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United States President George W. Bush, left, walks with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, right, upon his arrival at Abbas's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis / AP)

President Bush predicts Middle East treaty completion

President Bush predicted that a Middle East peace treaty would be completed by the time he leaves office, but undercut that optimism with harsh criticism of Hamas militants.

ABC News

Bush hopes to broker peace

CBS News

Man says he tossed children off bridge

One day after an Alabama man reported that his four children had gone missing, police say he confessed to throwing his two boys and two girls off a bridge.

USA Today

Pakistan suicide blast 'kills 22'

A suicide bomber in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 22 people and wounded 60, most of them police officers gathered outside the High Court building, officials said.

BBC

Suicide bomb kills dozens in Lahore

Reuters

Booby-trap bomb kills 6 US troops in Iraq

Six U.S. soldiers were killed when a house rigged with explosives blew up north of Baghdad during a new U.S.-Iraqi offensive targeting al-Qaida guerrillas in Iraq, the U.S. military said.

National Post

U.S. mulls 3,000 more troops for Afghanistan

Reuters

Tornadoes, flooding claim 6 lives

Deadly tornadoes and flooding ripped through the Midwest and claimed six lives.

MSNBC

Rare winter tornadoes strike Midwest

Yahoo! News

NATION

Community college newspapers dying out

Community college papers are tacking up their going-out-of-business signs after years of wrestling with undernourished budgets, high staff turnover and one undeniable fact that can't be trumped.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Georgia hiker died of blow to the head

Meredith Emerson, a 24-year-old hiker, died of a blow to the head three days after she disappeared during a New Year's Day hike, said Dawson County District Attorney Lee Darragh.

CBS News

Officials: Hiker was alive for days; suspect now faces murder charge

CNN

At least 3 dead in Fla. 50-car pileup

About 50 cars crashed on a highway blanketed by fog and smoke from a brush fire in central Florida, and local officials said at least three people were killed.

Houston Chronicle

Two dead in fiery LA freeway wreck

San Jose Mercury News

POLITICS

Supreme Court appears likely to back voter ID law

The Supreme Court appeared ready to support an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo identification, despite concerns that it could deprive thousands of people of their right to vote.

CNN

Richardson ends presidential bid

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson ended his campaign for the presidency after twin fourth-place finishes that showed his impressive credentials could not compete with his rivals' star power.

Associated Press

Democrats weigh tactics after appropriations loss

Democratic leaders are weighing their strategy for this year’s spending battles with President Bush, after hearing party grumbling for capitulating to the administration last month.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Ford Motor says it will make cuts needed to be profitable

Ford Motor Co. said it would cut vehicle production. Much is needed to return to profit, despite the tradition of Detroit carmakers responding to sliding retail sales by stepping up incentives.

Financial Times

Bear Stearns seen making few changes with Cayne as chairman

Bear Stearns Cos.' decision to let James Cayne remain chairman after stepping down as chief executive is giving some investors pause about how dramatically the company's fortunes can change.

MarketWatch

Countrywide home loan delinquencies rise

Associated Press

US MBA's mortgage applications index surged 32 percent

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Moss, LT unanimous All-Pro picks

New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss and San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson were unanimous selections for The Associated Press 2007 NFL All-Pro team.

Sports Network

Injury Watch: T.O., Madison injuries are Giant factors

By this time of the NFL season, everyone is hurt. Seven of the elite eight teams have a key starter who is questionable for the coming playoff game.

Sporting News

HEALTH

Report details cold medicine abuse

About 3.1 million Americans ages 12 to 25 -- about 5 percent of that age group -- have at some time used an over-the-counter cough and cold medication to get high, experts say.

Reuters

Glowing pig passes genes to piglets

A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow has passed on the trait to its young, which could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs, a Chinese university reported.

Salon.com

RELIGION

Pope backs soccer life lessons

Pope Benedict XVI says soccer has a crucial role to play in teaching young people the important lessons of life -- honesty, solidarity and fraternity.

BBC

Church offers prayers for debtors

Attend any church service in the Western world and chances are that prayers will be said for those suffering drought, famine, disease or abuse. Debt can now be added to that list.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Martin Wolf):

Challenges for the world’s divided economy

Financial Times

Column (Jane Harman):

The tale of the CIA tapes: What do we still not know?

USA Today

Editorial:

Hillary Clinton's surprise win

Economist

Column (Ricard Freeland):

A better way to choose a college

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

New Hampshire's humbling lessons

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Who's crying now?

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (H.D.S. Greenway):

Dynastic politics at work

International Herald Tribune

Column (Michael Barone):

Young women, feminism and Hillary

U.S. News & World Report

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Rachel Barrus, Ashley Nawn, Sanaz Ariya and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

Baghdad's brave librarian

Loud talkers, lost books and the occasional sniper fire, rocket attacks and death threats are what Saad Eskander is up against in rebuilding the Iraq National Library and Archive in Baghdad.

Christian Science Monitor

Calf survives marathon trip down flooded Australian river

A calf was rescued after being carried 40 miles down a raging river during flooding in eastern Australia, according to officials.

Houston Chronicle

WORLD

Sri Lanka's civil war: not over yet

The Sri Lankan government's decision to officially pull out of a 2002 ceasefire agreement with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.) confirmed that its civil war was not over.

TIME

Tensions rise in Kenya as Cabinet appointments are made

More refugees streamed from western Kenya as fresh violence followed Cabinet appointments the opposition said heightened a dispute over elections that has killed more than 500 people.

CBS News

Kenya violence

Yahoo! News

Islamic parties lose support in Pakistan

Islamic parties sympathetic to al-Qaida and the Taliban have lost a great deal of support, since they won their greatest political victory in the country's history five years ago.

McClatchy Newspapers

Bhutto's son asks for privacy

Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

Canada panel recommends carbon tax

Canada should consider a tax on emissions of carbon dioxide to fight climate change, a government advisory group said, as Environment Minister John Baird rejected such a levy.

Bloomberg

Efficient biofuel made from genetically modified bacteria

Researchers have developed a new method for producing next-generation biofuels by genetically modifying E. coli bacteria to be an efficient biofuel synthesizer.

Science Daily

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cosmic blue blobs discovered

Brilliant blue blobs weighing tens of thousands of solar masses have been found lurking in the seemingly barren expanse of intergalactic space.

LiveScience

Why printer ink is so expensive

Complex technology and staunch patent enforcement help keep ink prices high. Still, some low-cost alternatives can be found.

Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Radiohead nudges Mary J. Blige from top of charts

Radiohead zooms to No. 1 this week on The Billboard 200 with "In Rainbows," a week after a premature debut at No. 156 due to street date violations.

Billboard

Oscars in jeopardy?

The future may not look so bright for Oscar after Hollywood's striking writers and their allies took aim at the Golden Globes, forcing the popular awards show to cancel the ceremony.

ABC News

EDUCATION

Bush: I'd veto bill that weakened No Child Left Behind

President Bush said he was open to increasing flexibility in the No Child Left Behind Act, but threatened to veto any changes that would weaken accountability.

Baltimore Sun

Teacher accused of sending nude cell phone pics to student

A Pittsburgh high school teacher was charged with sending nude pictures of herself and sex-related text messages to the cell phone of a 14-year-old student.

International Herald Tribune

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