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		Thursday, August 11, 2011 Must Read Stories Today
Census paints Maryland's future a Hispanic hue The face of Maryland's future will be vastly more colorful than its present, with nine of the state's 24 jurisdictions already majority-minority among young children, detailed 2010 census figures released Thursday show. Stocks plunge again on bank woes Wall Street stocks took another tumble Wednesday after a brief recovery as worries widened over the health of U.S. and European banks hit hard by debt crises on both sides of the Atlantic. SEALs were sent to stop fleeing Taliban The top NATO commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the doomed Navy SEALs mission that claimed 30 American lives was intended to stop fleeing Taliban fighters and not necessarily a rescue mission as first reported. Republicans name spending hawks to deficit 'super committee' Republican leaders Wednesday tapped six lawmakers with strong spending-cuts credentials to represent the party on the deficit supercommittee tasked with recommending $1.5 trillion in tax increases or spending cuts, sending a signal that the committee will focus heavily on trimming government. D.C.'s summer jobs program coming in $5 million under budget The D.C. Department of Employment Services says its summer jobs program for young residents will likely come in more than $5 million under budget once final payroll figures are tabulated this month. Iowa debate to help thin the field in up-for-grabs race Thursday night's GOP debate in Ames, featuring eight presidential candidates, may be the oddest in memory. Koran-burning pastor to be in New York on Sept. 11 The Florida pastor who threatened to burn a Koran — and later did so after putting the Muslim holy book on trial — is planning a visit to the Big Apple to speak out against radical Islam on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. GOP keeps Senate control in Wisconsin recall Union forces in Wisconsin and beyond were dealt a blow Tuesday night after Republicans held onto four of the six state Senate seats in recall races and kept majority control of the chamber. Romney in ring to fight at Iowa debate Mitt Romney's above-the-fray campaign strategy will be put to the test this week in Iowa. Standards of student proficiency vary widely "Proficient" is relative. Dow plunges 519 points on economy, Europe worries Wall Street focused Wednesday on the bleak landscape ahead for the economy and sold off, wiping out the big gains from a day earlier and then some. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 519 points. Congressman wants probe of bin Laden movie project The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee sought an investigation Wednesday into the Obama administration's cooperation with award-winning filmmakers working on a movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Knee will keep Cooley out of Redskins' preseason opener Tight end Chris Cooley's sore knee will keep him out of the Washington Redskins' preseason opener on Friday night, but quarterback John Beck still has not been ruled out. FBI: Sibling suspects captured in Colo. Three fugitive siblings wanted in a crime spree in Florida and Georgia were captured Wednesday in Colorado after firing shots at officers during a high-speed chase and crashing their car into a highway barrier, authorities said. Jury recommends execution for Ohio serial killer A serial killer who hid the remains of 11 women in his home and yard should be put to death, a jury recommended Wednesday. Federal deficit tops $1T for 3rd straight year The nation's budget deficit has topped $1 trillion for a third straight year, adding pressure on Congress and the White House to make more progress on a long-term plan to shrink the growing imbalance. Commentary MILLER: Beating up on Bachmann The left's phobia of Rep. Michele Bachmann must be contagious. Anticipating a strong showing for the Republican presidential candidate in Saturday's Ames, Iowa, straw poll, Newsweek magazine printed a profile so nasty that the story ought to be judged by its cover. EDITORIAL: Democracy in action in Wisconsin A state Senate recall election is not usually a top news story, but political junkies were filling the Twittersphere on Tuesday with up-to-the-minute reports on recall races in Wisconsin. Labor-union-backed Democratic candidates challenged six of Gov. Scott Walker's Republican supporters in hopes of taking enough seats to gain control of the state Senate and block further legislation to erode union power in the Badger State. This $30 million effort came up one seat short. Next week, Republicans will have a chance to take back the two seats they lost in another round of recall voting. This is democracy in action. EDITORIAL: Zero tolerance for job creation "The White House doesn't create jobs," President Obama's spokesman, Jay Carney, said last week. He's more right than he knows. The policies the administration and Congress put into place have a profound effect on job creation - a profoundly negative one. NUGENT: Presidential master of economic disaster President Obama still doesn't get it. In his weekly radio address, he stated, "We've got to put politics aside to get some things done. That's what the American people expect of us." TYRRELL: A growing bipartisan consensus on Obama Who on Aug. 18, 2010 - almost one year ago - said, "I now think it is clear even to official Washington that President Obama is the worst president of modern times. President Jimmy Carter is redeemed"? Yes, it was I, and I threw the entire weight of the American Spectator behind that asseveration, putting both Jimmy and Barry on the cover. 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