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Bush in Israel to push for peace

President George W. Bush opened his first presidential trip to Israel, seeking to build momentum for stalled Mideast peace talks and clear up confusion about the U.S.'s position on Iran.

International Herald Tribune

Gunboats and rocket attacks blight Bush peace mission

Times Online

Bush launches arrives in Israel

BBC

Iran: Ship Face-Off Video "Fabricated"

CBS News

Toy industry tries to regain parents' trust

Jay Horowitz, owner of American Classic Toy company, started putting a notice on all his products, most made in China, that they contained no lead-based paint.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Georgia hiker died of blow to the head

Meredith Emerson, a 24-year-old hiker, died of a blow to the head three days after she disappeared during a New Year's Day hike, said Dawson County District Attorney Lee Darragh.

CBS News

Officials: Hiker was alive for days; suspect now faces murder charge

CNN

At least 3 dead in Fla. 50-car pileup

About 50 cars crashed on a highway blanketed by fog and smoke from a brush fire in central Florida, and local officials said at least three people were killed.

Houston Chronicle

Two dead in fiery LA freeway wreck

San Jose Mercury News

Dairy linked to 3 deaths, miscarriage

Health officials say three elderly men have died and at least one pregnant woman has miscarried after drinking bacteria-contaminated milk from Whittier Farms dairy in Massachusetts.

AOL News

POLITICS

Mike Huckabee chats up Letterman

Talk about judgment: Mike Huckabee says he has placed his political fate in the hands of David Letterman.

CBS News

Democrats weigh tactics after appropriations loss

Democratic leaders are weighing their strategy for this year’s spending battles with President Bush, after hearing party grumbling for capitulating to the administration last month.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Starbucks restores Schultz; shares up most since 2003

Howard Schultz was peddling a unique idea when he turned a Seattle coffee-bean store into a chain of U.S. cafes called Starbucks. Now he returns to lead a company battered by the competition it created.

Bloomberg

Home sales sink, outlook darkens

Contracts to sell existing homes fell last year and there could be darker days ahead for home values, which are expected to post their biggest decline on record this quarter.

CNNMoney

Northeast is toughest place in US to sell homes

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Injury Watch: T.O., Madison injuries are Giant factors

By this time of the NFL season, everyone is hurt. Seven of the elite eight teams have a key starter who is questionable for the coming playoff game.

Sporting News

Gossage elected to Hall of Fame

Fireballing reliever Rich "Goose" Gossage won election to the Hall of Fame. Gossage, who pitched in three World Series for the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres, picked up 85.8 percent of the 543 ballots.

Reuters

HEALTH

Glowing pig passes genes to piglets

A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow has passed on the trait to its young, which could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs, a Chinese university reported.

Salon.com

Breastfeeding may lower allergy risk

Breastfeeding for at least four months may help prevent asthma, eczema, and food allergies in high-risk babies, the nation's leading group of pediatricians now says.

WebMD

RELIGION

Christian sites targeted in Mosul

Iraq's Christian population has been targeted in a series of coordinated attacks in Mosul. Bombs exploded outside three churches and a monastery in the northern Iraqi city, wounding four people.

BBC

Church offers prayers for debtors

Attend any church service in the Western world and chances are that prayers will be said for those suffering drought, famine, disease or abuse. Debt can now be added to that list.

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Baghdad's brave librarian

Loud talkers, lost books and the occasional sniper fire, rocket attacks and death threats are what Saad Eskander is up against in rebuilding the Iraq National Library and Archive in Baghdad.

Christian Science Monitor

11-year-old survives avalanche with TV show tips

An 11-year-old boy survived an avalanche after having been completely buried under the sliding snow for 33 minutes.

Good News Network

Calf survives marathon trip down flooded Australian river

A calf was rescued after being carried 40 miles down a raging river during flooding in eastern Australia, according to officials.

Houston Chronicle

WORLD

Sri Lanka's civil war: not over yet

The Sri Lankan government's decision to officially pull out of a 2002 ceasefire agreement with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.) confirmed that its civil war was not over.

TIME

Tensions rise in Kenya as Cabinet appointments are made

More refugees streamed from western Kenya as fresh violence followed Cabinet appointments the opposition said heightened a dispute over elections that has killed more than 500 people.

CBS News

Islamic parties lose support in Pakistan

Islamic parties sympathetic to al-Qaida and the Taliban have lost a great deal of support, since they won their greatest political victory in the country's history five years ago.

McClatchy Newspapers

Bhutto's son asks for privacy

Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

US corn subsidies promote Amazon deforestation

Amazon deforestation and fires are being aggravated by U.S. farm subsidies. A spike in Amazonian fires is being promoted by U.S. subsidies that promote corn production for ethanol.

Environmental News Network

Efficient biofuel made from genetically modified bacteria

Researchers have developed a new method for producing next-generation biofuels by genetically modifying E. coli bacteria to be an efficient biofuel synthesizer.

Science Daily

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cosmic blue blobs discovered

Brilliant blue blobs weighing tens of thousands of solar masses have been found lurking in the seemingly barren expanse of intergalactic space.

LiveScience

Why printer ink is so expensive

Complex technology and staunch patent enforcement help keep ink prices high. Still, some low-cost alternatives can be found.

Christian Science Monitor

Yahoo! unveils mobile Internet domination plans

There are over 3 billion mobile phone users. Someday most of them will be able to access the Internet from their cell phones and when they do, Yahoo! wants to be their first port of call.

iTWire

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘No Country’ wins best picture

"No Country for Old Men" was the big winner at the Critics’ Choice Awards, winning best picture, best director for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen and best supporting actor for Javier Bardem.

MSNBC

Golden Globes telecast canceled

Hollywood's Golden Globe Awards telecast was canceled after film and TV actors agreed to boycott the show in support of striking Hollywood writers.

Bloomberg

Unglued Globes give up gala

Hollywood Reporter

EDUCATION

School introduces ironing and waltz lessons to prepare students for 'real life'

Manners and etiquette are being taught at a leading public school to equip pupils to conduct themselves in polite society. Brighton College is teaching everything from setting a table to dancing a waltz.

Daily Mail

Teacher accused of sending nude cell phone pics to student

A Pittsburgh high school teacher was charged with sending nude pictures of herself and sex-related text messages to the cell phone of a 14-year-old student.

International Herald Tribune

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