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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Committee Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the HHS fiscal 2011 budget. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP)

Government to pay for more than half of US health care costs

Due to loss of jobs and private health coverage, American taxpayers will foot the bill for more than half of U.S. health care expenditures by 2012, reports say.

HealthDay

Government heads into central role in health care

Washington Post

Half of Indonesia's species unknown

Incorporating 17,000 tropical islands, Indonesia is one of the world's richest areas of biodiversity. However, according to the Jakarta Post, over half of this biodiversity remains unrecorded.

Environmental News Network

Jobless rate at 5-month low

Employers cut 20,000 jobs in January, but the unemployment rate surprisingly fell to a five-month low of 9.7 percent, according to a government report.

Reuters

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2 contradictory numbers

NPR

The decline: geography of a recession

ABC News

Ohio may set record for lethal injections

After a relative lull in the number of executions Ohio carries out annually, it appears poised to sharply increase lethal injections in the months to come, possibly setting a state record for most in a year.

CBS News

Winter Olympics to demo lighting controlled by thoughts

Along with the figure skating, ice hockey and snowboarding, another event will compete for attention at the Winter Olympics in Canada this month.

CNN

Olympic snowboarders train in Gaylord

MLive.com

NATION

Tea Party convention begins in Nashville

The grass roots movement that revolted against President Barack Obama's economic policies and health care agenda reached a critical milestone.

MSNBC

Obama: I'm not giving up on agenda

CBS News

USDA tightens requirements to assure school lunch safety

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced sweeping steps to "assure the safety and quality of food" purchased for the National School Lunch Program.

USA TODAY

Storm may drop 2 feet of snow on New Jersey, DC

New York City may receive as much as six inches of snow from a winter storm that has prompted a blizzard warning for part of southern New Jersey, forecasters said.

BusinessWeek

Storm marches east, leaving roads a mess

The Weather Channel

POLITICS

Lobbying industry booms in recession

The recession has battered the U.S. economy, but the lobbying industry is humming along in the nation's capital, even for companies that have shed thousands of jobs in the past year.

USA TODAY

Democrats send conflicting signals on repealing ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’

While President Barack Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., agree the Clinton-era law should be repealed, it remains unclear when it will happen.

The Hill

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Hollywood not necessarily color-blind

Has Hollywood become more tolerant, more accepting, more open-minded? Or is it simply that its obsession with green makes it color-blind when it comes to backing a project financially?

MSNBC

Jon Stewart: O'Reilly is voice of sanity

Comic Jon Stewart told Bill O'Reilly that the "no spin zone" ringleader had become the voice of sanity on Fox News Channel, although "that's like being the thinnest kid at fat camp."

KOMO

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic Ice not growing as fast as usual this winter

Scant ice over the Arctic Sea this winter could mean a "double whammy" of powerful ice-melt next summer, a top U.S. climate scientist said.

Environmental News Network

CO2 regulation hits more speedbumps

With congressional action on climate legislation in doubt, two House committee chairmen have filed a bill to block the government from regulating greenhouse gases under its own power.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

From high above, millions of moths travel on sky superhighways

Moths actually select the fastest wind currents, and even change course to shorten their trip.

NPR

Bees see your face as a strange flower

LiveScience

Fusion Garage says JooJoo tablet is on track for Feb. launch

Before the Apple iPad frenzy, Fusion Garage made waves with the JooJoo tablet and also parting company with TechCrunch's Michael Arrington, who was collaborating on a tablet with Fusion Garage.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Cardinal denounces secularization of religious life in Europe, North America

Cardinal Franc Rode has called upon religions to present “alternatives to the dominant culture, which is a culture of death, of violence and of abuse.”

Catholic World News

Memories of a master

Sri T. Krishnamacharya brought enormous wisdom and devotion to the discipline of yoga. Here we get a glimpse into his life and teachings.

Yoga Journal

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GOOD NEWS

Black colleges get funding boost

President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 budget includes a $30 million increase for historically black colleges and universities.

McClatchy

Locks of Love: Manalapan, NJ, boy gets his hair cut to donate to charity

Jonathan Rykowski, age 10, has been growing out his hair since he was eight to donate to Locks of Love, a nonprofit that provides hairpieces to needy children suffering from long-term medical hair loss.

Asbury Park Press

WORLD

In Iraq, Karbala bombings spark fears of renewed sectarian violence

At least 40 people were killed recently in Karbala, where thousands of pilgrims have gathered to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in A.D. 680.

Christian Science Monitor

Ancient Andaman tribe dies out