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This photo made available by Diamond Offshore Drilling shows a semi-submersible oil drilling rig under tow in British coastal waters. Oil exploration company Desire Petroleum PLC announced it began drilling at a spot north of the disputed Falkland Islands. (Photo by Diamond Offshore Drilling / AP)

Obama wants to block hikes in health insurance rates

The Obama administration will propose legislation that would allow the government to block excessive rate hikes by health insurance companies.

CNN

Obama wants insurance rate hike regulation

CBS News

Obama says governors helped 'right the ship'

YouTube

In Afghanistan, Mass on a makeshift altar

The U.S. Army brigade's Catholic priest spits, smokes, cracks jokes and has come under fire like so many other American soldiers. He celebrated Mass on a makeshift altar of MREs.

Washington Post

British oil drillers reopen dispute with Argentina over reserves

British companies are set to begin drilling for oil reserves off the Falkland Islands this week, reopening a dispute with Argentina, which still lays claim to the archipelago.

Christian Science Monitor

'Argentina can't scare us'

Telegraph.co.uk

Fewer and fiercer tropical cyclones are in our future

Although global warming could cause the number of tropical cyclones to decrease around the world by the end of the century, the storms that do form probably will be more intense, a new study finds.

USA TODAY

Poland admits role in CIA program

Polish authorities have admitted their involvement in the CIA's secret program for the rendition of terrorism suspects from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Guardian

Polish logs confirm CIA rendition flights

CBS News

Why Americans love the Dalai Lama

The love so many Americans and others have for the Dalai Lama has given him iconic status.

CNN

NATION

Shuttle Endeavour lands safely

Endeavour returned safely to Earth in a rare night landing, ending a mission that resulted in the virtual completion of the International Space Station.

MSNBC

New leader vows she'll bring 'new generation' to NAACP

The new chairwoman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said she'll work to bring a new generation into the organization.

CNN

POLITICS

Alexander Haig remembered

Haig was a four-star Army general who served as a senior adviser to three presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own.

New York Times

Obama lauds Alexander Haig

CBC News

Remembering Alexander Haig

CNN

Powell backs Obama on national security

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is rejecting charges that the country is less safe because of the way President Barack Obama has handled national security.

Kansas City Star

Lawmakers to press 'don't ask, don't tell'

NPR

WINTER OLYMPICS

Team USA stuns Canada in non-medal Olympic hockey round

Donning vintage jerseys to commemorate the U.S.'s 1960 gold medal-winning team, Team USA summoned the powers of history to their side, defeating the mighty Canadian team, 5-3.

Sports Illustrated

US wins 5-3 over Canada

CTV

Special section:

Olympic hockey

CBC News

Vancouver Olympics

CBS News

Bode Miller wins 1st Olympic gold medal

Bode Miller fulfilled his Olympic dream at last with a gold medal in the men's super-combined. The U.S. star has been in superb form at the Vancouver Winter Games, taking home a set of medals.

CNN

Bode Miller strikes gold

YouTube

HEALTH

Birth centers laboring to gain acceptance

Out-of-hospital deliveries are controversial, but some moms are demanding alternatives to what many women refer to as a medical assembly lines.

Star Tribune

Cure for peanut allergy 'within 3 years'

Dr. Andrew Clark, at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge, believes a research project sponsored by the British National Health Service will help rid thousands of children of their allergic reaction to peanuts.

Telegraph.co.uk

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Diversity of corals, algae suggests resilience to future global warming

Researchers have discovered a diversity of corals harboring unusual species of symbiotic algae in the warm waters of the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean.

ScienceDaily

TiVo: Cable is strangling our business

TiVo filed a cri de coeur with the FCC, saying that its entire business is at risk of being shut down by the cable industry and that it is the "only major competitive entrant left standing" in the DVR world.

Ars Technica

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age

The number of people 50 and older reporting marijuana use in the prior year went from 1.9 percent to 2.9 percent from 2002 to 2008, according to new surveys.

ABC News

Bafta wins for Mulligan and Firth

Britons Carey Mulligan and Colin Firth have won the best actor Baftas with "The Hurt Locker," the story of bomb disposal experts in Iraq, named best film.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Inmates train dogs to work with children

The Indiana Canine Assistance Network’s Service Dog Apprenticeship program is a tremendous success and a great way for offenders to give back to the community.

The Courier-Journal

Event aims to enlist canoes for charities

"This is an event that will allow many nonprofits to benefit from the hearts and strokes of the paddle community," said Bill Redmon, the event's coordinator.

Ledger

WORLD

Airstrike kills 27 civilians in Afghanistan

NATO forces in southern Afghanistan bombed a civilian convoy, killing 27 people including women and children and injuring many more, Afghan officials said.

Times Online

Afghans voice their fears amid Marja campaign