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An election official holds a lantern as an Iraqi woman votes in the country's provincial elections in central Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Hadi Mizban / AP)

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Polls open in Iraq for key local elections

The election is considered a test of Iraq's stability after six years of conflict. There were no reports of serious violence in the hours before the polls opened.

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Voting is calm in Iraq

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International Herald Tribune

Special section:

Iraq: key facts and figures

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BBC

Palestinians get $20 million in US aid, but leadership in disarray

Mideast Ambassador George Mitchell carries the president's commitment to restart the peace process. His immediate problem: Who sits across from Israel in negotiations in the near future?

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Christian Science Monitor

Dems optimistic stimulus bill will pass

New York Sen. Charles Schumer said passing the bill, not getting a bipartisan vote, is the priority. "The important number here is not Republican votes, but the number of jobs the bill creates."

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U.S. News & World Report

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Poll shows risk of opposing stimulus plan

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Christian Science Monitor

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Why Republicans shunned stimulus

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Slate

Miller running 1-second Super Bowl ad

Miller premiers a one-second ad during the Super Bowl. The spot focuses on the High Life delivery man, reinforcing the brand as a "good, honest beer at a tasty price."

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1-second ads that didn't make the cut

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Daschle's tax issues emerge

Former Sen. Tom Daschle, picked by President Barack Obama to lead his health reform efforts, recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest.

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CBS News

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Tracks and a train are near the main train station at sunset in Frankfurt, central Germany. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)	An Iraqi man holds up an ink-stained finger after voting in the country's provincial elections. (Photo by Nabil al-Jurani / AP)	Washington's Christina Rozier drives ahead of Arizona's Amina Njonkou in the second half of an NCAA game. (Photo by Elaine Thompson / AP)

NATION

6 die as plane crashes near W.Va. airport

A small plane apparently low on fuel hit a power line and crashed into a wooded area near a West Virginia airport killing all six people aboard, authorities said.

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MSNBC

Recession comes late, hits hard in Peoria

Suddenly, this Illinois city's motto rings hollow: "It's Better Here" doesn't match the mood in a place where the recession hit late but is now hitting hard.

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CNN

POLITICS

Steele to chair RNC as party chooses new direction

Members of the Republican National Committee tapped former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele to lead the party for the next two years. He is the first African-American chosen to head the GOP.

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In Steele, GOP sees hope for new start

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NPR

Russia, NATO and the 'Obama factor'

Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are taking tentative steps towards repairing relations that strained after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.

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Asia Times

ENVIRONMENT

'Immortal' jellyfish swarm world's oceans

A potentially "immortal" jellyfish species that can age backward — the Benjamin Button of the deep — is silently invading the world's oceans, a recent study says.

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National Geographic

Rebound of nuclear plants raising worries over waste

New evidence has emerged to suggest that industry and governments may be unprepared to handle the waste from next-generation nuclear reactors.

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International Herald Tribune

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Where have all the drag queens gone?

Something funny happened on my way to the gay ghetto: The drag queen disappeared not only from mainstream popular culture, but also, to a large extent, from the gay culture of my generation.

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Salon.com

Bruce Springsteen talks Super Bowl

Just after his latest album, "Working on a Dream," hit stores and his rousing appearance at the "We Are One" concert, Bruce Springsteen plays the Super Bowl halftime show.

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MTV

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Super Bowl entertainment

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TIME

EDUCATION

To Duncan, incentives a priority

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says he is eager to use a proposed $15 billion federal incentive-grant fund in part to reward states that have set high standards for the students they serve.

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The real winner of 100-0 basketball game is sportsmanship

With one Texas high school’s victory over another so severe, the reaction has been too, calling into play questions of fairness, ethics and even gender bias.

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HEALTH

Will plastic surgery make you happier?

It certainly works for some. But studies show cosmetic surgery doesn't make you feel better about yourself.

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TIME

Earliest bad peanuts found weeks before salmonella outbreak

Weeks before the earliest signs of a national salmonella outbreak traced to peanuts from a Georgia processing plant, peanuts that company exported were contaminated and returned to the U.S.

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USA Today

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

3 stages, 3 paths to aging

Aging is not what it used to be, people are different, both physically and psychologically, from what they were even a generation ago. How, then, should we choose to age?

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Spirituality & Health

Survey finds God big in Mississippi, not so much in Vermont

A new Gallup Poll, based on more than 350,000 interviews, finds that Mississippi is where the most people — 85 percent — say yes when asked “Is religion an important part of your daily life?”

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Religion News Service

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The Daily Quote

“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”

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GOOD NEWS

US soldier in Iraq surprises his son by jumping out of present

When Army Spc. Casey Hurles learned his leave would coincide with his son's birthday, he hatched a plan to hide out in a big birthday box.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Donating a kidney is not bad for your health, research shows

People who donate a kidney live just as long and are just as healthy as those with two kidneys, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers.

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Minneapolis Star-Tribune

WORLD

Questions linger over exit poll in Kenya

For three days in December 2007, Kenya slid into chaos as ballot counters steadily took what appeared to be a presidential election victory for the challenger and delivered it to the incumbent.

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International Herald Tribune

Sri Lanka rejects truce calls as fears mount for trapped civilians

Sri Lanka rejected growing calls for a ceasefire amid fears for the safety of 250,000 civilians trapped as the military pushed for victory against Tamil rebels.

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Sri Lankan army closes in on Tamil Tigers

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BUSINESS

Exxon Mobil shatters US record for profit

The extraordinary full-year profit wasn’t a surprise given crude’s triple-digit price for much of 2008. Since then, however, prices have fallen roughly 70 percent.

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Detroit Free Press

Wall Street bonuses may go way of dodo

The sacred ritual of Wall Street bonuses may become the industry’s biggest casualty as governments around the world bail out financial institutions.

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Bloomberg

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Off-balance economy?

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MSNBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA: Mars rover back on its feet

The space agency reported that its scientists were putting together a series of diagnostic tests to help them figure out why one of the two Mars rovers began failing to respond to instructions.

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Mounting tech woes hit Japan

The crisis in the technology industry deepened as Toshiba and NEC Electronics warned they would incur losses.

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Financial Times

SPORTS

How inventors plan to change football

Technology, they say, can make the game faster, fairer and less dangerous for players. These plucky tinkerers push on for love of the game and hope their designs gain a few more yards each year.

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Christian Science Monitor

NFL suggests exploring shared stadium for San Francisco and Oakland

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell concedes that the 49ers' and Raiders' stadiums must be replaced, and that a shared stadium may be the best option in an economy racked by recession and job losses.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Varitek, Red Sox agree on 1-year deal

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Classic red British telephone booths could be saved by adoption plan

Thousands of iconic British red telephone boxes (booths) could be "adopted" by local councils after BT (formerly British Telecom) reviewed its policy of removing them from the streets.

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Daily Telegraph

BITS AND PIECES

Photo of the Day

NASA is tgesting its Lunar Electric Rover at Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona. (Photo by Regan Geeseman, NASA / AP)

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