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Hacker Stole 130 Million Accounts . . . The largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the United States. Associated Press
White House Stops Collecting 'Fishy' Emails . . . Shuts down effort to collect information about what opponents of the president's health care overhaul were saying.
Washington Times
Dozens Believed Dead at Russian Plant . . . Twelve dead and 64 missing after explosion at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant.
New York Times
Politics
Christian Science Monitor
Hint Obama May Drop Government Plan Draws Ire . . .White House seeks reassure allies of its enthusiasm for a public insurance plan after remarks by Sebelius. Wall Street Journal
Huckabee Slams Obama in Israel Visit . . . Aims to show support for settlement policy and highlight growing tensions between Israel and Obama.
McClatchy Newspapers
Biden Fumbles, But Remains a Player . . . The vice president has been tapped to take on key issues. Next up: healthcare.
Los Angeles Times
National Security
Obama: Afghan War 'Fundamental' to U.S. Defense . . .President warns of bloody but necessary battles. Washington Times
U.S. Troops to Return to Northern Iraq . . . Pentagon plans to send thousands of soldiers back to oil-rich north to prevent civil war between Arabs and Kurds. Times (UK)
Pakistan Delays South Waziristan Assault . . .General says military wants time to rebuild and let air strikes take a toll.
Los Angeles Times
Senior Taliban Officials Captured in Pakistan . . . Spokesman for group is nabbed. Further weakens group, already in disarray after death of leader Baitullah Mehsud. Times (UK)
Brutal Afghan Warlord Returns to Help Karzai . . . Afghan president calculates he needs General Abdul Rashid Dostum to secure election victory. Times (UK)
Money
Greenspan Concerned About 2010 . . . "We are getting a recovery in (housing) starts and motor vehicles, but the process doesn't have legs to it," he says. Reuters
Stock Markets Around the World Plunge . . . Worries that U.S. consumer remains mired in debt and unemployment and will be unable to contribute to recovery. Washington Times
Reader's Digest to Seek Chapter 11 Shelter . . . Will file for Chapter 11 protection with a plan to swap a portion of its debt for ownership of the company. Associated Press
International
Zelaya Barred From Returning to Office . . . Honduras' interim leader says he won't agree to any proposal allowing ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to power. McClatchy Newspapers
Former South Korea President Kim Dae Jung Dies . . . Kim, 85, sought to warm ties with North Korea and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000.
New York Times
Missing Russian Ship is Found, Arrests Made . . Russian navy finds ship off West Africa, and arrests men aboard accused of hijacking it.
Times (UK)
Suicide Bomber Kills 20 in Russia . . . Slammed a truck into a police station in Russia's troubled Caucasus region, capping a week of regional violence. Christian Science Monitor
Also Today. . .
Tests Begin on Drugs to Slow Aging . . . The drugs’ development represents a new optimism that aging is not immutable.
New York Times
Parents Ignore Danger of Sun to Eyes . . . Three in four parents risk their child's eyesight by exposing them to bright sun without appropriate protection. BBC
Cell Phones Problematic for 911 . . . For the millions of Americans giving up their land lines in favor of cellphones, dialing 911 may no longer mean a quick response. USA Today
First Atlantic Hurricane Strengthens . . . Moving on a track that forecasters said could take it close to Bermuda by the end of the week.
Associated Press
Judge on Trial for Ignoring Death Row Plea . . . Accused of refusing to let lawyers for a convicted murderer on death row lodge a last-minute appeal. BBC
Fontainebleu Heir Widow Gets all his Money . . . His will gives her everything. One potential roadblock: she's suspected of killing him.
Miami Herald
Today's Video
Rednecks Gleefully Crash Their Clunkers . . . KARE/CNN
