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President Barack Obama, accompanied by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, makes a statement on Iran's nuclear facility during the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP)

Dems reach 60 with Kirk to fill Kennedy seat; GOP cries foul

Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul Kirk will become the 60th Democratic vote in the Senate and the first new Massachusetts senator in a quarter-century, unless a state court intervenes.

The Hill

Judge will rule on GOP appeal to block Senate pick

Boston Herald

Needy Denver students pick out new togs, coats in Operation School Bell

Operation School Bell is a kids' clothing store where needy Denver students can shop for brand-new clothes without worrying about the tab.

Denver Post

Iran condemned for 2nd nuclear site

The revelation of the existence of a second uranium enrichment facility in Iran prompted President Barack Obama and the leaders of Britain and France to publicly chide the republic.

CNN

Obama on Iran's covert nuclear facility

MSNBC

New world economic order takes shape

The Group of Twenty is set to become the premier coordinating body on global economic issues, reflecting a new world economic order in which emerging market countries are much more relevant.

Reuters

Special section:

Latest G-20 news

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

New GI Bill promises education benefits, but students still waiting

Thousands of veterans attending college on the new GI Bill are having to take out loans or dig into savings because of delays by the Department of Veterans Affairs in issuing benefit checks.

Kansas City Star

NATION

Ill. man arrested in plot to blow up federal building in Springfield

FBI announced that the Illinois man arrested was plotting to use a truck bomb to blow up the federal building in Springfield.

USA TODAY

Ill. man charged with attempted bombing

YouTube

Details of terror case laid out

Evidence of one of the most significant terrorism threats unfolded as investigators described an advanced-stage plot to detonate explosives made with beauty-supply chemicals on U.S. soil.

Arizona Republic

Ahead of the bell: new home sales

Government data are expected to show that new home sales rose for the fifth consecutive month, a sign that the housing market recovery is still on track.

Forbes

POLITICS

Senate panel rejects bid for drug discount

The Senate Finance Committee rejected a proposal to require pharmaceutical companies to give bigger discounts to Medicare on drugs dispensed to older Americans with low incomes.

New York Times

Obama economic adviser doubts president's plan

White House adviser Paul Volcker criticized the Obama administration's sweeping financial regulatory reform proposals, specifically one that he warned could lead to future bailouts.

ABC News

BUSINESS

Union workers stage sit-in to protest cuts to Hyatt's health insurance coverage

The union workers are protesting Hyatt Corp.’s attempt to negotiate cuts in their health insurance coverage. They also fear other hotels will follow Hyatt’s lead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fed’s strategy reduces US bailout pledges to $11.6 trillion

The Federal Reserve decided to keep pumping $1.25 trillion of new money into the mortgage market to focus on rescuing the U.S. economy as the financial system revives and banks ask for less help.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Expect big jump in temperatures

Earth's temperature is likely to jump six degrees even if every country cuts greenhouse gas emissions as proposed, according to a United Nations update.

MSNBC

Special section:

9 environmental boundaries not to cross

Wired

From nature, robots

Evolution has produced finely tuned adaptations in animals over millions of years, so it only makes sense for mechanical engineer Sangbae Kim to turn to nature for design ideas.

MIT News

HEALTH

School drinking water unsafe

Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.

CBS News

EPA to regulate 'gender bender' chemicals?

TreeHugger.com

Scientists praise promising AIDS vaccine trial, but urge patience

Scientists celebrated the first promising results from the largest-ever AIDS vaccine trial, but cautioned that more research is needed before a vaccine could be available to the public.

San Francisco Chronicle

Researchers report AIDS vaccine progress

ABC News

School nurse shortage hampers responses to outbreaks of swine flu

Many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks of swine flu, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms.

Google News

UK swine flu vaccine 'approved'

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

New heart surgery saves man's life

Surgeons have, for the first time, used a combination of an artificial heart and stem cells to save the life of a dying man.

Sky News

Nev. agencies receive grant to foster youth voter interest

Two Nevada agencies have received a federal grant to promote a student mock election and encourage young people to get involved in the political process.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

No deal with coup leaders, Zelaya says

The ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, said after talks that there was no possibility of a deal with the military-backed government that ousted him.

Guardian

5 US troops killed in Afghanistan