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A U.S. Military helicopter evacuates an injured person from Enterprise High School after a tornado did severe damage to the school in Enterprise, Ala. Twisters that hit the area killed at least 20 people. (Photo by Rob Carr / AP)

Deadly tornadoes rip through Alabama

Tornadoes tore through southern Alabama, killing at least 7 people -- including 5 victims at Enterprise High School.

CNN

Winter storms cause major pileups

CNN

Bush acknowledges Gulf Coast troubles

President Bush acknowledged the deep frustration of Hurricane Katrina victims and said the federal government shares the blame for the slow recovery of the Gulf Coast.

Yahoo! News

Diplomacy could define end of Bush's term

USA Today

Questions arise over 2002 CIA report on North Korea

A U.S. intelligence official is questioning the CIA report that sparked a crisis with North Korea.

NPR

Stocks on the rebound, but still end lower

Associated Press

Wall Street replaces big drop with small one

Forbes

Greenspan says U.S. recession possible, not probable

Bloomberg

Army fires head Of Walter Reed Hospital

The U.S. Army said the two-star general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been relieved of command following disclosures about inadequate treatment of wounded soldiers.

CBS News

Democrats drop idea to cut Iraq war request

USA Today

U.S. charges Australian Guantanamo detainee

The U.S. military charged Australia's only Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks, with providing support for terrorism.

Scotsman

Hicks tells of torture and abuse at Guantanamo

Age

NATION

Ex-diplomat: NATO should talk to Taliban because military victory is impossible

NATO cannot succeed in Afghanistan with its current number of troops and should enter into diplomatic negotiations with the Taliban to end the conflict there, a former Canadian ambassador to NATO says.

CBC

Taliban official says Osama bin Laden alive

MSNBC

U.S. smashes Mexican drug trafficking operation

U.S. agents smashed a Mexican drug trafficking network by arresting more than 400 people and seizing more than 18 tons of narcotics, authorities said.

Reuters

Japan’s PM: No coercion in WWII sex slavery

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said there was no evidence that Japan coerced Asian women into working as sex slaves during World War II, despite previous official statements to the contrary.

MSNBC

POLITICS

White House threatens to veto 9/11 bill

The U.S. Senate began debating legislation to bolster America's security with the White House threatening a veto because one part would extend union protection to 45,000 airport workers.

Reuters

Kennedy insider Schlesinger dies at 89

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and "court philosopher" of the Kennedy administration who proudly remained a liberal, has died.

ABC News

SPORTS

NFL free agency is buyer-beware market

When the NFL's free agent market officially opens March 2, teams can begin filling needs and solidifying their depth for the 2007 season. There's just one problem: This year's free agent crop is the weakest in years.

USA Today

Celtics broadcaster apologizes for remark

Boston Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell apologized on the air for saying that a female referee should "go back to the kitchen" after he disagreed with one of her calls.

CBS SportsLine

HEALTH

Diplomat's corpse may hold key to bird flu

A corpse sealed in a lead coffin for nearly nine decades may yield the clues to fight a future outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.

CBC

Infected gums can harm the heart

A new study shows the treatment of severe periodontal disease was associated with improved blood flow and more elasticity of arteries.

HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Hollywood scene of hepatitis A scare

A prep cook at the star-studded bash for Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue is stealing the limelight for possibly exposing partygoers to hepatitis A.

WebMD

RELIGION

Undying legend of a killer

The Zodiac, the notorious Bay Area serial killer of more than 35 years ago, is the subject of a Hollywood movie opening Friday.

San Francisco Chronicle

Smith's mom drops bid for body's custody

The wrangling over Anna Nicole Smith's body appeared to end when her mother's lawyer said she would not stand in the way of the starlet's burial in the Bahamas later this week.

San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

High Court mulls faith-based initiatives

The Supreme Court wrestled with the question of whether taxpayers have the right to challenge the White House's aggressive promotion of federal financial aid for religious charities.

Kansas City Star

RELIGION

San Diego diocese declares bankruptcy

The Diocese of San Diego has filed for bankruptcy protection, becoming the 5th and largest American diocese to choose that option.

Catholic World News

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GOOD NEWS

Stephen Hawking plans prelude to the ride of his life

Stephen Hawking, the British cosmologist, professor and author who has spent his career pondering the nature of gravity from a wheelchair, says he intends to get away from it all for a little while.

CNET News

Triplets for dad who lost 3 kids in tsunami

Darmi Ali lost his three daughters and wife to the 2004 tsunami. The 44-year-old remarried, and last week became a father again — of triplets, all of them female.

Houston Chronicle

NATION

Child porn charges added to Missouri case

Kidnapping suspect Michael J. Devlin has now been charged with four counts of the production of child pornography and two counts of transporting a minor across state lines for illegal activity.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

After years of telling all, 20-Somethings start to clam up

Faced with professional and emotional consequences, many young people are rethinking what they post on the Internet.

ABC News

Budget cutbacks may delay NASA plans

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told Congress on Wednesday that a budget shortfall this year could delay the launch of the space shuttle's successor - probably until 2015.

San Jose Mercury News

BUSINESS

Oracle snapping up Hyperion

It would seem that Oracle's billionaire chairman Larry Ellison excels at two things - ticking off the competition and shopping.

Forbes

New computer virus attacks networks

Technology experts are warning about new strains of the insidious RINBOT computer virus that could potentially hijack network systems of businesses worldwide.

CNNMoney

Motorola says Icahn has filed to buy its shares

Motorola said it received notice that Carl Icahn and three of his entities have filed to buy more than $2 billion, or 4.4%, of the company's common stock.

CNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

EU threatens new fines against Microsoft

The European Union has threatened Microsoft Corp. with fines of up to $4 million a day, claiming the software giant has failed to live up to promises to help rivals make software.

CBS News

MySpace hackers cop plea

Two men accused of trying to extort $150,000 from social-networking site MySpace.com have each pleaded no contest to one count of unlawful access of computer data.

CNET News

ENVIRONMENT

Broin gets grant to make ethanol in Iowa

The Department of Energy announced that a new north central Iowa ethanol plant will receive an $80 million federal grant to make ethanol from corn stalks, leaves and other plant material.

Houston Chronicle

Sex reversal of frogs an affect of drugs in the environment

Frogs are more sensitive to hormone-disturbing environmental pollutants than was previously thought.

Science Daily

EDUCATION

Teacher had sex with five teens, police say

A middle school teacher accused of having sex with at least five boys -- some of them students at her school -- was arrested, authorities said.

CNN

Parents of schoolchildren argue for right to sue

Parents should not be forced to hire a lawyer to sue public school districts in federal court over the special education needs of their children, the lawyer for parents of an autistic child argued.

Forbes

Photo of the Day

Members of the German guard battalion wait for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Prime Minister of the Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych prior to a military welcome ceremony in front of the chancellery in Berlin. (Photo by Michael Sohn / AP)

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