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In this undated photo released by the Maran Tankers Co., the Greece-flagged tanker Maran Centaurus is seen at an unknown location. The Maran Centaurus was seized by Somali pirates. (Photo by Maran Tankers / AP)

Demjanjuk Nazi war crimes trial begins

John Demjanjuk, 89, has been wheeled into a Munich court accused of being a Nazi camp guard who herded 27,900 people to their death in the gas chambers.

Telegraph.co.uk

Key Sobibor death camp staff already tried

Monsters and Critics

In pictures: The story of John Demjanjuk

BBC

Interactive genetic algorithm to help witnesses remember criminals

Criminals are having a harder time hiding their faces, thanks to new software that helps witnesses recreate and recognize suspects using principles borrowed from the fields of optics and genetics.

ScienceDaily

US-bound oil tanker hijacked off Somalia

An oil tanker bound for the United States was hijacked off Somalia with a crew of 28 aboard, maritime authorities said.

CNN

Ships held by Somali pirates

Reuters

How to counter a pirate attack

BBC

Unemployed, underemployed look to jobs summit for help

In order to increase overall employment, companies must continue to gain confidence in the economy — an issue at the top of President Barack Obama's list at the Jobs Summit he will host.

ABC News

Royal Society papers available online

One of the world's oldest scientific institutions is marking the start of its 350th year by putting 60 of its most memorable research papers online.

BBC

Dilettantes to DNA via cuckoos and kites

The Independent

Steel town plans return to green roots

Vandergrift, Pa., residents are reviving Fredick Law Olmsted's 114-year-old vision and making the community environmentally sustainable for this century and beyond.

MSNBC

NATION

US cool to surge in Afghanistan's own military and police forces

The Obama administration has soured on a call from its top commander to double the size of the Afghan police and army, reflecting the White House's continued skepticism about the Afghan government.

Wall Street Journal

Obama’s speech on Afghanistan to envision exit

New York Times

On the front lines in Afghanistan

MSNBC

CIA goes hiring in heart of Arab America

At Tuhama's Lebanese deli in Dearborn, Mich., and at bakeries and barbershops throughout town, it's no secret the CIA is looking for a few good spies.

Reuters

Senators want criminal charges against White House crashers

Two senators said that authorities should pursue criminal charges against the Virginia couple who crashed last week's state dinner at the White House.

Associated Press

POLITICS

US missed chance to get bin Laden in 2001

The U.S. military could have captured Osama bin Laden in 2001 with a concerted attack on his hideout in Afghanistan, according to a report prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Reuters

Brown calls for action on al-Qaida

YouTube

Release of secret reports delayed

President Barack Obama will maintain a lid of secrecy on millions of pages of military and intelligence documents scheduled to be declassified by the end of 2009, according to administration officials.

Boston Globe

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mercury is point of celestial triangle

In December, stargazers will see two full moons starting with the full moon within one degree of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, and ends with a ''blue moon,'' the term for a second full moon in the month.

Akron Beacon Journal

Harvard study: Computers don't save hospitals money

A Harvard Medical School study of some of the nation's "most wired" hospital facilities found that computerization of those facilities hasn't saved money or improved administrative efficiency.

Computerworld

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Why Ireland is running out of priests

Father Patrick Rushe says "we've done just about everything" to attract young men to the priesthood in Ireland. And yet, the call of service is falling on deaf ears.

Yahoo! News

A bridge unveiled for Hajj stoning ritual

Chanting "Allahu akbar" — "God is greater than any" — more than 2 million pilgrims crossed new pedestrian bridges to perform one of the last rituals of the Hajj season.

CNN

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Transsexual 'L.A. Times' sportswriter Mike Penner found dead

Los Angeles Times reporter Mike Penner, who publicly chronicled his gender transition and returned to the paper under the name Christine Daniels, died at age 52.

NPR

Geoffrey Fletcher pulls 'Precious' screenplay from 'Push'

"Precious" tells the unrelenting story of its character's emerging out of sexual and psychic abuse. She discovers herself as a writer and as a person, ultimately realizing her dreams.

Los Angeles Times

SPORTS

Cundiff FG gives Ravens 20-17 OT win over Steelers

Third-string quarterback Dennis Dixon was doing a fine job for the Pittsburgh Steelers in his first NFL start — until he was forced to work overtime.

Yahoo! News

Head trauma remains a danger in high school football

Football remains the most dangerous high school sport, with an average of 25.5 injuries per 100 players a season, and 12 percent of all injuries involve head trauma.

San Jose Mercury News

Steelers officially rule Roethlisberger out

Sports Network

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GOOD NEWS

Brad Pitt’s gifts to New Orleans

Frustrated by the slow pace of rebuilding in the lower 9th Ward, Brad Pitt set up a foundation that plans to build 150 homes. So far, just 15 of them are occupied, but they are making a big impression.

New York Times

Deaf, blind dachshund offers students a lesson in compassion

Marcia Fishman, an elementary teacher in Southfield, Michigan, adopted Rudolph, a 7-pound dachshund who was born both deaf and blind.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Conservative rancher wins disputed Honduran election

Honduran cattle rancher Porfirio Lobo was elected president in a peaceful vote as the Central American nation seeks to overcome a five-month political crisis and win international legitimacy.

Bloomberg

Iran planning to build '10 new uranium enrichment sites'