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Del Martin, left, and Phyllis Lyon, right, cut their wedding cake after being married by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, standing behind them, at City Hall in San Francisco. The same-sex couple was the first to be legally married by the mayor. (Photo by Eric Risberg / AP)

Same-sex couples begin to say 'I do' in California

Seattle Times

Couple jailed for same-sex marriage freed

CBS News

McCain calls for more offshore drilling

Sen. John McCain said he supports lifting the federal moratorium on offshore drilling — a position that sets him at odds with most California officials.

San Francisco Chronicle

McCain, Obama on gas prices

CBS News

Battle set for Afghanistan's second city

Afghan military officials and Taliban militants say they are preparing for a major battle on the outskirts of Kandahar, Afghanistan's second largest city.

CBS News

Old-line Taliban commander is face of rising Afghan threat

International Herald Tribune

Clinton supporters resist Obama

A new poll shows Obama leading McCain by a margin of 48 percent to 42 percent, indicating Obama did not get the traditional "bounce" in the public's opinion by finally defeating Hillary Clinton.

ABC News

Obama meets to mend rifts with CBC leaders

The Hill

Gore endorses Obama

Google Video

India goes to war in space

India's Defense Minister announced the establishment of an Integrated Space Cell which will be jointly operated by the country's three armed forces.

Asia Times

NATION

China faults US policy on the economy

Senior Chinese officials are publicly and loudly rebuking the Americans on their handling of the economy and defending their own more assertive style of regulation.

International Herald Tribune

Paulson says US, China economies challenged by energy costs

Bloomberg

Midwest braces for more flooding

As floodwaters in parts of Iowa recede, frustrations rise among victims eager to survey the damage.

CBS News

Floods drive corn to record high

BBC

Deadly flooding keeps Iowans from homes

CNN

POLITICS

It’s Christmas in July for the toy safety bill

Six months after Christmas, lawmakers hope to have a belated gift for consumers: tougher lead standards for toys and more money for the beleaguered agency that oversees product safety.

The Hill

Longtime Clinton aide joins Obama

Patti Solis Doyle, former Clinton campaign manager jettisoned in the final months of the primary, will join the Obama team as the chief of staff to Sen. Barack Obama's eventual running mate.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Interpreting Patti Solis Doyle's hiring

Atlantic Online

Military lawyers objected to harsh detainee interrogations

Military lawyers warned against the harsh detainee interrogation techniques approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, contending that they could be illegal, a Senate panel has found.

Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

Mets fire coach Randolph

Willie Randolph is out as manager of the New York Mets, fired in the middle of the night two and a half months into a disappointing season that has followed the team's colossal collapse last September.

ESPN

Beltran, Mets win; can't save Randolph

Sporting News

Tiger Woods wins US Open, captures 14th major title

With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate.

MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Effects master Stan Winston dies

Stan Winston, Oscar-winning special effects master who designed the dinosaurs for "Jurassic Park" and the look of "The Terminator," died at his Malibu home. He was 62.

Variety

Record-high pain at the pump leads more motorists to park it

The tipping point is past: a record number of Americans say soaring gasoline prices are causing them financial hardship, and 55 percent have cut back on their driving as a result, up from the last month.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Japan to consider environment tax

The government's top advisory panel has put climate change as the focal point of a new economic policy in which Japan is considering imposing an environmental tax.

Reuters

Where did all the fish go?

Catches have declined since peaking in the 1980s. Everyone, from scientists to fishermen, is alarmed. In the United States, all quarters are pushing to develop solutions before the problem becomes unfixable.

Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Teacher gap shrinking in NYC

A new report indicates that New York City teachers in the poorest schools become more qualified over a five-year period which may account for the increase in student test scores.

Education Week

UI flooding may impact fall semester

University of Iowa President Sally Mason said it will meet the challenges of cleaning up the swamped campus, but didn't say all the buildings would reopen for the fall semester.

Des Moines Register

Columns And Op-Ed

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Half of mutual fund managers don't invest in their own products

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

The sex lives of animals

Salon.com

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Europe's unfinished house

Christian Science Monitor

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W. regrets almost nothing

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog (Ross Douthat):

Conservatism, defined and debated

Atlantic Online

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Spore releases the Pixar in you

Wired

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Another chance on global warming

International Herald Tribune

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Chinese renege on promised openness

USA Today

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Is Google making us stupid?

Atlantic Online

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Why Obama should NOT pick Clinton

Salon.com

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Airlines are charging for the wrong bags

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Honda rolls out new zero-emission car

Honda's new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring.

San Francisco Chronicle

Healthy living shuts down cancer genes

Lifestyle changes, including a better diet and more exercise, can lead not only to a better physique, but also dramatic changes at the genetic level, researchers said.

ABC News

WORLD

Bush and Brown's warning to Iran

Gordon Brown and President George Bush have warned Iran to accept their "offers of partnership" or face tough sanctions and international isolation.

BBC

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