Today’s Most Popular Stories 07.02.09

Each day, Ashley Estill surfs your sites for the most popular stories of the day. Here are the top headlines for July 2, 2009:

Washington Post: 467K Jobs Cut in June; Jobless Rate at 26-Year High

Washington Times: Highway deaths at lowest level on record

Washington Examiner: Obama uses emotion to make health care case

N.Y. Times: U.S. Faces Resentment in Afghan Region

L.A. Times: Roadside assistance for Mars Rover

USA Today: Unemployment: 9.5%; Obama says he’s ‘deeply concerned’

CQ Politics: Calling a Senator Can Be Music to Your Ears

The Hill: White House claims N. Korea sanctions are working

Politico: Washington Post cancels lobbyist event amid uproar

ABC News: Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson’s Ex-Wife, Will Fight For Custody

CBS News: Air France Jet Not Destroyed In Air

Fox News: South Carolina Gov. Sanford to Meet With Family in Florida Over Holiday Weekend

MSNBC News: Jobless consumers will hold back recovery

CNN: Attacks, arrests slowing online news from Iran

Wall Street Journal: Is Tougher Airport Screening Going Too Far?

NPR: Madoff Likely Won’t Be Serving Time In ‘Club Fed’

Roll Call: Waxman Being Discharged From Hospital

National Journal: Sotomayor In Context: Court’s Conservative Bent

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