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Palestinian medics carry a man wounded during an Israeli army operation in the northern Gaza Strip. Thirty-three Gazans, including at least 16 civilians, died in Israeli-Palestinian violence that escalated sharply. (Photo by Khalil Hamra / AP)

Dozens die in Israel-Gaza clashes

At least 52 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers have been killed in one of the deadliest days of fighting in Gaza since troops withdrew in 2005.

BBC

Toxin mystery at Las Vegas motel deepens

As police tried to piece together how a rare, deadly poison ended up in a motel for transients, the 57-year-old man who could hold the key lay unconscious in a hospital.

ABC News

What the heck is Ricin?

Popular Science

Ricin effects

CNN

Special section:

Inside bio-chemical weapons

CBS News

McCain's citizenship called into question

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his advisers are doing their best to brush aside questions about whether he is qualified under the Constitution to be president.

MSNBC

Increasing food prices imperil US emergency aid

The U.S. government's humanitarian relief agency will significantly scale back emergency food aid to some of the world's poorest countries this year because of soaring global food prices.

MSNBC

Turkish commander says withdrawal proceeding on schedule

Turkey's top general said that the Turkish armed forces withdrew its troops from northern Iraq on schedule.

Reuters

Timing of withdrawal baffles Turks

BBC

Exposed plagiarist gives up Bush job

A Fort Wayne native resigned from his White House job after admitting he had passed off other people’s writings as his own.

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette

NATION

Canadian PM: Americans would be making a mistake to reopen NAFTA

It would be a mistake for a future U.S. administration to reopen the North American Free Trade Agreement, Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned.

AM-940 Montreal

EADS wins major U.S. aircraft deal

Franco-German company EADS, owner of Airbus, has won a contract to build refuelling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, worth up to $40 billion.

BBC

POLITICS

Skirmishes between McCain, Democrats heat up

Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, and the Democratic candidates are trading shots daily in what may be a preview of the general election.

CNN

Obama, Clinton vie for working class votes

Bloomberg

Pelosi pledges to sue White House

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi intends to sue the Bush administration in response to Attorney General Michael Mukasey's refusal to refer the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides.

FOX News

BUSINESS

Buffett: Don't bank on big returns

Berkshire Hathaway had another excellent year in 2007, posting an 11 percent gain in net worth, CEO Warren Buffett said in the annual report to shareholders.

CNN

Fed officials to keep watch on inflation

The Federal Reserve's rapid-fire interest rate reductions were warranted, but the central bank must reverse course quickly once calm is restored to financial markets.

Reuters

Brutal selloff on Wall Street

Dow tumbles 315 points, the second worst day of the year for stocks, after AIG's big loss and UBS's outlook on financials.

CNN

Dollar hits new low as economic woes continue

NPR

E-Verify: worker status with a click

Arizona law requires employers to use E-Verify to determine employee eligibility. The program combines databases of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Social Security Administration.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Judge unseals Barry Bonds' testimony on steroid use

A federal judge unsealed Barry Bonds' grand jury testimony, an order that would make public what the home run king said under oath about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

USA Today

Blog:

What Barry Bonds told the grand jury

The Smoking Gun

HEALTH

Outsourcing pain? IT workers ache abroad

Rakesh Gupta's patients have back pain. Their necks ache. Their vision is blurred. But above all else, their hands hurt.

ABC News

Blood thinner linked to more deaths

U.S. federal drug regulators said that they had found "potential deficiencies" at a Chinese plant that supplied much of the active ingredient for the drug.

International Herald Tribune

Privacy promises are central to Google Health

Promises of privacy play prominently in new services for storing consumer medical records online called Google Health.

U.S. News & World Report

EDUCATION

Cheating scandals rock nation's 3 top-tier high schools

An estimated two-thirds of all high school students admit to "serious" academic cheating, according to a national survey by Rutgers' Management Education Center in New Jersey.

ABC News

US vs. foreign schools

Polling Report

RELIGION

Author of best-selling Holocaust book admits story not true

Almost nothing Misha Defonseca wrote about herself or her horrific childhood during the Holocaust was true.

FOX News

Alaska, ACLU clash over tax exemption for religious property

The Alaska Civil Liberties Union argued in court that it was unconstitutional for the state Legislature to block the city from taxing homes owned by the Anchorage Baptist Temple.

Anchorage Daily News

Pope's visit spurs ticket frenzy

With seven weeks until Pope Benedict XVI lands in Washington, D.C., the hunt is on for one of the hottest tickets of the year: to the Mass he will offer at Nationals Park.

MSNBC

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Michael Hirsh):

The spat between John McCain and Barack Obama over Iraq

Newsweek

Column (Con Coughlin):

Vladimir Putin's poodle may yet bite

Telegraph.co.uk

Column (Mohamed Elmenshawy):

Silencing Arab media

International Herald Tribune

Column (Conor Foley):

Pipe dreamers

Guardian

Editorial:

Russia's uneasy handover

Economist

Column (Joeseph Galloway):

It's time to do right by the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Energy future rides on Senate

Denver Post

Column:

Time and time again

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Why we're disappointed with nature

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

4 amputations, and a 41-2 record

The scream that Dustin Carter let loose in a gym last weekend conveyed equal parts pain and elation. It was the sound of glory for a high school student who wrestles unlike any of his opponents.

International Herald Tribune

Wife gives husband gift of life

Jennifer Foster saved her husband Daniel's life by donating more than half her liver.

BBC

Teen's quick response on I-15 may have saved two lives

A young teenager's quick response this morning as her mother had a seizure behind the wheel may have saved both their lives, authorities said.

North County Times

ATM attack hero lauded

A GOOD samaritan who rescued an elderly woman from a knife-wielding attacker is being considered for a bravery award.

Herald Sun

Duke University bans investments in Sudan-linked companies

Duke University approved a resolution banning Duke from making direct investments in companies that do business with the government of Sudan.

Raleigh News-Observer

WORLD

Israeli ministry threatens to unleash 'holocaust' in Gaza

An Israeli minister gave warning that Gaza faces a "holocaust" if Islamic militants do not end their daily barrages of Qassam rockets, and their increasing use of Iranian-built Grad missiles.

Times Online

Iraq approves hanging of 'Chemical Ali'

The Iraqi council signed off on the execution of Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of the late dictator Saddam Hussein better known as "Chemical Ali" for ordering poison gas attacks on thousands of Kurds.

McClatchy Newspapers

Interview:

Iraqis react to 'Chemical Ali' decision

BBC

Bomb blast in Spain ahead of elections

A bomb has exploded at a political party office in northern Spain, causing damage but no injuries — just 10 days ahead of national elections.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Alaska sets sights on BP

Alaska is planning to sue BP over "several hundred million dollars" in oil taxes and royalties lost because of pipeline leaks and shutdowns in the giant Prudhoe Bay field, state lawyers have told lawmakers.

Anchorage Daily News

California emissions waiver blocked

The Bush administration formally rejected California's bid for a waiver from U.S. law to set its own tailpipe emissions standard to reduce global warming.

Reuters

Developing countries get help to cope with climate change

Assistance for developing countries to manage water resources, combat drought and measure climate change will be made under a new agreement signed by the World Bank and NOAA, a U.S. agency.

Environment News Service

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA discusses shuttle Endeavour's March launch plan

NASA mission managers are expected to set a definitive launch date for the shuttle Endeavour to haul two new additions to the International Space Station (ISS).

Space.com

Bacteria – the main ingredient in snowflakes, scientists say

One might rethink playing with snow or walking in the rain as a new study from the Louisiana State University revealed that snow and rain might form mostly on bacteria in the clouds.

eFluxMedia

Judge rules for Wikileaks, it gets its domain name back

After spending 90 minutes hearing arguments from a raft of attorneys, a federal judge has ruled in favor of Wikileaks.

CNET News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

MDs cleared of wrongdoing in Heath Ledger death

A California doctor and a doctor in Houston have been cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with their prescriptions to actor Heath Ledger.

ABC News

World's top 10 art museums

Whether it's the Louvre, the Metropolitan or the Tate, some of the world's top art museums have become destinations in themselves.

Reuters

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