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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Chicago's mayor retiring after 21 years | VIDEO Mayor Richard Daley got back to work presiding over the Chicago City Council one day after announcing that he will not run for another term. Status hearing for Blagojevich retrial Just how many lawyers will ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich be able to retain for his retrial next year on corruption charges? Committee grudgingly approves $1B O'Hare plan Mayor Daley's plan to issue $1 billion in bonds retired by an airline ticket tax and other airport revenues to complete his massive O'Hare Airport expansion project ran into some brief turbulence Tuesday. Madigan opposes promotion of cribs Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association's plans for a national campaign promoting baby cribs amount to peddling deadly merchandise. 2 other teens wounded in fatal shooting | VIDEO Police have confirmed that two other teenagers were wounded over the weekend when a 14-year-old Highwood girl was shot and killed in North Chicago. Navistar's headquarters will stay in Illinois | VIDEO Navistar International Corp. plans to keep its headquarters in Illinois and will move forward with plans to expand its operations in the state. MORE STORIES Strange News Calif. skyscraper climber cited for misdemeanors | VIDEO Muncie church burglars steal pastor's Bibles Gamer suspended over name of town: Fort Gay NJ shore bumper sticker disses visitors Diane von Furstenberg designs Ohio hospital gowns Consumer Transportation Station toys recalled for choking hazard Madigan opposes promotion of cribs FDA cites claims on 2 green tea beverages Google launching free TV service New toxic metal concerns | VIDEO Healthbeat Tiny sensor tracks hearts from home 'Swring' appears to help children with autism Splint as good as cast for some kids' injuries Study: PCI heart procedure only eases pain Report: H1N1 symptoms similar to seasonal flu MOST POPULAR Peterson releases letter, gun ruling due in Oct. Chicago's mayor retiring after 21 years Website posts video of 'Transformers' accident What's behind Daley's decision? Navistar may be staying in Illinois All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 68°F 50°F Mostly sunny Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM The Middle 7:30 PM The Middle 8:00 PM Modern Family 8:30 PM Cougar Town 9:01 PM Castle 10:00 PM ABC 7 News Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope Chicago co-op turns honey into gold The Hungry Hound shows us what all the buzz is about around a West Side honey co-op, just in time for Rosh Hashanah. More from the Hungry Hound Can these shoes be saved? Many in the iPod generation don't even know shoes, boots and sandals can be repaired, instead of being replaced. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Sign up for news alerts Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Sign up for news alerts

Petraeus: Burning Quran Endangers Troops

Breaking from Newsmax.com Petraeus: Burning Quran Endangers Troops The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday that a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book the Quran could endanger U.S. troops in the country and Americans worldwide. "Images of the burning of a Quran would undoubtedly be used by extremists in Afghanistan — and around the world — to inflame public opinion and incite violence," Gen. David Petraeus said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Editor's Notes: Doctor Tells How to Improve Memory and Mental Vigor Special: Chronic Arthritis Can Be Stopped Naturally His comments followed a protest Monday by hundreds of Afghans over the plans of Gainesville-based Dove World Outreach Center, an evangelical Christian church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy, to burn copies of the Quran on church grounds to mark the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States that provoked the Afghan war. Muslims consider the Quran to be the word of God and insist that it be treated with the utmost respect, along with any printed material containing its verses or the name of Allah or the Prophet Muhammad. Any intentional damage or show of disrespect to the Quran is deeply offensive. In 2005, 15 people died and scores were wounded in riots in Afghanistan sparked by a story in Newsweek magazine alleging that interrogators at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay placed copies of the Quran in washrooms and had flushed one down the toilet to get inmates to talk. Newsweek later retracted the story. At Monday's protest, several hundred Afghans rallied outside a Kabul mosque, burning American flags and an effigy of Dove World's pastor and chanting "death to America." Members of the crowd briefly pelted a passing U.S. military convoy with stones, but were ordered to stop by rally organizers. Two days earlier, thousands of Indonesian Muslims had rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta and in five other cities to protest the church's plans. Petraeus warned images of burning Qurans could be used to incite anti-American sentiments similar to the pictures of prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Graib prison. "I am very concerned by the potential repercussions of the possible burning. Even the rumor that it might take place has sparked demonstrations such as the one that took place in Kabul yesterday," Petraeus said in his message. "Were the actual burning to take place, the safety of our soldiers and civilians would be put in jeopardy and accomplishment of the mission would be made more difficult." The U.S. Embassy in Kabul also issued a statement condemning the church's plans, saying Washington is "deeply concerned about deliberate attempts to offend members of religious or ethnic groups." Dove World Outreach Center, which made headlines last year after distributing T-shirts that said "Islam is of the Devil," has been denied a permit to set a bonfire but has vowed to proceed with the burning. A surge in troop deployments has brought the number of U.S. forces battling the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan to about 100,000 and Petraeus is asking for 2,000 more soldiers to join the 140,000-strong international force here, NATO officials said Monday. It was unclear how many would be Americans. Coalition officials said nearly half will be trainers for the rapidly expanding Afghan security forces and will include troops trained to neutralize roadside bombs that have been responsible for about 60 percent of the 2,000 allied deaths in the nearly nine-year war. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the NATO-led command had been asking for the troops even before Petraeus assumed command here in July. Petraeus recently renewed that request with the NATO command in Brussels. The alliance has had trouble raising more troops for the war effort, with at least 450 training slots still unfilled after more than a year. With casualties rising, the war has become deeply unpopular in many of NATO's 28 member countries, suggesting the additional forces will have to come from the United States. In Europe, polls show the majority of voters consider it an unnecessary drain on finances at a time of sharp cuts in public spending and other austerity measures. © Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Additional Links: The Wealthy Never Make This Mistake Suzanne Somers Exposed the Cancer Lie TO ADVERTISE For information on advertising, please contact Newsmax Advertising Sales via e-mail. TO SUBSCRIBE     Newsmax.com 4152 West Blue Heron Blvd., Ste. 1114 Riviera Beach, FL 33404 USA

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Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has announced he will not run for reelection, saying he wants to move on, the AP reports. The decision may provide an opening for White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel to leave his post and run for mayor, a position he has said he would like to hold.

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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Tuesday, September 7, 2010 CPS starts new school year | VIDEO More than 400,000 Chicago Public Schools students began classes Tuesday morning at 475 schools. Peterson releases letter, fights gun charges | VIDEO Accused wife killer and retired cop Drew Peterson is lashing out at efforts to go after his children while his attorney tries to dismiss gun charges Tuesday. Wind-fueled South Loop fire extinguished | VIDEO Heavy winds fanned an extra-alarm fire in the South Loop for three hours early Tuesday before it was struck. Woman fatally shot in Little Village Police are searching for the person who shot and killed a woman in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood Monday evening. Report: Chicago alderman's home burglarized Sixth Ward Alderman Freddrenna Lyle is the victim of a burglary, according to published reports. Experts to testify in 5-state carp lawsuit Experts are set to testify in a federal lawsuit in Chicago, where five states are asking a judge to close Illinois shipping locks to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes. MORE STORIES Strange News Police arrest man who scaled San Francisco tower | VIDEO Queen Anne table may set speed record Using Guevara image riles some Cuban Americans Philly cyclists bare all to promote cleaner air Woman devours 181 chicken wings in contest Consumer New toxic metal concerns | VIDEO Should planes have 'kid sections'? | VIDEO Cost-cutting printers Analysts: Car deals to extend through September Redbox may offer streaming options soon Healthbeat 'Swring' appears to help children with autism Experimental pills light up brain tumor cells Picking right blood pressure medicine challenging Doctors say teens need to sleep like babies Memory problem more common in men than women MOST POPULAR Peterson releases letter, fights gun charges Driver who ran over mom, kids sought Elgin restaurant workers: Paychecks missing Wind-fueled South Loop fire extinguished Peterson releases letter, picture from jail All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 77°F 54°F More sunshine than clouds with winds gusting past 45 mph Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM Wipeout 8:02 PM Wipeout 9:01 PM NightlinePrime: Secrets of Your Mind - Why We Do What We Do 10:00 PM ABC 7 News 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope Flight attendant in passenger tiff to be evaluated The flight attendant accused of onboard antics that captured the nation's attention when he told off a passenger and slid down the plane's emergency chute with a beer will undergo a mental health evaluation. Attorney: JetBlue attendant in NYC flap resigned Should planes have 'kid sections'? If you fly, you've probably suffered through at least a few of the major annoyances. Poll: Should planes have family-only sections? SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Sign up for news alerts Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Sign up for news alerts

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The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday an American church’s threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could endanger U.S. troops in the country and Americans worldwide.

Sources: Trust to take Bush's Heisman - College Football - Rivals.com

Sources: Trust to take Bush's Heisman - College Football - Rivals.com

Policies and procedures are applicable to everyone. The Heisman Trophy Trust is expected to strip former University of Southern California star running back Reggie Bush of college football’s top honor by the end of September, sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Tuesday's Daily Brief

2010-09-07       The Daily Brief     Arianna Huffington: Third World America: Why I Wrote the Book and What We Need to Do to Save America's Middle Class Arianna Huffington: Growing up in Greece, everyone knew someone who'd left to find a better life in America. That was the phrase everyone associated with America: "a better life." When I came to live here in 1980, I knew there was no other place I'd rather live. Thirty years later, I still feel that way. But something went wrong -- terribly wrong -- and put our country on a very dangerous path that threatens to transform us into Third World America. It's a jarring phrase, I know, but I decided to make that the title of my new book, which is being released today, as a warning -- to make it clear that if we don't change course that could very well be our future. But the book is not just a critique of the many ways things are broken -- it's a practical guide for how to fix them. Davis Guggenheim: Repeat After Me: We Can't Have Great Schools Without Great Teachers Every family knows what matters most and wonders why we've forgotten this simple truth. Every teacher on every list for every school needs to be great. And we can't stop until we get there. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: With a Little Help From My Friends In my role as ambassador for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, I have the honor and good fortune to help spread the message of hope for the protection of mothers and children from HIV. Jeffrey Sachs: Saying "Nuts" to Hunger The general public should be helped to understand the difference of acute and chronic hunger, so that both are addressed appropriately. The product Plumpy'Nut is not a miracle cure for global hunger or for global malnutrition. Dylan Loewe: Democrats Still Winning the Long Game Republicans are poised to ride a wave election, conceivably as large as in 1994, and Exhibit A of their success may well be pronounced "Speaker John Boehner." But if you step back, it's also likely to be a temporary bump on a road toward Democratic dominance. Mehmet Oz, M.D.: When the Doctor Becomes a Patient We cannot control the cards we are dealt but we can control how we play them. While these reminders are never pleasant, they are almost always gifts if we choose to treat them as such.     HuffPost News Election Spending Sets Records: No Recession Here Iran Stoning Case: EU Condemns 'Barbaric' Plan, Iran Scoffs At European Concerns Obama Blasts GOP, Calls For $50 Billion Infrastructure Plan For Roads, Rail, Air Travel David Westin Resigns As ABC News President Wyclef: Sean Penn Sniffs Cocaine, Penn DENIES (VIDEO)   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy

Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program - Yahoo! News

Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program - Yahoo! News

A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans' hard economic times.

Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled - Yahoo! News

Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled - Yahoo! News

Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay — or none at all.

Friday's Daily Brief

2010-09-03       The Daily Brief     Lawrence Lessig: Neo-Progressives AP Lawrence Lessig: It seems that just about every hundred years or so, the body politic we call America swells with fever as it fights off a democracy-destroying disease. That disease is "Special Interest Government," a government captured by the economically powerful in society, as they find a way to convert economic into political power; the fever comes from the reform movement, keen to kill that disease and restore an ideal of government of, by, and for "the People." This time around, that breakaway, trans-party reform movement will carry the banner of Neo-Progressivism. Click here to read more. Arianna Huffington: The Audacity of Taupe The Obamas' redecoration of the Oval Office is very cautious, neutral, inoffensive, neither one thing nor the other -- the Audacity of Taupe. But I applaud the switch from flowers to a bowl of fruit on the new coffee table. Les Leopold: Why the Big Lie About the Job Crisis? It's time to say "the end" to the "We're all to blame" fairytale. Let's start a new story this Labor Day. It's called, "Put our people back to work." Sen. Ron Wyden: Missing the Point I voted for health care reform not because I thought it was the best we could do, but because I thought it was a whole lot better than the current system. But in my mind, passing that law is far from "mission accomplished." Jacqueline Novogratz: Dispatches From Pakistan I notice a little boy. His eyes are piercing, hot and angry, a tiny pipsqueak who has seen too much sadness and felt too much fear in his life. Maybe this little man is the most honest man here. His anger is raw, and he doesn't hide it. Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Machete (2010) It is a disservice to both the film and to our own desire for relevant mainstream film-making to ignore the fiery conscience at the heart of this over-the-top piece of Mexican myth-making.     HuffPost News Unemployment Rate Rises In August For First Time In 4 Months As Labor Force Expands Sharron Angle Claims Unemployment Insurance 'Really Doesn't Benefit Anyone' Australian School Drops 'Gay' From Children's Song Jesse James & Kat Von D Step Out Together (PHOTOS) U.S. Open Fight VIDEO: Fans Brawl In Stands (VIDEO)   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy

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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Friday, September 3, 2010 Last day of food aid for flood victims | VIDEO Friday is the last day low-income flood victims can line up to apply for extra food stamps. People have been forming long lines all week, and Friday was no different. O'Hare Hyatt workers strike | VIDEO Union workers at the Hyatt Hotel at O'Hare International Airport were walking the picket line as of 6 a.m. Friday as part of a nationwide strike against the hotel chain. 4th victim dies after garage shooting Four people were shot and killed in a Chicago garage Thursday night in the West Lawn neighborhood, and police were still looking for suspects Friday. 2 to be fired after leaving Joliet girl on bus A south suburban school bus company is promising to fire a bus driver and a monitor who left a sleeping 4-year-old girl on a bus. Man charged in Chinatown strangulation A Chicago man is charged with robbery and murder following an attack in Chinatown two months ago. Bicyclist fatally struck during rainstorm A man was hit by a car and killed while riding a bicycle during Thursday night's rainstorm, and the driver did not stop. MORE STORIES Strange News Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch ledge Wyo. troopers examine human ashes in traffic stop Homeless man calls 911 from hot tub, seeks cocoa Chestnut eats 8 lbs in 12 mins to win ribs contest For 2nd time, Ohio woman gives birth in vehicle Consumer New postage stamp honors Mother Teresa Feds: No link between Dry Max diapers, rashes Kia Soul, Sorento recalled due to lighting panels Sharp LCD TVs recalled Target adds health clinics in Chicago stores Healthbeat Bone drugs could increase throat cancer risk Healthbeat Report: The Return of Whooping Cough | VIDEO Hot, humid weather makes for nasty allergy season | VIDEO Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? Survey: More Americans taking Rx drugs MOST POPULAR 'Transformers' accident critically injures extra 4th victim dies after garage shooting Last day of food aid for flood victims Older brother charged in Dolton boy's death Details on how to get flood assistance through Sept. 3 All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 71°F 51°F Becoming windier and not as warm with sunny intervals Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM Wife Swap 8:00 PM Primetime: What Would You Do? 9:00 PM 20/20 10:00 PM ABC 7 News 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope Labor Day travel means some construction on hold AAA says the number of travelers this Labor Day is expected to increase by about 10 percent. Click here for Travel Times Roadwork creates lane restrictions in Wisconsin Construction Notes: Closures/Projects ABC7 Cheap Gas Price Finder Street-level Interactive Radar Map Tracy Butler chats up soap star Steve Burton You know him as Jason from "General Hospital." Tracy Butler got a chance to talk to Steve Burton about the role that made him famous. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Sign up for news alerts Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Sign up for news alerts

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at a loss for words in first debate | The Upshot Yahoo! News - Yahoo! News

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at a loss for words in first debate | The Upshot Yahoo! News - Yahoo! News

It's a politician's worst nightmare: Drawing a complete blank in a high-profile debate.