Latest news from around the web, updated 10 minutes ago.

• World

  • VOA: Bomb Blast in Northern Iraq Kills at Least 18
  • Politics, pageantry blend for Bush at Olympics
  • Taleban 'kill spies' in Pakistan

• Business

  • Citigroup reaches SEC settlement
  • UBS to buy back stricken debt securities
  • Stimulus spent, retailers face tough rest of year

• Celebrity

  • Ryan Seacrest taking over 'Rockin' Eve'
  • Clay Aiken becomes a father
  • Bernie Brillstein, Film Producer, Dies

• Politics

  • Cheney Will Speak At GOP Convention
  • ANALYSTS' VIEW-Security experts on South Ossetia fighting
  • Politics, pageantry blend for Bush at Olympics

• Science

  • Men Adopt Twice As Often As Women
  • DNA tests to study mummy fetuses in King Tut tomb
  • 'Sausage dog' gene blindness clue

• Tech

  • Sprint Eyes Sale Of Nextel's iDen Network
  • Stimulus spent, retailers face tough rest of year
  • Reporters booted from conference for hacking

• Sports

  • Holmes is clubhouse leader at Oakland Hills
  • NASCAR defends firing of employee who filed suit
  • Protesters try to turn spotlight from Games to human rights

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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    CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.

    1 week ago

    from Getty Images

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    A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.

    1 week ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.

    2 weeks ago

    from Getty Images

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    Palestinian artist Walid Ayyoub poses with a drawing of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in his studio in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 22, 2008. Obama pledged on Tuesday to work to reach a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians from his first day in office but said it would be difficult.

    2 weeks ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

• Hot off the wire

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    Arsenal striker Robin van Persie, left, and Ajax player Luis Suarez, right, vie for the ball during their Amsterdam tournament soccer match at ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday Aug. 8, 2008.

    23 mins ago

    from AP Photo by PETER DEJONG

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    Former U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate and former Senator John Edwards (D-NC) campaigns with his wife Elizabeth at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa in this file photo from January 1, 2008. Edwards has admitted to having had an extramarital affair with a woman he met in a New York City bar in 2006, ABC News reported on August 8, 2008.

    21 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin waves as he watches the festivities during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the Chinese capital on August 8, 2008. The 29th Olympic Games, costing an estimated 40 billion USD and shrouded by political controversies, burst into life with a spectacular start to the opening ceremony.

    29 mins ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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    Fireworks explode over the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest at right and the National Aquatic Center, known as the Water Cube at left during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Beijing, China Friday, Aug 8, 2008.

    58 mins ago

    from AP Photo by AP

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    Chilean rose tarantula

    11 hours ago

    from Washington Post.Newsweek Interactive by Www.jupiterimages.com

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    BEIJING - AUGUST 07: A United States gymnast shifts her uniform during practice ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympics at the National Indoor Stadium on August 7, 2008 in Beijing, China.

    1 day ago

    from Getty Images

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    BEIJING - AUGUST 08: Gymnast Li Ning lights the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.

    5 hours ago

    from Getty Images

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  2008 Summer Olympics
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