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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offers a bouquet of flowers to Congress party President Sonia Gandhi as results suggest a mandate in favor of Congress and its allies in the just concluded polls, in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Saurabh Das / AP)

India's ruling party wins election

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ruling coalition won an overwhelming election victory, boosting hopes of a stable government amid the economic downturn and tensions with Pakistan.

Reuters

Results day in India

BBC

Obama to name governor envoy to China

President Barack Obama intends to name Utah's Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman, seen by many as a potential GOP presidential contender, to be ambassador to China.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

GM, Chrysler to drop 1,900 dealers by end of 2010

Both General Motors and Chrysler headquarters and their dealers are scrambling to reorganize and stay alive in a severe recession that has devastated sales of cars and trucks.

Examiner

Dealership closings have ripple effect

CBS News

Taliban seem to abandon guerrilla tactics in Pakistan conflict

Taliban insurgents in Pakistan's Swat valley may be preparing to fight the Pakistani army on the city streets, as both sides prepare to fight a conventional battle.

McClatchy Newspapers

Pakistan claims 10 killed in US missile strikes

CNN

Obama scales back from vows

Faced with the choice of signaling an unambiguous break with Bush-era policies or maintaining some continuity with its practices, the president has decided to take fewer risks with security.

MSNBC

Obama revives terror tribunals — with changes

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Airline changes raise safety issues

Revelations about pilot pay and working conditions have raised broader concerns that long-term structural changes in the aviation industry may be undermining the safety of passengers.

ABC News

Pilot fatigue is like 'having too much to drink'

CNN

Judge issues restraining order to stop car warranty 'robo-calls'

A federal judge has issued two temporary restraining orders designed to stop what officials describe as a wave of deceptive "robo-calls" warning of expiring auto warranties and offering to sell new plans.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Senator Schumer to introduce shareholder bill of rights

A U.S. bill giving shareholders more say on executive pay and an easier way to nominate corporate directors will be introduced in the Senate, a source familiar with the matter said.

Reuters

GOP will try to block closing Gitmo

Senate Republican Policy Committee Chairman John Ensign, returning from a trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said that Republicans will try to block closing the U.S. prison there and may be successful.

The Hill

Nancy Pelosi backpedals on CIA claims

Rebuffed by the Democratic head of the CIA and left hanging by a Democratic White House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi backpedaled on her claims that the CIA lied to her about water-boarding.

Politico

Blog:

Graphic abuse photos emerge

CBS News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Growing old with autism

Despite the successful marketing of the affliction by activists and interest groups, autism is not a childhood condition. It is non-degenerative and non-terminal: the boys and girls grow up.

TIME

Twin European telescopes launched to study birth of the universe

Two European Space Agency spacecraft blasted off into space on a mission to decipher the mysteries behind the creation of the universe.

Computerworld

ENVIRONMENT

$6.4 billion for greener schools

The House passed a $6.4 billion school modernization bill that would commit funds for the construction and update of more energy-efficient school buildings.

Environmental News Network

Brain-controlling flies to triumph over alien ants?

A decades-long battle against invasive fire ants in the southern U.S. might be turning a corner, thanks to a nightmarish little fly.

National Geographic

'Coral triangle' gets promise of protection

Six Asia-Pacific countries agreed on a wide-ranging plan to protect one of the world's largest networks of coral reefs, promising to reduce pollution and improve the coastal communities.

Star Tribune

HEALTH

Chewable aspirin is best for the heart

Chewable aspirin is absorbed faster and is more effective than regular aspirin that is either swallowed whole or chewed and then swallowed, a new study shows.

WebMD

Nutrient-rich diet lowers risk of age-related eye disease

Eating foods rich in vitamins C and E, zinc, lutein, zeaxanthin, omega-3 fatty acids and that have less impact on blood sugar levels can lower the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration.

HealthDay

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Judge rules teen must be treated for cancer despite religious objections

A 13-year-old Minnesota boy with cancer must resume medical treatment to save his life, despite religious and other objections by his family — unless it already is too late, a Brown County District Court judge ruled.

Star Tribune

Parents who refused medical help because of religion charged

When the 911 call finally came from Kara Neumann’s mother, it was too late to save the 11-year-old girl suffering from juvenile diabetes. Her parents had refused to seek medical help before.

Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Deficit worries

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (William Kristol):

Cheney, most valuable Republican

Weekly Standard

Column (Jonathan Cohen):

CBO weighs in on healthcare debate

The New Republic

Column (Jacob Weisberg):

What we've learned so far about Obama

Slate

Editorial:

3 trillion dollars later...

Economist

Editorial:

Tackling health care

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Gordon Silverstein):

Obama should appoint a politician

The New Republic

Column (Jim DeMint):

Beware the ‘public option’

National Review

Column (Terence Samuel):

Cheney just wants to be loved

The American Prospect

Blog:

Collective drug surveillance

Slate

Blog:

The secret of a good life

DoubleX

Column:

Obama's gentler military commissions

Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

Former WWII internee to get degrees

Michiko Kiyokawa, will return to the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma to receive an honorary degree more than six decades after being held in internment.

Guardian

Petty charity ride hits Yellville

The overall mission of the bikers: to raise money and awareness for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses.

Baxter Bulletin

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Kyle Petty Charity Ride

Kyle Petty Charity

WORLD

Sri Lanka claims last rebel area taken