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Travel grinds to a halt after powerful mid-Atlantic snowstorm

A powerful snowstorm pounded the nation's capital and other mid-Atlantic states, bringing travel to a virtual standstill.

CNN

In pictures: DC snow chaos

BBC

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U.S. Federal Highway Administration

Whaler, activist ship collide again

The anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in the icy waters off Antarctica — the second major clash in the increasingly aggressive confrontations between the two sides.

Houston Chronicle

Debt crisis unsettles European economy

Governments in Athens, Madrid and Lisbon struggled to quell fears of a looming debt crisis in Europe that is pummeling the euro and rippling across global markets.

MSNBC

Eurozone crisis threatens recovery

The Independent

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Economic conditions and trends

New York Times

Greece debt problems may pose systemic risk

NPR

Offensive aims to turn Afghan war

A new and possibly decisive chapter of the Afghan war is unfolding. The U.S. is preparing a major attack on the Taliban, and the Afghan government is trying to draw militants into peace talks.

MSNBC

US, NATO gather largest offensive in years

YouTube

Hubble maps show a changing Pluto

New images reveal substantial differences from how Pluto looked when Hubble examined it in 1994. Pluto has gotten redder, and the northern hemisphere has brightened as the south has darkened.

Scientific American

NATION

Jobless rate at 5-month low

Employers cut 20,000 jobs in January, but the unemployment rate surprisingly fell to a five-month low of 9.7 percent, according to a government report.

Reuters

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2 contradictory numbers

NPR

The decline: geography of a recession

ABC News

Ohio may set record for lethal injections

After a relative lull in the number of executions Ohio carries out annually, it appears poised to sharply increase lethal injections in the months to come, possibly setting a state record for most in a year.

CBS News

Pentagon allows morning-after pill on military bases

The Pentagon announced that the Department of Defense would provide soldiers with Plan B, otherwise known as the morning-after pill.

ABC News

POLITICS

Lobbying industry booms in recession

The recession has battered the U.S. economy, but the lobbying industry is humming along in the nation's capital, even for companies that have shed thousands of jobs in the past year.

USA TODAY

Senator stalls Obama's appointees

Sen. Richard Shelby is using a Senate tactic to stall confirmation of scores of President Barack Obama's appointees to steer major spending in his home state.

CBS News

Franken lays out 'pledge and pass' strategy for health care

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn) called for Senate Democrats to commit to passing important amendments to its health care legislation through the process of reconciliation.

Huffington Post

Health care: Americans angry over earmarks

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

BofA’s Lewis faces squeeze by Cuomo

Kenneth D. Lewis of Bank of America Corp. stands as the only chief among the biggest U.S. banks officially accused of wrongdoing during the financial industry’s near collapse.

BusinessWeek

Businesses contemplate trading BlackBerry for iPhone

The iPhone is making inroads into the business market with new applications making it hard for IT managers to swim against the phone's popularity tide.

Sydney Morning Herald

Buh-bye, wireless guys

Newsweek

ENVIRONMENT

Climatologists: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'

The roof of the world is heating up, according to a report that said temperatures in Tibet soared in 2009 to the highest level since records began.

Guardian

Half of Indonesia's species unknown

Incorporating 17,000 tropical islands, Indonesia is one of the world's richest areas of biodiversity. However, according to the Jakarta Post, over half of this biodiversity remains unrecorded.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What does your choice of search engine say about you?

A new study intends to determine the profile of search-engine-brand loyalists and identify how search engines are changing consumer behavior and helping to build brand images.

Advertising Age

Dinosaur had vibrant colors, microscopic fossil clues reveal

Deciphering microscopic clues hidden within fossils, scientists have uncovered the vibrant colors that adorned a feathered dinosaur extinct for 150 million years.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Many US adults skip routine vaccinations

Tens of thousands of American adults die each year from pneumonia, influenza and other infectious diseases that could be prevented by routine vaccinations, according to a new report.

MSNBC

'Artificial pancreas' improves glucose control at night

Closed-loop insulin delivery systems can improve overnight blood sugar control and reduce hypoglycemia risk in young patients with Type 1 diabetes, researchers found.

MedPage Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Televangelist denies 'quid pro quo' with ex-Liberian president

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor said that his government awarded Pat Robertson a gold mining concession and that Robertson offered to lobby the Bush administration on the government's behalf.

Washington Post

Cardinal denounces secularization of religious life in Europe, North America

Cardinal Franc Rode has called upon religions to present “alternatives to the dominant culture, which is a culture of death, of violence and of abuse.”

Catholic World News

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GOOD NEWS

Dog saves owner's life

Five years ago, Don Callahan rescued an abandoned and abused dog at an adoption fair at the Detroit Zoo. The same dog returned the favor.

WOODTV.com

Mechanics free kitten from van

A kitten was removed from the dashboard of a van owned by an Illinois animal shelter. Shortly after being rescued, the cat got his second lucky break of the day. He was adopted within minutes.

The Register-Mail

WORLD

In Iraq, Karbala bombings spark fears of renewed sectarian violence

At least 40 people were killed recently in Karbala, where thousands of pilgrims have gathered to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in A.D. 680.

Christian Science Monitor

Leaders meet in Northern Ireland after coming to terms

The British and Irish prime ministers arrived in Northern Ireland after political parties reached a deal to save the province's power-sharing government.

CNN

Pakistan bombing kills Shia Muslims

Bombings in the Pakistani city of Karachi have killed at least 25 people and injured more than 50.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Black Eyed Peas and Ludacris jump start world tour

Picking up where they left off at the Grammy Awards, the Black Eyed Peas kicked off their world tour at Atlanta's Philips Arena, costarring hometown hero Ludacris and party boys LMFAO.

Spin

Black Eyed Peas launch 'The END' tour

Rolling Stone

'Mein Kampf' makes German comeback

A group of German historians is lobbying to publish Hitler's memoir, arguing that it's necessary to get an authoritative annotated edition ready for bookshops by the time the copyright runs out in 2015.

MSNBC

New Heinz ketchup packets let you dunk or squeeze on the road

The revision of the 1968 design seeks to solve the problem of french fry eating. That's the desired change customers will find when new ketchup packaging goes into circulation this fall.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

NFL to get $5B without playing

The executive director of the NFL Players Association painted perhaps the bleakest picture yet regarding prospects of labor strife in the league, which could be looking at a 2010 season with no salary cap.

ESPN

College team taps 13-year-old QB

The University of Southern California has recruited a seventh-grader to be its quarterback of the future.

Toronto Star

David Sills' USC commitment

YouTube

Brees’s peers see amazing athlete within

As Drew Brees carries the New Orleans Saints to their first Super Bowl appearance, he is described as a humanitarian, a thinker, an overachiever and an underdog.

New York Times

Archie Manning's divided loyalties

FOX News

EDUCATION

New course for 'No Child Left Behind'

President Barack Obama is seeking a major overhaul of the U.S. education system, with a shift from an emphasis on testing to an emphasis on career preparation — a plan that he is backing up with billions.

Politico

Segregation rife within charter schools

De facto segregation is alive and well in public schools in virtually every state, but is more common in charter schools — an option increasingly endorsed in reform efforts, according to a national study.

San Francisco Chronicle

Wide achievement gaps for top students

Education Week

Failure rate for AP tests climbing

The number of students taking Advanced Placement tests hit a record high in 2009, but the portion who fail the exams — particularly in the South — rose as well.

EducationNews.org

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