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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 federal budget. (Photo by Susan Walsh / AP)

House faces tough vote on $1.9 trillion more debt

Democratic leaders are counting on new budget deficit curbs to allow the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper into debt over the next year -- or about $6,000 more for every U.S. resident.

FOX News

Reconciliation is not representative

Politico

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Health care: What if nothing happens?

Wall Street Journal

Vegetative state may harbor consciousness, researchers say

Researchers in England are reporting they have been able to establish limited communication with a man in a persistent vegetative state by using functional magnetic resonance imaging.

MedPage Today

Scientist on 'brain scan breakthrough'

BBC

Obama unveils coal, biofuel plans

Hoping to earn support from coal and farm states for a languishing energy and climate bill, President Barack Obama created a task force to push for cleaner coal and unveiled a plan to help finance biofuels.

MSNBC

Clean economy with old sources of energy

TIME

Mexican border fence plagued by glitches, long delays

A $6.7 billion government project to secure nearly the entire Mexican border with a "virtual fence" of cameras, ground sensors and a radar is in jeopardy after a string of technical glitches and delays.

MSNBC

Bus companies smuggling immigrants

Houston Chronicle

Iraq overturns ban on election candidates 'linked to Saddam'

The Iraqi appeals court defused a political crisis by overturning a ban on 450 candidates standing in the next election. The ban was imposed due to alleged links to the Baath party of Saddam Hussein.

The Independent

Prayer breakfast draws controversy

Usually, the annual National Prayer Breakfast passes with little notice. But this year, an ethics group in Washington has asked President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to stay away.

New York Times

NATION

James Arthur Ray charged with manslaughter in sweat lodge deaths

Controversial spiritual leader James Arthur Ray was arrested and charged with three counts of manslaughter connected to the deaths at a Sedona, Ariz., sweat lodge.

ABC News

Sweat-lodge incident in Sedona

Arizona Republic

Self-help guru charged in sweat lodge death

USA TODAY

VA hospital upgrades care for females

More than 230,000 women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, but many report that when they return from war, they face another battle at home: getting the care and respect they need at VA hospitals.

NPR

Obama administration steps up pressure on Toyota

The Obama administration stepped up the pressure on Toyota Motor Corp. to address a range of safety issues as investors and consumers reacted to the deepening crisis for the automaker.

MSNBC

Prius brakes questioned; Toyota probe expands

Seattle Times

POLITICS

'Tea party' crafts its election manifesto

Taking a cue from the GOP's success in 1994, the "tea party" movement is putting together a Contract from America — a platform for the 2010 elections culled from thousands of suggestions.

Christian Science Monitor

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Palin touts Tea Party appearance

CBS News

Obama presses Democrats on health, financial reforms

President Barack Obama sought to rally Democratic lawmakers after the loss of a crucial Senate seat saying it must not weaken their resolve to pass health care and financial regulatory reforms.

Reuters

GOP finds loophole in reconciliation ploy

The Hill

Poll shows peril for Republicans

Politico

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

A Giacometti sets an auction record

One of Alberto Giacometti’s best-loved bronzes, “Walking Man I,” has broken the world record price for a work of art at auction, selling to an unidentified telephone bidder for $92.5 million.

New York Times

The Who, and the Super Bowl's evolving halftime show

The Who headlines the Super Bowl halftime show this year hoping to promote the band's new greatest hits album and reach fans who might know the band only from the "CSI" television show.

New York Times

Super Bowl billionaires

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Wolves good for US parks, report says

Wolves should be reintroduced in U.S. national parks to help restore damaged ecosystems, according to a new report.

CNN

Eco-friendly way of decomposing BPA containing plastic

Pretreating polycarbonate plastic, source of a huge environmental headache, may be the key to disposing of the waste in an eco-friendly way, scientists have found.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Genes in mother, baby raise risk of preterm birth

Genes in the mother and the fetus play a role in the risk of preterm labor, a leading cause of infant death and disability, U.S. government researchers said.

Reuters

People are quicker in reaction time compared to initiation time

Researchers have discovered that people move faster when reacting to something than when they perform "planned actions."

BBC

Excessive Internet use linked with depression, new study shows

People who spend a lot of time surfing the Internet are more likely to show signs of depression, British scientists say.

MSNBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

India's 'untouchables' declare own religion

Followers of a 14-century spiritual figure, Guru Ravidass, will now have their own holy scriptures, a flag and a greeting, sect officials said.

CNN

Priest bridges religious divide by funding Germany's biggest mosque

The cooperation between Rev. Franz Meurer and Iranian Navid Kermani illustrates how far Germany has gone in accepting its booming Muslim minority.

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Retired optician helps veterans see

Frank Montijo, 76-year-old Korean War veteran, has helped 21,500 with their glasses, charging a handshake and smile.

CBS News

German man saved on frozen sea by webcam spotter

A woman admiring the sunset on a webcam in northern Germany spotted a male tourist who was lost on the frozen North Sea and probably saved his life by alerting police.

Kansas City Star

WORLD

Haiti quake death toll tops 200,000

The number of deaths from last month's earthquake in Haiti has exceeded 200,000, the prime minister says.

Al Jazeera

Can African countries afford Haiti aid?

Christian Science Monitor

Iran launches rocket with animal menagerie into space

Iran announced it has successfully launched a rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space.

Seattle Times

Iran launches rocket carrying animals

BBC

BUSINESS

Cisco tops estimates after customers upgrade networks

Cisco Systems Inc., the world’s biggest maker of networking equipment, topped analysts’ profit estimates and predicted an acceleration in sales growth.

BusinessWeek

AOL posts $1.4 million profit

In its first quarterly filing since splitting from Time Warner, AOL Inc. announced that it swung to a profit in the fourth quarter from a year earlier.

CNNMoney

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Fossils show earliest animal trails

Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found.

ScienceDaily

Virginia meteorite sparks debate over rightful ownership

After space rock hits medical office, doctors send it to Smithsonian; but landlords might stake claim.

CBS News

'Climategate' inquiry shows scientist didn’t falsify data

An academic inquiry into the so-called "climategate" e-mail scandal has concluded that a well-known U.S. scientist did not falsify data in his research.

Montreal Gazette

SPORTS

Phil Mickelson won't play controversial wedge this week

Phil Mickelson, the center of a controversy over the use of a 20-year-old wedge, said he won't play the Ping Eye 2 this week at the Northern Trust Open.

USA TODAY

New Orleans almost lost Saints too during stormy 2005

Their homes, their city, even their stadium, were destroyed. That led to the 2005 New Orleans Saints being a displaced NFL team, vagabonds sent away after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city.

CBS SportsLine

Saints QB Brees to get new deal

ESPN

EDUCATION

Cell phones increase exam cheating

The number of pupils trying to cheat during test exams has shot up, with many smuggling their mobile phones into the exam hall.

Guardian

Some schools rethink bans on cell phones

MSNBC

University fundraising falls 12 percent

Charitable contributions to colleges and universities plummeted an average 11.9 percent nationwide in 2009, the steepest drop in at least three decades, according to a new report.

Forbes

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