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Ahead of the G20 summit, a lone protester delivers a speech on financial issues, in front of the Bank of England, left, and the Royal Exchange, right. (Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis / AP)

World Bank backs strong dollar, outlines trade boost

The dollar will remain the world's dominant reserve currency and a strong U.S. currency is critical to lifting the world out of economic and financial crisis, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said.

Reuters

Big slide in global trade looms over G20 meeting

Seattle Times

N. Korea has several nuclear warheads

North Korea is believed to have several nuclear warheads they could mount on a missile, an expert said ahead of a rocket launch that regional powers suspect will test weapon delivery capability.

USA Today

US destroyers set sail to North Korea

Scotsman

Obama heads to Europe for G20 meeting

President Barack Obama left for Europe, packing a weighty agenda as he heads for critical economic and political talks in his first journey across the Atlantic since taking office two months ago.

Associated Press

On European trip, Obama faces skeptics

Christian Science Monitor

Obama's first overseas trip

CNN

Geithner: Treasury has $135 billion left in TARP money

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says his department has roughly $135 billion in uncommitted money left over in the TARP plan.

ABC News

Interview:

Geithner: Stability is US goal

Financial Times

Taliban leader Mehsud: Attack on Washington will 'amaze' the world — soon

"Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world," Baitullah Mehsud said.

CBS News

Pakistani Taliban claim police academy attack

Examiner

NATION

The executive who brought down AIG

The FBI and federal prosecutors are reportedly closing in on Joseph Cassano, the AIG executive whose suspect investments cost the insurance giant hundreds of billions of dollars.

ABC News

Auto dealers fight to stay on the map

The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) estimates that at least 1,200 dealerships will close nationwide this year; another 760 were closed in 2008.

CBS News

Obama asserts control over the auto industry

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Are stimulus lobbying rules too strict?

Two prominent watchdog groups joined with a lobbyists' trade association asking the administration to rescind lobbying restrictions on stimulus funds.

The Hill

Obama backs incentives for auto sales

President Barack Obama ordered tough steps to restructure GM and Chrysler, but also offered incentives to boost sales and reassure consumers.

Reuters

Wagoner's $20 million for retirement

ABC News

Obama on automakers' future

YouTube

NY 20: Election or Rorschach test?

In the eyes of some political observers, the New York House special election is a referendum on President Barack Obama’s stimulus package. Others see it as a test of the beleaguered GOP’s popularity.

Politico

HEALTH

Screen teens for depression

Parents should routinely screen kids 12 to 18 for mood disorder with standard depression tests by their pediatrician or family doctor, the U.S. Preventative Task Force recommended.

Scientific American

FDA fears pistachios may be tainted with salmonella bacteria

Stop eating pistachio nuts. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says they may carry poisonous salmonella bacteria.

WebMD

EDUCATION

EPA to monitor 62 schools' air

To determine if toxic chemicals are in the air children breathe, the Environmental Protection Agency will monitor the air outside 62 schools in 22 states.

USA Today

Texas board comes down on 2 sides of creationism debate

Dueling theories of how the universe was created got a split decision from the Texas Board of Education, which required examination of "all sides of scientific evidence" in new science standards.

CNN

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Fox News adds FoxNation.com Web site

Fox News started a Huffington Post-style Web site hoping to increase the network's online reach.

Associated Press

Rachel Maddow's star power

Rachel Maddow is the world's most unlikely cable news talk-show host. She doesn't watch TV. She's young at 35, a Rhodes scholar with a PhD from Oxford, and openly gay — an industry first.

Mother Jones

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Denominations trim Capitol presence

Religious advocacy groups face budgets drastically curtailed by the recession. In response, some are cutting staff or freezing travel budgets and salaries.

Beliefnet

The Gitmo guard who found Islam

Terry Holdbrooks stood watch over prisoners at Gitmo. What he saw made him adopt their faith.

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Toddler caught after 40-foot fall

Two men were being hailed as heroes by police for catching a toddler who fell 40 feet from a home's third-story window.

MSNBC

Surge in free charity advice from financial service executives

Financial services executives are increasingly offering their skills to provide free advice to charities, even as their image is battered by the public.

Financial Times

WORLD

New law allegedly rolls back rights for Afghan women

Hamid Karzai was accused of trying to win votes by backing a law the U.N. says legalizes rape within marriage and bans wives from stepping outside their homes without their husbands' permission.

Guardian