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Center Street is flooded following heavy rains that caused flooding in Findlay, Ohio. Flooding remained a problem in parts of northern Ohio, keeping streets closed, schools shut down and residents waiting things out in shelters (Photo by Madalyn Ruggiero / AP)

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More than 2 dozen deaths blamed on rains

The nation's midsection will welcome the end of a wet and wrenching week. The death toll stood at 26 from thunderstorms that swept the Upper Midwest and from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin.

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Chicago Tribune

Hearing ends in case of former astronaut Lisa Nowak

Six hours after the dramatic first appearance of former astronaut Lisa Nowak on the witness stand, the judge decided that more time was needed to consider pretrial motions in the case.

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Orlando Sentinel

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Nowak at hearing

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WFTV

Top gen. to advise Bush to cut troops in Iraq

The departing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to advise President Bush to reduce the U.S. force in Iraq next year by almost half.

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Fate of Iraq in the balance

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CBS News

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Warner: time to bring troops home

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WCCO

Facebook 'friends' could be pivotal in presidential race

Nineteen-year-old L.J. Tsunis has some advice for his favorite U.S. presidential candidate: start hanging out on Facebook already.

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Reuters

Lawmakers to probe safety at Utah mine

The families of six trapped miners are "waiting for a miracle," as rescuers made one last attempt to find the missing men and lawmakers in Washington announced twin probes into safety at the mine.

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Gov. Huntsman says miners' families not being treated with respect

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NATION

Judge refuses Noriega repatriation bid

A federal judge in Miami refused to block the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France, where he is accused of laundering millions in drug proceeds through French banks.

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NPR

Calif. family loses second son to Iraq war

Nathan and Jason Hubbard decided to enlist in the U.S. army two years ago to honor their brother Jared, a marine who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq.

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Scotsman

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Gold Star mother loses 2 sons to war

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MSNBC

NYC taxi drivers threaten to strike

The streets and airports of New York City could be taxi-free for two days this fall, as more than 10,000 cab drivers are threatening to strike in protest of the GPS devices the city is requiring.

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New York Sun

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Cab drivers set potential strike date

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WCBS

POLITICS

The redemption of the Vietnam War?

President Bush is seeking to redeem the Vietnam War. He has tried to turn conventional wisdom about that war (that it was a quagmire and a sideshow in strategic terms) on its head.

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BBC

Padilla sues U.S. officials, Sec. Rumsfeld over confinement

Convicted al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla is suing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and 59 other U.S. officials responsible for what his lawyers say were abusive tactics.

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Christian Science Monitor

Iowa caucus: wooing one voter at a time

If Hillary Rodham Clinton wins Iowa's presidential caucuses, it won't be because of endorsements or poll numbers. It will be because of people like Carol McCarty.

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Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Banks struggle with online queries

Bank sites are failing to answer even routine questions satisfactorily, according to a new survey by a customer service software company.

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CNET News

New-home sales rise 2.8 percent to 870,000 pace in July

Sales of new homes increased 2.8 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 870,000 as the inventory of homes for sale dropped for a fourth straight month.

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MarketWatch

SPORTS

NFL suspends Michael Vick indefinitely

The NFL indefinitely suspended Michael Vick without pay after he acknowledged in court papers that he did, indeed, bankroll gambling on dogfighting and help kill some dogs not worthy of the pit.

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Yahoo! News

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Vick pleads to dogfighting charge, denies gambling

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HEALTH

Heart attack boosts diabetes risk

After a heart attack, the risk of developing diabetes and so-called pre-diabetes rises steeply, a new study finds.

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HealthDay

U.S. rules threaten aid for children

Health officials in Maryland and other states are scrambling to respond to new Bush administration rules that could effectively end subsidized medical insurance for thousands of children.

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EDUCATION

University accepts 9-year-old as student in Hong Kong

For 9-year-old math prodigy March Boedihardjo the third try was the charm in being admitted to study at Hong Kong's Baptist University, the university announced.

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Earth Times

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9-year-old at university

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BBC

Learn a foreign language – over the Web

Internet phone programs and webcams give students daily practice with native speakers.

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Help coming for boy set ablaze in Iraq

Few stories have touched CNN.com users like that of 5-year-old Youssif, an Iraqi boy who had gone out to play on a January day when he was suddenly grabbed and set on fire by masked men.

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CNN

Lost WWII sub found in Bering Sea

A World War II submarine that carried a Billings radio operator and 69 others to their deaths in Alaska waters 65 years ago was found near a wartime Japanese stronghold in the Aleutian Islands.

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Billings Gazette

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Long-lost submarine found

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WORLD

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Sudan breaking Darfur arms ban

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London Independent

Bangladesh arrests teachers after riots

Bangladesh security forces arrested four university professors who were allegedly active in protests that erupted into clashes with police and prompted a curfew in six cities, officials said.

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IOL

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Curfew imposed in Bangladesh

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NPR

U.N. calls on Sudanese to remove all troops from south

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Sudanese military to remove all remaining troops from southern Sudan, expressing disappointment that a July 9 deadline was not met.

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International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

World Bank: Nations with intact forest also deserve carbon credits

A study recently released by the World Bank’s Global Environment Facility points out a big loophole in the Kyoto Protocol.

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E Magazine

5 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces set emissions goal

Five western U.S. states and two Canadian provinces have joined to reduce emissions in the region by 15 percent till 2020, an initiative that does not have the support of the Bush Administration.

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Earth Times

BP won't dump more pollution

The manager of British Petroleum's Whiting, Indiana refinery said the company will not dump additional waste into Lake Michigan despite having the necessary permits to do so.

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WBBM

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BP backtracks after criticism over lake pollution

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Lawsuit claims 'Hannah Montana' idea was stolen

The L.A. comedy writer-producer who penned Fox and Nickelodeon shows has sued the Walt Disney Co., claiming it stole the idea for its hit Disney Channel show, "Hannah Montana," from him.

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Reuters

Acclaimed writer Grace Paley dies at 84

Grace Paley, the short-story writer and poet who combined social activism with her literary pursuits, died after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 84.

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Bloomberg

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Great American short-story writer has died

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Huge hole found in universe

The universe has a huge hole in it that dwarfs anything else of its kind. The hole, nearly a billion light-years across, caught astronomers by surprise.

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Space.com

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Big surprise in outer space

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ABC News

Roman soldier's footprint reveals clues to ancient city

Archaeologists have uncovered a footprint made by a sandal-clad Roman soldier in a wall surrounding an ancient city in Israel that Jesus might have visited.

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LiveScience

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Mother Teresa's crisis of faith

On Dec. 11, 1979, Mother Teresa, the "Saint of the Gutters," went to Oslo. Dressed in her signature sari, she received that ultimate worldly accolade, the Nobel Peace Prize.

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TIME

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Agony of Mother Teresa

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MSNBC

China detains underground Catholic bishop-group

China detained an underground Catholic bishop, the U.S.-based Cardinal Kung Foundation said, the latest irritant in fraught relations between Beijing and the Vatican.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Transforming waste into cash

Inspiration can come from the most unusual sources. For Martin Myerscough, a British engineer, it emerged from a mountain of discarded plastic milk bottles.

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A Hummingbird Hawk-Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) hovers above the blossoms of a pelargonium in Muegeln, eastern Germany. (Photo by Matthias Rietschel / AP)

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