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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures towards a model of Iran's new domestically-built light booster rocket, named Simorgh, in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Anonymous / AP)

Iran launches rocket with animal menagerie into space

Iran announced it has successfully launched a rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space.

Seattle Times

Iran changes tack on uranium

Al Jazeera

Iran launches rocket carrying animals

BBC

Afghanistan: Marines gear up for biggest fight yet

Thousands of U.S. Marines, soldiers, Afghan security forces and international forces are planning to oust hard-core insurgents from their last big refuge in Helmand Province, the city of Marja.

ABC News

Obama administration steps up pressure on Toyota

The Obama administration stepped up the pressure on Toyota Motor Corp. to address a range of safety issues as investors and consumers reacted to the deepening crisis for the automaker.

MSNBC

List of vehicles affected by Toyota recall

CNN

Toyota's response criticized

CBS News

Pakistan school blast kills US soldiers

Three U.S. marines are among at least 10 people killed in an attack on a convoy heading to a girls' school in north-west Pakistan, police have said.

BBC

Pakistani truckers ply risky road to Afghanistan

NPR

Bomb attack near Pakistan school

Reuters

Virginia meteorite sparks debate over rightful ownership

After space rock hits medical office, doctors send it to Smithsonian; but landlords might stake claim.

CBS News

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A performer of Trinidad does the limbo under a flaming bar for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo music festival in Sydney. (Photo by Rob Griffith / AP)	A biker commutes to work in Portland, Ore. (Photo by Rick Bowmer / AP)	Martin Schmitt is seen during a qualifying jump of the FIS ski Flying Jump World Cup in Klingenthal, Germany. (Photo by Matthias Rietschel / AP)

NATION

US companies cut estimated 22,000 jobs

Companies in the U.S. cut an estimated 22,000 jobs in January, in line with forecasts, according to data from a private report based on payrolls.

Bloomberg

Terror suspect has provided intelligence, officials say

The suspect at the center of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner has been giving federal authorities valuable intelligence for weeks.

NPR

Over 4,300 sex offenders have been barred from Internet

More than 4,300 convicted sex offenders have been knocked off of Internet social networking sites and N.Y. State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo is asking 14 more sites to check for predators.

Buffalo News

Web sites urged to remove sex offenders

News 10 NBC

POLITICS

Ill. picks contenders to fight for Obama's former Senate seat

Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias emerged as the Democratic Party's choice to fight for President Barack Obama's former Senate seat. Giannoulias will now take on Republican Rep. Mark Kirk.

CNN

Giannoulias, Kirk faceoff for US Senate seat

Chicago Public Radio

GOP finds loophole in reconciliation ploy

Republicans say they have found a loophole in the budget reconciliation process that could allow them to offer an indefinite number of amendments.

The Hill

Poll shows peril for Republicans

Politico

'Tea party' crafts its election manifesto

Taking a cue from the GOP's success in 1994, the "tea party" movement is putting together a Contract from America — a platform for the 2010 elections culled from thousands of suggestions.

Christian Science Monitor

Blog:

Palin touts Tea Party appearance

CBS News

BUSINESS

AOL posts $1.4 million profit

In its first quarterly filing since splitting from Time Warner, AOL Inc. announced that it swung to a profit in the fourth quarter from a year earlier.

CNNMoney

Unemployment rises in metro areas

Unemployment rose in most cities and counties in December, signaling that companies remain reluctant to hire even as the economy recovers.

MSNBC

Jobs funding is set to expire before recovery

McClatchy Newspapers

AIG plans to pay $100 million in bonuses

American International Group plans to pay another round of employee bonuses worth about $100 million, a year after similar payments at the bailed-out insurance giant infuriated many Americans.

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The limits of the human eye

A new study has studied the problems involved in visually searching for exceedingly rare targets and comes to an unsettling conclusion: We are not very good at finding things that are rarely there.

NPR

NASA's new space pioneers companies

A half century ago the Mercury Seven embodied America's space future. Now it's space companies for hire.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Wolves good for US parks, report says

Wolves should be reintroduced in U.S. national parks to help restore damaged ecosystems, according to a new report.

CNN

States struggling with EPA rules

States are slashing funds for environmental programs, threatening their ability to meet federal standards for clean air and water.

USA TODAY

Eco-friendly way of decomposing BPA containing plastic

Pretreating polycarbonate plastic, source of a huge environmental headache, may be the key to disposing of the waste in an eco-friendly way, scientists have found.

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Priest bridges religious divide by funding Germany's biggest mosque

The cooperation between Rev. Franz Meurer and Iranian Navid Kermani illustrates how far Germany has gone in accepting its booming Muslim minority.

Christian Science Monitor

Pope Benedict XVI attacks Labour’s ‘unjust’ equality laws ahead of UK visit

The Pope has made an unprecedented attack on the British government, accusing it of pursuing “unjust” equality laws.

Telegraph.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS

Experts brainstorm on how to help Haiti

Armed with experience in various fields, a panel of eight experts came together on the University of Pittsburgh campus to brainstorm on how best to help Haiti.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Toddler sends her prosthetic leg to Haiti

NBC-2

Denver Museum of Nature and Science gets largest donation ever

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science will use its largest gift ever to help change the way science is taught.

Denver Post

WORLD

Diplomat to fly out as India revs up criticism over students

India's high commissioner, Sujatha Singh, will return to Delhi for talks amid rising diplomatic tension over attacks on Indian students in Australia.