Also, three hurricanes churn in Atlantic, and apartment building fire in Utica leaves hundreds homeless.
From ABC News:
President Obama today selected Elizabeth Warren, who's idolized by liberals but loathed by financial executives, to help create the controversial new consumer protection agency she first proposed several years ago."Getting this agency off the ground will be an enormously important task, a task that cannot wait," the president said today at the White House. "That task is something I've asked Elizabeth Warren to take on."
The president called Warren, who will be an assistant and adviser, "one of the country's fiercest advocates for the middle class."
» Read the story: Liberal Icon Elizabeth Warren Tapped by Obama to Take on Wall Street
» Obama puts Elizabeth Warren in charge of consumer bureau's launch [Los Angeles Times]
» Consumer bureau: More disclosure, fewer hidden fees [CNN Money]
» Republicans Criticize Elizabeth Warren Appointment, Call for Confirmation [CBS News]
» Advocates, Critics Wrestle as Warren Takes Agency Helm [Bloomberg]
» Warren Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning: Elizabeth W. and the Bloggers [The Huffington Post]
Hurricane update:
» Hurricane Karl plows into Mexico mainland, weakens [CNN]
» Three hurricanes churn the Atlantic basin [The Baltimore Sun]
» Meteorologists watch hurricanes Karl, Julia, Igor [The Miami Herald]
In other news:
» Man charged with numerous burglaries in Cortland [WSYR-TV Channel 9]
» Hundreds displaced from historic apartment building in Utica; officials probe cause of fire [Utica Observer-Dispatch]
» Case of East Syracuse woman accused of stabbing nieces in Westchester County goes before grand jury [centralny.ynn.com]
» Airport officials in communities where Gulfstream operates offer rave reviews [Watertown Daily Times]