Good morning.
Our early headlines have ranged widely, subject-wise:
-- Weeping, Wailing And Imagery In Pyongyang For Kim Jong Il's Funeral.
-- Rev. Billy Graham Makes Top 10 'Most Admired' List For 55th Time.
-- Cheetah, One Of Tarzan's Chimpanzee Sidekicks, Has Died.
Other stories making headlines today include:
-- "Syria Frees 755 Prisoners Detained In Crackdown," Human Rights Watch Says Hundreds Have Been Hidden. ( The Associated Press)
-- "Iran Again Warns It Can Cut Off Strategic Oil Route" Through Strait Of Hormuz.( The Associated Press)
-- "Argentina President Christina Fernandez Has Cancer," It Is In Her Thyroid Gland But Has Not Spread. ( BBC News)
-- "Mubarak Trial Resumes In Cairo."( Al-Jazeera)
-- "Marshal: Hot Embers Sparked Fatal Fire" That Killed Five People In Connecticut. ( The Stamford Advocate)
-- Texas Man Who Dressed As Santa, Killed Six And Then Himself, "Described As Protective, Conservative." ( Colleyville Courier)
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