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Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, laughs and wipes his eyes at the Democrats Election Center in Tokyo, as he observe the ballot counting. (Photo by David Guttenfelder / AP)

Kennedy remembered

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was celebrated for "the good he did, the dream he kept alive," his funeral inside a soaring Roman Catholic church a memorial to one man's life and a remarkable political era now ended.

Union Leader

Reich urges health bill in Kennedy's memory

NECN

Taliban grows, war may expand

Taliban insurgents have retaken parts of two northern provinces, threatening to expand a war that's largely been confined to Afghanistan's southern half.

McClatchy

Japan's LDP crushed in historic landslide

Voters ushered in a new era in Japanese politics, throwing out the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule.

Christian Science Monitor

Profile: Yukio Hatoyama

Guardian

DPJ tipped to win in Japanese vote

Reuters

California fire threatens 10,000 homes

A wildfire in the mountains above Los Angeles has surged from a modest threat to a danger to some 10,000 homes.

Associated Press

Palos Verdes fire fully contained

KABC

Station fire triples in size

KCAL

Lockerbie bomber 'set free for oil'

The British government decided it was “in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom” to make the Lockerbie bomber eligible for return to Libya, leaked ministerial letters reveal.

Times Online

NATION

ACLU lawyers mine documents for truth

In the spring of 2003, a pair of recently hired lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union noticed a handful of news reports about allegations of abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody.

International Herald Tribune

Special prosecutor for CIA interrogation probe described as relentless

Veteran prosecutor John Durham may face his toughest case yet after being appointed by Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the CIA's controversial secret interrogation program.

FOX News

Obama pledges to push ahead with Hurricane Katrina recovery

President Barack Obama marked the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by pledging to make sure that turf wars and red tape do not impede the pace of the continuing recovery at New Orleans.

Associated Press

Special section:

What Katrina has wrought, four years later

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

US Supreme Court to revisit negative ‘Hillary’ documentary

The Supreme Court will cut short its summer break in early September to hear a new argument in a momentous case that could transform the way political campaigns are conducted.

International Herald Tribune

South Carolina Republicans consider impeaching Sanford

Despite a growing number of calls for Governor Mark Sanford's impeachment from within his own party, few South Carolinian legislators expect that Sanford will be pressured from office.

Politico

HEALTH

Fat-fighting drug has anti-diabetes action

Researchers searching for a cure for obesity said they have developed a drug that not only makes mice lose weight, but reverses diabetes and lowers their cholesterol, too.

Reuters

Standard of care in some UK wards
'would shame a Third World country'

A report estimates that one million patients in the U.K. suffered appalling care, including neglect and cruelty, at the hands of hospital staff, many of them nurses.

Telegraph.co.uk

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Last chapter arrives for 'Reading Rainbow' on PBS

The "Reading Rainbow" is at an end on PBS. The program aired its final episode Aug. 28, wrapping a more than two-decade run that began in 1983.

Associated Press

Arts win big with $4.8 million fundraiser

Fund raising by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has blossomed into a bonanza for 75 arts organizations.

Detroit News

Arts an easy target as states slash budgets

Seattle Times

SPORTS

Halos excited about addition of Kazmir

Angels manager Mike Scioscia finally was able to break his silence about adding Scott Kazmir to the rotation, and he was very excited about acquiring the left-hander.

MLB.com

Ochocinco fined for orange chin strap

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco was fined $5,000 for wearing an orange chin strap during a preseason game.

ESPN

EDUCATION

Innovation proposals aim to transform Michigan education

"Reimagine" plans could help Michigan win a slice of more than $4 billion in federal funds pledged for states with promising plans to innovate education.

Detroit Free Press

Does paying for good grades cheapen education values?

Hundreds of schools around the country are experimenting with programs that offer students pay for performance. But critics of the programs say they use bribes to win temporary obedience.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

3 missing boaters found alive after weeklong search

Three missing boaters were found alive a day after the U.S. Coast Guard said it was suspending its one-week search for them.

CNN

From rocking chair to weight room

Senior membership in Montgomery County's community centers have tripled since the county stopped charging senior residents to use public weight rooms.

Good News Gazette

Foundation Lane thrills family

Kristine Tendvahl and her family are counting the days until they can move into their new Habitat for Humanity home.

The San Diego Union-Tribune

WORLD

US says Pakistan made changes to missiles sold for defense