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Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. watch as President Bush delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Green agenda for global leaders

Climate change, the rise of Asia and the next web revolution will dominate the agenda when the World Economic Forum starts in Davos.

BBC

'There is no war on terror'

Britain's director of public prosecutions, Sir Ken Macdonald, denied that his country is caught up in a "war on terror" and called for restraint in passing laws to deal with terrorism.

Guardian

Noriega set for prison release in September

Former dictator Manuel Noriega hopes to board a plane for Panama when he is released from prison on Sept. 9, and fight his conviction in the slayings of two political opponents.

MSNBC

Bush to Congress: Let's 'work together'

Faced with a widely unpopular war in Iraq and a Democratic Congress, President Bush in his State of the Union address urged lawmakers to work with him.

CNN

Iraqi politicians see little new in State of the Union address

Washington Post

Democrat Webb, with son in Iraq, wants new direction

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, a former Marine with a son in Iraq, called on President Bush to change course in the unpopular war so American troops can begin to come home.

ABC News

U.S., Iraqi forces fight for central Baghdad

CNN

State Farm agrees to pay up for Katrina in Mississippi

State Farm has agreed to pay thousands of homeowners hit by Hurricane Katrina likely hundreds of millions of dollars in a landmark settlement.

USA Today

NATION

Israeli president to temporarily step down

Israeli President Moshe Katsav, facing charges of rape and abuse of power, asked parliament to temporarily remove him from office in an effort to blunt growing calls for his resignation.

International Herald Tribune

Hijacked plane lands in Chad, hijacker arrested

A lone gunman has been arrested after hijacking a Sudanese passenger jet and diverting it to N'Djamena, the capital of neighboring Chad.

BBC

U.N. urges food aid reforms to combat hunger

Food aid programs need to be overhauled to strengthen the long-term campaign against world hunger, the United Nations food agency said.

Reuters

POLITICS

More Republicans expressing doubt about Iraq strategy

One by one, even the most senior Republicans in the Senate are expressing doubts that the administration's new war policy in Iraq will work.

MSNBC

'Scapegoat': 'Scooter' Libby's stunning defense

It was the last thing the White House needed: a circular firing squad in a federal courtroom in which the president’s men are all shooting at each other.

Newsweek

Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt dies

E. Howard Hunt, who helped organize the Watergate break-in, leading to the downfall of Richard Nixon's presidency, has died. He was 88.

USA Today

SPORTS

NHL to unveil its future on All-Star stage

The Gretzky and Lemieux of their generation, Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin will lead the East’s best against the West’s best in the NHL All-Star game.

MSNBC

Struggling Wolves fire Casey, promote Wittman

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Dwane Casey was fired, halfway into another season mired in mediocrity.

ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why antivirus technology Is ineffective

Antivirus technology fails to prevent computers from getting infected with viruses, and this failure contributes to many other security woes that plague the world's computers.

Top Tech News

U.S. and China worst for malware

Despite tough anti-spam measures, the amount of spam and malware emanating from the U.S. makes it the worst nation in the world for those twin digital evils.

ITWire

Is this the end of the scholarly journal?

Publishing research to blogs and e-books is so easy, some are wondering if peer-reviewed journals are on their way to obsolescence.

Christian Science Monitor

Principal charged with obstruction of justice

A high school principal was charged with hindering the police investigation of a cheerleading coach who had been accused of providing students with beer.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Zoo celebrates virgin birth of Komodo dragons

A British zoo announced the virgin birth of five Komodo dragons, giving scientists new hope for the captive breeding of the endangered species.

MSNBC

Leaders progeny promote peace, courage

Descendants of Martin Luther King and Mohandas K. Gandhi joined others in offering their thoughts on solving some of the world's toughest problems.

Happy News

NATION

Missing mom and her four children found safe

A woman and her four children were safely recovered, and a man suspected of abducting them after shooting a man was arrested, the FBI told CNN.

CNN

Prosecutor in Duke case faces new charges

The state bar has added ethics charges to a complaint against the prosecutor who brought sexual assault charges against Duke lacrosse players.

Yahoo! News

Sept. 11 worker dies as son heads to speech

A former New York policeman died in a Manhattan hospital, just as his 21-year-old son prepared to appear at the State of the Union address to symbolize the health problems of ailing Sept. 11 workers.

CBS

BUSINESS

Home Depot: New CEO could earn $8.9 million

The Home Depot Inc.'s new chief executive will earn as much as $8.9 million in total compensation this year, the world's largest home improvement store chain said in a regulatory filing.

Forbes

Airlines brace for a bumpy ride

United Airlines' weak performance and a surge in oil prices leave stocks for U.S. carriers battered, just as Congress prepares to study the effects of industry consolidation.

Business Week

ENVIRONMENT

At Sundance, controversy swirls around ‘Hounddog’

At a festival that features several films with sexual content, including full male nudity and a documentary about bestiality, a southern Gothic tale that includes the rape of a young girl is causing the biggest stir.

Showbuzz

Knightley sues paper for remarks on eating

British actress Keira Knightley has sued the Daily Mail, charging the paper hinted she tried to mislead the public about whether she has an eating disorder.

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Study: Metabolic syndrome predicts heart risk

A cluster of cardiac factors known as "metabolic syndrome" is a strong indicator of increased risk of heart disease, an exhaustive review of the literature concludes.

HealthDay

Avastin slows colon cancer growth

A new study says an anticancer drug that starves tumors of a blood supply can help patients with advanced colon cancer.

WebMD

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The business of climate change

Several big American firms call for mandatory measures to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.

Economist

Glaciers may vanish from Alps by 2050

Most glaciers will disappear from the Alps by 2050, scientists say, based on the evidence of slow but steady melting of the region's continental ice sheets.

Orlando Sentinel

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Ted Haggard says evangelicals have 'best sex life'

Much has been made of America's so-called religious divide, but few of the discussions and debates resemble Alexandra Pelosi's new film, "Friends of God."

ABC News

China welcomes Vatican attempts to mend ties

China's state-backed Catholic church welcomed a newly announced Vatican initiative to repair ruptured relations with Beijing.

International Herald Tribune

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