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In this courtroom sketch, a U.S. Marshall removes Faisal Shahzad's handcuffs in a New York courtroom. Shahzad pleaded guilty to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing just days after a federal grand jury indicted him on 10 terrorism and weapons counts. (Photo by Elizabeth Williams / AP)

The best day of my life (so far): seniors telling stories

The best day of my life (so far), a multimedia project at the Philadelphia Senior Center began when one woman asked her grandmother about her youth.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Stanley McChrystal recalled over Rolling Stone article

US commander in Afghanistan apologises for magazine article in which he criticises Barack Obama and the US ambassador to Kabul.

Guardian

Obama 'furious' over McChrystal article

MSNBC

Times Square car bomber details plot

In an unapologetic courtroom colloquy, Shahzad offered chilling details about how he trained with the Pakistani Taliban, then returned to the U.S. to launch an attack.

San Francisco Chronicle

Would-be bombers in US hampered by logistics

NPR

Would-be Times Square bomber in court

YouTube

Investigators claim US funds Taliban

Investigators say the U.S. military has been giving tens of millions of dollars to Afghan security firms who are channeling the money to warlords.

BBC

Afghanistan: nation at a crossroads

MSNBC

Taliban gets US tax dollars?

CBS News

Study: Cartoon characters attract kids to junk food

Shrek, Dora the Explorer, and other animated TV and movie stars beloved by children have been moonlighting as junk-food pitchmen in recent years. And they're good at it.

CNN

The World in Photos .........................................................................
The sun rises behind the Stonehenge monument in England during the summer solstice. (Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis / AP)	Two sea lions perform a playful underwater dance for spectators at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, OR. (Photo by Don Ryan / AP)	A Hindu holy man dressed like Goddess Kali looks at the Kamakhya temple in Gauhati, India. (Photo by Anupam Nath / AP)

NATION

NY law would be 1st to take DNA from all criminals, including low-level offenders

Gov. David Paterson has proposed doubling New York's DNA database to include samples from low-level offenders, making it the first in the nation to so broadly collect and use this evidence.

Buffalo News

Neb. town latest in US to fight immigrants

Voters in a small Nebraska town added to an anti-immigration sentiment sweeping parts of the United States, voting to ban the hiring or renting of property to illegal immigrants.

Reuters

Treating sex offenders comes at a price

Keeping sex offenders locked up in treatment after prison emerged as a popular get-tough tactic when states were flush with cash. But the costs have soared far beyond what anyone envisioned.

Portland Press Herald

POLITICS

Peter Orszag to step down as White House Budget Director

White House Budget Director Peter Orszag plans to resign, a Democratic official said, positioning him to be the first high-profile member of President Barack Obama's team to depart the administration.

Huffington Post

Health agency nominee faces battle

President Barack Obama’s nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid, Dr. Donald M. Berwick, is a man with a mission, a teacher who has been showing hospitals how they can save lives and money.

New York Times

Obama plan to land on asteroid may be unrealistic for 2025

President Barack Obama has proposed an improbable goal. He has set a 2025 date for NASA to land humans on an asteroid, a ball of rock hurtling around the sun.

ABC News

BUSINESS

Airline passenger bumping in US may be highest since 2001

U.S. airlines may bump the most passengers in nine years as business travelers resume flying following the deepest cuts in seats since World War II.

Bloomberg

Proposed new debit card rules may not help consumers much

Business owners are anxiously awaiting a vote in the House of Representatives that would overhaul many of the rules that currently govern retailers' relationships with debit and credit card companies.

ABC News

HEALTH

Cannabis-based medicine hits markets

U.K.-based bio-technology firm GW Pharmaceuticals launched the first prescription medicine derived from cannabis, following regulatory approval.

CNBC

Who's making money off medical marijuana?

Detroit Free Press

Doctors limit new Medicare patients

The number of doctors refusing new Medicare patients because of low government payment rates is setting a new high, just six months before millions of Baby Boomers begin enrolling in the program.

USA TODAY

Seniors confront a maze of Medicare changes

Seattle Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Young adults wait to marry

Supposedly, young adults don't have much of an attention span — except when it comes to love. That's when it seems this generation is giving new meaning to the words "long-term relationship."

USA TODAY

Calif. considers adopting electronic license plate ads

Facing billions of dollars in red ink, California may consider showing ads through electronic license plates as a way to generate badly needed revenue.

InformationWeek

Electronic license plates good for Md.?

Baltimore Sun

Moms make online bonds of parenthood in listservs

It takes a village to raise children, and Sarah Carzoli's is a big one. It stretches from her home in Crystal Lake, Ill., to Australia, Paris, London, Canada, Israel and Milwaukee.

USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

For clergy, losing faith can be an occupational hazard

It’s a huge and burdensome secret with the potential to destroy their careers, affected pastors say. They cannot be themselves among their congregations or colleagues, sometimes even with their own families.

Religion News Service

Top Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing his own sons

A prominent Catholic priest, praised by Pope John Paul II as "an efficacious guide to youth," Father Marcial Maciel, sexually abused not only young seminarians but also his own children.

ABC News

Walter Mixa faces new child abuse allegations

The Telegraph

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GOOD NEWS

Art installation brings 60 pianos to N.Y.

In a collaboration between artist Luke Jerram and charitable organization Sing for Hope, 60 newly refurbished pianos were installed in public spaces throughout the city's five boroughs.

CNN

The healing power of music

As founder and director of Hungry for Music, a Washington, D.C.-area nonprofit, Jeff Campbell takes in donated musical instruments and gives them to underprivileged young people.

NPR

WORLD

Around 60 killed and hundreds hurt in Congo train crash

A train derailed and plunged into a ravine in Congo Republic, killing around 60 people and injuring hundreds on a deadly rail link in the oil-producing Central African state.

Reuters

Harper asks G20 leaders to show 'solidarity' on global recovery