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A fire truck moves away from out of control walls of flame that roared across southeastern Australia razing scores of homes, forests and farmland. (Photo by AP)

Australia bush fires: Death toll passes 100, thousands homeless

Authorities confirmed that at least 108 people died in the fires, but warned that the number of dead was expected to climb higher as they continue the grim search for people who remain unaccounted for.

Daily Telegraph

Day fire fell from the sky

Guardian

Scores killed in deadly Australian wildfires

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Unemployment benefits falling short

The government safety net designed to protect laid-off workers from financial catastrophe is falling short, leaving nearly half the 11.6 million jobless Americans without unemployment benefits.

MSNBC

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

YouTube

Yemen releases 170 al-Qaida suspects

Yemen released 170 men it had arrested on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaida, security officials said, weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen had become the base of its activities.

ABC News

Yemen frees al-Qaeda suspects

BBC

Talking to Tehran

No American has been posted in Tehran, nor has any dealt officially and directly with the Iranian government. Yet that might change. The Obama administration has suggested starting a conversation.

Newsweek

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

More than 100 rescued from ice floe that drifted into Lake Erie

One person is dead, and more than 100 have been rescued from an ice floe about eight miles wide that broke free from the northern Ohio shoreline near Toledo and began floating into Lake Erie.

FOX News

Report: 1 dead on Lake Erie

MSNBC

POLITICS

Dems to introduce card check bill ‘soon’

In the first step of a fierce battle on Capitol Hill, House Democrats will introduce a controversial bill that is organized labor’s top legislative priority.

The Hill

Biden promises foreign policy shifts

The Obama administration promises sweeping changes in American foreign policy, and some U.S. adversaries are nibbling the bait.

International Herald Tribune

US new foreign policy

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

States: More bottle deposits make cents

Initially passed decades ago by states looking to promote recycling and help fight pollution, bottle bills are now becoming popular proposals for states looking for any extra infusion of cash.

MSNBC

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

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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

Woman swims across Atlantic

MSNBC

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

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

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

BUSINESS

Fed calls on consultants to treat markets

The Federal Reserve called upon an army of consultants to help fight the biggest financial crisis in 70 years. Fed watchers say the institution is relying on experts to an unprecedented extent.

Bloomberg

Rate cuts alone won't boost economy

Reuters

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

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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New study: Fertility drugs do not increase ovarian cancer risk

Women who take fertility drugs do not have an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a large study by Danish researchers.

U.S. News & World Report

EDUCATION

Schools are told to switch off CCTV that spies on students

Schools using cameras and microphones in classrooms to monitor misbehaving pupils as young as four have been told they should be switched off.

Daily Mail

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

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