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Extremists vow revenge for US raid in Somalia

Somalia’s extremist Islamist militia has vowed to avenge the killing of an al-Qaida terror leader in a dramatic raid by American special forces.

Times Online

NY residences raided in terrorism probe

MSNBC

US forces have 'killed' leading al-Qaeda suspect

YouTube

Federal climate change response

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed an order establishing centers to coordinate and develop climate change strategies.

Environment News Service

Fear remains over American economy

Despite fresh signs that the worst may be over for the beleaguered U.S. economy, there has been no letup in public fears about hardship ahead.

The St. Augustine Record

Bernanke: recession ‘very likely' ended

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the worst U.S. recession since the 1930s has probably ended, while warning that growth may not be strong enough to quickly reduce the unemployment rate.

Bloomberg

Bush 'shoe thrower' freed from Iraqi jail

The Iraqi man who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, was freed from jail.

CNN

How shoe-throwing became fashionable

BBC

UK think tank says US power fading

The respected London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said President Barack Obama will increasingly have to turn to others for help dealing with the world's problems.

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

President tells Wall Street not to fight financial regulations

Lecturing Wall Street on its own turf, President Barack Obama warned financial leaders not to use the recovering economy to race back into ''reckless behavior'' that could cause a new meltdown.

Akron Beacon Journal

Obama's message to Wall Street

Reuters

Philadelphia plan would eliminate courts, libraries and 1,000 cops

In an effort to reconcile its budget gap, Philadelphia may be forced to adopt Mayor Michael Nutter's updated five-year plan (Plan C) — dubbed the "doomsday" budget.

The Daily Pennsylvanian

POLITICS

Democrats to propose measure expressing disapproval of Wilson

Democratic leaders of the U.S. House intend to offer a resolution expressing disapproval of Representative Joe Wilson’s breach of decorum for shouting “you lie” at President Barack Obama.

Bloomberg

'You lie' relatively tame

CNN

Older, grayer AFL-CIO making greater push to pull in younger members

The face of organized labor is getting older and grayer, but the AFL-CIO's new leaders said they intend to change that trend and spark a resurgence in union membership.

Sun-Sentinel

BUSINESS

ESS, Diebold voting machine merger faces antitrust test

Election Systems Software's purchase of two Diebold subsidiaries has given it a stranglehold on the market, according to an antitrust complaint.

Courthouse News

Citigroup and US Treasury Department discuss 34 percent stake sale by US

The U.S. Treasury Department and Citigroup Inc. have begun discussing how to sell the 34 percent government stake acquired in the rescue of the bank.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Organ of many talents, at root of serious ills

Should anybody in the reliably pestilent health care debate be casting about for a mascot organ to represent some of the biggest medical crises that we Americans face, allow me to nominate a nonobvious candidate: the pancreas.

New York Times

Chlorinated pools may raise allergy risk

Chlorine kills germs in swimming pools, but it may also contribute to risk for asthma and nasal allergies.

WebMD

EDUCATION

Schools look abroad to hire teachers

Some American school districts have turned increasingly to overseas recruiting to find teachers willing to work in their hard-to-staff schools.

New York Times

Students mind their peas and cukes

The "stay in school, eat your vegetables" message is as old as dirt. And it's in the dirt that these students are beginning to absorb the lesson.

Denver Post

Washington teachers approve contracts, head back to work

Teachers in Washington's fourth-largest school district agreed to end a strike with a new contract and were headed back to their classrooms to prepare for students to return to school.

Seattle Times

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Indonesia's Aceh to allow stoning for adulterers, lawmakers decide

Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously that adulterers could be sentenced to death by stoning, just months after conservative Islamic parties were thrown out of power.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Charles Darwin film is 'too controversial' for religious audiences in US

A new British film about Charles Darwin has failed to land a distribution deal in the States because his theories on human evolution are too controversial for religious American audiences.

Daily Mail

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GOOD NEWS

Missing hikers found after 3 days

Two lost hikers were found safe about 15 to 20 miles away from where they started their hike in the Pike National Forest.

KUSA

New Hotel Skyler promises donation to Golisano Children's Hospital

At a groundbreaking ceremony for the new hotel, owner Norman Swanson promised that all of the proceeds for the next 10 years from one of the loft rooms at the hotel would go to the children's hospital.

The Post-Standard

WORLD

Norway restores leftist government

Norwegian voters have returned their Labor-dominated government to office, endorsing Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s pursuit of expanded public services.

New York Times

Europeans unlikely to heed US calls for more troops in Afghanistan