Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

WASHINGTON - A sleepy Montana checkpoint along the Canadian border that sees about three travelers a day will get $15 million under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan. A government priority list ranked the project as marginal, but two powerful Democratic senators persuaded the administration to make it happen. Full Story »

• Video: Obama: Stimulus package is working AP

SAN FRANCISCO - Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - A judge on Tuesday sentenced Chris Brown to five years' probation and six months' community labor for the beating of Rihanna and ordered the R&B singer to stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Chris Brown

NEW YORK - Michael Young and the Texas Rangers chased Joba Chamberlain early, then hung on for a nail-biting win at noisy Yankee Stadium. If this was a first-round playoff preview, there's plenty to get excited about. Rookie shortstop Elvis Andrus turned Melky Cabrera's line drive into a game-ending double play, and Texas held off the New York Yankees 10-9 on Tuesday night in a game of momentum swings that took 3 hours, 50 minutes. Full Story »

BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. 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, died at age 77, his family said. Full Story »

• Video: 'Lion of the Senate' leaves strong legacy AP
• Slideshow: Sen. Edward Kennedy dies at 77
• Interactive: Key dates in Ted Kennedy's life AP

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sleep deprivation, "insult slaps," water dousing and "walling," or slamming a detainee's head against a wall, were techniques used by CIA interrogators to break high-value detainees, according to an agency memo. Full Story »

KABUL (Reuters) - More results were expected to trickle out of Afghanistan's election counting house on Wednesday as officials raised the death toll from a truck bombing that highlighted the problems the eventual winner will face. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Afghan Election

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Former President Mohammad Khatami said on Wednesday trial confessions by moderates accused of fomenting post-election unrest were made under "extraordinary conditions" and were invalid, the ILNA news agency reported. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Iran Election

SEOUL (Reuters) - Red Cross officials from South Korea arrived in the North for three days of talks on Wednesday in a rare meeting between the rivals to discuss the plight of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. Full Story »

• Video: South Korea mourns Kim Reuters
• Slideshow: North Korea

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Larger-than-expected gains in U.S. housing prices and consumer confidence on Tuesday lent new weight to views that the economy is emerging from the longest recession since the 1930s. Full Story »

• Video: Consumer Confidence Beats Expectations CNBC

OAK BLUFFS, Massachusetts (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Ben Bernanke to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman on Tuesday, aiming for continuity at a time when the U.S. economy is breaking free from a deep recession. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. national debt will nearly double over the next 10 years, government forecasts showed on Tuesday, challenging President Barack Obama's economic and healthcare overhaul agenda. Full Story »

• Slideshow: President Barack Obama

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Ted Kennedy, the last of the storied band of brothers whose triumphs and tragedies dominated a generation of American politics, has died after losing a battle with brain cancer. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Sen. Edward Kennedy dies at 77