SOTOMAYOR LIED?

Obama Court Pick Gets Scrutiny

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor did not live her entire childhood in a housing project in the South Bronx -- she spent most of her teenage years in a middle-class neighborhood, attending private school . . . READ MORE

CRUDE OIL RISES, DOLLAR FALLS

BLOOMBERG: Crude oil prices rose to $66 a barrel to a six-month high as the dollar declined beyond $1.41 against the euro for the first time this year . . . READ MORE

PRINCE HARRY TOURS GROUND ZERO

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Prince Harry prayed and laid a wreath at the World Trade Center site Friday "in admiration of the courage shown by the people of this great city" . . . READ MORE

SPELLING BEE WINNER

CNN: Eighth-grader Kavya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, wins $40,000 in national spelling bee with final word, "Laodicean." . . . READ MORE

DEMOCRAT SAYS CHENEY LYING

CNN: Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) says former Vice President Dick Cheney's claims -- that classified CIA memos show enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding worked -- are wrong. . . . READ MORE

NATIONAL DEBT SOARS

USA TODAY: The government took on $6.8 trillion in new obligations in 2008, pushing the total owed to a record $63.8 trillion. . . . READ MORE

SPECTOR GETS 19 to LIFE

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Phil Spector was sentenced Friday to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, who was shot through the mouth in the music producer's home six years ago. . . . READ MORE

G.M. WORKERS APPROVE PLAN

ASSOCIATED PRESS: UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said at a news conference Friday that 74 percent of GM's 54,000 U.S. production and skilled-trade workers voted in favor of the deal. . . . READ MORE