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Director Martin Scorsese accepts the Oscar for best director for his work on "The Departed" at the 79th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Mark J. Terrill / AP)

Cheney asks Pakistan to stop al Qaeda 'regrouping'

CNN

Judge dismisses juror from Libby case

A federal judge avoided a potential mistrial in the CIA leak case by dismissing a juror and sending the other 11 back to continue deliberations.

MSNBC

Big night for ‘The Departed’

Martin Scorsese’s mob epic “The Departed” won best picture at the Academy Awards and earned him the directing prize that had eluded him throughout his career.

MSNBC

Britain confirms 1,400 more troops for Afghanistan

Britain will send an extra 1,400 troops to Afghanistan after failing to persuade most other NATO members to boost forces fighting the Taliban.

Reuters

Canada to give $200M for Afghan reconstruction

CBC

Iraqi VP escapes assassination

Iraq's Shiite vice president narrowly escaped assassination as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it was searched by U.S. teams.

Yahoo! News

Iraqi President treated for exhaustion in Jordan, son says

CNN

Diplomats meet for key Iran talks

Top diplomats from six key nations are meeting in London to discuss further moves to make Iran comply with demands to end its nuclear program.

BBC

Report: U.S., Sunnis combat Iranian 'Shiite Crescent'

ABC News

U.S. Navy eyes hijacked Somalia aid ship

Three Somali police speedboats and a U.S. military vessel were headed toward a U.N.-chartered cargo ship hijacked by pirates, a senior police official said.

Ledger

NATION

Court clears Serbia of genocide

The United Nation's highest court at The Hague has cleared Serbia of direct responsibility for genocide during the Bosnian war of the 1990s.

BBC

Israeli troops search houses in Nablus

Israeli troops sealed off the center of Nablus' old city with cement blocks and trash containers, and searched apartments for seven Palestinian fugitives.

ABC News

Hizbullah builds new line of defense

Shiite militants are rearming and supporters are amassing real estate along the United Nations buffer.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Edwards plays up differences with Clinton

Presidential candidate John Edwards courted Democratic activists in New Hampshire, playing up differences over the Iraq war with rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Yahoo! News

Virginia apologizes for role in slavery

Meeting on the grounds of the former Confederate Capitol, the Virginia General Assembly voted unanimously to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.

Richmond Times-Dispatch

SPORTS

Conley's late layup helps Buckeyes survive Badgers for Big Ten title

Mike Conley Jr. stepped out of Greg Oden's lengthy shadow at just the right time.

CBS SportsLine

Trying to cope

Damien Nash had just come home from a charity basketball game he'd organized in his brother's honor when he collapsed in front of his wife and 7-month-old girl.

Sports Illustrated

Lewis shoots down reports of return to ring

Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has denied reports that he is planning a comeback at the age of 41 to fight Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko.

ESPN

HEALTH

Governors seek aid for child health care

Governors from both parties are opposing President Bush's budget for a health care program that insures millions of children of the working poor, warning that less spending will raise the number of uninsured.

Yahoo! News

U.S. scientists prototype breath test for lung cancer

U.S. scientists have developed and tested a prototype breath test to detect lung cancer.

Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

No statue, but a win nonetheless for Gore

Showbuzz

'Sunshine' brightest star at Independent Spirit Awards

"Little Miss Sunshine," the indie success story of 2006, claimed the top prize of best feature at the 2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Hollywood Reporter

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Ailing Farrakhan calls for religious harmony

Ailing Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan delivered what was billed as his last public address, calling for Christian-Muslim unity.

CNN

Post 9/11, Islam flourishes among blacks

Reuters

Companies see increased interest in spiritual tours

Tom and Geri Kartes are about to become pilgrims. They plan to take a lot of photos and record the experience when they go on a faith-based trip to Italy and Bosnia in May.

Beliefnet

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GOOD NEWS

DNA from ivory may lead to poachers

The complex science of DNA analysis is now helping protect elephants by showing police and conservationists the source of black-market ivory.

Examiner

Nonprofit to collect leftovers from Oscars for free meals

Hollywood glitterati at the annual Academy Awards ball dined on a lavish meal, and Los Angeles' homeless dined on the leftovers.

San Diego Union-Tribune

NATION

Sick teen's military dreams come true

Weakened by a lifelong struggle with cystic fibrosis, 14-year-old Riley Woina dreamed of being strong like the heroes he'd seen in war movies like "Black Hawk Down."

ABC News

Thurmond's family owned Sharpton kin

CBS News

Denver zoo officials probe fatal mauling

Officials were trying to determine why a zookeeper killed by a jaguar had opened the door to the animal’s enclosure when zoo policies ban staff members from entering exhibits when the big cats are inside.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

BitTorrent launches movie download service

Web company BitTorrent Inc. joined a number of providers in the nascent arena for legal downloads of movies and television shows with content from several key studios.

Reuters

In China, Google grapples with Gmail domain dispute

Google, fighting to consolidate its trademark globally, faces an obstacle - China's www.gmail.cn is refusing to sell its Internet address to the U.S. giant.

CNET News

Zell joins auction to buy Tribune

Sam Zell, the Chicago billionaire, has entered the Tribune auction, making a proposal for the media group ahead of a board meeting.

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Strange new creatures found in Antarctica

Several strange creatures including a psychedelic octopus have been found in frigid waters off Antarctica in one of the world’s most pristine marine environments.

Live Science

Adult stem cell study flawed, panel says

A scientific panel says a 2002 study that suggested adult stem cells might be as useful as embryonic ones was flawed and its conclusions may be wrong.

Examiner

ENVIRONMENT

Could bright nights mean lights-out for species?

Are the streetlights and security lights the Western world takes for granted causing breast cancer, killing sea turtles and blocking views of the constellations? Last week scientists said: Well, maybe.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Insides of clouds may be the key to climate change

As climate change scientists develop sophisticated climate models to project temperature change, it is becoming more important to include the effects of aerosols on clouds.

Science Daily

EDUCATION

Local success, federal failure

The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act requires states to draft standards and annually assess how well those standards are met, but critics say few of them match national ideas about what kids should know.

U.S. News & World Report

The iPod widens its audience in school

When they aren't dancing, those familiar iPod silhouettes are probably hunkered down in the classroom, where the devices have become a common learning tool.

MSNBC

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