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Shovels used in the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial are lined up on a table before the event in Shanksville, Pa. Plans are for the memorial to be dedicated on Sept. 11, 2011. (Photo by Gene J. Puskar / AP)

Families break ground for Flight 93 memorial in Pa.

With the words "Let's roll" — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims' relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony for a permanent national memorial.

Arizona Republic

Remembering Flight 93 victims

CBS News

Dalai Lama's visit angers China

The Dalai Lama has angered the Chinese government with a visit to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery town in the northeast Indian region of Arunachal Pradesh.

Al Jazeera

Dalai Lama visits Arunachal Pradesh

BBC

House passes $1 trillion US health care bill

The U.S. House approved the most far- reaching changes to the nation’s health care system in four decades, voting to require all Americans to get coverage and to subject insurers to new restrictions.

Bloomberg

President Obama reacts to House passage

Talking Points Memo

House votes to ban abortion subsidies

CBS News

Democrats who voted against the bill

New York Times

Hurricane watch issued for La., Miss.

A hurricane watch has been issued for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Ida begins making its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S. shoreline.

Houston Chronicle

Special section:

Hurricane season tracking map

Stormpulse

Obama wraps up Afghan war strategy review

President Barack Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about 30,000 more troops, officials said.

Reuters

NATION

Suspect told that 'there's something wrong with you'

As a student, some who knew Nidal Malik Hasan said they saw clear signs the young Army psychiatrist — who authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood — had no place in the military.

Google News

Identities of Fort Hood victims released

CNN

Young and old all point fingers, but in different directions

Baby boomers get blamed for the greed and excess that set the country on its current road, while older Americans question the commitment of younger generations.

Denver Post

Navy ship built with World Trade Center steel goes into service

The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, is being put into service as a symbol of healing and strength.

Seattle Times

POLITICS

Republicans seek a path to revival

After hitting rock-bottom in the aftermath of President Barack Obama's election, Republicans have taken their first concrete steps toward recovery. But they remain an embattled and divided force.

MSNBC

Democrats use grim unemployment numbers to call for more spending

Democrats seized on a report that the nation's unemployment rate has reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent to call for further tax and spending measures to bolster the economy.

The Hill

Unemployment threatens economic recovery

Reuters

Could big donors break fundraising record?

NPR

BUSINESS

Small businesses starting to hire

The U.S. Small Business Administration says small firms — those with fewer than 500 employees — have created nearly two-thirds of all new jobs in the economy.

San Francisco Chronicle

Surge in job seekers frazzles human resource departments

Job seekers fret about the cold black hole that seemingly swallows their applications. But on the other side there is a frenzied space of recruiters and human-resource departments racing at hyperspeed.

Denver Post

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hormone that affects finger length key to social behavior

Research at the universities of Liverpool and Oxford into the finger length of primate species has revealed that cooperative behavior is linked to exposure to hormone levels in the womb.

ScienceDaily

West African giraffes defy extinction

The tallest animals on earth are here amid the scant green bush on one side, and the thatched dome villages on the other. They're here, but by all accounts, they shouldn't be.

CBS News

SPORTS

Phil Mickelson defeats Tiger Woods to win in China

Phil Mickelson won the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions by rallying against Tiger Woods.

pgatour.com

Zenyatta quite the lady in win

Zenyatta did Personal Ensign one better by overwhelming 11 males to run her record to 14-0 in what likely will be the final race of her career.

Boston Herald

Breeders' Cup Classic

NBC Sports

Fedor clobbers Rogers in 2 rounds

Fedor Emelianenko left the Sears Centre Arena with the moniker of world's No. 1 heavyweight still intact, but it did not come without a struggle.

ESPN

HEALTH

Binge drinking puts the brain, and life itself, at risk

Researchers from San Diego reported that young people who binge drink can seriously damage the white matter in their brain, which is crucial for relaying information between brain cells.

HealthDay

Warning of extra heart dangers from mixing cocaine and alcohol

Guardian

Many parents, high-priority adults unable to get H1N1 vaccine

A new national poll from Harvard School of Public Health researchers found that a majority of adults who tried to get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves or their children have been unable to do so.

Medical News Today

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GOOD NEWS

Kansas City donors offer winter warmth to those in need

Thousands of Kansas City residents donated their time, money and tons of coats, blankets and jackets as part of the annual Project Warmth collection drive.

Kansas City Star

Chinese premier pledges aid to Africa

China's premier pledged $10 billion in low interest loans to African nations and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries.

ABC News

China expands role in Africa

Al Jazeera

WORLD

Minister defends Afghan mission as a nation remembers

As the Queen led the nation in paying respect to Britain's war dead on Remembrance Sunday, the Defence Minister Bob Ainsworth defended the country's mission in Afghanistan.