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Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to discuss AIG bonuses. (Photo by Evan Vucci / AP)

US may widen strikes in Pakistan

President Barack Obama and his national security advisers are considering expanding the American covert war in Pakistan far beyond the unruly tribal areas to strike at a different center of Taliban power.

International Herald Tribune

Why Pakistan's president gave in

Christian Science Monitor

To save money on prisons, states take a softer stance

The deepening financial crisis is forcing dramatic changes in the hard-line, punishment-based philosophy that dominated the United States' criminal justice system for nearly two decades.

USA Today

Senators fight Mexican drug cartels

A bloody war between Mexican drug cartels is no longer solely a south-of-the-border problem, members of Congress said at a hearing on the issue.

CNN

AIG CEO Liddy on the hot seat before an irate Congress

As outrage swells around insurance giant American International Group, its chief executive Edward M. Liddy takes the hot seat in a hearing before a House Financial Services subcommittee.

ABC News

Geithner: AIG must pay back bonuses

CNN

Fury over AIG bonuses

CBS News

NATO says it needs 4,000 extra troops for Afghan elections

NATO's secretary-general said 4,000 more soldiers are needed to secure Afghanistan's presidential election in August and to make sure the vote is credible and fair.

Reuters

Google Earth reveals fish trap made from rocks 1,000 years ago off British coast

For a millennium it lay undisturbed near one of Britain's best-loved beaches. Modern technology revealed this ancient fish trap, used at the time of the Norman Conquest.

dailymail.co.uk

Madoff's longtime accountant charged with fraud as prosecutors widen case

Bernard Madoff's longtime accountant was arrested for fraud, accused of aiding the man who admitted cheating thousands of investors out of billions of dollars over the past two decades.

Star Tribune

Tax relief to Madoff investment victims

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Another battle zone: Sexual assault permeates US armed forces

She was afraid to report it, tried to forget it, but the assault haunted her. In a completely unrelated incident when she was out one night, someone she knew from another base raped her.

CBS News

Does high-tech highway design make us less safe?

Highway safety advances — wider, straighter roadways and more electronic traffic signals — may make drivers too comfortable. That’s when accident rates start to rise.

Popular Mechanics

POLITICS

3rd commerce secretary pick gets Senate confirmation hearing

Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke faces a Senate confirmation hearing for his nomination as commerce secretary. Locke is President Barack Obama's third nominee for the post.

Examiner

With GOP support, Obama makes first appellate court nomination

President Obama nominated his first appellate court judge, tapping Indiana federal judge David F. Hamilton for a seat on the 7th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.

CQ Politics

Obama 'deserves my silence,' Bush says in first speech as ex-president

Former President George W. Bush said he won't criticize President Barack Obama because Obama deserves his "silence" and said he plans to write a book about the 12 toughest decisions he made in office.

NPR

George W. Bush's visit to Calgary

CBC

ENVIRONMENT

The rooftop revolution

A little-known policy is turning sleepy central Florida into a green energy hub. Could it do the same for America at large?

Washington Monthly

Sustainable eating: the low-carbon diet

Chef Laura Stec explains “the global warming diet”: our modern dependence on mass-produced food from industrial farms that consume enormous amounts of fossil fuels and spew tons of waste.

Scientific American

HEALTH

Health care overhaul may cost $1.5 trillion

Your lungs may work fine, but the price for universal health care could take your breath away. Health policy experts say coverage for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Obesity takes years off your life

Being obese can shorten your life, a new study shows. "Moderate obesity typically shortens life span by about three years," said researcher Gary Whitlock, from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

HealthDay

Physician, heal thy system

Who would disagree that reform is overdue? Healthcare costs rise 2.5 percent a year, squeezing people out of affordable health insurance, even in good times.

Salon.com

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Eurovision could be the answer for peace in the Middle East

Compassion and creativity are often the first casualties of conflict. But in Israel, where conflict is a way of life, artistic expression at times can still transcend even the most brutal realities.

TIME

Orange Prize for Fiction: Birmingham social worker takes on Nobel winner

Gaynor Arnold, who specializes in adoption and fostering, has been long-listed for the award with her debut novel "Girl in a Blue Dress," a fictionalized account of the aftermath of Charles Dickens' death.

Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

Online learning a 'lifeline' in rural areas

According to a study, three-quarters of responding school districts had at least one student enrolled in a fully online or blended course, a 10 percent increase from the group's earlier study.

eSchool News

Building the 21st-century mind

Howard Gardner, a professor of cognition and education, reveals the five minds you need for success, how to make better decisions, and why ethics are critical.

Scientific American

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GOOD NEWS

Rachel's Challenge inspires kindness

Deer Park Middle School students, teachers and administrators participated in the popular character education program Rachel’s Challenge, igniting a chain reaction of kindness.

Newsday

Leno adds second free Detroit show

Comedian Jay Leno added a second show after tickets were given away for the first installment of "Jay's Comedy Stimulus Plan" for the unemployed in Detroit.

CNN

WORLD

North Korea refuses US food aid

The U.S. says North Korea refused to accept any further food aid supplies. Five aid groups were told to leave the North by the end of March, the State Department and aid groups said.

BBC

Madagascar risks condemnation after change at top

Madagascar drew global criticism when a swift leadership change flouted the Indian Ocean island's constitution.

Reuters

Army takes control in Madagascar

Sky News

BUSINESS

China rejects Coke bid for juice maker

China rejected Coca-Cola Co.'s $2.5 billion bid to buy a major Chinese fruit juice maker in a closely watched case that stirred nationalist opposition to selling off a homegrown brand to foreigners.

International Herald Tribune

The global rise of the antitrust agency

BusinessWeek

Google names a new Americas chief

Google Inc. named Dennis Woodside to replace departing head of American advertising sales and operations Tim Armstrong, internally filling a key position as it seeks to expand its reach.

MarketWatch

SPORTS

Brodeur has the record — and he won't stop at 552

In the world of goalies, 551 used to be the number. If you were starting an argument about the best ever, you started with the guy who won the most career games — Patrick Roy at 551. Not any more.

Sporting News

President Obama's Final Four revealed

After telling ESPN.com's Andy Katz in October that he would fill out an NCAA tournament bracket if he were elected, the president did just that.

ESPN

Special section:

NCAA tournament experts' picks

Sports Illustrated

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Apple raises its iPhone ante

Makers of powerful, Internet-connected smartphones raced to respond to the innovations unleashed by Apple's iPhone. They narrowed the gap, but Apple may have just pulled further ahead.

BusinessWeek

What a difference 200,000 years makes

A new estimate from American and Chinese scientists dates Peking Man fossils (and their associated population of Peking men and women) 200,000 years older than earlier measurements.

Popular Science

Discovery arrives at ISS

With a crew of seven astronauts on board, the space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station as they flew over western Australia.

Computerworld

Watch Discovery dock with space station

YouTube

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Seminaries face financial woes

Sagging endowments and other shrinking revenue streams are challenging the status quo at the nation's seminaries, most of which aren't cushioned by a link to an endowed university.

USA Today

Finding religion at the end of life

A new study shows that religious patients may seek out aggressive end-of-life therapy at three times the rate of non-religious patients, leading some to encourage doctor-patient religion talks.

ABC News

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