Today's Papers: Iran's Guardian Council: Election Was Kosher

The New York Times leads with Iran's powerful Guardian Council announcing that it found some irregularities in the June 12 polls. The council said that the number of votes in 50 districts was greater than the number of eligible voters by three million, not enough to overturn the supposed landslide victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Los Angeles Times catches late-breaking news that the council rejected demands that the vote be annulled, saying it found no evidence of "major" irregularities. "Fortunately, in the recent presidential election we found no witness of major fraud or breach in the election," said the council's spokesman. The Wall Street Journal leads its world-wide newsbox with security forces quickly breaking up protests in Tehran yesterday, which were much smaller than recent demonstrations. The Washington Post leads with the collision between two Metro subway trains that killed six--authorities have since increased the death toll to nine--people during rush hour yesterday. One Red Line train crashed into the back of another between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations. The impact was so powerful that one subway car was fully on top of the other train. It was the deadliest accident in Metrorail's history. USA Today leads with numbers that show the foreclosure crisis is spreading. According to the paper's analysis, the "foreclosure rates in 40 of the nation's counties that have the most households have already doubled from last year." This latest increase in foreclosures is due more to the recession and increasing unemployment than subprime mortgages. The LAT leads with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's announcement that he will not be competing in the 2010 race for California governor. To continue reading, click here.