• • Soldier tells how he threw back Taliban grenade (Reuters)
• • 7-year-old calls 911, saves family from attack (AP)
• • U.S. Sitting on Mother Lode of Rare Tech-Crucial Minerals (LiveScience.com)
• • Obama pushing on health care end game (AP)
• • New book: Defector tells of shopping in Europe for North Korea dictators (The Christian Science Monitor)
• • Runaway Prius driver: Brakes were 'almost burned' (AP)