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As the senate debates the health bill, U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said all people deserve health care because they are "children of God" in his first public appearance since escalating a public feud with Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop. (Photo by Steven Senne / AP)

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Obama tells McChrystal of plan

President Barack Obama issued new orders for the war in Afghanistan from the Oval Office, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters.

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Politico

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Financing the war in Afghanistan

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CNN

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Obama's Afghan plan

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CBC News

Interpol operation scoops massive ivory haul in Kenya

The latest phase of an Interpol-coordinated operation across six African countries has led to the seizure of approximately 1,200 pounds of illegal ivory.

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Earth Times

Women band together to help eradicate land mines in Jordan

Jordanians hope to remove some 136,000 mines from the northern border with Syria by 2012. A group of 10 women became the first all-female de-mining team in the Middle East.

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Al Jazeera

Senate begins health care reform bill debate

A sharply divided U.S. Senate has begun debating its version of a contentious health care bill, a key domestic issue for President Barack Obama.

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BBC

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A comparison of the House and Senate health care bills

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Salt Lake Tribune

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Reid 'confident' Senate will pass health care bill

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USA TODAY

Durbin: Dems won't let abortion sink bill

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The Hill

Chinese media reveal secret, illegal jails

Secret, illegal "black jails" exist in China, a state-run weekly has confirmed, despite official denials otherwise. Citizens often end up in such jails when they file complaints against the government.

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CNN

Colleges fight back against anonymous gossip sites

Gossip on campuses is now broadcast for anyone with an Internet connection to see. The Dean of first-year students at Colgate University, describes the phenomenon as an "electronic bathroom wall."

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TIME

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New tools aid in policing Web comments

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NATION

Texas inmate escapes van during transfer

A Texas inmate escaped from a prison van near Houston after pulling a gun on two prison guards who were transporting him between prisons, according to a Texas prison statement.

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CNN

Pension tension on the rise

In addition to taking a big chunk out of individuals' 401(k)s, last fall's market meltdown left 92 percent of corporate pension plans underfunded at year's end.

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CNNMoney

POLITICS

Democrats change tune on nuclear energy power

In the year since being elected, President Obama along with congressional Democrats increasingly appear to be embracing nuclear energy power.

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U.S. News & World Report

US missed chance to get bin Laden in 2001

The U.S. military could have captured Osama bin Laden in 2001 with a concerted attack on his hideout in Afghanistan, according to a report prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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Reuters

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Brown calls for action on al-Qaida

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Large Hadron Collider breaks record

The problem-plagued Large Hadron Collider set a world record in Switzerland when it accelerated twin proton beams to an energy of 1.18 TeV (teraelectronvolts), surpassing the record.

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InformationWeek

Royal Society papers available online

One of the world's oldest scientific institutions is marking the start of its 350th year by putting 60 of its most memorable research papers online.

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BBC

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Dilettantes to DNA via cuckoos and kites

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The Independent

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Religious right launches fresh assault on US abortion rights

Catholic bishops and Protestant evangelists in the U.S. have begun a lobbying campaign to force fresh limitations on access to abortion into health care legislation.

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Guardian

Swiss voters ban new mosque minarets

Swiss voters approved a ban on minarets, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a vote that put Switzerland at the head of a European backlash against a growing Muslim population.

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USA TODAY

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Anger over Swiss minaret ban

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Reuters

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Chelsea Clinton to wed Marc Mezvinsky

Chelsea Clinton announced that she plans to marry longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinksy, son of former Pennsylvania Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky and former Iowa Rep. Ed Mezvinsky.

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Star-Ledger

Transsexual 'L.A. Times' sportswriter Mike Penner found dead

Los Angeles Times reporter Mike Penner, who publicly chronicled his gender transition and returned to the paper under the name Christine Daniels, died at age 52.

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NPR

Geoffrey Fletcher pulls 'Precious' screenplay from 'Push'

"Precious" tells the unrelenting story of its character's emerging out of sexual and psychic abuse. She discovers herself as a writer and as a person, ultimately realizing her dreams.

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Los Angeles Times

SPORTS

Advocating for girls’ sports

Few girls who play sports in suburban Philadelphia would recognize Robert H. Landau, but many coaches and athletic directors know that spotting him in the bleachers could spell trouble.

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Pats travel down memory lane

Tom Brady will step back in time when he walks into the Louisiana Superdome. It will be the first time since Feb. 3, 2002, when he engineered one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history.

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Portland Press Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Helping innocent prisoners win freedom

The pictures and newspaper articles covering the walls of Jim McCloskey's office in Princeton, N.J. tell one story after another of his work to free the innocent.

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Christian Science Monitor

Helping survivors learn to live again

Yvonne Nelson-Moore will launch a new group with Charlotte, N.C., police to reach grieving families. Victims' relatives will be invited to attend the meetings to receive informal support as a group.

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Charlotte Observer

WORLD

Demjanjuk Nazi war crimes trial begins

John Demjanjuk, 89, has been wheeled into a Munich court accused of being a Nazi camp guard who herded 27,900 people to their death in the gas chambers.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Demjanjuk trial begins in Munich

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BBC

US-bound oil tanker hijacked off Somalia

An oil tanker bound for the United States was hijacked off Somalia with a crew of 28 aboard, maritime authorities said.

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CNN

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How to counter a pirate attack

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BBC

President-elect Lobo focuses on future

The elected President of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo of the National Party said that his main concern is the future, starting on June 27, 2010 when he will take office and begin a four-year term.

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Xinhuanet

HEALTH

US swine flu cases chart sharp decline

U.S. health officials said that H1N1 swine flu infections appear to be on the wane nationally, even as the number of American children dying from the illness continues to have a steady rise.

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U.S. News & World Report

Harvard study: Computers don't save hospitals money

A Harvard Medical School study of some of the nation's "most wired" hospital facilities found that computerization of those facilities hasn't saved money or improved administrative efficiency.

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BUSINESS

After Dubai World debt panic, UAE guarantees all bank deposits

The United Arab Emirates' central bank sought to reassure investors rattled by debt woes with an announcement that it was backing all deposits in locally owned and foreign banks.

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Christian Science Monitor

Treasury tougher on home loan relief

The Obama administration threatened to punish mortgage lenders with fines unless they speed up efforts to give hard-pressed homeowners a permanent break on their monthly payments.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Steel town plans return to green roots

Vandergrift, Pa., residents are reviving Fredick Law Olmsted's 114-year-old vision and making the community environmentally sustainable for this century and beyond.

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MSNBC

Major sea rise likely as Antarctic ice continues to melt

Sea levels are likely to rise by about 1.4 meters (4 feet 6 inches) globally by 2100 as polar ice melts, according to a major review of climate change in Antarctica.

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BBC

Salmon study shows 'sustainable' food may not be so sustainable

Popular thinking about how to improve food systems for the better most often misses the point, according to the results of a three-year global study of salmon production systems.

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Environment News Network

EDUCATION

Harvard ignored investment warnings

At least once a year Jack Meyer, head of Harvard’s endowment, and then-president Lawrence Summers, would debate the university's management — or mismanagement — of its operating funds.

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Boston Globe

Taiwan to roll out e-readers in schools

Taiwan's Ministry of Education plans to offer e-readers to school kids on the island as part of efforts made to further digitize schools and promote reading.

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PC World

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Colleges helping alumni find jobs

Career counselors at area colleges say they are increasingly helping alumni — not only recent graduates, but also those who are decades out of college.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Photo of the Day

The sun sets over Prophet Mohammed Mosque, the second holiest site in Islam, in the Saudi holy city of Medina, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Hassan Ammar / AP)

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