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Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, second from right, accepts a standing ovation during a meeting of the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Brandon / AP)

Democrat Franken wins protracted Minn. Senate race

Al Franken refused his rival's calls for an election night concession last November, choosing instead to begin vote counting and courtroom haggling that ultimately landed him a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Examiner

Franken wins Senate seat

CBS News

Cuts, tax hikes, stimulus help most states avert 'doomsday' crises

States will start their new budget year reeling from the recession, but sparing most citizens from painful cuts in education and health care.

USA TODAY

Calif. misses budget deadline, readies 'IOUs'

Reuters

Honduras faces ultimatum over coup

Coup leaders in Honduras have been given three days to restore deposed President Manuel Zelaya to power, or face suspension from the Organization of American States.

Al Jazeera

Coup tests waning US clout in Latin America

Christian Science Monitor

Clinton reacts to Honduras

CBS News

Gates wants to relax gay expulsion rules

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he wants to make the law prohibiting gays from serving openly in the armed forces "more humane" until Congress eventually repeals it.

MSNBC

Gay Iraq veteran forced to leave service

CNN

Iran 'frees more British staff'

Three more Iranian British embassy staff have been released by the authorities in Tehran, Iran's state-run Press TV reports.

BBC

Iran frees some UK embassy staff

Reuters

NATION

City populations bounce back

The housing crisis and economic downturn that have forced many Americans to stay put are boosting older cities where population had been shrinking or was stagnant, according to Census estimates.

USA TODAY

Immigrants in US seek money from home

With the U.S. economy in a ditch, money transfer agencies have been reporting that some immigrants are asking their relatives back home to wire them money back.

Modesto Bee

POLITICS

Court opens door to possibility of corporate political spending

Campaign finance watchdogs are concerned that a little-seen order issued on the Supreme Court’s final day could lead to tens of millions of corporate dollars being spent on television advertising.

The Hill

Rulings loom on campaign funds, civil rights

San Francisco Chronicle

Advocates want CIA lawyers disbarred

A coalition of advocacy groups is asking the District of Columbia and New York bar associations to disbar three government attorneys for approving and enabling the CIA's harsh interrogation program.

Modesto Bee

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Family mourn Farrah Fawcett at funeral

Friends and family gathered to mourn Farrah Fawcett at a private funeral at a Los Angeles cathedral.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Michael Jackson's body to be on display at Neverland Ranch

CNN is reporting that Michael Jackson's body will return to his Neverland Ranch for a public viewing.

Kansas City Star

Jackson left custody of kids to his mother

NY Daily News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cisco Systems guns for Microsoft in collaboration market

As Cisco Systems adds more functionality to its online WebEx conferencing service, it's ratcheting up the competitive pressure against partner and rival, Microsoft.

CNET News

China delays requirement of Web-filtering software on PCs

Under pressure from the United States, the Chinese government has delayed a mandate that would require all new personal computers to be loaded with Web-filtering software.

San Jose Mercury News

China's filter may make PCs vulnerable

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Winemakers tackle their carbon footprint

Far-flung producers are doing something about the wine industry’s biggest environmental liability: the amount of climate-changing fossil fuel involved in shipping bottles half a world away.

E Magazine

EPA proposes new NO2 standard to promote respiratory health

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed toughening the U.S. nitrogen dioxide air quality standard in an effort to protect public health.

Environment News Service

Obama allows CO2 restriction in Calif.

San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church-state divide looms for Episcopalians on gay marriage

Episcopal bishops from the six states that have legalized same-sex marriage are requesting permission to adapt their church’s venerable prayer book for use at same-sex weddings.

Religion News Service

Pope: Scientific tests confirm ancient remains are St. Paul's

In a surprise announcement Pope Benedict XVI has said scientific tests carried out on an ancient Roman tomb confirm the long-held Roman Catholic belief that it contains the remains of Saint Paul.

Beliefnet

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GOOD NEWS

Fla. A&M program aids area farms

FAMU's goal is to assist farmers and urban farmers with organic methods. The program offers access to "knowledge about sustainable agriculture production and management systems."

Tallahassee Democrat

Neighborly front porches coming back

A front porch is more than a shelter from the elements. It's a friendly face on a home, a comfortable bridge between our private lives and public selves. And by its very presence, it conveys neighborliness.

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Yemen plane's black box located

One of the black box flight recorders from the Yemeni plane that crashed in the Indian Ocean has been located, a French official has said.

BBC

Teen survivor of Yemeni jet crash 'doing well'