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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and French employer's body, MEDEF, union leader Laurence Parisot arrive for a meeting with French and Russian businessmen at the MEDEF headquarters in Paris. (Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes / AP)

Russia may consider Iran sanctions

Russia will back new sanctions against Iran as long as they do not create a humanitarian crisis, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after talks with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.

Reuters

Is threat of sanctions making Tehran testy?

Christian Science Monitor

Iran: sanctions 'counter productive'

Reuters

Utah abortion bill: punishing miscarriages or preventing crime?

A controversial abortion bill in Utah meant to prevent planned assaults on unborn children may have opened a loophole that could allow women to be charged with murder.

ABC News

Bye-bye, Saturday mail?

The U.S. Postal Service plans to propose an adjusted mail service schedule, which will likely cut Saturday delivery. The agency will also suggest closing some branches and expanding self-service kiosks.

CNNMoney

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Postal Service: Stop! We'll help you recycle that mail

USA TODAY

Chile quake might have shortened days

The massive earthquake that struck Chile might have shifted the Earth's axis and created shorter days, scientists at NASA say.

CNN

Doctors hastened dying kids’ death

A small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer to end their suffering at their parents' request.

MSNBC

Understanding global climate change through Polar research

The investigation provides the benchmark for future studies on how the diverse range of sea-floor creatures living in Antarctica's chilly waters will respond to predicted environmental change.

ScienceDaily

Exploring the openings created by Arctic melting

Financial Times

NATION

US plans reductions in nuclear weapons

President Barack Obama is planning dramatic reductions in the country's nuclear arsenal, a senior U.S. administration official has said.

BBC

The legacy of America's nuclear waste

National Geographic

Special section:

Nuclear weapons

Guardian

Supreme Court to address limits of 2nd Amendment rights

The court will decide if state and local gun control laws violate the constitutional "right to keep and bear arms" and if an individual's right to own a weapon can extend beyond federal jurisdiction.

CNN

The debate over gun rights

Christian Science Monitor

Obama still lighting up, but anti-smoking groups laud effort to quit

Anti-smoking advocates are trying to use President Barack Obama’s cigarette struggles as an opportunity to send a message to Americans about quitting.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Some states may ban credit checks on new job applicants

It's hard enough to find a job in this economy, and now some people are facing another hurdle: Potential employers are holding their credit histories against them.

New York Times

States that are considering credit check bans

Google News

To pass health care reform, Democrats may go it alone

Party leaders may have settled on a health care reform strategy: It appears they’re going to shoulder up one more time and try to muscle through legislation with only Democratic votes.

Christian Science Monitor

Pelosi says she’ll get votes needed for health bill

New York Times

HEALTH

Celiac disease genetic links may help diagnosis and drug search

Scientists have identified new genetic links to celiac disease and say their findings could speed the search for better ways to diagnose and treat the disorder which causes gluten-intolerance.

Reuters

Parents still worried about vaccine safety

Although most American parents vaccinate their children, many are concerned about the safety of vaccines and some choose not to have their children protected from potentially deadly diseases.

HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

ApocalyPS3: Buggy clock drives PlayStation 3 haywire

It’s a cautionary tale of the modern age, as a tiny little bug in the Sony PlayStation Network has left some PlayStation 3 owners unable to login.

Wired

Jay Leno back on 'Tonight Show' as TV landscape changes

Jay Leno has bumped Conan O'Brien to return to his "Tonight Show" spot. But with cable TV and the Internet drawing younger and younger audiences, late-night TV is dramatically changing.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Extra troops deployed amid Chile unrest

Thousands of Chilean troops are heading to the country's devastated earthquake zone as reports emerge of desperate survivors turning to looting and arson.

BBC

Chile and Haiti: A tale of 2 earthquakes

TIME

Death toll rises to 700

CBS News

Climate change likely caused polar bear to evolve quickly

The sequencing of the oldest mammalian genome from an ancient polar bear jawbone provides clues about these animals' fraught relationship with climate change.

Scientific American

EDUCATION

Pa. student's life makes big turn-around

A 19-year-old Russian boy who has cerebral palsy was adopted and given a new life. He is now an honors student and an author.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Obama: $900 million to turn around the 'dropout crisis'

President Obama touted a $900 million school grant program designed to improve low-performing schools, particularly those with high dropout rates.

USA TODAY

Obama vows education reform

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Fitness is key for physically disabled

When Jothy Rosenberg was told after losing a leg and part of a lung to cancer that he would not survive, the teenager went to Utah and skied 100 days straight.

Reuters

90-year-old volunteers at Franciscan Center that raised her

An elderly woman has volunteered weekly for the past 17 years at the Roman Catholic orphanage where she was reared.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

France declares violent storms 'national disaster' after deadly wake

France has declared a national disaster after violent storms battered parts of the country leaving death and destruction in their wake.

BBC

At least 58 dead as storm sweeps Europe

CNN

Karadzic defends Bosnian Serb 'holy' cause at trial

Former leader Radovan Karadzic has said the Serb cause in the Bosnian war was "just and holy" as he began his defense at his genocide trial at The Hague.

BBC

BUSINESS

Toyota to march out US incentives

Toyota Motor Corp. will roll out an aggressive incentive program for U.S. consumers, including zero-percent financing for five years and two-year free maintenance.

Reuters

Fed's vice chairman to step down

Donald Kohn, the vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, announced plans to resign from the U.S. central bank when his term ends in June.

CNNMoney

Warren Buffett on the economy

CNBC

Greece now, UK next as Scots ready for pound plunge

While the eyes of the world focus on Greece’s debt crisis, investors in Edinburgh are busy preparing for the U.K. to be next.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

A-Rod to be questioned in probe

Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has been contacted by federal investigators regarding a Canadian doctor accused of selling an unapproved drug.

Sports Illustrated

Rookie beats cocky MJ on court

One of Michael Jordan's first acts since reaching a deal to buy the Charlotte Bobcats: losing two games of H-O-R-S-E to guard Gerald Henderson.

CBS News

Syracuse rises to No. 1 in coaches' poll

Syracuse kept winning last week while Kansas, Kentucky and Purdue lost. The results were enough to boost the Orange to the No. 1 spot in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll.

ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Digital billboards, diversions that drivers can’t escape

Safety advocates who worry about the dangers of distracted driving have a new concern beyond cell phones: digital roadside billboards.

New York Times

Massive head of Egyptian pharaoh unearthed in Luxor

Archaeologists have unearthed a massive red granite head of one Egypt's most famous pharaohs who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago.

CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

China appoints Panchen Lama in tactical move to quell unrest

The 20-year-old Panchen Lama, whose name is Gyaltsen Norbu, is Beijing's choice to usurp the Dalai Lama as the public face of Tibetan Buddhism.

The Independent

A spiritual perspective on family courts

Spiritual progressives believe that practical public policies flow from the application of spiritual principles to national problems. Our spiritual consciousness provides practical guidance in a complicated world.

Tikkun

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