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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said the stimulus bill marshals resources against economic catastrophe in ways not seen since Franklin Roosevelt put the New Deal in motion. (Photo by Scott Applewhite / AP)

Court overturns mining ban in W. Virginia

A U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that had banned surface, or mountaintop, mining in West Virginia, according to court documents.

Reuters

Love and romance: Get the health benefits even if you're single

"Ideally, Valentine's Day hits three major human needs: sex, romantic love and human attachment," says Helen Fisher, a professor of anthropology at Rutgers University and author of "Why We Love."

U.S. News & World Report

Married for 50 years: love ever after

TIME

Congress approves $787 billion stimulus

Less than a month after President Barack Obama took office, Congress passed his flagship proposal: unprecedented tax cuts and new spending to fight the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

San Francisco Chronicle

Congress cuffs CEO bonuses

MSNBC

Green goals in stimulus package?

NPR

Banks temporarily stop foreclosures

Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup announced a moratorium on home foreclosures, anticipating the president's plan to subsidize mortgage payments.

ABC News

US judges admit taking kickbacks

Two judges charged with taking more than $2 million in kickbacks from a privately-run detention center pleaded guilty to fraud.

BBC

In Romania, bribery is a health problem

When an illness requires hospitalization, the Romanian patient typically pays three or four bribes equivalent to three-quarters of a family's monthly income, a study by the World Bank concluded.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Crew noted ice buildup before crash

The pilots of a commuter airliner that crashed six miles from a Buffalo, N.Y., airport discussed "significant ice buildup" on the plane's wings and windshields before the plane plunged to the ground, killing 50.

CNN

Home video of crash site

CBS News

Peanut firm in salmonella outbreak files for bankruptcy

Peanut Corp. of America, the peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmonella outbreak, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Virginia.

USA Today

POLITICS

Clinton seeks to strengthen US ties

By choosing to go to Asia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, she signals that this administration is ready to listen and tackle global problems with as many partners as possible.

NPR

Hardened Obama plans new fights

Emboldened by his victory on the stimulus package, President Barack Obama and his aides are plunging ahead on a large and expensive agenda that assures 2009 will be marked by intense partisan battles.

CBS News

Will Obama reverse 'Invasion of the Hague' Act?

ABC News

Obama will still reach out to GOP

YouTube

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.

Christian Science Monitor

Quick infrastructure projects will be 'funded by the book'

Infrastructure projects in President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan will not be exempt from environmental checks and regulations, according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Students go with the recessionary flow

Bad news for the economy is bad news for students, too. They can expect higher tuition, smaller scholarships, more rejection letters and bigger classes.

U.S. News & World Report

How to find a job during a recession

Dailymotion

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.

Education Week

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Whedon's plan to monetize Internet content (watch out, Hollywood)

Joss Whedon hopes to blaze an Internet trail to create and monetize independently produced content, confronting the "homogenized, globalized, monopolized entertainment system."

Knowledge@Wharton

Bill Maher weighs in on Obama: bright but still has learning curve

Barack Obama is smarter than the average president, but he still has a lot to learn, according to comedian Bill Maher, like trying to find someone who knows enough to pay their taxes.

CNN

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Younger Haitian-Americans reconnecting with their Voodoo roots

Voodoo is surging among young Haitian-Americans in South Florida. Scholars and Voodoo priests say more people in their 20s and 30s are finding the religion.

Houston Chronicle

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.

Beliefnet

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GOOD NEWS

Keep an eye on the space... on Twitter

NASA's activities in social networking media will be recognized when the agency receives an award, dubbed the "Shorty Award" for its presence on Twitter.

HappyNews.com

How to use Twitter

YouTube

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.

MSNBC

WORLD

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.

ABC News

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.

International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

Top ad tricks during recession

As Americans scramble to find ways to cut costs and expenses in the face of the worst recession in a generation, advertisers and companies are offering extraordinary deals and incentives to lure consumers.

ABC News

How Ogilvy recreated advertising

Newsweek

Qualcomm promises 1 wireless card to rule them all

Qualcomm's second generation of its universal wireless broadband platform will use a single device to connect to any telecom carrier in the world.

Wired

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Evolution's future shock: reprogramming your skin cells to act like stem cells

Advances in stem cell research — including reprogramming ordinary skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cells — could put human evolution on a pace that's much faster and wilder than we can handle.

MSNBC

The romantic evolution of true love

Anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy of the University of California, Davis, says the contemporary pair-bonded scenario is old-fashioned and probably biased by what Western culture thinks is "right."

LiveScience

HEALTH

Vaccine-autism feud firmly rooted

Bitter feuding over a possible link between vaccines and autism won’t go away despite a strong rejection of that theory by a special federal court.

MSNBC

Belly fat linked to risk of migraines

Belly fat has been linked to increased risks for heart disease and diabetes. Now new research suggests it may also be linked to an increased risk for migraines.

WebMD

Low-carbon dating: Biking for hearts

San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Raptors acquire Marion from Heat

The Miami Heat have known for weeks that they had the option of sending Shawn Marion to the Toronto Raptors in a deal for center Jermaine O'Neal. Miami finally took that option.

ESPN

Top 3 seeds make it through to Paris' indoor tennis semifinals

Top three seeds Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic and Elena Dementieva are through to the last four of the Paris Indoor tournament after getting past French opponents in their quarterfinals.

CNN

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