Reuters - Tropical Storm Fay swept into southwestFlorida from the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, dumping heavy rainbut causing little damage after failing to strengthen into ahurricane as forecasters had predicted.

AP - Insurgents ambushed a group of elite French soldiers as they climbed a mountain pass, killing 10 troops in a militant stronghold outside the capital. In a separate coordinated attack, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

AP - Authorities accuse a former Michigan elementary school teacher of having sex with a 12-year-old boy she was tutoring at her home.

Reuters - U.S. stocks sank on Monday as theprospect of more losses from the mortgage crisis hurt theshares of banks and the two biggest home finance providers,pushing all three major indexes down about 1.5 percent.

AP - FBI scientists early on had—but destroyed—the unique strain of anthrax used in the deadly 2001 attacks that years later would lead them to Dr. Bruce Ivins, the government's top suspect who committed suicide three weeks ago.

Reuters - Rogers Communications Inc (RCIb.TO),the owner of Canada's biggest wireless carrier, will startoffering Research In Motion Ltd's newBlackBerry Bold on Thursday, the Globe and Mail reported on itswebsite.

AP - A whirlwind of a month is almost over for Danny Lee. First, he became only the sixth player in the 106-year history of the Western Amateur to sweep medalist and match play honors, joining a group that includes Phil Mickelson and Curtis Strange.

Reuters - Stage and screen star LaurenceFishburne's last turn as a series regular on network televisionwas the role of Cowboy Curtis on the 1980s kids show"Pee-wee'sPlayhouse."

AP - The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a tube to the heart through an artery in the groin.

Reuters - As Tropical Storm Faybuffeted Key West on Monday, islanders displayed thenonchalance that has earned Florida's southernmost city itslaid-back reputation.

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