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Top US general: US has Plan B for slower Iraq exit

The top U.S. general in Iraq said he could slow the exit of U.S. combat forces if Iraq's politics are chaotic following elections this spring.

Live 5 News

Lieberman readies bill to repeal 'don't ask'

San Francisco Chronicle

Army chief concerned about 'don't ask' repeal

CNN

Is flu pandemic waning? World health leaders debate

The WHO is taking a risk in making the announcement, and the wording of the decision will affect whether governments, companies and the public pay attention, or decide, wrongly, that the crisis is all over.

Reuters

Justices consider terrorism support law

Supreme Court justices questioned whether a law that bars Americans from providing support to foreign terrorist groups violated constitutional rights of free speech and association.

Reuters

Does the Patriot Act violate free speech?

NPR

Confidence on US economy falls to lowest since April

Confidence among U.S. consumers fell in February to the lowest level in 10 months, a sign that concern about job prospects may hold back the spending needed to sustain the recovery.

Bloomberg

Special section:

The geography of recession

ABC News

Navy says it is ready to end ban on women in submarines

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has notified Congress of plans to allow women to serve aboard submarines, a Defense Department official said.

CNN

Special section:

Women in uniform

CBS News

NATION

Home prices in cities rose for 7th month

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose in December for a seventh consecutive month, indicating the industry at the heart of the worst recession since the 1930s is stabilizing.

BusinessWeek

Home prices fall another 2.5 percent

CNNMoney

Interview on US home prices

Bloomberg

US driving decline is in reverse

The historic drop in driving that began in 2007 and the dramatic decline in gridlock that accompanied it have ended, according to a report by a firm that tracks congestion in the U.S.

USA TODAY

Interactive map: America's worst traffic

Forbes

ACORN affiliates spin off from group

The controversial community group ACORN will no longer be the national network it once was. Instead, state chapters are expected to form new, independent groups that will do similar work.

NPR

POLITICS

Obama pushes health care reform plan to break deadlock

President Barack Obama moved to end the paralysis gripping Washington when he embarked on a final effort to push his troubled health care bill through Congress.

Guardian

US Supreme Court defines business headquarters as where executives work

The Supreme Court ruled that a corporation's principal place of business is where the company's executives work, not where the company's products are sold.

Star-Ledger

Supreme Court rules that police can ad lib Miranda warnings

Police officers are not required to use exact, cookie-cutter phrasing while advising criminal suspects of their right to have a lawyer present with them, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Secret AIG document shows Goldman Sachs minted most toxic CDOs

A five-page document itemizes the mortgage securities on which banks such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Societe Generale SA had bought $62.1 billion in credit-default swaps from AIG.

BusinessWeek

Corporate boards gone wild

For every corporate accounting scandal, overpaid CEO or episode of imprudent risk taking, there's usually one common denominator — a board of directors who signed off on it.

ABC News

EDUCATION

Obama prods states to raise standards

President Barack Obama wants to rewrite federal education law by sending aid for poor students only to states that adopt new standards to prepare high school graduates for college or a career.

Guardian

Colo. looks at overlapping programs at colleges, universities

Elected and higher-education leaders say competition and duplication in higher education could use an overhaul as college presidents brace for at least another $150 million in state budget cuts.

Denver Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Prayer suit ruling could have wide reach

A federal judge has ruled it constitutional for the Indian River School Board to open meetings with Christian prayers, a ruling that could broaden what's allowed at school board meetings in Delaware.

News Journal

Now German bishops say 'sorry'

The head of Germany's Catholic bishops has apologized to victims of rape and molestation by priests, dating back at least to the 1970s.

Irish Independent

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The Facebook games that millions love

The overwhelming popularity of so-called social gaming — simple games that let people play with their friends on networking sites such as Facebook — is changing the face of video games, experts say.

CNN

‘Deadliest Catch,’ ‘Dirty Jobs’: How real is reality TV?

For some viewers, the appeal lies in the human drama that plays out, especially the conflict. Whether the participants are playing up for the camera is one of the great unanswered questions of reality TV.

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

True to his word, Casey shares spoils

Paul Casey accepted the 2009 Shell Houston Open winner's trophy and check and made a promise to give back some of his winnings to the community.

Houston Chronicle

The gift of sight for a Rwanadan orphan

Marcel Mutuyeyesu regains his vision with the help of a Somali surgeon, a Colorado teen and a group of generous strangers.

Denver Post

WORLD

Colombia becomes new hub for human smuggling into US

Colombia is now becoming a major hub for smuggling people from Africa and Asia to the U.S. via Mexico.

Christian Science Monitor

Karzai poll body power grab sparks Western concern

Western diplomats have expressed deep concern at a decree from Afghan President Hamid Karzai granting him total control over a key election body.

BBC

WINTER OLYMPICS

US women rout Sweden 9-1, will play Canada for hockey gold

The U.S. women's hockey team, led by Olympic rookie Monique Lamoureux's hat trick, made certain that at this Games, it will play for gold.

USA TODAY

Figure skating: US women are not among medal favorites

These are the first Olympic Games in five decades that the U.S. women's roster doesn't include a top medal contender; the American teen duo of Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu are considered longshots.

Detroit Free Press

ENVIRONMENT

Emissions vows not enough to avoid temperature rise

Emission cuts pledges made by 60 countries will not be enough to keep the average global temperature rise to 3.6 degrees Farenheit or less, modeling released by the United Nations says.

Reuters

World's coral reefs could disintegrate by 2100

Guardian

Photo gallery: Extreme ice survey

National Geographic

Ban on commercial whaling ‘to end’

The 24-year-ban on commercial whaling could be overturned by the end of the year, allowing Japan and other whaling nations to resume limited commercial hunting.

Times Online

Special section:

Whaling

Guardian

HEALTH

Study: Fewer hours worsening shortage

Doctors have steadily cut their work hours over the past decade, a new study finds, something that experts say may only worsen the health care situation.

Baltimore Sun

FDA warns of cardiac issue with HIV drugs

The combination of two anti-HIV drugs may lead to dangerous heart rhythm abnormalities, the FDA said.

MedPage Today

SPORTS

NCAA: Mich. football noncompliant

The NCAA has accused the University of Michigan of failing to comply with practice time rules under coach Rich Rodriguez, who admitted making ''mistakes'' but will be back next season.

New York Times

Blog:

NCAA fingers Mich. football

USA TODAY

Tomlinson released by Chargers

LaDainian Tomlinson has been released by the San Diego Chargers, a franchise he helped revive with a brilliant nine-year run in which he became one of the NFL's greatest running backs.

ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Under world's greatest cities, deadly tectonic plates

In 1800, there was just one city with a million people: Beijing. Now 381 urban areas have at least 1 million inhabitants. About 403 million people live in cities that face significant seismic hazard.

MSNBC

GPS systems under increasing threat

Technology that depends on satellite-navigation signals is increasingly threatened by attack from widely available equipment, experts say.

BBC

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