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Joe Lombardo of Delmar, N.Y., sings during the annual People's State of the State in Albany, N.Y., a rally for state legal reforms, including job conditions. (Photo by Mike Groll / AP)

Americans' job satisfaction falls to record low, despite economy

Even Americans who are lucky enough to have work in this economy are becoming more unhappy with their jobs, according to a new survey that found only 45 percent of Americans are satisfied with their work.

San Francisco Chronicle

Americans' job satisfaction falls to record low

USA TODAY

Guantanamo inmates head to Yemen to join al-Qaida fight

At least a dozen former Guantanamo Bay inmates have rejoined al-Qaida to fight in Yemen amid growing concern over the ability of the country’s government to accept over 100 former inmates.

Times Online

Scenes from Yemen

Examiner

Arctic freeze creates havoc across planet

Arctic air and record snow falls grip the northern hemisphere, inflicting hardship and havoc from China, across Russia to Western Europe and over the U.S. plains.

Times Online

The nation's weather

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

-14 F and sleeping outside

The Weather Channel

Hubble reaches 'undiscovered country' of most distant primeval galaxies

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has broken the distance limit for galaxies and uncovered a primordial population of compact and ultrablue galaxies that have never been seen before.

ScienceDaily

Congressional leaders begin work to finalize health bill

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are embarking on the tough work of ironing out differences between the House and Senate health care legislation with the aim of finalizing a bill.

Houston Chronicle

'War room' for your health

CNN

NATION

Family center opens where war dead return

The military mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, where U.S. war casualties are brought home, will open a facility to serve families who travel there for the return of their loved ones' remains.

USA TODAY

Failed lawsuit possible motive for fatal shooting in Vegas

A gunman who opened fire at a federal building was upset over losing a lawsuit over his Social Security benefits.

Detroit Free Press

Deadly Vegas shooting

ABC News

POLITICS

Houston mayor takes oath of office

Houston Mayor Annise Parker asked citizens for their prayers, their patience, their perseverance and, noting that mistakes and failures are inevitable, “for your forgiveness in advance.”

Houston Chronicle

US Rep. Abercrombie of Hawaii to resign

U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D, announced he will resign from Congress on Feb. 28 to run for Hawaii governor.

Modesto Bee

ENVIRONMENT

Suit to be filed over penguin protection

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice that they intend to sue the Obama administration for illegally delaying protection of penguins under the Endangered Species Act.

Environmental News Network

CIA sharing data with climate scientists

The nation’s top scientists and spies are collaborating on an effort to use the federal government’s intelligence assets to assess the complexities of environmental change.

New York Times

Pechauri hopes for climate pact

Reuters

EDUCATION

Pa. attorney general probing for-profit school that closed abruptly

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett and other state officials are investigating the abrupt closure of a for-profit computer training school headquartered in Maryland.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Girls can be engineers

While students at an all-girls school in Maryland were laboring to build bridges out of Popsicle sticks, their teachers were trying to build bridges for them to the male-dominated field of engineering.

Baltimore Sun

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson dead at 30

Casey Johnson, the heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune who recently made tabloid headlines with a purported engagement to reality star Tila Tequila, has died at age 30.

CNN

Fewer say they have it better than parents

More than half of Americans are optimistic about the future of the United States over the next few years, a new poll finds.

CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Ruling that Christians may call God Allah sparks passion in Malaysia

Malaysia's government has vowed to challenge a court ruling that Christians have the constitutional right to use the word Allah to refer to God.

Sydney Morning Herald

South Koreans experience what it's like to die and live again

Across South Korea, entrepreneurs are holding controversial forums aimed at teaching clients how to better appreciate life by simulating death.

Los Angeles Times

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GOOD NEWS

British Army saves Afghan boy stricken with tetanus

The medics at a remote American patrol base in the wilds of southern Afghanistan were not sure what the boy was suffering from and his chances of survival were rated at no more than 10 percent.

The Independent

Landfill energy projects increasing

Hundreds of trash trucks across California are rumbling down city streets using clean fuel made from a dirty source: garbage.

Times Union

WORLD

World Food Program suspends operations in Somalia

The U.N.'s World Food Program has suspended its work in much of southern Somalia due to threats against its staff and unacceptable demands by al Shabaab rebels controlling the area.

Reuters

Conflict in Somalia stops food delivery to 1M

allAfrica.com

US reopens Yemen Embassy

The U.S. Embassy in Yemen reopened after closing for a two day period over threats of an imminent al-Qaida attack in the country’s capital.

CBC News

Obama's day: Talk of terror

USA TODAY

CIA bomber was al-Qaida double agent

The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan was an al-Qaida double agent, U.S. media reports say.

BBC

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CIA

Guardian

BUSINESS

Warren Buffett weighs into Kraft's battle for Cadbury

U.S. investor Warren Buffett threw a spanner into Kraft's bid for U.K. group Cadbury when he revealed his investment vehicle, Berkshire Hathaway, would vote against Kraft's plans to take over the firm.

Guardian

Manhattan apartment prices fall as NYC loses finance jobs

Manhattan apartment prices fell for a third consecutive quarter as Wall Street job losses drained demand and the decline in co-op and condominium values reached 21 percent since the market peak.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sin City heats up for annual Consumer Electronics Show

As tech players big and small gear up for the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, they all hope that what happens in Vegas, ends up in your living room.

ABC News

CES 2010 gadget preview

PC World

'Smart' ski tickets lead to more pass-fraud busts in Colo.

As skiers shuffle through lift lines, they only need to point to the pocket holding their lift ticket. Radio-chipped "smart cards" have done away with the antiquated hole punch and visual scan.

Denver Post

SPORTS

NFL tackles brain damage risks

A study that has found NFL players to be suffering from dementia and memory loss has prompted many professional players to start changing their tactics.

ABC Sport

Giants’ collapse leads to firing

One day after their season ended with a second consecutive defeat, the Giants fired their defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan.

New York Times

HEALTH

Landmark DNA study of 3,000 people to unlock mystery of Type 2 diabetes

The research will provide insight into the biology of Type 2 diabetes that can be exploited to develop new ways to treat and prevent the disorder.

Times Online

Smoking increases risk of blindness

U.S. researchers found that smoking increased a person's risk of developing AMD, age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness among Americans over age 65.

Medical News Today

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