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White House Health Care czar Nancy Ann DeParle speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington while accompanied by, from left, Senators Reid, Dodd, and Baucus. (Photo by Harry Hamburg / AP)

CBO finds Dem bill with public option reduces deficit

The Congressional Budget Office projects that over 10 years the House Democrats' health care plan which includes a public option would cost $871 billion and reduce the deficit.

CNN

Pelosi pushes strong public option

Politico

Dem thumbs down to Reid doctors deal

The Hill

As aid shrinks, more ‘stuck’ for day care

As budget problems worsen, states are tightening rules for subsidies, eliminating enriched child care programs, raising fees that parents and providers pay, and halting new subsidies

USA TODAY

US evenly and deeply divided on troop increase for Afghan war

As President Barack Obama and his war cabinet deliberate over a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, Americans are evenly and deeply divided over whether he should commit a further 40,000 troops.

Washington Post

UN chief on Afghan election

BBC

Karzai's runoff acceptance followed 5 days of talks with US

Wall Street Journal

Iran nuclear talks reach draft deal to export enriched uranium

Negotiators in Vienna have produced a draft agreement on exporting Iran's enriched uranium, Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has announced.

Guardian

Rethinking routine screenings for breast and prostate cancer

New analysis concludes that routine screenings for breast and prostate cancer miss the most deadly forms of the disease — and may expose healthy patients to risky, expensive and needless treatments.

San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Obama: Coordinated response reduces threat

President Barack Obama said the combined work of federal, state and local law-enforcement is helping to make "real progress" in blunting the terrorist threat facing the U.S.

Bloomberg

Obama visits Joint Terrorism Task Force in NYC

YouTube

IRS probing home-buyer tax credit claims

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is probing more than 100,000 doubtful claims of a tax credit meant for first-time home buyers, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Reuters

Blog:

Builders fear end of tax credit

NPR

1 in 6 Americans live in poverty

With a revised formula, a calculation of medical costs and geographic variations shows that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than the official figure.

TIME

POLITICS

Obama takes a health care hiatus

As Congressional leaders and White House officials huddle behind closed doors to settle their differences on health care legislation, President Barack Obama’s voice has grown noticeably quieter.

New York Times

Poll: Americans skittish over health changes

USA TODAY

Physician pay increase faces snag in Senate

Reuters

Senator Dodd outlines consumer protections on overdraft fees

The federal government would study the feasibility of allowing consumers to cancel debit card purchases if they would get hit with a penalty fee, under federal legislation proposed to curb overdraft fees.

Hartford Courant

BUSINESS

Watchdog: Bailout increased moral hazard

The U.S. government's $700 billion financial bailout program has increased moral hazard in the markets by infusing capital into banks that caused the financial crisis, a watchdog group said.

Reuters

Perks keep rolling at rescued banks

MSNBC

EDUCATION

College is more expensive than ever

College costs are higher than ever, according to a new report, putting a degree further out of reach for many Americans.

CNNMoney

Job market lands more college grads back at home

Many college graduates who've been forced by the worst job market in decades to move back home with Mom and Dad say they also feel, to their surprise, fortunate.

San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Barnes & Noble: raising the e-reader bar

The "nook" may not be the game-changer that e-book advocates hope will attract legions of new readers, but it offers some attractive features.

BusinessWeek

Zigzag bugs and ‘A Sea Like God’: Kerouac's Big Sur

In 1960, Jack Kerouac was “on the road” again, this time to Bixby Canyon, Calif., where he would spend six weeks — an experience he captured in his novel “Big Sur.”

NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholic church to receive Anglicans

Half a million Anglicans may join the Roman Catholic church following an announcement from the Vatican that Pope Benedict XVI had approved a decree setting up a new worldwide institution to receive them.

Guardian

Veil ban at school in Egypt fuels debate

The Grand Sheik of Al-Azhar says that the niqab has nothing to do with Islam and is a sign of radicalism.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Cutting-edge science restoring American chestnut tree

In science labs, scientists are taking steps they hope will bring back a majestic forest dweller nearly wiped out decades ago by a deadly fungus.

USA TODAY

Few low-cost housing foreclosures in Brooklyn's Nehemiah project

The Nehemiah project, named for the biblical prophet who rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem, has provided a bulwark of stability in neighborhoods once devastated by arson and neglect.

NPR

WORLD

Pakistan to boost college security after twin suicide bombings

Pakistan’s government said it will step up security at schools and colleges after two suicide bombers killed five people at a leading university in the capital.

Bloomberg

Anger over Pakistani university blasts

Al Jazeera

'Human crisis' looming in Pakistan

BBC

Poles will ask Biden to confirm plans for US missiles, troops

Polish leaders will ask Vice President Joe Biden to confirm specific plans for basing defensive missiles and U.S. troops in their country when they meet with him in Warsaw, a presidential aide said.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Computer memory: New material could boost data storage, save energy

North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-sized chip to exceed the storage capacities of today's computer memory systems.

ScienceDaily

Meteor shower will peak at sunrise

At its peak before sunrise, the Orionids shower should produce 20 to 25 meteors an hour, a "relatively decent show."

National Geographic

HEALTH

Swine flu vaccine deliveries run late

Swine flu vaccine shipments to Massachusetts are running behind schedule, forcing the state to direct local health departments to cancel vaccine clinics scheduled for next month.

Boston Globe

Special section:

H1N1 special report

CBS News

FDA cracks down on manufacturers' deceptive food labels

The Food and Drug Administration said that logos from food manufacturers may mislead consumers about the actual nutritional benefits of cereal, crackers and other processed foods.

CBS News

Special section:

Spot the healthy food choices

WebMD

ENVIRONMENT

Yemen could become 1st drought nation

Yemen may become the first country in the world to run out of water, providing a preview of consequences that may spread across the world if population growth outstrips natural resources.

Times Online

Space agencies, Google participate in project to save forests

Space agencies and Google Inc. are helping an international project to monitor forests by satellite to fight global warming.

Reuters

SPORTS

A-Rod, Sabathia lead way in Yanks' romp past Angels

Alex Rodriguez homered in the third straight game of his postseason, and CC Sabathia pitched five-hit ball on three days' rest, as the Yankees took a 3-1 lead in the ALCS.

Sports Illustrated

Angels vs. Yankees highlights

ESPN

Donovan named US soccer player of the year for 6th time

Landon Donovan claimed an unprecedented sixth Honda Player of the Year Award given annually to the U.S.'s top player.

San Jose Mercury News

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