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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, right, speaks with Stanford President John Hennessy at Memorial Auditorium at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. (Photo by Jeff Chiu / AP)

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.

Times Online

Special section:

10 years of legal wrangling between Microsoft and EU

Guardian

Special section:

Q&A: Microsoft's EU court battle

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.

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.

Bloomberg

Americans say leaving Iraq is best economic move

Angus Reid

Will economy turn around?

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.

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.

MSNBC

A life on the right: William F. Buckley

NPR

NATION

North America gets its first carbon tax

The Canadian province of British Columbia hopes to change consumer behavior — and raise revenue — by taxing virtually all fossil fuels, including gasoline and home-heating fuel.

Christian Science Monitor

Oil hits $102 for the first time

BBC

Panel: All US kids should get flu vaccine

All U.S. children aged from six months up to 18 should be immunized every year against influenza, a panel of federal vaccine advisers said.

Yahoo! News

'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.

CNN

POLITICS

Speculation over veep picks intensifies

Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and former GOP congressman Rob Portman could square off in the 2010 election. But what about this year?

CBS News

US attorney general visits Guantánamo

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey arrived for his first look at the controversial military prison complex at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

CNN

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.

Reuters

2 studies in the charisma of hope: Obama and Bill Clinton

International Herald Tribune

Clinton needs big win

CBS News

BUSINESS

Help hard to get for home owners

As the housing crisis deepens, major lenders say they will help borrowers avoid foreclosure, but nonprofit groups and others say their actions are not living up to their promises.

Yahoo! News

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.

ABC News

SPORTS

Barry pares options to just Suns, Spurs

Suns General Manager Steve Kerr got to shake hands with the NBA's most coveted free agent, Brent Barry, but there was no handshake agreement that Barry would join the Suns.

Arizona Republic

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.

USA Today

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.

San Francisco Chronicle

HIV/AIDS

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.

USA Today

RELIGION

Lifestyle and fitness win in church's Biggest Loser group

An Indiana church started a recreation ministry that focused on getting church members active. Their minister devised indoor soccer matches, salsa dancing and basketball tourneys.

Indianapolis Star

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.

Kansas City Star

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (John Dickerson):

Clinton failed to dent an improved Obama

Slate

Column (Roger Cohen):

The long haul in Afghanistan

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Getting real about resolving the US mortgage crisis

International Herald Tribune

Column (Martin Wolf):

Why Washington’s rescue cannot end crisis story

Financial Times

Column (Maggie Gallagher):

The truth about nationalized health care

Real Clear Politics

Column:

Getting real about resolving the US mortgage crisis

International Herald Tribune

Column:

Freedom of choice underlies USA's religious vibrancy

USA Today

Editorial:

Unmuzzle the election watchdog

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Bob Herbert):

Nader needs to find a different crusade

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Debbie Woodell):

Seeing red over blood-donation ban for gays

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Homeless find shelter in a book club

At a time when book-reading is declining and is especially low among poorer people according to a recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll, the book club in Cleveland, Ohio, seems ill-fated.

Christian Science Monitor

Katrina flood case in court

CBS 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.

CNN

WORLD

Colombian hostages freed by Farc

Four hostages held by Colombian left-wing Farc rebels have been released, in a deal brokered by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

BBC

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.

Guardian

See an MRAP on the move

CNN

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.

Bloomberg

London protestors fight airport expansion

USA Today

ENVIRONMENT

Mainstream adopts Greenpeace colors

Two men in an inflatable boat square off with the harpoons of a hunting ship, defiant as they bear witness to the slaughter of a minke whale.

Environmental News Network

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.

Sydney Morning Herald

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.

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.

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.

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.

CNN

EDUCATION

Iraq war veterans receive guidance for a higher education

Some colleges develop programs to teach wounded vets the process of applying for, attending and paying for school.

International Herald Tribune

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.

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.

CNN

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