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Commuters jostle for a glass of sweet water, freely distributed by a sweet vendor, in New Delhi, India. A blistering heat wave swept across northern India over the weekend, killing at least 32 people, officials and media reports said, as temperatures soared to 47 degrees Celsius (116 F). (Photo by Manish Swarup / AP)

Heat wave kills 74 in India

Most parts of the country continue to be in the grip of a severe heat wave with a total of 74 deaths being reported so far across north and central India.

CNN-IBN

Flooding, landslides kill dozens in China

MSNBC

Shuttle successfully docks with International Space Station

The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis ended a two-day journey to the International Space Station, slipping into a berthing port to deliver more solar-powered panels and a new crewmember to the orbital outpost.

Scientific American

Talking of peace, preparing for war

Israel and Syria are issuing contradictory signals about the Golan Heights, hinting at compromise while readying their troops for battle.

Guardian

Syria facing Iraqi refugee crisis

London Independent

Bush vows immigration bill will be signed

Turning from adulation in the Balkans to difficulties back home, President Bush said his stalled immigration overhaul would be revived and his attorney general would not fall under a Senate no-confidence vote.

MSNBC

Democrats open to reviving stalled immigration bill

International Herald Tribune

Immigration judges' GOP ties trump experience, records show

Seattle Times

3 U.S. soldiers die in bridge blast

Three U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded when a suicide bomb blast caused a highway overpass to collapse on them near Mahmoudiya, south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

CNN

Bridge attack kills 3 U.S. soldiers in Iraq

Yahoo! News

Putin wants new economic 'architecture'

President Vladimir Putin sought to reassure the world that Russia remained committed to free trade and investment for businesses, in spite of a chill in political relations with the West.

International Herald Tribune

Iran detains fourth Iranian-American

Iran's detention of a fourth Iranian-American, a California peace activist, seems certain to rile relations between the two countries, already tense over Iran's nuclear program.

CNN

NATION

Violence as Egyptians go to polls

One person has been killed in violence outside a polling station in Egypt's northern Nile Delta region, as Egyptians go to the polls in parliamentary elections.

Al Jazeera

Karzai survives assassination attempt

Taliban guerrillas made a failed attempt to kill Afghan President Hamid Karzai with a rocket attack, narrowly missing a building where he was giving a speech, Taliban and the government said.

Financial Times

French center-right looks set for solid majority in Parliament

President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right camp appears assured of winning a majority in parliamentary elections. The only question is how big that majority will be and what he will do with it.

International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

Lieberman: 'Bomb Iran if insurgent support doesn't stop'

The United States should launch military strikes against Iran if the government in Tehran does not stop supplying anti-American forces in Iraq, Sen. Joe Lieberman said.

CBS News

It's the year of the flip-flop in U.S. politics

In what has become the year of the flip-flop, U.S. presidential candidates have been accusing each other of switching positions on policy issues as often as they change their clothes.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Gas prices post first drop in months

Gas prices are down for the first time since January, according to a national survey, with the average price for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline down more than 7 cents in the past three weeks.

CNN

Gas profits 'not getting to us,' station owner says

USA Today

SPORTS

Pettersen wins LPGA Championship

Suzann Pettersen won her first major by edging out Karrie Webb at the McDonald's LPGA Championship, atoning for her collapse at the first major of the season, the Kraft Nabisco Championship in April.

Sports Network

Final round at the LPGA Championship

Sports Illustrated

Nadal beats Federer for third straight French Open title

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in four sets to become the first man in 27 years to win three straight French Open tennis titles.

Bloomberg

Photos: Nadal ousts Federer

Tennis.com

Violent sports fans to face EU-wide ban, draft paper says

Sports fans who misbehave face being banned from stadiums across the whole of the European Union under new legislation proposed in a draft paper on how sports should be run.

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

U.S. official backs Microsoft against Google complaint

The top antitrust official at the U.S. Justice Department backed Microsoft Corp. by urging state prosecutors to reject a confidential complaint filed by Google Inc., The New York Times reported.

Reuters

Chimps spread the news

A new study of chimpanzee populations has shown for the first time that humans' closest relatives teach new customs to fellow chimps in their own as well as neighboring communities.

Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

In U.S., Mormons are in the spotlight

After more than a century on the fringe of America's consciousness, Mormons are riding a wave of media attention and public scrutiny — and say they welcome the chance to set a few things straight.

Monsters and Critics

The search for homegrown priests

The 13 men lying prone on the altar of Holy Name Cathedral on a recent day were a testament to the Catholic Church's long push to recruit a new generation of priests.

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

81-year-old bicyclist begins 2,000-mile charity trek

An 81-year-old man has set off on a 2,000-mile bicycle ride around Arizona's perimeter.

CNN

Ex-Spur Robinson plans on investing with his heart

Former San Antonio Spurs All-Star David Robinson plans to start a $250 million private-equity fund with a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. investment banker, taking stakes in "socially conscious" companies.

Charlotte Observer

NATION

Virginia Tech families 'ostracized' from government probe

Relatives of the Virginia Tech shooting victims are demanding representation on a gubernatorial panel studying the killings, saying they feel "ostracized."

MSNBC

Twin boys among six slaughtered at Wisconsin home

Twin infant boys were among six people found shot to death in a rental house in southern Wisconsin, after a barrage of gunfire that neighbors thought was pre-Fourth of July firecrackers.

CNN

Police chief discusses shooting

Yahoo! News

Sheehan sells land by Bush ranch

Cindy Sheehan will sell her war protest site near President Bush's ranch to a California radio talk show host, who will preserve it as a peace memorial, her spokeswoman said.

USA Today

ENVIRONMENT

Lawmakers pledge to make Capitol complex carbon neutral

Congress says it will join the war on global warming by cleaning up its own backyard, cluttered with a coal-burning power plant, a fleet of inefficient vehicles and old-fashioned lights.

Environmental News Network

U.S. millionaire buys large swaths of Argentina, Chile to protect environment

The American multimillionaire who founded the North Face and Esprit clothing lines says he is trying to save the planet by buying bits of it.

USA Today

Cyclists bare all for the environment

About 30 nude cyclists pedalled through the streets of Montreal to draw attention to the excessive use of gas-powered vehicles.

Chronicle Herald

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Sopranos' signoff marks end of an era

When HBO introduced Tony Soprano to audiences in 1999, he was mashing a cigar between his thin lips and gazing intently at a family of ducks that had taken up residence in his swimming pool.

Reuters

Soprano's landmarks

Yahoo! News

'Ocean's Thirteen' steals no. 1 spot

Johnny Depp and his pirate pals were no match for George Clooney and his con men colleagues as "Ocean's Thirteen" easily swiped the top spot at the box office.

USA Today

Oceans 13 Trailer

YouTube

HEALTH

No license to overindulge

Restaurant chains are removing trans fats from their menus, but at what cost to your health? What replaces those trans fats may be almost as bad for you.

U.S. News & World Report

One hundred million may have Alzheimer's by 2050

Currently, 26.6 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease and that number could grow to more than 100 million people by 2050, a new analysis shows.

Health Day

Study: Vitamin D may lower cancer risk

A study released this week concludes that increased vitamin D intake reduces the risk of developing cancer.

WebMD

EDUCATION

Controversial professor denied tenure

For a man who has just lost his job after a highly public battle, DePaul University assistant political science Professor Norman Finkelstein is calm and accepting.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gender gap in sciences narrows in California universities

The gap between women and men receiving doctorates in science and math from California universities is narrowing, state data shows.

Napa Valley Register

State school standards vary dramatically, report says

The federal government's first-ever comparison of how states test for student progress in school shows big variations across the nation.

CNN

Photo of the Day

After arriving from Chicago in the early morning and having the rest of the morning to settle in at the quarantine pool, Qannik, a 6-year-old beluga whale, enjoys an afternoon meal at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. (Photo by Janet Jensen / The News Tribune/AP)

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