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A Palestinian police officer from Hamas prays next to the rubble of houses destroyed in the Israeli military operation in east Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

Obama takes stimulus directly to the people

President Obama went directly to the public in his first weekly address since moving into the White House, making the case for his nearly $1 trillion stimulus package that he hopes to sign.

ABC News

Obama seeks congressional consensus on stimulus plan

Newsday

Obama makes fresh claim for economic fix

MSNBC

Congress debates stimulus; Obama awaits

NPR

Gillibrand appointed to US Senate

New York Governor David Paterson designated U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to succeed Senator Hillary Clinton as New York's next junior Senator.

Bloomberg

Incoming Senator Gillibrand has long political history

Buffalo News

Israel-Hamas Gaza truce expected to hold

An unofficial truce between Israel and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip will hold as long as Egyptian mediation continues, a Palestinian official close to Egyptian-sponsored talks said.

Reuters

US aims for Gaza peace

CBS News

Partisan, playful and profane, White House chief of staff tries to hold it in

Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is arguably the second most powerful man in the country. Days into his tenure, already he is one of the highest-profile chiefs of staff in recent memory.

International Herald Tribune

Pope stirs up Jewish fury over bishop

Tension between the Vatican and Jewish groups looked set to explode after Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated a British bishop who has claimed no Jews died in gas chambers during the Holocaust.

Guardian

Obama lifts abortion funding restrictions

President Barack Obama lifted restrictions on funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, reversing a policy of former President George W. Bush.

Reuters

NATION

Security experts skeptical on Gitmo detainee report

Security experts question a Pentagon claim that 61 former Guantanamo Bay detainees returned to terrorist activities.

CNN

Miss America crowned

Katie Stam, a University of Indianapolis senior, was crowned Miss America at the annual pageant in Las Vegas.

Indianapolis Star

22-year-old Miss Indiana crowned Miss America

YouTube

Activists seek to overhaul food programs that feed 35 million

In soup kitchens, food pantries and universities across the country, activists plant the seeds to overhaul how America feeds its 35 million hungry people.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Obama gets his opening grade

Gallup released the first job-approval rating for President Obama for his first three full days in office: 68 percent.

Politico

White House clears way for Pentagon deputy: senator

The White House removed an obstacle that held up confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee, William Lynn, to be deputy Pentagon chief.

Reuters

Pentagon nominee agrees to sell Raytheon stock

San Jose Mercury News

Judges refuse Minn. ballot inspection

Judges rejected Republican Norm Coleman's request to investigate alleged vote-counting irregularities in precincts around the state.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

EPA objects to new SD coal plant

Environmentalists claim victory after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reversed South Dakota's approval of a big coal-fired power plant.

Reuters

New federal rules protect sea mammals from US Navy sonar

Federal fisheries regulators have announced rules to protect marine mammals during Navy sonar training along the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

China reports 4th bird flu death in 2009

A woman in China's far west has died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the country's fourth death from the virus this year as the biggest festive season approaches.

Las Vegas Sun

60 million carry heart disease mutation

About 60 million people worldwide carry a gene mutation that almost always causes heart disease, a mutation most common among people in India, says a recent study.

HealthDay

SPORTS

Super Bowl tickets are a bargain

A wilting economy and two Super Bowl teams from less-than-glitzy markets, Phoenix and Pittsburgh, are two factors behind some bleak forecasts in host city Tampa and betting capital Las Vegas.

NY Daily News

Lakers' Phil Jackson will retire from coaching after next season

Phil Jackson, 63, is a Hall of Famer tied with the late Red Auerbach with a league-record nine titles. His Lakers have the NBA's best record at 34-8.

Sporting News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Groups scramble to pay for Holocaust victims’ care

Of the 138,000 Holocaust survivors left in the United States, health and social welfare needs jumped, prompting the Claims Conference to allocate $18 million more to service providers worldwide.

Religion News Service

Methodist women seek to crack 'stained-glass ceiling'

The United Methodist Church, which boasts a history of ordaining women clergy, seeks to shatter the so-called "stained-glass ceiling" blocking female pastors from its largest pulpits.

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

Giving is the gift

A quiet change in volunteerism is underway in many charitable organizations. Think volunteers are retired with time on their hands and a desire to help the community? Think again.

Sacramento Bee

‘You opened a door’

Teachers at Alain L. Locke school in Harlem, N.Y., asked third, fourth and fifth graders to write letters to the president.

Newsweek

WORLD

US-China ties off to shaky new start

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said no nation is more important to the United States than China, but ties between the two powers may be off to a rocky start just days into the Obama administration.

USA Today

European storm death toll mounts

The fiercest storm to hit Spain and south-western France in a decade has killed 15 people, including four children.

BBC

Europe slow opening to Gitmo inmates

Across Europe, President Obama's decision to shut the Guantanamo Bay prison raises an awkward question: Who will offer new lives to released prisoners?

International Herald Tribune

Trading bombs for crayons: terrorists get 'art therapy'

ABC News

BUSINESS

China says Geithner's got it wrong

The central bank responded to the Treasury secretary-designate's accusations of yuan manipulation by calling him, diplomatically, a liar.

Forbes

Freddie seeks up to $35 billion from US

Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac needs as much as $35 billion more in federal aid, and Fannie Mae may soon ask for rescue funds as well.

Bloomberg

It's a great time for remodeling — if you have the money

Contractors are competing fiercely to get work, as some projects are taking half as long to complete and materials such as tile and granite are becoming cheaper.

Arizona Republic

Americans are seriously in debt

ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hackers place millions at risk

The cyber-thieves went straight to the heart of one of the biggest credit and debit card processing companies in the country, Heartland Payment Systems.

CBS News

Microsoft extends Windows 7 beta download deadline

Microsoft Corp. extended the deadline for downloading the public beta of Windows 7 by more than two weeks, citing continued interest in the preview.

Computerworld

White House Web site tries to create transparency in bureaucracy

The new White House Web site gives citizens better access to services their taxes pay for, and lets them comment on legislation before it becomes law.

San Francisco Chronicle

EDUCATION

Scientists: Board proposals undermine evolution teaching

Texas schools won’t have to teach the weaknesses of evolution theories anymore, but the State Board of Education ushered in other proposed changes that some scientists say still undermine instruction.

Houston Chronicle

Is cursive writing worth teaching?

Are the flowing curves and fancy loops of cursive writing disappearing from elementary school classrooms?

USA Today

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Suspects held in alleged extortion plot against John Travolta

Two prominent Bahamian citizens and a paramedic were detained in the Bahamas in an alleged extortion scheme targeting John Travolta following the death of his son, according to reports.

People

What's a best picture nomination worth?

Even if a movie is lucky enough to get a best picture nod, does it really justify the nomination campaign expense?

Newsweek

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