TV stations in the U.S. plan to cut their analog signals today, ending a more than 80-year era for the over-the-air technology that changed America's landscape, and reshaped and defined its culture. The Federal Communications Commission estimates that more than 1 million homes still have not installed digital converters or switched to a digital cable or satellite service provider, and has put 4,000 operators on standby to handle calls from confused viewers. Volunteer groups and local government agencies were helping elderly viewers set up digital converter boxes that keep older TVs functioning. FOX News
Iranians packed polling stations from to choose Friday between keeping hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power or replacing him with a reformist who favors greater freedoms and improved ties with the United States. The fiery, monthlong campaign -- with mass rallies, polished slogans, savvy Internet outreach and televised debates that resembled Western elections -- could bring a record turnout. Lines formed quickly at many voting sites in areas considered both strongholds for Ahmadinejad and his main rival, reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi, who served as prime minister in the 1980s and has become the surprise hero of a powerful youth-driven movement. MSNBC
American college student Amanda Knox took the stand today in an Italian courtroom, defending herself against charges that she took part in the killing of her roommate two years ago, her lawyer said. Knox, 21, from Seattle, Washington, distanced herself from the confused and conflicting deposition she gave to police just days after her roommate, British student Meredith Kercher, was found dead. She said she was under the influence of marijuana when she spoke to police and did not realize at the time that her police interview was on the record. Kercher's body was found half-naked in her bed Nov. 2, 2007, at the villa she shared with Knox. Prosecutors have said Kercher, 21, died in a "drug-fueled sex game" with Knox and Knox's then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. Knox and Sollecito are charged with murder and sexual assault. CNN
Malawi's highest court has ruled that Madonna can adopt a second child from the country, Malawi, overturning a lower court decision that forbade the adoption earlier this spring. The three-judge panel ruled that the singer's commitment to helping disadvantaged children should have been taken into account when deciding on Madonna's request to adopt 3-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James. Children's welfare groups had expressed concern that rules meant to protect children were being bent because of Madonna's celebrity, and perhaps out of gratitude for what she has done for Malawi. (Madonna has founded a charity, Raising Malawi, which helps feed, educate and provide medical care for some of Malawi's more than 1 million orphans, half of whom have lost a parent to AIDS.) A Malawian man claiming to be Mercy's biological father had also objected to the adoption. CBS News
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