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President Barack Obama looks on as his third nominee for Commerce Secretary, former Washington Gov. Gary Locke, speaks to the press in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. (Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP)

Obama chooses Locke to head up Commerce Department

President Barack Obama introduced former Washington Gov. Gary Locke as his nominee for Commerce secretary, trying a third time to fill the key Cabinet post for a country in recession.

BusinessWeek

Government details plan for US banks

Federal officials provided new details of the government's plan to shore up major banks in the event of a sharper economic downturn and convert the government's preferred shares into common bank stock.

International Herald Tribune

Government begins ‘stress tests’ on big banks

MSNBC

Obama's speeches don't wow Wall Street

President Obama has spoken twice now about the country's economy, and a jittery Wall Street responded both times with sharp downturns the next day.

ABC News

Obama's budget: back to brass tacks

CNNMoney

Obama's $634B, 10-year health-care plan

Politico

Obama seeks to restore confidence

ABC News

Jindal's volcano remark has some fuming

La. Gov. Bobby Jindal, a rising Republican star, questioned why "volcano monitoring" was included in the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus bill the president signed.

CNN

Holder vows 'cartels will be destroyed'

Attorney General Eric Holder issued a blunt warning to Mexican drug cartels that he said pose a national security threat: "These cartels will be destroyed."

ABC News

Mexico's drug wars

TIME

NATION

Supreme court rules for Utah city

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a Utah city that has long permitted a Ten Commandments monument in its city park need not accept the Summum church's Seven Aphorisms monument.

USA Today

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

POLITICS

CIA now giving Obama daily briefing on world economic situation

The daily "economic intelligence brief," which goes to the president and his top advisers, illustrates the CIA's scope in trying to anticipate threats that go beyond terrorism.

San Jose Mercury News

Burris defies leader’s call to step down

A defiant Roland Burris returned to the Senate, staring down a resignation call from his Illinois colleague and a muted reaction from fellow Democrats.

The Hill

BUSINESS

US existing home sales, prices slump

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly declined in January even as falling prices made them more affordable, signaling that the housing slump is further from a bottom than previously estimated.

Bloomberg

Special section:

How-to: 'produce the note'

Consumer Warning Network

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

EDUCATION

President Obama: an A+ for education?

During Obama's first formal address to Congress, he emphasized plans to invest in education and asked "every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training."

CNBC

Obama urges passage of Hatch's service bill

Salt Lake Tribune

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Music (finally) moving beyond the MP3

Finally, after years of watching P2P sharing eat their sales profits, labels have decided to start selling things that people can't already get for free. It's an approach that could help revive album sales.

Wired

Tests using magnets to repel crocodiles

Florida wildlife managers have launched an experiment to see if they can keep crocodiles from returning to residential areas by temporarily taping magnets to their heads to disrupt their "homing" ability.

Reuters

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Washington archbishop takes to YouTube to reach lapsed Catholics

To mark the beginning of Lent, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is launching a $75,000 marketing blitz using YouTube, a blog and advertising to reach lapsed Catholics.

Nola.com

Rare Shiite protests in Saudi Arabia

Members of Saudi Arabia’s Shiite minority have held protests that included anti-government slogans rarely heard in public, escalating tensions with authorities in Islam’s second holiest city.

Boston Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Charitable gifts to colleges hit $31B

The nation's colleges and universities set another fundraising record last year, but few expect a repeat in 2009.

USA Today

Fund may save up to 160 teaching jobs

San Francisco Chronicle

A new push for grow-your-own veggies

A thousand "growing spaces" will be created throughout England, Wales and Ireland to give local communities the space to grow their own crops.

Positive News

How to create a community garden

5min.com

WORLD

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

North Korean leader near missile site

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been touring the province where the country has been preparing for a rocket launch, the North said, in what a South Korean daily said could be a precursor of a launch.

Reuters

Iran's perilous path

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Polar research reveals new evidence of global environmental change

New research from the International Polar Year 2007-2008 provides new evidence of the widespread effects of global warming in the polar regions.

Environmental News Network

Polar Year 'hailed as a success'

BBC

Obama to Congress: Economic recovery 'begins' with clean energy

In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama focused on the clean energy aspect of the economic recovery.

Environment News Service

HEALTH

Alcohol linked to cancer risk in women

Women who drink as little as one alcoholic beverage a day—be it beer, wine, or hard liquor—have a significantly higher cancer risk than women who don't drink at all, a study shows.

WebMD

Weak evidence backs most heart guidelines, report finds

A majority of the guidelines for cardiac care issued by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology are not supported by the kind of evidence that doctors respect most.

HealthDay

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Springsteen rocks Ticketmaster boat

The Boss was furious, and now Ticketmaster is facing the music. Bruce Springsteen fans got a promise — and an apology — from the widely criticized ticket seller that it won't play sales tricks.

NY Daily News

Will the recession change movies?

Movie ticket sales are way up in this down economy. Observers say struggling people are looking for a $10, two-hour escape. This could be the biggest year for ticket earnings in the history of Hollywood.

CNN

SPORTS

No. 19 Xavier tries to get back in form

Three losses in the last five games — all on the road — have left the 19th-ranked Musketeers with only a half-game lead atop the league. The title is still in their control, given how the schedule plays out.

International Herald Tribune

FFA chasing both World and Asian Cup

While Australia bids to host the 2018 World Cup, FFA chief executive Ben Buckley has confirmed there are still no rival bidders for the major consolation prize — the 2015 Asian Cup.

Sydney Morning Herald

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