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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

Bitter families look for justice in judge scandal

Scranton Times Tribune

Europe's slump deeper than expected

Europe sank deeper into recession than the U.S. according to figures published, as ministers of leading industrialized nations gathered in Italy for economy discussions.

International Herald Tribune

Europe recession worsens at record rate

Guardian

Obama celebrates 'major milestone' with stimulus win

President Barack Obama savored his first major victory in Congress with the newly passed $787 billion economic stimulus package aimed at combating the economic crisis.

USA Today

Obama's proposals mostly intact in final bill

Politico

Green goals in stimulus package?

NPR

Obama: Stimulus is a 'major milestone'

YouTube

Blagojevich hit up Burris for cash

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother solicited Roland Burris for up to $10,000 in campaign cash before Blagojevich named Burris to the coveted post.

Chicago Sun-Times

US Envoy meets Afghan president amid tensions between countries

President Barack Obama's new envoy to Afghanistan met with President Hamid Karzai amid a downturn in U.S.-Afghan relations.

Newsweek

NATION

Continental crew didn’t have time to warn passengers of danger

The crew of Continental Airlines Inc. Flight 3407 didn’t have time to warn passengers the plane was about to crash three days ago as it tried to land at Buffalo’s Niagara International Airport.

Bloomberg

Black boxes note ice buildup in NY crash

NPR

The faces of Flight 3407

ABC 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

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

Business update: record contraction

Reuters

POLITICS

Public still sky-high on Obama 'brand'

With Barack Obama’s passing of the stimulus marred by bad press, the administration has been cut down to size. At least, that has been the beltway chatter, but so far the numbers don’t back it up.

Politico

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

Obama will still reach out to GOP

YouTube

ENVIRONMENT

Court overturns mountaintop mine rules

A federal appeals court overturned a ruling requiring more extensive environmental reviews of mountaintop removal, a form of coal mining in Appalachia that blasts away whole peaks.

MSNBC

Penguins in peril as food search turns into marathon

Penguins from the largest colony on mainland South America are being forced to swim the equivalent of two marathons farther to find food because of the effects of climate change.

Times Online

EDUCATION

Oregon teachers want junk snacks back — for themselves

Teachers came before the Oregon House Education Committee seeking changes to a 2007 law restricting the sale of soda, fruit juices and high-calorie snack foods in schools.

The Oregonian

DPS fails kids, fed school chief says

The new U.S. Secretary of Education said the federal government has a moral obligation to reform Detroit's failing city schools, which he said will be a "huge focus" of his tenure.

Detroit News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

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

For millions, digital TV deadline is now

Although the government delayed the mandatory shutdown of analog TV signals to give people more time to prepare, some broadcasters are switching to all-digital broadcasts, as they had originally planned.

PC World

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Ministry sues for access to inmates

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections' refusal to allow a Christian ministry access to send Bibles, books about Jesus Christ and other religious materials to inmates has sparked a federal lawsuit.

Beliefnet

American Jewish leaders ease up campaign against UN

Jewish leaders have eased up their campaign against the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which provides services for Palestinian refugees — an early sign of caution in confronting a new administration.

Forward

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GOOD NEWS

Harpist brings comfort to hospital

GWU Hospital in Washington, D.C., is part of a small and unconventional medical movement. It pays a harpist to play in the emergency room to provide patients with a measure of comfort and calm.

NPR

Cat rescued from 6-story highway pillar

We’ve all heard about the fire department rescuing cats from trees — but multiply that ten fold. A lift was used to rescue a gray cat from atop a 6-story concrete support pillar on a Houston freeway.

Houston Chronicle

WORLD

Israeli: No deal until soldier's release

Israel will not sign off on a Gaza ceasefire without the release of an Israel soldier held in the Hamas-controlled territory, the outgoing Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said.

Guardian

Venezuela expels EU lawmaker

Venezuela expelled a E.U. lawmaker for comments it called critical of the National Electoral Council ahead of a referendum on eliminating term limits for elected officials, provoking E.U. objections.

Bloomberg

US missile strike kills 25 al-Qaida militants in Pakistan

A U.S. missile attack killed at least 25 al-Qaida-linked militants in a Pakistani tribal region, security and Taliban officials said, the highest death toll of militants in a single such strike.

Reuters

BUSINESS

G7 pledges to avoid protectionism

Leading industrial countries promise to avoid protectionism as they describe stabilizing the world economy as the "highest priority."

BBC

UAW objects to GM, Chrysler proposals as deadline looms

The United Auto Workers union is objecting to proposals from General Motors and Chrysler to modify a retiree health-care fund as required by the U.S. so the automakers can keep $17.4 billion in aid.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

More data sharing urged to avoid satellite crashes

The collision of two satellites in space may not be the last unless big changes are made in the way government and commercial satellite operators share data, an expert on satellite orbits warned.

Reuters

Microsoft plans global retail chain

Microsoft revealed that it plans to open a chain of company-branded retail stores in locations throughout the U.S.

InformationWeek

HEALTH

Genetic code of common cold cracked

Today's medical breakthrough: a cure for the common cold. Or at least a step in that direction. Well, researchers are reporting what could at least be regarded as a significant step in that direction.

U.S. News & World Report

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

SPORTS

Falcons GM to trade Vick

Atlanta general manager Thomas Dimitroff acknowledged in an interview on the team's Web site that the Falcons have decided to trade the rights to their suspended quarterback, Michael Vick.

ESPN

Daytona 500 starts what may be tough NASCAR season

NASCAR, like most businesses, is certainly feeling the affects of the economic crisis as America's most popular racing series heads into yet another season.

Sports Illustrated

Photo of the Day

A man walks past a work by Isaac Montoya, from Spain, at the ARCO International Art Fair in Madrid. (Photo by Paul White / AP)

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