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Scott Roeder confers with his attorney at his first-degree murder trial in Wichita, Kan. He is accused of murdering prominent Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller. (Photo by Jeff Tuttle, Pool / AP)

Roeder's judge ruled no to voluntary manslaughter

In a blow to the defense, the judge in Scott Roeder’s murder trial ruled that jurors would not be allowed to consider a less serious charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Kansas City Star

Defendant: I killed Kansas abortion doc

CBS News

US may lift export controls for goods with military applications

The U.S. may remove restrictions on exports of goods with potential military applications when such technologies are already available worldwide, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said.

Bloomberg

Bernanke reconfirmed by Senate

A majority of U.S. senators voted to confirm Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term as the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Reuters

Special section:

Roll call vote on cloture motion

New York Times

Bernanke wins confirmation

YouTube

Families make politics a tradition

Some political offspring are hoping to break into the family business or seek higher office. It's an American tradition from John Quincy Adams to George W. Bush that gives political novices an edge.

USA TODAY

Bit of alcohol may benefit aging brain

A drink or two a day may help older people stay mentally sharp, but moderation is the key, a new study finds.

WebMD

Trio of robots help elderly

MSNBC

NATION

Pelosi shows willingness to use budget plan to pass health bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled a readiness to use a parliamentary maneuver circumventing Republican opposition in the Senate to pass health care legislation.

Bloomberg

Missouri test drives 'diverging diamond' interchange on highways

After years of traffic backups and accidents involving motorists trying to turn left, state transportation officials think they have found a more-efficient highway interchange.

USA TODAY

Driving the diverging diamond

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POLITICS

Reid says Senate Democrats to unveil new jobs agenda

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters the package would include long- and short-term measures to attack the nation's double-digit unemployment rate, the highest in a quarter century.

Reuters

Steele rips reporters, defends performance

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele jousted with reporters, turning a Waikiki, Hawaii news conference into a testy defense of his controversy-pocked tenure at the helm of the GOP.

Politico

Obama to America (and Congress): Yes, we still can

President Barack Obama showed little inclination to downscale his ambitious agenda and, strikingly, devoted a fair bit of his speech to the need to change the partisan tone in Washington.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

State of the Union: highlights, reactions, analyses

CNN

BUSINESS

Retail outlook: more bargain-seekers

Coming off a better-then-expected holiday shopping season, retail experts are growing a bit more optimistic about the outlook for 2010, while consumers are expected to be, well, cheap.

TIME

Wal-Mart reorganizing into regional operations

MSNBC

Obama plans $33 billion tax credit for jobs and wages

President Barack Obama plans to fill in the details of his job creation plan: he wants to give businesses a $5,000 tax credit for each net new employee they hire this year.

CNNMoney

Deficit worries could crush Obama's jobs plan

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Harsh winter a sign of disruptive climate change, report says

This winter's extreme weather is a sign of how climate change disrupts long-standing patterns, according to a new report by the National Wildlife Federation.

Washington Post

China leaders decide to launch National Energy Commission

The Chinese government has decided to establish a National Energy Commission headed by Premier Wen Jiabao, national media reported.

Earth Times

Water vapor may help 'flatten global warming trend'

Why the Earth's surface temperature hasn't warmed as expected over the past decade continues to be a puzzle for scientists. The Earth's climate may be less sensitive to greenhouse gases than currently assumed.

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New tyrannosaur had more teeth than tyrannosaurus rex

A newly found 29-foot-long tyrannosaur flashed more teeth than its well-known relative T. rex, according to a paper in the latest Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Discovery News

Survey finds growing fear of cyberattacks

A survey of 600 computing and computer-security executives in 14 countries suggests that attacks on the Internet pose a growing threat to communication systems that underlie modern society.

New York Times

Energy-harvesting rubber chips could power pacemakers, cell phones

Power-generating rubber films developed by engineers could harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power pacemakers and mobile phones.

ScienceDaily

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GOOD NEWS

Dog rescued after 75-mile trip on ice floe

A frightened, shivering dog was rescued after floating 75 miles on an ice floe down Poland's Vistula River and into the Baltic Sea, officials said.

NPR

Miami moms donate breast milk to Haiti

At Mercy Hospital's Lactation Center, Faith Ploude is making a special announcement in all her breast-feeding classes. She is asking nursing mothers if they would like to donate breast milk for infants in Haiti.

NBC Miami

Tot dials 911 for grandma

A 3-year-old New Jersey boy called 911 when his grandmother had a seizure, something his mother said he learned to do just days before.

MSNBC

WORLD

North Korea detains 2nd US man

North Korea says it has arrested an American man for trespassing on its border with China, the second to be detained in two months.

Al Jazeera

Former prime minister of France acquitted on smear charges

In a setback for President Nicolas Sarkozy, a French court acquitted the former prime minister Dominique de Villepin of charges that he was part of a conspiracy to sabotage Sarkozy's 2007 election.

New York Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

As future looks uncertain, exhibit celebrates nuns’ colorful past

A new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution shows, in vivid detail, that the life of the American nun has been difficult, and even perilous.

Religion News Service

Clergy merge body, mind, soul in class

This class is called InterPlay, and it is an interactive, creative method of movement bridging the spiritual and the physical.

News Observer

HEALTH

Elderly and overweight may add longevity

Despite the warnings that being overweight will kill you, an Australian study finds that overweight adults over the age of 70 are less likely to die over a 10-year period than their normal-weight peers.

HealthDay

Woman with medical conditions dies from swine flu in Northern Ireland

A woman with swine flu and underlying medical conditions has died in Northern Ireland. Her death was announced in the Department of Health's weekly swine flu update.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

J. D. Salinger dies at 91

J. D. Salinger, who was once considered the most-important American writer to emerge since World War II, died at his home in Cornish, N.H. He was 91.

New York Times

Special section:

Top 10 most reclusive celebrities

TIME

Catching Salinger: Pencey Prep

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David Sax: 'Save the Deli' a call to arms

You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate the Jewish delicatessen, but it helps. Being raised on deli food, however, creates a different relationship with the cuisine.

San Francisco Chronicle

IGrow: Walmart of weed opens in Calif.

An entrepreneur is opening a 15,000-square-foot one-stop shop for medicinal marijuana cultivation believed to be the largest in the state.

San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

New Orleans mayor needs a Super Bowl ticket soon

Wouldn't you think the politically correct NFL would take care of two key politicians for the Super Bowl? Specifically, with game tickets for the mayors of the two cities sending teams?

USA TODAY

Pride in Super Bowl team replenishes a city

New York Times

Mexico and Ecuador soccer teams to meet at new Meadowlands

Mexico's soccer team will play Ecuador in a World Cup warmup on May 7 in the first professional sports event at the $1.6 billion new Meadowlands Stadium.

USA TODAY

EDUCATION

State universities want more students to earn their degrees

American colleges and universities want to make sure more of their students leave campus with a diploma.

Chicago Sun-Times

Investment losses cause steep dip in university endowments

University endowments lost an average of 18.7 percent in the last fiscal year, the worst returns since the Great Depression, according to a study.

EducationNews.org

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