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Honduran Resistance Goes It Alone
 The Real News Network
As protests against the coup government in Honduras enter their 60th day, the international community has largely turned their attention away from the streets of Tegucigalpa.
Sen. Ted Kennedy Dies from Brain Cancer
 Scott Malone
Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America's most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, has died, his family said. He was 77.
Argentine Court Just Says No to Prison for Pot Use
 Michael Warren
Argentina's Supreme Court ruled out prison for pot possession on Tuesday, saying the government should go after major traffickers and provide treatment instead of jail for consumers of marijuana.
Millions Face Shrinking US Social Security Payments
 Stephen Ohlemacher
Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise.
Drug Case Against Mexican Cartel Began with Crumbs
 Devlin Barrett
Federal agents hunting leaders of a multibillion-dollar Mexican drug cartel began their case with crumbs: a fake container of corn chips and a threat scrawled on a Hallmark greeting card.
Report Reveals CIA Conducted Mock Executions
 Mark Hosenball & Michael Isikoff
A long-suppressed report by the Central Intelligence Agency's inspector general to be released next week reveals that CIA interrogators staged mock executions as part of the agency's post-9/11 program to detain and question terror suspects, NEWSWEEK has learned.
 Obama's Weekly Address: Myths and Morality in Health Insurance Reform
 White House Blog
President Obama debunks the myths around health insurance reform, and discusses the public option proposal in which many of them are rooted - but he focuses his address on the stark moral and historical turning point at which we find ourselves.
Public Losing Confidence in Obama
 Capitol Hill Blue
As controversy continues to swirl around health care reform, the American public is losing confidence in President Brack Obama's leadership.
US Charges Top Suspected Mexican Drug Lord
 James Vicini
The United States has filed new charges against Mexico's top drug lord and other drug cartel leaders for smuggling billions of dollars worth of cocaine across the border, but they remain at large, U.S. authorities said on Thursday.
43 Indicted in U.S., Mexico on Drug Trafficking Charges
 Carrie Johnson
Law enforcement officials Thursday morning unveiled criminal charges against 43 defendants in the United States and Mexico, including leaders of prominent drug cartels in a country that has been plagued with gun violence.
Latin Leftists Fear a Honduras Coup Domino Effect
 Alexandra Olson
Manuel Zelaya's chances of getting restored to the Honduran presidency become more distant with each passing week. Across Latin America, his allies and foes alike see a precedent being set.
Russia Will Never Give Up Its Deterrent Forces
 The Real News Network
Russia Today: No world nuclear power will strip itself of nuclear forces as long as America pursues global military dominance and wars like Yugoslavia and Iraq, considers Andrey Kokoshin, former First Deputy Minister of Defense.
Declassified: Released Documents Reveal the United States and Brazil's Crucial Role in 1973 Chilean Coup
 Associated Press
Two years before the coup that toppled the leftist leader of Chile, President Richard Nixon and Brazilian President Emilio Medici discussed coordinated intervention in that nation and Cuba, according to a newly declassified document.
Obama's Weekly Address: Real Conversations about Health Insurance Reform
 White House Blog
The President talks about how the chatter and ruckus around health insurance reform on television obscures the reality of what's happening in America.
Report Warns Of Rise In Militia Groups Across U.S.
 CBS News
Militia groups with gripes against the government are regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an organization that tracks such trends.
Gold, Impunity, Violence in El Salvador
 The Real News Network
A 37-year-old teacher, community center founder, and anti-mining activist is found tortured and assassinated in Northern El Salvador. Authorities, despite all evidence to the contrary, attribute the death to common gang violence.
Cheney Wants Revenge, Unloads on Bush
 Associated Press
Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes his old boss, President George W. Bush, gradually turned away from his advice during their second term in the White House, showing a surprising independence as he started taking more flexible positions on a range of issues, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
South America Concerned About US Military in Colombia
 Jeanneth Valdivieso
South American presidents expressed deep concerns Monday over the United States' plan to increase its military presence in Colombia.
US Soldier Charged in Mexican Cartel Killing
Alicia Caldwell
An 18-year-old U.S. Army soldier and two other men have been charged with capital murder in the contract killing of a midlevel Mexican drug cartel official who was also a U.S. informant.
'Benchmark' Glaciers Shrinking Faster
 Les Blumenthal & Erika Bolstad
Climate change is shrinking three of the nation's most studied glaciers at an accelerated rate, and government scientists say that finding bolsters global concerns about rising sea levels and the availability of fresh drinking water.
Obama Sharpens War Goals
 Mike Allen
President Barack Obama next month will send Congress a new plan for measuring progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in an effort to build confidence among wavering Democrats and give sharper direction to a costly and increasingly bloody war, White House officials told POLITICO on Saturday.
Obama Attending First US-Canada-Mexico Summit
 Jennifer Loven
US President Barack Obama attends his first North American leaders summit in Mexico on Sunday with the economic crisis and swine flu on an agenda overshadowed by Mexican drug violence.
Obama Fires Back at Health Care Critics
 Matt Spetalnick
President Barack Obama accused his critics on Saturday of resorting to "outlandish rumors" and "misleading information" aimed at derailing his efforts to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system.
Holder Set to Name Prosecutor for CIA Probe
 Reuters
Attorney General Eric Holder is poised to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate alleged CIA abuses committed during the interrogation of terrorism suspects, The Los Angeles Times reported.
Sotomayor Takes Oath as Supreme Court Justice
 CNN
Sonia Sotomayor made history Saturday when she was sworn in as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Sotomayor twice at the court. The first ceremony was private. A second ceremony was held in front of Sotomayor's friends, family and the media.
Obama's Weekly Address: Necessary Reform, Absurd Attacks
 White House Blog
The President calls health insurance reform critical to our nation's long-term economic strength and dispells the outlandish rumors being promoted by those who are defending the status quo.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed to Supreme Court
 Seth Stern
A little more than three months after Justice David H. Souter announced his intention to retire, the Senate on Thursday confirmed Sonia Sotomayor to become the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice.
LatAm Leaders Assail Colombia, US Troop Plan
 Ana Isabel Martinez
South America's hard-line leftist leaders this week criticized U.S. plans to deploy extra troops at bases in Colombia, accusing Washington of using the war on drugs as a pretext to boost its regional military presence.
US Food Stamp List Tops 34 Million for First Time
 Charles Abbott
For the first time, more than 34 million Americans received food stamps, which help poor people buy groceries, government figures said on Thursday, a sign of the longest and one of the deepest recessions since the Great Depression.
Obama Approval Rating Sinks to 50%: Poll
 Agence France-Presse
US President Barack Obama’s approval rating has slumped to 50 percent, the lowest since his inauguration, according to a poll released Thursday on the eve of his 200th day in office.
Paraguay Landless Try Crucifixion to Get Attention
 Associated Press
A half-dozen protesters have hammered long nails through their hands and tied themselves to crosses or laid in coffins in an appeal for land.
Senate Confirms Sotomayor for Supreme Court
 Julie Hirschfeld David
The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. The vote was 68-31 for Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first high court nominee. She becomes the 111th justice and just the third woman to serve.
Federal Judges Order California to Release 43,000 Inmates
 Carol J. Williams
California must shrink the population of its teeming prisons by nearly 43,000 inmates over the next two years to meet constitutional standards, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday, ordering the state to come up with a reduction plan by mid-September.
U.S. Senator Slows Anti-Drug Aid to Mexico: Report
 Reuters
A U.S. senator has rejected a plan by the State Department to issue a report affirming Mexico is respecting human rights in its war against drug traffickers, which could delay release of millions of dollars in U.S. anti-narcotics aid, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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