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Laborers throw down packets of relief material, as villagers scramble to receive them during an air-drop relief operation for flood victims at Darbhanga district, in the northern Indian state of Bihar. (Photo by Prashant Ravi / AP)

Congress to direct $250M for rebuilding Minn. bridge

USA Today

Bridge collapse probe focuses on unexplained shift

CNN

Debris impedes Minneapolis recovery efforts

Times

Foot and mouth outbreak sparks emergency in U.K.

Britain faced the nightmare prospect of a repeat of a new foot and mouth epidemic after a new case of the disease was confirmed in Surrey.

Telegraph.co.uk

How the disease spreads

BBC

South Asia monsoon kills 1,100

Monsoon rains whipped the Indian subcontinent, flooding a wide swath south of the Himalayas and bringing the death toll in recent weeks to more than 1,100 and displacing 19 million people.

Guardian

South Asia floods

Times Online

Senate passes spy bill

The Senate voted to temporarily expand the government's authority to eavesdrop on foreign terrorists without court warrants.

Yahoo! News

Special section:

Interactive: domestic surveillance

CBS News

Sources say negotiations with Taliban going roughly

South Korean officials are negotiating with the Taliban for the venue for face-to-face talks on the fate of 21 surviving Korean hostages in Afghanistan.

Yonhap News Agency

No Taliban deal, says South Korea

BBC

Ford recalls 3.6 million vehicles

Ford Motor Co. will recall 3.6 million vehicles to remove a cruise control switch that has been associated with fires in other vehicles.

CNNMoney

NATION

Body count mounts during Guatemala presidential campaign

It is election time in Guatemala and that means rallies — and body bags. So far, in the campaigning leading up to elections, authorities have reported 61 violent attacks on candidates and activists.

International Herald Tribune

22 killed in guerrilla raid and suicide attack in Pakistan

At least 22 people were killed in spiraling violence in northwestern Pakistan as international concern grew over the deteriorating security situation and al-Qaida threat along the Afghan border.

Reuters

Darfur rebel factions begin unity talks

Darfur rebel factions began African Union-United Nations sponsored negotiations aimed at resolving their differences ahead of peace talks with the Sudanese government.

Reuters

POLITICS

Can 2 kids alter immigration law?

When teenage brothers Juan and Alex Gomez were awakened at dawn and arrested by immigration officials, they simply became two more kids who get snared in deportation dragnets.

TIME

Ethics measure goes to Bush following Senate approval

Congress sent President Bush a bill aimed at reining in the influence of special interests, completing a long-debated overhaul of ethics and lobbying rules spurred by scandals that have rocked Capitol Hill.

Baltimore Sun

Court rules FBI raid on Rep. Jefferson's office violated constitution

The FBI violated the Constitution when agents raided U.S. Rep. William Jefferson's office last year and viewed legislative documents, a federal appeals court ruled.

Seattle Times

BUSINESS

Intel apologizes for 'racist' computer ad

Intel, the computer chip maker, has been forced to apologize for an advertisement which has been widely criticized as racist.

Times Online

U.S. unemployment rate up to 4.6 percent

The U.S. unemployment rate rose unexpectedly last month to 4.6 percent in a sign the labor market may be cooling, as employers added fewer jobs than expected.

Financial Times

Bush official's take on jobs

MSNBC

Bonfire of the builders

By rushing into the mortgage business big-time, homebuilders helped fuel the housing crisis.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Irvin: from flamboyant receiver to humbled Hall of Famer

Days before officially becoming a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Michael Irvin has a confession to make.

USA Today

Bonds still 1 shy of Hank's record while Giants down Dodgers

Another night, another homerless game for Barry Bonds in pursuit of Hank Aaron's all-time home run record, as the Giants downed the Dodgers, 4-2, behind a strong pitching performance from Barry Zito.

Sports Network

Special section:

Interactive: Bonds away

USA Today

HEALTH

Botulism toxin prompts recall of French cut canned green beans

The FDA has issued another botulism toxin warning, this time for 14.5-ounce cans of French cut green beans manufactured by a Wisconsin food processor, sold under a number of labels.

MedPage Today

Many patients don't pursue referrals

About 20 percent of patients don't follow up on their doctor's referrals to specialists, new research shows.

Health Day

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

China demands veto on 'living buddhas'

Chinese authorities demanded the right to veto the reincarnation of "living buddhas," the holy figures most revered by the Tibetan faithful.

Telegraph.co.uk

Catholic college crosses new ground

In time for the start of the fall semester the university is moving from its temporary quarters to its permanent campus 30 miles east in Ave Maria, a town being built to support the college.

USA Today

Church giving turns digital

The earliest worshippers gave the tangible fruits of their labor. Coins came later, then paper money and checks. Now houses of worship are scurrying to keep pace with the times.

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Arkansas couple welcomes 17th child

It's a girl — again — for the Duggars. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child, and seventh daughter, into the world.

Yahoo! News

NATION

Marine who led murder of Iraqi gets 15 years in prison

A U.S. Marine squad leader who boasted to his men they had "got away with murder" after kidnapping and killing an Iraqi grandfather was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Reuters

Fire scorching New Jersey forest

New Jersey fire officials are still trying to wrangle a forest inferno in Wharton State Forest, which has burned 2,500 acres so far, and may burn twice that before being extingushed.

6abc

Firefighters work to contain fire

CBS3

Police: gun linked to editor's slaying

Police are testing guns and other evidence recovered from raids that resulted in the arrest of seven members of an Oakland Black Muslim splinter group suspected of being involved in an editor's murder.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

U.S. to host 16-nation global warming talks in Sept.

President George W. Bush has invited senior officials of 16 industrialized and emerging economies for talks on fighting global warming in September, the White House said.

Earth Times

Saved kangaroos will get luxury ride to new home

Hundreds of kangaroos will be transported across Australia in air-conditioned comfort after plans to shoot the animals were met with public outrage.

Telegraph.co.uk

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Man says he's the sailor in famous photo

Glenn McDuffie has claimed for years that he was the sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square in Life magazine's iconic photograph of the day World War II ended.

Yahoo! News

Man mauled to death at actor's home

As many as four dogs mauled a man to death at the home of actor Ving Rhames, authorities said.

New York Daily News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA's Phoenix lander leaves for Mars

NASA's Mars Phoenix lander, a robotic geologist, soared into the darkened Florida skies, initiating a 10-month journey to the Red Planet's north pole.

Houston Chronicle

Greatest mysteries: How many species exist on earth?

The prospect of discovering little green men on other planets has long captured our imaginations, but many scientists are just as excited about finding new life forms in our own backyard.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

Loan scams ensnare parents, students

Students and parents figuring out how to pay for college should add one more item to their list of things to worry about: scams.

U.S. News & World Report

In Alaska, school equality elusive

The state must improve education in rural areas before requiring students to pass the state exit exam, a judge recently ruled.

Christian Science Monitor

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