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US Vice President Joe Biden, right, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk share a laugh before talks at the Prime Minister's chancellory in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Alik Keplicz / AP)

Biden wins Poland’s commitment

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden secured Poland’s commitment to a proposed missile-defense system and invited one of America's "closest allies" to join efforts to improve relations with Russia.

Bloomberg

Joe Biden seeks to mend US relations with Poland

Guardian

Biden confirms support for Poland

BBC

North America's tiniest dinosaur

The fossil bones of a North America dinosaur so tiny it could dart between the legs of its huge neighbors are being assembled at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

San Francisco Chronicle

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

Obama proposes 2 new initiatives to revive small business loans

As small business lending continues to dry up, the federal government is readying two new initiatives to reverse the trend.

CNNMoney

Speech:

Obama's remarks on reviving small business

Detroit Free Press

Senate approves moving Gitmo prisoners to US

President Barack Obama won a modest victory in his continuing effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, allowing transfer of detainees at the facility to the U.S. for prosecution.

HeraldNet

Justices to decide on US release of detainees

Gainesville Sun

NATION

Homegrown terror plot to attack US malls?

In what appears to be another case of a domestic terror plot, federal prosecutors charged a 27-year-old college graduate from Boston with conspiring to wage violent jihad at shopping malls.

ABC News

Highlights of the case against terror suspect

Boston Globe

Action urged to curb child-abuse deaths

Armed with grim statistics, experts and activists are mobilizing to demand expanded federal efforts to reverse a recent rise in the number of children dying from abuse.

MSNBC

Child abuse report: 10,440 children died 2001-07

USA TODAY

Special section:

Report: We can do better

Every Child Matters Education Fund

POLITICS

Obama targets insurance companies, banks in NY appearance

President Barack Obama criticized insurance companies and banks as he urged supporters to pressure Congress to back his moves to revamp the health care system and overhaul financial regulations.

Bloomberg

Obama marginalizes most powerful critics

Politico

Emanuel at the epicenter: then and now

Before there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless White House chief of staff, there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless House Democratic campaign strategist.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Special section:

House races in 2010

CQ Politics

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

HEALTH

High protein diet may shrink brain, say Alzheimer's researchers

Researchers have found that mice fed a high protein, low carbohydrate diet developed brains that were five percent lighter than those of mice fed other diets.

Medical News Today

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

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Big flops and breakout hits are equally rare on TV

Five weeks into the new TV season, few new shows are tanking in the ratings, but breakout hits are elusive.

USA TODAY

Chicago is the most stressed city in US

A survey by Harris Interactive found that residents in Chicago rank highest in the nation for stress.

Reuters

EDUCATION

UC Berkeley to admit more out-of-staters

UC Berkeley will start admitting hundreds of additional out-of-state and international students instead of Californians to offset state budget cuts.

San Francisco Chronicle

Advocacy group to bring dropout-prevention campaign to Pittsburgh

An advocacy group affiliated with retired general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell will bring its dropout-prevention campaign to Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Rome goes fishing in Anglican pond

In an unprecedented announcement from the Vatican, disenchanted Anglicans may join the Roman Catholic Church as full members, while retaining many of their Anglican traditions and practices.

BBC

Vatican targets disillusioned Anglicans

YouTube

Atheist ads to adorn NY subway stations

A coalition of eight atheist organizations will run a month-long campaign that will place their posters in a dozen busy subway stations throughout Manhattan.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

In Overtown, organic garden takes root

Marvin Dunn, a local historian, put vacant land to good use by starting an organic garden, thereby creating jobs and a self-sustaining business.

Miami Herald

The kindest cut

A Colorado surgeon helps restore feeling — and so much more — to victims of female genital mutilation.

Newsweek

WORLD

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

Draft nuclear deal for Iran

BBC

Karzai challenger urges action to prevent poll fraud

The main challenger to President Hamid Karzai urged action to prevent a repeat of massive fraud that compromised Afghanistan's elections, as preparations began for a run-off next month.

Brisbane Times

UN chief on Afghan election

BBC

Train crash near India’s Taj Mahal kills 21

A passenger train crashed into another train's rear carriage reserved for women and disabled passengers, killing 21 people.

MSNBC

Deadly train wreck in India

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Like it or not, here comes more stimulus

There's a push to extend some expiring provisions from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. But it will be done in bits and pieces.

CNNMoney

Watchdog: Bailout increased moral hazard

Reuters

Brand romance gone for car buyers

So far this year, only about 20 percent of car shoppers stayed with the same brand when they purchased a new vehicle.

New York Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

AT&T takes on Google over 'terrifying' Internet rules

Google Inc. backs "extreme regulatory standards," AT&T Inc.’s top official says. His rival at Google calls the phone company’s new campaign "laughable."

Bloomberg

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

ENVIRONMENT

Oil risk assessment called flawed

A panel of scientific experts is raising serious concerns about the state-led, $5 million project to evaluate risks posed by Alaska's aging oil and gas infrastructure.

Anchorage Daily News

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

SPORTS

NBA referee agreement closer

The NBA's locked-out referees are on the verge of a return to work after an unexpected meeting in New York led to a tentative labor agreement.

ESPN

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

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