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Firefighters search for victims on a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck central Chile killed at least 708 people and destroyed or badly damaged 500,000 homes. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko / AP)

US consumer spending increases more than initially forecast

Spending by U.S. consumers increased in January for a fourth consecutive month, and several major retailers predict sales for this year.

Bloomberg

Celiac disease genetic links may help diagnosis and drug search

Scientists have identified new genetic links to celiac disease and say their findings could speed the search for better ways to diagnose and treat the disorder which causes gluten-intolerance.

Reuters

Big quake coming for US?

Is another major earthquake due to strike our country? It is not a matter of if, but when Americans will face an event similar to those in Chile and Haiti.

CBS News

Chilean earthquake hints at dangers of 'Big One' for US

USA TODAY

10 largest earthquakes since 1900

Reuters

Quake victims get Web help

CNN

Finding untainted jurors in the age of the Internet and instant publicity

The Supreme Court’s decision about how trial courts should respond to claims of prejudicial pretrial publicity may have a lasting and widespread impact.

New York Times

Internet, TV main news sources for Americans, says study

An "overwhelming majority" of Americans — 92 percent — say they use multiple resources for news, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project and Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

MSNBC

NATION

US Supreme Court aims at gun rights

The U.S. Supreme Court is about to take dead aim at the fierce debate over gun regulations in cities and states across the country.

San Jose Mercury News

USDA to boost wildlife habitat

The federal government will maximize enrollment in the land-idling Conservation Reserve, a policy that would reduce U.S. cropland by 1.5 percent if successful.

Reuters

Nearly 200,000 still powerless after winter storm

NPR

JFK airport's repair job spells long lines

Delays at Kennedy Airport are expected to get worse when its main runway shuts down for a repair project.

NY Daily News

POLITICS

Pelosi says she’ll get votes needed for health bill

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is confident she will be able to get the votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation in the House, even if it threatens the political careers of some members of her party.

New York Times

Reconciliation showdown on health care?

With the health care summit showing no sign of getting either side to budge, lawmakers are staking out positions in the battle many believe is imminent.

CNN

HEALTH

BPA may raise risk of asthma in kids

Mouse pups whose mothers were exposed to a common, but controversial chemical developed allergic asthma, research shows.

BusinessWeek

Parents still worried about vaccine safety

Although most American parents vaccinate their children, many are concerned about the safety of vaccines and some choose not to have their children protected from potentially deadly diseases.

HealthDay

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Premature babies 'see' with their hands

Even premature babies at about 2 months before term can recognize and distinguish objects of different shapes.

ScienceDaily

Cybercriminals stealing virtual objects

Computer gamers are increasingly finding that there's a serious side to their virtual fun: their hard-earned virtual objects are being stolen from them, and in some cases their entire game as well.

Earth Times

ENVIRONMENT

Chile's defense minister: Navy made mistake not sounding tsunami alarm

Chile's defense minister blamed the Navy for not issuing a tsunami warning after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the South American country.

CNN

Chile earthquake

BBC

How do you convince people of global warming in a snowstorm?

The dead of winter – especially this winter with its massive snow storms in the eastern United States – is not the easiest time to make the case for global warming.

Christian Science Monitor

Al Gore addresses climate change skeptics

Reuters

Special section:

Climate change

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

A spiritual perspective on family courts

Spiritual progressives believe that practical public policies flow from the application of spiritual principles to national problems. Our spiritual consciousness provides practical guidance in a complicated world.

Tikkun

Police 'in Jerusalem holy site'

Israeli police have clashed with Palestinian protesters at the Jerusalem compound housing one of Islam's holiest sites, the al-Aqsa mosque.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Fitness is key for physically disabled

When Jothy Rosenberg was told after losing a leg and part of a lung to cancer that he would not survive, the teenager went to Utah and skied 100 days straight.

Reuters

HSBC and Standard Chartered bosses to give bonuses to charity

The bosses of Standard Chartered and HSBC will this week pledge their bonuses to charity in an attempt to defuse any row over bankers' pay.

Telegraph.co.uk

WORLD

France declares violent storms 'national disaster' after deadly wake

France has declared a national disaster after violent storms battered parts of the country leaving death and destruction in their wake.

BBC

At least 58 dead as storm sweeps Europe