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A fire truck moves away from a bushfire in the Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Australia. (Photo by AP)

AU bushfire death toll worst ever

Police believe more bodies will be found in small towns razed by wildfires in the state of Victoria, the hardest hit area with more than 700 homes destroyed.

Guardian

In pictures: Australian fires

BBC

Russia welcomes offer to 'reset' ties

Russia welcomed an offer by the United States "to press the reset button" on ties with Moscow under President Barack Obama.

Reuters

'Time to press the reset button'

Russia Today

Senate, House eye different stimulus priorities

The House puts greater emphasis on helping states and localities avoid wide-scale cuts in services and layoffs of public employees. The Senate cut $40 billion of that type of aid from its bill.

MSNBC

Competing stimulus bills divide Congress

Associated Press

Obama talks up stimulus in weekly address

YouTube

Beijing launching a 'Chinese CNN' to burnish image abroad

The government spent $6 billion to launch the TV station and double foreign bureaus in the official Xinhua news agency.

Christian Science Monitor

US military goods for sale in Pakistan

U.S. equipment, coveted by the Taliban, is now openly for sale in the Pakistani border town of Peshawar. Among the goods: boots, camouflage, high-power binoculars and sophisticated night-vision gear.

CBS News

NATION

Lending up, but bailout not reason

Only a handful of Texas banks have accepted federal bailout money, but among those that have, lending has grown more slowly than among those that didn’t.

Houston Chronicle

One dead, 134 rescued from Lake Erie ice

A miles-wide ice floe broke away from Lake Erie's shoreline, trapping more than 130 fishermen offshore, some for as long as four hours.

Associated Press

Rescue mission on Lake Erie

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POLITICS

Biden hangs tough on nuclear issue, offers talks with Iran

In the U.S. administration’s first act of high-profile diplomacy, Vice President Joe Biden sent a message to Iran, declaring: “We are willing to talk.”

Times Online

Special section:

Excerpts of Biden's speech

BBC

New RNC chief accused of misusing money in 2006 campaign

A former campaign adviser told prosecutors that Steele, the new Republican chairman, had his 2006 Senate campaign pay his sister's defunct company for services that were not performed.

Austin American-Statesman

ENVIRONMENT

'Green growth' puts climate spending projects in focus

The U.S. and other nations will spend about $100 billion on projects to fight climate change under economic stimulus plans, raising questions about how much support the industry needs.

Reuters

Antarctic melt means drastically higher sea level rise in North America than projected.

If global warming ever causes the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to collapse, the resulting sea level rise in much of the United States would be "significantly higher" than is currently projected.

Environment News Service

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Intelligent life on other planets a possibility, researcher says

Depending on how you define intelligence, a researcher estimates at least 361 such civilizations are in our corner of the universe.

USA Today

Digital scans of Lucy analyze pre-humans from the inside out

Digital X-rays turned Lucy, the world's best-known pre-human, inside out, and may help us understand how our ancestors came down from the trees and walked.

Reuters

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Moms look to first lady for change

Maternity leave. Affordable child-care. Flexible work arrangements. When first lady Michelle Obama said she wanted to help working women balance career and family, American moms applauded.

Reuters

Director McG excuses Christian Bale

Though Christian Bale himself called his F-bomb outburst on the Terminator Salvation set "inexcusable," the film's director is coming to the star's defense.

People

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

A church divided

Many of the Presbyterian churches have been allowed to leave "with grace" and their property, as opposed to the Episcopalian parishes and dioceses that have been sued across the country.

The Wichita Eagle

Vatican shifts into damage control

Worldwide outcry led the Vatican to clarify efforts to reconcile with an ultra-right-wing bishop who denies that the Holocaust took the lives of 6 million Jews during Nazi rule in World War II.

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

First woman to swim across Atlantic

Jennifer Figge became the first woman to swim across the Atlantic Ocean — a dream she'd had since the 1960s.

Newsweek

Concert will give deaf chance to rock

The first rock concert for the deaf will be in Toronto, where the deaf get a chance to rock in chairs that translate sound into vibrations, motion and blasts of air.

Toronto Star

WORLD

US soldiers killed while disabling bomb

Two coalition soldiers and two Afghans, including a police official, were killed while the soldiers tried to disable a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan.

CNN

Poverty in Latin America 'may soar'

The global financial crisis could cause poverty to rise in Latin America by as much as 15 percent, according to U.N. officials.

BBC

BUSINESS

CEO surprise: Please raise my taxes

Reed Hastings, CEO of the popular DVD rental service Netflix, called on the president to raise taxes on corporate executives and other wealthy people.

ABC News

In defense of bankers

One obvious point being lost: The vast majority of toilers in the financial vineyards had nothing to do with the meltdown.

Newsweek

HEALTH

Food safety net is full of holes

The system relies on 50 states and hundreds of local health agencies with widely varied expertise, funding and methods to detect pathogens loose in the national food supply.

Star Tribune

Plant knowingly sold salmonella-laced food

YouTube

The origins of suicidal brains

Suicide rates in the U.S. increased for the first time in a decade, according to a recent report. But what leads a person to commit suicide?

Scientific American

EDUCATION

Schools face rise in homeless students

The economic plunge has generated a growing wave of children nationwide who are sleeping in shelters, motels, spare bedrooms or even the family van as their parents seek to keep them in school.

Washington Post

Marks from teachers, test scores vary

Some metro Atlanta high schools routinely award stellar grades to students who can’t pass standardized tests in the subject, leaving them potentially unprepared for college, a state study has found.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

SPORTS

Report: A-Rod tested positive in 2003

Sports Illustrated reports that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003, when he was with the Texas Rangers and won the AL home run title and MVP award.

ESPN

A-Rod tested positive for steroids

YouTube

New Chiefs coach Haley: 'I'll do my best to keep from losing control'

Todd Haley was hired as coach of the Kansas City Chiefs after helping the Arizona Cardinals reach the Super Bowl as offensive coordinator.

USA Today

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