News Briefing: New Chairwoman Poised to Reform Smithsonian

• The World leaders meeting at the U.N. this week face a global financial crisis that threatens the United Nation's efforts to generate billions of dollars to fight poverty.  [Associated Press]

• Former head of the Gates Foundation is named chairwoman of the Smithsonian Institution.  [New York Times]

• Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp raise money for Farm Aid.  [Hartford Courant]