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A student holds a banner reading ''Last night Tehran dormitory, killing fields'' at the gate of Tehran university. Overnight, police stormed the campus and arrested dozens of students angry over what they claim was election fraud. (Photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP)

Sebelius: Single-payer health care is not in plans

As lawmakers on Capitol Hill hammer out legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says that a single-payer option is not on the table.

NPR

Obama presses doctors to back overhaul

San Francisco Chronicle

Obama's health care soapbox

ABC News

US financial regulation reforms outlined

The Obama administration will target critical weaknesses in the troubled U.S. financial system, such as thin bank capital cushions and eroded lending standards, when it proposes an overhaul of financial regulation.

Reuters

Where were regulators when banks were failing?

USA TODAY

Limited recount possible in Iran's disputed election

Iran's powerful Guardian Council says it is ready to recount disputed votes from the presidential poll.

BBC

7 reportedly killed in Iran demos

CBS News

Iranian election sparks global protests

CNN

Italy agrees to take 3 Gitmo detainees

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi agreed to take three detainees from Guantanamo Bay.

San Jose Mercury News

Lee, Obama meet on N Korean threats

As North Korea threatens nuclear war, President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will be eager to show the North the unity of their alliance and a determination not to back down.

Examiner

Nuclear tension growing in North Korea

MSNBC

Pentagon wavers on release of report on Afghan attack

Officials are debating whether to ignore an earlier promise and squelch the release of an investigation into a U.S. airstrike, out of fear that its findings would further enrage the Afghan public.

McClatchy Newspapers

NATION

Family time eroding as Internet use soars

Whether it's around the dinner table or just in front of the TV, U.S. families say they are spending less time together.

USA TODAY

NASA reschedules shuttle launch

The next launch of the space shuttle Endeavour has been rescheduled. On the 16-day mission astronauts will install the last piece of hardware needed to complete Japan's shirtsleeve laboratory, Kibo.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

In reversal, GOP balks at war funding

House Republicans are preparing to vote en bloc against the $106 billion war-spending bill, a position once unthinkable for the party that characterized the money as support for the troops.

The Hill

CBO: Kennedy health care bill to cost over $1 trillion

A health care bill proposed by Senator Kennedy would cost more than $1 trillion over 10 years and leave millions uninsured, according to a preliminary estimate by the Congressional Budget Office.

Politico

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CBO analysis of Kennedy health bill

Seeking Alpha

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Huge pre-Stonehenge complex found via 'crop circles'

Given away by strange, crop circle-like formations seen from the air, a huge prehistoric ceremonial complex discovered in southern England has taken archaeologists by surprise.

National Geographic

First batch of Amazon Kindle DX sells out in 3 days

The $489 e-reader — which was designed for periodicals, textbooks and other large-format reading — is available exclusively through Amazon.com and looks to be off to an impressive start.

Channel Web

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Top news outlets scramble to get full story out of Iran

Having reporters in Iran prior to the disputed elections — which sparked days of violence and protest that have followed — has paid off for several news organizations.

Editor & Publisher

Letterman apologies for Palin joke

David Letterman said his joke about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter was a lousy joke and he's sorry. But the late-night host insisted that the joke was not about Palin's underage daughter.

Variety

EDUCATION

Picture unclear on arts in schools

Data from the Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress show in the past decade middle-schoolers made little progress in knowledge about music and visual arts.

USA TODAY

Government intervention needed on school segregation, experts say

Reversing the resegregation of many of the nation’s school districts may require congressional leadership and the president’s attention, say policymakers.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Prosecutor in French Scientology trial seeks ban

The prosecutor in a French trial involving the Church of Scientology has asked that the group be banned in France and fined if convicted on fraud and other charges.

Beliefnet

Finding a place to pray

When Barry Diamond told fellow ministers his church was leaving its space and would worship instead in members' homes, they warned he was "committing ministry suicide." But his church has survived.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Fred Kaplan):

What should Obama do about Iran?

Slate

Editorial:

Israel's change of heart

Economist

Column:

Climate: How to reach consensus?

Grist

Column:

What's next for abortion providers?

Salon.com

Blog:

Realism and Iran

The New Yorker

Column:

Obama's plan naive and hypocritical

RealClearPolitics

Editorial:

Iranian women cheated by election

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Obama's plan guarantees higher taxes

Detroit News

Column:

Craving carbs?

WebMD

Column:

Lakers get their Phil his record 10th title

Tampa Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

EPA offers $10M for climate change showcase communities

For the first time, the EPA is opening a competitive grant program for local governments that want to establish and implement climate change initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Environment News Service

Preserving the sounds of the century

The Library of Congress has announced additions to the National Recording Registry, sounds designated as cultural, artistic and historical treasures to be preserved for future generations.

CBS News

WORLD

Mexico arrests Gulf cartel kingpin at Cancun resort

The Mexican military announced a local leader of the powerful Gulf Cartel, Juan Manuel Jurado Zarzoza, was arrested in Cancún, where tourists share space with an important corridor for illegal drugs.

Christian Science Monitor

Britain promises fast Internet for all in bid to spark digital economy, boost jobs