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Palestinian supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hold posters of the party's leader Ahmed Saadat, who is currently jailed in Israel, as they call for his release during a protest in the West Bank city of Nablus. (Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh / AP)

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Short sale tax shortchanges ex-homeowners

Tara Blackwell and her husband sold their house in December for about half of its original price. The couple thought the situation was behind them. Then it came time to pay their 2009 taxes.

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San Francisco Chronicle

EU to discuss Greek aid, no firm figures to be expected

Euro zone finance ministers are expected to agree to a way of providing Greece with financial aid to tackle its debts, but France warned not to expect any hard figures and there remained barriers to a deal.

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Reuters

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Progress expected on rescue plan for Greece

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Relations between Israel and US considered 'worst in 35 years'

Israel's ambassador to the U.S. has said that relations between the two countries face their worst crisis in 35 years, the Israeli media reported.

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BBC

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Israeli envoy sees 'historic crisis' with US

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Reuters

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Israel and the US: tiff or tipping point?

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Asia Times Online

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US-Israel settlement dispute

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Saving US water and sewer systems

A significant water line bursts every two minutes somewhere in the country, according to a New York Times analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data.

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Residents angry over handling of water issues

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Chicago Tribune

Iowa town nearly wiped off map by floods 'fighting for survival'

The Iowa River runs fast and wide on the edge of the tiny town of Oakville. It's seeping over its banks, creating anxiety among residents still recovering from a flood that engulfed the entire community.

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USA TODAY

NATION

FDA to replace misleading food labels

The rising obesity epidemic in the U.S. has prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to conduct a review of so-called front-of-package labeling.

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LiveScience

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Tips on reading nutrition labels

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YouTube

Conn. would waive loans for degrees in 'green' technology

President Barack Obama announced in January $2.3 billion in tax credits that he said would create 17,000 green jobs. The money will go to projects including solar, wind and energy management.

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Kansas City Star

POLITICS

Petraeus to make rounds on Capitol Hill

The head of U.S. Central Command, Gen. David Petraeus, will make the rounds in Congress — drawing more congressional attention to the war in Afghanistan and the troop-withdrawal process from Iraq.

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The Hill

Dodd to unveil a broad financial overhaul

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee will unveil a proposal to revamp the nation’s financial regulations that would empower shareholders.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

US to roll out major broadband policy

U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds.

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Reuters

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New Digg to get faster, more personal

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CNN

Why surprises temporarily blind us

New research from Vanderbilt University reveals how our brains coordinate different types of attention and why we may be temporarily blinded by surprises.

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ScienceDaily

HEALTH

DC handing out 500,000 female condoms to fight HIV

Faced with an HIV infection rate six times higher than the national average, the District of Columbia launched a campaign to halt the spread of the disease by handing out 500,000 female condoms.

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CNN

More evidence that swings in blood pressure raise stroke risk

Following on recent, similar research, a large five-year study points to fluctuations in blood pressure over time as a key indicator of stroke risk.

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HealthDay

EDUCATION

Barack Obama overhauls schools formula

President Barack Obama is proposing a new blueprint for the U.S. public school system that would overturn a heavy emphasis on standardized testing favored by his predecessor, George W. Bush.

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Education plan shuffles political deck

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Politico

NJ schools brace for governor’s next round of cuts

A popular after-school program will end after losing its state financing, one of the first casualties in Gov. Christopher J. Christie’s campaign to close a $2.2 billion budget deficit in the current fiscal year.

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Firing of all teachers at RI school roils students

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ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Actor Peter Graves dies at 83

Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps in the long-running television series Mission: Impossible, has passed away.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Special section:

Peter Graves

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USA TODAY

'Alice' leads box office, 'Green Zone' flops

"Alice in Wonderland" raced to a $430 million haul at the worldwide box office, while Matt Damon's new Iraq war conspiracy thriller "Green Zone" was one of the year's first big flops.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse earn No. 1 seeds for NCAA tourney

An injury hurts as much as a loss in the days before the brackets are drawn up for March Madness. Syracuse endured both and will have to rack up some major airplane time to make a run to the Final Four.

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Sports Illustrated

Tomlinson signs 2-year deal with Jets

LaDainian Tomlinson is bolting for the Big Apple. Tomlinson's agent, Tom Condon, said that the New York Jets signed the former Charger to a two-year contract.

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Associated Press

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Tomlinson signs with Jets

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GOOD NEWS

'Miracle' elephant calf takes 1st steps

A baby elephant that zookeepers are calling a "miracle" after presuming him to be stillborn is now shuffling around his pen in an Australian zoo.

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AOL News

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Taronga's new elephant meets the family

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Sydney Morning Herald

NY women's 'summit' unites activists

Many women crowded into a Manhattan theater for a conference on empowering women across the globe.

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ABC News

WORLD

Contractors tied to effort to track, kill suspected militants

Under the cover of an information-gathering program, a Pentagon official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to kill suspected militants, according to military officials.

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MSNBC

US consulate aide killed in Mexico

Gunmen believed linked to drug traffickers killed an American consulate worker and her husband in the violence-racked border town of Ciudad Juárez, leaving their baby wailing in the back seat of their car.

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State Department urges Americans to leave

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CNN

Amid massive protests, Thai prime minister refuses to step down

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva defied the demands of his opponents, telling the country in a televised statement that he would neither resign nor dissolve the House of Representatives.

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TIME

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Thousands demand elections

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BBC

BUSINESS

Asia is new promised land for business school graduates

Freshly-minted MBA graduates with straight A's in hand from top B-schools in America used to have only one post-grad career destination, the United States.

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Daily News & Analysis

Microlenders aid businesses

Microlending first became popular as a form of foreign investment in emerging markets. The trend has been slower to take off in the U.S., especially because many consumers have access to credit cards.

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Journal Gazette

Eliminating overdraft fees could cost you

Annoying overdraft fees on insignificant purchases may be on their way out. But the new rules won't necessarily ease your cash flow; banks are finding other ways to make the money back.

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NPR

ENVIRONMENT

London landmark building will generate 8 percent of its energy needs

London's new skyscraper, nicknamed "the Razor," will take a crucial step towards becoming the world's first building with wind turbines built into its fabric.

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Guardian

British government's ads banned for overstating climate change

Two British government advertisements that use nursery rhymes to warn people of the dangers of climate change have been banned for exaggerating.

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Times Online

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican defends pope, denies celibacy rule led to sex scandal

The Vatican denies that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and again defended the pope's handling of the crisis.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Ind. student sues to stop prayer

The top-ranked senior at a suburban Indianapolis high school is asking a federal judge to stop a graduation prayer the class voted to approve.

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WISHTV

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

More US Christians mix in 'Eastern,' New Age beliefs

The chances are that one in five of the people in church find "spiritual energy" in mountains or trees, and one in six believe in the "evil eye" — beliefs your Christian pastor doesn't preach.

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USA TODAY

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A high-rise building is partly covered by heavy fog at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. In Hong Kong, fog is common in springtime and may greatly affect shipping and aviation. (Photo by Vincent Yu / AP)

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