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China decries Obama's plan to meet the Dalai Lama

China has again urged the United States to cancel a planned meeting between President Barack Obama and the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

BBC

Sources of tension between China and US

Reuters

Breeding once extinct cattle

The only place to see an aurochs in nature these days? A cave painting. The enormous wild cattle that once roamed the European plains have been extinct since 1627.

TIME

Travel delays continue after days of snow

It's been bad all week for people trying to get into, or out of, the Washington D.C. region: canceled flights, long lines, icy streets, cars smothered in snow in airport parking lots.

Washington Post

Schools close as South braces for snow

New York Times

Deep South braces for rare, deep snow

CNN

January retail sales in the US increased more than anticipated

U.S. retail sales climbed in January for the third time in four months, signaling the consumer spending recovery that began in late 2009 continues into the new year.

Bloomberg

Retail sales rebound, up 0.5 percent

MarketWatch

10,000 TSA staff to get secret intel

About 10,000 airport security workers will get access to secret intelligence that could help thwart terrorism on planes.

USA TODAY

NATION

US may abandon civilian Sept. 11 trial

Attorney General Eric Holder is leaving open the possibility of trying professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed before a military commission instead of the civilian trial originally planned for New York City.

USA TODAY

Haitian judge to free 10 US missionaries

The 10 U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping for trying to take a busload of children out of Haiti should be released from jail while an investigation continues, a Haitian judge said.

Baltimore Sun

POLITICS

Kennedy won't seek reelection

Rep. Patrick Kennedy's decision not to seek reelection will leave Washington without a Kennedy in political office for the first time in more than 60 years.

ABC News

Scenes from a counter-revolution

The growing power of the Tea Party movement will make it hard for Republicans to compromise with the president.

Economist

Sen. Feinstein steps into Calif.'s 'farmers vs. fish' fight with jobs bill rider

Sen. Dianne Feinstein has targeted the Senate jobs bill in a bid to guarantee more water for struggling farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley regardless of restrictions imposed by the Endangered Species Act.

New York Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Dylan, Mellencamp, Baez bring civil rights songs to White House

Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Will.i.am and others took the stage in Washington, D.C., for a Black History Month special.

Rolling Stone

What happens after spouses cheat?

Americans are becoming increasingly conservative about marital transgressions. However, they are more likely to accept infidelity in their own relationships.

Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Ky. adopts common standards

Kentucky became the first state to adopt common academic standards that were drafted as part of a nationwide initiative to establish a widely shared and ambitious vision of student learning.

Education Week

Policy allows the firing of educators whose students fail tests

At a contentious meeting pitting parents against teachers, the Houston school board gave final approval to a policy allowing the firing of instructors whose students fall short on standardized tests.

EducationNews.org

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google dangles 100 times faster Internet speeds in fiber plan

Google Inc.’s effort to offer Internet access at speeds 100 times faster than those available raises the bar for U.S. cable and phone companies as the government readies a national broadband plan.

Bloomberg

Do speedy elephants walk or run?

With their awkward, lumbering gait, elephants moving at high speed are not the most graceful of animals — but are they walking or running?

BBC

SPORTS

Winter marvel follows tough act

Vancouver, B.C., will host the first Olympic Games Opening Ceremony since the extravaganza that was Beijing 2008.

Houston Chronicle

Olympic preparations

MSNBC

Vonn says she feels good enough to train

Lindsey Vonn felt good enough after a morning course inspection to participate in a training run, an indication that her injured shin may not keep her from chasing a gold medal haul after all.

New York Times

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GOOD NEWS

'Back on My Feet' founder heading to DC to fight homelessness

Having turned an improbable notion into a $3-million-plus nonprofit group, Anne Mahlum is leaving Philadelphia for Washington, hoping to join the debate over homelessness.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Seattle donors step up to save program aimed at rescuing teen prostitutes

A Seattle investment adviser pledged $100,000 of his own money to help launch the state's first program aimed at rescuing teenage prostitutes from the dangers of sex work.

Seattle Times

WORLD

New Greece economic fear leaves euro at market's mercy

The euro plunged after the eurozone revealed GDP grew by a lower-than-expected 0.1 percent, dragged down by Germany, the biggest economy of the 16-nation collective.

Times Online