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Wages likely to stay sluggish for years

Even after the unemployment rate starts to come down, which won't be anytime soon, wages are likely to remain flat for the foreseeable future.

NPR

Blog:

The business of jobs

New York Times

Hamas founder's son worked for Israel

The son of a leading Hamas figure, who famously converted to Christianity, served for over a decade as the Shin Bet security service's most valuable source in the militant organization's leadership.

Haaretz

Special section:

Middle East crisis

BBC

Health care bill struggles in House

The sweeping health-care bill unveiled by the White House appears to face big hurdles, with abortion and unease among moderates potential stumbling blocks to winning passage of the legislation.

Wall Street Journal

Obama summit may give Dems chance to jumpstart health bill

BusinessWeek

Americans place blame for partisanship

CNN

Winter storms set to slam the Northeast

A pair of storm systems will bring a lot of rain and snow to the Northeast through the weekend, and the first system is impacting the region now.

The Weather Channel

Snowstorms rough on Baltimore's equipment

Baltimore Sun

Between storms in NYC area

WABC

200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer

Pauline Rovkah, head of the piano program at Chatham University, said Chopin's music possesses a seductive quality. "It's magical, irresistible. It can transport listeners to another world."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

NATION

In financially difficult times, military spending still gets a pass

U.S. taxpayers will be spending one-third more to maintain the U.S. military than their parents and grandparents paid for the nation's Cold War force.

TIME

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

POLITICS

Committee probe finds Blackwater disregarded rules in Afghanistan

A Senate Armed Services Committee investigation found that Blackwater contractors had no regard for policies and rules in Afghanistan.

The Hill

Blog:

Blackwater up for police training contract?

Politico

Democrats: Say goodbye to Wall Street?

U.S. banks and investment firms transferred their political contributions to Republicans in 2009 as Democrats put the focus on big bonuses, huge profits and tight lending.

Reuters

Young voters cooling towards Democrats

A year after backing Barack Obama by an overwhelming 2-to-1 ratio, young adults are quickly cooling toward Democrats amid dissatisfaction over the lack of change in Washington.

CBS News

HEALTH

UN warns 'date-rape drugs' are on the rise

So-called date-rape drugs are on the rise, according to the United Nations drug control agency's annual report.

BBC

Campus rape victims: a struggle for justice

NPR

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

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Ride the Trans-Siberian Express

Thanks to the convergence of Internet technologies and the boundless imagination of programmers, there's no reason not to "ride" the Trans-Siberian express.

Christian Science Monitor

Restaurants add happy hours to boost bottom line

The casual dining industry is rolling out a rash of happy hours with bargain prices on booze and appetizers in the midst of an unrelenting industry-wide slowdown.

USA 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

MLB to test for HGH in minor leagues

Major League Baseball has decided to implement blood tests in their minor leagues to detect HGH, which surely will cause plenty of debate in clubhouses.

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google faces anti-monopoly probe by European Commission

Google is facing a preliminary anti-monopoly probe by the European Commission into its dominant position in online browsing and digital advertising.

Guardian

Google executives convicted of privacy violation in Italy autism video trial

BusinessWeek

GPS systems under increasing threat

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

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Ministers question tax-exempt status of Washington house

A group of ministers has complained to the IRS that a townhouse on Capitol Hill that provides inexpensive lodging and meals for conservative Christian Congressmen is not a church and should not be tax-exempt.

New York Times

Tax status of lawmakers' religious refuge disputed

NPR

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

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GOOD NEWS

Poor but networked: cell phone use surging

More than half of the people in the developing world are now cell phone subscribers, a U.N. report said, highlighting strong growth in telecommunications.

San Francisco Chronicle

Univision to boost Hispanic education

Univision will announce a campaign to boost academic achievement among Hispanics by teaching parents about U.S. schools and educational opportunities.

Education Week

WORLD

Sudan signs ceasefire with Darfur rebel group

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has signed a framework ceasefire deal with one of Darfur's main rebel groups, the Justice and Equality Movement.

BBC

Special section:

Timeline: Darfur crisis

Al Jazeera

Report: Japan offers to enrich uranium on Iran's behalf

In a new twist on the international community's effort to reign in Tehran's nuclear ambitions, Japan has offered to enrich uranium on Iran's behalf, the AFP news agency reported.

Haaretz

Russia opposes harsh Iran sanctions

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Toyota president says growth may have led to recalls

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda is linking his company’s recall crisis to its expansion in recent years.

BusinessWeek

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

ABC News announces staff cutbacks

Walt Disney Co. said it was revamping ABC News in a move aimed at reducing more than 20 percent — or 300 to 400 — of jobs, according to a source familiar with the division's biggest cutback in years.

MSNBC

WINTER OLYMPICS

Skater Kramer cries tears of golden anguish after disqualification

Dutch speed skating star Sven Kramer was left in tears after confused communication with his coach cost him a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.

CNN

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

Plastic trash blights Atlantic Ocean

Scientists have discovered an area of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Caribbean where plastic debris accumulates.

BBC

Research understates Pacific plastic debris

San Jose Mercury News

Deep-ocean low-oxygen zones spreading to shallower coastal waters

Scientific American

UN climate talks to resume in Germany

The United Nations says formal negotiations on an international treaty to control global warming will resume in Bonn four months after the failed climate change summit in Copenhagen.

San Francisco Chronicle

Obama's nuclear vision suffers setback as Vt. plant faces shutdown

Vermont would be the first state to close a nuclear reactor after 38-year-old Yankee's history of leaking cancer-causing tritium.

Guardian

EDUCATION

Trendy doesn't work in middle school education, study finds

Strong educational practices, not demographics or organizational philosophies, most affect middle school test scores, a survey of more than 300 California schools found.

Christian Science Monitor

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

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