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Students of the Kalashri School of Arts perform during the New Jersey Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission's annual King Holiday Celebration at the War Memorial in Trenton, N.J. (Photo by David Gard / AP)

MLK's daughter: Be a force for peace

On the first holiday celebrating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. since the death of Coretta Scott King, their eldest daughter urged Americans to be forces for peace.

U.S. News & World Report

Legislature draws flak for convening on MLK Day

Salt Lake Tribune

Some ask why captive boy didn't just walk away

USA Today

Officials move methodically to seek answers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

British Airways workers vote to strike

Thousands of British Airways employees have voted to strike following disputes centering on sick pay and pensions.

U.S. News & World Report

Iraq hanging video shown to reporters

ABC News

First U.S. troops in Baghdad for new plan

The first additional American troops that will take part in a major new security plan in Baghdad have arrived in the Iraqi capital.

Reuters

Bush war plan draws resistance from Iraqis

International Herald Tribune

Iranian leader lashes out at U.S.

Iran's hard-line president said the U.S. is trying to hide its failures in Iraq by accusing his nation of funding insurgents, and he pledged to form an anti-U.S. alliance with countries in Latin America.

International Herald Tribune

White House: Can't rule out attack on Iran

CNN

U.S., South Korea work on free trade

South Korea and the United States vowed a major push in free trade talks that have so far yielded little progress and face a fast-approaching deadline.

CNBC

NATION

Somalia shuts down broadcasters

Somalia's main broadcasters have been ordered to close, shortly after the interim president set up a new team to end the "chaos" in the capital.

BBC

London bomb suspects used flour-based explosives

The suspects made explosives of hydrogen peroxide and flour, wrapped in shrapnel, in an attempt to carry out a deadly terror strike on London's transport system.

Bloomberg

10 more U.N. advisors arrive in Darfur

Ten U.N. military advisors arrived at the headquarters of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan's war-torn western province of Darfur.

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

XM and Sirius consider merger

The two big U.S. satellite-radio companies, XM and Sirius, agree that a merger would result in substantial cost savings and might even pass muster with U.S. regulators.

Space

Navy halts Lockheed work on warship

The Navy told a contractor that production on two combat ships is significantly overrunning expected costs.

CNN Money

POLITICS

Iraq's billions and the White House connection

The company appointed to advise the U.S. government on the economic reconstruction of Iraq has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars into Republican Party coffers.

London Independent

Obama keeps mum on presidential rumors

Sen. Barack Obama said that he will announce "soon" whether he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.

Newsday

SPORTS

Patriots, Bears still in the chase for Super Bowl glory

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, as cool as ever, delivered every time the San Diego Chargers gave him another chance.

Sporting News

Bears outlast Seahawks in OT

ESPN

Beckham reportedly seeks quick exit from Real Madrid

Frozen out by his coach at Real Madrid, David Beckham could join the Los Angeles Galaxy this spring.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Calls revived for national education standards

The No Child Left Behind law was supposed to level the playing field. From state to state, however, huge differences remain in what students are expected to know.

Buffalo News

School tells youth to drop sword

A 17-year-old U.S. student who enjoys re-enacting medieval battles has been banned from wielding his favorite sword in his graduation yearbook.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

World's 1st 'test tube' baby gives birth

Louise Brown, who was the world’s first “test-tube” baby, has given birth to her first child.

MSNBC

Rarely seen King papers go on display

Modesto Bee

NATION

Fire breaks out at Calif. oil refinery

A fire broke out at an oil refinery, sending flames as high as 50 feet into the air and prompting an order for residents to stay indoors, authorities said.

New York Daily News

Killer ice storm leaves tens of thousands without power

Yahoo! News

Stranded for a month, hiker is finally rescued

A camper who became stranded in a national forest nearly five weeks ago was rescued more than two weeks after the search for her had been called off.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Miss New Jersey USA resigns over pregnancy

Another Miss USA tiara is changing heads. Ashley Harder, Miss New Jersey USA, has resigned because she is pregnant.

MSNBC

'Lost' producers discuss series' end

Makers of the tropical island drama "Lost" say they're talking with ABC executives about setting an end date for the series.

Yahoo! News

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Experts see bird flu challenge to U.S. health system

A bird flu pandemic remains a threat that the U.S. health care system must take seriously, despite the absence so far of human cases in the United States, experts warned.

Reuters

Hope over 'obesity-busting gum'

Scientists are looking at whether an appetite-suppressing chewing gum could be used to tackle obesity.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Environmental rules waived for border fence

In a move activists call "a historic travesty," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff waived environmental rules to clear the way for construction of a fence along the Mexican border.

MSNBC

Exxon meets green groups as climate focus surges

Exxon Mobil Corp. met with U.S. environmental groups last month to discuss how to respond to global warming.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Common chemical in question

A chemical compound used in everyday products causes chromosomal damage in mice that spans generations, according to new research.

USA Today

New 'hobbit' galaxies discovered around Milky Way

A recent sky survey has turned up a new class of ultra-faint "hobbit" galaxies and what might be the smallest galaxy ever discovered.

Space.com

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

The many faces of American Muslims

Author Paul Barrett deftly upends the stereotypes that Westerners harbor about Muslims -- and shows why militant Islamism is less likely to take root here than in other countries.

Salon

New group at Penn studies the science behind spirituality

Religion and science can combine to create some thorny questions: Does God exist outside the human mind, or is God a creation of our brains?

Examiner

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