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Laura Ling, third from right, an American journalist who was arrested in March after allegedly crossing into North Korea from China, after she and fellow journalist Euna Lee arrived in Burbank, Calif. (Photo by Jae C. Hong / AP)

Clinton tells Kenya to implement reforms

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Kenya's government it must quickly implement long-delayed reforms and that corruption, impunity and human rights abuses were holding the country back.

Reuters

America's main foreign aid agency in limbo

MSNBC

After 34 years, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme to be released

The president she tried to assassinate has been dead for nearly three years. However, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme is about to get her first taste of real freedom in more than three decades.

CNN

Joy as freed reporters arrive home

Two American journalists freed by North Korea arrived home for an emotional reunion with family members and friends they hadn't seen in nearly five months.

The Australian

Freed journalists land back in US

Telegraph.co.uk

Gunman kills 4 at Pittsburgh gym

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.

Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Alleged Pa. gym shooter 'Likely psychotic'

ABC News

Government insurance would allow coverage for abortion

Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions.

San Francisco Chronicle

Indiana autoworkers go back to school

The roll call in classes at Ivy Tech Community College in Kokomo, Ind., is longer due to the economic troubles.

NPR

NATION

Jefferson convicted in freezer cash case

Former Rep. William Jefferson was convicted on 11 of 16 criminal counts filed against him — including charges that accepted bribes and engaged in money laundering while serving in Congress.

Politico

Bill Jefferson found guilty of bribery

MSNBC

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

POLITICS

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

Mullen: 'Tough fight' in Afghanistan under review

NPR

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Obama to announce $2.4 billion in grants

President Barack Obama is announcing $2.4 billion in federal stimulus funding for advanced battery and electric vehicle manufacturing.

Elkhart Truth

Sony plans $199 e-reader

Sony Corp will begin selling the cheapest digital book reader in the United States, heating up competition with Amazon.com Inc. in the fast-growing market for electronic readers.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

India's 'drought-resistant rice'

A new variety of rice being tested in eastern India has the potential to change the face of Indian agriculture.

BBC

Court rules Bush-era forest road-building and logging illegal

The Bush administration acted illegally when it opened millions of acres of U.S. national forests to road-building and logging, a federal appeals court ruled.

Reuters

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

HEALTH

Psychologists issue repudiation of gay-to-straight therapy

The American Psychological Association declared that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients they can become straight through therapy or treatment.

San Jose Mercury News

You may think best on sunny days

A new study shows that some people are more mentally nimble on sunny days, but have duller brains on cloudy days. The findings add to evidence that the weather affects how well we think and respond.

MSNBC

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GOOD NEWS

UPenn charitable giving tops target

In keeping with national trends, giving to the University of Pennsylvania was down over fiscal 2008's record, but officials expected that and were upbeat that the school nonetheless exceeded its target.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Culinary students get experience serving State Fair volunteers

Hundreds of kids from across Wisconsin are getting their animals ready for the first day of the Wisconsin State Fair. One company stepped up to the task of feeding them.

fox6now.com

WORLD

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

Iranians don't confirm Americans' arrest

Reuters

Pakistan Taliban leader's wife dies in US drone attack

A suspected U.S. drone attack killed the wife of the leader of the Pakistan Taliban. The unmanned aerial vehicle targeted the home of Baitullah Mehsud's father-in-law in northwestern Pakistan.

CNN

BUSINESS

Bloom: Chrysler won't become public company next year

President Barack Obama's top auto advisor said he believes Chrysler Group LLC won't become a public company before 2011.

Detroit News

Maintenance and repair weathering the hard times

While construction workers have been hard hit in the recession, the people who make sure existing homes run smoothly — plumbers, electricians and the like — say they are still finding work.

New York Times

SPORTS

Harvard reduces sports travel as Ivys cut athletics to ‘core’

Dartmouth College has scrapped a $15 million stadium renovation project as its sports endowment decreased by as much as 18 percent.

Bloomberg

Arena Football League near folding

The league suspended operations for the 2009 season, but hoped to resume play in 2010. It had an outline for a restructuring process, but the plan has apparently failed to save the league.

Philadelphia Inquirer

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Surf Noir: Pynchon's 'Inherent Vice'

Slot "Inherent Vice" in with "The Crying of Lot 49" and "Vineland" — the other Pynchon novels in which unsettling levels of marijuana are inhaled, and where the counterculture still has a dim chance.

Village Voice

Blog:

Thomas Pynchon's latest, 'Inherent Vice,' headed to the big screen?

The Playlist

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

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Faith groups more likely to attract volunteers, report says

A recent survey indicates that faith-based organizations attract more volunteers than any other type of organization.

Beliefnet

US Catholic sisters queried about doctrine and fidelity

A Vatican-ordered investigation into Roman Catholic sisters in the U.S. is shaping up to be an examination of whether nuns have strayed too far from church teaching.

Salon.com

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