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President Bush, right, tours rebuilding efforts in a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Katrina with Gulf Coast community federal block grant recipient Cheryl Woodward in Long Beach, Miss. (Photo by Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)

President returns to Gulf Coast

President Bush stopped at Long Beach, a coastline town that was flattened by Katrina, and then headed to Biloxi, Miss., for an update on rebuilding efforts from Mississippi leaders.

Yahoo! News

Diplomacy could define end of Bush's term

USA Today

Nation's homeless straining shelters

The nation has three-quarters of a million homeless people, filling emergency shelters through the year and spilling into special seasonal shelters in the coldest months, the government said.

CBS News

Much of U.S. wakes up to snow, twisters and ice

Much of the United States was dealing with severe weather, or warnings of upcoming severe weather.

MSNBC

Dow down 80 after falling another 209

The Dow Jones industrials erased much of an earlier 209-point drop after a stronger-than-expected reading of the Institute for Supply Management's assessment of manufacturing activity in February.

Yahoo! News

Major Asian markets retreat for third day

MSNBC

Blasts shake Baghdad to cap deadly month for police

A car bomb exploded near a market in southwestern Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and wounding 21 others, an Iraqi emergency police official said.

CNN

U.S. blasted for treatment of detainees

The U.N. human rights chief expressed concern at recent U.S. legislative and judicial actions that she said leave hundreds of detainees without any way to challenge their indefinite imprisonment.

ABC News

Iran, Sudan close ranks in face of Western pressure

Leaders of two nations faced with strong international pressure closed ranks as Sudan's Omar al-Bashir and visiting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran gushed in support of one another.

CNN

Iranian president to pay rare visit to Saudi

Reuters

NATION

Taliban: Suicide army is ready

The Taliban's top military commander said his forces have assembled a hundreds-strong army of suicide attackers poised for a spring offensive against U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan.

CNN

U.S. smashes Mexican drug trafficking operation

U.S. agents smashed a Mexican drug trafficking network by arresting more than 400 people and seizing more than 18 tons of narcotics, authorities said.

Reuters

Italy's Prodi survives key vote of confidence

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi narrowly survived a make-or-break vote of confidence after his center-left government received a majority vote in parliament's upper house.

Monsters and Critics

POLITICS

White House threatens to veto 9/11 bill

The U.S. Senate began debating legislation to bolster America's security with the White House threatening a veto because one part would extend union protection to 45,000 airport workers.

Reuters

Democratic leaders revamp anti-war plan

House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq but would require President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military.

Forbes

McCain says he's in presidential race

Sen. John McCain made it official that he is seeking the 2008 Republican presidential nomination and said he plans a formal announcement in April.

Reuters

SPORTS

NFL free agency is buyer-beware market

When the NFL's free agent market officially opens March 2, teams can begin filling needs and solidifying their depth for the 2007 season. There's just one problem: This year's free agent crop is the weakest in years.

USA Today

Celtics broadcaster apologizes for remark

Boston Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell apologized on the air for saying that a female referee should "go back to the kitchen" after he disagreed with one of her calls.

CBS SportsLine

HEALTH

1 in 4 women infected with HPV

One in four U.S. women ages 14 to 59 is infected with the sexually transmitted virus that in some forms can cause cervical cancer, according to the first broad national estimate.

USA Today

Infected gums can harm the heart

A new study shows the treatment of severe periodontal disease was associated with improved blood flow and more elasticity of arteries.

HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Hollywood scene of hepatitis A scare

A prep cook at the star-studded bash for Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue is stealing the limelight for possibly exposing partygoers to hepatitis A.

WebMD

RELIGION

Undying legend of a killer

The Zodiac, the notorious Bay Area serial killer of more than 35 years ago, is the subject of a Hollywood movie opening Friday.

San Francisco Chronicle

Smith's mom drops bid for body's custody

The wrangling over Anna Nicole Smith's body appeared to end when her mother's lawyer said she would not stand in the way of the starlet's burial in the Bahamas later this week.

San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

High Court mulls faith-based initiatives

The Supreme Court wrestled with the question of whether taxpayers have the right to challenge the White House's aggressive promotion of federal financial aid for religious charities.

Kansas City Star

RELIGION

San Diego diocese declares bankruptcy

The Diocese of San Diego has filed for bankruptcy protection, becoming the 5th and largest American diocese to choose that option.

Catholic World News

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GOOD NEWS

Triplets for dad who lost 3 kids in tsunami

Darmi Ali lost his three daughters and wife to the 2004 tsunami. The 44-year-old remarried, and last week became a father again — of triplets, all of them female.

Houston Chronicle

Most Europeans feel happy

Two EU reports released this week show most Europeans are happy with their lives, despite social challenges facing the 27-nation bloc.

Deutsche Welle

NATION

Kennedy insider Schlesinger dies at 89

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and "court philosopher" of the Kennedy administration who proudly remained a liberal, has died.

ABC News

Oil prices fall slightly in slow trading

Oil prices declined slightly after rising for much of the day Tuesday and after gains the day before caused by a report showing falling U.S. crude inventories.

Yahoo! News

Airman gets 50 years in rape case

A military jury ignored an Air Force captain's plea for leniency, sentencing him to 50 years in prison for raping four men and attempting to rape two others.

AOL News

BUSINESS

New computer virus attacks networks

Technology experts are warning about new strains of the insidious RINBOT computer virus that could potentially hijack network systems of businesses worldwide.

CNNMoney

Hertz to cut 1,350 jobs

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. said it will cut 1,350 jobs as part of a restructuring plan designed to save the rental car company $125 million a year.

Forbes

Motorola says Icahn has filed to buy its shares

Motorola said it received notice that Carl Icahn and three of his entities have filed to buy more than $2 billion, or 4.4%, of the company's common stock.

CNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

MySpace hackers cop plea

Two men accused of trying to extort $150,000 from social-networking site MySpace.com have each pleaded no contest to one count of unlawful access of computer data.

CNET News

Will the BitTorrent download site succeed?

BitTorrent’s new ‘BitTorrent Entertainment Network’ has launched as a legal download store at last, offering new competition in the growing online video store market.

iTWire

Milestone for giant physics lab

Construction on a giant underground laboratory that will help take physics into a new era has reached a major milestone.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Broin gets grant to make ethanol in Iowa

The Department of Energy announced that a new north central Iowa ethanol plant will receive an $80 million federal grant to make ethanol from corn stalks, leaves and other plant material.

Houston Chronicle

Sex reversal of frogs an affect of drugs in the environment

Frogs are more sensitive to hormone-disturbing environmental pollutants than was previously thought.

Science Daily

Finland studies underwater gas pipeline

Finnish officials want a more detailed study of a planned undersea gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, saying it fears environmental damage to the fragile Baltic Sea.

BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Teacher had sex with five teens, police say

A middle school teacher accused of having sex with at least five boys -- some of them students at her school -- was arrested, authorities said.

CNN

Parents of schoolchildren argue for right to sue

Parents should not be forced to hire a lawyer to sue public school districts in federal court over the special education needs of their children, the lawyer for parents of an autistic child argued.

Forbes

Photo of the Day

Members of the German guard battalion wait for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Prime Minister of the Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych prior to a military welcome ceremony in front of the chancellery in Berlin. (Photo by Michael Sohn / AP)

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