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Rachel Bentley of Chicago waits to catch her flight home as New York's LaGuardia Airport is reopened following an evacuation after a man with a fake bomb entered the main terminal. (Photo by David Goldman / AP)

Obama trims health care reform sails

From the start, President Barack Obama made clear that his plan for enacting comprehensive health care reform came down to three words: fast, broad and bipartisan.

MSNBC

Public remains confused about health plan

CBS News

Car bomb in Iraq kills at least 5

An explosives-laden car parked near an outdoor market exploded Sunday in a mainly Sunni area in western Iraq, killing at least five people and wounding 34, police said, raising concern

Google News

Bomb near mosques breaks peace in Baghdad

YouTube

LaGuardia suspect ordered to have psychiatric evaluation

A man accused of entering LaGuardia Airport with a bag containing wires and batteries, sparking suspicion and leading to a large-scale evacuation, was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

CNN

Hero cop describes fake bomb ordeal

NY Daily News

LaGuardia reopens after bomb scare

Reuters

Police in door-to-door manhunt for Israel gay club shooter

Hundreds of police officers were scouring the streets of Tel Aviv in a door-to-door manhunt for a gunman who opened fire on a gay youth club.

FOX News

Gunman kills 3 at Israeli gay club

YouTube

Missing Gulf War pilot's remains ID'd

The Department of Defense has positively identified the remains of a U.S. Navy pilot shot down over Iraq in the opening hours of the 1991 Gulf War.

CBS News

Remains identified as Speicher

Florida Times-Union

NATION

Many in dark about judiciary: Souter

Two-thirds of Americans, says retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, cannot even name all three branches of the federal government.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gates makes rosy gesture to 911 caller

The woman who made the 911 call that led to Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates' arrest wasn't present at the so-called beer summit, but Lucia Whalen got a shot of kindness from Gates himself.

CNN

POLITICS

Franken feuds with T. Boone Pickens

Five years after he put his money behind the Swift Boat ads that helped tank John Kerry’s presidential campaign, Senate Democrats gave T. Boone Pickens a warm welcome at their weekly policy lunch.

Politico

Ag groups lobby Senate on food bill

Trade associations representing everything from small farmers to pork producers are looking to the Senate for quick fixes to a food safety bill that passed the House.

The Hill

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

FCC opens inquiry Into Apple rejection of Google IPhone program

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission began an inquiry into Apple Inc.’s rejection of a Google application for the iPhone that allows free calls.

Bloomberg

Student owes $675,000 in music-downloading case

A federal jury ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted to illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.

Seattle Times

Maine wind study gets boost

The United States Senate has approved $5 million for a University of Maine study of offshore wind generation.

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LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Filmmaker takes on multimillion-dollar dolphin industry

Moviemaker Louie Psihoyos dodged deportation, evaded arrest and put himself in serious danger to make the new documentary "The Cove" on the dolphin industry in Japan.

NPR

Death becomes them

In 1945, critic Edmund Wilson penned an eye-rolling put-down of detective stories titled "Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?" But if he were around today, he might do so a little more gingerly.

Newsweek

Newport Folk Festival turns 50

The Newport Folk Festival first gathered the finest talents from the folk music scene in a Rhode Island park back in 1959.

EW.com

Pete Seeger's 90th birthday bash

CBS News

HEALTH

Distortions rife in health care debate

Confusing claims and outright distortions have animated the national debate over changes in the health care system.

Google News

Are you a mosquito magnet?

Having been around for 170 million years and with more than 175 known species in the United States, mosquitoes aren't going to disappear any time soon. But studies are looking for how to minimize their impact.

CBS News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Finding comfort with non-belief

Joel Klinepeter recalls the exact moment a few months ago when he realized he no longer believed in God.

JournalGazette.net

Friars make journey across Va.

After trekking along more than 300 miles of dusty Virginia country roads and suburban highways, six Franciscan friars reached Washington, after an offbeat modern-day quest for God.

Austin American-Statesman

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Sports of the times

New York Times

Column (howard fineman):

Sarah, you’re no Nixon

Newsweek

Editorial:

Obama's beer-barrel diplomacy

Economist

Editorial:

Tribute to Philippine face of freedom

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

Vets see it all from front lines

Chicago Sun-Times

Blog:

'Clunkers' program dominates headlines

USA TODAY

Column:

Will Bill and Betsy kill again?

Salon.com

Blog:

FCC is asking Apple the right questions

CNNMoney

Column:

Health care tyranny

Salon.com

Blog:

Why the FCC wants to smash the iPhone

TechCrunch

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GOOD NEWS

New Mozart pieces to be performed

Two newly discovered pieces of piano music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are to be performed in the Austrian city of his birth, Salzburg.

BBC

Deaf teen claims gold at X Games

In her much-anticipated X Games debut, motocross teen sensation Ashley Fiolek didn't disappoint. Fiolek, who has been deaf since birth, took first place in Women's Moto X Super X.

ESPN

WORLD

Israeli law 'violates sovereignty'

An Israeli judge has ruled that Israel has authority over a disputed area in the Ayalon Valley, a move that could allow the confiscation of Palestinian land bordering the occupied West bank.

Al Jazeera

Israel evicts 2 Palestinian families