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

• World

  • Controversial ex-N.C. senator Jesse Helms dies
  • El Salvador river sweeps away bus
  • Ex-Congo Warlord At War Crimes Court

• Business

  • YouTube Must Release User Details
  • BHP, China's Baosteel reach iron ore deal
  • French bank body fines SocGen $6 million over Kerviel

• Celebrity

  • Spitzer call girl drops Girls Gone Wild lawsuit
  • Winehouse sings, sips wine onstage
  • Lost scenes shown from sci-fi classic 'Metropolis'

• Politics

  • Analysis: Obama's centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
  • Obama opens door to altering his Iraq policy
  • Bush to attend Olympic opening ceremony

• Science

  • Transgender "man" reportedly gives birth (Reuters)
  • Seasonal Factor Seen in Melting and Ice Shifts in Greenland
  • Brain imbalance 'cot death key'

• Tech

  • Firefox 3 sets Guinness Record for downloads
  • Daily Debrief: Celebrating America's independence, questioning our own online
  • Economy casts pall on Sun Valley media fest

• Sports

  • Phelps edges Lochte, sets WR in 200M medley
  • Beasley trying to play through cracked sternum
  • U.S. champion retains hot dog eating title

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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    Australian singer Kylie Minogue smiles as she poses for photographers with the OBE she received from Britain's Prince Charles for her services to music at Buckingham Palace in London July 3, 2008.

    1 day ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Serena (L) and Venus Williams of the U.S. talk to each other during their quarter-finals doubles match against Bethanie Mattek of the U.S. and Sania Mirza of India at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 2, 2008.

    2 days ago

    from Reuters Pictures by Reuters

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    Acrobats perform during the presentation of A400M military aircraft in Seville, southern Spain June 26, 2008. Europe unveiled the A400M military aircraft on Thursday, giving the public a first glimpse of a powerful turboprop plane built to supply seven NATO countries with urgently needed strategic airlift capacity.

    1 week ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    A group of people look at the sun, standing on the rocky crest filled with astronomical markers at the megalithic observatory of Kokino, soon after sunrise on June 21, 2008, on the day of the summer solstice. The ancient astronomic observatory, located about 80 km northeast of Skopje, dates more than 4.000 years back in time. It is ranked by NASA as the fourth ancient observatory in the world.

    1 week ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

• Hot off the wire

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    A member from the international relief group Oxfam personates the likes of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, center, as he leads other Oxfam members portrating other Group of Eight leaders, including President George Bush, to belt it out karaoke tunes at Sapporo, northern Japan, on Saturday, July 5, 2008. The G8 leaders, representing the U.S., Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and Canada, will descend in this northern Japanese island of Hokkaido for the summit meeting to discuss global warming and food crisis, among others.

    43 mins ago

    from AP Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi

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    Chaunte Howard clears the bar during the women's high jump competition at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon, July 4, 2008.

    42 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Fireworks are set off over the National Mall in Washington, DC July, 4, 2008, seen from the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, VA.

    43 mins ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

• Recently starred

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    KIDLINGTON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 27: Sir Richard Branson (C) attends a photocall to launch Virgin Media's new television channel Virgin 1, at his home in Kidlington on September 27, 2007 in Oxfordshire, England.

    9 months ago

    from Getty Images

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    LONDON - FEBRUARY 08: Dita Von-Teese is seen at the launch of Virgin Media at Convent Garden Market on February 8, 2007 in London, England. Branson will spend the day in a perspex box being visited by celebrities and with only virgin media to entertain him. At its launch today Virgin Media will become the largest Virgin branded company in the world as well as a new force in British media, entertainment and communications. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dita Von-Teese

    17 months ago

    from Getty Images

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    LONDON - FEBRUARY 08: Dita Von-Teese launches Virgin Media at Convent Garden Market on February 8, 2007 in London, England. Branson will spend the day in a perspex box being visited by celebrities and with only virgin media to entertain him. At its launch today Virgin Media will become the largest Virgin branded company in the world as well as a new force in British media, entertainment and communications. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dita Von-Teese

    17 months ago

    from Getty Images

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    LONDON - FEBRUARY 08: Richard Branson and Dita Von-Teese launches Virgin Media at Convent Garden Market on February 8, 2007 in London, England. Branson will spend the day in a perspex box being visited by celebrities and with only virgin media to entertain him. At its launch today Virgin Media will become the largest Virgin branded company in the world as well as a new force in British media, entertainment and communications. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dita Von-Teese;Richard Branson

    17 months ago

    from Getty Images

Our editor's pick, and topics with the most buzz in the last ten minutes.

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  Ingrid Betancourt
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  Barack Obama
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  John McCain
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  Jesse Helms
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  George W. Bush

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