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Protesters rally in Washington against Goldman Sachs, demanding they redirect bonuses, in this file photo. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP)

Brain imaging may help diagnose autism

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than other children, and measuring this delay may become a standard method of diagnosis.

ScienceDaily

Government health insurance option appears doomed

Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials.

ABC News

Report: Health costs up under Senate bill

Boston Herald

Special section:

Guide to health care reform

MSNBC

Banks prepare for bonuses, public wrath

The bank bonus season, that annual rite of big money and bigger egos, looks as if it will be one of the largest and most controversial blowouts the industry has ever seen.

New York Times

Clawbacks spread as cash bonuses get riskier

Bloomberg

Grants help the strapped into colleges

Lori Gough had a 6-month-old daughter and a $6.25-an-hour job at a Snappy Tomato Pizza in Kentucky when she realized she needed to change her life. The question was, "How?"

The Jackson Sun

Back to school in hard times

Seattle Times

A look at what al-Qaida can't do

While al-Qaida plots do sometimes succeed, they have become, Rand terrorism expert Brian Jenkins points out, less frequent and less potent.

TIME

Yemeni President: I'll talk with al-Qaida

CBS News

Emotion stirs for US to take care of own

Never have so many Americans said the nation should take care of its own and stay out of other countries’ affairs.

Kansas City Star

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A mural on the side of a miniature golf course club house points to warmer times in Bainbridge Twp., Ohio. (Photo by Amy Sancetta / AP)	Cyclists race on the ski slopes in the alpine resort of Villars, Switzerland. (Photo by Jean-Christophe Bott / Keystone / AP)	A light installation during the opening of the European Cultural Capital in Essen, Germany. (Photo by Frank Augstein / AP)

NATION

Targeting guns to reduce violent crime

After years of fighting the so-called "war on drugs," urban police chiefs nationwide are shifting their focus toward a new prime target: gun offenders.

Christian Science Monitor

Unemployed wait too long for benefits

As the recession forces an unprecedented number to claim benefits, state unemployment agencies are overwhelmed, and people are facing long waits before they receive checks.

NPR

POLITICS

Congressional Republicans backing more insurgent candidates

A growing number of GOP members are bucking the party and backing non-establishment candidates in the 2010 primary elections.

The Hill

Tea Party rattles educated class

Barely a week into a new decade that will redefine America's place in the world, the feisty yet fractious Tea Party movement is readying its next brew.

Toronto Star

Hawaii needs $1M to hold election

Hawaii's state government must find about $1 million to pay for a special election to replace U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie or face leaving Honolulu residents without representation in Washington.

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

BUSINESS

Retail sales, production probably climbed

Consumers probably took advantage of holiday discounts in December, pointing to a U.S. economy poised to sustain the expansion into 2010, economists said.

Bloomberg

Special section:

New jobs for a new decade

NPR

Citrus growers fight freeze damage

Florida's growers of citrus, sugarcane and other crops prayed that cloud cover would stick around. Clouds can make the difference between a close call and a killing cold that devastates fruit and plants.

Brownsville Herald

Saving the citrus

Central Florida News 13

HEALTH

Protection of food supply faces problems

Foods raised in America and imported from around the world provide greater abundance and choice than ever before. But while our foods are bountiful, they're also inconsistently regulated.

CBS News

Urine test 'detects dangerous snoring'

A urine test that can differentiate between dangerous and safe snoring is possible, say researchers at the University of Chicago.

BBC

SPORTS

Dallas wins 1st playoff game since 1996

It has been 13 long years since the Cowboys tasted postseason success, but they were voracious, tearing through the rival Eagles in a resounding 34-14 NFC wild-card rout.

New York Post

Cowboys photo gallery

Sports Illustrated

Canada counts down to the Olympics

No one in the world of sport needs to be told where Vancouver is. More than 5,500 athletes and coaches from 80-plus countries soon will be on their way, along with 10,000 members of the news media.

Seattle Times

Browns to announce Heckert

The Cleveland Browns are expected to announce that they have hired Philadelphia's Tom Heckert as their new general manager, league sources tell ESPN.

ESPN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Web 2.0 suicide machine: erase your virtual life

What happens if you get sick of all those messages on your Facebook wall? If you just can't stand the chatter anymore? Now one Web site is encouraging you to end it all — virtually.

NPR

NBC anchor tells why Jon Stewart is good for news

Many journalists have come to think of Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" as a kind of external standards-and-practices cop and one whose nightstick leaves painfully embarrassing welts.

NPR

Gumby creator Art Clokey dies at 88

Animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys and satires, died Friday. He was 88.

CBS News

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The Daily Quote

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Abraham Lincoln

16th U.S. president

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Column:

Burqa ban unveils some nasty traits

Times Online

Column:

The other plot to wreck America

New York Times

Column:

Inequality is root of society's violence

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

Venezuelans wary of nation’s future

Houston Chronicle

Editorial:

Senate rule crippling our democracy

The Star-Ledger

Column:

Captain obvious learns the limits of cool

New York Times

Editorial:

Modesty won't fly at the airport

Huffington Post

Column:

What computer games teach us

Guardian

Blog (andrew sullivan):

The flowering of a new narcissism

The Atlantic

Editorial:

Hold Geithner to account on AIG matter

Capital Times

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

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ESPN

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GOOD NEWS

Community rebuilding starts with school

Almost everyone involved in a sprawling $1.8 billion redevelopment project refers to East Baltimore Community School when discussing the odds of success.

Baltimore Sun

The littlest volunteer

With almost 170 service hours in just two years under his little belt, four-year-old Xavier May was recognized as the youngest volunteer in the history of his Minneapolis apartment complex.

Star Tribune

WORLD

Petraeus: US has plan to deal with Iran's nuclear program

In addition to diplomacy and sanctions, the United States has developed contingency plans in dealing with Iran's nuclear facilities, a top U.S. military commander told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

CNN

Venezuela jets intercepted US plane