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Mahesh Sahni holds his resume while speaking with Laura Erickson, a recruiter for Prudential, at the BostonHires job fair at a hotel in Boston. The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly. (Photo by Steven Senne / AP)

House faces vote on $1.9 trillion more debt

Democratic leaders are counting on new budget deficit curbs to allow the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper into debt over the next year — or about $6,000 more for every U.S. resident.

CBS News

Column:

Health care: What if nothing happens?

Wall Street Journal

Obama to Democrats: We must lead

YouTube

Holder defends decision on prosecution of accused plane bomber

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision to prosecute the man accused of attempting to blow up a flight while Republicans said the approach hurt national security.

Bloomberg

Another 800,000 jobs disappear in the US

Job losses during the recession may have been underestimated by a million. So instead of employers cutting just over seven million jobs, it's expected that the Labor Department's estimate will be eight million.

CNNMoney

1st-time jobless claims rise unexpectedly

NPR

High-tech jobs plan placed on ballot

Columbus Dispatch

Iraq overturns ban on election candidates 'linked to Saddam'

The Iraqi appeals court defused a political crisis by overturning a ban on 450 candidates standing in the next election. The ban was imposed due to alleged links to the Baath party of Saddam Hussein.

The Independent

Prayer breakfast draws controversy

Usually, the annual National Prayer Breakfast passes with little notice. But this year, an ethics group in Washington has asked President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to stay away.

New York Times

Biofeedback seen as 'regular' medicine

Biofeedback used to be thought of as alternative therapy — something that might help but wasn't considered a fully legitimized medical treatment. Now it is.

HealthDay

NATION

Obama unveils coal, biofuel plans

Hoping to earn support from coal and farm states for a languishing energy and climate bill, President Barack Obama created a task force to push for cleaner coal and unveiled a plan to help finance biofuels.

MSNBC

Clean economy with old sources of energy

TIME

VA hospital upgrades care for females

More than 230,000 women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, but many report that when they return from war, they face another battle at home: getting the care and respect they need at VA hospitals.

NPR

James Arthur Ray charged with manslaughter in sweat lodge deaths

Controversial spiritual leader James Arthur Ray was arrested and charged with three counts of manslaughter connected to the deaths at a Sedona, Ariz., sweat lodge.

ABC News

Sweat-lodge incident in Sedona

Arizona Republic

Self-help guru charged in sweat lodge death

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Tough talk comes after Obama exits

Senate Democrats held back from asking President Barack Obama about health care reform during a carefully scripted televised question and answer session.

The Hill

Tea leaves: GOP establishment still rules

Defying predictions, early evidence suggests that GOP party leaders and even most grass-roots activists are more interested in winning elections than in ideological bloodletting.

Politico

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

A Giacometti sets an auction record

One of Alberto Giacometti’s best-loved bronzes, “Walking Man I,” has broken the world record price for a work of art at auction, selling to an unidentified telephone bidder for $92.5 million.

New York Times

Giacometti sculpture

BBC

The Who, and the Super Bowl's evolving halftime show

The Who headlines the Super Bowl halftime show this year hoping to promote the band's new greatest hits album and reach fans who might know the band only from the "CSI" television show.

New York Times

Super Bowl billionaires

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

The war on invasive species

Invasive species are a threat to the biodiversity of life on Earth, according to the first assessment report by the Global Invasive Species Program.

Environment News Service

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

HEALTH

Genes in mother, baby raise risk of preterm birth

Genes in the mother and the fetus play a role in the risk of preterm labor, a leading cause of infant death and disability, U.S. government researchers said.

Reuters

People are quicker in reaction time compared to initiation time

Researchers have discovered that people move faster when reacting to something than when they perform "planned actions."

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

India's 'untouchables' declare own religion

Followers of a 14-century spiritual figure, Guru Ravidass, will now have their own holy scriptures, a flag and a greeting, sect officials said.

CNN

NY church's move to Georgia: 'preservation by relocation'?

Instead of building a neoclassical church, a growing Georgia parish wants to buy classical-style St. Gerard's, take it apart and ship it 900 miles from Buffalo's depopulated east side to Norcross, Ga.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Retired optician helps veterans see

Frank Montijo, 76-year-old Korean War veteran, has helped 21,500 with their glasses, charging a handshake and smile.

CBS News

Autistic football player wins scholarship

Kyle Weafer, who will receive a $5,000 academic scholarship, was one of two runners-up for the national award that is named for Rudy Ruettiger, the famous Notre Dame football walk-on.

Kansas City Star

WORLD

Mexican border fence plagued by glitches, long delays

A $6.7 billion government project to secure nearly the entire Mexican border with a "virtual fence" of cameras, ground sensors and a radar is in jeopardy after a string of technical glitches and delays.

MSNBC

Bus companies smuggling immigrants