Around New England

 CMC merger update: CMC court filing points to AG approval of 2005 affiliation

John DiStaso’s Granite Status: Hodes first TV ad attacks Ayotte on FRM scandal

Bay Sate drivers and drinking: Will they ever learn?

Social Security shocker: Agency yanks late husband’s check from Greenland widow’s bank account

Littlest Brady potty trained: Proud parent Tom and Gisele gush

Around the Country

Obama calls McChrystal on carpet over interview: General summoned by ‘angry’ president

Dealing with McChrystal: Whether he likes it or not, Obama must command

In McChrystal’s corner: Afghan leaders voice strong support for McChrystal

Arizona law starting to take affect: Illegal immigrant families leave Arizona

Project ‘Parody Obama:’ RNC launches ‘Obama’s Chicago Network’

Obama bad for business: Business Leader Slams Obama’s ‘Hostile’ Policies on Jobs

Currency chatter: Dollar rises vs euro as Europe banking concerns persist

If you ‘can’t’ see the waste, it must not exist: Top Dem says Congress shouldn’t pass budget

Judge lifts deep-water oil-drilling moratorium: Criticizes government report as ‘misleading’

But if at first you don’t success, ignore Judge: Salazar to issue new order re-instituting drilling moratorium

Around the World

Unreal: Mexico joins lawsuits against Arizona over new immigration law

Taliban regrouping in Pakistan areas thought secure: Insurgents expanding to additional territories

Sing a song of suicide: Arab TV song for kids: ‘When we die as martyrs, we will go to heaven’

Bad boys, bad boys…: Jamaican Kingpin Caught Near Capital

Arab minority in Israel gets more radical: Report also indicates hostility among Jews

Britain getting their house in order: UK makes sharpest cuts in decades in new budget

But in Japan, taxes are the answer: Panel urges income tax hike for rich

Opinions that Matter

MAINWARING – Tea Story 3: Leaders come to life in the statehouse

Michelle Malkin: Ken Salazar Gets a Kick in the You-Know-What

The Golfer in Chief: According to polls, Obama is lost in the rough

Debra J. Saunders: Rolling Stone Gathers a General