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Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP)

US diplomat safe after Pakistan attack

Pakistan's intelligence services were ordered to review security arrangements for diplomats traveling to the northern parts of the country after a U.S. diplomat survived an armed attack in Peshawar.

CBS News

Navaz Sharif withdraws from coalition in Pakistan

Monsters and Critics

Pakistani coalition unravels

CNN

Plane loses pressure, emergency landing in France

A Ryanair plane made an emergency landing in central France after it suddenly lost cabin pressure and descended 26,200 feet in five minutes, French officials said.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Michelle wows delegates

Michelle Obama presented the Obamas as a typical American family while at the same time trying to ease continued disunity in the Democratic Party.

The Hill

A possible plot against Obama

International Herald Tribune

GOP sets up camp, strategy in Denver

USA Today

‘The great American story'

MSNBC

Israel settlement surge draws criticism from Condoleezza Rice

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Israel not to undermine peace talks with the Palestinians after a report found it had nearly doubled Jewish settlement construction.

Reuters

Russia recognizes Georgian rebels

President Dmitry Medvedev has declared that Russia formally recognizes the independence of the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

BBC

Hurricane Gustav gaining strength south of Haiti

Gustav continued to gain strength after becoming a hurricane and forecasters said it could become a Category 2 hurricane before hitting Haiti's southern coast.

ABC News

NATION

Fay's remnants spread across South

The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread, bringing heavy rain and wind amid warnings of possible flash flooding and tornadoes from Louisiana to Georgia.

TIME

High gas prices drive down traffic deaths

The number is being pulled down by a change in Americans' driving habits, which is fueled largely by record high gasoline prices.

USA Today

Brrr! Almanac predicts cold, wet winter

People worried about the high cost of keeping warm this winter will draw little comfort from the Farmers' Almanac, which predicts below-average temperatures for most of the U.S.

AOL News

POLITICS

Kennedy delivers speech to convention

Sen. Edward Kennedy made a dramatic appearance at the Democratic National Convention, pledging to see Barack Obama to the White House and his own return to the Senate floor.

CNN

Kennedy sees 'season for hope'

MSNBC

Clinton, Obama working out deal for roll call vote

Roll call agreement could end the divided balloting quickly with a unanimous consent for Sen. Obama.

ABC News

Hillary’s clout is key at Democratic Convention

Christian Science Monitor

John McCain uses POW ordeal to fight housing gaffe

John McCain once again invoked his ordeal as a Vietnam war prisoner, this time to deflect sniping over the number of houses he owns.

MSNBC

McCain-Romney? Dems fear it could hurt in West

San Francisco Chronicle

Cindy McCain visiting Georgia on humanitarian mission

Reuters

BUSINESS

New-home sales in US increase from 17-year low

New-home sales in the U.S. improved in July from a 17-year low and construction cutbacks by builders reduced the glut of properties on the market by the most in almost five decades.

Bloomberg

Realtors say existing home sales rose in July, contrary to predictions

San Francisco Chronicle

Fewer Americans without health insurance; median incomes rise

Fewer Americans went without health insurance in 2007 than in the prior year, while there was a gain in median household income adjusted for inflation, the Census Bureau reported.

MarketWatch

HEALTH

Canada says 12 deaths may be linked to food poisoning

Canadian public-health officials said as many as 12 deaths may be linked to an outbreak of food poisoning and the number of cases might rise.

Bloomberg

Incense use increases risk of squamous-cell respiratory cancers

Long-term exposure to incense may increase the risk of respiratory-tract cancers, according to data from a large Chinese cohort study.

MedPage Today

EDUCATION

SAT scores for high school students hold steady after declines

Reading, writing and math scores were unchanged on this year's SAT, the most widely used college-entrance exam in the U.S., ending a three-year slide.

Bloomberg

Texas school district lets teachers carry guns for security

Last fall, a tiny school district in Texas approved teachers to carry guns after two years of researching the best security options at the K-12 Harrold school.

San Francisco Chronicle

Hard times hit schools

Large cuts in K-12 education come at a time when the cost of fueling buses is increasing and the demands of NCLB still loom large over states.

Education Week

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Bill Maher takes on religion, again

Boston Globe

Column:

How 'new media' is changing politics

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Michelle keeps things down to earth

Politico

Column:

Previewing the big speeches

Newsweek

Blog:

Obama the leader next door?

USA Today

Column:

Put your marriage before your kids

Christian Science Monitor

Blog:

Does Biden make a winning hand?

Real Clear Politics

Column:

Let's talk exorcism too

Salon.com

Editorial:

A sober discussion of campus boozing?

San Jose Mercury News

Column:

The politics of sand

Economist

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GOOD NEWS

Research aims to put tongues in control of devices

Georgia Tech researchers believe a magnetic, tongue-powered system could transform a disabled person's mouth into a virtual computer, teeth into a keyboard — and tongue into the key.

HappyNews.com

Philanthropy thrives as Queenslanders give millions

The top 100 wealthiest people in Queensland have combined fortunes that now exceed $37 billion, millions of which have been used to establish trusts and foundations to help struggling people.

NEWS.com.au

WORLD

Zimbabwe's main opposition party gains a key position

In a sign of political strength, Zimbabwe's main opposition party won the powerful position of speaker of Parliament.

International Herald Tribune

Iraqi leader insists on deadline for withdrawl of troops