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A grocery checker scans items at J.J. & F. Market in Palo Alto, Calif. Consumer confidence plunged in February as Americans worried about less-favorable business conditions and job prospects, a business-backed research group said. (Photo by Paul Sakuma / AP)

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Microsoft fined record $1.4 billion by European Union

The European Commission fined Microsoft a record $1.4 billion for defying sanctions imposed on the company for abusing its dominant position in the software market.

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Times Online

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10 years of legal wrangling between Microsoft and EU

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Guardian

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Q&A: Microsoft's EU court battle

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BBC

A new path to ethanol

The search for better and cheaper ways to make ethanol spans the globe and is consuming millions of dollars. Only two companies seem close to success.

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Raleigh News & Observer

Bernanke pledges Fed will act in a 'timely manner'

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. central bank "will act in a timely manner" to insure against "downside risks" to the economy.

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Bloomberg

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Americans say leaving Iraq is best economic move

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Angus Reid

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Will economy turn around?

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ABC News

At drugs hearing, committee vows different atmosphere

The leaders of a congressional hearing on drugs in sports said they will not take a partisan tone during the broadly-focused hearing looking at the future of drugs in sports.

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USA Today

Writer William F. Buckley dies at 82

William F. Buckley Jr., the conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed and cheered the right’s post-World War II rise from the fringes to the White House, died.

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MSNBC

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A life on the right: William F. Buckley

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NPR

NATION

'Equipment failure' cuts power in Florida

A "significant equipment failure" at a substation west of Miami triggered blackouts around southern Florida, affecting 700,000 customers, a Florida Power & Light official said.

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CNN

Legal immigrants to US face endless wait

Immigration has been a hot topic of late. But amid the furor over illegal immigrants, the plight of legal migrants caught in a system that is slow, erratic and often unresponsive is largely ignored.

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Christian Science Monitor

Probe sought in Marine vehicle delays

The Marine Corps has asked the Pentagon's inspector general to examine allegations that a nearly two-year delay in the fielding of blast-resistant vehicles led to hundreds of combat casualties in Iraq.

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ABC News

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See an MRAP on the move

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CNN

POLITICS

Obama and Clinton clash in debate

Democratic Sens. Obama and Hillary Clinton clashed sharply in a high-stakes one-on-one debate, accusing each other of falsely portraying their stances on health care, trade and other issues.

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Reuters

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Clinton needs big win

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CBS News

Campaign 'robocalls' catch Congress' ear

A bipartisan bill, known as the Robocall Privacy Act of 2008, would keep Americans from being flooded with automated political phone calls.

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Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Dollar sinks to all-time low to Euro

The euro climbed to a record high of $1.5070 in European trading as sentiment increased that the U.S. Federal Reserve would continue its rate cut campaign.

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ABC News

Home price plunge accelerates

The decline in residential real estate accelerated though the end of 2007, and home prices in 20 key markets plunged 9.1 percent for the year, according to a survey.

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CNNMoney

SPORTS

Hossa deal may benefit both sides

As disappointing as Sidney Crosby's injury is for the Pittsburgh Penguins, it has allowed the team to appreciate how strong this team will be when Evgeni Malkin and Crosby play on separate lines.

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USA Today

Yao done for season with stress fracture in left foot

All-Star center Yao Ming is out for the season with a stress fracture in his left foot, a stunning blow to the surging Houston Rockets.

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ESPN

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Injury spin: Who picks up Yao's slack?

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ESPN

HEALTH

Agreement reached on AIDS bill

House lawmakers said they had reached agreement with the White House to more than triple spending for a global AIDS program that is a successful foreign policy initiative of the Bush administration.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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HIV/AIDS

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Yahoo! News

Anemia drugs may raise death risk for chemo patients

Drugs designed to treat a common side effect of chemotherapy may actually increase the risk of death, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet.

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USA Today

RELIGION

Catholic Church: 'Bodies Revealed' inappropriate for field trips

Local Catholic officials said the “Bodies Revealed” exhibit opening at Union Station Kansas City, Mo., is “unseemly and inappropriate” for church school field trips.

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Kansas City Star

Women take on the Torah

One woman has decided it was time that women's voices be added in significant form to the Jewish people's ongoing conversation with God.

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Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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Freedom of choice underlies USA's religious vibrancy

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USA Today

Unmuzzle the election watchdog

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Bob Herbert):

Nader needs to find a different crusade

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Debbie Woodell):

Seeing red over blood-donation ban for gays

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Gary Younge):

Feudal democracy

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The Nation

Column (H.D.S. Greenway):

The daydream believers' nightmare

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International Herald Tribune

Column (Michael Tomasky):

Clinton needs to accentuate the positive

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Guardian

Financing family values

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International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Boy recovering from facial burns

Youssif happily pulls off his plastic face mask and pats his cheeks, which were once covered by horrific burns.

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CNN

Doc helps heal New Orleans, one wound at a time

Imagine putting $1 million into a small business in downtown post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, La. A young doctor did just that.

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NPR

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Katrina flood case in court

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CBS News

WORLD

Turkey sends more troops to Iraq

Turkey sent more then 40 trucks filled with troops towards the Iraqi border, as clashes with the rebel Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK) continued.

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Guardian

5.2 quake rattles England

The U.K. was hit by its biggest earthquake since 1984 when a magnitude 5.2 temblor struck in Lincolnshire, eastern England, the British Geological Survey said.

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Bloomberg

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London protestors fight airport expansion

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USA Today

ENVIRONMENT

Bad air days as Olympic hosts fiddle the figures in Beijing

The question of whether Beijing is fulfilling its pledge to improve the capital's notoriously bad air before this year's Olympics is currently a hot topic.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Fishing appears to degrade Pacific reefs

Researchers who studied a string of Pacific Ocean atolls are painting the first detailed picture of pristine coral reefs and how they can be disrupted by people —particularly, they said, by fishing.

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International Herald Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA 101 shows why we're better off here on Earth

NASA announced it has a new interactive Web program that shows how NASA technologies have improved our lives. The Web site features examples of how NASA is used on Earth each day.

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iTWire

iTunes grows to No. 2 U.S. music retailer

Apple Inc.'s iTunes digital media store edged out Best Buy Co. and Target Corp. to become the second-largest U.S. music retailer, behind Wal-Mart Stores.

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Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Hollywood writers overwhelmingly OK with contract

Members of the Writers Guild of America have overwhelmingly approved a new contract with Hollywood studios that increases payment for shows offered on the Internet, the union said.

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MSNBC

Jackson ranch may go up for bid

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch will be put up for sale at a public auction next month unless the pop star pays the more than $24 million he still owes on the property, according to a court filing.

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CNN

New study literally follows consumers

What better way to track people's video consumption than to follow them around all day, making detailed notes about when and how they watch, listen, surf, read, download, text and talk on the phone?

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Hollywood Reporter

EDUCATION

Free college courses feed global hunger for learning

In 2002, when MIT started making course content available free online, organizers had no idea their site would become a favorite for science junkies across the globe.

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USA Today

Can't remember the planets? 4th-grader offers help

Maryn Smith, the winner of the National Geographic planetary mnemonic contest, has created a handy way to remember the planets and their order in distance from the sun.

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CNN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Had a long day? Global warming could be the answer

Yet another potential impact from global warming: It may speed Earth's rotation.

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Scientific American

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A worker cleans at the high speed rail terminal at the new Terminal 3 building at Beijing Airport. (Photo by Greg Baker / AP)

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