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A firefighter looks on as wildfire burns near a neighborhood in La Crescenta, California. (Photo by LM Otero / AP)

Mexico to evacuate thousands as fierce Hurricane Jimena nears

Emergency workers struggled to evacuate thousands of reluctant slum dwellers as extremely dangerous Hurricane Jimena approached Mexico's resort-studded Baja California Peninsula.

Baltimore Sun

US mulls Afghan strategy

The deaths of four NATO troops have marked the end of the deadliest month in Afghanistan for U.S. forces as the organization's top commander called for a new strategy.

Al Jazeera

Afghan commander calls for new strategy

NPR

Wildfire victims take stock; flames spread

As vicious Southern California blazes continue to char plants and homes, some residents are returning to sift through the remaining ashes.

CBS News

Fire crews making progress in Station fire

KTLA News

Station fire moves toward hillside homes

cbs2.com

California wildfires spread, homes destroyed

NPR

Massachusetts plans interim US Senate pick as election set

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick set in motion a plan to allow him to pick a temporary successor for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy before voters choose someone in a Jan. 19 special election.

Bloomberg

Health care debate exposes regional rift for Democrats

Congress' efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system are plagued by an age-old urban-rural, coasts versus the heartland schism in the Democratic Party.

McClatchy Newspapers

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Roger Federer returns to Devin Britton during the US Open tennis tournament in New York. (Photo by Kathy Willens / AP)	A street vendor looks on at a bazaar in Kabul. (Photo by Dima Gavrysh / AP)	A child walks by an Arabic mural in Gaza City. (Photo by Hatem Moussa / AP)

NATION

Military cancels controversial reporter-rating contract with media firm

The military has canceled a controversial contract with Rendon Group, a D.C.-based media consulting firm, to write assessments of war reporters.

Wired

Justice Dept. to recharge enforcement of civil rights

Attorney General Holder is reshaping the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division by pushing it back into voting rights, housing, employment, bank lending practices and redistricting after the 2010 census.

New York Times

US acquires land for flight 93 memorial

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the government will pay $9.5 million to acquire land so the Flight 93 National Memorial can be built by the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

CBS News

POLITICS

McDonnell defends writings from past

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell moved to distance himself from aspects of a 20-year-old academic paper in which he addressed working women, feminism and homosexuality.

The Roanoke Times

DC power brokers launch effort for federalized voter registration

A bipartisan group of Washington power brokers wants to streamline the voter registration process by centralizing it in the federal government.

The Hill

Obama official disputes Cheney's claims

Former Vice President Dick Cheney had his facts wrong when he blasted Attorney General Eric Holder for launching an investigation into past CIA interrogation techniques, an administration official said.

CNN

White House, Cheney spar

CBS News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

The Grapes of Wrath revisited: retracing Steinbeck's footsteps

Steinbeck based his story of the Joads' experiences on the real accounts of those living at the Weedpatch camp, built by the federal government as a place of shelter and protection for desperate migrants.

Guardian

For some hard-pressed, a campsite is home

Christian Science Monitor

Police review death of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones

British police are reviewing the death of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones, 40 years after the hard-living rocker was found dead in a swimming pool.

CNN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Judge issues dismissal of convictions in MySpace hoax

A judge has thrown out convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in an Internet hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who committed suicide.

MSNBC

British plan to tackle asteroids

A team of British scientists are developing plans for a spacecraft that could stop large asteroids from destroying the Earth.

BBC

SPORTS

Gymnast Liukin says she won't be at October worlds

Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin said she has withdrawn her name from consideration for the USA Gymnastics team that will compete at the world gymnastics championships in London.

Houston Chronicle

Andy Roddick brings major confidence to US Open

Roddick climbs back on the Grand Slam horse for the first time since Wimbledon, and begins his tournament against 85th-ranked German player Bjorn Phau.

NY Daily News

Agassi honored in return to US Open

MSNBC

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High moral ground on prisoner abuse

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Reporter ‘profiling’ is not acceptable

The Intelligencer

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Va. gubernatorial candidate McDonnell

The News Leader

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Media version of the Kennedy 'legacy'

Slate

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Obama, give 'em hell before it's too late

Salon.com

Column:

What's $2 trillion among friends?

Weekly Standard

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Poll: Democrats driving away independents

U.S. News & World Report

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A landslide victory for the DPJ in Japan

Economist

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Looking back at 'thirtysomething'

Baltimore Sun

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Advantage France

New York Times

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GOOD NEWS

Bionic brain chips could be key to overcoming paralysis

An experiment performed last year was the first demonstration of a new treatment that might one day cure paralysis, which is typically caused by a broken connection in the spinal cord.

New Scientist

UH faculty honored for excellence in undergraduate teaching

The University of Hawaii has selected seven faculty members from campuses across the university system as the recipients of the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

University of Hawaii News

WORLD

Poland ceremonies mark WWII start

Leaders from Russia and Germany are among those expected at ceremonies in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II.

BBC

Poland marks start of World War II