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Despite conflict, U.S. does business with Iran: U.S. exports to Iran including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office. ›21:22
Fineman: McCain's campaign relaunch: Howard Fineman on John McCain's economic speech in Denver. Why the GOP candidate is suddenly focused, sharp, and even a little punchy on the campaign trail. ›22:46, 7.07
Poll: Gas prices change energy views: We do it about 215 million times a day, so humans need to stop shying away from discussing sex and the babies it makes to help avert the global climate crisis, environmentalist and author Robert Engelman says. ›14:44, 2.07
Judge to White House: Gitmo gets top priority: The Bush administration says it has already cleared one in five detainees at Guantanamo Bay for release from the military-run facility in Cuba. ›00:23, 9.07
Consumers borrow mostly on credit cards: Consumers boosted their borrowing in May, mostly reflecting heavy credit card use to finance their purchases. ›19:58
Alaska cruise lines face pollution lawsuit: Basketball star LeBron James has paired up with Nickelodeon, the home of SpongeBob and his ocean-dwelling cartoon chums, to raise awareness about the environment. ›18:25, 2.07
Pending home sales fall 4.7 percent: The National Association of Realtors says pending U.S. home sales dipped in May as the housing market continues to struggle. ›14:15
US criticises 'bellicose' Russia: The US says Russia's reaction to its missile shield plan is designed to make Europeans nervous about their involvement. ›01:31, 09.07
Climate 'shift': The G8 changes the length of the global warming racetrack ›10:03
G-8 wants to halve global emissions: The Group of Eight leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, but stopped short of tough, nearer-term targets. ›19:05
Ambulance 'loses way' to hospital: Ambulance drivers will get additional training after a vehicle got lost taking a woman, who later died, to hospital. ›14:13
Study: U.S. worst of G8 on warming: From climate change to volcanoes and earthquakes, the world's growing challenges have some former U.S. officials proposing a merger of federal agencies that study earth sciences. ›18:02, 3.07
Barristers attack anonymity bill: Plans to give judges the power to allow anonymous evidence in court cases are "too broad", barristers warn. ›21:25
Fannie, Freddie rebound on capital relief: Shares of mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bounced back, a day after plunging over worries the pair might need billions of dollars in new capital. ›19:09
Politics heat up at McCain campaign: Senator John McCains campaigns have long been defined by internal squabbling and power plays, zigzagging lines of command and a penchant by the candidate for consulting with former advisers without alerting current ones, always a recipe for disquiet. ›08:09
Warming helps a few glaciers, for now: Global warming is shrinking glaciers all over the world, but those on Mount Shasta are a rare exception: They are the only known glaciers in the continental U.S. that are growing. ›19:50
Vatican voices Synod vote concern: The Vatican says allowing women bishops will be an "obstacle" to reconciliation between the Anglican and Catholic churches. ›16:49
Hundreds flee shifting Calif. fire: With California on edge as a heat wave threatened to worsen firefighting efforts, hundreds of people north of the state capital evacuated Tuesday after a fire shifted direction. ›00:46, 9.07
Body ID'd as wife of convicted Calif. man: Police have identified the body found in the Oakland hills as convicted killer Hans Reiser's estranged wife. ›03:54
Argentine glacier calves during winter: Perito Moreno, Argentina's most famous glacier, has begun calving when one would least expect it the Southern Hemisphere's winter. ›19:49
Jersey force 'to search new site': Jersey police investigating historical abuse claims are to start searching a new site, the BBC understands. ›16:57
Steve-O says sobriety wont stop stunts: Sobriety wont change some things about Steve-O the daredevil prankster says he could still perform many of the radical stunts that made him famous. ›19:55
Study: Orangutans could face extinction in wild: Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. ›22:51, 4.07
Poll: Pet owners prefer McCain: If the presidential election goes to the dogs, John McCain is looking like best in show. ›16:16