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The arrest of Faisal Shahzad
(CNN) – The White House says there's now evidence that the Pakistani Taliban, a group said to have close ties with al Qaeda, was behind the botched bomb plot in Times Square. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department hopes to find a money trail leading straight to the suspect, Faisal Shahzad.
To talk more about the arrest, we were joined on Monday's American Morning by three men from U.S. Customs and Border Protection who were called into action the night Shahzad was arrested.
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Kagan to be Supreme Court nominee, source says
(CNN) – President Obama is on Monday expected to name Solicitor General Elena Kagan as his nominee to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court, two sources close to the process said.
The announcement at the White House is expected around mid-morning
Kagan, 50, a New York native, was widely reported to be the front-runner for the nomination. She was a finalist for the high court vacancy last year when Justice Sonia Sotomayor was selected to replace the retiring David Souter.
If confirmed, Kagan would be the third woman on the nine-justice bench and the fourth in the history of the court.
Kagan received her law degree from Harvard University, where she later served as dean of the law school. She previously served in the Clinton administration as associate White House counsel. Read more
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Former NFL star's personal troubles
(CNN) – Pro football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has had a troubled past that in many ways overshadowed his success on the field. Now, he's charged with third degree rape for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old prostitute.
Max Kellerman from HBO Sports and Pablo Torre from Sports Illustrated joined us on Friday's American Morning to discuss the sports star's personal troubles.
NJ facility creates cleanup techniques
(CNN) – Crews are lowering a massive concrete containment dome to the ocean floor today, trying to cover a ruptured well that's spewing thousands of gallons of oil into the gulf each day. It's one of many techniques conceived and tested at a naval base in New Jersey. Cameras have never been allowed inside the "Oil Spill Research and Training Facility," until now. Our Allan Chernoff has the CNN exclusive report.
Read more: Dome lowered at Gulf oil leak site
Nashville residents survey flooding aftermath
(CNN) – Nashville offers an agonizing picture of what happens when 13 inches of rain falls in just two days. The mayor says the damage could top a billion dollars and take months to clean up. Our Martin Savidge found that, for some, the devastation is too much to bear.
'Saving lives' with solar-powered lights
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) - The villagers' faces light up as Evans Wadongo arrives. Men, women and children sing and gather around as he shows how his invention - a solar-powered LED lantern - will soon light up their homes.
"These families, they are so poor. They don't have electricity," said Wadongo, a native of rural Kenya. "It's only kerosene and firewood that they use for lighting, cooking.
"The amount of money that every household uses to buy kerosene every day - if they can just save that money, they can be able to buy food."
Wadongo, 23, not only is giving his country's rural families a way to replace the smoky kerosene and firelight with solar power, he says he also hopes his invention will ultimately improve education and reduce poverty and hunger. And he's providing it for free.
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