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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni during a press conference in Jerusalem. (Photo by Ariel Schalit / AP)

Clinton: US still wants Palestinian state

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. will continue working closely with Israel's new government, and "vigorously" pursue creating a Palestinian state.

CBS News

Hillary Clinton offers Syria hand of friendship

The Times

World leaders discuss Gaza future

Reuters

CIA destroyed 92 interview tapes

The Central Intelligence Agency destroyed 92 tapes of interviews conducted with terror suspects, a U.S. government lawyer said. The agency had previously admitted to destroying only two tapes.

BBC

Obama letter offered deal to Russia

President Obama's secret letter to Russia’s president said the U.S. might cancel missiles in Eastern Europe if Moscow helped stop Iran from developing long-range weapons.

International Herald Tribune

Iran dismisses US concerns

AOL News

Lawmakers take first whack at President Obama's budget plan

President Barack Obama's proposed tax increases are being met with misgivings by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress as he sends his Treasury secretary to Capitol Hill to defend them.

Examiner

Obama faces fight over economy plan

MSNBC

Sebelius, DeParle named for health posts

Obama nominated Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as the Department of Health and Human Services secretary and Nancy-Ann DeParle as his counselor and director of the White House Office for Health Reform.

NPR

Anti-abortion groups to fight nomination

FOX News

Obama introduces Sebelius

ABC News

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The season's first major snowstorm brought sledding at Pike Creek Christian School in Newark, Del. (Photo by Ron Soliman / AP)	A woman unleashes her dog to run in Prospect Park during a winter storm in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Peter Morgan / AP)	Skiers at the Cross Country competitions of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic. (Photo by Matthias Schrader / AP)

NATION

Cost of locking up Americans too high

One in every 31 U.S. adults is in the corrections system, which includes jail, prison, probation and supervision, more than double the rate of a quarter century ago, says the Pew Center on the States.

Reuters

Supreme Court agrees to hear freelance writers' settlement

The U.S. Supreme Court said it would hear an appeal by a group of publishers seeking to reinstate a settlement with freelance writers in a copyright case involving work in online databases.

Wired

POLITICS

Obama-McCain relationship deteriorates

The rollercoaster-like relationship between President Obama and John McCain has taken a dive in recent weeks, culminated by the Arizona Republican’s scathing speech on the Senate floor.

The Hill

Coleman rests case; Franken up next

Norm Coleman's lawyers rested their case in the U.S. Senate recount trial in Minnesota, clearing the way for Al Franken's attorneys to begin their case.

Star Tribune

GOP comeback begins with '09 races

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told the Conservative Political Action conference, "Reports of the demise of the conservative movement are greatly exaggerated."

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Guide weighs in on reading instruction

The federal Institute of Education Sciences released a practice guide on teaching reading and “response to intervention,” approving a widely adopted process.

Education Week

Columbia names first black female dean

Columbia University's new college dean, Michelle Moody-Adams, is the first black and the first woman to serve in the post.

USA Today

Leader in AIDS fight to be Dartmouth president

International Herald Tribune

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Royal Shakespeare Company mere preparation for captain of the Enterprise

"All those years of working for the Royal Shakespeare Company ... sitting in the throne of England, was nothing but a preparation for the captain's chair on the Enterprise," Patrick Stewart said.

The Times

Self-made makeup maven of YouTube

Lauren Luke is a YouTube sensation with a cosmetics line due in stores worldwide in April, and a book being published in October. All this from an idea started in her bedroom in Tyneside, England.

CBS News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Presidential prayer network proves to be a bipartisan effort

A national grass-roots network to pray for the president lost more than 25,000 members since Barack Obama was elected, but more than 41,000 signed up.

Religion News Service

Study: Jews less likely than Christians to switch to another faith

Jewish and Christian traditions report a decline in adherents, but most Jews become unaffiliated rather than “switching” to another religion, according to an American Jewish Committee study.

The Christian Post

US Muslims: young, diverse, striving

A "national portrait" of Muslim Americans depicts the youngest and most racially diverse religious community in the United States striving for a secure place in society and active role in public life.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

UConn finishes season unbeaten

Even after beating Rutgers for their first undefeated regular season in six years, the Huskies were thinking about the next step: the Big East tournament.

Sports Illustrated

Sri Lankan cricket players attacked

At least a dozen men attacked Sri Lanka's cricket team with rifles, grenades and rocket launchers before a match in Pakistan. Seven players, an umpire and an assistant coach were wounded.

ESPN

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GOOD NEWS

Missing girl found unharmed

A 3-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped from a family friend's home in a small northern California town was found unharmed.

ABC News

Givology: Social networks connect education with the developing world

Givology's vision is a global community of individuals connected through their belief in the power of education to change people's lives. The group has partners in China, India, Uganda, Ecuador and Kenya.

Knowledge@Wharton

WORLD

In Afghanistan, the idea of women's rights starts to take hold

Since the overthrow of the Taliban, the notion of women's rights is taking hold, founded in the country's new Constitution and promoted by the newly created Ministry of Women's Affairs.

International Herald Tribune

North Korea urges US to cancel military drills with South Korea