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Leading The News
NATO Seeks Calm After Deadly Strike . . . Afghans say scores were killed - many civilians - when a U.S. jet called in by German troops struck hijacked fuel trucks. Reuters
Unemployment Surges to 9.7 Percent . . . But rate of job losses is declining, signaling recession may already be over. New York Times
North Korea Threatens More Nukes . . . A new way to make bombs could add uranium weapons to plutonium stockpile. Pressure on U.S. to negotiate. Associated Press
Politics
White House to Reveal Names of All Visitors . . . Response to pressure from watchdog groups. Also, ten officials get waivers from lobbying regs. Washington Times
GOP Seeks Rangel Removal as Chairman . . . Republican leader Boehner demands Rangel step aside as Ways and Mean chief amid charges of tax cheating. Washington Times
White House Backing Away From Van Jones . . . Press Secretary Gibbs refuses to say Obama retains confidence in controversial enviro adviser. Washington Times
JFK's Addisons' Cause by Rare Disease . . . Likely caused by a rare autoimmune disease. Illness was kept secret until after 1960 election. Los Angeles Times
Cash-Strapped States Releasing Prisoners . . . Some revise mandatory-sentencing laws, others speed up parole.
Los Angeles Times
National Security
Brown Pledges to Maintain Britain's Afghan Force . . . Says country will stay in even though public support is flagging.
New York Times
Inside North Korea . . . A reporter slips into the country and finds Kim Jong-il's ideological grip on citizens appears to be weakening.
Globe and Mail
Gates Decries AP Photo of Dying Marine . . . An "appalling" lack of compassion for distributing photo over the objections of the Marine's father. Washington Post
Ashcroft Can Be Sued for 9/11 Arrests . . . Ordered detentions of material witnesses when the government lacked probable cause.
Los Angeles Times
Chavez Cementing Control of Venezuela . . . Using revenues from the energy sector to bankroll his "socialism for the 21st century."
Der Spiegel
Money
G20 Proposes Curb on Bank Bonuses . . . Bonuses should be deferred in order to reward long-term success, not short-term risk-taking, according to G20 ministers. BBC
WTO Rules Airbus Got Illegal Subsidies . . . Victory for Boeing as WTO says rival Airbus received billions in illegal subsidies from four European governments. McClatchy Newspapers
White House Announces Savings Measures . . . One of the steps makes it easier for employers to start automatically enrolling employees in workplace savings plans. Wall Street Journal
International
Obama Blasts Israeli Plan to Build Settlements . . . Netanyahu set to approve construction of hundreds of new homes in West Bank before he considers a freeze. McClatchy Newspapers
Anti-Israel Boycott of Film Festival . . . Toronto event honoring Tel Aviv filmmakers protested. Jane Fonda among those signing letter calling Israel an "Apartheid regime." Washington Times
Lockerbie Bomber Release Linked to Oil . . . British minister admits trade and oil were essential in decision to include him in transfer deal.
Daily Telegraph
Chinese Riot City Leader Sacked . . . Communist Party chief in China's western city of Urumqi fired after days of ethnic unrest, state media says. BBC
Also Today. . .
Arson Suspected in Los Angeles Fire . . . If the fire was set on purpose, the arsonist could face the death penalty for the deaths of two firefighters. Los Angeles Times
Man Who Called 911 Arrested in Georgia Deaths . . . Among the eight massacred in mobile home were seven of his relatives, including his father. Associated Press
Calif. Man Kept Chinese Internet Bride Captive . . . Michael O'Riley ruled his wife through fear, force and threat of death.
McClatchy Newspapers
Michael Jackson Finally Buried . . . Singer laid to rest at an intimate yet star-studded funeral service in LA. Daily Telegraph
Gulf Coast Under Siege by Crazy Ants . . . Swarms of foreign "crazy ants" are spreading through Texas and Florida, raising alarms they will rival fearsome fire ants. Wall Street Journal
Today's Video
Bride Erupts Into Uncontrollable Laughter . . . CNN
