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Morning Edition Pinching Pennies, More Americans Ditch Life-Insurance Coverage They need it -- or more of it -- most Americans said of life-insurance coverage in a recent survey, but there are other financial priorities to take care of first. Read original story in The Wall Street Journal | Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 Mayor in Mexican Border State Murdered Prosecutors have not yet released any details about the murder, but the assumption is that criminal gangs with an interest in the drug trade were responsible. Read original story in CNN | Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 Hurricane Earl, Headed for More Land, Picks Up Steam The Hurricane could strengthen into a Category 4 storm by later this week as it's set to hit several Caribbean islands. Read original story in The Associated Press | Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 Internet Kills the Oxford English Dictionary With more readers turning to the online version of reference books, it is likely that the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary will never appear in print. Read original story in The Telegraph | Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 Washington Rallies Put Country's Divisions on Display Tens of thousands of people gathered to hear Glenn Beck and other Tea Party leaders speak while a smaller group protested what they described as attempts to usurp the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. Read original story in McClatchy | Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 Hope Emerges as Top Weapon Against Economic Downturn Even as the economy continues to weaken, there seems to be little policymakers are willing or able to do in order to make things better. For now, the nation is taking a wait-and-see approach. Read original story in The New York Times | Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 Russian Skinheads Attack Festivalgoers, Kill 14 Year Old More than 100 skinheads descended on the Tornado festival in Miass, Russia, with iron clubs and sticks. Read original story in BBC | Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 Indonesian Volcano Erupts, Sends Residents Fleeing About 21,000 people evacuated the area around Indonesia's Mount Sinabung after the volcano erupted for a second time in as many days, sending ash 1.5 miles into the sky. Read original story in Reuters | Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 Number of Women in Congress Could Drop Although many have called 2010, "the year of the woman," this fall's midterm elections could mark the first time since 1978 that the number of women in Congress dips. Read original story in Los Angeles Times | Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 Man Arrested Over Cricket Betting Scandal After the News of the World claimed that several Pakistani players were involved in a betting scam, police arrested a man on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers. Read original story in BBC News | Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 7 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan This Weekend Seven American service members died this weekend during attacks in Afghanistan's southern and eastern regions. Five kidnapped political workers were also killed while a top prosecutor says he was pushed out for investigating corruption. Read original story in The Associated Press | Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 Blair Tried To Stay in Power at Bush's Behest The Bush administration warned the then-prime minister that it had serious doubts about its ability to work with Gordon Brown. Read original story in The Telegraph | Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 Advertisement

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