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President Bush tells reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington that he and leaders of the Democratic-led Congress have agreed to work together on an economic stimulus package to boost the sagging U.S. economy. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

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Beirut blast kills anti-terror chief

An explosion in Beirut has killed four people, including Lebanon's top anti-terror investigating officer, sources with the Lebanese Internal Security Forces and a government minister told CNN.

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CNN

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Bomb blast rocks Beirut suburb

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BBC

Southern Calif. sees snow, heavy rain

A powerful winter storm that unleashed a thick blanket of mountain snow, at least one tornado and heavy rains pounded Southern California for a second day.

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MSNBC

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Storm brings tornado, snow to Southern Calif.

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Yahoo! News

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More rain and snow on way

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San Francisco Chronicle

Americans will get nearly $100 billion in tax rebates

The Bush administration and House leaders agreed on a plan to provide $100 billion in tax rebates to 117 million taxpayers.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Q&A: What's in the tentative stimulus deal?

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NPR

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Will the stimulus plan work?

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Yahoo! News

Triple car bombs kill 40 in southern Iraq

Three car bombs ripped through a busy street in the Shi'ite city of Amara on, killing 40 people and wounding 125 in one of the deadliest attacks in southern Iraq this year.

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Reuters

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U.S. to seek broad powers in Iraq as UN mandate expires

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International Herald Tribune

Senators want to override EPA decision

The head of the EPA defended his decision to turn down California's landmark bid to regulate vehicle emissions. On the same day, 16 senators launched a rare effort to reverse that decision through legislation.

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San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Mukasey: Cities could get $200 million to curb violence

The Bush administration offered to pump $200 million into U.S. cities next year to combat violent crime, winning tepid support from mayors who want to see more cops on the street.

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USA Today

Moussaoui tipster awarded $5M

A $5 million reward was paid to a former Minnesota flight instructor who provided authorities with information that led to the arrest and conviction of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

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AOL News

Marine indicted on murder charge in NC

A prosecutor offered a deal to Mexican authorities and a Marine wanted in the killing a 20-year-old pregnant colleague: If he is arrested in Mexico, he won't face the death penalty.

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Associated Press

POLITICS

GOP field plays nice in debate dominated by economy

The Republican presidential candidates avoided the prickly rhetoric and sharp elbows that have dominated the race as they debated in Florida just days ahead of the Sunshine State’s critical primary.

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The Hill

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GOP hopefuls push tax cuts at Florida debate

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NPR

Hillary Clinton seeks to smooth relations with Obama

Former President Bill Clinton might have gone too far in attacking Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton said, adding that both Democratic presidential campaigns should focus on issues.

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AOL News

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Poll results for S.C. Democrats

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McClatchy Newspapers

Kucinich to end 2008 W.H. bid

Democrat Dennis Kucinich told The Plain Dealer's editorial board that he is dropping out of the presidential race.

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USA Today

BUSINESS

Bill Gates announces $306 M in aid to boost African farmers

Bill Gates announced that he was giving $306 million to use green technology and farming techniques to boost millions of Africans and South Asians out of hunger and poverty.

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CNNMoney

Economic outlook dims sharply

The U.S. economic outlook is turning bleaker. Instead of asking whether there will be a slump, economists are now wondering how long and how deep the downturn will last.

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Christian Science Monitor

Microsoft earnings sail past estimates

Reporting second-quarter results, Microsoft said it earned $6.48 billion, or 50 cents per share, on revenue of $16.37 billion for the three months ended Dec. 31.

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CNET News

SPORTS

Australian Open: Djokovic advances to final with upset of No. 1 Federer

Roger Federer lost in straight sets for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament since a third-round defeat to Gustavo Kuerten at the 2004 French Open.

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Sports Illustrated

Tiger scrambles to shoot 67; trails by 2

Despite playing from the sand, rough and behind a few trees early in his round, Tiger Woods began a much-anticipated season at the Buick Invitational with a 5-under 67.

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HEALTH

'The Pill' helps reduce ovarian cancer risk, wider use is urged

The longer a woman uses the oral contraceptive pill, the lower her risk of getting ovarian cancer later in life, The Lancet medical journal reports.

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Bloomberg

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Coffee may cut ovarian cancer risk

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MSNBC

Marrow injections help transplant success

Injecting blood or bone marrow cells into people who have just received a donated kidney can reduce the need for drugs that suppress the immune system, researchers reported.

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Reuters

RELIGION

Lonely people more likely to believe

People who feel lonely are more likely to believe in the supernatural, whether that is God, angels or miracles, a new study finds.

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MSNBC

Three Little Pigs 'too offensive'

A story based on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale has been rejected by a government agency's awards panel as the subject matter could offend Muslims.

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BBC

Huckabee learned politics in church

Mike Huckabee learned how to be a politician in church. As a Republican presidential candidate, Huckabee's remarkable balancing act can be traced to his style of preaching.

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GOOD NEWS

Arab sitcom a surprise hit in Israel

Every week in Israel, thousands of Jewish families open up their homes to a fictional Arab family -- from the hit Israeli sitcom Arab Work -- many say this is a critical marker in (pop culture) history.

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NPR

A legless artist documents the world in 32,000 stares

Tired of gawkers, Kevin Connolly, who was born without legs, traveled by skateboard, capturing their sheer human curiosity.

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Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

American, Uruguayan sentenced for Bolivian hotel blasts

An American man and a Uruguayan woman were sentenced to prison for their roles in deadly bombings at two hotels in Bolivia, the Bolivian news agency reported.

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CNN

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France's SocGen humbled by rogue trader scandal

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Guardian

No light, no heat, no bread: stark reality for the powerless in Gaza

Large parts of the overcrowded Gaza strip had no power, leaving it without lights and heating, closing bakeries and forcing hospitals to rely on generators and their own limited fuel reserves.

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Guardian

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Gazans bulldoze Egyptian border

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Hurricanes and global warming devastate Caribbean coral reefs

Warmer seas and a record hurricane season in 2005 have devastated more than half of the coral reefs in the Caribbean, according to scientists.

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Guardian

Engine of growth: clean-tech jobs

Clean energy has become a $55-billion-a-year industry worldwide. Advocates for the poor say there's an opportunity here, but critics say it's no panacea for unemployment.

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Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

So why have Apple shares dropped?

It's no longer news that Apple had yet another spectacular quarter - the company's best quarter ever! So why are shares more than $60 lower than a month ago?

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iTWire

Apple's MacBook Air laptop completes first lab tests

Apple's new laptop is thin and light, but not particularly fast in Macworld's preliminary testing.

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PC World

Major advance in work on DNA

Researchers in Rockville, Md.'s J. Craig Venter Institute have come a step closer to creating artificial life in a test tube by stringing together the longest strand yet of man-made DNA.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

After cocaine video surfaces, Winehouse goes to rehab

Amy Winehouse has finally said "yes" to rehab. A photo of the British singer apparently smoking a crack pipe was splashed across the front page of the U.K. tabloid The Sun.

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ABC News

Could finger lengths predict musical and athletic ability?

Recently, scientists have looked to the relative lengths of index and ring fingers for clues about a variety of characteristics, including musical ability, athletic prowess and osteoarthritis risk.

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USA Today

EDUCATION

US, Brazilian students confer on ways to improve the world

The global youth culture is united on many fronts. Six Brazilian students came to Seattle, Wash., to exchange ideas about how to make improvements in their home cities.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

St. Theresa students help others

All kindergarten through eighth-grade classes at St. Theresa School in Des Moines, Iowa, focused on social justice, taking a break from everyday lessons to make room for nontraditional activities.

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Des Moines Register

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Get used to it, America: It's a boomers' world after all

The boomers aren't going anywhere anytime soon. The generation born between 1946 and 1964 is 78 million strong, and still exerting tremendous cultural, political and economic influence.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Models present creations from the new "Northern Legends" haute couture collection of Hungarian designer Lucia S. Hegyi in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Bela Szandelszky / AP)

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