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This Morning's Cut
The Leading News
Senate Panel Passes Health Bill But Party-line vote highlights lack of political consensus for overhaul. Obama urges Congress to pick up pace.
New York Times
Sotomayor Eludes Questioning Sidesteps senators' efforts to plumb her views on matters from campaign finance law to abortion. Washington Post
Spate of Air Disasters Raises Concerns on Safety . . . Crashes around the world are climbing and threaten to push accident totals to levels of the 1990s. USA Today
Politics
Clinton Seeks to Reclaim Her Turf . . . In a major speech, the secretary of state seemed to battle a perception that the Department has lost influence to the White House. New York Times
Poll: Americans Divided on Health Reform . . . Refuse to forge a consensus for or against Obama as he and Congress march toward a historic overhaul. McClatchy Newspapers
Medicare's Purse Strings Eyed . . . Obama is asking Congress to forfeit a valued perk: setting reimbursement rates for health providers.
Washington Post
Lawmakers Cut Back on Junkets . . . Members of Congress slash trips taken at the expense of special-interest groups since voting to restrict such travel. USA Today
National Security
CIA Was a Long Way From Jason Bourne . . . The agency tried to assemble a team of anti-terrorist assassins, but it couldn't solve logistical problems. Los Angeles Times
Israeli Naval Maneuvers May Signal Iran Attack . . . Two Israeli missile class warships have sailed through the Suez Canal.
Times (UK)
Who Will Succeed Kim Jong-Il? . . . Recollections may offer a glimpse of the young man who some say is destined to lead North Korea.
Washington Post
News on the Money
Fed Sees End to U.S. Downturn . . . But unemployment will remain at high levels for several years to come. Financial Times
Paulson Defends Tenure at Treasury . . . Bush administration's responses were not perfect but "saved this nation from great peril."
Associated Press
Bing Bing Bing Bing Bing . . . . Microsoft's new search engine is gaining market share, but it's taking it from Yahoo, not Google.
Christian Science Monitor
Another Big Day on Wall Street . . . Dow rises 256 as upbeat outlook from Intel signaled strong spending on electronics while earnings hopes lifted bank shares. Wall Street Journal
JP Morgan Chase Posts $2.7B Profit . . . The company’s profits, up 36 percent from a year earlier, came on record fees from its investment banking unit. New York Times
CIT Denied More U.S. Aid . . . The troubled century-old lender faces possible bankruptcy. New York Times
International
Honduran Leader Offers to Quit . . . Roberto Micheletti says he's willing to step down if it will help end the crisis, but only if ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Associated Press
China's Economy Regains Robust Growth . . . Fueled by an major stimulus program, China’s economy grew by a surprisingly strong 7.9 percent. New York Times
Who Invented the Gyro? . . . The Greeks, it seems. But then someone began mass production. New York Times
Also Today. . .
Fla. Slaying Suspects Were Caught on Camera . . . The accomplice assigned to turn off the video cameras never did. Associated Press
Fetuses Found to Have Memories . . . Display short-term memory from at least 30 weeks gestation - or about two months before they are born. Washington Times
Capitol Police Fatally Shoot Man . . . Suspect fled a traffic stop, "nearly ran over two officers" and shot at others, authorities say.
Washington Post
Everglades Overrun by Pythons . . . A few escaped from captivity 17 years ago. Now there are more than 100,000. The Independent
Today's Video
New Video of Michael Jackson's Hair on Fire . . . US
