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'Tornado of flames' kills 9 S.C. firefighters

Fire swept through a Charleston, S.C. furniture warehouse, collapsing the building's roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters in a disaster the mayor described as "difficult to fathom."

CNN

At least 9 dead in S.C. fire

ABC News

ABC News: Suicide bomb teams sent to U.S., Europe

Large teams of newly trained suicide bombers are being sent to the U.S. and Europe, according to evidence obtained by ABC News.

ABC News

U.S. concern over Pakistan political crisis

The Australian

Death toll in Texas floods reaches 6

The body of a 2-year-old girl was found in a tree, raising the death toll from floods that swept part of northern Texas to six, officials said.

MSNBC

U.S. says 10,000 troops in major Iraq offensive

The U.S. military deployed 10,000 soldiers backed by attack helicopters in an offensive against al-Qaeda north of Baghdad as a truck bomber killed 75 people near a Shi'ite mosque.

Reuters

Fight for Baquba

CNN

Report: White House aides skirted records law

E-mail records are missing for 51 White House officials who had accounts with the Republican National Committee, leading to accusations of extensive violations by the Bush administration.

San Francisco Chronicle

Despite promises, few in House make earmark requests public

CNN

Sanctions taken off Abbas-led gov't

The Bush administration lifted its economic and diplomatic embargo on the Palestinian government led by Mahmoud Abbas, who is trying to solidify his hold on power.

Forbes

Stuck in no-man's land

CBS News

U.S. hopes for 6-way Korea nuclear talks

North Korea should move quickly to shut down its source of bomb-grade plutonium, a top U.S. envoy said, hoping that stalled six-party talks on scrapping its nuclear arms program could resume next month.

Reuters

NATION

Iraqi orphanage nightmare

On a patrol in central Baghdad just over a week ago, a U.S. military advisory team and Iraqi soldiers happened to look over a wall and found something horrific.

CBS News

Baghdad orphanage shocker

IraqSlogger

EU is ready for 'open political dialogue' with Cuba

The European Union reached out to the new Cuban government, inviting a delegation to Brussels for what it called "open political dialogue" — on the condition that they discuss human rights.

USA Today

POLITICS

Rare tactic may allow immigration votes

Only in the arcane world of the U.S. Senate could a quirky gambit known as a "clay pigeon" make the difference between passage or death of an important immigration measure.

U.S. News & World Report

Obama calls Clinton memo 'dumb mistake'

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said his campaign made a "dumb mistake" when it circulated a memo criticizing rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's financial ties to India.

TIME

'Obamagirl' crush

Yahoo! News

Brownback apologizes to Romney for Mormon comments

Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback telephoned rival Mitt Romney to apologize for a campaign staffer's e-mail criticizing the Mormon church.

Casper Star-Tribune

Romney rival apologizes

ABC News

BUSINESS

Yahoo! replaces CEO Terry Semel; co-founder takes over

Yahoo! Inc. Chairman Terry Semel stepped down as chief executive in a surprise move, ending his increasingly ineffectual pursuit of online search leader Google Inc.

The Age

Stocks sidelined; Yahoo CEO quits

Reuters

Airbus lands big orders at Paris Air Show

Airlines gave a major lift to the order book for the next generation Airbus A350-XWB, announcing contracts for 114 of the planes on the first day of the Paris Air Show.

International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Orioles fire manager Perlozzo

The Baltimore Orioles officially announced at a press conference the firing of manager Sam Perlozzo.

Sports Network

Orioles fire manager

ESPN

Bonds' Boston reception mixed after HR No. 748

The Boston Red Sox crowd vociferously booed San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds every time he stepped to the plate, but one swing of the bat turned those jeers into cheers.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

80,000-year-old beads shed light on early human culture

Twelve shell beads discovered in a cave in eastern Morocco have been dated at more than 80,000 years old, making them one of the earliest examples of human culture.

LiveScience

Study investigates 'divorce' among Galapagos seabirds

Being a devoted husband and father is not enough to keep an avian marriage together for the Nazca booby, a long-lived seabird found in the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador.

Science Daily

EDUCATION

Study: Big city schools struggle with graduation rates

Students in a handful of big-city school districts have a less than 50-50 chance of graduating from high school with their peers, according to a new study.

USA Today

Quitting HS will cost you $260K

CNN

19 high school students in court after fake bomb prank

A New York community is rallying behind 19 high school students charged with felonies for participating in a senior prank.

WCBS

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GOOD NEWS

Retired financier donates $300 million to Cornell University

Sanford I. Weill, chairman emeritus of Citigroup, and his wife, Joan, announced that they are providing $300 million to Cornell University.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

84 rare Siberian tigers born in China

Eighty-four Siberian tiger cubs have been born in a Chinese zoo since March in a boost to the survival chances of the endangered species.

Radio Australia

NATION

N.C. governor wants Duke prosecutor out of office now

At his state bar hearing a tearful Mike Nifong promised to resign from office. In letters to both Governor Mike Easley and Judge Orlando F. Hudson, Nifong made good on that promise.

NBC17

Duke lacrosse case

Yahoo! News

Pregnant mom vanishes, leaves 2-year old alone

A pregnant woman vanished from her home, leaving behind her 2-year-old son amid toppled furniture, the scattered contents of her purse and a pool of bleach on the floor.

WTSP

Foul play suspected in pregnant mom's disappearance

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Elephants win 9-year reprieve

A ban on ivory exports was extended for another nine years at a United Nations conference on wildlife in a move described as a step to further safeguard the African elephant population.

Business Daily Africa

New crackdown on ivory poaching

Reuters

More than melting in Greenland

Global warming is working away at the Greenland ice cap. The frozen interior of the Arctic island is shedding ice much faster than simple melting should explain.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Fed wants to allow logging in owl habitat

Last week, the Bush administration proposed allowing logging on 1.5 million acres of federal old-growth forest lands in the Pacific Northwest previously protected under 1994’s Northwest Forest Plan.

E Magazine

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Author Rushdie's knighthood 'justifies suicide attacks'

The award of a knighthood to the author Salman Rushdie justifies suicide attacks, a Pakistani government minister said.

Guardian

The origins of the Rusdie controversy

Times Online

'Fantastic Four' tops U.S. charts

The sequel to superhero movie 'Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer' has topped the North American film chart, raking in $57 million in its opening weekend.

BBC

Fantastic Four trailer

IMDB

HEALTH

Pentagon report faults mental health care for veterans

A Pentagon task force found that 38 percent of the soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan report mental-health problems and that the military lacks the resources to take proper care of them.

Bloomberg

Cancer experts identify symptoms for early diagnosis of ovarian cancer

Leading cancer research institutions are expected to announce recommendations for identifying symptoms that could signal early stages of ovarian cancer.

Medical News Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

In Assisi, pope pleads for peace

Pope Benedict XVI made a pilgrimage to the birthplace of peace-loving St. Francis, lamenting the violence in the Middle East and decrying "the illusion" that force could resolve conflicts.

Newsday

Poll: Most Kiwis reject state religion

A new poll has found only a minority of people support the concept of making New Zealand a Christian country.

New Zealand Herald

Vatican issues '10 Commandments' for moral driving

The Vatican took a break from strictly theological matters to issue its own rules of the road, a compendium of dos and don'ts on the moral aspects of driving and motoring.

Sydney Morning Herald

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