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Pausing by Ground Zero, the New York reaches Manhattan

The U.S.S. New York reached New York City, pausing at the World Trade Center site and traveling along the Upper West Side before circling around to dock in Midtown Manhattan.

New York Times

USS New York arrives in New York City

YouTube

In pictures: USS New York

BBC

Logging caused Nazca collapse in Peru

A team of archaeologists have found the demise of the Nazca society was linked in part to the fate of a tree.

BBC

Manufacturing and home sales fuel hopes

U.S. manufacturing activity rose to its highest level in three and a half years and pending home sales contracts surged, offering hope the budding economic recovery would be sustained.

Reuters

Getting back to growth

CNBC

David Tice talks stock

Bloomberg

Special section:

Are things really getting better?

CNNMoney

Karzai is elected Afghan president

Hamid Karzai has been declared the elected president of Afghanistan by poll officials, after they scrapped the planned second round of the vote.

BBC

Turnout key as Maine prepares for impending election

Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap is predicting a 35 percent voter turnout, despite heavy advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate.

Portland Press Herald

Vermonters push for gay marriage

Burlington Free Press

NATION

Guantánamo suspects want to stay

As President Barack Obama's deadline to close Guantánamo looms, some occupants of the notorious detention center would rather prolong their stay than be sent to the prisons on the U.S. mainland.

Telegraph.co.uk

Guantanamo Uighurs arrive in Palau

Al Jazeera

Bay Bridge reopens after closure

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened six days after two steel rods and a steel crossbeam plummeted from the span and caused a traffic nightmare for hundreds of thousands of commuters.

San Francisco Examiner

POLITICS

Corzine recasts himself in Obama's shadow as NJ race nears end

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine stood in President Barack Obama’s shadow, seeking to muster support among the 21 percent of Democrats who a recent poll showed hadn’t planned to vote for him.

Bloomberg

The bottom line on upcoming elections

ABC News

Audit warns KBR to cut payroll in Iraq

Pentagon auditors are warning the Army's primary support contractor in Iraq to cut its work force there or face nearly $200 million in penalties for keeping thousands too many on the payroll.

Seattle Times

ENVIRONMENT

Robot fish could monitor water quality

Scientists are developing robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe areas that are underwater.

ScienceDaily

Smart grid powers energy efficiency

President Barack Obama has delivered $3.4 billion worth of grants to update electricity transmission, and create a smart grid to increase efficiency and promote energy-saving choices for consumers.

Public Radio International

HEALTH

Depression link to processed food

Eating a diet high in processed food can increase the risk of depression. What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, research found.

BBC

For dialysis patients, too thin can be risky

Dialysis patients with very low body fat are much more likely to die than other people on dialysis, even those with the highest levels of body fat, a new study has found.

HealthDay

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Elton John hospitalized for flu and cancels tour dates

Elton John has checked into the hospital after battling the flu for the last two weeks. The musician is now "feeling much better," the source told Access.

Access Hollywood

Novelist NDiaye awarded top literary prize in France

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New York Times

‘Michael Jackson’s This Is It’ is top weekend movie in ticket sales

"Michael Jackson’s This Is It" was the top film in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters, bringing in $21.3 million for distributor Sony Corp.

Bloomberg

Michael Jackson is still 'it' overseas

TIME

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pastors open online churches

The World Wide Web has recently become the hottest place to build a church. A growing number of congregations are creating Internet offshoots that go far beyond streaming weekly services.

Star Tribune

Defections, court fights test Scientology

The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season, with some wondering if recent setbacks are momentary or if the church is in big serious trouble.

MSNBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

SD man uses unemployment to raise food for charities

In the eyes of the charities who receive his donated food, Brian Parsons is a godsend in the garden, where he plies the soil to help people in need.

USA TODAY

Pastor on solid ground after spending 4 days a little closer to heaven

Rev. Craig Steifel endured a wet month in St. Louis in a tent on the roof of his church in an effort to raise money for a global children's charity.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

North Korea warns US: negotiate or else

North Korea issued a demand for dialogue with the United States with a message that carried an implicit threat: talk or else.

Christian Science Monitor

Deadly blast rocks Pakistani city