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U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., accompanied by his wife, Michelle, and daughter, Malita, waves to spectators as he announces his candidacy for president of the United States. (Photo by Brian Kersey / AP)

Obama says he's 'fired up' to be president

At the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Sen. Barack Obama announced he is running for president, saying he wants to do what Abraham Lincoln did: go from the Illinois Legislature to the White House.

CNN

Air Force Academy probes alleged cheating

The Air Force Academy is investigating allegations of cheating by 28 freshmen and has restricted all cadets to campus this weekend.

Washington Post

North Korea nuclear talks hit a snag

Negotiators failed to clear final hurdles to a deal for North Korea to start dismantling its nuclear program, but officials hope to resolve lingering disputes over how to compensate Pyongyang for disarming.

USA Today

Petraeus: Baghdad crackdown must succeed

The new U.S. military commander in Iraq says the country is doomed to ongoing sectarian strife if a U.S.-Iraqi securuty offensive under way in Baghdad fails to curb violence.

MSNBC

Iraq intelligence probe may target Bush aides

Current and former White House aides may be asked to testify about a report by the Pentagon's inspector general that criticizes the Pentagon for compiling "alternative intelligence" that made the case for invading Iraq.

New York Times News Service

CIA was upset by Pentagon's pre-war views

Baltimore Sun

Putin blasts U.S. for its use of force

Yahoo! News

Nasdaq's bid for London Stock Exchange fails

The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has failed in its $5.3 billion hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange PLC, falling well short of the 50 percent it needed to begin taking control.

Forbes

NATION

Iran says talks could end nuke dispute

Iran insisted that an escalating dispute with the West over its nuclear activity could be resolved by negotiation, as Iran's security chief arrived in Germany for meetings with European Union leaders.

Reuters

U.K. supermarkets alert for mass turkey recall

Britain's chief scientist said packaged turkey meat might have to be removed from supermarket shelves in a mass product recall, following the outbreak of bird flu.

Guardian

Queen: Muslim moderates must be heard

Islam does not require women to wear veils, Queen Rania al-Abdullah of Jordan has said in an interview, calling on Muslim moderates to "make their voices be heard."

Yahoo! News

Emotions run high for Portugal vote

Supporters and opponents of abortion are waging a passionate, often raw campaign to sway voters before a referendum on whether Portugal should decriminalize abortion.

International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

Poll: Public view of Congress improves

An Associated Press-Ipsos poll shows that Congress' public image has improved slowly since the November elections.

Yahoo! News

Congress to hear sex slaves' testimony

Three women who were forced into sexual servitude by Japanese soldiers in World War II will testify before a U.S. congressional committee next week.

AOL News

Candidates blaze the campaign trail - online

Blogs, podcast, Web video - these and other Internet technologies have fast become must-have political tools for the 2008 presidential candidates.

ABC News

SPORTS

Ex-Yankees great Hank Bauer dies at 84

Hank Bauer, the tough ex-Marine who set a World Series record with a 17-game hitting streak for the New York Yankees and later managed the Baltimore Orioles to the 1966 title, has died.

Sports Illustrated

Disputed phone call with Bush has USC investigating

The University of Southern California is looking into whether it may have violated NCAA recruiting rules while pursuing highly rated recruit Joe McKnight, a university official said.

ESPN

NFL commissioner says there is 'still a need' for the Rooney Rule

Roger Goodell still regards the Rooney Rule -- which requires teams to interview at least one minority for coaching vacancies -- as "an extremely important initiative" for the NFL.

USA Today

HEALTH

'Missing link' in process leading to Alzheimer's disease identified

Scientists at the University of Virginia have identified what appears to be a major missing link in the process that destroys nerve cells in Alzheimer’s disease.

Science Daily

'Natural' remedies may interfere with clinical trials

Patients in phase one cancer trials may be skewing the results if they are also taking vitamins, herbal preparations, minerals and other dietary supplements, researchers report.

HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Floating solar machines to clean lagoons

Lagoons around Foster City, Calif. could soon be populated with silent, floating machines, called SolarBees, which are energy-efficient pumps that circulate water to prevent the buildup of weeds and algaes.

Redwood City Daily News

House puts energy technology onus on EPA

Determining how best to speed ethanol and other alternative fuels from refinery to gas pump would rest with the government under new legislation passed by the House.

Examiner

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Thai drafters meditate over state religion

The question of whether Buddhism should officially be declared the national religion has prompted fierce debate in Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Blog:

Too soon to require cancer vaccine

USA Today

Editorial:

Snack-ad attack

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Pander-bear eager to work with columnists

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Blog:

Wanted: A new sheriff in Gaza

TIME

Column:

When you tax profits, you tax people

Real Clear Politics

Column (Sidney Blumenthal):

The Pentagon's not-so-little secret

Salon

Editorial:

Ideology vs. justice

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

A loser for states, national security

Miami Herald

Column (Daniel Byman):

Saudi Arabia's own Iraq nightmare

Salon

Editorial:

Next stop Iran?

Economist

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GOOD NEWS

U.S. makes grant to help Vietnam dioxin cleanup

The United States is donating $400,000 to Vietnam toward cleaning up poisonous dioxin from a wartime airbase, in what officials called an important step in healing a bitter war legacy.

Reuters

Fire makes hero out of neighbor

Marta Ibarra lowered her 8-month-old baby from the second-story window as smoke filled their bedroom. A man stood on a white van right below the window, begging her to drop her baby.

Contra Costa Times

NATION

Smith’s death is still 'a medical puzzle'

Questions over the death of Anna Nicole Smith, like those over the paternity of her 5-month-old daughter or her stake in her late husband's $450 million estate, will remain unanswered for now.

Sun-Sentinel

In upstate New York, 100 inches of snow, and counting

Sunshine greeted residents of the snowbound villages, giving crews a chance to haul away some of the 8 feet of snow that has fallen in the past week. But they knew the break would be short.

U.S. News & World Report

Apparent Holocaust denier accosts author Elie Wiesel

San Francisco police confirm that well-known Jewish scholar and author of books about the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel, was accosted and dragged out of an elevator last week by an apparent Holocaust denier.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Is this the year the CEO pay balloon bursts?

Will Robert Nardelli and Henry A. McKinnell do for executive pay what Enron Corp. did for corporate governance?

Forbes

US Airways CEO arrested for drunk driving

US Airways chief executive Doug Parker was arrested on a drunken driving charge just hours after his airline's $9.8 billion bid for Delta Air Lines was rejected last week, Scottsdale police said.

San Diego Union-Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Report: EMI may sell MP3s without DRM

Music company EMI Group PLC - home of The Rolling Stones and Coldplay - has been talking with online retailers about selling its entire digital music catalog in MP3 format without copy protection, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Examiner

Cartoon Network president resigns over Boston fiasco

The president of Cartoon Network resigned after a misguided "guerrilla" ad campaign caused a widespread bomb scare in Boston.

Monsters and Critics

James Brown's partner granted access to home

The woman who claims to be James Brown's fourth wife will be allowed to return to the home she shared with the singer to retrieve her belongings, a judge ruled.

Columbian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Museum combines DNA, fossils to show human ancestry

The traditional museum showpieces of human evolution are being nudged aside at the famed American Museum of Natural History by a newcomer that appears to be an empty test tube.

Reuters

Corporate computer threats 'moving to Adobe'

The launch of Microsoft Office 2007 is likely to force malicious hackers to focus more attention on looking for vulnerabilities in other desktop applications.

CNET News

EDUCATION

Washington state legislators defend recess

Washington state legislators have a message for children struggling to pass the state's standardized tests: Go outside and play.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tennessee university offers support to devastated New Orleans school

Middle Tennessee State University has announced an academic partnership to help rebuild the New Orleans branch of the historically black Southern University system.

CNN

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