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A Georgian man is seen in front of a destroyed building in the village of Ruisi, near the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia. (Photo by Sergei Grits / AP)

Phelps hits all-time best

Reuters

Phelps typical 23-year-old _ 'til he hits water

Google News

US Olympians to watch

ABC News

Auto sales slump holds down July retail sales, prices rise

Sales at retailers edged down 0.1 percent on another big drop in auto sales, according to a Commerce Department report.

USA Today

The dollar makes a comeback

Forbes

Violence flares in Georgian town

BBC

Russia leaves open chance of further strikes into Georgia

Telegraph.co.uk

Georgians in America watch violence back home

Associated Press

Back Story with Thom Shanker

International Herald Tribune

Bombing in northern Lebanon kills at least 10, wounds 30

A briefcase bomb exploded on a bus in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli during morning rush hour.

International Herald Tribune

Ranbaxy drugs win approval amid US probe on data

The FDA approved 18 generic drugs made by Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., even as the U.S. investigated whether the company fabricated data to get its medicines cleared.

Bloomberg

US troops forced to pay airlines out of pocket to take military gear to war

Some airlines are charging U.S. soldiers extra baggage fees to take their military kits with them as they set off for war.

CNN

NATION

Mukasey: Prosecutions unlikely in Justice hiring scandal

The Attorney General announced that no Justice Department employees are likely to be prosecuted on charges that they allowed political considerations to influence department hires.

ABC News

NYPD plan tracks every car in Manhattan

The New York Police Department wants to keep track of every vehicle that drives into Manhattan but one civil liberties group calls it an assault on privacy rights.

Newsday

Detroit mayor did not violate the terms of his bond, judge rules

A judge ruled that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick did not violate the terms of his bond by being with a police bodyguard, who witnessed his alleged assault.

Detroit Free Press

Detroit mayor behind bars

CBS News

POLITICS

Memos show Clinton campaign turmoil

Newly published staff memos and e-mails reveal a campaign hobbled by internal rivalries and perhaps most important, Clinton's failure to make hard decisions.

Newsday

McCain sharpens his aim

Sen. John McCain has made the race thus far all about Sen. Barack Obama, seeking to define his opponent as an aloof, elite celebrity whose sense of himself far outstrips his accomplishments and readiness to lead.

Toronto Star

Special section:

US elections 2008

Financial Times

Senators start ‘Republicans for Obama’

Former Republican Rep. Jim Leach and former GOP Sen. Lincoln Chafee touted Barack Obama as the candidate who represents the traditional conservatism that they feel has been forgotten.

The Hill

Obama camp hopes new voters turn out on Election Day

St. Petersburg Times

BUSINESS

US stocks fall on banking concern

U.S. stocks fell after JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it may post more credit losses, pushing the costs for the collapse of the subprime mortgage market to more than $500 billion.

Bloomberg

JPMorgan; Anheuser-Busch, budget

YouTube

Best Buy to sell iPhones starting Sept. 7

In a move that will significantly expand its retail presence, Apple has agreed to let Best Buy sell the new iPhone 3G through its nationwide chain of Best Buy Mobile outlets.

CNNMoney

ENVIRONMENT

Are they going to gut the Endangered Species Act?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing major changes to the Endangered Species Act, a move that critics say will weaken federal protection of threatened plants and animals.

Christian Science Monitor

106 mpg 'air car' creates buzz, questions

Of all the contenders in the quest to produce the ultimate fuel-efficient car, this could be the first one to let you say, "fill it up with air."

CNN

EDUCATION

Governor wants legal protections for teachers in Indiana

Teachers who use good faith efforts to maintain discipline and order in their classrooms shouldn't have to worry about being sued for doing so, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels said.

USA Today

Colleges link up to cut costs

Financial officers from colleges and universities faced with spiraling expenses have discovered the truth in the maxim "there's strength in numbers."

BusinessWeek

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Judge says the University of California can deny religious course credit

A U.S. District Court judge ruled that the University of Calif. can deny course credit to applicants from high schools whose textbooks proclaim the Bible to be unerring.

San Francisco Chronicle

Chicago Archdiocese to announce settlement with sexual abuse victims

The Archdiocese of Chicago agreed to pay almost $12.7 million to 16 victims who told of agonizing flashbacks, years in therapy and recurring thoughts of suicide after sexual abuse at the hands of priests.

Chicago Sun-Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

IOC turns blind eye to controversy

Sports Illustrated

Column:

Produce large gains in after-tax income

Boston Globe

Column (Mark Lange):

Your credit card's fine print

Christian Science Monitor

Blog:

Drilling for truth

Economist

Column (Reid Wilson):

How Clinton lost

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Empire strikes back

The Australian

Editorial:

The Edwards affair: It's the lying, stupid

Star Tribune

Column:

Negative ads do work

Politico

Column:

The West got the Games it really wanted

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Three years after Katrina

International Herald Tribune

Column:

The West stoked Moscow's aggression

Newsweek

Column:

Pesky war intrudes on US politics

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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GOOD NEWS

Former Hawaiian leprosy patients get long-awaited apology

Sen. J. Kalani English of Hawaii apologized on behalf of the state to patients confined to the remote Kalaupapa Peninsula for more than a century.

Sacramento Bee

EPA to set beach water criteria by 2012

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the Natural Resources Defense Council reached an agreement over recreational water quality criteria.

Environment News Service

Navy to curb sonar to protect whales

The Navy agreed to restrict loud sonar blasts from anti-submarine vessels in large areas of the world's oceans to protect whales and other vulnerable creatures.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Report: US using contractors in Iraq at unprecedented rate