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Townspeople cast their ballot while voting in the New Hampshire Primary in Brookline, N.H. (Photo by Charles Krupa / AP)

Obama, McCain get early win in Dixville Notch, N.H.

Sen. Barack Obama won seven of the 10 votes cast for Democrats in the first balloting of the New Hampshire primary in Dixville Notch, while Sen. John McCain won the Republican balloting.

Reuters

Campaign diary

U.S. News & World Report

Last-minute decisions for Milford, N.H., voters

NPR

The world’s cheapest wheels

When Tata Motors set out to build a $2,500 car, people said it couldn't be done. This week the company will unveil its vehicle of the future.

Newsweek

Middle East leaders prepare for Bush tour

Israeli and Palestinian leaders are meeting in Jerusalem to try to ease problems in the Mideast peace process ahead of the U.S. president's key tour.

BBC

Bush set for rare Middle East visit

Reuters

US-Iran naval confrontation in Persian Gulf raises tensions

Five Iranian boats confronted U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf, Pentagon officials said. While the U.S. State Department demands an explanation, Iran's Foreign Ministry calls the incident "normal."

Christian Science Monitor

Behind the US-Iran Gulf confrontation

TIME

Bush acknowledges 'challenges' from economy

President Bush, in a marked shift from his usual economic assessments, conceded that the nation faces "economic challenges" due to rising oil prices, the home mortgage crisis and a weakening job market.

International Herald Tribune

As bankruptcies surge, Congress ponders change in law

McClatchy Newspapers

NATION

Body of missing Georgia hiker found

A drifter charged with kidnapping a 24-year-old hiker led authorities to her body in the mountains of northern Georgia, investigators said.

ABC News

3 tornadoes touch down in Wisconsin

A rare series of tornadoes ripped through southeastern Wisconsin, smashing houses, downing trees and power lines and leaving about a dozen people injured, authorities said.

Star Tribune

Supreme Court to take up voter ID law

Oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court will examine the question of whether state laws designed to stem voter fraud end up discriminating against large groups of minority and poor Americans.

CNN

POLITICS

Mike Huckabee chats up Letterman

Talk about judgment: Mike Huckabee says he has placed his political fate in the hands of David Letterman.

CBS News

Justices appear split on lethal-injection

The Supreme Court appeared divided over whether the drugs commonly injected to execute prisoners risk causing excruciating pain in violation of the Constitution.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Obama, McCain ride waves, while Clintons vent frustration

New Hampshire voters were turning out in what was predicted to be record numbers, bringing a frenzied close to a hectic primary race marked by last-minute emotional outbursts.

ABC News

Hillary heckled

Fox News

BUSINESS

Starbucks restores Schultz; shares up most since 2003

Howard Schultz was peddling a unique idea when he turned a Seattle coffee-bean store into a chain of U.S. cafes called Starbucks. Now he returns to lead a company battered by the competition it created.

Bloomberg

Home sales sink, outlook darkens

Contracts to sell existing homes fell last year and there could be darker days ahead for home values, which are expected to post their biggest decline on record this quarter.

CNNMoney

Northeast is toughest place in US to sell homes

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Gossage elected to Hall of Fame

Fireballing reliever Rich "Goose" Gossage won election to the Hall of Fame. Gossage, who pitched in three World Series for the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres, picked up 85.8 percent of the 543 ballots.

Reuters

LSU defeats Ohio State to capture college football's national title

No. 2 LSU danced, dodged and darted its way into the end zone, turning the BCS national championship game into a horrible replay for No. 1 Ohio State.

ESPN

HEALTH

Study: Naps help your memory

A ninety-minute daytime nap helps speed up the process of long term memory consolidation, a recent study conducted by the Center for Brain and Behavior Research at the University of Haifa found.

Science Daily

What wrinkles?

More men are turning to cosmetic procedures to hide the effects of aging. In 2006, nose reshaping, liposuction and eyelid and face-lifts were all among the top 10 cosmetic surgery procedures for men.

Newsweek

Breastfeeding may lower allergy risk

Breastfeeding for at least four months may help prevent asthma, eczema, and food allergies in high-risk babies, the nation's leading group of pediatricians now says.

WebMD

RELIGION

Christian sites targeted in Mosul

Iraq's Christian population has been targeted in a series of coordinated attacks in Mosul. Bombs exploded outside three churches and a monastery in the northern Iraqi city, wounding four people.

BBC

Church offers prayers for debtors

Attend any church service in the Western world and chances are that prayers will be said for those suffering drought, famine, disease or abuse. Debt can now be added to that list.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Michael Barone):

Young women, feminism and Hillary

U.S. News & World Report

Editorial:

'Change' is the theme of the season

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Fareed Zakaria):

Elections can unite, or have the opposite effect

Newsweek

Column (Thomas Sowell):

Remember, we're choosing a president

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Substance, not smiles

Baltimore Sun

Editorial:

City of Seattle: urbane forestry

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

The ultimate reality show

USA Today

Column:

Software that gets in the way

iTWire

Editorial:

Bush drills for Middle East deals

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

An 2008 imperative: solar tax credits

San Jose Mercury News

Column:

Branding land: Conservation marketers choose land over beast

Economist

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GOOD NEWS

Maldives leader survives attack

Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom survived an assassination attempt when a 15-year-old boy grabbed the knife of the attacker, who jumped out of a crowd of people greeting the president.

ABC News

11-year-old survives avalanche with TV show tips

An 11-year-old boy survived an avalanche after having been completely buried under the sliding snow for 33 minutes.

Good News Network

WORLD

Sri Lankan minister killed by bomb

A roadside bomb near the capital, Colombo, has killed a Sri Lankan government minister, the country's military said.

Guardian

Minister killed in bomb blast

Reuters

Benazir Bhutto's son says he fears Pakistan may disintegrate

Benazir Bhutto’s 19-year-old son made his political debut in a London hotel and was forced to defend the decision to hand him the leadership of his mother's Pakistan's People's Party.

Times Online

Benazir Bhutto book due out next month

Yahoo! News

Private security contractors look to Africa for recruits

Over the past few years, American private security companies have increased efforts to hire former fighters for work in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hot spots.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

US corn subsidies promote Amazon deforestation

Amazon deforestation and fires are being aggravated by U.S. farm subsidies. A spike in Amazonian fires is being promoted by U.S. subsidies that promote corn production for ethanol.

Environmental News Network

Efficient biofuel made from genetically modified bacteria

Researchers have developed a new method for producing next-generation biofuels by genetically modifying E. coli bacteria to be an efficient biofuel synthesizer.

Science Daily

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cosmic blue blobs discovered

Brilliant blue blobs weighing tens of thousands of solar masses have been found lurking in the seemingly barren expanse of intergalactic space.

LiveScience

Yahoo! unveils mobile Internet domination plans

There are over 3 billion mobile phone users. Someday most of them will be able to access the Internet from their cell phones and when they do, Yahoo! wants to be their first port of call.

iTWire

Yahoo! hopes developers don't pass 'Go'

CNET News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘No Country’ wins best picture

"No Country for Old Men" was the big winner at the Critics’ Choice Awards, winning best picture, best director for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen and best supporting actor for Javier Bardem.

MSNBC

Golden Globes telecast canceled

Hollywood's Golden Globe Awards telecast was canceled after film and TV actors agreed to boycott the show in support of striking Hollywood writers.

Bloomberg

Unglued Globes give up gala

Hollywood Reporter

EDUCATION

Educators hail Nutter's 'call to arms'

On his inaugural day, Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia vowed to cut the school district's dismal dropout rate in half over the next five to seven years.

Philadelphia Inquirer

School introduces ironing and waltz lessons to prepare students for 'real life'

Manners and etiquette are being taught at a leading public school to equip pupils to conduct themselves in polite society. Brighton College is teaching everything from setting a table to dancing a waltz.

Daily Mail

Teacher accused of sending nude cell phone pics to student

A Pittsburgh high school teacher was charged with sending nude pictures of herself and sex-related text messages to the cell phone of a 14-year-old student.

International Herald Tribune

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