The Guardian Council has agreed to a partial recount amid alleged irregularities, including an unusually swift announcement of results and a lack of variation in results between cities, rural areas, and ethnic strongholds.
Convicts do not have a right under the Constitution to obtain DNA testing to try to prove their innocence long after being found guilty, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
To supplement reporting from New York Times correspondents inside Iran on Thursday, The Lede will continue to track the aftermath of Iran's disputed presidential election online.
AP - President Barack Obama's plan to transform the Federal Reserve into a super-regulator ran into skepticism Thursday from lawmakers who worry that the central bank is not the best suited to keep an eye on firms deemed so big and influential that their demise could hurt the economy.
AP - Hundreds of thousands of protesters wearing black and carrying candles filled the streets of Tehran again Thursday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran's disputed election.
AP - Initial congressional work on the historic health care overhaul pushed by President Barack Obama is going so slowly that Sen. Christopher Dodd told colleagues: "I never suggested this was going to be warp speed."
Willie Thornton is on a rescue mission. As the dropout prevention coordinator at Greenville High School in rural Alabama, his job is to counsel 70 at-risk students. A study by a group founded by former Secretary of State Colin Powell concluded that only 52 percent of students in the nation's 50 largest school systems graduate in four years. "We can't afford this," Powell said.
Clad in black for mourning, Iranians took to the streets today to protest last week's presidential vote and to grieve those who died in post-election violence. Supporters of Mir Hossein Moussavi -- the country's top opposition candidate -- planned to turn Tehran into a sea of black.
It's a high-tech, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse. As the Iranian government cracks down on the online networks used by protesters who question the nation's election results, Net-savvy users are working to try to stay one step ahead. "To the Iranian government hackers who keep attacking the places they see as a threat, you are wasting your time," wrote one anonymous poster to a message board.
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