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President Barack Obama attends the Washington Wizards NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls with friend Martin Nesbitt on the right. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

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Obama moved toward commanders in Iraq decision

President Barack Obama leaned heavily toward field commanders' preferences to set a time frame for ending the war in Iraq, while weighing anti-war sentiment and strong worries of his generals.

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Newsweek

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Congress finds consensus on Iraq plan

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Troops react to Obama's Iraq pullout plan

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Clinton to visit Middle East, Europe

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is using her second overseas trip to assess Middle East peace prospects, reconnect with Europeans and remind Russia of the limits of U.S. efforts to rebuild relations.

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International Herald Tribune

Broad budget blueprint a risk Obama willing to take

President Obama's first budget underscores the breadth of his aspiration to reverse three decades of conservative governance and use his presidency to rapidly transform the country.

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MSNBC

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Obama challenges lobbyists to legislative duel

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Examiner

Special section:

Inside Obama's first budget

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NPR

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Newt Gingrich on Obama budget

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CBS News

Rockets strike southern Israeli city

Two rockets were fired from Gaza landing in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, one of them hitting an educational institution and the other landing in an open area, the Israeli military said.

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CNN

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After war, hard coexistence for Jews, Arabs

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Christian Science Monitor

After 400 years, are newspapers approaching the end of the line?

The headlines are grim. Financial trouble is pushing newspapers, an American staple in small towns and major cities for more than 400 years, to the brink.

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ABC News

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Tiger Woods returns with the Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Ariz. (Photo by Matt York / AP)	Dancers participate in a rush hour art performance titled "Zebra Cross" in Indonesia. (Photo by Dita Alangkara / AP)	A Dodgers coach catches a ball between innings of a spring training game in Peoria, Ariz. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

NATION

DEA to halt medical marijuana raids

Attorney General Eric Holder said the Drug Enforcement Administration would end raids on state-approved marijuana dispensaries.

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MSNBC

Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers

Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little across the nation: the liking for online pornography.

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ABC News

POLITICS

Romney sounds like a candidate again

Mitt Romney may not officially be running for any office right now, but the former Massachusetts governor sounds an awful lot like a returning presidential candidate.

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CNN

US agency to undo Bush's abortion rule

The Obama administration moved to undo a last-minute Bush administration rule that granted broad protections to health workers who refuse to provide health care that goes against their consciences.

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International Herald Tribune

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Obama turns balance of power to patients

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ABC News

EDUCATION

Study says most 1st grade classes not high quality

A study of 820 first grade classrooms suggests that many are not as warm, friendly and academically stimulating as some experts think they ought to be.

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Obama aims high for higher education

Delineated in a handful of brash proposals, Obama's plan to out college within reach of more students represents a break from the approach that President Bush took.

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USA Today

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Immorality a lot like rotten food

Disgust was on test subjects' faces after being given an unfair offer in a game. They literally turned up their noses. The response was the same as to foul-tasting drinks and disgusting pictures.

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Wired

Windows 7 gets pre-release makeover

Based on user feedback, Microsoft made numerous changes to the Windows 7 user interface as it readies the operating system for formal launch later this year or early next year.

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InformationWeek

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Yahoo's Microsoft tab totaled $79 million

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CNET News

HEALTH

Hormone drug may treat alcoholism

A pill normally prescribed to help with infertility and menstrual disorders may also help treat alcoholism, a new study says.

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HealthDay

Stinky soy goo could fight Alzheimer's

Natto contains an enzyme called nattokinase that can shred brain plaque, and chemists think it could become a game-changing medication.

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Wired

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Anti-porn groups target evangelicals

Responding to the increased accessibility, affordability and anonymity of porn, faith-based organizations are targeting evangelicals and others who consider the images sinful.

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Religion News Service

Conservative leader Dobson resigns as chairman of Focus on the Family

Conservative evangelical leader James Dobson resigned as chairman of Focus on the Family, but will continue playing a prominent role at the organization he founded more than three decades ago.

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San Jose Mercury News

Vatican rejects bishop's apology

The Vatican has rejected an apology by a British bishop who denied the full extent of the Holocaust. It said the bishop needed to "unequivocally and publicly" withdraw his comments for it to be accepted.

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BBC

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“The only medicine for suffering, crime and all the other woes of mankind is wisdom.”

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Road map for recovery: transparency

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Wired

In Buckley’s shadow

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National Review

Climate of change

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International Herald Tribune

Obama vs. the fear

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San Francisco Chronicle

Ugly bias: blaming Jews for money woes

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Christian Science Monitor

Has 'MoveOn' lost its cred?

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The Nation

The wingnut GOP revolution

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Huffington Post

Expand health safety net for jobless

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CNN

Newspapers will emerge much changed

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Gov. Jindal not ready for prime time

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Finally, a progressive budget

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The American Prospect

Obama's budget: Is it credible?

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Economist

Live Chats All times are E.T.

Politics hour: Ed O'Keefe Feb. 27 at 11 am

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Washington Post

Security: Brian Krebs Feb. 27 at 11 am

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Washington Post

Television: Lisa de Moraes Feb. 27 at 1 pm

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Washington Post

NFL off-season moves: Gil Brandt Feb. 27 at 2 pm

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GOOD NEWS

MacArthur Foundation preserves 70,000 affordable rental homes

Seizing the opportunity to make needed long-term investments, 12 states and cities are launching innovative projects to preserve more than 70,000 affordable rental homes.

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PNN

Heroic trio tend to MBTA rider

An ailing rider collapsed on a North Station platform in Boston, Mass. Three quick-thinking good Samaritans enabled him to evade death.

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WORLD

Inside the bloody headquarters at heart of Bangladesh mutiny

A hint of the horror to come emerged when the Bangladesh Army said that it accounted for only 31 of the 168 officers who had been in the BDR compound when the recent uprising started.

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Stung by Mexico's drug violence

The violence of the drug cartels' war to control drug routes translated last year into some 6,000 killings. More than 1,600 occurred in Juarez, three times more than the most murderous city in the U.S.

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CNN

BUSINESS

Congratulations citizen, you own 36 percent of Citibank

The U.S. government will exchange up to $25 billion in emergency bailout money to Citigroup Inc. for as much as a 36 percent equity stake in the struggling bank, greatly increasing the risks to taxpayers.

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ABC News

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US to boost stake in Citigroup

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Reuters

Innovations of the future

The future that comes from this recession focused on themes of energy and health care, technology and computing. All saw the opportunity to reframe problems to come up with radically new solutions.

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ENVIRONMENT

Inventor: Gadgets need a green revolution in industrial design

The solution to climate change boils down to industrial design, contends entrepreneur and inventor Saul Griffith.

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CNET News

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Households rewarded for recycling

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Telegraph.co.uk

Scientists will soon gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, to issue recommendations for a new global climate-change treaty. The results from the two-year survey have arrived. They are not pleasant.

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Popular Science

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

LucasFilm says 'Star Wars: A Musical Journey' bound for US

The symphony will perform in front of a 100-foot LED screen displaying a LucasFilm re-edit of all six movies into one 90-minute narrative that syncs to the beat of John Williams' new work.

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Fall of Ferre threatens Italian couture, jobs

“The situation is extremely serious for the Italian fashion industry,” said Carmine Pizzuto, a lawyer for 40 companies that supply Ittierre. “A failure would mean thousands of people on the street.”

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

Bonds' perjury trial delayed indefinitely

Federal prosecutors indefinitely postponed Barry Bonds' trial on perjury charges while they appeal a judge's ruling that put alleged positive steroid tests and other key evidence off limits.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Stephon Marbury signs with Celtics

The Boston Celtics signed Stephon Marbury, bringing the former New York Knicks headache aboard in their attempt to repeat as NBA champions.

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Stephon Marbury's highlight reel

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

How the economy affects sports and the average fan

A typical sports fan worries about gas prices, tuition and the trade deadline. To them, New York's new stadiums look like something in a boutique window.

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Sports Illustrated

BITS AND PIECES

Photo of the Day

British artist Stuart Semple released 2,057 smiling clouds into the sky over London and by St. Paul's Cathedral. (Photo by Sang Tan / AP)

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