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Iranian Revolutionary Guard members march in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran in this file photo. (Photo by Vahid Salemi)

Clinton says Iran is headed toward a military dictatorship

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Iran is drifting toward a military dictatorship, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seizing key positions in Iran's political, military and economic realms.

New York Times

Q+A: Iran's revolutionary guards

Reuters

Timeline: Aftermath of the Iranian elections

New York Times

Commuters killed in Belgium train crash

Two packed commuter trains have collided head-on on snow-covered tracks outside Brussels, killing up to 25 people and injuring many more, officials say.

Sydney Morning Herald

Coalition slowly making headway in Afghanistan

The NATO operation aimed at tackling a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan is making progress, but still has a long way to go, according to a CNN reporter embedded with U.S. Marines.

CNN

Sir Jock Stirrup says UK troops 'must win Afghan trust'

BBC

Special section:

Afghanistan

CBS News

Marines forge ahead

MSNBC

Sen. Evan Bayh won't seek re-election

Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana is ready to announce he won't seek re-election, saying he's fed up with Congress.

MSNBC

Special section:

US Sen. Evan Bayh

Indianapolis Star

The sacred island that's shrinking away

Sagar Island, located where the Ganges River of India meets the sea and less than 20 miles long, has shrunk an estimated 10 square miles over the past 40 years.

NPR

NATION

Americans stock up to be ready for end of the world

Survivalism is a growing social movement. "Preppers" believe that it is better to be safe than sorry and that preparing for disaster — be it a hurricane or the end of civilization — makes sense.

Observer

Don't ask when: Repeal of gay ban won't be soon

As promised, the Pentagon has begun examining how the ban on gays serving openly could be eased and then repealed, but a complete repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy is probably years away.

Houston Chronicle

Michigan overpaid $6.2M in benefits

Unemployment insurance fraud is its own crime in Michigan and state officials say it's on the rise as some people look to turn an easy buck on the social safety net.

Detroit Free Press

POLITICS

Biden bickers with Cheney on TV

Vice President Joe Biden said Dick Cheney is either "misinformed or … misinforming" as the two sparred on separate news shows about continued criticism of the Obama administration's handling of terror threats.

USA TODAY

A quick fix for America's worst schools

The Obama Administration has a plan: Take the worst schools in the U.S. and give them $4 billion over three years to get better fast. It's the emphasis on speed that makes this endeavor something new.

TIME

Republicans divided on how to counter 'party of no' reputation in poll

Congressional Republicans are divided on how to change the perception that they are not working with President Barack Obama.

The Hill

HEALTH

More Americans seeking health care in other countries

Critics of health care reform often point to desperate Canadians who head south for surgery to escape waiting lists. But now Americans are heading overseas to escape the high cost of U.S. care.

Houston Chronicle

'Lesbian Health 101' seeks to open doors and minds

When Dr. Patricia Robertson held the first lesbian health clinic at San Francisco General Hospital in 1978, she covered the "family planning" signs in the lobby.

San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Fitful recovery tests consumer goods makers in 2010

The world's biggest consumer goods and food companies face a selective return to consumer spending in 2010, testing their resolve to avoid promotions and suggesting more industry mergers.

Reuters

Europe economy chief calls for more steps by Greece

The European Union's top economics official said Greece should take more measures to cut the region's largest budget deficit as evidence emerged that the nation may have used swaps to mask its swelling debt.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Anger leads to apology over Google Buzz

Google moved quickly over the weekend to try to contain mounting criticism of Buzz, its social network, apologizing to users for features that were widely seen as endangering privacy.

New York Times

Does use of smart phones thwart public records laws?

E-mails sent from a BlackBerry are easily tracked and archived by government servers. But the wireless devices can also send electronic messages in other ways that often are not tracked.

NPR

CSI Cairo: How science will solve the mystery of Tutankhamun

His golden funeral mask with its striped headdress has become the symbol of Egypt's ancient grandeur. Yet, for all the fame that surrounds the boy King Tutankhamun, no one knows who he was.

The Independent

SPORTS

Spillane takes silver in Nordic combined, US 1st in sport

Johnny Spillane has claimed the first U.S. medal in the sport of Nordic combined which tests an athlete's ski jumping and cross country skiing ability.

USA TODAY

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Vancouver 2010

Forbes

NASCAR attempts to get the excitement back in racing

NASCAR is returning to its roots, especially at its two superspeedways and most storied tracks, Daytona and Talladega.

Kansas City Star

Finish saves Daytona

ESPN

Dutch love of speed skating explained

Speak to people from the Netherlands and you begin to appreciate their love of the sport. Ice-skating began more than 1,000 years ago on the frozen canals and waterways of Scandinavia and Holland.

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Couples forego gifts, donate blood on Valentine's Day

It wasn't just exchange of flowers and romance this Valentine's Day. Several people celebrated the day for a social cause instead of spending money on their better halves.

Times of India

Embracing history: Man sets hugs record in Vegas

An Ohio man has embraced the Valentine's Day spirit faster than anyone before, giving 7,777 hugs in 24 hours for a new record.

Houston Chronicle

WORLD

More than a million remain with no shelter in Haiti as rains loom

It was a flash flood and a portent of the rains and devastation to come. The day after, Bernard Seraphin was collecting clothes for her three children from the remains of her house in Port-au-Prince.

Observer

American charity donations to Haiti surpass $709 million