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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, right, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, second from left, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, center,and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., left, speak to reporters at the White House, in Washington, D.C., after meeting with President Bush about the global market turmoil. (Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP)

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Lawmakers clinch a deal on tax rebates and cuts

Democratic and Republican congressional leaders reached a tentative deal on tax rebates of $300 to $1,200 per household and business tax cuts to jolt the slumping economy.

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MSNBC

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Unemployment claims drop, offering economic hope

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Houston Chronicle

Mukasey: Cities could get $200 million to curb violence

The Bush administration offered to pump $200 million into U.S. cities next year to combat violent crime, winning tepid support from mayors who want to see more cops on the street.

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USA Today

Le rogue trader

Société Générale, France’s second-largest bank by market capitalization, announced a $3 billion write-down on its exposure to mortgage-related investments and to creaking bond insurers.

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Economist

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How rogue traders lose billions

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BBC

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Bank trader loses $7 billion

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ABC News

Afghanistan is the bad war, Iraq the good, says White House coordinator

Iraq may turn out to be America’s “good war” while Afghanistan goes “bad,” the Bush administration official responsible for coordinating efforts in Baghdad has told The Times.

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Times Online

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Long-term pact with Iraq raises questions

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NPR

Prisoner transfers were stopped by mission commander

An army general has told a Federal Court judge that Canadian troops stopped transferring enemy prisoners to Afghan authorities the day after a Nov. 5 prison visit found evidence of torture.

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Globeandmail.com

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Canadian military

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Yahoo! News

NATION

Ex-Valley Med chief out as receiver for California prisons' health system

A federal judge today abruptly replaced California's powerful prison health system receiver, Bob Sillen, with a new receiver, reportedly because of Sillen's famously abrasive style.

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San Jose Mercury News

Fewer people trashing US roads, beaches, experts say

America is getting cleaner, litter experts say. They estimate that deliberate trash-tossing has fallen about 2 percent a year since the mid-70s in communities where it's been measured.

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McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Barack Obama mired in claims over link to 'crooked slum landlord'

Barack Obama was pushed back on the defensive trying to explain his connections with Antoin “Tony” Rezko, a Chicago property developer who goes on trial for fraud, extortion and money laundering.

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Times Online

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Fact-checking Clinton, Obama's political sparring

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NPR

This year's voters showing a darker mood than in 2000 race

Americans seem able to agree on one thing: The political landscape being crisscrossed by the 2008 candidates is barely recognizable as the one traveled by George W. Bush and Al Gore.

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International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

Economic outlook dims sharply

The U.S. economic outlook is turning bleaker. Instead of asking whether there will be a slump, economists are now wondering how long and how deep the downturn will last.

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Christian Science Monitor

eBay's Whitman out; guidance hurts

Meg Whitman, the long-time chief executive of the popular Internet auction site eBay, will step down on March 31. Separately, earnings beat expectations, but guidance spooks investors.

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CNNMoney

SPORTS

Yanks, Cano talking long-term deal

The Yankees and star second baseman Robinson Cano are in serious negotiations on a deal that could keep him in pinstripes for up to six years, Sports Illustrated has confirmed.

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Sports Illustrated

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Subpoena issued to ex-Yankee Knoblauch to testify

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AFP

Falcons make Jags assistant Smith new head coach

The Atlanta Falcons hired Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator Mike Smith as the team's new head coach. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the deal is for four years.

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ESPN

HEALTH

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Coffee may cut ovarian cancer risk

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Mammogram costs deter many

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ABC News

Organ transplant technique could eliminate rejection risk

In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for life.

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San Jose Mercury News

Study: Too many adults skip vaccinations

Vaccines aren't just for kids, but far too few adults are rolling up their sleeves, disappointed federal health officials reported.

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CBS News

RELIGION

Lonely people more likely to believe

People who feel lonely are more likely to believe in the supernatural, whether that is God, angels or miracles, a new study finds.

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MSNBC

Three Little Pigs 'too offensive'

A story based on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale has been rejected by a government agency's awards panel as the subject matter could offend Muslims.

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BBC

Huckabee learned politics in church

Mike Huckabee learned how to be a politician in church. As a Republican presidential candidate, Huckabee's remarkable balancing act can be traced to his style of preaching.

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Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

A legless artist documents the world in 32,000 stares

Tired of gawkers, Kevin Connolly, who was born without legs, traveled by skateboard, capturing their sheer human curiosity.

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Christian Science Monitor

11-year-old's idea may become law

Florida restaurants usually throw out perfectly good food that 11-year-old Jack Davis figures can feed the hungry and the homeless.

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Good News Network

WORLD

American, Uruguayan sentenced for Bolivian hotel blasts

An American man and a Uruguayan woman were sentenced to prison for their roles in deadly bombings at two hotels in Bolivia, the Bolivian news agency reported.

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CNN

Egypt moves to stem tide of Palestinians breaching border

Egyptian riot police attempted to reseal the country's border with Gaza as Palestinians continued to pour through a smashed wall into north Africa.

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Guardian

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The PR war in Gaza

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Newsweek

ENVIRONMENT

Gore says changing bulbs is not enough

Climate campaigner Al Gore urged world policymakers to change laws "not just light bulbs" in tackling global warming, and a UN official said world market turmoil must not delay action.

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Environmental News Network

Hurricanes and global warming devastate Caribbean coral reefs

Warmer seas and a record hurricane season in 2005 have devastated more than half of the coral reefs in the Caribbean, according to scientists.

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Guardian

Engine of growth: clean-tech jobs

Clean energy has become a $55-billion-a-year industry worldwide. Advocates for the poor say there's an opportunity here, but critics say it's no panacea for unemployment.

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Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

So why have Apple shares dropped?

It's no longer news that Apple had yet another spectacular quarter - the company's best quarter ever! So why are shares more than $60 lower than a month ago?

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iTWire

Forests could benefit when fall color comes late

Do those fall colors seem to show up later? Scientists say we can blame increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for prolonging the growing season of the trees.

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IBM's ambitions in 3-D

Mark Dean, director of IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif., has dedicated a lot of research firepower to make 3-D animation move beyond virtual worlds and video games.

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San Jose Mercury News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Could finger lengths predict musical and athletic ability?

Recently, scientists have looked to the relative lengths of index and ring fingers for clues about a variety of characteristics, including musical ability, athletic prowess and osteoarthritis risk.

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USA Today

Keys to the kingdom

After 79 first-unit filming days, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" was a wrap. The story is set in 1957, and this time Dr. Jones goes up against cold-blooded, Cold War Russkies.

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Vanity Fair

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1st day shooting new Indiana Jones film

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YouTube

EDUCATION

US, Brazilian students confer on ways to improve the world

The global youth culture is united on many fronts. Six Brazilian students came to Seattle, Wash., to exchange ideas about how to make improvements in their home cities.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

St. Theresa students help others

All kindergarten through eighth-grade classes at St. Theresa School in Des Moines, Iowa, focused on social justice, taking a break from everyday lessons to make room for nontraditional activities.

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Des Moines Register

Divide growing between US colleges

New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have nots" in academe. There's a growing group of the newly rich schools, and a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions.

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TIME

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Schools scrutinize study abroad

Concerns over travel "perks" lead to a clarification of funding behind increasingly popular overseas programs.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Employees install a red lantern corridor at a park in Dalian, a coastal city of northeast China's Liaoning province. The corridor, consisting of over 1,000 red lanterns, was built to greet the upcoming Spring Festival. (Photo by Xinhua, Xu Dewu / AP)

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