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A boat from Malaloa Marina on the edge of the main highway in the village of Fagatogo, in American Samoa. (Photo by Fili Sagapolutele / AP)

In setback for Obama, Senate panel rejects public option

In the first significant setback for the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Senate Finance Committee rejected the "public option," or government-run health insurance plan.

News Tribune

Who is Congress listening to?

NPR

Senate Finance panel rejects public option

USA TODAY

Holiday bargain: 100 toys for $10

Walmart is looking to jump-start holiday sales by expanding the $10 toy incentive tenfold, the company said.

CNNMoney

South Pacific tsunami kills nearly 100

A massive tsunami hurled by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing. The toll was expected to rise.

San Francisco Chronicle

Powerful earthquake rocks western Indonesia

MSNBC

Samoa earthquake: a history of tsunamis

Telegraph.co.uk

American Samoa governor talks

CNN

Curtain rises on Senate struggle over climate legislation

A draft of a climate bill that Senate Democrats will introduce suggests that the legislation will include a more ambitious greenhouse gas emissions target than one passed by the House.

Herald-Tribune

Senate unveils plan to reduce emissions

NPR

Economy dips in 2nd quarter

Second quarter economic activity shrank at a pace of just 0.7 percent, a better-than-expected showing that buttressed beliefs the economy is growing now.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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NATION

US plans to pull 4,000 troops from Iraq

The United States is speeding up its military withdrawal from Iraq, sending 4,000 more troops home next month, the top American commander there says.

TIME

How far should FBI go in tracking Muslims?

For all their apparent success, the surveillance measures are overly intrusive, Muslim groups say, undermining the integration of an overwhelmingly law-abiding community.

Christian Science Monitor

No raid, crackdown ends in pink slips

A clothing maker in downtown Los Angeles is firing about 1,800 immigrant employees in the coming days after a federal investigation turned up irregularities in the workers' permits and visas.

San Jose Mercury News

POLITICS

Biden commemorates Violence Against Women Act

Women's groups gathered at Vice President Joe Biden's home to toast the 15th anniversary of landmark legislation aimed at eliminating violence against women.

Google News

'Sesame Street' slot for 1st lady

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is to appear in the first episode of the 40th anniversary series of Sesame Street.

BBC

'Sesame Street': Mrs. Obama plants a garden

YouTube

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Court dismisses Rather's $70 million suit

Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS was dismissed by the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, granting a motion filed by the network.

Media Life

No tiptoeing through the tulips

If the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain exists partly to subvert expectations, then the first expectation it subverts is that it is going to be very, very bad.

New York Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New spin on Nero's banquet hall

Not only was Nero a Roman emperor, it turns out he may also have been the father of the revolving restaurant.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nero's rotating dining room discovered

BBC

Wireless charging to go mainstream

The company behind the new Dell Latitude Z laptop's wireless power charger predicts that its technology will go mainstream.

Computerworld

HEALTH

Women's weight tied to healthy aging

For women, the odds of being healthy at age 70 are best for those who don't gain a lot of weight between ages 18 and 50 and who aren't obese at 50.

WebMD

CDC: eating in America still unhealthy

U.S. News & World Report

Health care workers protest mandatory H1N1 flu shots

Several hundred health care workers, civil libertarians and members of anti-vaccine groups railed against a mandate that medical professionals get seasonal and swine-flu vaccines.

USA TODAY

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Public-prayer battle lines drawn in Lodi

The question is: Should the City Council of Lodi, Calif., allow invocations that call on Jesus at its public meetings?

Sacramento Bee

In US, ranks of those who don't identify with a religion are growing

The number of Americans who do not identify with an organized religion has mushroomed and could constitute one-quarter of the nation's population.

Hartford Courant

Religion-less is a new religion

YouTube

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Albert Einstein

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GOOD NEWS

Improving stem cell techniques using protein found in moss

According to a new research, moss may be able to tell scientists how better to program stem cells for medical purposes.

ScienceDaily

Prisoners raise puppies in jail

Prisoners in New York state high security jails are helping the community by raising puppies behind bars, training the dogs for a number of law enforcement programs including bomb sniffing.

BBC