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President Barack Obama hugs Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before his address to a joint session of Congress. Ginsburg is back at work after cancer surgery. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Pakistan sees 'hope' in Obama approach

After meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi cited a "convergence of interests" and a "willingness to work together."

CNN

White House to announce 19-month Iraq troop withdrawal

President Barack Obama will announce that most U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by August 2010, three months longer than he promised in his campaign, an administration official said.

Politico

Spain may take Guantanamo inmates

BBC

Obama: We will rebuild, recover, emerge stronger

President Obama opened his first speech to a joint session of Congress by telling the nation "we will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before."

CNN

Analysis: Obama miniseries enters part 2

CBS News

Obama addresses Congress

C-Span

Louisiana Gov. Jindal: 'irresponsible'

C-Span

Stocks rebound as Bernanke eases bank's nationalization fears

U.S. stocks rose, gaining more than 2 percent a day after hitting 12-year lows, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that nationalization of major banks was not at hand.

Reuters

Who's hiring these days? FDIC

NPR

Bernanke: Recession may end in '09

YouTube

Bad economy? Do what you love

As job security from corporate America fades, some see the economic downturn as an unexpected chance to transform hobbies or youthful fantasies, once-dubbed impractical, into grown-up careers.

CNN

NATION

Slow Hurricane Ike payments leave businesses holding bag

Hundreds of businesses, non-profits and local governments are still waiting for Texas to pay them $134 million for services like bus transportation, portable restrooms and shelters provided during last year's storms.

Houston Chronicle

Rocket failure setback for Earthwatch

A new satellite to track the chief culprit in global warming crashed into the ocean near Antarctica after launch, dealing a major setback to NASA's already weak network for monitoring Earth and its environment.

Google News

NASA rocket crash lands in Antarctica

BBC

POLITICS

Napolitano avoids terror terminology

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano avoids the terms "terrorism" or "9/11" in her first congressional testimony, a sharp change in tone from her predecessors.

CBS News

The re-education of Larry Summers

He's become a champion of massive government intervention in the economy, and he's even learning how to play nice.

Newsweek

BUSINESS

Google wants to join EU against Microsoft

Google wants to help the European Commission prove antitrust charges against Microsoft related to the software giant's dominance of the Web browser market.

CNET News

Hearst: San Francisco Chronicle must make cuts, may be sold or closed

Hearst said if savings cannot be accomplished "quickly," the company will seek a buyer, and if none comes forward, it will close the Chronicle, which lost more than $50 million in 2008.

San Francisco Chronicle

Philly papers go Chapter 11

CBS News

EDUCATION

Colleges offer 3-year bachelor's degrees

Not much else seems to be helping keep down college costs, so maybe this will: a three-year college degree. It's an idea that may be gaining traction with the economy in deep recession.

USA Today

Duncan: Stimulus should transform schools for 21st century learning

Public schools will get nearly double the education budget of this past year from the stimulus bill in the next two years. With those dollars, Obama and Duncan want schools to do better.

eSchool News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Crazy see-through fish wows scientists

The "barreleye" fish gives a new meaning to "clear-headed." They have fully transparent skulls filled with a jelly-like fluid that scientists discovered allows the fish 360-degree vision.

MSNBC

Solar power prices approach 'grid parity'

A look at the numbers driving the solar-panel industry shows some good news: Prices are falling fast.

CNET News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

A new tradition for presidential events: opening with a prayer

Though invocations have long been commonplace at presidential inaugurations, the practice of commissioning and vetting prayers for presidential rallies is unprecedented in modern history.

U.S. News & World Report

Court to weigh dispute over Mojave cross

A large Christian cross stands hidden inside a box atop an outcropping in a California desert, symbolizing the unsettled state of First Amendment law on the placement of religious symbols on public property.

First Amendment Center

Columns And Op-Ed

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Let the spring games begin

MSNBC

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Homeowners’ cry: Produce the note

San Francisco Chronicle

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The invisible war of Congo

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Taking action after nuclear subs collide

International Herald Tribune

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Downturn for luxury goods

Economist

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Nuclear options

Guardian

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Hockey mom skirts history's dustbin

Bloomberg

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Radical transparency now!

Wired

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Are executives villains or morons?

Slate

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Phelps and the great bong brouhaha

Newsweek

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Bank on this: We won't get fooled again

Indianapolis Star

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Popular Obama takes to the bully pulpit

The Nation

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President Obama: Forget the deficit

Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

Fund may save up to 160 teaching jobs

San Francisco school officials smiled as Mayor Gavin Newsom promised the district $11.5 million from the city's rainy day fund to save the jobs of 130 to 160 teachers who would otherwise be laid off.

San Francisco Chronicle

Celebrity iPod auction to benefit Gulf-area musicians

Pre-loaded, signature-endorsed iPods will be sold on eBay to benefit Music Rising, a campaign to replace musical instruments lost or destroyed by hurricanes in the Gulf region.

MSNBC

WORLD

As war ebbs, Europe returns to Iraq

France and Germany opposed the U.S.-led invasion but are now eyeing new investments in the war-torn country.

Christian Science Monitor

Iran to begin tests at nuclear station

Some 35 years after construction started, Iran said it plans to begin test operations at its first nuclear power station in the southern port of Bushehr.

International Herald Tribune

Q&A: Iran and the nuclear issue

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Breakthrough announced by algae-to-energy company

Bionavitas, a Seattle-area energy startup, announced that it solved a major problem in the algae-to-energy business. This has the potential to rocket ahead algae as a carbon-neutral fuel source.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Climate change can supercharge plants

Climate change might help some plants thrive — not just because temperatures will be warmer, but because temperatures will be more variable.

Discovery

HEALTH

Superhuman: secrets of the ice man

Most of us would start to hyperventilate uncontrollably if we dived into zero degree celsius water. One man doesn't even gasp in pain but instead starts swimming.

New Scientist

Anger, stress may be linked to heart problems

New research shows that anger can trigger electrical changes in the heart, predicting future arrhythmias in the case of some patients.

CNN

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Can a 'Day of Sharing' save the beleaguered music industry?

Composer Richard Gibbs argues that holding an international "Day of Sharing" would be a radical gesture on behalf of the beleaguered music industry, highlighting the problem of illegal music file-sharing.

Christian Science Monitor

US cable set for Web TV by summer

Cable and satellite TV providers are working on a free online video service to deliver up-to-date cable shows to computers and mobile phones.

Reuters

SPORTS

Tiger Woods looks ready enough for Match Play Championship

Tigermania was back in full force at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, where about a hundred media types convened for a practice round.

Golf.com

Oakland Athletics end stadium plans

The Oakland Athletic's owner Lew Wolff told city officials that the A's have stopped all plans to build a new stadium in the San Francisco Bay area suburb.

USA Today

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