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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., carries his daughter, Sasha, after making remarks after his victory in the Iowa caucus in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Rick Bowmer / AP)

Rice meets Libya's top diplomat

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has held talks with Libyan Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Shalgam -- the first such formal meeting in 36 years.

BBC

Past problems linger as US-Libya relations warm

NPR

Why Pakistan matters

Pakistan is a long way from democracy. The rage of Bhutto's supporters is directed not at her presumed assassins, but at President Pervez Musharraf, a man the Bush administration deems a vital ally.

TIME

British detectives join Bhutto probe

Reuters

Obama and Huckabee take Iowa, Clinton falters

First-term Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois rolled to victory in the Iowa caucuses as he tries to become the nation's first African-American president.

International Herald Tribune

Why Obama won

CBS News

Clinton camp loses Iowa

ABC News

Jobless rate 5 percent, 2-year high

Last month, employers added the fewest new jobs to their payrolls in more than four years, said the jobs report released by the Labor Department.

TIME

As oil passes $100 a barrel, the question: Will it stop?

Christian Science Monitor

NASA delays Atlantis launch

NASA settled on a strategy to fix a fuel gauge problem on the shuttle Atlantis, which could have the ship ready to lift off for the international space station.

Houston Chronicle

NATION

Passenger jets to receive anti-missile laser jammers

Three American Airlines planes that fly daily round-trip routes between New York and California will get the anti-missile laser jammers this spring, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

AOL News

Weather warnings as fierce storms pummel San Francisco Bay area

The first of three major storms bearing down on California swept into the state, bringing drenching rain to the San Francisco Bay area and life-threatening dangers from the Sierra to Southern California.

San Francisco Chronicle

California braces for mudslides

ABC News

POLITICS

On eve of caucuses, Giuliani skips Iowa

Lagging in the polls in Iowa, Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani skipped ahead to New Hampshire to call for a renewed push against al-Qaida and its fugitive leader, Osama bin Laden.

CNN

Clock running on Bush presidency

President Bush's final-year agenda is a stripped down list of what he can realistically hope to get done, since the clout he once touted is fading away.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Economists: Odds of recession rising

MSNBC

Weather Channel up for possible sale

The Weather Channel, one of the pioneering 24-hour cable news networks, could be for sale, its parent company, Landmark Communications, confirmed.

MarketWatch

UK airport strikes are called off

A threatened strike against airport operator BAA over pensions that would have hit all of its seven U.K. airports, including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh, has been called off.

BBC

SPORTS

Sweet wheat: Kansas tops Hokies

The surprising Jayhawks exceeded expectations again, racing to an early lead and hanging on to beat Virginia Tech 24-21 in the Orange Bowl.

Sporting News

Street kids get lessons at surf school

In Muizenberg Beach, near Cape Town, South Africa, surfer Gary Kleynhans teaches poor kids discipline, respect and how to ride the waves like a champ.

Christian Science Monitor

Tennis federation bans Hingis for 2 years

The International Tennis Federation said an independent anti-doping tribunal found that Hingis, who announced her retirement on the day she revealed the positive test, had committed an offense.

ESPN

HEALTH

Exercise eases menopause symptoms

Exercise is not a cure for hot flashes, but it does help postmenopausal women cope with stress, anxiety and depression, a Pennsylvania study has found.

U.S. News & World Report

Why hospitals are dangerous places for heart attacks

An alarming new study says that in about a third of cardiac arrest cases nationwide, hospital staffs do not respond quickly enough, which increases the risk of brain damage and death.

ABC News

RELIGION

Christian extremism raises alarm

A hate-crime trial for a Slavic man charged with killing a gay man reconvenes in a case that's dividing Sacramento, Calif., and drawing attention from organizations that monitor extremists.

Christian Science Monitor

Deadly temple stampede in India

At least five people have been killed and 15 others injured in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

BBC

Recruiting priests with slick movie ad

Responding to a decline in interest in the priesthood, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York has launched a campaign to find recruits in the most unlikely of places — the movie house.

ABC News

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GOOD NEWS

Window washer who fell 47 floors likely to walk again

A 47-story fall shattered his body, but window washer Alcides Moreno is awake, talking and likely to walk again, his doctors said.

NY Daily News

DNA evidence frees Texas man jailed 26 years for rape

A Texas man who spent 26 years in jail for raping his neighbor was released from a Dallas prison after a DNA test cleared his name.

CBC

WORLD

Kenya: beyond tribalism

The roots of Kenya's conflict are far more complex than simple tribal tension. Kenya is experiencing violence that is based on a foundation of history, poverty and age.

Newsweek

Kibaki 'open to opposition talks'

BBC

Sri Lanka troops, rebels clash

Sri Lankan troops clashed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the island's north as the United Nations and United States said the end of a cease-fire troubled them.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Experts see no relief from rising temperatures in 2008

This year is forecasted to be among the top 10 hottest years on record, Britain's weather office said, despite a strong cooling effect predicted from the tropical weather phenomenon known as La Niña.

Houston Chronicle

Sugarcane ethanol: Brazil's biofuel success story

Years ago, when ethanol was three times the price of gasoline, most nations would not have considered investing in it as a biofuel. But Brazil did, and now produces the cheapest ethanol in the world.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Must-see meteor shower

The Quadrantids are notoriously unpredictable, but if any year promises a fine display, this could be it.

LiveScience

TV time for Netflix

Netflix and South Korea's LG Electronics announced they were joining forces to develop a set-top box to allow customers to stream movies and other programming from the Internet to HDTV.

Forbes

Study shows cell users slow commuters

U.S. psychologist David Strayer concludes that motorists using cell phones slow down the flow of commuters, because they drive slower and have slower reactions.

iTWire

Honk if you're stuck behind a cellphone

Toronto Star

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Are tomorrow's guitar heroes playing 'Guitar Hero?'

Don't fire the guitar teacher yet, but some claim that video games such as "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" help kids hone musical chops and give real-life instrumental mastery a boost.

Christian Science Monitor

Third time charms in record $9.62 billion box office year

It was the year of the thrilling "threequel." Half of this year's 10 biggest films were sequels, with four of them representing third installments in money-machine franchises.

Hollywood Reporter

Denver teacher pay on stage

Denver's salary plan rewards educators who document student growth, improve their teaching skills and agree to work in hard-to-serve schools. Unions do not support merit pay, saying it is subjective.

Denver Post

Merit pay for Denver teachers gets mixed reaction

NPR

Students turn writing into a labor of love

Teaching students to write can stump even the best teachers. But a new method of teaching writing is making a huge difference in several Seattle schools.

Seattle Times

Mass. high school suicide prevention program focuses on teens

In a double-period class, students watched a video on depression and suicide, and left class with a handout that encouraged them to "ACT," if one of their friends had a problem.

Christian Science Monitor

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