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A Yahoo worker walks into Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Microsoft Corp. has pounced on the slumping Internet icon with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets. (Photo by Paul Sakuma / AP)

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Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo!

Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, made an unsolicited $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo! Inc. to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance in Internet search services and advertising.

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Bloomberg

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1,000 jobs to go after 'headwinds' hit Yahoo

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Guardian

Mexican farmers protest end of US corn-import taxes

Tens of thousands of farmers protest the end of tariffs on corn from the United States, warning that the elimination of trade barriers could drive them out of business and lead more Mexicans to migrate north.

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International Herald Tribune

Female bombers used to strike Baghdad markets

Remote-controlled explosives strapped to two mentally retarded women detonated in a coordinated attack on Baghdad pet bazaars, Iraqi officials said, killing at least 73 people.

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ABC News

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Is the US failing in Afghanistan?

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TIME

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Dozens die in Baghdad market blast

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Reuters

Kenyan parties agree on 'peace plan'

Kenya's feuding leaders have agreed on a plan to end the political and ethnic violence gripping the country, former UN chief Kofi Annan has said.

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BBC

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Cellphone and Internet access helps – and hinders – accurate reporting in Kenya

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Christian Science Monitor

Modernize US Reserve and Guard

It is called the first substantive reforms to the National Guard and Reserve in more than 50 years. A panel wants to refashion America's "weekend warriors" into a partner with the active-duty military.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Berkeley council tells Marines to leave

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San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Feds let states delay inspections of unsafe bridges

An analysis of newly released records from the National Bridge Inventory includes inspections through 2006 and shows failures in federal oversight of the system designed to ensure travelers' safety.

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MSNBC

Snowstorm socks Midwest, now threatens eastern states

Heavy, wet snow made for treacherous roads and delayed commutes as a huge winter storm that stretched from Texas to the Great Lakes blanketed the nation's midsection.

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AOL News

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Winter storm hits Illinois

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Houston Chronicle

POLITICS

McCain needed life insurance to get loan

In order to obtain a much-needed $3 million line of credit to finance his campaign, Sen. John McCain was required to take out a special life insurance policy in case he did not survive the campaign.

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CBS News

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Democrats raise far more cash than GOP rivals

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NPR

Clinton, Obama go toe to toe, keep gloves on

The last two Democrats standing decided to play nice and not nasty -- Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama dialed back their personal attacks and focused on the opposition Republican party.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Celebs at Deomocratic debates

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Countdown to Super Tuesday

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MSNBC

BUSINESS

Job shock: US lost 17,000 in January

Employers trimmed jobs from their payrolls in January, according to a government jobs report that showed the first decline in employment in four years, raising new concerns about the risk of a U.S. recession.

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CNNMoney

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President Bush on the economy

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CNN

Exxon Mobil breaks own profits records

Last year's surge in crude prices sent Exxon Mobil Corp.'s annual profits soaring to new records for the highest quarterly and annual profits ever earned by a U.S. company.

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Houston Chronicle

FCC auction opens door to open access

A sudden spurt of bidding has turned what was shaping up as a bust into the most robust auction of wireless spectrum the federal government has ever conducted.

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SPORTS

Woods holds slim lead after second round of Dubai Desert Classic

Tiger Woods shot one-under 71 to maintain a slim lead at the Dubai Desert Classic. Woods is eight under and one shot ahead of Ireland's Damien McGrane.

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Sports Illustrated

Everett walking and standing tall as he tells story

Less than five months after the catastrophic collision that doctors said might leave him paralyzed -- or worse -- Kevin Everett is walking and slowly regaining full use of his hands.

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HEALTH

Kids with ADHD may be more likely to bully

A new study shows children with ADHD are four times more likely to be bullies. And those who get bullied are 10 times more likely to have ADHD.

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MSNBC

Healthy alternative: take mass transit

Want to lose weight and look better? Improve your heart rate, circulation and overall health? Then get out of your car and hop on the bus or train.

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USA Today

RELIGION

Church offers $5,000 reward for stolen bishop's crown

Greek Orthodox church leaders are offering a $5,000 reward for the return of a stolen bishop's crown. Church officials say no questions will be asked if the crown is returned in its original condition.

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Houston Chronicle

Controversial religious leader dies

The Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the religious order Legionaries of Christ, who was disgraced toward the end of his life by Vatican censure over sexual abuse accusations, is dead at the age of 87.

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Hartford Courant

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (David von Drehle):

The year of the youth vote

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TIME

Western civilization is a good idea

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Let's give JFK, Reagan a rest

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Column (Sharon Sloane):

The other teen drug problem

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Christian Science Monitor

Philip Morris' devious new cigarette

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Newsday

Column (Nicholas Kristoff):

The dynastic question: 28 years of Bushes and Clintons and the affect on democracy

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International Herald Tribune

Women and men in sports: Separate is not equal

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Christian Science Monitor

In bid to save the economy, the Fed feeds the beast

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USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

National TV awaits Minnesotan who had car stolen while aiding wreck victim

Now it's the nation's turn to hear the story of Chase Torgerson, the northern Minnesotan who had his car stolen after coming to the rescue of a highway crash victim.

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Star Tribune

Boy's autism unlocked by singing

David Militello, 8, says music, especially singing the National Anthem, helps to unlock his mind from the grip of Asberger's, a milder form of autism.

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Good News Network

WORLD

Chad unrest delays deployment of European peacekeepers

The European Union has postponed the deployment of advance units of its peacekeeping force in Chad after an upsurge in rebel activity in the central African nation, EU military officials said.

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International Herald Tribune

Russian model-turned-bodyguard killed

Anna Loginova, a 29-year-old former successful model, ran a private security firm of female bodyguards, highly trained in martial arts, demanding high prices to protect Russian billionaires.

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AOL News

Brazil's Carnival pushes bounds of taste and weirdness

Even by Brazil's relaxed standards, this year's parade threatens to set a new standard for bad taste and weirdness as entrants spend millions of dollars competing for attention and sponsorship.

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McClatchy Newspapers

ENVIRONMENT

SUV owners must pay $50 per day to drive in London

London adds SUV fees on top of the congestion tax drivers pay for the privilege of London driving.

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Environmental Graffiti

The tree that could save the planet

The Japanese Kiri tree absorbs 10 times more carbon dioxide than other trees and emits massive amounts of oxygen.

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Seeing opportunity in rising oceans

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Marketplace

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

'Bizarre' new mammal discovered

A new species of mammal has been discovered in the mountains of Tanzania, scientists report. The cat-sized creature, dubbed Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, is a type of giant elephant shrew or sengi.

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BBC

Drug-resistant flu virus on the rise

This winter's most common flu strain is showing resistance to the frontline anti-flu treatment, new data shows.

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TIME

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Clooney marks new UN posting with plea for African support

Fresh off a visit to Africa, Hollywood actor and new United Nations peace messenger George Clooney appealed for increased UN support for the continent.

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CBC

Britney Spears is committed to hospital 1 more time

Britney Spears was physically removed from her home and put on “mental health evaluation hold” -- the second time in a month -- as the very public breakdown of the pop star continued.

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Times Online

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Paparazzi Photog Quits Agency to Protest “Out of Control” Britney Spears Pursuits

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EDUCATION

100 Wash. school districts told not to serve slaughterhouse beef

More than 100 Washington state school districts that bought beef that originated at a California slaughterhouse have been told to not serve any of that meat, state officials said.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

British teacher attacked by lion on safari

A young primary school teacher has told how she narrowly escaped with her life after she was savagely mauled by a lion on an African safari trip.

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Telegraph.co.uk

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Victim uses Facebook to finger suspect

Police arrested a suspect in an attack on the Georgetown University campus with the help of a Facebook profile.

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CNN

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The Dome of the Rock Mosque is seen covered with snow through the window of the Church of Dominus Flevit outside Jerusalem's Old City. (Photo by Atta Awisat / AP)

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