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Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, arrives on Capitol Hill. The Senate Finance Committee is poised to approve sweeping legislation and a question mark is whether Ms. Snowe will become the first Republican to support a health overhaul bill. (Photo by Susan Walsh / AP)

Don't pressure Iran, says Russia

Pressuring Iran and threatening further sanctions over its nuclear program would be counterproductive, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.

BBC

Special section:

Nuclear-armed world

CBS News

It's prime time for volunteerism

Shows on many networks are participating in an effort to boost volunteerism by raising awareness on issues such as health, the environment and the arts.

USA TODAY

Health care overhaul poised to step forward

President Barack Obama's push for sweeping health care reform is poised to clear a key Senate hurdle, opening a new phase in the raging debate over his top domestic priority.

Reuters

Congress split on taxing costly health plans

New York Times

Special section:

Health care in America

CNN

North Korea tests short range missiles

North Korea test-fired short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan in a gesture of defiance as it rebuilds diplomatic bridges with South Korea and the United States.

Times Online

Koreas to hold talks on floods, reunions

Korea Herald

US force augmented in Afghanistan

The White House has authorized, and the Pentagon has deployed, at least 13,000 troops beyond the planned 21,000 additional military personnel, according to defense officials.

MSNBC

Eyes are wide open in Afghanistan

MSNBC

NATION

Immigration debate boils over

President Barack Obama has yet to take on immigration reform, but the status of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. will become a hot topic soon enough as a result of the 2010 census count.

CBS News

Hispanic farmers fight to sue USDA

NPR

Experts: More must be done to lessen breast cancer's impact

Awareness of breast cancer screening options and risk factors has helped cut down the number of cancer-related deaths, but experts say more has to be done to further reduce the disease's reach.

Green Bay Press-Gazette

FBI delves into DMV photos for fugitives

In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts.

Houston Chronicle

POLITICS

Job losses stoke mid-term fear for Dems

The stock market may be up, and banks may be lending again, but one major piece of the recovery puzzle is still missing: a brighter employment picture.

CBS News

After generations in spotlight, Harlem slips as center of black politics

For decades, Harlem has been the lodestar of black politics in New York City. But now, the once-vaunted Harlem political machine is on the verge of collapse.

New York Times

Reunited: Clinton and Bush to make second joint appearance

Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will appear together at the TD Ameritrade Institutional 2010 National Conference in Orlando, Fla.

Talking Points Memo

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Paul Anka gets credit on new Michael Jackson song

A new Michael Jackson single debuted online, prompting a hasty response from the singer's estate after Paul Anka revealed he is the song's co-writer.

CBS News

Orlando Bloom named UN ambassador

British actor Orlando Bloom is to be a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. children's organization UNICEF.

BBC

EDUCATION

Teachers benefit from stimulus spending

Teachers appear to have benefited most from the $787 billion recovery package, which sent billions of dollars to states that were on the verge of ordering heavy layoffs in education.

Seattle Times

The 'youngest headmaster in the world'

Around the world, millions of children are not getting a proper education because their families are too poor to afford to send them to school. In India, one 16-year-old is trying to change that.

BBC

SPORTS

Opposition to Rush Limbaugh's bid for Rams grows

Rush Limbaugh's bid to become a part-owner of the NFL's St. Louis Rams has drawn opposition from some of the league's players who have said they would not play for the conservative radio talk show host.

ABC News

Limbaugh's NFL bid draws fire

YouTube

Amazing rally vaults Phillies into NLCS

Philadelphia clinched the series with an emotional 5-4 victory to advance to the NL Championship Series against the Dodgers.

MLB.com

Phillies talk after Game 4 victory

ESPN

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Thousands expected to visit Catholic relics in London

Up to 100,000 pilgrims are expected to flock to the mother church of Roman Catholics in England for the culmination of a tour of the relics of a 19th century French nun which arrived in London.

Yahoo! News

Buddhist chapel represents tolerance

The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., is home to the only Buddhist chapel on a U.S. military base.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Living a full life with half a brain

Michelle Mack has turned medical thinking upside down. Born with only half a brain, Mack can speak normally and graduated from high school.

CNN

Her sister's keeper taps into $44,000

When Amy Cowin's sister was told by doctors she needed a kidney transplant, Amy reached out to her online personal network to raise more than $44,000 for Jessica Cowin's transplant.

USA TODAY

WORLD

War looms: Taliban surge rocks Pakistan

Pakistan is moving ever closer to a bloody confrontation with the Taliban, which is teaming up with ethnic rivals in a bold series of attacks in the country's cities.

Toronto Star

Bombings rock Pakistan