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Former President Bill Clinton, right, receives a bouquet upon his arrival in Pyongyang, North Korea, on a surprise mission to bring home two jailed American journalists. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service / AP )

North Korean leader reportedly pardons US journalists

North Korean President Kim Jong Il has pardoned and ordered the release of two U.S. journalists. The announcement came after former President Bill Clinton met with top North Korean officials in Pyongyang.

CNN

Bill Clinton on a mission to free US journalists

ABC News

Senate set to begin Sotomayor debate

As the Senate debates the Supreme Court nominee, the only remaining questions are whether the NRA can claim to have swayed votes against her and whether Obama can claim a victory for bipartisanship.

Baltimore Sun

1 dead as airliner skids into control tower

A plane skidded off the runway and crashed into an air traffic control tower after landing on the resort island of Samui, killing the pilot, an official said.

MSNBC

Cash for Clunkers gains senators' support

There is new hope for the Cash for Clunkers program after two senators lifted objections to an emergency bill passed by the House of Representatives to pump more funding into the popular program.

ABC News

What now for 'Cash for Clunkers' program?

MSNBC

Mixed signals from Obama team on taxes

Divergent messages from the Obama administration hint at a tough political reality: Nobody likes higher taxes, but that may be the price of getting America’s fiscal house back in order.

Christian Science Monitor

Obama: No tax raise for middle class

Bloomberg

Australia foils terrorist plot

Australian police thwarted a terrorist plot in which extremists with ties to an al-Qaida-linked Somali Islamist group planned to invade a military base and open fire.

Seattle Times

Oz arrests 4 in suicide plot

Reuters

China disinfects town where plague killed 3rd man

Authorities killed rats and fleas as they disinfected a town sealed off after three people died of pneumonic plague.

Sacramento Bee

WHO: Outbreak unlikely to cause mass deaths

Bloomberg

NATION

Guantanamo cases given to US prosecutors, according to officials

Dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainee cases have been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal trials in the nation's capital, Virginia and New York City.

NPR

Postal officials consider closings, consolidation of services

A pillar of U.S. communities since the nation's founding, the post office is facing the prospect of closings or consolidation of services at hundreds of locations amid a sharp decline in business due to e-mail.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Report: Acting White House cyberspace chief resigns

Melissa Hathaway, acting cyberspace director for the White House's National Security and Homeland Security councils, has resigned, citing personal reasons.

CNET News

Pelosi agrees to allow vote on single-payer health care

After angering the liberal wing of her party over compromises made to conservative Democrats, Speaker Pelosi has decided to allow a floor vote on a single-payer government-financed health care program.

AllGov.com

Public baffled by health care arguments

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists report original source of malaria: parasite on chimps

Researchers have identified what they believe is the original source of malignant malaria: a parasite found in chimpanzees in equatorial Africa.

ScienceDaily

Call for debate on killer robots

An international debate is needed on the use of autonomous military robots, a leading academic has said.

BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Art gallery owners struggle in recession

Art gallery owners across the country are finding they have a tough sell these days as even those with discretionary income are not buying like they used to.

MSNBC

Social networking next trend for games

The recession has caught up with the video game industry, but it's done little to stop the growth of one sector: social gaming.

San Francisco Chronicle

Spielberg to direct remake of 'Harvey'

The A-list director has signed on for his next project, and it's a remake of "Harvey," about a grown man's friendship with a 6-foot-3-inch invisible white rabbit who goes by that name.

NY Daily News

HEALTH

Midlife cholesterol levels linked to developing dementia

A new study found that even borderline to moderately high cholesterol levels in your 40s can significantly raise the chances of developing dementia later in life.

San Francisco Chronicle

A crossword puzzle a day may delay dementia

MSNBC

Antidepressant use in US doubled over decade to 10 percent

The number of Americans taking antidepressants doubled to 10.1 percent of the U.S. population in 2005 compared with 1996, increasing across income and age groups, a study found.

Bloomberg

1st swine flu death in Africa

South Africa has confirmed its first death from swine flu, believed to be the first documented fatality from the virus in sub-Saharan Africa.

BBC

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Mosque modern

Turkish designer Zeynep Fadillioğlu brings a woman's touch — and perspective — to the interior of the Şakirin Mosque. Her role as designer was a breakthrough for women.

Christian Science Monitor

At Moishe House, Jews explore Judaism at their own pace

Benedek and two roommates have gradually sought to make Moishe House a social and professional nexus for young Jewish adults who have moved to New Orleans to help the city’s recovery.

Religion News Service

Health bills allow religious exemption

A central tenet of the health care reform debate is that every American be protected by some kind of medical insurance — with one exception: people opposed to buying health coverage for religious reasons.

Congressional Quarterly

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Jacques Diouf):

Why agriculture cannot wait

Al Jazeera

Column (richard samuelson):

California's reckoning — and ours

Newsweek

Column (james surowiecki):

How to prevent more home foreclosures

New Yorker

Column (jack schaffer):

The media war is nothing new

Slate

Blog:

Obama and the future of Iraq

New Republic

Blog:

Apple-Google learn corporate governance

Reuters

Column:

Why was Biden there?

Forbes

Editorial:

Change the way America fights crime

Economist

Column:

European capitalism in US?

NPR

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Is the US missing the boat on green tech?

CNET News

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GOOD NEWS

People making a difference: Emily Pozo

Most people are surprised to learn that humans actually share space on the Galápagos Islands with the remarkable creatures that helped shape Charles Darwin's ideas on natural selection.

Christian Science Monitor

Students test electronic cane for blind

Central Michigan University students have developed a cane equipped with the same technology retailers use to tag merchandise to prevent theft, and they say it could help the blind avoid obstacles.

Boston Herald

WORLD

Top US general in Iraq disputes early pullout memo

The top U.S. general in Iraq says he disagrees with a colonel's memo that urges an early troop withdrawal although the security situation is better than expected.

Houston Chronicle

Opposition skips out on Ahmadinejad's swearing-in