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New York Times Top Online Stories: Fri 9/10/10
3:26 am Eastern | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Friday morning says "Judge Rules That Military Policy Violates Rights of Gays." The paper says while the policy, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” will not change right away, the ruling reflects others taking aim at discrimination against homosexuals.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Fri 9/10/10
3:26 am Eastern | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Friday morning says "Fla. pastor reconsiders plan on burning Korans." The paper says the pastor of a small Florida church who had planned to burn copies of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks said Thursday that he would cancel the event - at least for now - hours after President Obama condemned it as a "recruitment bonanza for al-Qaeda" and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates telephoned the minister as a worldwide fury grew.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Fri 9/10/10
3:25 am Eastern | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Friday morning says "Karzai Alienates Afghans Over Taliban." The paper says President Karzai's attempts to placate the Taliban haven't made him many new friends among the insurgents. But they have alienated the country's ethnic minorities, who have been a linchpin of his government.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Fri 9/10/10
3:25 am Eastern | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Friday morning says "Judge: Military's ban on gays is unconstitutional." The paper says a federal judge on Thursday declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional and said she will issue an order to stop the government from enforcing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy nationwide.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Thu 9/09/10
8 Sep 23:55 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Thursday morning says "This summer really was hotter than others." The paper says the intense heat this summer wasn't a mirage for the tens of millions of people in the eastern and southern USA. read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Thu 9/09/10
8 Sep 23:53 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Thursday morning says " Court Sides With C.I.A. on Seizure of Terror Suspects." The paper says a sharply divided federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit involving the C.I.A.’s “extraordinary rendition” program.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Thu 9/09/10
8 Sep 23:52 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Thursday morning says " Many object to Islamic center near Ground Zero." The paper says most Americans say the planned Muslim community center and place of worship should not be built in Lower Manhattan, with the sensitive locale being their overwhelming objection, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Thu 9/09/10
8 Sep 23:51 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Thursday morning says "Aftershocks of an Emanuel Exit." The paper says a decision by Rahm Emanuel to run for mayor of Chicago would leave Obama searching for a top lieutenant at a moment when he is likely to face stronger GOP opposition and political challenges.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Wed 9/08/10
8 Sep 03:26 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "Obama Against a Compromise on Extension of Bush Tax Cuts." The paper says President Obama’s decision not to extend tax cuts for the rich adds a populist twist to an election-season economic package designed to entice support from big businesses and their Republican allies.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Wed 9/08/10
8 Sep 03:20 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "Obama to unveil more stimulus, tax breaks for business." The paper says in the most read story President Obama will argue personally Wednesday against extending the Bush-era income tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest families even for a year or two, White House officials said Tuesday - a message aimed at wavering Democrats who have been swayed by arguments that the economy is too weak to raise anyone's taxes. read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Wed 9/08/10
8 Sep 03:20 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "Insurers Pin Rate Hikes on Health Law." The paper says insurers nationwide plan to raise premiums on some Americans as a direct result of the health overhaul as soon as next month, complicating Democrats' efforts to trumpet their signature achievement ahead of elections.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Wed 9/08/10
8 Sep 03:19 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "Florida city fights 9/11 Quran burning." The paper says when Terry Jones puts a match to the Muslim holy book, the Quran, in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday, he won't have much of a crowd if city officials have anything to say about it.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Tues 9/07/10
7 Sep 02:56 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Friday morning says "Once a Dynamo, the Tech Sector Is Slow to Hire" The paper says despite soaring profits, high-tech companies have been slow to hire — a sign of just how difficult it will be to address persistently high joblessness.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Tues 9/07/10
7 Sep 02:56 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Tuesday morning says "Republicans making gains against Democrats ahead of midterm elections." The paper says Republicans are heading into the final weeks of the midterm campaign with the political climate highly in their favor, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Tue 9/07/10
7 Sep 02:55 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Friday morning says "Bankruptcy Court Is Traders' Battleground." The paper says traders in the beaten-down bonds and loans of troubled companies have turned bankruptcy court, which was created as a place for ailing firms to heal, into a venue for large investors to apply their sophisticated techniques in quest of profits.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Tue 9/07/10
7 Sep 02:55 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Tuesday morning says "Armored trucks cut IED deaths among allied troops." The paper says the U.S. military's new armored trucks in Afghanistan are significantly reducing troop deaths in roadside attacks at a time when insurgent bombings are at record levels, according to statistics provided to USA TODAY.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Fri 9/03/10
3 Sep 00:38 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Friday morning says "BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Oil Spill Payouts." The paper says the company, which had committed to setting aside $20 billion for damage claims and penalties, says proposed legislation could disrupt those efforts. read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Fri 9/03/10
3 Sep 00:37 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Friday morning says "Hurricane Earl downgraded to Category 2 as winds decrease to 110 mph." The paper says Hurricane Earl's powerful winds and lashing rains began hitting the fragile Outer Banks late Thursday, and people all along the Eastern Seaboard braced for major disruptions and significant damage as the massive storm swept up the coastline.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Thu 9/02/10
2 Sep 00:05 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Thursday morning says " Leaders Call for Peace as Mideast Talks Begin." The paper says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority appeared together with President Obama.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Thu 9/02/10
2 Sep 00:05 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Thursday morning says "James Lee, environmental militant, killed after hostage situation at Discovery Communications." The paper says James J. Lee divided the world into good and bad. According to his writings on a Web site he created, people were bad, especially "parasitic" babies.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Thu 9/02/10
2 Sep 00:03 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Thursday morning says "U.S. Funds Boost Eyed For Yemen Forces." The paper says the U.S. military's Central Command has proposed pumping as much as $1.2 billion over five years into building up Yemen's security forces in a sign of Washington's fears of al Qaeda's growing foothold on the Arabian Peninsula.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Thu 9/02/10
2 Sep 00:03 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Thursday morning says "East Coast casts watchful eye as Hurricane Earl nears." The paper says Labor Day weekend plans are iffy for parts of the East Coast as Hurricane Earl roars north, its powerful 140-mph winds and 50-foot waves already driving tourists from North Carolina beaches.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Wed 9/01/10
1 Sep 00:46 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "Obama Says Iraq Combat Mission Is Over." The paper says in his second address from the Oval Office, President Obama reminded America that, in giving Iraqis responsibility for their own security, he was fulfilling a campaign promise.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Wed 9/01/10
1 Sep 00:45 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "Obama declares that combat In Iraq is over." The paper says he says the U.S. "has paid a huge price" to give Iraqis the chance to shape their future - a price that now includes more than 4,400 U.S. dead.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Wed 9/01/10
1 Sep 00:44 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "Obama Marks New Focus in Iraq, at Home." The paper says Obama formally declared an end to combat operations in Iraq and planned to refocus the government from prosecuting wars to rebuilding the economy.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Wed 9/01/10
1 Sep 00:43 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "Obama: U.S. combat in Iraq over; time to 'turn the page'". The paper says President Obama turned the job of securing Iraq back to its people Tuesday, heralding the end of combat operations in a seven-year war that he didn't start and didn't support.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Tue 8/31/10
31 Aug 02:35 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Tuesday morning says " Outlines Emerge of Future State in the West Bank." The paper says as a Middle East summit meeting approaches in Washington, some find encouraging signs about a two-state solution in improved security and governance by the Palestinian Authority.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Tue 8/31/10
31 Aug 02:34 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Tuesday morning says "Obama speech on Iraq has risks." The paper says President Obama is promoting the decision to end the U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday as a fulfillment of his campaign promise to draw the war to a close. But it says some of the president's detractors are using the same moment to question the wisdom of doing so - noting that Iraq is still afflicted with violence and has yet to form a government.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Tue 8/31/10
31 Aug 02:32 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Tuesday morning says "U.S. House Travel Stipends Are Probed". The paper says Congressional investigators are questioning a half-dozen lawmakers for possibly misspending government funds meant to pay for overseas travel.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Tue 8/31/10
31 Aug 02:31 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Tuesday morning says "A year ago, cash-for-clunkers spurred sales, but did it work?" The paper says when August auto sales come out Wednesday, it isn't going to be pretty.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Mon 8/30/10
30 Aug 01:06 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Monday morning says "China Fortifies State Businesses to Fuel Growth." The paper says while China owes its rapid growth to private business, it is often the state’s companies that are on the march, in part because of state-bank financing and stimulus spending.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Mon 8/30/10
30 Aug 01:05 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Monday morning says "Environmental groups face their future in climate-change debate." The paper says on Thursday, some of the country's most respected environmental groups - in the midst of their biggest political fight in two decades - sent a group of activists to Milwaukee with a message.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Mon 8/30/10
30 Aug 01:04 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Monday morning says for years, the West focused on the threat from China's low-tech exporters. Glass represents how an even more potent challenge has arrived: sophisticated, capital-intensive businesses that boast high-tech expertise.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Mon 8/30/10
30 Aug 01:03 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Monday morning says "'Mad Men,' 'Modern Family' capture top series Emmys." The paper says AMC's period drama Mad Men claimed its third straight Emmy and ABC's hit comedy Modern Family got its first in a night that honored stalwarts and newcomers alike.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Fri 8/27/10
27 Aug 2010 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Friday morning says " Facing Long Mine Rescue, Chile Spares No Expense." The paper says the government has consulted NASA about the extreme isolation of space.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Fri 8/27/10
27 Aug 2010 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Friday morning says "Uneven Katrina recovery efforts often offered the most help to the most affluent." The paper says in New Orleans The massive government effort to repair the damage from Hurricane Katrina is fostering a stark divide as the state governments in Louisiana and Mississippi structured the rebuilding programs in ways that often offered the most help to the most affluent residents.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Fri 8/27/10
27 Aug 2010 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Friday morning says "Iraqis Face Uncertain Future as U.S. Ends Combat Mission." The paper says as the U.S. declares an official end to its combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday, having cut its troops to fewer than 50,000, the outlook for the country is better than it was three years ago.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Fri 8/27/10
27 Aug 2010 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Friday morning says "Iraq seven years later: Was the war worth it?" The paper says Democracy is alive in Iraq yet many Iraqis are not pleased with life.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Fri 8/27/10
27 Aug 2010 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Friday morning says "Iraq seven years later: Was the war worth it?" The paper says Democracy is alive in Iraq yet many Iraqis are not pleased with life.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Wed 8/25/10
26 Aug 2010 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Thursday morning says "Key Karzai Aide in Corruption Inquiry Is Linked to C.I.A." The paper says an aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan being investigated for corruption is paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, officials said, underscoring deep contradictions in American policy there.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Thu 8/26/10
26 Aug 2010 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Thursday morning says "As economy slows and Fed voices conflict, markets look to Bernanke for guidance." The paper says with the housing market retreating, unemployment lingering and top officials at the Federal Reserve in open disagreement over what to do, Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is under rising pressure to offer solutions in an address Friday that is likely to be his most important since the end of the financial crisis.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Wed 8/25/10
26 Aug 2010 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Thursday morning says "On Doomed Rig's Last Day, a Change of Plan." The paper says the Deepwater Horizon blowout has become one of the most scrutinized maritime disasters ever. But it says a central uncertainty remains: Why didn't the crew recognize the warning signs in the final hours before the lethal eruption? read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Thu 8/26/10
26 Aug 2010 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Thursday morning says "Archaeologists find new clues why the Maya left." The paper says the Maya ancients who built the ruins of Kiuic (kee-week) here fled those doorways in a hurry, an international archaeology team now realizes.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Wed 8/25/10
25 Aug 2010 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "U.S. Rejected Hen Vaccine Despite Success in Britain." The paper says British farmers virtually wiped out salmonella in eggs by vaccinating hens, but American regulators decided not to mandate the precaution.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Wed 8/25/10
25 Aug 2010 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "Primaries test establishment vs. outsiders in Florida, Arizona and Alaska." The paper says Sen. John McCain of Arizona, once seen as another Republican incumbent threatened by a conservative grass-roots insurgency, won his primary Tuesday night by trouncing former congressman J.D. Hayworth and set himself on a path toward a fifth term in the Senate.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Wed 8/25/10
25 Aug 2010 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "Meek Wins in Florida, McCain in Arizona " The paper says Kendrick Meek won a come-from-behind victory in Florida's Democratic U.S. Senate primary on a night when voters in several states sent mixed signals about the strength of this year's anti-establishment wave. Arizona Sen. John McCain won his primary.read more »
USA Today Top Online Stories: Wed 8/25/10
25 Aug 2010 | Media
The USA Today lead headline online early Wednesday morning says "John McCain cruises to victory in Ariz. Primary." The paper says Sen. John McCain slid to an easy victory over former congressman J.D. Hayworth in Arizona's Republican Senate primary election, overcoming early predictions that Hayworth represented the biggest threat to his reelection in years.read more »
New York Times Top Online Stories: Tue 8/24/10
24 Aug 2010 | Media
The New York Times lead headline online early Tuesday morning says "On Primary Day, McCain Seeks Political Comeback" The paper says Senator John McCain holds a comfortable lead going into Arizona’s primary on Tuesday, when Floridians and Alaskans will also vote.read more »
Washington Post Top Online Stories: Tue 8/24/10
24 Aug 2010 | Media
The Washington Post lead headline online early Tuesday morning says "As egg producers consolidate, problems of just one company can be far-reaching." The paper says the largest egg recall in U.S. history comes at a point of great consolidation in the egg industry, when a shrinking number of companies produce most of the eggs found on grocery shelves and a defect in one operation can jeopardize a significant segment of the marketplace.read more »
Wall Street Journal Top Online Stories: Tue 8/24/10
24 Aug 2010 | Media
The Wall Street Journal lead headline online early Tuesday morning says "Fed Split on Move to Bolster Economy." The paper says at least seven of 17 Fed officials spoke against or expressed reservations on a plan to alter the way the Fed manages its huge portfolio of securities before the move was approved on Aug. 10.read more »