Morning Newspapers 08.20.10

1. Survey: 1 in 5 Americans Believes Obama is a Muslim 
   The number of Americans who believes that Obama is a Muslim has increased since the president's inauguration in January. Of those, 60 percent said they learned his religion from the media.
   Read original story in The Washington Post | Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

2. United Nations: Four Million Homeless in Pakistan 
   With the situation looking worse every day, the United Nations has called an emergency session in an effort to boost international aid to the country. The U.S., fearing that an ongoing crisis could help Taliban insurgents, has pledged $150 million.
   Read original story in Reuters | Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

3. Gov. Paterson Wants Compromise on Mosque Site 
   The New York Governor believes that a new site could be agreed on if opposing interests just "put their heads together," but he acknowledged that there exists no statute to keep the mosque from going up two blocks from Ground Zero.
   Read original story in CNN | Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

4. Operation Iraqi Freedom Is Over 
   The remaining U.S. troops in Iraq are there not to fight, but to train the Iraqi troops to do the fighting. If everything goes according to plan, all U.S. troops will be out of the country before the end of 2011.
   Read original story in The Washington Post | Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

5. Fareed Zakaria Leaves Newsweek, Joins Rival Time 
   Perhaps the biggest name left at Newsweek since several staffers left after it was sold earlier this month, Zakaria will join Time as a contributing editor starting October 1.
   Read original story in Folio | Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

6. GM Files for Initial Public Offering 
   The sale could raise as much as $10 billion for GM as it seeks to shed its "Government Motors" moniker.
   Read original story in The New York Times | Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010

7. Haitian School Founder Admits to Sex Acts With Minors 
   Douglas Perlitz could face up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for the sex acts committed over the years he spent traveling back and forth from his home in the U.S. and a school he founded in Haiti for impoverished street children.
   Read original story in CNN | Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

8. Obama Has "No Regrets" About Mosque Comments 
   The president refuses to elaborate on his thoughts about the "Ground Zero mosque" as a new poll finds that while most Americans believe the Cordoba Project has a right to build, they think the developers should find a different location.
   Read original story in The New York Daily News | Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010

9. Facebook Launches New Location-Sharing Service 
   The social networking giant is expected to push location-sharing into the mainstream as it brings its new service to 150 million mobile phone users.
   Read original story in The Wall Street Journal | Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

10. World Net Daily Drops Ann Coulter Over Appearance at Gay Event 
    The conservative Web site was infuriated by her decision to speak to a group of gay conservatives, so it is not going to let her talk to its straight conservatives.
    Read original story in The Hill | Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010

11. 380 Million Eggs Recalled After Salmonella Outbreak 
    Products from Wright County Eggs in Galt, Iowa, are believed to have sickened hundreds of people, so the company has ordered millions of eggs off the shelves.
    Read original story in The Associated Press | Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

12. Bull Leaps Into Crowd, Injures 40 
    Spectators at an event where they were watching people dodge a charging bull in an arena were shocked when they became unwilling subjects to the animal's chase.
    Read original story in BBC | Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010