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McCain, Huckabee neck and neck in S.C.; Obama leads Clinton

John McCain and Mike Huckabee are neck and neck heading into the Republican primary in South Carolina, where the outcome could hinge on undecided evangelical voters.

McClatchy Newspapers

Co-pilot is the real hero, says BA crash pilot

The captain of the Boeing jet that made a dramatic crash landing at Heathrow airport admitted today that it was his co-pilot, John Coward, who was the hero of the day.

Times Online

In Pictures: Heathrow crash-landing

BBC

Hackers cut cities' power

Tom Donahue, a CIA official, revealed at the SANS security trade conference in New Orleans that hackers have penetrated power systems in several regions outside the U.S.

Forbes

Bush calls for $140B stimulus package

Forbes

Markets wary after Bush's speech

BBC

Consumers tighten spending as recession looms

Associated Press

Israel closes crossings with Gaza

Israel has temporarily shut its crossings with Gaza, after a series of rocket attacks on nearby Israeli towns from the Hamas-run territory. The UN relief agency said it was unable to deliver humanitarian aid.

BBC

Israel tests missile, Iran defiant

Reuters

CIA: al-Qaida assassinated Bhutto

The CIA has concluded that members of al-Qaida and allies of Pakistani tribal leader Baitullah Mehsud were responsible for last month's assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

MSNBC

Frontier insurgency spills into a Pakistani city

International Herald Tribune

Why abortions are down in America

The conclusion of a sweeping new nationwide study released this week that included interviews with every known abortion provider in the country is unambiguous. Abortions are decreasing.

ABC News

NATION

Va. panel rejects closing loophole in state gun law

Pleas by relatives and friends of Virginia Tech. shooting victims failed to persuade a legislative committee to close a loophole that allows criminals and the mentally ill to buy firearms at Virginia gun shows.

CBS News

Army will screen all returning soldiers for traumatic brain injury

The Army acknowledged that as many as one of every five soldiers or Marines exposed to combat in Iraq or Afghanistan suffers from a hard-to-detect form of traumatic brain injury.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Canada: US added to torture watch list

A training manual for Canadian diplomats, produced by the Department of Foreign Affairs, includes the United States among countries which potentially use torture on prisoners.

CBS News

POLITICS

Politics of race ensnare Democrats

As America pauses to mark the anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, Clinton and Obama declare a truce in war of words, but the Democratic presidential contest has been altered nonetheless.

Christian Science Monitor

On the front row of history

Christian Science Monitor

Judge’s Strip ruling is reverse for Clinton

A federal judge's ruling threw out a lawsuit that sought to force the closing of nine at-large caucus sites on the Las Vegas Strip where many Obama supporters are expected to gather.

The Hill

BUSINESS

US leading indicators take plunge

Growth could slow and further weaken in the first half of the year, the Conference Board said, reporting that a gauge of future economic growth fell 0.2 percent in December -- its third consecutive decline.

MarketWatch

S. Carolina towns cope with economic fallout

NPR

America's most lucrative neighborhoods

Rezoning and a change in public infrastructure can help bolster an area's home prices. A prime example is the Charlestown area of Boston, and there are more areas on the real estate hot list.

Forbes

SPORTS

Golfweek fires editor for 'noose' imagery

After a Golf Channel anchor was suspended for her use of "lynch" in commentary on Tiger Woods, an editor was fired for illustrating the controversy with a noose on the cover of Golfweek magazine.

ESPN

Roddick ousted by No. 29 Kohlschreiber in five-setter

Andy Roddick was bounced out of the Australian Open, losing a five-set thriller to Philipp Kohlschreiber, that ended in the early morning hours.

Sports Illustrated

Herschel Walker to reveal multiple personalities in book

Georgia football legend Herschel Walker is expected to reveal in an upcoming book that he has multiple personalities -- a revelation that surprises the man who coached the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner.

Sporting News

HEALTH

Talk therapy may curb panic disorder

A 12-week course of talk therapy may help curb the often debilitating symptoms of panic disorder -- including intense fear, chest pain, heart palpitations and shortness of breath.

CBS News

Brain surgery lets woman listen to music

Now that surgeons have operated on Stacey Gayle's brain, her favorite musician no longer makes her ill. Gayle recently underwent brain surgery to cure a rare condition known as musicogenic epilepsy.

TIME

Genes increase prostate cancer risk

Researchers have recently identified a series of gene markers that, when present with family history of the disease, increase a patient's risk of prostate cancer more than nine times.

TIME

Patients, docs remember cancer pioneer Judah Folkman

ABC News

RELIGION

Spiritual walking

A 10-month journey, The Spiritual Walk Across America aims to help participants achieve individual aspirations and provide support in working toward a common goal of healthier minds, bodies and spirits.

Beliefnet

Jesus 'tomb' controversy reopened

A leading New Testament expert from Princeton Theological Seminary, professor James Charlesworth, organized a conference in Jerusalem to determine if the crypt of Christ had yet been found.

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Bobby Fischer's American legacy

Slate

Editorial:

Don't cry for me, America

International Herald Tribune

Column:

Atomic power regains its glow

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Back to the drawing board on graffiti

Denver Post

Editorial:

Why protect fraudulent companies from lawsuits?

Houston Chronicle

Column:

Pursue solar power without delay

Salt Lake Tribune

Column:

We're drowning in an ocean of garbage

Denver Post

Column:

College affordability

USA Today

Editorial:

Mike Huckabee's selective federalism

Salon.com

Column:

Contraception: render suit moot

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

Ending homelessness

Baltimore Sun

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GOOD NEWS

Mich. couple leave surprise $1.6M to friends, neighbors

Farmer Willis Hatch and his schoolteacher wife of 57 years, Arlene, both of whom died in a car crash, left $1.6 million to some very surprised friends and neighbors.

Houston Chronicle

Twins earn matching perfect ACT scores

Brian and Ross DeVol are a perfect match, genetically and academically: The identical twins earned perfect ACT scores.

Newsday

WORLD

Osama bin Laden's son plans horse race for peace

Omar Osama bin Laden said in an interview there's a better way to defend Islam than militancy. The 26-year-old said he wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West.

CBC

Britain's Smith vows to tackle ideology of violent extremists

Home secretary, Jacqui Smith, promised to tackle the "ideology and ideologues of violent extremism", ahead of next week's publication of the counter-terrorism bill.

Guardian

Kenya 'turned into killing field'

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has accused the government and the police of turning the country into "killing fields of the innocent."

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Lake hidden beneath Antarctica's ice

A four-man science team has begun exploring an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. The lake could yield vital clues to life on Earth, climate change and future sea-level rise.

Science Daily

Baby polar gets a name

ABC News

Japananese whalers to starve anti-whale protesters of fuel

Militant anti-whaling campaigners vowed more confrontations with Japan's whaling fleet near Antarctica, while the whalers aimed to exhaust the protest ships' fuel supplies to force them out of the area.

Reuters

Seagull blood used to detect oil spills

Blood tests can tell a doctor a lot about a patient's health. Now, seagull blood might help scientists monitor the health of ecosystems ravaged by oil spills.

LiveScience

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

An eye for sexual orientation

In just a fraction of a second, people can accurately judge the sexual orientation of other individuals by glancing at their faces, according to new research.

Science

Bull-size rodent discovered in Uruguay

A one-ton "fossil rat" has been discovered in South America, scientists announced. The prehistoric, bull-size creature -- the world's largest recorded rodent -- has been identified from a well-preserved skull.

National Geographic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Troubled Lohan to work at ER, morgue as part of plea deal

When Lindsay Lohan visits a hospital emergency room and a morgue in the coming weeks, the trip won't be a method acting exercise, but part of her court-ordered punishment for drunk driving.

CBC

MySpace bug leaks 'private' teen photos to voyeurs

A backdoor in MySpace's architecture allows anyone to see the photos of some users with private profiles -- including those under 16 -- despite assurances from MySpace that state otherwise.

Wired

EDUCATION

Big boost to college aid unlikely despite moves by Yale and Harvard

Will the rest of American colleges follow Harvard and Yale in making undergraduate education more available? Not likely. Tuition is expected to keep rising faster than inflation, experts say.

Christian Science Monitor

New answers for e-learning

E-learning is getting an upgrade. Some professors and schools are redesigning their courses to take advantage of the Web's interactive and visual possibilities.

U.S. News & World Report

Alaskan kids say 'no' to a gold mine

A group of seventh-graders from Alaska has banded together as Rebels to the Pebble after doing research into the proposed Pebble Mine project and its possible effects on the environment.

NPR

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