Bush presidency because he needs to make more money.

ABC News

Hastert taps out

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), the longest-serving Republican Speaker in Congress history, announced he will not run for another term and will retire from Congress in 2008.

The Hill

Top Richardson organizer who worked for brothel resigns

One of Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson's top organizers in rural Nevada resigned after the campaign learned he had worked for a brothel.

Houston Chronicle

Richardson on health care

ABC News

BUSINESS

In a surprise move, Fed cuts key rate

The Fed approved a half-percentage point cut in its discount rate on loans to banks, saying it feels "tighter credit and increased uncertainty have the potential to restrain economic growth going forward."

International Herald Tribune

Fed lowers discount rate to calm markets

NPR

Reporters sue Hewlett-Packard for violation of privacy

Several reporters and their families are suing Hewlett-Packard, alleging it violated their privacy in last year's hunt for the source of boardroom leaks.

Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

Vick executed dogs, say co-defendants

Michael Vick participated in executing dogs that didn't perform up to his expectations, according to a document signed by one of his co-defendants who pled guilty to dog-fighting charges.

NY Daily News

Vick's co-defendants enter guilty pleas

ESPN

Big Z agrees to five-year, $91.5 million blockbuster deal

Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano has agreed to a five-year, $91.5-million contract extension to remain with Chicago, SI.com has confirmed.

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Depression taking toll on U.S. soldiers

Depression may be a largely unrecognized problem for many U.S. soldiers returning from duty in Iraq or Afghanistan, a new study suggests.

Health Day

Abortion pill no riskier than surgical termination: study

A new study on Danish women has shown that using abortion pills to terminate pregnancies during the first trimester is no more hazardous to future pregnancies than surgical terminations.

Medical News Today

EDUCATION

Are we failing our geniuses?

Any sensible culture would know what to do with Annalisee Brasil. The 14-year-old not only has the looks of a South American model but is also one of the brightest kids of her generation.

TIME

Learn a foreign language – over the Web

Maurice Acker, a junior at Marquette University in Milwaukee, practices Spanish with natives from Spain every Friday morning at the school's language lab.

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Woman in Canada gives birth to 4 identical baby girls

A Calgary couple are now the proud parents of four identical baby girls. The birth of identical quadruplets is an extremely rare event, with chances of one in 13 million.

CTV

Oh baby! woman gives birth to rare quadruplets

KCAL

WORLD

Kazakh election watched as barometer of commitment to democracy

Oil-rich Kazakhstan, the most stable and prosperous of the ex-Soviet Central Asian republics, voted for a new parliament in an election closely watched for signs of the country's commitment to democracy.

International Herald Tribune

Kazakhstan's low-key personality cult

BBC

Warrant out for Hussein daughter

Interpol has circulated an arrest warrant for the oldest daughter of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, Raghad Saddam Hussein, who is accused of terrorism and other offenses.

BBC

Iran cleric warns U.S. not to pick on Revolutionary Guards

A senior Iranian cleric said that plans by the U.S. to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist group invited a fight with the Iranian nation which America could not win.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic sea ice expected to hit record low

The extent of Arctic sea ice will likely have melted to a record low this September partially due to man-made greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said.

Environmental News Network

Climate change demonstrations spread to 2 more airports

The environmental campaign against air travel moved towards a more confrontational phase and spread outside the climate-change camp at Heathrow.

The Independent

Climate change threatens European landmarks

NPR

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Pioneering jazz drummer Max Roach dies at 83

Max Roach was the hottest drummer in New York by the time he was 20 years old. By the time he died at age 83, he was truly one of the giants of jazz.

NPR

Coming attractions: Bruce Springsteen back on E Street

After a detour down folk's dusty roads, Bruce Springsteen is rocking again on E Street. The Boss and his New Jersey band will return Oct. 2 with "Magic," an 11-song set.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists claim the 'impossible' by breaking speed of light

Scientists claim to have broken the ultimate speed record by making photons travel faster than light. Exceeding the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second, is supposed to be impossible.

Scotsman

Breaking the speed of light

BBC

Bones could yield dodo DNA

A newly discovered dodo skeleton has raised hopes for extracting some of the legendary extinct bird’s DNA. The dodo once thrived on the small island of Mauritius.

LiveScience

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Churches to set rules on proselytizing

Evangelical groups have joined efforts spearheaded by Roman Catholic, Orthodox and mainstream Protestant churches to create a common code for religious conversions.

San Mateo County Times

Jews worried over U.S. visa changes

American Jewish organizations are worried that changes to a special visa program could prevent hundreds of Israelis from coming to the U.S. and leave vital religious jobs unfilled.

Jerusalem Post

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