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GOP senators concede on ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program

With a jump-start from car dealers and consumers, prospects are brightening for quick Senate action on a $2 billion fill-up for the “Cash for Clunkers” program.

Christian Science Monitor

What happens to the clunkers traded in?

TIME

Russian subs patrolling off East Coast

Two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling in international waters off the East Coast for several days, in activity reminiscent of the Cold War, defense officials said.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Hecklers turn Democrats’ health care forums into ‘town hells’

The once-cozy town hall format has suddenly turned into “town hells” for legislators on the stump for the president's proposed health care reform.

Christian Science Monitor

US journalists head home from North Korea

Two U.S. journalists who had been detained by North Korea are traveling back to the United States with former President Clinton hours after being pardoned, a Clinton spokesman said.

CNN

Obama administration asked Clinton to go

The Hill

Clinton meets Kim Jong Il

Reuters

Defiant Iran president takes oath

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been sworn in for a second term as Iran's president, after weeks of post-election unrest.

BBC

US: Ahmadinejad is elected leader

Al Jazeera

Iran protests not over

CBS News

Your kid's price tag: $221,190

The Department of Agriculture released a report that middle-income families with a child born in 2008 will spend $221,190 to raise that child through high school.

ABC News

Clinton arrives in Kenya

Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Secretary of State, has arrived in Kenya as part of an African tour to push her government's commitment to tackling the continent's trouble spots.

Al Jazeera

NATION

Senators, advisers urge Obama to more than double Afghan forces

President Barack Obama and top U.S. military commanders are being pressed by senators and civilian advisers to more than double the size of Afghan security forces, a move that would cost billions of dollars.

Bloomberg

At least 4 die in gym shooting near Pittsburgh

A gunman walked into an LA Fitness gym outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, turned off the lights and fired off 50 rounds, killing three women before killing himself.

CNN

Ground Zero Freedom Tower construction lags, slated for 2018 finish

A secret report predicts the Freedom Tower, billed as America's defiant answer to terrorism, won't be finished until 17 years after the 9/11 attacks.

NY Daily News

Developer rejects Gov. Paterson’s proposals

New York Times

POLITICS

Obama administration to crack down on texting drivers

The Obama administration signalled a nationwide clampdown on people who send text messages while driving, a practice cited as the cause of a recent series of high-profile fatal crashes.

Guardian

Firm stance on illegal immigrants still current policy

President Barack Obama's administration is pursuing an aggressive strategy for an illegal-immigration crackdown that relies significantly on programs started by former president George W. Bush.

New York Times

Special section:

Immigration

Houston Chronicle

Report: Acting White House cyberspace chief resigns

Melissa Hathaway, acting cyberspace director for the White House's National Security and Homeland Security councils, has resigned, citing personal reasons.

CNET News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Orangutan ruse misleads predators study shows

Wild orangutans in Borneo hold leaves to their mouths to make their voices sound deeper than they actually are.

BBC

Marines solidify ban on Facebook, Twitter

The U.S. Marine Corps has banned social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter from military networks. The new directive doesn't change much as these sites were already unofficially banned.

Computerworld

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Amid contract talks, Paula Abdul says she's quitting 'American Idol'

If Paula Abdul's abrupt Twitter announcement that she's quitting "American Idol" is a contract negotiating ploy, it's a spectacular one.

Baltimore Sun

Reality rules the roost

In all, 14 of the week's top 18 programs in adults 18-49 were reality series, and comedy repeats filled the other four spots.

Variety

'Twilight' author Stephenie Meyer accused of plagiarism

Author Jordan Scott has sent a cease and desist letter to the publisher of "Breaking Dawn," claiming passages in the book bear "striking and substantial similarity" to portions of Scott's book "The Nocturne."

NY Daily News

HEALTH

9/11-linked trauma emerges years later

People directly exposed to the horrors of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City reported new symptoms of post-traumatic stress as long as five and six years after the incident.

HealthDay

WHO says swine flu deaths surge to 1,154

The World Health Organization has said that 1,154 swine flu victims have died since the virus emerged in April.

MSNBC

Medicines top source of kids' poisonings

The leading cause of accidental poisonings among American children can be found in the family medicine cabinet, a new government report shows.

HealthDay

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

BYU not the most religious campus

Brigham Young University is not the most religious campus in the U.S. Rankings released by the Princeton Review show that BYU was runner-up to Thomas Aquinas College, a Catholic school in California.

Salt Lake Tribune

Dalai Lama cites growing support in China for Tibetans

The Dalai Lama said that an estimated 4,000 people who were imprisoned during anti-Chinese riots in Tibet last year remain in custody, and he called for an international investigation of the violence.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhism

Beliefnet

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GOOD NEWS

Michelin employees to volunteer in SC elementary schools

Michelin North America Inc. employees will volunteer in elementary schools across South Carolina under a program launched seeking to help the neediest students and boost the state's graduation rate.

Newsday

Afghan kids set aside differences

The sick and injured Afghan children shed their surnames — a label that often carries religious implications — and are able to form unlikely friendships.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

WORLD

1,000s of Canadians flee forest fires

Amidst a spell of extremely hot, dry weather, between 500 and 700 fires were burning in the province on any day, with 100 to 150 new ones starting each day.

Earth Times

Computers unlock more secrets of the mysterious Indus Valley script

Thousands of years ago, an urban civilization lived on the border between Pakistan and India. Researchers are trying to gather information on the script.

ScienceDaily

An Indus 'dictionary'

Harappa

Top US general in Iraq disputes early pullout memo

The top U.S. general in Iraq says he disagrees with a colonel's memo that urges an early troop withdrawal although the security situation is better than expected.

Houston Chronicle

BUSINESS

Mortgage refinancing program on track

A government loan refinancing program is on pace to offer help to three to four million homeowners over the next three years, the Treasury Department reported.

MarketWatch

Accounting tricks catch up with GE

General Electric agreed to pay a $50 million fine to the Securities and Exchange Commission, ending an investigation into accounting shenanigans that severely tarnished the company's reputation.

Forbes

Americans' incomes and spending down

The fragility of the recovery is highlighted by indicators giving out mixed signals on the economy: incomes and spending fell in June, while the housing market showed signs of recovery.

Times Online

SPORTS

Gators give Meyer 6-year, $24M contract

Urban Meyer, who has taken the Florida Gators to two national championships in four seasons, will see his salary climb to equally exclusive company, making him the SEC's highest-paid coach in 2009.

ESPN

NBA regular-season schedule to include 5 Christmas Day games

The 64th National Basketball Association season tips off Oct. 27 with a matchup between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers before a battle between Los Angeles franchises.

Bloomberg

2009-2010 NBA schedule released

ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

Earth's biogeochemical cycles, once in concert, falling out of sync

What do the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone," global climate change and acid rain have in common? They're all a result of human impacts to Earth's biology, chemistry and geology and their natural cycles.

ScienceDaily

Millennium Project report issued on the future of the world

A major report issued by the United Nations Millenium Project has just been released. It finds that half the world appears vulnerable to social instability and violence.

Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Schools face fears about flu closures

Schools are bracing for what could be a nasty flu season — and for principals and educators, that may mean making tricky decisions about when to close their doors.

ABC News

Chicago elite public schools probed

Federal investigators are looking into the city’s elite public schools. Thousands apply, only a handful get in and many families think it's not what you know that's important, but who you know.

Chicago Public Radio

Elite Chicago public schools admissions probed

NPR

Education is now a right

India joined a select global club with the passage of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, providing education to children in the age bracket of 6-14 years.

Times of India

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