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President Barack Obama announces economic initiatives for struggling middle class families in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Sen. McCain backs Obama's proposed budget freeze

Sen. John McCain will support President Barack Obama's plan to freeze much of the federal budget for the next three years.

ABC News

Obama woos middle class

YouTube

Peru begins airlift of stranded Machu Picchu tourists

Peru's authorities have begun the airlift rescue of some of nearly 2,000 tourists stranded by heavy rains near its top attraction, Machu Picchu.

BBC

Al-Qaida still planning attacks against US

A new report, by a former senior CIA official, warns that al-Qaida has not abandoned its goal of attacking the United States with a chemical, biological or even nuclear weapon.

Washington Post

Report: National security falls short

CNN

No more texting for truck, bus drivers

Drivers of commercial trucks and buses will be prohibited from texting under federal guidelines that U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is issuing.

CNN

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Gov. bans texting by truck, bus drivers

New York Times

Texting illegal for commercial drivers

CBS News

Bill requires published death reports from ski resorts

California ski resorts would have to publish reports on how many people are injured or killed on the slopes, increase safety measures, and force minors and employees to wear helmets, under a new bill.

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

US teen pregnancy rate increased

The U.S. teen pregnancy rate rose in 2006 for the first time in more than a decade, reversing a long slide, reports say.

Reuters

NYC may lay off 19,000 workers over state budget cuts

New York City will be forced to lay off more than 10,000 public workers and 8,500 teachers if the state legislature approves the $1.3 billion worth of cuts the governor proposed in his deficit-closing budget.

Reuters

Virginia governor proposes budget cuts

Washington Post

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Schumer, Hatch propose payroll tax break

CBS News

POLITICS

Bernanke gains more support

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke gained more support from U.S. senators for a second term and prepared to work around a two-day policy meeting that starts with visiting lawmakers.

BusinessWeek

Some Democrats balk at second term

NPR

Beau Biden's departure is another blow for Democratic party

Beau Biden, the Democratic attorney general of Delaware and son of the vice president, announced he’s not running for the Senate.

Christian Science Monitor

Poll shows tight primary race in Fla.

New York Times

Worried White House

CBS News

BUSINESS

Bankers return to Davos

With an economic recovery under way, the financial elite will not be in hiding as they were last year, when only a handful showed up in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual World Economic Forum.

New York Times

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World Economic Forum in Davos

Times Online

GM plans to make electric motors in 2013

General Motors has been getting electric motors for vehicles from suppliers, but in 2013 wants to make the motors in-house in order to lower costs and improve quality.

CBS News

Existing home sales sink 16.7 percent

The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales plunged 16.7 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.45 million units.

CNNMoney

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bats, dolphins separately evolved same sonar gene

Bats and dolphins trod an identical genetic path to evolve a vital component of the complex sonar systems they use to pursue and catch prey.

New Scientist

Study points at a way to diagnose PTSD

Minnesota scientists now believe they have found a long-sought posttraumatic stress disorder fingerprint that confirms the disorder by measuring electromagnetic fields in the brain.

TIME

EDUCATION

College 'gender gap' favoring women stops increasing, report says

More men are attending college and graduating with a bachelor's degree, reversing the tendency of female undergraduates to outnumber and outperform men academically.

San Francisco Chronicle

Middle-schoolers fit in philosophy

Schools these days focus mostly on preparing students for tests, but during lunchtime at Kenmoor Middle School in Landover, Md., youngsters were tackling the deep questions.

WTOP

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Scarlett Johansson scores raves in Broadway debut

Sporting a thick Brooklyn accent, actress Scarlett Johansson was praised in reviews for her Broadway debut in playwright Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge."

ABC News

Damaged Picasso painting to be repaired

An important Picasso painting accidentally damaged by a visitor will be repaired in time for a large exhibition.

Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Co-worker donates kidney to fellow employee's daughter

Many people would go to the end of the earth for a child, sibling or spouse. But how many would be willing to undergo a life-saving organ transplant for a co-worker’s child?

Fort Morgan Times

Malaria vaccine could be ready within 3 short years

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has told the BBC that a vaccine for malaria could be just three years away.

BBC

WORLD

Brown and Cowen in talks to rescue Stormont power-sharing deal

U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown flew into Belfast for urgent talks with his Irish counterpart, Brian Cowen, to try to rescue Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive.

Guardian

Bomb blasts mar Sri Lanka elections as polls open