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American soldiers brace themselves as a helicopter lands at their combat outpost in the Jalrez Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo / AP)

5 US troops killed in Afghanistan

Five U.S. troops were killed in three separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, the military said.

Reuters

Special section:

What next in Afghanistan?

Christian Science Monitor

Scientists praise promising AIDS vaccine trial, but urge patience

Scientists celebrated the first promising results from the largest-ever AIDS vaccine trial, but cautioned that more research is needed before a vaccine could be available to the public.

San Francisco Chronicle

Researchers report AIDS vaccine progress

ABC News

Geographic inequality in health coverage

Recent census data shows a vast geographic inequality in the uninsured that has been shaped by an area's state laws, population makeup and jobs.

WJLA.com

New world economic order takes shape

The Group of Twenty is set to become the premier coordinating body on global economic issues, reflecting a new world economic order in which emerging market countries are much more relevant.

Reuters

G-20 reaches agreement on bankers’ bonuses

MSNBC

Iran 'has second enrichment site'

Iran has revealed to the U.N. nuclear watchdog the existence of a second uranium enrichment plant, reports say.

BBC

US and others to accuse Iran of having a secret nuclear fuel facility

New York Times

Discussion:

Why China doesn't raise pressure on Iran

Reuters

New GI Bill promises education benefits, but students still waiting

Thousands of veterans attending college on the new GI Bill are having to take out loans or dig into savings because of delays by the Department of Veterans Affairs in issuing benefit checks.

Kansas City Star

Ahead of the bell: new home sales

Government data are expected to show that new home sales rose for the fifth consecutive month, a sign that the housing market recovery is still on track.

Forbes

NATION

Ill. man arrested in plot to blow up federal building in Springfield

FBI announced that the Illinois man arrested was plotting to use a truck bomb to blow up the federal building in Springfield.

USA TODAY

Ill. man charged with attempted bombing

YouTube

Details of terror case laid out

Evidence of one of the most significant terrorism threats unfolded as investigators described an advanced-stage plot to detonate explosives made with beauty-supply chemicals on U.S. soil.

Arizona Republic

POLITICS

Senate panel rejects bid for drug discount

The Senate Finance Committee rejected a proposal to require pharmaceutical companies to give bigger discounts to Medicare on drugs dispensed to older Americans with low incomes.

New York Times

White House regroups on Guantanamo

The Obama administration is working to recover from missteps that have put officials behind schedule in the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Washington Post

Obama economic adviser doubts president's plan

White House adviser Paul Volcker criticized the Obama administration's sweeping financial regulatory reform proposals, specifically one that he warned could lead to future bailouts.

ABC News

BUSINESS

Union workers stage sit-in to protest cuts to Hyatt's health insurance coverage

The union workers are protesting Hyatt Corp.’s attempt to negotiate cuts in their health insurance coverage. They also fear other hotels will follow Hyatt’s lead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fed’s strategy reduces US bailout pledges to $11.6 trillion

The Federal Reserve decided to keep pumping $1.25 trillion of new money into the mortgage market to focus on rescuing the U.S. economy as the financial system revives and banks ask for less help.

Bloomberg

Unilever to buy Sara Lee personal care unit for $1.88 billion

Sara Lee said that it's going to sell its global body care business to Anglo-Dutch food and household goods giant Unilever for $1.88 billion in cash.

MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

World consumption plunges planet into 'ecological debt'

Rich consumers are still voraciously gobbling up the world's resources, despite the worst recession in a generation, with their appetite pushing the planet into "ecological debt," according to one report.

Guardian

Expect big jump in temperatures

Earth's temperature is likely to jump six degrees even if every country cuts greenhouse gas emissions as proposed, according to a United Nations update.

MSNBC

Special section:

9 environmental boundaries not to cross

Wired

'Misunderstood' gecko discovered

After millions of years of obscurity, this little gecko is finally getting some respect, thanks to a new study.

National Geographic

HEALTH

Redefining ‘cured’

As the definition of "cure" has radically changed among Americans with spinal-cord injuries, one activist puts a new priority on living with paralysis rather than fighting it.

Newsweek

School nurse shortage hampers responses to outbreaks of swine flu

Many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks of swine flu, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms.

Google News

UK swine flu vaccine 'approved'

BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Will anyone watch 3-D TV?

Mark the calendar: 2010 might be the year that TV's final frontier gets broken. The newest models in the offing for late 2010 from Sony and Panasonic are bringing 3-D HDTV into the home.

TIME

The Michelle Melt: a turkey burger with a charitable cause

Sales from Michelle Obama's namesake turkey burgers at Good Stuff Eatery will go to an organization that distributes food to homeless people.

MSNBC

SAG elects Ken Howard president

There are surely more conflicts to come, but the Screen Actors Guild membership settled a big one: Ken Howard has been elected the union's new national president.

Hollywood Reporter

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GOOD NEWS

New heart surgery saves man's life

Surgeons have, for the first time, used a combination of an artificial heart and stem cells to save the life of a dying man.

Sky News

Nev. agencies receive grant to foster youth voter interest

Two Nevada agencies have received a federal grant to promote a student mock election and encourage young people to get involved in the political process.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

No deal with coup leaders, Zelaya says

The ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, said after talks that there was no possibility of a deal with the military-backed government that ousted him.

Guardian

UN council endorses nuclear curbs

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for nuclear disarmament, in a session chaired by President Barack Obama.

BBC

Interview:

Queen Noor on nuclear disarmament

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Water ice found on Mars

A series of meteor strikes on Mars have uncovered pure water ice in the red planet's relatively balmy mid-latitudes.

National Geographic

NASA's Spitzer spots clump of swirling planetary material

Astronomers have witnessed odd behavior around a young star. Something appears to be pushing a clump of planet-forming material around.

ScienceDaily

AT&T's time frame for iPhone MMS launch

AT&T is activating multimedia messaging service (MMS) for the iPhone, narrowing the time frame to within a few hours.

CNET News

EDUCATION

'Robot' computer to mark English essays

Pearson is to use computers to "read" and assess essays for international English tests in a move that has fuelled speculation that GCSEs and A-levels will be next.

Guardian

Thousands march over UC cuts

Thousands of UC students marched through downtown Berkeley, staging a sit-down protest as part of a demonstration against cuts to the university budget and proposed fee increases.

San Francisco Chronicle

Secretary of Education calls for reform of Bush-era education system

Education Secretary Arne Duncan called for an overhaul of "No Child Left Behind," referring to the education reform law as a "toxic brand."

ABC News

SPORTS

Bode Miller returns to US Ski Team wth 2010 Winter Olympics in mind

Maverick ski racer Bode Miller announced his return to the U.S. Ski Team after two years racing independently and his intention to compete at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.

NY Daily News

This Yankees-Red Sox series a bit more laid-back

The Red Sox and Yankees meet again for their sixth and final series in the regular season, though the circumstances have taken a turn for the anticlimactic.

Hartford Courant

Gretzky steps down as Coyotes coach

Wayne Gretzky's tenure as coach of the Phoenix Coyotes ended abruptly when "The Great One" announced he would be stepping down amid the financial turmoil surrounding the team.

ESPN

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Muslims to pray 'for the soul of America'

Tens of thousands of Muslims plan to pray “for the soul of America” outside the U.S. Capitol in an event described as the first of its kind.

Houston Chronicle

The Illinois Supreme Court OKs 'Jews only' inheritance

The Illinois Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a Jewish couple were within their rights to disinherit any grandchildren who married outside the faith.

NPR

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