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Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-SD, right, refers to a quote about Blackwater on a chart at the Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington as Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., left, looks on. Man at center is unidentified. (Photo by Lauren Victoria Burke / AP)

Democracy icon Suu Kyi greets Myanmar monks

Detained Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi stepped out of her home in tears to greet Buddhist monks marching past the compound where she is confined by the military junta.

ABC News

Special section:

Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi

BBC

1 million Chinese-made cribs recalled

About 1 million Simplicity and Graco cribs are being recalled after three children became entrapped in their cribs and died of suffocation, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

CBS News

Crib deaths prompt massive recall

MSNBC

Iraqis: Blackwater guards fired first

Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in an incident last week in which 11 people died, a senior Iraqi official said.

MSNBC

Blackwater denies involvement in illicit arms trade

CNN

'Jena 6' case raises questions of bias in U.S. justice

Five young black men were charged with attempted murder after a school fight in Jena, La. Charges were reduced for four, but protests in the town call attention to what many say is a biased justice system.

Christian Science Monitor

Jena and the son of Jim Crow

CBS News

Iran warns West against attack

Iran told Western powers they would regret any attack over Tehran's nuclear activities, displaying missiles and other military hardware to back the warning.

Reuters

Special section:

Q&A: Iran and the nuclear issue

BBC

NATION

Report: U.S. admits nearly 10,000 from 'terrorism' states

Nearly 10,000 people from countries considered sponsors of terrorism have entered the United States under an immigration diversity program with relatively few restrictions, a report says.

Reuters

Activists document government's collecting of American travelers' details

MSNBC

Va. Tech inspired Delaware St. response

Yahoo! News

Search continues for university shooter

MSNBC

POLITICS

Giuliani cheered at NRA, amid skepticism

As mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani was critical of the National Rifle Association; during the NRA's conference in Washington, the Republican presidential candidate was applauded.

NPR

Kouchner, French foreign minister, draws antiwar protesters in Washington

For anyone doubting the turnabout in U.S.-French relations, it was enough to see the reception Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner got during a speech before his meetings with Bush cabinet officials.

International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

An American Prius?

Japanese automakers have crushed the Big Three with their hybrids. How can U.S. carmakers catch up?

Slate

Forbes: big business in women's lifestyle

Forbes has spent a century covering businessmen in Brooks Brothers shirts. Now the magazine empire is aiming at executives who prefer Prada skirt suits and Balenciaga pumps.

Reuters

HEALTH

ADHD drugs help boost children's grades

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can perform better at school if placed on long-term drug therapy, a new study suggests.

HealthDay

Bush: kids' health care will get vetoed

President Bush called Democrats "irresponsible" for pushing an expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program which he opposes, citing an unacceptable tax raise as one of reasons.

NPR

Bush stands firm

CBS News

SPORTS

Beckett first to 20 wins as Bosox widen AL East lead

All-Star right-hander Josh Beckett pitched six strong innings to become the first 20-game winner in the majors since 2005, and the Red Sox pulled away to an 8-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

USA Today

U.S. women defeat England

The United States reached the semifinals of the Women's World Cup, beating England 3-0 behind second-half goals from Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx and Kristine Lilly.

Sports Illustrated

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Televangelist Rex Humbard dies

The Rev. Rex Humbard, a former itinerant preacher whose televangelism ministry once reached more parts of the globe than any other religious program, has died at age 88, a family spokeswoman said.

CNN

Faith upon the earth

Religious groups and environmental scientists are teaming up — albeit sometimes reluctantly.

Economist

Last Jew in Afghanistan marks Yom Kippur alone

Zebulon Simentov, the last Jew in Afghanistan, is once again marking the Jewish holy day of fasting in solitude, in a deserted synagogue in the capital of a devoutly Islamic nation.

Yahoo! News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Are we at the end of a Golden Age of stable growth?

Economist

Column (Ralph Keyes):

What we give up by using first names

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Joe Conason):

Taser nation

Salon.com

Column (Steve Coll):

General Petraeus' accounting

New Yorker

Column (Elton John):

A matter of life or death

Guardian

Editorial:

Bush returns to full campaign mode

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

The fed, the enabler

Boston Globe

Editorial:

The war on Gaza's children

Los Angeles Times

Editorial:

In search of a Congress

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Rather's unraveling anchor cult

Los Angeles Times

Column:

Kids gone wild

Salon.com

Column:

China on the wrong road in Burma

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Cute, cuddly and a giant cause for celebration

They may look like traditional baby pictures but this giant panda cub is anything but ordinary.

Sydney Morning Herald

Fund awards $300,000 in grants for work on sustainable rebuilding

The Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health has announced grant awards totaling $300,000 to 27 community-based organizations across the Gulf Coast region.

PNN

WORLD

Castro seen in rare TV interview

Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro has made his first TV appearance for three months, ending speculation that he had died or suffered a major relapse. Mr Castro, 81 has not appeared in public since last July.

BBC

Castro appears on Cuban TV

YouTube

With scars that will never heal, one woman fights human trafficking

Thousands of women from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe looking for work in the West have found that organizations they used for travel arrangements had criminal intentions in mind.

International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Condors vs. the NRA

The remarkable recovery of California condors is now threatened by lead bullet fragments left in the wild by hunters. Its fate rests with the governor. What will Schwarzenegger do?

Salon.com

U.N. deal reached on cutting ozone-damaging emissions

Delegates from almost 200 countries agreed to eliminate ozone-depleting substances faster than originally planned, the United Nations said.

Reuters

Cholera outbreak in Iraqi Kurdistan blamed on dirty water

The Kurdistan Regional Government's health minister has warned that cholera outbreaks in the north could spread if the government does not improve its water supply.

Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The bloated ballad of 'Jesse James'

"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" lays out a simple yarn in what often seems like real time, and the portentousness is not always indistinguishable from pretentiousness.

Christian Science Monitor

'Jesse James' trailer

YouTube

Too many heroes

Like so many lamentable practices in TV today, mass-casting — using lots of actors to draw lots of viewers — traces its root to reality television.

Slate

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Sunny outlook: Can sunshine provide all U.S. electricity?

Large amounts of solar-thermal electric supply may become a reality if steam storage technology works — and if new transmission infrastructure is built.

Scientific American

Halo 3: blown away

With its big guns and corny sci-fi plot, the Halo video game series is undeniably the province of the teenage boy, yet it has become one of the most lucrative entertainment franchises of all time.

Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

Cheap childrens' laptop: 'ultimate learning tool'

If the One Laptop Project keeps its promises, the small green $100 laptop could very well revolutionize teaching in developing nations.

ABC News

Extremist speakers are a dilemma for many colleges

Numerous colleges are wrestling with the question of whether a college campus is a place for all views to be aired, or if some public figures are too extreme to deserve the platform.

WNYT 13

Photo of the Day

An Israeli couple sit in the middle of an empty street during Yom Kippur. Many residents enjoy the streets as no traffic is permitted on the roads. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti / AP)

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