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In this file photo, Illinois U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, holding his daughter Malia, 6, and his wife Michelle, holding their daughter Sasha, 3, are covered in confetti after Obama delivered his acceptance speech as a senator in Chicago. (Photo by M. Spencer Green/ AP)

Discovery astronauts begin first spacewalk

Spacewalking astronauts floated outside the international space station to help install the orbiting outpost's newest room, a bus-sized Japanese laboratory.

ABC News

Small planet discovered orbiting star

Science Daily

Gas prices cause mass transit surge

It's standing-room-only on many commuter buses from Washington's suburbs. Around the country, high gas prices are pushing more people to leave their cars at home and crowd onto trains, buses and subways.

TIME

Obama claims Democratic nomination

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois claimed the Democratic presidential nomination, NBC News projected based on its tally of convention delegates.

MSNBC

Obama's speech after final primaries

NPR

McCain takes Obama shots

CBS News

US leaves Myanmar after aid refused

U.S. warships will soon leave waters near Myanmar after the ruling military junta refused permission for the delivery of aid supplies to the cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta, a top U.S. commander said.

Reuters

Special section:

Burma cyclone: mapping the aftermath

BBC

With Iraq toll down, US more optimistic

The "surge" of American troops in Iraq last year winds to a close next month when the last two surge brigades redeploy home. Security conditions are much improved, say analysts.

Christian Science Monitor

Restaurateur defies Baghdad bombers

McClatchy Newspapers

NATION

Suit aims to stop NY recognition of gay marriages

USA Today

Sect's kids, parents reunited

More than 460 children seized by state authorities in an investigation of possible sex abuse at an isolated West Texas polygamist community began going home.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Left’s cash crushing right

Democratic voter enthusiasm has stuffed the coffers of liberal groups that will spend tens of millions of dollars to swing the November elections.

The Hill

Arguments begin over climate change

As senators began a raucous argument over climate change legislation, even its sponsors admitted their chances of passing the Climate Security Act this year are, at best, a long shot.

San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

GM to close 4 factories, may cut Hummer

As more consumers opt for smaller cars due to rising fuel prices, General Motors is closing four truck and SUV factories in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

MSNBC

Staples ups bid for Corporate Express to $2.65 billion

U.S. office supplies retailer Staples raised its all-cash bid for Dutch business products group Corporate Express for the second time to $2.65 billion.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Desert is claiming southeast Spain

The Spanish province Murcia is running out of water. Spurred on by global warming and poorly planned development, swaths of southeast Spain are steadily turning into desert.

International Herald Tribune

With US farmland maxed out, growers tap into reserves

Soaring commodity prices are bringing new pressures to increase agricultural output, but U.S. farmland is maxed out, limiting any response to price hikes.

National Geographic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mars Lander to start digging for water

The Phoenix Lander's robotic arm reached out and touched soil for the first time, providing scientists with an up-close view of what could be either salt or ice embedded in the terrain.

Arizona Daily Star

Touchdown on Mars

MSNBC

Yahoo! opposed Google deal before Microsoft bid

Yahoo! Inc. dismissed a search-advertising deal with Google due to antitrust concerns, one day before Microsoft Corp made its takeover offer earlier this year, according to court documents.

Reuters

HEALTH

Study: Heavy marijuana use shrinks structures of the brain

A study reveals that brain scans of heavy marijuana users versus nonusers show the hippocampus and amygdala structures of the brain are much smaller.

Reuters

Babies, tots low on vitamin D

Forty percent of kids in a recent study had suboptimal blood levels of vitamin D. A third of kids with vitamin D deficiency had bone demineralization, a sign of thinner bones.

WebMD

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GOOD NEWS

Preserving the Woodstock ethos

A funny thing happened on the magic bus trip back to the tie-dyed land of peace, love and music.

International Herald Tribune

WORLD

UN chief: Increase food production to avert crisis

U.N. Chief Ban Ki-Moon called for a drastic increase in food production to meet the demands of a rising population and stave off a crisis brought about by oil prices and climate change.

CNN

Mugabe presence at global hunger summit drops jaws

Philadelphia Inquirer

The rising cost of rice

BBC