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Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, with Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, center, and ranking Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP)

Lawmakers push probe into secret CIA plan

Demands for an investigation grow after disclosures that a CIA program to capture or kill al-Qaida leaders was concealed from Congress, perhaps at the behest of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

CBS News

CIA under scrutiny for plan to kill bin Laden

MSNBC

Obama challenges Congressional Democrats on health care

President Barack Obama pressed Democratic leaders to pass health care legislation in both houses of Congress before August and expressed confidence about the outcome.

San Jose Mercury News

Sotomayor pledges to apply the law

Sonia Sotomayor told her up-from-the-bootstraps story to the Senate Judiciary Committee and vowed that a judge's role is "not to make law. It is to apply the law."

McClatchy Newspapers

Sotomayor: Good judges come from all races and backgrounds

Reuters

Special section:

In depth: Sotomayor's nomination

NPR

Protesters, supporters at Sotomayor hearings

YouTube

Geithner says global economy faces recovery setbacks

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the global economy probably will suffer setbacks during its recovery as nations adapt to a loss of wealth and a surge in public debt.

Bloomberg

Southwest Airlines inspects planes after emergency landing

Southwest Airlines is inspecting its aircraft after a hole in the fuselage forced an emergency landing. A spokesman says passengers could see the outside through the hole in the rear of the plane.

Charleston Gazette

Passenger describes loud pop

CNN

NATION

Obama wants $12 billion for 2-year community colleges

President Obama is proposing a multibillion-dollar investment in the nation's community colleges, a $12 billion effort to help these two-year institutions reach, teach and train more people for "the jobs of the future."

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Obama joins predecessors in lauding colleges

Wall Street Journal

Hispanics divided over census boycott

Some in the Hispanic community want illegal immigrants to boycott next year's census. They want the boycott to send a message to Congress about the need to overhaul immigration laws.

NPR

POLITICS

Obama threatens to veto defense bill over F-22 funding

President Obama finds himself possibly vetoing his own defense bill after senators made an addition of $1.75 billion to buy seven F-22 fighter jets whose price tag has ballooned to about $350 million a piece.

FOX News

Obama announces Dr. Regina Benjamin as pick for surgeon general

President Obama announced his choice for surgeon general, Dr. Regina Benjamin, a family practice doctor who has spent most of her career tending to poor patients in a Gulf Coast clinic in Alabama.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

America's top 10 'towns' to live in

Louisville, Colo., a small town nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, ranked first amongst the best places to live according to job opportunities and affordable home prices.

ABC News

Tamer version of 'Bruno' unveiled

Universal Pictures Intl. has announced it is releasing a watered-down version of Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno" for those aged 15 and above in the U.K. and Ireland, to reach as wide an audience as possible.

Variety

Neil Patrick Harris to host CBS' Emmycast

Neil Patrick Harris, who won critical acclaim hosting last month's Tonys, will fill the same role for the prime-time Emmys.

San Jose Mercury News

HEALTH

Childhood tub and shower injuries surprisingly high

Slips and falls in the tub and shower are sending injured kids to the emergency room at a surprising rate — 120 daily — with most injuries occurring in children under 4 years old, a new study finds.

LiveScience

Incredible eggs: Once-maligned protein makes a comeback

For some years, eggs had taken a bad rap in the food consciousness of American eaters. But like most of the health claims about foods, the negativity was overblown.

coloradoan.com

EDUCATION

Young students improve, but later minority achievement gap remains

New data from the U.S. Education Department show that the effort on closing the achievement gap between African-American children and their white peers may have a limited shelf life for kids.

USA TODAY

Stimulus dollars help students plan for future careers

Missouri is using a portion of its funding from the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on what it's calling the Next Generation Jobs Team.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

US Episcopal church bishops vote for ordaining gay clergy

American bishops voted in favor of ordaining gay and lesbian clergy, casting fresh doubts on the unity of the Anglican communion.

Guardian

Jerusalem mayor navigates sacred city’s religious politics

When Jerusalem's Mayor decided to open a municipal parking lot that had been closed on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath, his office said he was simply being practical.

Religion News Service

Belfast Protestants parade, Catholics riot

Masked and hooded Belfast Catholics hurled gasoline bombs, fireworks and other makeshift weapons at police as the most bitterly divisive day on the Northern Ireland calendar reached an ugly end.

Examiner

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

We'll be hearing from Palin

CNN

Column:

Obama made a great choice in Benjamin

Slate

Column (eugene robinson):

A neutrality that never was

RealClearPolitics

Column (michael lind):

Against comprehensive reform

Salon.com

Column (thomas sowell):

A personal inequity

RealClearPolitics

Column:

How to avoid checked baggage fees

MSNBC

Column (Kevin Mattson):

Carter's 'confidence' speech still matters

McClatchy

Column:

Cheney's shadow government

The Daily Beast

Blog:

Some choice words for 'The Select Few'

TomPaine.com

Blog:

The Post's stance against new stimulus bill

TPMCAFE'

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CIA's lies to Congress

Baltimore Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

For Uganda's poor, a cellular connection

In Uganda, only 10 percent of the population has electricity. People don't have access to information on disease outbreaks, weather forecasts or soccer championships. But this may soon change.

CNET News

NAACP uses technology to fight injustice

Combining its mission of fighting for equality with modern technology, the NAACP has launched a program that lets people use their cell phones to report incidents of misconduct.

CBS News

WORLD

UK Pentagon hacker fights extradition

Briton Gary McKinnon appeared in court to prevent his extradition to the United States where he is wanted for allegedly hacking into U.S. government computers.

CNN

France unrest before Bastille Day