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A woman and a child look out at the flood waters following heavy rains that caused flooding in Findlay, Ohio. (Photo by Madalyn Ruggiero / AP)

More than 1,000 people displaced by Midwest flooding

Yahoo! News

25 dead as storms collide in Midwest, Plains

CNN

Rooftop rescue in Ohio

WJZ

Officials: Intelligence community has tepid faith in Iraqi leader

CNN

Ex-officer indicted in woman's death

A grand jury indicted a former police officer on murder charges in the death of his pregnant girlfriend, whose 2-year-old son was left alone in her apartment.

ABC News

Chopper crash in Iraq kills all 14 on board

Fourteen American soldiers died when their helicopter crashed in northern Iraq, the military said.

International Herald Tribune

Pentagon cuts armored vehicles due in Iraq in 2007

Reuters

Sunni village attacked, leader killed

Forbes

Bush invokes 'tragedy of Vietnam' against pullout

President Bush drew parallels between the aftermath of the Vietnam War and the potential costs of pulling out of Iraq in a recent speech.

CNN

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White House

Va. Tech releases report on shooting

Virginia Tech’s internal report on the April 16 shootings offers recommendations on bulking up security and communication during crises and infrastructure to deal with troubled students.

Roanoke Times

Pakistani court rules exiled former PM Sharif can return

Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled that exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif can return home after seven years in exile.

Reuters

NATION

Store clerk killer is executed in Texas

Condemned killer Johnny Ray Conner asked for forgiveness as he became the 400th Texas inmate executed since the state resumed carrying out the death penalty a quarter-century ago.

Houston Chronicle

Owner: Crandall Canyon Mine closing

The mine where three rescuers died trying to rescue six trapped miners will be closed, co-owner Bob Murray told NPR.

NPR

6th mine borehole offers last hope

Yahoo! News

NYC ties record for coldest day

The high temperature in New York City plunged to 59 degrees, 23 degrees below average, to tie the record for the coldest August high, set in 1911, the National Weather Service said.

New York Sun

Temperatures eek their way into the 60s

WCBS

POLITICS

MySpace, MTV team up for one-on-one presidential dialogues

MySpace and MTV announced they have joined forces for a series of "one-on-one dialogues" with all the major candidates from both political parties.

CNET News

Edwards embraces message of 'change'

Add John Edwards to the list of presidential hopefuls embracing "change" as a tenet of a presidential campaign.

ABC News

The return of SDS on campus

SDS is back, and it has a whole new set of rules. Students for a Democratic Society was once a successful New Left organization in the 1960s until it turned radical.

TIME

BUSINESS

Stocks trading higher on takeover talk

Stocks are off earlier highs, but still trading firmly in positive territory, after a fresh round of corporate deal speculation helped to ease credit worries.

CNBC

Fewer people sign up for jobless claims

Fewer people are signing up for jobless benefits, an encouraging sign that businesses aren't taking major steps to scale back their work forces amid the housing slump and a painful credit crunch.

Yahoo! News

Layoffs spreading in the housing industry

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Rangers' 30 runs sets AL record

The Rangers' 30 runs sets a modern MLB record, surpassing the mark of 29 runs that were scored by the Red Sox (June 8, 1950) and White Sox (April 23, 1955).

ESPN

Former NBA player Eddie Griffin dies in collision with train

Eddie Griffin, who played five seasons in the NBA, died when the sports-utility vehicle he was driving collided with a moving train in Houston, authorities said. He was 25.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Old age 'no barrier' to sex life

Old age is apparently not preventing Americans from enjoying active sex lives. In a survey of 3,005 people aged 57 to 85, a significant number said they were sexually active into their 70s and 80s.

BBC

World Health Organization warns of global epidemic risk

Infectious diseases are spreading faster than ever before, the WHO annual report says.

BBC

Schwarzenegger says Dems' health bill does not go far enough

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger came out against the Democrats' health reform bill, telling a newspaper he would veto it if it relied solely on businesses for funding.

San Jose Mercury News

EDUCATION

Student's parents, Purdue settle suit

The parents of a student electrocuted to death while attending Purdue University have reached a settlement with the school.

Indianapolis Star

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GOOD NEWS

New arrival for DR Congo gorillas

Conservationists in DR Congo are celebrating the birth of a baby mountain gorilla in a group of great apes in the Virunga National Park.

BBC

Mother saved from rough sea

A woman who got into difficulty trying to rescue her two children from rough seas off West Wales was rescued by lifeboat after suffering from hypothermia and exhaustion.

News Wales

WORLD

Brazilian prisoners die in blaze

At least 25 prisoners have died in Brazil after fellow inmates set fire to mattresses in a cell, police and local media report.

BBC

Photos of Putin create stir

Few could have predicted the squall of gossip and speculation that erupted when Russian president Vladimir Putin removed his shirt and flexed his muscles.

Guardian

Russian pride soars under Putin

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Iraq calls for water treaty to avert crisis

Iraq called for a water treaty with neighbors that share the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, saying a deal was needed to avoid a crisis.

Environmental News Network

Orcas swimming through oil spill

With fuel still bubbling to the surface after a barge accident along the coast of Vancouver Island, concern turned to the health implications for more than 200 orcas in the area.

Globeandmail.com

Orcas swim through oil slick, cleanup crews arrive

Yahoo! News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Farewell to the 'Queen of Mean': Leona Helmsley dies at 87

Leona Helmsley, whose legendary disdain for "little people" made her the unacceptable face of New York high society, died of a heart attack aged 87.

Guardian

Ill Amy Winehouse shelves U.S. tour

Singer Amy Winehouse has pulled out of a string of concerts in the U.S. and Canada next month to "address her health," her publicist has said.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientist: Tests back Russia Arctic claim

A Russian scientist said that fresh test results back his country's legal bid to take control of the Arctic, just weeks after a submarine planted the Russian national flag on the North Pole's seabed.

Reuters

Scientists reveal the moving secret of T-rex on computer

The most formidable dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, could have chased down all but the fastest humans if they roamed the world today, British scientists claim.

Guardian

Diamonds nearly as old as Earth

Scientists have unearthed diamonds more than 4 billion years old trapped inside crystals of zircon in Western Australia. They are considered the oldest terrestrial diamonds ever discovered.

LiveScience

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Furor over religion in La. governor's race

A political ad from the Louisiana governor's race is drawing criticism for accusing Republican Rep. Bobby Jindal of calling Protestants "scandalous, depraved, selfish and heretical."

Forbes

Muslim music concert to raise funds, awareness for Darfur

A Muslim Live8 will be staged in the U.K. to highlight the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Organizers want the concert to raise awareness about the genocide, where victims are all Muslim.

Guardian

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