8.1.07
CNN.com—UN to send 26,000 troops to Darfur
USA Today—House passes new ethics bill
MSNBC—iTunes store has sold over 3 billion songs, including 1 billion in the past six months
CBS News—Man kills two of his employees after they asked for raises
Fox News—Doctor accused of killing patient to harvest his organs
ABCnews.com—University of Chicago business school requires PowerPoint presentation as part of application

8.2.07
New Scientist—US government to repurpose old UHF television band for wireless internet
ABCnew.com—A record number of Americans moved to Canada last year
BBC News—Eminem sues Apple, claiming he never gave permission for his music to be sold on the iTunes store
USA Today—Some college athletic departments being investigated for possibly receiving kickbacks from student loan companies
CNN.com—Amtrak to offer free alcohol to frequent overnight passengers
Fox News—British Airways fined half a billion dollars for price fixing

8.3.07
Wired News—Armed robots to patrol the streets in Iraq
CNN.com—R. Kelly to stand trial for child pornography five years after a videotape surfaced of him having sex with a 14 year old girl. About time.
USA Today—Fisher-Price recalling 1 million toys made in China that contain lead-based paint
Fox News—Oakland newspaper editor executed by hit man in parking lot
MSNBC—Microsoft delays new Mac version of Office until January 2008
New Scientist—Woman who received ovary transplant from sister has produced an embryo

8.6.07
USA Today—Thai police who violate rules will be forced to wear Hello Kitty armbands while on duty
CNN.com—Mayor Bloomberg shows up for jury duty
ABCnews.com—Pentagon cannot account for nearly 200,000 assault rifles sent to Iraq
MSNBC—Tom Glavine gets win number 300
Fox News—Cop kills boy while shooting at snake
BBC News—New World of Warcraft expansion revealed

8.7.07
Fox News—Woman who was drunk during driving lesson runs over instructor
USA Today—Probe that will examine ice on Mars launched
CNN.com—Bloggers consider forming labor union
MSNBC—Bush signs bill that will expand warrantless wiretap powers
BBC News—Woman has pencil removed from her head after 55 years
ABCnews.com—Chinese zookeeper attacked by panda

8.8.07
USA Today—Airlines sue FBI and CIA for access to 9.11 data that will help them defend themselves in lawsuits
ABCnews.com—Judge bans Navy from using sonar in training exercises off the California coast, saying it causes harm to whales
CNN.com—Apple releases new iMac
Fox News—Murderer attacked in court by victim's father
New Scientist—Eight million year old bacteria frozen in ice has been revived in a lab
MSNBC—Microsoft drops Xbox 360 prices

8.9.07
USA Today—Johnson & Johnson suing the Red Cross, claiming that it owns the rights to the organization's symbol
Sports Illustrated—Bonds breaks all-time home run record
MSNBC—Rare Chinese river dolphin likely extinct
Fox News—Man convicted of selling scrap metal donated for a war memorial ordered to scrub veterans' monument as part of his punishment
ABCnews.com—Shuttle has successful liftoff
New Scientist—Educational DVDs may hinder intellectual development in children rather than accelerate it

8.10.07
Fox News—Texas parents suing governor and school district over daily mandatorty moment of silence
MSNBC—New airline passenger screening program proposed
USA Today—Cindy Sheehan to run against Nancy Pelosi for congressional seat
New Scientist—New study on spam email reveals a possible solution to the problem
CNN.com—Missing kids move from milk carton to screensaver
ABCnews.com—Pavarotti hospitalized

8.13.07
MSNBC—Bush's new war czar says we may need to consider reinstating the draft
CNN.com—Merv Griffin dies at 82
Fox News—Suspected child predators kill themselves after O'Reilly aired a segment about them
USA Today—Universal to sell music without copy protection at most online stores except, strangely, iTunes
ABCnews.com—Space hotel plans to open in 2012; 3 day stay will cost $4 million
CBS News—Computer failure delays 20,000 passengers arriving on international flights at LAX

8.14.07
CNN.com—Rove stepping down
ABCnews.com—Arrests made by officers who were not formally sworn in may be invalidated
USA Today—Katrina aid being spent on luxury condos near college football stadium
MSNBC—Scientists develop battery that can be bent and cut to fit any shape like paper
CBS News—Head of Chinese toy company which recently had products recalled in US commits suicide
Fox News—After discovering the crack she bought was fake, woman calls police to help her get refund from dealer

8.15.07
CNN.com—Man who blogs about being attracted to little girls is arrested near child care facility
USA Today—Phil Rizzuto dies
MSNBC—Imus settles contract dispute with CBS and works on coming back to radio
Fox News—Sheriff's deputy arrested on DUI after her husband, also a deputy, pulls her over twice
BBC News—Van Halen to reunite with original frontman David Lee Roth
ABCnews.com—Yahoo beats Google in customer satisfaction survey for the first time since the survey began in 2002

8.16.07
USA Today—Bobby Cox sets all-time record for game ejections
Fox News—South Carolina inmate sues Michael Vick for $63 billion for stealing the inmate's pit bulls and selling them on eBay so he could buy missiles for al Qaeda in Iran. Yeah, it's a slow news day.
CNN.com—Travelocity fined for helping customers book trips to Cuba
CBS News—California squirrels have developed technique for scaring off rattlesnakes
MSNBC—Publishers pushing book excerpts to iPhone users
New Scientist—Computer program proves that any Rubik's cube can be solved in 26 moves

8.17.07
USA Today—The Compact Disc is 25 years old
CNN.com—Jose Padilla found guilty on terror charges
CBS News—Chinese couple names baby @
MSNBC—Husband throws sick wife from balcony because he cannot pay for her medical bills
BBC News—Wikipedia tool shows government agencies and corporations making edits to pages to push their own points of view
Fox News—Man charged with assault for hitting someone with a water balloon

8.20.07
ABCnews.com—Vick accepts plea deal that could send him to prison for a year or more
Fox News—Texas entrepreneur bringing back the DeLorean
USA Today—Paramount and Dreamworks back HD-DVD and drop support for Blu-ray
CNN.com—The Daily Show films some segments in Iraq
MSNBC—Virginia mistakenly uses gang sign as part of tourism campaign
New Scientist—Study finds that women really do prefer pink

8.21.07
BBC News—Fruits with darker colors could be better at fighting cancer
USA Today—Military stepping up recruitment of hispanics
CNN.com—Shuttle mission coming back to Earth early to avoid Hurricane Dean
ABCnews.com—Planned Parenthood wants new Missouri law requiring stricter oversight of abortion clinics struck down
Fox News—Congressman charged with assault on an airport worker
MSNBC—Strip club that served as set for the Sopranos selling off items related to the show

8.22.07
Fox News—Barnes & Noble will not be stocking OJ Simpson book
MSNBC—Survey shows that one in four adults read no books last year
USA Today—Train strikes Ohio teen who was distracted by text messaging
CNN.com—Pentagon will no longer have its counterintelligence unit track war protestors, but it will hand over the data to the FBI
BBC News—Microsoft launches pay-as-you-go version of Office in South Africa
ABCnews.com—Judge has public defender arrested after he showed up in court unprepared for trial, even though he was only assigned the case the day before

8.23.07
Fox News—Town goes without police protection while cops party at Hooters
ABCnews.com—Rangers score 30 runs in a single game
USA Today—Pigeon dung contributed to bridge collapse
CNN.com—YouTube clips to feature overlay ads
MSNBC—Details of secret wiretapping program revealed
CBS News—Bank of America invests $2 billion in troubled mortgage lender

8.24.07
CBS News—Mark Warner says he wants to start Iraq pullout by Christmas
USA Today—Intel chief believes that Iraqi terrorists have snuck into the US through Mexico
BBC News—Nokia says India is second only to China in moblie phone sales
ABCnews.com—Insurance company spied on couple suing them while they attended church in an attempt to gather dirt on them
CNN.com—Sony launching GPS addon for PSP
Fox News—Woman stabs husband in chest during sex

8.27.07
New Scientist—Endangered mountain gorillas get 24 hour armed guard protection
USA Today—Iran says it is mass producing 2000 pound smart bombs
Sports Illustrated—US team wins Little League World Series
MSNBC—Quick ship bonus gives army recruits an extra $20,000 if they agree to ship out for basic training within days of enlisting
ABCnews.com—Some Florida beaches using pulverized glass to supplement natural sand and prevent beach erosion
BBC News—Astronomers find void in space that measures a billion light years across

8.28.07
USA Today—Alberto Gonzales resigns
Fox News—More parents starting potty training at birth and foregoing diapers
CBS News—South Park renewed for three more years
CNN.com—Owen Wilson hospitalized
ABCnews.com—Police officer killed in crash while riding as part of Bush's motorcade
MSNBC—Acer to buy Gateway

8.29.07
CNN.com—Senator arrested for lewd conduct in bathroom says he is not gay
CBS News—Astronaut arrested for attempted kidnapping to plead temporary insanity
USA Today—Bo Diddley has heart attack
Fox News—Judge rules that Noriega can be extradited to France after he is released from US prison
MSNBC—Russian pirate music download site to reopen after judge rules that the site's operation was not in violation of Russia's copyright laws
ABCnews.com—Average SAT scores drop