From NYTimes.com: In a haunted world of heroin and hurt and heartless hustles, located between a dusty brickyard and rusty railroad tracks along the border of Chicago and blue-collar Cicero, Steve Kamenicky is the go-to guy.

From HuffingtonPost.com: Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean took direct aim at Fox News for its involvement in the Shirley Sherrod racism flap, calling their coverage “absolutely racist.”

From BBCNews.com: The United States has condemned as “irresponsible” the leak of 90,000 military records, saying publication could threaten national security.

From USAToday.com: Six months after a devastating earthquake flattened Haiti’s capital city, little has changed for Ernst Leo and his 7-year-old daughter, Therissa. Every night, they crawl into a cramped tent barely big enough to hold a mattress and their few belongings. For six months, they have lived on the street in a once-thriving middle-class […]

and even if you don't love him, dontcha miss him?

From NYPost.com: The mother did it.

MEMPHIS (AP) — The family of former University of Memphis and NBA basketball player Lorenzen Wright said they suspect foul play in his disappearance.

From MarketWatch.com: BP Plc said Monday it will debate the fate of embattled Chief Executive Tony Hayward at a board meeting this evening but stressed that no final decision has been made.

From WashPost.com: In a bid to remake the enforcement of federal immigration laws, the Obama administration is deporting record numbers of illegal immigrants and auditing hundreds of businesses that blithely hire undocumented workers.