Cut out a portion of pdf?

Hi. I have Acrobat 8 Professional.
I'm currently scanning in some articles from a newspaper. I scan in the article and use "cut" to get a box around the article of interest. Unfortunately, there is usually a photo which is 4+ columns wide and an article which is 2+ columns wide, so I want an irregular shape for the pdf. If I were physically creating a book, I would use scissors to cut away stray columns, but I cannot find a way to create anything but a box in Acrobat. If I open the PDF in Photoshop, I can "cut" a stray column and remove it, but this does seem needlessly effort-ful.
Could you please tell me how to accomplish this task in Acrobat?
Thanks,
Theresa

I've tried the Redaction tool. It paints black across the area which is quite discomforting. Can I change it to white?
Also, I'd like to keep the upper and lower portions of a pdf page. Is there a way I can mark and delete a portion of one page?
Also, once I've trimmed the pages, I have two small ones. Is there any way I can paste these two pages together inside Acrobat?
Thanks (hugely) for your help!

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