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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the podium before the U.N. General Assembly and laid out his vision for a new world order free of the "hegemony of arrogance." The U.S. delegation boycotted the speech, a day after President Obama addressed world leaders from the same stage.

NPR reporters offer topic-by-topic analysis of President Obama's $3.7 trillion proposal. One area getting a boost in the budget is homeland security: The president is proposing money for more of the controversial full-body scanners at airports.

The city is mourning the death of San Diego Police Officer Christopher Wilson, 50, who was shot in the line of duty Wednesday night.

The city once famously labeled “Enron by the Sea” has been getting a lot of positive attention lately for its efforts to reign in pension costs.

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After two recent slayings, some taxi drivers - most of which are immigrants - are lobbying for equipment to make their jobs safer.

The University of Connecticut will not allow Colin Carlson, 13, to enroll in a summer class in South Africa. Colin says he should not be discriminated against because of his age.

Reports that Hayward is being replaced continue to persist as the oil company's board of directors prepares to meet Monday. Hayward has come under heavy criticism for his errant remarks and handling of the Gulf oil crisis.

Tensions on the streets appeared to be calming as the interim government tried to show it was distancing itself from the old guard. The government began freeing political prisoners and an investigation was reportedly opened into the overseas assets of the country's ousted president and his deeply resented family.

Demonstrations popped up from coast to coast Thursday to mark the movement's birth in a lower Manhattan park. At least 177 people were arrested in New York, many for blocking streets near the New York Stock Exchange; hundreds of protesters marched in the financial district in Los Angeles.