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President Barack Obama walks with the service chiefs during a visit to the Pentagon. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP)

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Tough decisions loom on 2 wars

"Our efforts to continue to go after extremist organizations that would do harm to our homeland is uppermost on our minds," President Barack Obama told reporters after two hours at the Pentagon.

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Obama: Tough decisions on Iraq, Afghanistan loom

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Could a horrible jobs report be what saves the economy?

The prospect of another 524,000 people out of work and likelihood the situation will get worse may be what drives admittedly imperfect bills though Congress to the president's desk.

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TIME

Obama seeks Senate GOP help for recovery bill

In the Senate, the measure could pick up some GOP support. But the president's hopes of changing Washington's partisan culture went unmet despite meetings with House and Senate Republicans.

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Obama hosts stimulus bill cocktail party

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Fox News

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Obama stimulus plan passes

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Analysis: Stimulus components differ in speed and efficiency

Estimating how effective the huge program of tax cuts and spending will be in getting America’s economic engines humming again requires almost line-by-line scrutiny of the 647-page bill.

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In stimulus, can lawmakers spend billions without wasting billions?

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U.S. News & World Report

What would Google do?

According to author Jeff Jarvis, taking a page out of the company's playbook could put the economy back on track.

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Newsweek

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A man walks his dog in the snow, lit from above by a streetlamp, long before sunrise in Philadelphia. (Photo by Matt Rourke / AP)	A man stands in a swirl of snow as an express train blasts by during a winter storm in Ossining, N.Y. (Photo by Craig Ruttle / AP)	While much of the nation shivers, warm weather invites cyclists to a ride around Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by Ben Margot / AP)

NATION

Almost half of Americans want to live somewhere else

Whether they favor cities, suburbs or the countryside, almost half of Americans wish they lived somewhere else, the Pew Research Center report found.

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USA Today

Senate panel approves Holder

A U.S. Senate committee approved Eric Holder to be the first black attorney general and lead President Barack Obama's effort to close the Guantanamo prison.

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Reuters

POLITICS

Can the EU lead on global warming?

The European Union unveiled its far- reaching negotiating platform before this year's effort to find a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol.

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Spiegel International

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Gore urges action on economy, global warming

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Associated Press

In first week, Obama takes initial steps on ambitious agenda

"Mr. Obama could get a stimulus bill passed almost entirely with Democratic votes. But Obama doesn't want to be yet another president who divides the country," said CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider.

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Capturing carbon emissions in cement

Unless cement plants become more efficient, the industry is likely to become a larger contributor to climate change than the European Union by 2030.

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Environmental News Network

How meat contributes to global warming

Beef production generates greenhouse gases that contribute more than 13 times as much to global warming as do the gases emitted from producing chicken.

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Scientific American

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Mickey Rourke’s amazing redemption tale

Had F. Scott Fitzgerald met Mickey Rourke before he said, “There are no second acts in American lives,” he might have added, “… well, except for Mickey.”

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'Thriller' director sues Michael Jackson

Director John Landis is suing Michael Jackson and a Broadway producer, claiming the pair lack the proper rights to adapt a stage production based on "Thriller."

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Associated Press

HEALTH

Donating a kidney not bad for your health

Experts say the study reassures organ donors at a time when the need for life-saving transplants is on the rise.

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Star Tribune

Special section:

Baby boomers staying young

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U.S. News & World Report

UConn develops stem cell lines

University of Connecticut scientists have developed two kinds of human embryonic stem cells.

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Connecticut Post

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Israel's chief rabbinate cut Vatican ties

Israel's chief rabbinate severed ties with the Vatican to protest a papal decision to reinstate a bishop who publicly denied six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.

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Beliefnet

200 years later, Lincoln’s faith an enigma

Called “Lincoln’s Sermon on the Mount,” his 1865 address has been deemed the most religiously sophisticated presidential speech in U.S. history, delivered by a backwoods lawyer who never joined a church.

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Religion News Service

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The Daily Quote

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

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GOOD NEWS

German Shepherd makes amazing recovery after plunge trauma

Police dog Vader had the ‘force’ with him when he survived a 50-foot fall while tracking a car thief.

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The Telegraph & Argus

Coffee helps with mental health

Coffee might do more than just keep you alert. Recent studies show that coffee is linked to increased mental health.

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WORLD

CIA Algeria chief accused of rapes

Officials say an Algerian CIA officer was ordered home by U.S. Ambassador David Pearce, in October after women came forward with rape allegations.

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ABC News

Blockade thwarts any postwar building boom in Gaza

Whole streets lie in ruins, many thousands of Palestinians are homeless after weeks of Israeli bombing. Foreign aid is piling up.

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Reuters

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Carter makes Hamas peace talks call

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BUSINESS

Is the future made of freelance and part-time jobs?

In this economy, a job is a pastiche of part-time gigs, project contracts and fill-in freelance work. Some 2.5 million full-time jobs evaporated, contributing to what's being called the "gig economy."

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Newsweek

Axed by a big business? Start your own

America may be in a recession, but that’s not stopping thousands of would-be entrepreneurs from using their severance pay or savings to do something they’ve always hankered to do: be their own boss.

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Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Delaying switch to digital TV fails in House vote, could come up again

House Democrats may bring the legislation up again. Rep. Henry Waxman, Democratic chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, said in a statement that he would “explore all available options.”

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Bloomberg

Fight over how to build a better Internet

A $6 billion effort to upgrade America’s Internet would seem a political slam-dunk. The U.S. stimulates its economy right away with projects that would pay dividends well into the 21st century.

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Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Degree system must change as some universities are easier than others

The historic system of classifying degrees should be scrapped amid evidence that top grades are easier to achieve at some universities than others.

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Daily Mail

How can higher education nurture the green shoots of economic recovery?

Hertfordshire University gives space to "spin-in" companies that relocate close to the university — and universities could do a lot more of this.

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London Independent

SPORTS

Sampson confirms appeal, calling NCAA ruling wrong

The NCAA gave Sampson five years of potential penalties for his role in more than 100 impermissible phone calls to recruits made while he was still on probation for a similar phone-call scandal at Oklahoma.

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Federer in Australian Open final

Roger Federer blasted Andy Roddick off-court to reach the Australian Open final, staying on course for a record-tying 14th Grand Slam title.

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Agence France-Presse

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Many kids under 15 watch violent movies

A large proportion of American adolescents are getting early and regular exposure to violent movies, a survey reveals.

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Students battle in a snowball fight in Dunn Meadow on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by James Brosher / AP)

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