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U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines wait at Camp Leatherneck to board helicopters for a night air assault in Afghanistan's Helmand province. (Photo by David Guttenfelder / AP)

N Korea fires short-range missiles

Four missiles were fired from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, a ministry official said. He did not say what types of missiles were launched, but Yonhap news agency said they were ground-to-ship missiles.

CBS News

Senate Dems trim cost of health care bill

Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, and a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies not offering employees coverage.

Examiner

Kennedy seeks plan that finances itself

Bloomberg

Gay sex decriminalized in India

A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act.

BBC

US launches major Afghan assault

U.S. forces have launched a major military operation in southern Afghanistan in the first big push to drive the Taliban out of a key stronghold since Barack Obama became president.

Al Jazeera

Taliban seize US soldier in Afghanistan

CBS News

Afghanistan's war within

Reuters

Supreme Court closes divided term

With the close of the term, and as the words of the court's opinions settle into law books, a picture is emerging of a conservative court on a slow but steady march to the right.

NPR

Air France jet 'broke on impact'

French investigators trying to find out why an Air France plane crashed in the Atlantic say they believe it broke up on contact with water, not in the air.

BBC

Air France mystery: report on flight 447

MSNBC

2 anti-smoking drugs to carry mental-health warnings

CNN

NATION

States begin fiscal year without budgets

States from coast to coast began a new fiscal year with no budget plans and with cash quickly running out, sending some to the brink of shutdown and forcing others to furlough workers and cut services.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Feds could seize California parks

MSNBC

Study to ease concern over ex-offenders

A study funded by the Justice Department concludes that over time accused robbers, burglars and batterers pose no greater risk to employers than job candidates in the general population

USA Today

POLITICS

Are Specter’s Senate days numbered?

When Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania joined the Democratic Party two months ago, he was fleeing a tough Republican primary. Now, he may face a tough Democratic primary.

Christian Science Monitor

Clamor grows for Sanford's resignation

After days of soul-baring and often odd confessions and apologies about an adulterous affair, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford went silent as the clamor for his resignation grew.

Examiner

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

No viewing at Neverland

A public viewing of late pop star Michael Jackson will not happen at the singer's former home, Neverland Ranch, the Jackson family announced.

NBC News Bay Area

Actor Karl Malden dies at 97

Karl Malden, the award-winning actor perhaps best remembered for his role as Detective Lt. Mike Stone on the '70s TV series "The Streets of San Francisco," has died of natural causes.

Entertainment Weekly

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Brain cells for socializing

Allman was searching for a peculiar kind of brain cell that he suspects is a key to how the African elephant — like a human being — manages to stay attuned to the ever-shifting nuances of social interplay.

Smithsonian

GPS for autos starting to get 'smarter'

Like Dustin Hoffman’s Rain Man, today’s GPS navigation systems are fonts of detailed data that can sometimes be maddeningly challenging in the real world.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Judge overturns Bush administration logging rule

A federal judge has struck down the Bush administration's change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in national forests.

Seattle Times

ExxonMobil continuing to fund climate skeptic groups, records show

ExxonMobil is continuing to fund lobby groups that question the reality of global warming, despite a pledge to cut support for such climate change denial, new analysis shows.

Guardian

Column:

BP's spin doctors can now breathe easy

Sydney Morning Herald

Zone of heavy preciptiation moving north

Research indicates that the equatorial rain band that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people has been creeping north for nearly 300 years, probably due to warming.

Environment News Service

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Nuns in US facing scrutiny by Vatican

The Vatican is quietly conducting two sweeping investigations of American nuns, a development that has startled and dismayed nuns who fear they are the targets of a doctrinal inquisition.

Sarasota Herald Tribune

Texas police use Taser on pastor leading protest in church parking lot

Police in Texas said they used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray on his congregants after the man interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot.

Baltimore Sun

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GOOD NEWS

Help will reach more homeowners

The government will allow more distressed borrowers who owe more than their homes are worth to be eligible for refinancing assistance under an Obama administration housing rescue program.

USA TODAY

Music City Chorus hits big time

Barbershop choruses from around the globe will compete to see who has the best harmonies during the 71st annual International Barbershop Convention.

Tennessean.com

WORLD

Iran to investigate defiant Mousavi

Iran's Basij militia has asked prosecutors to investigate the role of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated opposition candidate, in protests after the election he maintains was rigged.

Al Jazeera

Iran frees some UK embassy staff