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The U.S. soccer team manages a 1-1 tie with Italy in World Cup play, a result made more suprising by the ejection of two American players. The outcome keeps the U.S. alive in the World Cup, but they need help to advance to the next round.

A constitutional amendment to ban flag burning fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority necessary to pass Tuesday. The Senate vote was 66 to 34 in favor of the amendment. The amendment has already passed in the House.

Japan's prime minister says Tokyo would respond harshly if North Korea tests a long-range missile. U.S. officials have said North Korea appears to have completed fuelling for a test of a long-range ballistic missile that could possibly reach Alaska. Steve Inskeep talks to reporter Lucy Craft in Tokyo about the situation.

Ryan Adams, 16, is a finalist in next week's Kids Philosophy Slam in Washington, D.C. This year, the young philosophers debate this question: Which is more powerful, fear or hope? Adams lends Scott Simon his thoughts on the subject.

Leo Allen, a New York comic, challenged himself to read 100 books in a year's time. He's polished off 51 so far, and he seems to be gaining momentum. From science fiction to self-help, Allen offers a summer reading list that spans nearly a century of literature.

The newest movie installment of the Superman franchise opens this week, but some Superman mysteries remain unanswered. Physics professor James Kakalios explains the physics behind the superhero's famous powers.

On Monday, eight months after Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans may give some residents of devastated Ninth Ward the go-ahead to return to their homes. The long-awaited decision will depend on the results of water-purity tests. Also Monday, displaced residents can begin casting ballots at satellite polling stations around Louisiana in the run-off mayor election.

One observer of the security situation in Iraq says that the U.S. response to Iraq's growing violence is failing to quell the trouble.

The federal government reports that far more underwater pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico were damaged by hurricanes last year than they realized. Weather and the pressure to find divers and oil-rig workers have overtaxed available resources.

The Miami defendants in the alleged terrorist plot are charged with four counts of conspiracy. Conspiracy is one of the most commonly filed charges in terrorism cases, but it makes civil libertarians uneasy.