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Burnt trees are seen as the sun rises near Zaharo, southwest of Athens. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris / AP)

Deadly forest fires sweep through Greece

Al Jazeera

In pictures: wildfires in Greece

BBC

Terror trials hinge on wording of law

The Bush administration told a new appeals court that discrepancies between the nation's new terrorism law and the way it is being carried out should not stall one of the Pentagon's first terror trials.

Baltimore Sun

NATION

Jessica Lunsford's killer sentenced to die

A Florida judge sentenced sex offender John Evander Couey to die for the brutal 2005 rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford.

ABC News

Judge refuses Noriega repatriation bid

A federal judge in Miami refused to block the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France, where he is accused of laundering millions in drug proceeds through French banks.

NPR

Noriega's lawyers

BBC

POLITICS

Be careful what you say?

Hillary Clinton made the argument, in criticizing Barack Obama for saying nuclear weapons should be off the table when dealing with al-Qaida, you need to be careful what you say.

MSNBC

Presidential primaries get earlier, and political parties get angrier

Polite reminders about rules for presidential primaries could get unpleasant, when a panel of the Democratic National Committee meets over attempts to flout the rules.

Seattle Times

BUSINESS

Avoiding a mortgage meltdown

BusinessWeek

Banks struggle with online queries

Bank sites are failing to answer even routine questions satisfactorily, according to a new survey by a customer service software company.

CNET News

SPORTS

NFL suspends Michael Vick indefinitely

The NFL indefinitely suspended Michael Vick without pay after he acknowledged in court papers that he did, indeed, bankroll gambling on dogfighting and help kill some dogs not worthy of the pit.

Yahoo! News

Vick pleads to dogfighting charge, denies gambling

ESPN

Maddux first 10-20 pitcher, leads Padres in rout of Phillies

Greg Maddux became the first pitcher to win 10 games in 20 consecutive seasons, tossing seven solid innings in the San Diego Padres' 14-3 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies.

CBS SportsLine

HEALTH

Experts: U.S. childbirth deaths on rise

U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades. Experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.

Forbes

Heart attack boosts diabetes risk

After a heart attack, the risk of developing diabetes and so-called pre-diabetes rises steeply, a new study finds.

HealthDay

U.S. rules threaten aid for children

Health officials in Maryland and other states are scrambling to respond to new Bush administration rules that could effectively end subsidized medical insurance for thousands of children.

Baltimore Sun

EDUCATION

University accepts 9-year-old as student in Hong Kong

For 9-year-old math prodigy March Boedihardjo the third try was the charm in being admitted to study at Hong Kong's Baptist University, the university announced.

Earth Times

9-year-old at university

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

America, the sexy fascist state

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Talking-books budget cuts

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

A template for saving lives

USA Today

Editorial:

Pit bull attack: doggone humans

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column:

Ari Fleischer's misleading message

Salon.com

Column:

Will gay rights be a wedge issue in '08?

Real Clear Politics

Column:

Beijing's hazy spotlight

Boston Globe

Column:

Mining for coal safety

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

The real Iraq progress report

Truthdig

Column:

Bush hails freedom, but can he handle a lousy t-shirt?

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

Help coming for boy set ablaze in Iraq

Few stories have touched CNN.com users like that of 5-year-old Youssif, an Iraqi boy who had gone out to play on a January day when he was suddenly grabbed and set on fire by masked men.

CNN

WORLD

China to act on gender imbalance

The Chinese government says it is drafting new laws to tackle the growing gender imbalance caused by the widespread abortion of female fetuses.

BBC

N. Korea raises flood death toll to 600

Floods that swept across North Korea earlier this month killed at least 600 people, double the previously known toll, the country's official news agency said.

Yahoo! News

U.S. rules allowed pursuit into Pakistan

Newly uncovered "rules of engagement" show the U.S. military gave elite units authority to pursue suspected terrorists into Pakistan, with no mention of telling the Pakistanis in advance.

Philadelphia Inquirer

ENVIRONMENT

New battle at Gettysburg: urban sprawl

What Lincoln couldn't have foreseen delivering the Gettysburg Address was that a Southern colonel would one day claim this hallowed ground in the form of a KFC just beyond its gates.

Christian Science Monitor

USDA: 'raw' foods can be pasteurized with suspected carcinogen

Under pressure from industrial agriculture lobbyists, the USDA has quietly approved a new regulation that will effectively end distribution of raw almonds, while putting many family farmers out of business.

Environmental News Network

World Bank: Nations with intact forest also deserve carbon credits

A study recently released by the World Bank’s Global Environment Facility points out a big loophole in the Kyoto Protocol.

E Magazine

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Movie review: 'The Nanny Diaries'

What I was hoping would be a funny, wry and lighthearted film about a young woman’s adventures as a nanny turns out to be a heavy-handed morality tale.

Monsters and Critics

The Nanny Diaries trailer

YouTube

Study says today's chick magnets look like cavemen

Guys with bulldog-like faces have been chick magnets throughout human history. A recent study of the skulls of modern humans finds that women select males with relatively short upper faces.

Yahoo! News

Lawsuit claims 'Hannah Montana' idea was stolen

The L.A. comedy writer-producer who penned Fox and Nickelodeon shows has sued the Walt Disney Co., claiming it stole the idea for its hit Disney Channel show, "Hannah Montana," from him.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

'Big Bang' theory pioneer Ralph Alpher dead at 86

Ralph Alpher, a physicist whose pioneering work on the underpinnings of the "Big Bang" theory went unheralded for years while others won a Nobel Prize, died in Austin, Texas. He was 86.

International Herald Tribune

NASA finds cracks in insulation of tank awaiting mission

Hidden cracks in the insulation on the space shuttle Endeavour's fuel tank were the likely cause of the debris that struck the space vehicle during liftoff, leaving a worrisome gouge in the heat shielding.

Houston Chronicle

Teen 'unlocks' iPhone from AT&T

Armed with a soldering iron and energy drinks, a slight, curly haired teenager has developed a way to make the iPhone, arguably the gadget of the year, available to a much wider audience.

Yahoo! News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

More media bring more Islamic edicts

The Internet and satellite TV are increasingly being used to issue fatwas, or religious decrees, on issues like whether women can pluck their eyebrows or whether Muslims can read Harry Potter.

Columbus Dispatch

Sikhs angry over turban plan

U.S. Sikh organizations have expressed anger over changes allowing airport security to "pat down" turbans. Until now turbans have been searched only to resolve an alarm from a metal detector.

BBC

Ahead of 'September Dawn,' Mormon Church revisits dark period

At a time when the Mormon Church is drawing heightened public visibility because of Mitt Romney's presidential bid, the church is grappling more openly with one of its darkest chapters.

Christian Science Monitor

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