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South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan shakes hands with U.S. envoy on North Korean human rights Robert King during their meeting in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Jung Yeon-Je / Pool / AP)

Obama: No plan for US troops in Yemen

The United States does not plan to send U.S. troops into Yemen or Somalia as those countries struggle to contain Islamic militants, President Barack Obama said.

Reuters

Arrests over Togo soccer shooting

Angolan authorities have arrested two people over an attack on the Togo national soccer team that left three dead, state media reported.

CNN

North Korea wants peace treaty with US

North Korea has called for a formal peace treaty with the U.S. as a precondition for its return to international talks about the country's nuclear program.

Guardian

US envoy describes situation with N. Korean rights 'appalling'

Korea Times

Discussion:

Q&A: North Korea nuclear talks

BBC

Toxic metal in jewelry from China

Barred from using toxic lead in children's jewelry, some Chinese manufacturers have been substituting the more dangerous heavy metal cadmium in products sold throughout the U. S.

ABC News

Special section:

Toxic metals

OSHA

Privacy no longer a social norm, says Facebook founder

The rise of social networking online means that people no longer have an expectation of privacy, according to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Guardian

NATION

Fla. citrus industry on freeze alert

The $9.3 billion citrus industry in Florida is watching and waiting. A hard freeze could smack an industry that supplies three-quarters of the U.S. orange crop.

CNN

Saving the citrus

Central Florida News 13

No major damage in Calif. quake

Residents of a Northern California county gingerly cleaned up after the area dodged a catastrophe, escaping a 6.5 magnitude earthquake with little more than bumps, cuts and broken glass.

Houston Chronicle

6.5 quake shakes buildings on Calif. coast

YouTube

Budget cuts affect court security

With the recession prompting steep cuts to state and local budgets, courts around the country are facing the tough decision of whether to reduce court services or cut back on security.

Baltimore Sun

POLITICS

Reid resists calls to quit

One of the most senior members of the Democratic party, Harry Reid, resisted calls for his resignation over racially tinged remarks about President Barack Obama.

Guardian

Dems, GOP react to Reid's comments

Politico

Health costs increase under Senate bill

Americans would see only a modest rise in health care costs under the Senate's plan to extend coverage to the 34 million people who are uninsured, government economic experts say in a new report.

New York Times

BUSINESS

Diversity efforts uneven in US companies

The United States is becoming an increasingly diverse nation, but progress in the workplace has been a bit slower.

NPR

Banks prepare for bonuses, public wrath

The bank bonus season, that annual rite of big money and bigger egos, looks as if it will be one of the largest and most controversial blowouts the industry has ever seen.

New York Times

Clawbacks spread as cash bonuses get riskier

Bloomberg

Dubai's 1st foreclosure may open floodgates in market

Dubai’s housing rout sent prices down 52 percent the past year, prompting some homeowners to abandon their mortgage payments and flee the country. No one received a foreclosure notice, until now.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New tombs discovered near pyramids

Egyptian archaeologists discovered a new set of tombs from the workers who built the great pyramids, shedding light on how the laborers lived and ate over 4,000 years ago.

Boston Herald

Apps are not just for your phone

Tech companies see how applications have boosted the appeal of gadgets such as Apple's iPhone, are starting to view apps as low-cost enhancements for a broader range of products, from netbooks to TVs.

CNN

SPORTS

Cardinals win epic battle with Packers

In the course of eight seconds during the Cardinals win over the Packers, a goat turned into a hero, a season was extended, and Packers fans got an unwanted second taste of brats and cheese.

Arizona Republic

Ravens overwhelm Patriots in Brady's 1st home playoff loss

From the very first play, Ray Rice and the running Ravens made the team of the last decade look like pushovers in this one.

CBS SportsLine

Ravens vs. Patriots

Sports Illustrated

Vonn wins 3rd World Cup race in 3 days

Lindsey Vonn of the United States won a women's World Cup super-G race for her third victory in as many days.

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

NBC anchor tells why Jon Stewart is good for news

Many journalists have come to think of Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" as a kind of external standards-and-practices cop and one whose nightstick leaves painfully embarrassing welts.

NPR

Romanian cinema in transition

"Police, Adjective" has rallied the critics at film festivals across the globe. The gray-on-gray palette of Porumboiu's feature focusing on the struggles of daily life, is a signature of Romanian cinema.

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Community rebuilding starts with school

Almost everyone involved in a sprawling $1.8 billion redevelopment project refers to East Baltimore Community School when discussing the odds of success.

Baltimore Sun

The littlest volunteer

With almost 170 service hours in just two years under his little belt, four-year-old Xavier May was recognized as the youngest volunteer in the history of his Minneapolis apartment complex.

Star Tribune

WORLD

Israel to build wall along Egyptian border

Israel's government has approved plans for the construction of a barrier along its border with Egypt in a bid to keep out illegal migrants and militants.

BBC

Kenyan locals see upside to pirates: more fish in the waters

Kenyans have one thing to thank Somali pirates for: better fishing. In the past, illegal trawlers scooped up the contents of the ocean along the Somali coast.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Orange sunset as Ukraine poll heralds turn to Russia

As Ukraine's voters prepare to go to the polls in the first presidential election since they cast out the country's Soviet-era leadership, the nation's reform movement seems to have run out of steam.

Observer

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change experts clash over sea water levels

Climate science faces a new controversy after Britain's Met Office, its national weather agency, denounced research from the Copenhagen summit which suggested sea levels could rise 6 feet by 2100.

Times Online

Why Antarctica isn't melting much — yet

ABC News

Piracy complaint filed against whaler

A conservation group that lost one of its ships in a clash with Japanese whalers off Antarctica has filed a piracy complaint in the Netherlands against the captain and crew of the whaling vessel.

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Why light hurts during migraines

Researchers believe they know why light exacerbates the already debilitating pain of migraines, even in some blind people.

HealthDay

For some, Lasik brings more problems than solutions

There have been an increasing number of complaints from unhappy patients who say they have experienced significant problematic complications after Lasik.

NPR

Brain imaging may help diagnose autism

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than other children, and measuring this delay may become a standard method of diagnosis.

ScienceDaily

EDUCATION

3 ways educators use social technology

Innovative educators are embracing social media to fight back against an onslaught of problems caused by declining budgets. Technologies such as Twitter and Skype enable inexpensive team-based education.

Mashable

Ohio charter schools buck trend

A new Ohio state Department of Education report shows that charter-school enrollment is up 8 percent this year, while the number attending traditional Ohio schools has fallen.

Cincinnati Enquirer

Grants help the strapped into colleges

Lori Gough had a 6-month-old daughter and a $6.25-an-hour job at a Snappy Tomato Pizza in Kentucky when she realized she needed to change her life. The question was, "How?"

The Jackson Sun

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Beyond belief

The new atheism is bigger, more organized, and much more assertive than ever before. It's based on the belief that science explains everything we need to know, so there's no need for religion.

The Age

Malaysia’s Prime Minister intervenes to defuse religious violence

Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, stepped in to defuse a violent religious controversy over the use by Christians of the word "Allah."

Times Online

Study: Britons suspicious towards Muslims

Telegraph.co.uk

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