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A Yemeni couple pass pictures of late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein at the entrance of a grocery store in San'a, Yemen. (Photo by Nasser Nasser / AP)

US reopens Yemen Embassy

The U.S. Embassy in Yemen reopened after closing for a two day period over threats of an imminent al-Qaida attack in the country’s capital.

CBC News

Obama's day: Talk of terror

USA TODAY

Yemen attack fears grow

The Age

Scenes from Yemen

Examiner

Americans' job satisfaction falls to record low, despite economy

Even Americans who are lucky enough to have work in this economy are becoming more unhappy with their jobs, according to a new survey that found only 45 percent of Americans are satisfied with their work.

San Francisco Chronicle

Failed lawsuit possible motive for fatal shooting in Vegas

A gunman who opened fire at a federal building was upset over losing a lawsuit over his Social Security benefits.

Detroit Free Press

Deadly Vegas shooting

ABC News

World Food Program suspends operations in Somalia

The U.N.'s World Food Program has suspended its work in much of southern Somalia due to threats against its staff and unacceptable demands by al Shabaab rebels controlling the area.

Reuters

Conflict in Somalia stops food delivery to 1M

allAfrica.com

Arctic freeze creates havoc across planet

Arctic air and record snow falls grip the northern hemisphere, inflicting hardship and havoc from China, across Russia to Western Europe and over the U.S. plains.

Times Online

-14 F and sleeping outside

The Weather Channel

NATION

CIA bomber was al-Qaida double agent

The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan was an al-Qaida double agent, U.S. media reports say.

BBC

Special section:

CIA

Guardian

Obama unveils counter terrorism reforms

President Barack Obama plans to unveil reforms aimed at thwarting future attacks like the attempted Christmas Day airliner bombing, as he seeks to limit political fallout from the incident.

Reuters

Blog:

Salahis weren't only crashers at state dinner

CBS News

Terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui's appeal of life sentence denied

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction and life sentence for convicted terrorist and 9/11 co-conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

CNN

POLITICS

C-SPAN challenges congress to open health care talks to TV coverage

The head of C-SPAN has implored Congress to open up the last leg of health care reform negotiations to the public, as top Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves.

FOX News

Houston mayor takes oath of office

Houston Mayor Annise Parker asked citizens for their prayers, their patience, their perseverance and, noting that mistakes and failures are inevitable, “for your forgiveness in advance.”

Houston Chronicle

US Rep. Abercrombie of Hawaii to resign

U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D, announced he will resign from Congress on Feb. 28 to run for Hawaii governor.

Modesto Bee

ENVIRONMENT

CIA sharing data with climate scientists

The nation’s top scientists and spies are collaborating on an effort to use the federal government’s intelligence assets to assess the complexities of environmental change.

New York Times

Pechauri hopes for climate pact

Reuters

Solar plan clashes with big energy

Bill Powers, an engineer and energy consultant, argues that California should cover every available rooftop with photovoltaic solar panels, especially commercial buildings.

San Francisco Chronicle

EDUCATION

Pa. attorney general probing for-profit school that closed abruptly

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett and other state officials are investigating the abrupt closure of a for-profit computer training school headquartered in Maryland.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Girls can be engineers

While students at an all-girls school in Maryland were laboring to build bridges out of Popsicle sticks, their teachers were trying to build bridges for them to the male-dominated field of engineering.

Baltimore Sun

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson dead at 30

Casey Johnson, the heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune who recently made tabloid headlines with a purported engagement to reality star Tila Tequila, has died at age 30.

CNN

Fewer say they have it better than parents

More than half of Americans are optimistic about the future of the United States over the next few years, a new poll finds.

CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Ruling that Christians may call God Allah sparks passion in Malaysia

Malaysia's government has vowed to challenge a court ruling that Christians have the constitutional right to use the word Allah to refer to God.

Sydney Morning Herald

South Koreans experience what it's like to die and live again

Across South Korea, entrepreneurs are holding controversial forums aimed at teaching clients how to better appreciate life by simulating death.

Los Angeles Times

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GOOD NEWS

Landfill energy projects increasing

Hundreds of trash trucks across California are rumbling down city streets using clean fuel made from a dirty source: garbage.

Times Union

Family's 'angel' dog saves boy from cougar attack

An 18-month old golden retriever saved her owner from being attacked by a cougar in the backyard of their home in Boston Bar, British Columbia, located about 130 miles north of Vancouver.

CNN

WORLD

Frozen Britain may run short of gas

The freezing weather has raised fears that Britain could run short of gas after the National Grid issued only its second warning ever over surging consumption.

Telegraph.co.uk

Northern India shivers in cold