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Former White House aide I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, right, and his wife Harriet Grant, walk past reporters outside federal court in Washington, after the jury reached its verdict in his perjury trial. (Photo by Susan Walsh / AP)

Jury convicts Libby on four of five charges

Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was convicted of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative’s identity.

MSNBC

Iran denies halt to uranium enrichment

Iran's foreign minister denied his country has slowed its nuclear program, contradicting remarks by the head of the U.N. nuclear agency that Iran appeared to have paused uranium enrichment.

Guardian

Two quakes kill at least 70 in Sumatra

Two strong earthquakes hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing at least 70 people, flattening dozens of buildings.

Reuters

Flames engulf Indonesian jet, killing 23

A packed jetliner crash-landed and erupted in flames, killing 23 people trapped inside the burning wreckage. More than 115 others escaped through emergency exits as black smoke billowed behind them.

Yahoo! News

Europe struggles with influx of Iraqi refugees

After four years of chaos and violence, nearly two million Iraqis remain outside their country, according to the UN agency for refugees.

NPR

War of words after call for Taiwanese independence

The simmering feud between China and Taiwan burst into the open when Beijing criticized the President of Taiwan for making strident calls for independence.

Times Online

Heavy gunfire erupts in Mogadishu

Insurgents unleashed two attacks against the Somali government and its foreign allies in Mogadishu, just hours after Ugandan peacekeepers assigned to tame the anarchic city landed.

Reuters

NATION

Afghans caught in war's rising tide

NATO launched its largest offensive since 2001 in an effort to preempt a Taliban attack. With some 4,500 NATO troops and 1,000 Afghan soldiers, the operation is a bold attempt to take the initiative.

Christian Science Monitor

Airbus workers go on strike in France

Thousands of Airbus workers went on strike at French factories of the E.U. planemaker, protesting a restructuring plan that has dominated France's presidential election campaign.

International Herald Tribune

Poll: Israel, Iran, U.S. have most negative image

Israel, Iran and the United States were the countries with the most negative images in a survey of attitudes toward 12 major nations. Canada and Japan came out best in the poll.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Bush calls Walter Reed conditions 'unacceptable'

President Bush said medical treatment for some wounded soldiers is "unacceptable" and appointed former Sen. Bob Dole and former Clinton cabinet member Donna Shalala to head an independent inquiry into military health care.

USA Today

Clinton to launch drive for women’s votes

Seeking to capitalize on her appeal as potentially the first female president, Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton plans a new outreach effort to female voters.

Boston Herald

White House likely to update war request

The White House is ready to ask Congress for more money for President Bush's plan - already hotly debated - to send 21,500 new combat troops into Iraq.

Examiner

SPORTS

Inside the steroid sting

Sports Illustrated reports on the scene of Florida steroid raids, and the ongoing investigation that is exposing drug use and abuse in sports.

SI.com

Penguins feel a chill at home

The National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins may have taken another step toward moving to Kansas City when team officials declared an impasse in negotiations for a new arena.

Kansas City Star

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft hits Google over book search model

A Microsoft attorney will attack Google’s book search service in a speech to the Association of American Publishers, saying Google is misappropriating principles of fair use to further its own business model.

Macworld

Get ready for the big time switch

With Daylight Saving Time starting three weeks earlier and lasting a week longer this year, some PCs and other devices programmed to automatically switch to and from daylight saving time will need updates.

CBS News

HEALTH

More teens are undergoing obesity surgery

A still-small but growing number of teens are undergoing bariatric surgery, which reduces the size of the stomach, to treat obesity.

Health Day

Anxiety disorders common, untreated

Nearly one-fifth of patients in health clinics may have anxiety disorders, and many of them aren't getting help for their anxiety disorder, a new study suggests.

WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Signs of worship

Many churches provide sign language for deaf and partially deaf worshippers, but a Baptist church in a Nashville suburb is unique because it was built specifically with a deaf ministry in mind.

Fayetteville Observer

How Korea embraced Christianity

Former missionaries look back at a nation that's now the No. 2 source of Christian mission workers.

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Denver unveils parking meters for homeless

The idea is to encourage people to put the money into the parking meters instead of giving to panhandlers. Money raised from the meters will go to organizations fighting homelessness.

CBS 4/Denver

Former Cowboys hope to inspire giving

Two former NFL teammates are promoting organ donation by telling their story of giving life.

HappyNews

NATION

Police: Knifing suspect told tot to ‘stab mommy’

Police say a man repeatedly stabbed his teenage wife, then gave the knife to his toddler son and told him: “Now you stab Mommy.”

MSNBC

Pilot talked to ex-wife before crash

Eric Johnson told his ex-wife, "You're not going to get her," shortly before the small plane he was piloting with his 8-year-old daughter crashed into his former mother-in-law's house, killing them both.

Forbes

Anatomy of an out-of-this-world affair

ABC News

BUSINESS

Stocks post biggest gains since July

U.S. stocks broke a weeklong slump and posted their biggest gains since July after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson eased concern that rising mortgage defaults will undermine the economy.

Bloomberg

Unit labor costs rose 6.6 percent in 4th quarter

Unit labor costs are the costs paid to workers to produce one "unit" of output. This is the largest quarterly gain since the first three months of 2006.

MarketWatch

Top 20 most admired companies

To create the top 20 for our 25th annual rankings, Fortune and its survey partners at Hay Group asked 3,322 executives, directors, and securities analysts to select the 10 companies they admire most.

Fortune

ENVIRONMENT

China begins mammoth task of environmental clean-up

During next year's Olympic Games in Beijing, China will showcase a vision of a "green" future of solar-powered street lamps, gas-fuelled buses, recycled water and low-carbon air.

Earth Times

Shell wins permits to explore for gas off northwestern Australia

Royal Dutch Shell PLC said it won two permits to explore in the oil- and gas-rich undersea region off northwestern Australia.

PlanetSave.com

EDUCATION

Needed: A few good men to teach

According to the National Education Association, the number of male elementary teachers is at a 40-year low. There is only one male teacher for every six female teachers at that level.

Daytona Beach News-Journal

Religious schools face ban on teaching Christian sexuality

The Lawyers' Christian Fellowship is alarmed following a report on the Sexual Orientation Regulations which indicate Christian schools may no longer be allowed to teach the Christian view on human sexuality.

Christian Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Diddy' Combs sued for battery outside nightclub

Sean "Diddy" Combs is being sued by a man who says the hip-hop impresario punched him in the face outside a Hollywood nightclub last week, according to court documents.

Reuters

Strait's 8 nominations lead ACM Awards

George Strait led the nominees announced for the Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations, including entertainer of the year and top male vocalist.

Examiner

More reporters embrace an advocacy role

The "social journalism" that made Oprah Winfrey an international fairy godmother is the new rage in network and cable news, and it's expanding to other media.

USA Today

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