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General Motors Corp. Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr. addresses the media during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Detroit. (Photo by Carlos Osorio / AP)

Leaders want $20 billion for food aid

World leaders said that they want to provide $20 billion over the next three years to increase food production in developing countries and help the poor feed themselves.

ABC News

Obama says G-8 talks 'highly productive'

CNN

Obama: Africa can be self-sufficient when it comes to food

BBC

US to vaccinate millions against swine flu

School-age children will be a key target population for a pandemic flu vaccine in the fall and may get their shots at school in a mass vaccination campaign not seen since the polio epidemics of the 1950s.

San Francisco Chronicle

'New' GM is born

A leaner General Motors arose, making an unusually quick exit from bankruptcy with ambitions of making money and building cars people are eager to buy.

CNBC

Maximum Bob goes full throttle for GM

CNBC

New GM to ax 450 managers

Times Online

GM CEO: It's an exciting day

MSNBC

Obama's health care, climate goals hit speed bumps

President Obama suffered a double-barreled setback in Congress when Democrats moved to apply the brakes on his top legislative priorities, health care and climate change.

Reuters

Conservative Dems break ranks on health care

Forbes

AIG seeks clearance for more bonuses

American International Group is preparing to pay millions more in bonuses to dozens of top executives after an earlier round of payments set off a national furor.

CBS News

NATION

Pool discrimination charges to be investigated

State officials will investigate accusations of racial discrimination against a suburban Philadelphia swim club.

TIME

Ban on tobacco urged in military

Pentagon health experts are urging a ban on the military's use and sale of tobacco, a dramatic change to a culture intertwined with smoking.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Burris won't seek full Senate term

Democrat Roland Burris, named to President Obama’s Senate seat by ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, won’t seek a full term in 2010, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said.

Bloomberg

House passes legislation to boost food stamp spending

Spending for food stamps would rise 14 percent under legislation passed by the House, giving the program a boost as record numbers of people are using the food assistance.

Philadelphia Inquirer

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Harry Potter faces love and war in 'Half-Blood Prince'

Harry Potter's life leading up to "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" has been plagued by dark magic and loss. As he grows up, he's becoming more familiar with Ginny Weasley and Lord Voldemort.

MTV

'Harry Potter' late release boils down to money

San Francisco Chronicle

US premiere of 'Harry Potter'

Monsters and Critics

Michael's dad suspects 'foul play' in death of King of Pop

Michael Jackson's grieving father said he suspects "foul play" in the 50-year-old King of Pop's untimely death. "I do believe it was foul play," Joe Jackson said, adding, "I do believe that. Yes."

NY Daily News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Smart clothes could take photos

Researchers have made smart fabric that can detect the wavelength and direction of light falling on it. The clothes could one day take snaps of everything happening around whoever is wearing them.

BBC

El Nino may limit activity in Atlantic

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has made it official: Another El Nino has begun, with sea surface temperatures in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean above average.

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Economy squeezes community colleges

Community colleges say they've often seen enrollments surge in times of economic slowdown. The size of this spike, however, is unprecedented, and it comes at a time when budgets are severely limited.

NPR

Racing for an early edge

Even before they’ve finished spending their first block of federal stimulus aid, states are getting a head start in a national “race to the top” for better public education, without even knowing rules to the game.

Education Week

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Faith healing in Oregon

The Worthingtons told investigators they first noticed the bump on their daughter's neck when Ava was 3 months old. Instead of calling a doctor, they anointed her with oil. She slowly choked to death.

Newsweek

For employment seekers, many churches offer heavenly help

A growing number of churches and synagogues across metropolitan Phoenix are forming support groups to assist with networking, career coaching and restoring hope to the unemployed.

Arizona Republic

Columns And Op-Ed

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John Calvin at 500

Weekly Standard

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Hate-crime legislation would backfire

Christian Science Monitor

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What if Palin were president?

RealClearPolitics

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Antibacterial soap: Do you need it to keep your home clean?

WebMD

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Care for more stimulus?

Star Tribune

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The transition initiative

Orion

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G-8 action without China or India is pointless

Guardian

Column:

Finding a bankruptcy lawyer

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog:

Open source rising as the economy continues to fall

CNET News

Editorial:

China riots help the Communist Party

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Smart clothes could take photos

Clothes could one day take photos of everything happening around whoever is wearing them. Researchers have made fabric that can detect the wavelength and direction of light falling on it.

BBC

Raleigh, NC, teacher wins Presidential Award for Excellence

Carol Swink Wooten, a teacher at Hunter Elementary School, has received the prestigious 2008 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the White House announced.

The News & Observer

WORLD

Thousands take to streets to join renewed protests in Iran

Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said.

CBS News

Protests resume in Iran