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. **** __U.S. Sees an Opportunity to Press Iran on Nuclear Fuel__ **** By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD Setbacks in its nuclear program and protests in the streets are making Iran’s leaders vulnerable to strong new sanctions, the Obama administration says.

**** __Yemen’s Chaos Aids the Evolution of a Qaeda Cell__ **** By STEVEN ERLANGER While the government has been distracted by rebellions, Al Qaeda has built support in poor and lawless territories.

****THE SAFETY NET**** **** __Living on Nothing but Food Stamps__ **** By JASON DEPARLE and ROBERT M. GEBELOFF The number of Americans reporting food stamps as their only income soared 50 percent over the past two years

. **** __For Shanghai Fair, a Famous Fund-Raiser Delivers__ **** By MARK LANDLER and DAVID BARBOZA Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been raising money for the United States, which needed $61 million to build a pavilion at a world’s fair in Shanghai.

**** __Many Karzai Afghan Cabinet Choices Are Rejected__ **** By ALISSA J. RUBIN Of the 24 cabinet nominees made by President Hamid Karzai, 17 were rejected and 7 approved, a signal that he cannot count on Parliament for support.

**** __Afghans Answering the Call to Fight__ **** By CARLOTTA GALL An effort to raise local militias to fight the Taliban is gaining traction in some rural areas.   **** __Americans Doing More, Buying Less, a Poll Finds__ **** By DAMIEN CAVE After decades of living on credit, Americans are rearranging their lives to elevate experiences over things.

**** __Harvard Teaching Hospitals Cap Outside Pay__ **** By DUFF WILSON The owner of two hospitals limited outside pay for officials who are on biotechnology or drug companies’ boards.

**** __Fight Against Asian Carp Threatens Fragile Great Lakes Unity__ **** By MONICA DAVEY A nonnative fish that consumes the food of other, native fish is unwanted in Michigan, and the state is suing to have waterways shut down.  **** __Real Estate in Cape Coral, Fla., Is Far From a Recovery__ **** By PETER S. GOODMAN A return to Cape Coral, Fla., a reluctant symbol for the excesses of the great American real estate bubble, shows how far the recovery has to go.

**** __Harvard Teaching Hospitals Cap Outside Pay__ **** By DUFF WILSON The owner of two hospitals limited outside pay for officials who are on biotechnology or drug companies’ boards.

**** __Citi’s Creator, Alone With His Regrets__ **** By KATRINA BROOKER Sandy Weill, the former head of Citigroup, says the bank didn’t want his help to recover. The rejection stung.