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GOOD NEWS

Depp keeps promise; sends hat to small-town boy

Just when the Brand family was beginning to think all celebrities were rude, drunk, disorderly and selfish, Johnny Depp did something to prove them wrong.

ABC News

Philly revives citywide Wi-Fi project

Philadelphia revived an effort to provide free citywide wireless Internet access in a project to be run by new investors.

Reuters

Big breakfast 'aids weight loss'

Breakfast really could be the most important meal of the day when it comes to losing weight, claims a researcher.

BBC

WORLD

Huge Baghdad car bomb kills 51

The most deadly Baghdad attack since March ripped through a crowded market killing at least 51 people in the Iraqi capital. Police said around 75 were wounded, including women and children.

Times Online

Russians buy furs, homes in Dubai

According to a new Dubai government statistics, Russians have invested more than $400 million in Dubai real estate in the past two years.

Moscow Times

BUSINESS

Goldman’s SIV deal welcomed

Investors, bankers and policymakers have welcomed a deal reached by Goldman Sachs to restructure the first of a string of collapsed investment vehicles.

Financial Times

US stocks fall on FedEx's loss

U.S. stocks fell for a second day, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a three-month low, after FedEx Corp.'s results trailed analysts' estimates.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Return to glory

On a new parquet floor below aging championship banners, the Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA title and a first one for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen — their Big Three for a new generation.

Sports Illustrated

Special section:

Player profile: Paul Pierce

CBS SportsLine

Celtics rout Lakers to capture 17th NBA title

ESPN

Italy eliminates France

Italy booked a spot in the quarterfinals of UEFA Euro 2008 by knocking off 10-man France 2-0, and getting some help from the Netherlands, who beat Romania 2-0.

Sports Network

North Carolina trio to stay in school

Underclassmen Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green — who helped the Tar Heels to their best season in school history last year — will withdraw from the NBA draft and return to school.

Sports Illustrated

ENVIRONMENT

Senate blocks debate of renewable energy tax credits

The Senate blocked debate of a bill to offer about $17.7 billion in tax incentives for consumers to build clean energy sources like windmills and solar arrays.

Environmental News Network

Space cameras to monitor rain forests

A state-of-the-art camera onboard a satellite will be used to monitor deforestation levels in Africa's Congo Basin.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

'Homeless czar' visit carries good news

When Philip Mangano took a Franciscan monk's suggestion he volunteer at a soup kitchen, neither imagined it would be a lifelong mission. But 36 years later, he is still helping the homeless.

Star Tribune

Churches break the silence on teen sex

Breaking a sacred silence in a hookup culture, church leaders are talking about sex with young people.

Religion News Service

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