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In this file photo, Don Hewitt, the creator and executive producer of "60 Minutes," reads prepared remarks to reporters during CBS' Winter Press Tour in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (Photo by Rene Macura, file / AP)

'60 Minutes' creator Don Hewitt dies at 86

Don Hewitt, the creator of CBS News' ground-breaking "60 Minutes" program and one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in U.S. television journalism, died at the age of 86.

Reuters

Remembering Don Hewitt

CBS News

Massive bomb blasts in Iraq kills 95, injures many more

A series of bombings rocked Iraq's capital within one hour, killing at least 95 people and wounding 563 others, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

CNN

Wave of Baghdad blasts kill dozens

Denver Post

White House insists it wants bipartisan health bill

The White House rejected reports that it is abandoning its effort to secure a bipartisan health care reform bill.

The Hill

Democratic investigators target health insurers

Politico

Health co-ops touted as alternative to public health care plan

NPR

Obama's approval ratings drop

MSNBC

UBS to hand over names of 5,000 US clients to IRS

UBS AG agreed to give IRS an "unprecedented amount" of information on thousands of U.S. holders of accounts at the Swiss banking group.

MarketWatch

Hurricane Bill gathers strength

Hurricane Bill, already deemed a “major” storm, has strengthened into a Category 4 over the Atlantic Ocean and is forecast to plow toward Canada after passing between Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast.

Bloomberg

View of Hurricane Bill from space

ABC News

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The 2009 Reserve Grand Champion Yorkshire boar rests in his pen at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill. (Photo by Seth Perlman / AP)	Two South Korean special police officers (with their reflections) rappel down a building in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / AP)	Indonesian girls hold traditional 'ondel-ondel' masks during a parade in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo by Dita Alangkara / AP)

NATION

Did rifle-toting Obama protester help or hurt gun rights?

New laws are allowing more Americans to carry guns in public. But are gun-carrying protesters going too far?

Christian Science Monitor

US housing market could be facing another economic bubble

The housing market, which already has been battered by the worst collapse since the Great Depression, could be setting itself for another bubble, well-known economist Robert Shiller said.

CNBC

POLITICS

Clinton rebuts Chavez assertions about Colombia pact

The Obama administration is moving closer to a security agreement with Colombia that Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez said would fan "winds of war" in Latin America.

The Hill

David Axelrod's ties targeted in health care reform fight

Critics of President Obama’s health care overhaul are zeroing in on David Axelrod, whose former partners at a Chicago-based firm are the beneficiaries of huge ad buys by White House allies in the reform fight.

Politico

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Tom DeLay aims to show fancy footwork on TV's 'Dancing With The Stars'

Former House Republican Whip Tom DeLay, called the "Hammer" for his arm-twisting talents, wants to show the world some fancy footwork.

Star Tribune

'Dancing with the Stars' season 9

Baltimore Sun

Manscaping: Waxing poetic about the razor’s lost edge

Manscaping is the styling, grooming and elimination of male body hair, a trend no longer reserved just for metrosexuals or the West Coast.

Kansas City Star

HEALTH

Ibuprofen bests acetaminophen / codeine for kids' broken arms

Children treated for arm fractures said ibuprofen reduced the pain as effectively as a combination of acetaminophen and codeine (Tylenol 3), with fewer adverse effects, in a randomized, double-blind trial.

MedPage Today

End-of-life counseling aids last days

As a political uproar rages over end-of-life counseling, a new study finds offering such care to dying cancer patients improves their mood and quality of life.

MSNBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Prehistoric 'runway' used by flying reptile

Scientists uncovered the first known landing tracks of one of these extinct flying reptiles at a site dubbed "Pterosaur Beach" in southwestern France, dating back some 140 million years ago.

LiveScience

Building block of life found in comet trail

One of the building blocks of life has been discovered in dust and gas collected from the tail of a comet called Wild 2.

Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

Stars aligning on school lunches

For the first time since a new wave of school food reform efforts began a decade ago, once-warring camps are sharing strategies to improve what kids eat.

New York Times

ACT prognosis: 23 percent could earn C, at best, in 1st-year college courses

Even as high school graduates have grown increasingly better prepared for college, too many members of the class of 2009 cannot adequately perform all of the academic skills they will need to succeed.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Founder of a nonprofit rescue finds homes for Bangkok's street dogs

Thanks to Sheridan Conisbee — founder of Soi Cats and Dogs, a nonprofit group to improve the lives of Bangkok's stray and feral animals — many animals have found welcoming homes overseas.

Christian Science Monitor

NYC nightclub promoter's new campaign: clean water

New Yorker Scott Harrison uses his talent for promotion as a force for good, raising $10 million for clean water projects worldwide.

CBS News

WORLD

New violence hits Afghan capital

Fresh violence has erupted in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on the eve of the country's presidential election. Explosions and gunfire were heard as troops battled and killed three attackers who raided a bank.

BBC

Taliban reports forbidden, media warned