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Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig, left, stands next to his wife Suzanne as he reads a statement to the media in Boise, Idaho. (Photo by Troy Maben / AP)

Battle lines drawn over Alberto Gonzales successor

With 16 months left in the White House, George Bush can nominate a new and uncontroversial attorney general who would win swift Senate confirmation, but that's not the president's style.

Guardian

Special section:

Who replaces Gonzales?

Forbes

FAA orders emergency inspections of Boeing 737s

U.S. regulators ordered Southwest Airlines Co., American Airlines and six other carriers to inspect newer Boeing Co. 737 jets after a fire destroyed a China Airlines plane.

Bloomberg

FAA chief to step down

ABC News

Idaho Sen. says he's innocent, denies being gay

ABC News

GOP: Ethics panel should look at Craig

United Press International

Taliban to release South Korean hostages

South Korean negotiators in Afghanistan have reached a deal with Taliban militants holding 19 South Korean Christian aid workers for over a month.

CNN

Afghanistan slideshow

Yahoo! News

Vick cancels appearance on radio show

Vick canceled his appearance on Tom Joyner's morning radio show. Joyner said Vick's advisors suggested that the football player shouldn't talk at this time.

NBC4

Vick pleads guilty, apologizes

CNN

Will Michael Vick ever play again?

ABC News

NATION

Poverty rate falls, but more Americans lack health insurance

The Census Bureau reported that 36.5 million Americans, or 12.3 percent — were living in poverty last year. That's down from 12.6 percent in 2005.

Houston Chronicle

Americans without health benefits rose to 47 million

Bloomberg

Split verdict for officer at Abu Ghraib

A military court acquitted an Army officer of failing to control U.S. soldiers who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, but found him guilty of disobeying an order not to discuss the investigation.

Forbes

The Abu Ghraib cases: not yet over

TIME

Careless smoking caused WTC fire

A preliminary investigation into a deadly fire at a ground zero skyscraper found that the cause was careless smoking by construction workers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

Newsday

Disturbing details emerge on Deustche Bank fire

WCBS

POLITICS

N.Y. governor's aide back on government payroll after scandal

A key figure in the effort by Gov. Spitzer's aides to smear Senate GOP Leader Joe Bruno goes back on the state payroll — a move sure to keep the scandal alive.

New York Daily News

Officer dies after Bush motorcade crash

A Rio Rancho police officer assigned to the presidential motorcade has died from injuries received in a crash, according to Albuquerque police spokeswoman Trish Hoffman.

NBC6

BUSINESS

Home Depot could set buy-out tone

For several days last week, Home Depot's deal to sell its wholesale supply division to a consortium of private equity groups was teetering on the edge of collapse.

MSNBC

Yahoo says it followed Chinese law in passing information

Yahoo Inc. said that its Chinese subsidiary had no choice but to follow local laws when it handed over private information about political dissidents that led to their imprisonment and torture.

MarketWatch

Yahoo!: we did not assist torture in China

Times Online

SPORTS

Bears' Briggs charged with leaving scene of crashed Lamborghini

Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after police found his $350,000 Lamborghini crashed into a light pole on the city's North Side, the team said.

Bloomberg

Cornerback Samuel returns to Patriots

New England Patriots cornerback Asante Samuel ended his contract holdout and rejoined his teammates at their home stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Guardian

HEALTH

State by state, Americans getting fatter

MedPage Today

Human stem cells fix heart damage in rats

Human embryonic stem cells have been used to regrow the heart muscles of rats that had survived lab-induced heart attacks, scientists from the University of Washington reported.

Seattle Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Israeli anger over holy site work

A group of Israeli archaeologists is protesting about fresh excavations at Jerusalem's holiest religious shrine, saying it threatens priceless relics.

BBC

Church ready to forgo tax breaks

Under pressure from the European commission, the Roman Catholic church has signalled its willingness to give up some of the tax breaks it gets from the Italian state.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Chipotle teams with Farm Aid to help family farmers

Chipotle Mexican Grill on Aug. 29 will donate proceeds from sales of items made with naturally raised pork, beef, and chicken to Farm Aid.

HappyNews.com

From foster child to fostering change

There is no place 19-year-old Kala Clark would rather be than lobstering like an old salt near her hometown in Maine; it's an escape from what she's been through.

CBS News

Former foster child seeks sibling rights

WCCO

WORLD

U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon banking on new plan for Darfur

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pushed a three-point action plan to end the ethnic conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, starting with a 26,000-strong peacekeeping operation.

London Independent

Iraq weapons are a focus of criminal investigations

Several U.S. agencies are investigating a widening network of criminal cases involving the purchase and delivery of billions of dollars of weapons, supplies and other material to Iraq.

International Herald Tribune

Karbala raid 'kills 33 insurgents'

BBC

U.S. rejects Hamas demand for role in Mideast peace talks

The U.S. rejected Hamas's assertion that Middle East peace talks will fail because the Palestinian movement is excluded, saying the group has itself to blame.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

United Nations turns on the heat for post-Kyoto options

More than 1,000 delegates from 150 nations are meeting in Vienna this week to discuss where to take the U.N. Kyoto Protocol on climate change after its expiration in 2012.

Earth Times

Warming-fueled hurricanes need new tactics, experts say

Global warming is expected to cause more severe hurricanes, and that means U.S. communities will need new tactics to minimize storm damage, emergency preparedness experts said.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'South Park' guys get $75 million deal

An animated series is redrawing the lines of television mega-deals. The eye-popping $75 million pact has been made by Comedy Central and the creators of "South Park."

CNN

Owen Wilson mum on alleged suicide try

Actor Owen Wilson, suffering through a "difficult time," pleaded for privacy yesterday but said nothing of reports he attempted suicide by slashing his wrists and overdosing on drugs.

New York Daily News

Lawyer who led Spector defense quits

The flamboyant New York lawyer who once led Phil Spector's defense quit hours before testimony concluded in the four-month murder trial.

San Diego Union-Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

EarthLink restructures, cuts 900 jobs

Amid declining subscribers for its Internet services, EarthLink unveiled a restructuring that will shutter a handful of locations and eliminate 900 jobs.

ZDNet

Yahoo e-mail now sent directly to cellphones

Yahoo Inc., the most popular provider of Web-based e-mail in the United States, has added a feature that lets users send free messages directly to mobile phones.

Toronto Star

Analog TV in countdown to oblivion

The old TV with the "rabbit ear" antennae that brought us Howdy Doody and the original Star Trek episodes has a date with the Grim Reaper. After Feb. 19, 2009, it will only display static.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

Stanford medical school bans smoking

Students, doctors and staff members at Stanford University's medical school will have to find a new place to light up after the school announced that it is becoming a smoke-free zone.

San Jose Mercury News

CU student stabbed on first day of class

A student at the University of Colorado was grabbed from behind and slashed in the throat by a suspect who then stabbed himself repeatedly before he was stunned by a Taser gun and captured.

ABC7

Man stabs student, self on campus

KCNC

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