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President Bush, center, meets with Jay Jeffcoat, right, and his wife Kendra Jeffcoat, left, as they tour their remains of their home from of damage caused by wildfires in San Diego, Calif. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

New sanctions against Iran

Yahoo! News

Suu Kyi holds talks with Burma junta

Burma's detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is to hold surprise talks with a minister from the ruling junta, according to sources in Burma.

Guardian

Burmese people voice fears

BBC

U.S. outlines Iraq security handover plan

U.S. forces hope to hand over half of Baghdad to Iraqi security control by the end of 2008, after violence in Iraq dropped to its lowest level since January 2006.

Reuters

Break in weather slows California wildfires

California wildfires that have destroyed 1,300 homes raged into a fifth day, but firefighters seized on a break in the weather to largely halt the march of destruction.

Reuters

2 bodies found in San Diego County home

CNN

SoCal residents choke on dirty air

KCBS

Appeal for countries to provide more troops is rejected

The U.S. was rebuffed after urging NATO countries with a minimal troop presence in Afghanistan to send more soldiers to ensure the success of the campaign.

Times Online

Heroism in Afghanistan

ABC News

Iraq determined to expel Blackwater USA

The Iraqi government is determined to expel the Blackwater security company and is searching for legal remedies to overturn an American-imposed decree that exempts all foreign bodyguards from prosecution.

Guardian

Petraeus remains upbeat on Iraq

MSNBC

NATION

U.S. not ready for 'dirty bomb' attack

The U.S. has a shortage of labs to test the thousands of people who might be exposed to radiation if a "dirty bomb" detonated in a major city, according to a congressional investigation.

WCBS

How to stop a dirty bomb

CNN

Trial of FBI agent reveals mob considered hit on Giuliani

Testimony in the trial of Lindley DeVecchio – an FBI agent accused of helping the mafia – revealed a plot to kill Rudolph Giuliani when he was U.S. attorney 20 years ago.

NY1

Giuliani retreats from Reagan flexibility

ABC News

POLITICS

House to test new kids' health bill

House members are about to learn whether some nips and tucks to a children's health bill will be enough to secure a veto-proof margin against a White House that wants major surgery.

TIME

Experts advise against cold, cough meds for kids

KCAL

White House edits climate science

The White House denied charges that it had "watered down" congressional testimony on the impact climate change is having on public health.

ABC News

BUSINESS

Microsoft shares may end slump on 'Halo 3' and Vista

Microsoft Corp. may be piquing investors' interest again because sales of "Halo 3" games for the Xbox console are topping projections, and Microsoft is selling more versions of the Windows Vista system.

Bloomberg

Microsoft acquires stake in Facebook

CNNMoney

Bank of America to eliminate 3,000 jobs

Bank of America Corp. said it will eliminate 3,000 jobs, an announcement that came less than a week after the nation's second-largest bank reported a huge drop in earnings for the third quarter.

Associated Press

HEALTH

Body's clock never adjusts to daylight savings time

Changing to daylight savings time may give people an hour more of sunlight, but it appears that their internal body clocks never really adjusts to the change, German researchers report.

HealthDay

Sleep essential to rejuvinating brain cells

Insider Medicine

Get married, gain weight

After marriage, weight gain becomes more likely and exercise takes a nose dive, a new study shows. The key finding: Young couples who marry or move in together are more likely to report gaining weight.

WebMD

SPORTS

NFL adds $10 million to retirement fund

The NFL added $10 million to its medical fund for retired players, designating the money for joint replacement surgery, cardiovascular screening and assisted living.

Sporting News

Red Sox win game 1

Back in the World Series with no Bambino’s curse to worry about, the Red Sox flattened the Rockies 13-1 in the World Series opener.

Boston Herald

Heat trade Antoine Walker to T-Wolves

The Heat traded the three-time All-Star forward to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a five-player deal that came one day after Miami completed a winless preseason.

Houston Chronicle

RELIGION

Solomon's Temple artifacts found by Muslim workers

Muslim workers have unearthed artifacts on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, says an Israeli agency. The artifacts date to the First Jewish Temple period - the eighth to sixth centuries B.C.

National Geographic

Don't make public schools a state church

Americans would revolt if the government forced them to join a state-established church. They guard too fiercely their liberty of conscience, guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Another $200 billion

International Herald Tribune

Column:

In defense of ranchers, don't blame meat for obesity

USA Today

Column:

The Nobel Prize in Literature from an Alternative Universe

Arts and Letters

Editorial:

Air safety

USA Today

Column:

Cue disaster, cut to Schwarzenegger

TIME

Editorial:

Remember Iraq?

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Be wary of complex carbon caps

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

A win-win idea loses in Senate

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial:

Climate change: age of mega-fires

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column:

Who's afraid of an Iranian bomb?

Real Clear Politics

Column (Juan Cole):

The collapse of Bush's foreign policy

Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

The sunny side of the brain

Chances are, optimistic thoughts are coming from two places in the brain that play an important role in enabling people to accentuate the positive, New York University scientists said.

Reuters

Wildfire evacuee shelter offers lesson in commitment of volunteers

Dust off every disaster plan from Washington to San Diego and it's still unlikely you'll find mention of the emergency services provided by Shary Shores.

CNN

WORLD

Lebanon fires on Israeli warplanes

Lebanese troops opened fire on IAF warplanes, but no hits were reported. It was the first time Lebanon opened fire on Israeli aircraft since an Aug. 14, 2006 cease-fire.

Jerusalem Post

Lebanon cease-fire at risk?

MSNBC

Clashes ahead of Kurdish crisis talks

Turkish forces claim they killed 30 during a Kurdish guerrilla attack near the Iraqi border just hours before talks to avoid a major military incursion were due to be held in Ankara.

Times Online

Kurdish refugees move to stable part of Iraq

KCAL

Philippine president pardons Estrada

Phillipine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pardoned her ousted predecessor, paving the way for Joseph Estrada's release a month after he was sentenced to life in prison for corruption.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

U.N. report: Humanity is putting Earth, and itself, at risk

The human population is living far beyond its means and inflicting damage to the environment that could pass points of no return, according to a United Nations report.

International Herald Tribune

Activist: 2 years left to save wild orangutans from extinction

Dutch ecologist Willie Smits says he will never forget the day when he saw the desperately sad eyes of an orangutan baby looking at him from a dark cage in the Indonesian seaport of Balikpapan.

Earth Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Stolen art found in trash

A painting stolen 20 years ago then found lying in a pile of rubbish on a New York City street could fetch up to $1 million at auction next month.

Chicago Sun-Times

More charges filed against O.J. in Las Vegas case

Las Vegas prosecutors filed more charges against O.J. Simpson and three co-defendants in the alleged armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers.

NY Daily News

Audiotape released in O.J. case

WJZ

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Migrating birds fatten up in Big Apple

Warblers, sparrows and thrushes are making their annual flight from Canada to the Caribbean, but for the first time, they are being scanned to determine fat and lean body mass.

LiveScience

Moonlet study sheds light on origins of Saturn's rings

A new study of Saturn's striking rings has found clusters of "moonlets," lending support to the theory that large icy moons were slowly pulverized to form the ring system.

National Geographic

Can a lack of sleep cause psychiatric disorders?

Study shows that sleep deprivation leads to a rewiring of the brain's emotional circuitry.

Scientific American

EDUCATION

Costs at public colleges rise faster than at private schools

College tuition costs continue to climb across the board, but rates at four-year public universities have gone up faster than at other schools, according to a report by the College Board.

MarketWatch

Student shot in arm at Tenn. high school

A teenager who brought a gun to school planning to sell it accidentally fired the weapon in a classroom, wounding another student's arm, police said.

Associated Press

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