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Rescuers from the Brignoles UIISC 7 Instruction and Intervention Unit gather equipment in a warehouse before taking off for Haiti, 37 miles northwest of Marseille, France. (Photo by Claude Paris / AP)

Obama to call for bailout tax

President Barack Obama will call on Congress to tax the largest banks to ensure that U.S. taxpayers don't lose a penny from the federal bailout of the financial, auto and insurance industries over the past year.

CNNMoney

Bank fee to hit 50 biggest US financial firms

Bloomberg

US missile strikes Pakistan terrorist camp

U.S. missile strikes killed at least 15 people at a compound formerly used as a religious school in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, officials said, the eighth such attack in two weeks.

CBS News

Haiti earthquake survivors await aid effort

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are waiting for rescue efforts in the wake of the country's devastating earthquake, the situation is increasingly desperate with no coordinated rescue plan.

BBC

Logistics challenge for aid groups

NPR

Devastation in Haiti

TIME

Coast Guard video reveals Haiti devastation

YouTube

Mom charged for refusing to leave infant

Alexis Hutchinson was supposed to deploy overseas with her Army unit but skipped the flight, she contended, because she had nobody to take care of her then-10-month-old son.

San Francisco Chronicle

Regulators face US financial crisis panel

Senior U.S. regulators, including outspoken Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair, will tell their side of the story to a commission examining the origins of the 2008 financial crisis.

Reuters

NATION

Ruling blocks broadcasting of a trial on same-sex marriage

The Supreme Court has effectively eliminated the possibility that any part of the trial of a constitutional challenge to a ban on same-sex marriage now under way would be broadcast before it concludes.

New York Times

High court rules against video of same-sex marriage trial

CNN

Government won't seek 5th Gotti trial

The federal government decided not to seek a fifth racketeering trial against John "Junior" Gotti, son of the notorious Gambino family crime boss who was previously known for avoiding conviction.

CBS News

1 in 8 Americans receive food stamps

Some 37.9 million people — one in eight Americans — received food stamps to help buy food at latest count, the government said, as enrollment set a record for the ninth month in a row.

Reuters

POLITICS

Harold Ford's Manhattan makeover

The success of Harold Ford’s prospective run against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would seem to rest largely on convincing people that he didn’t really believe in most of the centrist positions.

Politico

Budget shortfalls for US cities could reach $56 billion

U.S. cities face a collective budget shortfall of at least $56 billion over the next two years, with the current recession not seen hitting bottom until 2011.

Reuters

15th straight month in which outlays exceeded receipts for US

MarketWatch

Obama's political arm under fire

President Barack Obama came to town a year ago to change the way politics worked, and Organizing for America was to be his instrument. A year later, the organization is finding itself on the defense.

Politico

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass dies at 59

Teddy Pendergrass, who became R&B's reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads, died at age 59.

Kansas City Star

Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass dead

Portland Press Herald

'Avatar' under attack from Vatican, liberals and US military

James Cameron might be laughing all the way to the bank, but his film "Avatar" is receiving criticism from those who accuse it of being everything from a racist throwback to the source of their depression.

Globeandmail.com

Controversary surrounds beauty pageants for kids

Child beauty pageants are fun, glamorous — and controversial. The reality show "Little Miss Perfect" gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at a world of pomp, circumstance and competition.

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Pandora's free online radio gets boost from iPhone, Ford

Tim Westergren doesn't have to beat the drum as loudly anymore. Thanks to the popularity of the iPhone and other smartphones, listenership has quadrupled since 2008 at Pandora.

USA TODAY

Astronomers explain how galaxies came to be

For the first time, two astronomers have explained the diversity of galaxy shapes seen in the universe.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Artificial pancreas prototype in development for Type 1 diabetics

A potentially revolutionary way to manage insulin in people with Type 1 diabetes may be available in just four years.

HealthDay

Morphine helps avoid post-combat stress

U.S. combat soldiers in Iraq who received morphine within an hour of being wounded were less likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported.

New York Times

US obesity rate high, but not rising

According to government data from the years 2007-08, the obesity rate has held steady for about five years, reflecting earlier signs that it had stalled after steadily climbing.

ABC News

Special section:

Overweight health guide

New York Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

World's largest religious festival under way in India

Close to a million Hindu pilgrims bathed in India's holy river Ganges in an immense display of color and devotion at the start of the world's biggest religious festival.

The Age

Disabled worshippers struggle to find home in pews

Among the most humbling moments of being confined to an electric wheelchair came when Shawana Bulloch realized it could prevent her from attending services at her Savannah church.

Yahoo! News

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GOOD NEWS

Dog helps save elderly, unconscious man in Minn.

Police credit a 15-year-old German shorthaired dog with saving the life of an elderly, unconscious man in Minn.

McClatchy Newspapers

Gates Foundation grant seeks savings for the poor

Using hand-held devices, motorbikes and even smartphones, micro-lenders such as ShoreBank International hope to give poor communities access to safe and affordable ways to save their hard-earned cash.

Reuters

WORLD

Bomber hits busy Afghan market, kills 20

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy market district in central Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people, officials said, making it the deadliest attack against civilians in more than three months.

MSNBC

Japan says US ties firm

Japan's foreign minister shrugged off suggestions that Tokyo was cozying up to China at the expense of its alliance with the United States and repeated a vow to settle a feud over a U.S. airbase by May.

Reuters

Uganda President Museveni wary of anti-gay bill

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has distanced himself from a bill proposing execution for some gay people.

BBC

BUSINESS

Bankers face tough questions at hearing on financial crisis

Wall Street's banks faced skeptical questions about executive pay and failures of regulation from the bipartisan commission examining causes of the biggest downturn since the Depression.

New York Times

Moody's says Greece, Portugal may face 'slow death'

The Portuguese and Greek economies may face a "slow death" as they dedicate a higher proportion of wealth to paying off debt and investors demand a premium to hold their bonds.

Bloomberg

Chinese censorship may force Google to shut down site

China is unlikely to allow Google Inc. to provide uncensored search results, potentially forcing the company to close its operations in the country, two people familiar with the matter said.

Bloomberg

Blog:

What Google might leave with China

CNET News

ENVIRONMENT

From the ancient Amazonian Indians a modern weapon against global warming

Scientists are reporting that "biochar," a material that the Amazonian Indians used to enhance soil fertility centuries ago, has potential in the modern world to help slow global climate change.

ScienceDaily

Climate scientists convene global geo-engineering summit

Scientists are to hold a high-level summit in Calif. to discuss how the world could take emergency measures such as blocking out the sun to slow dangerous global warming.

Guardian

EDUCATION

Education magazine ranks Md. no. 1

For the second year in a row, Maryland schools were ranked no. 1 in the nation for school achievement and educational policies by a respected trade publication.

Baltimore Sun

Experts urge earlier start to teaching math and science

"The commonly held view that young children are concrete and simplistic thinkers," said a recent education report, "is outmoded." Refuted, some say, by research in developmental psychology.

Education Week

SPORTS

Surgery ends Griffin's season

Blake Griffin will have surgery on his broken left kneecap, keeping the No. 1 draft pick out for at least four more months, the eternally star-crossed Clippers announced.

Sports Illustrated

Supreme Court weighs NFL deal

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case testing the legality of the NFL's exclusive deal with Reebok to sell billions of dollars worth of merchandise.

NPR

Colts' Stover a man for 2 cities

In his 20th NFL season, kicker Matt Stover has become a man for two cities, splitting time between his workplace in Indiana and his home in suburban Baltimore.

Baltimore Sun

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