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Good morning. I’m Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta. It's Thursday, September 10th. Here is a look at some of the stories happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

President Obama says he won't waste time with critics who think it's better to kill his healthcare plan than improve it. Last night, the president made good on his promise to keep pushing for reform with a  fiery speech, still defending his call for a government-run health insurance option.

President Obama heckled by a Republican Congressman during his address. South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson shouted "you lie" after the president said his healthcare plan would not mean free health insurance for illegal immigrants. Wilson called the White House later to apologize. But House Majority leader S.Loyld says he is talking with GOP law makers to decide if Wilson should be punished.

New details today about the man who hijacked the plane in Mexico City. A Mexican official says the suspect is a 44-year-old Belivion Minister, he told police he hijacked the plane because of the significance of yesterday's date 9/9/09, flipped around is 60/6/6. Officials say he told them crisis is coming soon and he wanted to warn Mexico City of an earthquake.

Possible cases. The number of possible cases of H1N1 at Washington State University now increasing. School officials say that in just two and a half weeks, about 2,500 students have come down with possible cases of it. But rather than test every case, the school says just following the CDC guidelines for dealing with it.

And comedian Ellen Generous is gonna be the new judge of "American Idol", replacing Paula Abudla. She is a huge fan she says in a program and thinks she can add viewer's perspective to the judging table. She is gonna be joining the panel in January. And yet she still has plan to host her own daily talk show.

You are up to date. Those are the headlines. Do stay with CNN and CNN.com for more on these stories or other news that develops today.