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Iraqi Shiite worshippers place the Quran on their heads as they pray at the Imam Ali Shrine in the holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, during the 20th day of Ramadan. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani / AP)

New chief troubled by Iraq

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the Iraq war has consumed so much U.S. attention it might be overstretching the military and distracting the nation from other threats.

Baltimore Sun

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Admiral Mike Mullen

CNN

50 years ago, high-tech culture was born

They weren't out to make history, the eight young engineers who met secretly with investor Arthur Rock 50 years ago to form Silicon Valley's ancestral chip company, Fairchild Semiconductor.

San Francisco Chronicle

Summer may be over, but solar power's heating up

The American Solar Energy Society has been showcasing solar power through tours in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico for 12 years.

The Olympian

All about solar energy

CNN

U.N. envoy to meet top Myanmar general

United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari will meet with Myanmar's military junta leader within the next day to try to end a government crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.

Bloomberg

U.N. envoy waits to talk

Reuters

Kasparov will run for president on anti-Putin platform

Garry Kasparov, the ex-world chess champion turned politician, will run in Russia's 2008 presidential election as the candidate for The Other Russia, a coalition opposed to President Vladimir Putin.

Bloomberg

Putin says he'll lead party in next election

International Herald Tribune

Supreme Court takes contentious cases

The Supreme Court is set to begin a term that could lead to enhanced rights for terrorism detainees, a ruling against part of a child pornography law and shorter prison terms for crack cocaine dealers.

ABC News

Law-and-order issues top Supreme Court docket

CNN

DNA evidence changing legal system

State lawmakers across the country are adopting broad changes to criminal justice procedures as a response to the exoneration of more than 200 convicts through the use of DNA evidence.

Ledger

NATION

Dow hits new record

On Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average swept through the previous 14,000 record threshold, and through 14,100 before slipping back to trade 201.51 points higher at 14,097.14.

BusinessWeek

U.S. cements place as top arms seller

The United States last year reaffirmed its leadership in world arms trade, cornering nearly 42 percent of the market, according to a new congressional report.

The Age

Presiding U.S. Episcopal bishop affirms same-sex unions

On the deadline set by church leaders for the Episcopal Church to roll back support for same-sex unions, the U.S. church's presiding bishop said that there would be no retreat.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

U.S. prosecutors say new limits may help future Enrons go free

U.S. businesses, with the help of libertarians, are on the verge of outmaneuvering federal prosecutors and persuading Congress to limit the government's power to pursue fraud.

Bloomberg

Defecting Republican donors fund Hillary

Former Republican donors are lining up behind Hillary Clinton for president as she establishes a formidable lead over her rivals for the Democratic nomination.

Sunday Times

BUSINESS

Big writedowns to slash Citi's quarterly profit 60 percent

Citigroup Inc said it expects third-quarter profit to fall from last year after huge writedowns for unsold debt it issued to finance corporate takeovers and losses on subprime mortgage-backed securities.

MarketWatch

UPS, Teamsters agree on contract for 240,000 workers

United Parcel Service Inc. and the Teamsters agreed on a tentative contract that would boost pay and benefits for workers and allow the company to pay $6.1 billion to exit a pension plan.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Breast milk helps premature infants

Even the tiniest premature babies should get breast milk while they are in a hospital's intensive care unit because it appears to boost their mental development, a new study said.

MSNBC

Low cholesterol tied to preemie births

HealthDay

Mysteries of sleep revealed

It has long been believed that our dreams provide an insight to our innermost thoughts. Now experts say that our behavior while we sleep can reveal hidden aspects of our personalities.

Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

Memphis football player fatally shot

A University of Memphis football player was fatally shot on campus in what police believe was a targeted attack, and classes were canceled as a precaution.

MSNBC

Football player shot

Yahoo! News

Mets' colossal collapse sets tone in zany climax to NL race

USA Today

EDUCATION

Should schools fingerprint your kids?

Elementary and high school students in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia use finger scans to pay for lunch — and even to check into class.

TIME

Tuition zooms, fears over student loans

The near-doubling of the cost of a college degree this past decade has produced an explosion in high-priced student loans that could haunt the U.S. economy for years.

Seattle Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Bono helps end suffering in Africa

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

Campus in the clouds

New York Sun

Column (Peter Preston):

An illogical Armageddon

Guardian

Editorial:

No defense of torture, ever

St. Petersburg Times

Column (Spengler):

The devil and Alan Greenspan

Asia Times

Column (Uri Avnery):

So what about Iran?

Tikkun

Editorial:

Look, up in the air!

Newsday

Column:

Our 'Made in China' problem

Houston Chronicle

Column:

Congress should act to prevent taxes on Internet access

San Jose Mercury News

Column:

Gingrich bows out, thankfully

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Message in bottle: marriage meant to be

After tying the knot on a beach, a couple released a bottle containing their wedding vows. The bottle was then found by another couple who was also married on a beach, exactly 28 years before.

HappyNews.com

Potential new therapy for one of world's leading causes of blindness

An inflammatory eye condition that is one of the world's leading causes of blindness could be treated much more effectively and easily thanks to a new discovery.

Medical News Today

WORLD

U.S. 'planning surgical Iran strikes'

Australia, Britain and Israel have "expressed interest" in a U.S. campaign to launch "surgical" bombing raids on Iran targeting military facilities, according to a report.

The Age

U.N. condemns deadly Darfur attack

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed outrage after rebels killed at least 10 African Union soldiers in a surprise attack on a peacekeeping base in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur.

CNN

Peacekeepers killed in Darfur

BBC

Africans brave perilous sea in search of job opportunities

This is where Africa ends. In the decrepit port city of Bossasso at the easternmost tip of the continent, thousands of Africans are waiting to get out — to escape from the unrelenting war of Somalia.

McClatchy Newspapers

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Eggshells could someday help power hydrogen cars

Eggs give many of us the fuel we need to start the day, but leftover eggshells of the future could provide fuel to start hydrogen cars.

LiveScience

Researcher: Deforestation needs to be in next climate pact

Cutting emissions from deforestation will be key to curbing climate change and should be agreed upon in December's climate talks in Bali, a leading Indonesian forestry researcher said.

Reuters

Americans consider global warming an urgent threat, according to poll

Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Seven presidents nobody remembers

We don't recall ever seeing them on our coins, stamps, or monuments, but we're told the following seven men were once president of the United States. Go figure!

CNN

France honors Police, David Lynch

The Police, fresh off a reunion concert in Paris, received a French award for their contribution to the arts. French Culture Minister Christine Albanel honored the rock trio at a Paris ceremony.

Variety

Hitchcock legacy lives at Edit festival

Tippi Hedren accepted festival honors for Alfred Hitchcock at the opening gala of the 10th annual Edit Filmmakers Festival in Frankfurt, Germany.

Hollywood Reporter

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft puts Office on the Web

In another clear sign that Microsoft sees the threat posed by its traditional business moving online, the company is readying a rival to Google's Documents and Spreadsheets.

CNET News

Many contestants in latest 'space race' to the moon

China, Japan, India, Europe, the U.S., and Russia are poised to probe Earth's satellite – some with the expectation of extracting lunar resources for national gain.

Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Tax funds for all religious schools?

In the Canadian province of Ontario, where an election will be held Oct. 10, the issue of public funding for religious schools, or "faith-based funding," is the hot topic.

Christian Science Monitor

U.S. Supreme Court: Religious groups must offer employees birth control

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by Roman Catholic and Baptist groups to stop offering their employees birth-control benefits as part of their health insurance.

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