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President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper walk down the Hall of Honour for a joint news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Photo by Tom Hanson / The Canadian Press / AP)

Kyrgyz president approves US base closure, cutting off Afghan staging post

Kyrgyzstan's president signed a bill to close a key U.S. air base used as a staging post for military operations in Afghanistan, a step that could impede American plans to send more troops to the Afghan war.

MSNBC

US hints at payments to keep base open

International Herald Tribune

US base gets eviction notice

CNN

DC voting act not facing lawsuits yet

None of the lawmakers who oppose the D.C. Voting Rights Act say they are preparing to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the bill, which is expected to pass the Senate.

The Hill

Obama reassures Canada on trade

President Barack Obama assured Canada, the United States' biggest trading partner, that he would not pursue protectionist policies, and the neighbors agreed to cooperate on cleaner energy technology.

Reuters

Obama in Canada to tighten ties

Christian Science Monitor

Obama, Harper host joint press conference

Politico

Netanyahu asked by president to put together new Israeli government

Israeli President Shimon Peres chose Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new Israeli government, ending days of speculation and giving Netanyahu six weeks to put together a ruling coalition.

CBS News

Q&A: Israel's general election

BBC

Stanford turns in passport

The banker accused of scamming $8 billion from thousands of customers, R. Allen Stanford, was located by the FBI and served civil papers by the SEC, putting an end to a nationwide search.

ABC News

Billionaire in fraud case saw bright future

Newsweek

NATION

States to use stimulus to forestall layoffs

Despite a dizzying decline in tax revenues, many states aren’t lopping their payrolls as fast as private sector employers. Some intend to use part of the federal stimulus funds to keep employees.

MSNBC

Obama aides outline strict requirements

CBS News

NY Post apologizes for cartoon

After publishing a cartoon that drew fire from critics who said it evoked historically racist images, the New York Post apologized on its Web site, but defended its action and blasted some detractors.

CNN

POLITICS

Backed into corner, Burris plots

In a middle-class neighborhood in Chicago, Sen. Roland Burris is hunkered down at his house, plotting with aides on how to respond to a political crisis that has put his brief Senate career in serious jeopardy.

Politico

Carrion to be urban affairs director

Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, the former schoolteacher and urban planner who helped the Yankees put up their new billion-dollar stadium, was named the new White House director of urban affairs.

Newsday

EDUCATION

Meltdown could force college aid shift

The economic meltdown could shift the financial aid playing field, as the government and colleges focus on helping the neediest students to head off a wave of dropouts.

International Herald Tribune

Schools get less nitpicky about head lice

For generations, children with signs of head lice were summarily sent home by the school nurse to their everlasting shame. Now schools have become less nitpicky.

The Ledger

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Oscars changes are modest — for now

After last year's Academy Awards ceremony, a Variety cover story reported that almost every element of the movie industry was grumbling that 'the ritual needs a major overhaul.'

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Red carpet Oscar trends

YouTube

O’Brien prepares to leave Late Night

As Conan O’Brien says goodbye to Late Night, the talk-show host has been taking a look back at his favorite moments from his show’s 16-season run.

Rolling Stone

HEALTH

Living near fast food joints ups stroke risk

People living in neighborhoods where fast food restaurants are plentiful appear to have a higher risk of stroke than those living where such restaurants are scarce, a new study says.

ABC News

Brain device ok'd for OCD treatment

The FDA approved using an implanted deep-brain stimulator for patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

WebMD

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Groups try to strip atheist provision from Arkansas Constitution

A religious watchdog group has joined a campaign to strip the Arkansas Constitution of a provision prohibiting atheists from holding office and testifying in court.

Beliefnet

Lutherans to allow gay clergy — sort of

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will lift its ban on partnered gay and lesbian clergy, only after the church agrees in principle on gay relationships and respecting the consciences of dissenters.

Religion News Service

Religious broadcasters brace for uncertain future

Digital podcasts and streaming video might bring Christian audiences inspirational messages, but they aren't bringing in the cash that broadcast ministries need to weather a painful economy.

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

Scientists find black gold in the ocean amidst long overlooked data

NASA satellites collect thousands of images and from them NASA scientists recently found oil from an otherwise undistinguished mass of ocean imagery.

Science Daily

Miami banker gives $60 million of his own money to his workers

Lots of bosses say they value their employees. Some even mean it. And then there's Leonard Abess Jr. After leaving his bank, he took $60 million of the proceeds and gave it to everyone on the payroll.

Guardian

WORLD

North Korea 'ready for war with South'

North Korea says it is ready for war with the South, just hours before Hillary Clinton's arrival in Seoul on the latest leg of her tour as US secretary of state.

Guardian

Clinton condemns North Korea regime

BBC

UN finds Iran has more enriched uranium than previously thought

In their first appraisal of Iran's nuclear program since President Barack Obama took office, atomic inspectors found that Iran recently understated by a third how much uranium it had enriched.

International Herald Tribune

UN finds new traces of uranium in Syria

CBS News

BUSINESS

'Deeply concerned' over the US auto industry, Obama reviewing plans

President Barack Obama said he was 'deeply concerned' about the state of the U.S. auto industry, and that his administration was reviewing pleas for aid for General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC.

Detroit Free Press

GM unit Saab to file for creditor protection

Reuters

Feds tighten grip on Fannie and Freddie

The new Obama housing plan draws Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac yet more tightly into the embrace of federal government and shows their importance to the current housing policy.

Financial Times

Dow closes at 6-year low

U.S. stocks dropped, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a six-year low, as concern about rising credit-card defaults dragged financial shares to the lowest level since 1995.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Experts ponder space junk problem

With a recent satellite collision still fresh on their minds, participants at a meeting in the Austrian capital are discussing ways to deal with space debris — junk that is clogging up the orbit around the Earth.

San Francisco Chronicle

Google Gears' offline data vulnerable

The emergence of Web applications that function offline through technologies like Google Gears brings with it new risks: server-side attacks that can get access to client-side data.

InformationWeek

Is Yelp manipulating user reviews?

PC World

ENVIRONMENT

Economy puts bite on shark attacks

Shark attacks on humans were at the lowest levels in half a decade last year, and a Florida researcher says hard economic times may be to blame.

CNN

British Petroleum to pay almost $180 million to settle pollution case

British Petroleum has agreed to pay $180 million to settle a federal lawsuit over pollution at its Texas City refinery. They will also pay $12 million in penalties and $6 million into programs to clean the air.

Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

Tiger says he will return to PGA

Tiger Woods is coming back, eight months after winning golf's U.S. Open and having reconstructive surgery on his left knee. He announced his return on his website, saying, "I'm now ready to play again."

USA Today

Tiger Woods returning to golf

YouTube

NFL escalates Comcast fight

The National Football League season is over on the field. In Washington, it’s just heating up. This contest pits the NFL against Comcast Corp., the nation’s biggest cable television company.

Bloomberg

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