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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters after final passage of the stimulus bill, at the Capitol in Washington. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

Geithner prescribes — gasp — $2T more to rescue US economy

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner outlined a massive $2 trillion plan meant to stabilize the nation's banking sector and restore the public's faith in the government's ability to handle the crisis.

ABC News

Overview of US bank rescue plan

Reuters

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Jobs may rebound in 2010

USA Today

Call off drone war, US adviser says

"If we want to strengthen our friends and weaken our enemies, bombing Pakistani villages with unmanned drones is counterproductive," said Dr. Kilcullen, a former Australian colonel.

Wired

Senate passes Obama's stimulus plan, 61-37

Just three Republicans helped pass the plan on a 61-37 vote and they're already signaling they'll play hardball to preserve more than $108 billion in spending cuts made last week in Senate dealmaking.

TIME

Examining Obama's job, pork claims

Examiner

Obama brutally changes his tone

YouTube

Obama: I won't return to failed theories

The White House news conference put a calm, confident President Obama in front of the nation who easily drove home a twofold message — he didn't cause the mess we're in, but he intends to solve it.

Salon.com

Obama: My plan will put people to work

MSNBC

Israeli rivals both claim election win

Kadima's Tzipi Livni told supporters she was ready to lead Israel. But Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu said the "nationalist camp" had won. Election results will be made final in the coming days.

BBC

Polls give Livni the edge

Reuters

NATION

California may have to cut prison population by 40 percent

Federal judges tentatively ruled that California must reduce the number of inmates in its overcrowded prison system by up to 40 percent to stop a constitutional violation of prisoners' rights.

CNN

US troop obesity doubles since 2003

The number of troops diagnosed as overweight or obese has more than doubled since the start of the Iraq war, yet another example of stress and strains of continuing combat deployments.

USA Today

POLITICS

Salazar puts coastal drilling plans on hold

President Obama is shelving a plan announced in the final days of the Bush administration to open much of the U.S. coast to oil drilling.

San Francisco Chronicle

Senate to vote soon on Pentagon nominee William Lynn

The Senate may vote soon on the nomination of William Lynn, a former Raytheon lobbyist, to become deputy defense secretary, Majority Leader Harry Reid said.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Green industry: A field with a future

President Obama wants to create millions of jobs for people installing solar panels, brewing up biofuels or making homes more energy efficient.

San Francisco Chronicle

Bird migration tied to climate change

Of 305 species tracked in a study by the Audubon Society, more than half are spending the winter about 35 miles farther north than they did 40 years ago.

Houston Chronicle

EDUCATION

Why black colleges just might be the best education bargains

If it weren't for the recession, these could be the best of times for historically black colleges and universities. The number of African-American students attending college has been steadily rising.

U.S. News & World Report

Many Americans vexed by spelling

Almost two-thirds of Americans say that spelling among adults is on the decline; a quarter acknowledged that they were simply bad spellers.

Washington Times

HEALTH

Throw another 'roo steak on the barbie...

Instead of feasting on the meat hacked out of "introduced ruminants" (read: cows and sheep), Australians should be enjoying the high-protein, low cholesterol steaks carved out of kangaroos.

Scientific American

Maintaining a Mediterranean-style diet may prevent memory loss

A new study shows that people who eat a Mediterranean-style diet are less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, which is a stage of memory loss between typical aging and Alzheimer’s disease.

WebMD

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Vatican roiled by outrage over Holocaust denying bishop

The Vatican has said the pope was unaware that Bishop Richard Williamson is a Holocaust denier. The pope condemns Holocaust denial and hopes to uphold good relations with Judaism.

NPR

Catholic church can't ignore science

The moral basis of the Vatican's opposition to in vitro fertilization seems to be that only conception through sexual union is sacred, and the fertilized cell has a soul and therefore the dignity of a person.

New Scientist

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GOOD NEWS

PowerMeter can track your power

Google's PowerMeter will show consumers their electricity consumption in near real-time, and should offer "more useful and actionable feedback than complicated monthly paper bills."

PC Magazine

Quality of life improves with exercise

Regular physical activity is known to lower blood pressure, cholesterol and the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer, but a new study shows it can improve quality of life in almost all areas.

USA Today

WORLD

Ahmadinejad signals Iran is 'ready for dialogue with US'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he would welcome talks with the U.S. as long as the conversations were based on "mutual respect."

BBC

The long shadow of Ayatollah Khomeini

TIME

Obama's strategy for Iran

CBS News

Hamas: Gaza truce depends on elections

A delegation from Hamas' leadership in the Gaza Strip crossed into Egypt to continue cease-fire negotiations in Cairo as Israelis went to the polls in an election whose outcome could influence the talks.

Haaretz

Pakistan calls for 'new' US ties

Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that his country and the U.S. must base their relationship on "trust, cohesion and understanding."

BBC

BUSINESS

We are all socialists now

In many ways our economy already resembles a European one. As boomers age and spending grows, we will become even more French.

Newsweek

Unemployed could qualify for tax breaks

If you were laid off last year, you could be eligible for a host of tax deductions and credits that could put money in your pocket when you need it most.

USA Today

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

App store: 20,000 apps in 7 months

iPhone and iTouch users looking to download software from Apple’s App Store now have 20,000 programs to choose from — according to one Web site’s count.

Macworld

Optical clock is more accurate than time

A new generation of atomic tickers, known as optical clocks, have just won the record for accuracy from the ensembles of oscillating caesium atoms that held it for half a century.

New Scientist

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Actors ready to resume talks

Representatives of the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will resume their film and TV contract talks.

Reuters

Allen backs Rosenberg to SAG

Variety

Rihanna now talking to the police

R&B princess Rihanna is cooperating with Los Angeles police, who charged her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, with smacking her around during an argument.

NY Daily News

SPORTS

Tejada charged with lying to Congress

All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada has been charged with lying to Congress about an ex-teammate's use of steroids, the latest baseball player to get caught up in a web of juicing that has stained the sport.

Sporting News

Sources: Abreu, Angels in serious talks

Free-agent outfielder Bobby Abreu is in serious talks toward a one-year agreement with the Los Angeles Angels, two baseball sources said.

ESPN

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