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Senate majority leader Harry Reid, surrounded by his fellow senators, talks about the Senate's work on the economic stimulus bill, at the Capitol in Washington. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

Australian bushfire kills 93

Australia's deadliest bushfire has killed at least 93 people, some as they fled in cars or as they huddled in houses when the inferno engulfed rural towns in the country's southeastern areas.

Reuters

Scores killed in deadly Australian wildfires

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In pictures: Australian fires

BBC

Russia welcomes offer to 'reset' ties

Russia welcomed an offer by the United States "to press the reset button" on ties with Moscow under President Barack Obama.

Reuters

Vote expected on stimulus after senators reach deal

U.S. senators began debate on a massive economic-recovery package after a working coalition of Democrats and Republicans reached a compromise that trimmed spending from an earlier version.

CNN

The emerging stimulus bill is still big

Christian Science Monitor

Battle looms over US stimulus package

Financial Times

Obama talks up stimulus in weekly address

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US military goods for sale in Pakistan

U.S. equipment, coveted by the Taliban, is now openly for sale in the Pakistani border town of Peshawar. Among the goods: boots, camouflage, high-power binoculars and sophisticated night-vision gear.

CBS News

NSC to undergo dramatic changes under Obama administration

President Obama plans to restructure the National Security Council in a big way - by increasing its membership and authority, according to a report published in The Washington Post.

FOX News

NATION

Lending up, but bailout not reason

Only a handful of Texas banks have accepted federal bailout money, but among those that have, lending has grown more slowly than among those that didn’t.

Houston Chronicle

One dead, 134 rescued from Lake Erie ice

A miles-wide ice floe broke away from Lake Erie's shoreline, trapping more than 130 fishermen offshore, some for as long as four hours.

Associated Press

Rescue mission on Lake Erie

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POLITICS

Biden hangs tough on nuclear issue, offers talks with Iran

In the U.S. administration’s first act of high-profile diplomacy, Vice President Joe Biden sent a message to Iran, declaring: “We are willing to talk.”

Times Online

Special section:

Excerpts of Biden's speech

BBC

New RNC chief accused of misusing money in 2006 campaign

A former campaign adviser told prosecutors that Steele, the new Republican chairman, had his 2006 Senate campaign pay his sister's defunct company for services that were not performed.

Austin American-Statesman

ENVIRONMENT

'Green growth' puts climate spending projects in focus

The U.S. and other nations will spend about $100 billion on projects to fight climate change under economic stimulus plans, raising questions about how much support the industry needs.

Reuters

Antarctic melt means drastically higher sea level rise in North America than projected.

If global warming ever causes the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to collapse, the resulting sea level rise in much of the United States would be "significantly higher" than is currently projected.

Environment News Service

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Electro-pulses speed ice removal

A group of researchers have developed technology designed to electronically zap ice off surfaces within in seconds, possibly eliminating the time-consuming task of winter morning window scraping.

Scientific American

Step made toward invisible electronics

Researchers have made an advance toward a long-sought goal of building "invisible electronics" and transparent displays. The work could eventually lead to heads up windshield displays in cars.

LiveScience

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Moms look to first lady for change

Maternity leave. Affordable child-care. Flexible work arrangements. When first lady Michelle Obama said she wanted to help working women balance career and family, American moms applauded.

Reuters

Director McG excuses Christian Bale

Though Christian Bale himself called his F-bomb outburst on the Terminator Salvation set "inexcusable," the film's director is coming to the star's defense.

People

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

A church divided

Many of the Presbyterian churches have been allowed to leave "with grace" and their property, as opposed to the Episcopalian parishes and dioceses that have been sued across the country.

The Wichita Eagle

Vatican shifts into damage control

Worldwide outcry led the Vatican to clarify efforts to reconcile with an ultra-right-wing bishop who denies that the Holocaust took the lives of 6 million Jews during Nazi rule in World War II.

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Michael Douglas):

Yes, the government is here to help

Akron Beacon Journal

Editorial:

Local protection

Daily News & Analysis

Column (Trudy Rubin):

Iran struggles with olive branch

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

Have a happy, healthy college hunt

Cincinnati Enquirer

Editorial:

Health care for more children

Chattanooga Times

Column:

Financial decision-making a great way to teach some math skills

The Providence Journal

Column:

Obama could use some stimulus

OC Register

Column:

Spanking the future

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

GOP should support Obama stimulus plan

Bellingham Herald

Column (Melissa Allison):

Comic Stop expands comic book store chain in Seattle area

Seattle Times

Column:

Teetering on the edge

International Herald Tribune

Column:

A-Rod is latest tip of industry's iceberg

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

The baseball player as android

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

First woman to swim across Atlantic

Jennifer Figge became the first woman to swim across the Atlantic Ocean — a dream she'd had since the 1960s.

Newsweek

Concert will give deaf chance to rock

The first rock concert for the deaf will be in Toronto, where the deaf get a chance to rock in chairs that translate sound into vibrations, motion and blasts of air.

Toronto Star

WORLD

Beijing launching a 'Chinese CNN' to burnish image abroad

The government spent $6 billion to launch the TV station and double foreign bureaus in the official Xinhua news agency.

Christian Science Monitor

US soldiers killed while disabling bomb

Two coalition soldiers and two Afghans, including a police official, were killed while the soldiers tried to disable a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan.

CNN

Poverty in Latin America 'may soar'

The global financial crisis could cause poverty to rise in Latin America by as much as 15 percent, according to U.N. officials.

BBC

BUSINESS

CEO surprise: Please raise my taxes

Reed Hastings, CEO of the popular DVD rental service Netflix, called on the president to raise taxes on corporate executives and other wealthy people.

ABC News

In defense of bankers

One obvious point being lost: The vast majority of toilers in the financial vineyards had nothing to do with the meltdown.

Newsweek

HEALTH

Food safety net is full of holes

The system relies on 50 states and hundreds of local health agencies with widely varied expertise, funding and methods to detect pathogens loose in the national food supply.

Star Tribune

Plant knowingly sold salmonella-laced food

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The origins of suicidal brains

Suicide rates in the U.S. increased for the first time in a decade, according to a recent report. But what leads a person to commit suicide?

Scientific American

EDUCATION

Schools face rise in homeless students

The economic plunge has generated a growing wave of children nationwide who are sleeping in shelters, motels, spare bedrooms or even the family van as their parents seek to keep them in school.

Washington Post

Marks from teachers, test scores vary

Some metro Atlanta high schools routinely award stellar grades to students who can’t pass standardized tests in the subject, leaving them potentially unprepared for college, a state study has found.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

SPORTS

Pistons come up clutch in overtime win over Bucks

Richard Hamilton no longer has time to warm up coming off the bench. He doesn't seem to need it anyway after setting a Pistons scoring record for a reserve.

USA Today

NFL free-agent watch: Arizona Cardinals

We are only weeks away from the start of the NFL's annual free-agent free-for-all, where the fates of every team in the league are decided in a few days.

Sporting News

Report: A-Rod tested positive in 2003

Sports Illustrated reports that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003, when he was with the Texas Rangers and won the AL home run title and MVP award.

ESPN

A-Rod tested positive for steroids

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