Today's Headlines: Vacancies Strain White House's Goals for Economy

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		Saturday, September 11, 2010   Compiled 2 AM E.T. In This E-Mail: World |  Politics |  Customize Today's Headlines  |  Search TOP STORIES Advertisement Vacancies Strain White House’s Goals for Economy By SEWELL CHAN A half-dozen appointed posts with vast powers over the economy remain unfilled even as President Obama signaled that he was close to choosing a director for a new consumer bureau. Inquiry Sifting Cause of Blast in the Bay Area By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MALIA WOLLAN For weeks before the explosion, residents of San Bruno, Calif., reported catching a whiff of natural gas in the bay breezes. 2 Sides on Charter Schools Add Cash to N.Y. Races By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ Both sides on the charter school debate have waded into state primary races, turning contests into furious battles. • NYTimes.com Homepage Back to Top QUOTATION OF THE DAY "This country stands for the proposition that all men and women are created equal, that they have certain inalienable rights. And what that means is that if you could build a church on a site, you could build a synagogue on a site, if you could build a Hindu temple on a site, then you should be able to build a mosque on the site." PRESIDENT OBAMA, on religious tolerance. N.Y./REGION OPINION Interactive: Reviving Ground Zero The Times’s David W. Dunlap describes how the new World Trade Center complex is taking shape. Home Fires | War and the City, Pt. IV: Downrange An Iraq veteran’s chronicles of his path from youth to soldier to civilian writer. WORLD German Identity, Long Dormant, Reasserts Itself By NICHOLAS KULISH A more confident nation has asserted itself in foreign policy, despite economic troubles and some internal dissent. Iran Halts Release of American Held for a Year By ROBERT F. WORTH The reversal over the fate of Sarah E. Shourd appeared to indicate divisions among officials in Tehran. Business Class Rises in Ashes of South India’s Caste System By LYDIA POLGREEN India is enjoying a long economic boom, with near double-digit growth, but the benefits have not been equally shared in the north, where vestiges of the caste system remain. • More World News Back to Top POLITICS Health Care Weighs Heavy in Ohio Race By KEVIN SACK A reversal on his health care vote has emerged as a major issue in Representative John Boccieri’s campaign. Houston Scrambles After Blaze That Destroyed Voting Machines By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. The destruction of nearly 10,000 machines in a warehouse blaze on Aug. 27 may hinder voting on Election Day. NEWS ANALYSIS Tax Cuts May Prove Better for Politicians Than for Economy By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI The Congressional Budget Office found that extending the Bush tax cuts would be the least effective way to reduce unemployment. But the White House largely favors the cuts. • More Politics News Back to Top ON THIS DAY On Sept. 11, 2001, suicide hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in New York, causing the 110-story twin towers to collapse. Another hijacked airliner hit the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. • See this front page • Buy this front page Back to Top   About This E-Mail You received these headlines because you are subscribed to Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com. Unsubscribe   |   Manage My Subscriptions   |   Suggestions   |   How to Advertise Please include the following ID number when writing to feedback@nytimes.com so that we can track any reports of problems:  60863088 Copyright 2010 | The New York Times Company | Privacy Policy NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018