· Floods follow Northeast wind, rain storm - 500,000 customers lose power; N.J. town declares state of emergency - MSNBC

· U.S. Condemns Mexico Drug Violence That Kills Three Tied to U.S. Consulate - Fox

· Yemen Launches Airstrike on Al Qaeda Hideout - Two Leaders Killed - Fox

· Pope stresses Christian unity at Lutheran church - Reuters

· Fatah officials celebrated popular inauguration of terrorist square - PMW

· Anti-government ‘Red Shirts’ flood Bangkok - Crisis pits the military, urban elite and royalists against mainly rural poor - MSNBC

· Kandahar slides into lawlessness as Taliban attacks force government to retreat - Washington Post

· Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard - Reuters

· Suicide attackers kill at least 30 in Kandahar - USA Today

· Mexico Drug War Hits New Bloody Level in Border City - Fox

· Georgia Considers Outlawing Abortions Based on Race, Gender - Fox

· State plan in Wyoming fines feds $2,000 over gun rules - WND

· In Afghanistan: The Tide is Turning - Asharq Alawsat

· U.S. Holds Russians In Gun-Crime Wave - Moscow Times

· Last U.S. Missionary Detained in Haiti Faces New Charge - Fox