Hamid Karzai Is Declared President—But Was He Even Born In America??

• After very possibly receiving fewer votes than his opponent, Hamid Karzai has won the presidential election of Afghanistan! [ New York Times ]

• Ford earned $1 billion in the third quarter and people are now thinking the company could be profitable by 2011. [ Washington Post ]

• Yesterday some American guy—originally from Eritrea, but still totally counts—won the New York City Marathon, which is the first time that's happened since 1982. [ CNN ]

• A suicide bomber killed 30-ish people outside a bank in Pakistan, most of whom used to have something or other to do with the military. [ AP ]

• The New York Yankees baseball team has won another go-round in the baseball tournament, and look at this biased coverage from the New York Post . [ New York Post ]

• Everyone who's anyone in the Arab world just despises Hillary Clinton. [ Reuters ]