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States and cities scramble for their slice of the stimulus pie

State and local officials facing multimillion-dollar budget deficits, crumbling infrastructure and the prospect of massive service reductions are jockeying for some say in deciding how to spend the money.

MSNBC

Taliban announces cease-fire with Pakistan government

A Taliban spokesman says they will adhere to a 10-day cease-fire in Pakistan's Swat Valley for peace talks with the government.

CBS News

'US missile strikes' hit Pakistan

BBC

Obama tackling housing woes

President Obama focuses on helping homeowners manage their mortgages, another step to shore up the economy after the stimulus and bank bailouts.

USA Today

Investors look to Obama mortgage plan

Forbes

Obama marks first legislative victory

MSNBC

Nuclear subs collide in Atlantic

A British nuclear submarine was involved in a collision with a French nuclear sub in the middle of the Atlantic.

BBC

Portrait of a shadow

Abu Ahmed helped create and equip the Iraqi insurgency and U.S. forces tried for years to kill or capture him. Now his mission is to destroy al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Newsweek

Japan's economy shrinking fast

The Japanese economy, the second largest in the world after the United States, is deteriorating at its fastest pace since the first oil crisis of the 1970s.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Geithner, Summers to lead auto restructuring panel

President Barack Obama plans to appoint senior administration officials - rather than a single "car czar," as had been discussed - to oversee a restructuring of the American auto industry.

Baltimore Sun

Mid-level 'dental therapists' could lower cost of care in rural, low-income areas

Dentistry's version of nurse practitioners, called dental therapists, might soon be filling cavities in Minnesota.

Minneapolis Star Tribune

States look to booze for shots to economy

In Utah and across the country, governors and lawmakers faced with budget deficits are advocating loosening laws that restrict alcohol consumption in the hopes of boosting tax revenues.

USA Today

POLITICS

Why the 2010 census is inciting still more partisan passions

It may sound surprising to those who don't consider the headcount a political matter, but the census has become a controversial subject to Democrats and Republicans.

TIME

Obama, Dodd clash on exec bonuses

President Obama and the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee are at odds on how to rein in the salaries of top executives whose companies are being propped up by the federal government.

The Hill

GOP dead set against 59th Dem

Having just seen what President Barack Obama can do with 58 Democrats in the Senate, Republicans are more determined than ever to keep him from getting a 59th. Especially if the 59th is Al Franken.

Politico

ENVIRONMENT

Energy companies compare customers

Sacramento is one of ten utilities across the country that's trying to cut power use through peer pressure, offering customers comparisons of their energy usage to others in their area.

ABC News

Stimulus expected to start mine cleanup

Efforts to clean up one of the West's most enduring legacies — tens of thousands of abandoned hardrock mines — should get a boost from the economic stimulus bill awaiting President Obama's signature.

Dickinson Press

Stimulus package keeping green goals in sight?

NPR

EDUCATION

Colleges ban illegal immigrants

The South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act became law in June and, among other measures, banned illegal immigrants from attending colleges and universities that receive state money.

Charleston Post and Courier

More middle-schoolers leapfrog into advanced classes

For decades, high school students took college courses to dress up their resumes and prepare for college. Now competitive Florida middle-schoolers are flocking to sign up for high school classes.

Orlando Sentinel

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Fashion world tightens its belt

Every spring, the spotlight hits the runway for a look at the fall season's new trends. But this Fashion Week, many designers are tailoring their presentations to the economy, dropping the catwalk altogether.

CBS News

Facebook now reaches 175 million users

A little more than a month after announcing it had 150 million active users, Facebook has reached 175 million active users. If Facebook were a country, it would be the eighth most populated in the world.

CNET News

HEALTH

Who says stress is bad for you?

It can be, but it can be good for you, too — a fact scientists tend to ignore and regular folks don't appreciate.

Newsweek

How to protect your child's mental health

Mental health problems often can be prevented if children get the help they need early on from parents and schools, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

U.S. News & World Report

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

The biology of belief

If you've ever prayed so hard that you've lost all sense of a larger world outside yourself, that's your parietal lobe at work.

TIME

Lincoln's faith remains an enigma

Called "Lincoln's Sermon on the Mount," his 1865 address has been deemed the most religiously sophisticated presidential speech in American history; yet it was delivered by a man who never joined a church.

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

Gang members turn themselves around

Tony Wilson meets with 25 gang members and young men recently sprung from prison as a youth coordinator, operating in a netherworld between street gangs and official Baltimore.

Baltimore Sun

Baby girl's restored vision is a miracle

When Febi Hanna was born, doctors told her parents that she would be blind the rest of her life. But Febi's recovery have gone beyond what doctors expected.

WBOY-12

WORLD

Pakistan agrees to Sharia law deal

Pakistan has signed a peace deal with a Taliban group that will lead to the enforcement of the Islamic Sharia law in the restive Swat valley.

BBC

Clinton lands in Tokyo on Asia tour

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Tokyo beginning her first foreign trip to Asia, pledging to work with the region on issues ranging from climate change to the economy.

Al Jazeera

China resumes military dialogue with US

ABC News

Chávez wining vote over presidential term limits

President Hugo Chávez was on course to win a national referendum in Venezuela that would allow him to stand for re-election far into the future.

Times Online

Venezuelans vote on term limits

BBC

BUSINESS

Job seekers taking polish off resumes

Faced with a tough job market, some unemployed professionals are lowering their standards – and even toning down their resumes to avoid seeming overqualified.

McClatchy

Nationalization: Is it the only way left to save the banks?

A year ago it would have been unthinkable that Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., would advocate a government takeover of private banks - but that is exactly what he is suggesting.

ABC News

Chrysler, GM plans due

Over the past six months, Detroit's automakers, workers and creditors wrestled with how to survive the worst economy in decades while developing the high-tech vehicles of the future.

Detroit Free Press

Under deadline, automakers weigh options

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Medication may erase bad memories

A widely available blood pressure pill could one day help people erase bad memories, perhaps treating some anxiety disorders and phobias, according to a Dutch study.

MSNBC

Debris from satellite crash possibly fell over Texas, Kentucky

The falling remains of two satellites obliterated in a space collision may be behind weekend reports of fireballs spotted over parts of Texas and Kentucky, local media and weather officials said.

Space.com

Texans report fireball in sky, sonic booms

CNN

US and Russia satellites collide

Reuters

Microsoft bounty for worm creator

Since it started circulating in October 2008, the Conficker worm infected millions of computers worldwide. Microsoft is offering $250,000 to find who is behind the virus, viewing it as criminal attack.

BBC

SPORTS

Late pass hands Kenseth win at rain-shortened Daytona 500

Matt Kenseth's surprising, rain-shortened victory in the 51st Daytona 500 came in a race that desperately needed an ending.

Sports Illustrated

Robinson tugs on Howard's cape, bags his second All-Star slam dunk title

Dressed in all green, New York's Nate Robinson became Superman's kryptonite. Orlando's Dwight Howard, aka Superman, couldn't defend his slam dunk contest title during NBA All-Star Night.

USA Today

Israeli tennis player Peer denied visa for upcoming Dubai tournament

Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer has been denied an entry visa by the United Arab Emirates that would allow her to play in a WTA tournament beginning in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.

Bloomberg

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