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Honduras's ousted President Manuel Zelaya, holding a copy of the Honduran Constitution, speaks during a press conference at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.  (Photo by Esteban Felix / AP) CDC tracks daily updates of swine flu H1N1 influenza The CDC reported this morning that a second wave of H1N1 influenza is now widespread in 26 states across the United States. Examiner Family steps up in flu vaccine trials USA TODAY Swine flu and no paid sick leave CNNMoney NASA satellite to intentionally slam moon A NASA satellite is scheduled to slam into the moon on purpose. NASA hopes to determine whether the moon has water. Arizona Republic Plutonium shortage could stall space exploration NPR   Civil liberties suspended in Honduras Honduras's interim leaders suspended key civil liberties in response to "calls for insurrection" by ousted president Manuel Zelaya, empowering police and soldiers to arrest people without warrants. Guardian Honduras' Zelaya 'holed up' in Brazil embassy YouTube Field trip! Obamas take in monuments by moonlight as they explore DC President Barack Obama took his family on a brisk moonlit tour of American history, whizzing them through the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument. Daily Mail Spanish speakers targeted in census For the first time, the census will be distributed in the two languages to 13.5 million households in predominantly Spanish-speaking neighborhoods. CBS News Latinos hope bilingual census aid counts Seattle Post-Intelligencer Texting while driving a road hazard A Maryland state law will go into effect this week which makes texting behind the wheel illegal, but many people question how much of a difference it will make. Baltimore Sun Poll: 90 percent say ban texting in cars CBS News   NATION State lawmakers push for ban on mandatory health insurance A small but growing group of lawmakers are pressing for state constitutional amendments that would outlaw an element of federal health care reform that requires everyone to buy insurance or pay a penalty. New York Times Calif. mulls legalizing marijuana In 1996 voters in California approved a referendum that made it legal to use marijuana for medicinal purposes. Now there are moves afoot in California to go further and fully legalize marijuana. BBC Calif. dreaming of full marijuana legalization Times Online Great Recession changes the workplace Going to work may never be the same again. The Great Recession has reshaped the American workplace and work force in ways that will last for years, if not longer. MSNBC Job losses, early retirements hurt Social Security Yahoo! News POLITICS Obama to fly to Copenhagen to support Chicago Olympics bid U.S. President Barack Obama will fly to Copenhagen to support Chicago's bid to stage the 2016 Summer Olympics. Reuters New York Governor Paterson says he’ll run in 2010 New York Governor David Paterson said he will campaign to keep his job, disregarding pressure from other Democrats including President Barack Obama who want him to step aside. Bloomberg Paterson: 'I’m blind, but I’m not oblivious' Politico Republicans feel lost at Calif. convention Having no favorite candidate to go to is a dilemma that many conservative Republicans wrestled with, as fiscal issues such as cutting taxes rather than social causes dominated the discussion. Sacramento Bee BUSINESS Negative bond returns converge with mortgage miracle Treasury bondholders will lose money amid an unprecedented decline in the gap between the interest rate on 30-year mortgages and government notes, signaling an end to the financial crisis. Bloomberg CEO salaries at nonprofits up A new study shows that the top pay at the nation's largest nonprofits rose again, with some eye-popping results. The survey also found that these high-dollar salaries may be starting to turn around. NPR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Burst of technology helps blind to see A project, involving patients in the U.S., Mexico and Europe, is part of a burst of recent research aimed at one of science’s most-sought-after holy grails: making the blind see. New York Times Mercury to send message to Earth Astronomers on Earth are about to learn a whole lot more about the planet Mercury as NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft passes less than 142 miles above the planet’s surface. iTWire HEALTH Researchers struggle to understand breast cancer's racial gap Breast cancer occurs more often in white women than in black women in the U.S., but it kills more black women than white. This "racial gap" is a provocative topic for cancer researchers hoping to save lives. The News Star Exclusion of menthol cigarettes in ban worries health experts The Food and Drug Administration may have banned candy- and fruit-flavored cigarettes, but some public health experts still see a big hole in their efforts to keep teens from starting to smoke. USA TODAY   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column: Best place for Muslims to live? America Christian Science Monitor Editorial: Change in the wind Baltimore Sun Column: Blame it on Berlusconi New York Times Column: Thinking global brings problems Telegraph.co.uk Editorial: Changing gears on transportation Detroit Free Press Column: Does Tehran have a plan C? Guardian Column: The wrong war in the wrong place San Francisco Chronicle Column: Obama's G-20 trade war The Daily Beast   Site edited by: Beth Ruiz, Michael J. Bobak, Jennifer Huang, Jayanthi Nathan, Darling Gutierrez, Jennifer Yirinec, Jennifer Rivera, Heather Norberg, Nadine Natour, Benjamin Wu, Randall Rich and Laura Noueihed.   GOOD NEWS Clinton initiative raises $8 billion The Clinton Global Initiative gathered more than $8 billion in pledges, surprising its organizers who had worried that the recession would lower the level of support. Good News Gazette Blind high schooler creates array of art Aaron Johnson pushes the pieces of fabric underneath the rapidly moving needle, sewing together his quilt. The young artist will never see his quilt because he is blind, but Johnson feels his art being created. Kansas City Star WORLD Flood-ravaged Philippine capital on disease alert Philippine health authorities warned of disease outbreaks following horror floods, as filthy water covered large areas of Manila and bodies lay in coffins next to survivors at evacuation centers. Google News Philippines flooding Yahoo! News Iran test-fires nuclear missile capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe Iran has fired one of the longest-range missiles in its arsenal as part of testing it began ahead of a confrontation with foreign powers over a previously undisclosed secret nuclear facility. Times Online Iran test-fires medium-range missiles YouTube ENVIRONMENT Scientists announce trove of fragile new species in Mekong One hundred and sixty three species were discovered by various researchers in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia, the World Wide Fund for Nature announced. TIME Exporting waste to poorer countries Exporting waste illegally to poor countries has become a growing international business, as companies try to minimize the costs of new environmental laws. New York Times LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT Box office: Bruce Willis gets meatballed The Sony cartoon, "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs," pulled in $24.6 million to win the box office weekend, according to early official studio estimates. TIME Polanski arrested in 1970s sex charge Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland on a decades-old arrest warrant stemming from a sex charge in California. CNN Swiss detain Polanski on US arrest request YouTube SPORTS Hamilton wins Singapore F1 race Lewis Hamilton demolished the opposition in his McLaren-Mercedes. It is too late to do anything about the World Championship, but the World Champion can show his class — and he did. GrandPrix.com Yankees clinch, get home edge Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees wrapped up the AL East title and home-field advantage throughout the postseason, beating the Boston Red Sox, 4-2, for their 100th win of the season. Detroit Free Press RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Exploring the mysteries of Yom Kippur Kenneth Van Dyk turned his sixth-graders' attention to Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar and a time of fasting. Philadelphia Inquirer Lutheran church in Roanoke County votes to split from association One of the Roanoke Valley's largest evangelical Lutheran churches voted to separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Roanoke Times EDUCATION Off to school for migrant children The government offers a Head Start program for the children of migrant and seasonal laborers, but it serves only a fraction of those eligible. MSNBC Black president stands out at mostly white Hampden-Sydney college All male and 93 percent white, Hampden-Sydney College has its first African American president. NPR   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Money train: the cost of high-speed rail President Obama is pouring $13 billion into an ambitious high-speed rail project. Some say it will never make money. 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