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In this image released by Hope for Haiti Now, Dave Matthews, left, and Neil Young perform at "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" in Los Angeles. (Photo by Mark Davis / Hope for Haiti Now / AP)

Guantanamo detainee fate rests with US civilian judges

A year after President Barack Obama ordered Guantanamo closed, some 50 detainees appear set to be locked up indefinitely. But civilian judges still have the final say over their detention.

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Miami Herald

Hawaii Senate passes civil unions bill

The Hawaii Senate approved same-sex civil unions, potentially setting up the measure for final passage sooner than expected.

Kansas City Star

Celebrities unite to help Haiti in telethon

Grim-faced celebrities and musicians with mournful tunes set the tone for the all-star, international "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon.

MSNBC

UN: Aid community did not fail in Haiti

Sydney Morning Herald

Haiti: 360 degrees

CNN

Roe v. Wade anniversary marked

Abortion rights supporters and opponents hit the streets of the nation's capital on the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling giving a woman the right to terminate a pregnancy.

CNN

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Roe v. Wade anniversary brings anti, pro marchers to DC

NPR

Anti-abortion activists take to DC streets

YouTube

Blueberry juice may boost memory

A new study shows that drinking a daily dose of wild blueberry juice improved the memory of older adults with age-related memory problems.

WebMD

NATION

US warns against having same airport security systems

The United States does not want countries to use identical airport security systems which could make it easier for potential attackers to elude them, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.

Reuters

Obama bank plan supported in Europe

France, Britain and Germany offered support for President Barack Obama's plan to limit banks' size and trading activities but fell short of pledging to follow suit.

Reuters

Treasury Dept. may help banks evade risk limits

New York Times

Obama steps up campaign against Wall Street

YouTube

Teen violist alleges police brutality

Ten days after plainclothes officers stopped Jordan Miles on a street and arrested him after a struggle that they say revealed a soda bottle under his coat, his right eye is still swollen and bloodshot.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Inmates who can't make bail face stark options

NPR

POLITICS

Key senators oppose reappointment of Fed Chairman Bernanke

The opposition of Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Russell D. Feingold, D-Wis., will make it a struggle to come up with the 60 votes necessary to confirm Ben S. Bernanke as chairman of the Fed.

New York Times

Obama: Health care hit a buzz saw

President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul has "run into a bit of a buzz saw" and acknowledges the process is looking ugly. Nonetheless, he says he'll keep working to finish sweeping legislation.

MSNBC

DNC chair: Health care not dead

CBS News

BUSINESS

Agency securities weaker but take Frank's comments in stride

Debt and mortgage securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were weaker, but mostly shrugged off comments from a key lawmaker on the future of the government-sponsored enterprises.

Wall Street Journal

GE profit exceeds estimates

General Electric Co.’s fourth-quarter profit exceeded analysts’ estimates as the order backlog rose and the company benefited from a tax gain and cost-cutting efforts including job reductions.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Federer, Serena Williams advance to Australian Open round 4

Top seeds Roger Federer and Serena Williams advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open with straight-set wins over Spanish opposition as they seek to add to their tally of titles.

BusinessWeek

As Olympics near, they’re ordering snow

With seven years to prepare and a budget of about $2 billion, organizers have nearly everything in place for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

New York Times

Lifting up New Orleans: city rising in unison with Saints

The New Orleans Saints' road to the NFC Championship Game and efforts to help repair the Hurricane Katrina-battered city began with a wrong turn.

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Darwin descendant finds papers

The untold story of Charles Darwin's 20-year struggle to publish "On the Origin of Species" lay in a chest in Randal Keynes' father's home.

San Francisco Chronicle

Dolphins: 2nd-smartest animals?

When human measures for intelligence are applied to other species, dolphins come in just behind humans in brainpower, according to new research.

Discovery News

ENVIRONMENT

NASA: Past decade was warmest ever

The past decade was the warmest on record, proving that global warming has continued “unabated,” according to NASA.

Telegraph.co.uk

Everest to get a spring cleaning

Twenty of Nepal's top climbers are planning a high-risk expedition to clean up Mount Everest, concerned at the toll decades of mountaineering has taken on the world's highest peak.

Sydney Morning Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Man gets forgotten $1.6 million

Missouri Treasurer Clint Zweifel, whose office manages the state's unclaimed assets fund, said the payment to the lucky guy is the biggest jackpot ever from the $600 million fund.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dog saves lives in Haiti relief effort

A search dog raised by a Vancouver, Wash., family has been saving lives during the Haitian relief effort. Cadillac has helped rescue several people from the rubble of quake-shattered buildings.

The Columbian

WORLD

Iraq littered with high levels of nuclear and dioxin contamination, study finds

More than 40 sites across Iraq are contaminated with high levels of radiation and dioxins, with three decades of war and neglect having left environmental ruin, an official Iraqi study has found.

Guardian

Brown to face inquiry before vote

Al Jazeera

China warns US over censorship

China has rejected a call by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for the lifting of restrictions on the Internet in the communist country, saying her criticism is false and damaging.

MSNBC

Mixed feelings in Beijing on censorship

BBC

State parliamentarians to be checked for Stasi affiliation

The state of Brandenburg has introduced a law requiring parliamentarians be checked for past collaboration with the East German secret police, the Stasi — the last former East German state to do so.

Spiegel International

HEALTH

Studies: MS pills show promise, risk

Tests of the first two oral drugs developed for treating multiple sclerosis show that both cut the frequency of relapses and may slow progression of the disease, but with some side effects.

USA TODAY

Potty training best between ages 2 and 3

A new study suggests 27 to 32 months is the ideal window for moving your child out of diapers. Children who were toilet trained after 32 months were more likely to have urge incontinence.

HealthDay

EDUCATION

Princeton surge beats Harvard, Yale as applications soar

Harvard and Princeton received a record number of freshman applications as the recession drove students to boost future prospects by seeking admission to top-ranked educational institutions.

Bloomberg

Bill would require high school mascots to get Colo. ok

Sen. Suzanne Williams, D-Aurora, introduced a bill that would require all public high schools with Indian mascots to "either cease using the American Indian mascot or obtain approval."

Denver Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Millions expected to attend Muslim pilgrimage in Bangladesh

Seeking divine blessing, thousands of Muslims from around the world held prayers in Bangladesh, the start of one of the biggest annual gatherings of the faithful after the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Reuters

Which way now?

The election of a new leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the Arab world’s most influential movements, has aroused an oddly muted response from Islamists.

Economist

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Glickman to quit MPAA early

Dan Glickman will step down as chairman of the Motion Picture Assn. of America to become president of Refugees International, leaving sooner than planned.

Variety

RIP: Air America goes off the air

Air America Radio was born in 2004 and on that first show the host, Al Franken, proclaimed his first mission: to defeat George W. Bush in that year's presidential election. It has now gone silent.

TIME

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