Short Takes

Evacuations continue in southern Pakistan from the flooding.

Home again -- Jimmy Carter's mission to North Korea was a success.

The New Jersey Education Commissioner was fired for a grant application error.

The United/Continental merger gets blessed by the feds.

Meanwhile, Mexicana Airlines halts all operations while it restructures.

Fed Chief Ben Bernanke tries to calm the economic waters.

Quick Change: Charlie Crist was for the healthcare bill at noon; against it by 2 p.m.

Tropical Update: Hurricane Danielle will miss Bermuda, TS Earl could be a Category 3 by Tuesday, and there's one more out there following Earl.

The Tigers fall short in Toronto.