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Visitors walk past illuminated old buildings at Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, China. According to the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, the year 2007 marks the year of the pig, which started Sunday. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

Senate gridlocks on Iraq war resolution

The Senate gridlocked on the Iraq war in a sharply worded showdown as Republicans foiled a Democratic attempt to rebuke President Bush over his deployment of 21,500 additional combat troops.

MSNBC

Army and police desert Mugabe

Widespread desertions from Zimbabwe's army and police are weakening Robert Mugabe's security forces as strikes loom.

Observer

Evolution memo prompts call for apology

A Jewish organization is demanding an apology from a Georgia legislator for a memo that says the teaching of evolution is a myth propagated by a Jewish sect.

Yahoo! News

Twin car bombs kill at least 55 in Baghdad

Two car bombs tore through a busy shopping area of a mainly Shi'ite district of Baghdad, killing 55 people and wounding scores of others.

Reuters

8 troops die in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

Eight coalition members were killed and 14 others wounded when their helicopter had a "sudden, unexplained loss of power and control" and crashed in southeastern Afghanistan, military officials said.

CNN

Rice urges Palestinian government to recognize Israel

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to push the message that the new Palestinian unity government must recognize Israel and renounce terror.

CNN

Israel, U.S. may shun Palestinian government

USA Today

Poll: Giuliani leads McCain for GOP nod

Sen. John McCain and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani both enjoy favorable views from Republican primary voters, but a new CBS News poll says early on, voters favor Giuliani.

CBS News

NATION

British women will be paid to donate eggs for science

Women will be paid to donate their eggs for scientific research in a landmark decision that will prompt a fierce backlash from leading figures in the medical world.

The Observer

Police in India find baby bones in hospital yard

Police in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have found 390 pieces of bones of newly born babies or fetuses in the back yard of a Christian missionary hospital.

Reuters

Nobel winner enters Bangladesh poll

Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi winner of the 2006 Nobel peace prize, is to contest elections postponed after dozens of people were killed in weeks of violence.

Al Jazeera

POLITICS

House vote may ease way for wage bill

The fate of a higher federal minimum wage no longer depends on whether small businesses will get tax breaks. The pending question is the size of the breaks.

Detroit Free Press

Bush vows cooperation on health care

Hoping to gain support for his health care proposal, President Bush pledged to cross party lines to reform the nation's medical insurance system so more uninsured Americans can afford coverage.

Yahoo! News

SPORTS

Green wins slam dunk competition

Boston's Gerald Green capped All-Star Saturday with an acrobatic leap over a table to win the dunk contest, and Miami's Jason Kapono fell just short of an event record while winning the 3-Point Shootout.

Yahoo! News

Scandal overshadows start of NASCAR season

In the week leading up to the Super Bowl of stock-car racing, NASCAR had lined up a handful of attractive stories to help kick off the season and jump-start fan interest.

Houston Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Environmental activists gather in Montreal

Environmental activists are gathering in Montreal to denounce what they say is federal government inaction on climate change.

Canada.com

Big Oil warns biofuels will not meet U.S. energy needs

Top executives in the U.S. oil and electricity industries warned U.S. lawmakers against relying solely on biofuels for energy security.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists find lakes under Antarctica

Beneath the snow, ice and bitter cold of Antarctica, scientists have discovered a network of lakes that fill and empty with rapidly flowing water.

Fort Worth Star Telegram

Inventor of the TV remote dies

Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote has died.

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Aging nation faces growing hearing loss

An aging U.S. population faces a looming crisis in hearing loss, researchers say. Some research holds promise, but much is in the early stages.

Yahoo! News

Nasal spray outperforms flu shots for young children

A large international study suggests that giving infants and young children live flu vaccine in a nasal spray is more effective than injecting them with inactivated vaccine.

Medical News Today

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GOOD NEWS

Artificial retina implant holds promise for blind

A tiny electrical implant that attaches to the retina may someday restore partial sight to millions of patients blinded by age-related macular degeneration, U.S. researchers said.

CNET News

Carnival brings revelers to the Big Easy

Carnival revelers have been streaming in, and Mardi Gras organizers hoped to throw such a fantastic party that visitors would vow to return to this tourist-dependent city again.

Yahoo! News

Marine gets eight years in Iraqi killing

A Marine who said he never fired a shot in the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man was sentenced to eight years in military prison, the longest sentence yet in the case.

Guardian

Avalanches block highways in Colorado

Thousands of travelers heading to ski areas for the holiday weekend were stalled by giant traffic jams as highways were blocked by crews removing snow slides.

USA Today

BUSINESS

Citigroup to list on Tokyo Stock Exchange

Citigroup Inc., the largest U.S. bank, plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange later this year, a move that could make it easier to buy Japanese firms through stock swaps.

Reuters

Cash-hungry states eye business tax

A handful of states are taking a new look at an old, often-criticized business tax to thwart what they say are too many companies avoiding their fair share of taxes.

Baltimore Sun

ENVIRONMENT

Postage stamps: miniature artwork with mass appeal

How do you sum up The Beatles on a square inch of sticky paper? That was the challenge facing the team commissioned to design postage stamps marking Lennon & McCartney's start.

International Herald Tribune

Conservatives get edgy in Fox's fake news show

Fox News Channel premieres its antidote to the left-leaning humor of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" — a conservative fake news show.

San Francisco Chronicle

EDUCATION

Teacher accused of striking fifth-graders in gym class

A first-grade teacher was placed on leave after she allegedly hit and kicked fifth-graders who ran through her class during physical education, school officials said.

CNN

Lawmakers want brochure about cancer vaccine created

As lawmakers prepare to debate the governor's order that schoolgirls be inoculated against a virus that causes cervical cancer, some legislators want to produce a brochure about the vaccine.

CNN

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

For many Americans, religious identity is no longer a given

When Aurora Turk was growing up in Mexico City, being Catholic was a given. "It was taught to me by the nuns at school and my mother at home," she recalled. "My whole world was Catholic."

National Catholic Reporter

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