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Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (Photo by Susan Walsh / AP)

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Congress set to pass stimulus plan, send to Obama

Congress is on track to pass a $789 billion economic stimulus package to unleash large spending and tax cuts to help dig the economy out of a 14-month recession.

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Reuters

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Dems push stimulus to finish line

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The Hill

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Obama's victory on stimulus marks transition

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International Herald Tribune

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Stimulus deal reached by Congress

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Reuters

Intel: Global economy top threat to US

The new director of national intelligence told Congress that global economic turmoil and the instability it could ignite outpace terrorism as the most urgent threat facing the United States.

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International Herald Tribune

Arrest of Sudanese president could have world-wide effects

The International Criminal Court is expected to issue an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan, the first time the court orders a warrant for a head of state still in power.

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ABC News

Plane crashes into home in Buffalo suburb; 50 dead

A commuter airliner carrying 49 passengers and crew from Newark nosedived into an upstate New York hamlet killing all aboard.

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NATION

Seattle police chief to become drug czar

Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske accepted a job as the nation's drug czar, according to a D.C. source.

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Senate confirms Panetta to head CIA

The Senate confirmed Leon Panetta as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, despite early criticism that the former senior White House aide lacks experience on intelligence matters.

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Reuters

POLITICS

Gregg concedes nomination a ‘mistake’

Obama is hardly the first president to face embarrassment over botched nominations. It took Bill Clinton three tries to fill the attorney-general job after his first two nominees withdrew.

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Financial Times

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Commerce nominee bows out

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CBS News

Top US thrift regulator Reich to resign

The director of the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision, which largely regulates mortgage lenders, will step down at the end of the month, the agency said.

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Reuters

Dems worry about Burris in 2010

Democrats are concerned that Sen. Roland W. Burris will be a weak Senate candidate if he runs in 2010, giving the GOP a shot at winning President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat.

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Politico

ENVIRONMENT

Obama stalls Bush drilling plans

President Barack Obama is making good on campaign promises to move toward a comprehensive approach to U.S. energy and to broaden environmental protection.

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Christian Science Monitor

Solar deal for Google-backed start up

A ray of sunshine amid the economic gloom: While some solar companies struggle through the downturn, Bright Source Energy announced the world’s largest solar energy deal to date.

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CNNMoney

EDUCATION

Gestures may develop infant speech

Toddlers who use gestures more often have larger vocabularies at four-and-a-half years and are better prepared for school, U.S. researchers say.

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BBC

Stimulus details: States must share their funds with higher education

States must fund schools up to fiscal 2006 levels. But states can seek a waiver from the Department of Education in cases of severe financial hardship.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

US and Russian satellites collide

A Russian military satellite collided with a U.S. commercial satellite in space, creating debris posing a potential threat to other spacecraft, including the International Space Station.

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Financial Times

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Collision highlights growing threat

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BBC

Could ‘liquid wood’ replace plastic?

While many scientists are turning to other green options, a German company, Tecnaro, says it has found the magic formula. Its “liquid wood” can be molded like plastic, yet biodegrades over time.

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Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Congregations mark evolution weekend

More than 1,000 congregations nationwide are participating in the 4th annual Evolution Weekend, celebrating the integration of faith and science on the 200th birthday of the father of evolution, Charles Darwin.

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Beliefnet

Pope condemns denial of Holocaust

Pope Benedict XVI has told American Jewish leaders that any denial of the Holocaust is "intolerable," especially coming from a Catholic clergyman.

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BBC

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Pope meets Jewish leaders, plans Israel visit

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Paul Krugman):

Obama failed to rise to stimulus challenge

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International Herald Tribune

The table: Why Gregg bowed out

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Atlantic Online

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To slow climate change, tax carbon

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Frederick Kagan):

Why Afghanistan is not Vietnam

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Newsweek

Economic reflections

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USA Today

Column (Dick Meyer):

A Puritan view of the economic crash

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NPR

The politics of recession

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Economist

Column (Victor Davis Hanson):

Hardly the best and brightest

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Real Clear Politics

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Civil rights should be everybody's case

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San Jose Mercury News

Column (Charles Ballard):

Government spending can create jobs

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Democrat wants a 'truth commission'

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Las Vegas Review Journal

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GOOD NEWS

Woman hits home run with rare card

A Fresno antiques dealer hit a home run with the sale of a rare baseball card she thought was worth only $10. It turned out to be worth a shocking $64,073.

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MSNBC

Koala love buoys Australia

A love story between two badly burned koalas rescued from Australia's deadliest bushfires provided heart-warming relief after days of devastation and the loss of more than 180 lives.

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Sam the Koala, other animals on the mend

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WORLD

Chinese stocks rebound to 5-month high

Chinese stocks recently rose to a five-month high on investor enthusiasm about higher liquidity in the economy after the central bank confirmed January bank lending hit a record high.

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International Herald Tribune

With Israeli vote count now final, party negotiations will now intensify

After counting all the outstanding votes, Israel's election commission announced that the distribution of parliamentary seats remained exactly as exit polls predicted, to the surprise of many officials.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Israel election outcome

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BBC

BUSINESS

Google to shut down radio business

Google Inc., the world’s most popular search engine, will shut its radio advertising business cutting as many as 40 jobs, saying the investment didn’t pay off.

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Bloomberg

Stocks stage a comeback

Stocks erased losses, with the Nasdaq gaining after reports that the Obama administration is planning to subsidize mortgages for troubled homeowners.

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CNNMoney

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Director feels he ruined Joaquin Pheonix

A day after the bizarre Joaquin Pheonix interview with David Letterman, the director of his final movie, "Two Lovers," says he'd just as baffled by the actor's turn to rapping as everyone else.

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ABC News

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Awkward interview with Joaquin Pheonix

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TV on the Web: net's best serial shows

Joss Whedon's taking Web serials primetime with his hit, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog." Here are five others you should be clicking on.

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HEALTH

No cure for the common cold? Doctors say they're getting closer

Researchers decoded the genetic material of all the known versions of the cold virus, so they can tell how the viruses work — and, potentially, how to stop them.

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ABC News

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Scientists map cold virus

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CNN

Altria loses first phase of trial in smoker’s suit

Altria Group Inc., the biggest U.S. cigarette maker, lost the opening phase of a trial in a sick smoker lawsuit, the first of 8,000 cases pending in Florida courts going to jurors.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

Griffey near return to Mariners

A little more than nine years after being traded to the Reds for four players, Griffey and the Mariners are nearing agreement on a one-year contract.

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MLB.com

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Griffey returns as Red to Seattle in '07

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fandome.com

UConn's Dyson to have knee surgery

Top-ranked Connecticut's national title and Big East championship hopes took a blow when junior guard Jerome Dyson was diagnosed with a torn lateral meniscus on his right knee.

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ESPN

Photo of the Day

Visitors stop at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on the 200th Anniversary of President Lincoln's birth. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

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