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An Israeli soldier fires a rubber bullet at Palestinians, not seen, during clashes at Atara checkpoint north of the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Photo by Majdi Mohammed / AP)

Short sale tax shortchanges ex-homeowners

Tara Blackwell and her husband sold their house in December for about half of its original price. The couple thought the situation was behind them. Then it came time to pay their 2009 taxes.

San Francisco Chronicle

Underwater homeowners leave behind mortgages, but lenders can still come calling

Las Vegas Review Journal

NIH studying progesterone to treat traumatic brain injuries

A small study of progesterone in the treatment of traumatic brain-injured patients was so promising the National Institutes of Health has financed a nationwide study.

USA TODAY

Relations between Israel and US considered 'worst in 35 years'

Israel's ambassador to the U.S. has said that relations between the two countries face their worst crisis in 35 years, the Israeli media reported.

BBC

Israeli envoy sees 'historic crisis' with US

Reuters

US-Israel settlement dispute

YouTube

Saving US water and sewer systems

A significant water line bursts every two minutes somewhere in the country, according to a New York Times analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data.

New York Times

Residents angry over handling of water issues

Chicago Tribune

China defies US and Western nations

China's government has embraced an increasingly anti-Western tone in recent months and is adopting policies across a wide spectrum that reflect a heightened fear of foreign influence.

MSNBC

China's Wen pushes back against yuan calls

Reuters

NATION

8 die in storm-related accidents in Northeast

At least nine people died in storm-related accidents, and nearly half a million people were without electricity in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut at the peak of the storm.

Huffington Post

$14.7 billion census count starts

The U.S. government's once-a-decade attempt to document the country's population kicks off as over 120 million census forms start arriving in mailboxes across the nation.

ABC News

Iowa town nearly wiped off map by floods 'fighting for survival'

The Iowa River runs fast and wide on the edge of the tiny town of Oakville. It's seeping over its banks, creating anxiety among residents still recovering from a flood that engulfed the entire community.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Petraeus to make rounds on Capitol Hill

The head of U.S. Central Command, Gen. David Petraeus, will make the rounds in Congress — drawing more congressional attention to the war in Afghanistan and the troop-withdrawal process from Iraq.

The Hill

Dodd to unveil a broad financial overhaul

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee will unveil a proposal to revamp the nation’s financial regulations that would empower shareholders.

New York Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

US to roll out major broadband policy

U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds.

Reuters

New Digg to get faster, more personal

CNN

Why surprises temporarily blind us

New research from Vanderbilt University reveals how our brains coordinate different types of attention and why we may be temporarily blinded by surprises.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

More evidence that swings in blood pressure raise stroke risk

Following on recent, similar research, a large five-year study points to fluctuations in blood pressure over time as a key indicator of stroke risk.

HealthDay

FDA to replace misleading food labels

The rising obesity epidemic in the U.S. has prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to conduct a review of so-called front-of-package labeling.

LiveScience

Tips on reading nutrition labels

YouTube

DC handing out 500,000 female condoms to fight HIV

Faced with an HIV infection rate six times higher than the national average, the District of Columbia launched a campaign to halt the spread of the disease by handing out 500,000 female condoms.

CNN

EDUCATION

Conn. would waive loans for degrees in 'green' technology

President Barack Obama announced in January $2.3 billion in tax credits that he said would create 17,000 green jobs. The money will go to projects including solar, wind and energy management.

Kansas City Star

Barack Obama overhauls schools formula

President Barack Obama is proposing a new blueprint for the U.S. public school system that would overturn a heavy emphasis on standardized testing favored by his predecessor, George W. Bush.

The Australian

Education plan shuffles political deck

Politico

NJ schools brace for governor’s next round of cuts

New York Times

Firing of all teachers at RI school roils students

ABC News

SPORTS

David Beckham to miss World Cup after tearing Achilles' tendon with AC Milan

David Beckham will miss the World Cup and most if not all of the Los Angeles Galaxy season after tearing his left Achilles' tendon while playing for AC Milan.

NY Daily News

Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse earn No. 1 seeds for NCAA tourney

An injury hurts as much as a loss in the days before the brackets are drawn up for March Madness. Syracuse endured both and will have to rack up some major airplane time to make a run to the Final Four.

Sports Illustrated

Tomlinson signs 2-year deal with Jets

LaDainian Tomlinson is bolting for the Big Apple. Tomlinson's agent, Tom Condon, said that the New York Jets signed the former Charger to a two-year contract.

Associated Press

Tomlinson signs with Jets

Google News

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GOOD NEWS

'Miracle' elephant calf takes 1st steps

A baby elephant that zookeepers are calling a "miracle" after presuming him to be stillborn is now shuffling around his pen in an Australian zoo.

AOL News

Taronga's new elephant meets the family

Sydney Morning Herald

NY women's 'summit' unites activists

Many women crowded into a Manhattan theater for a conference on empowering women across the globe.

ABC News

WORLD

Contractors tied to effort to track, kill suspected militants

Under the cover of an information-gathering program, a Pentagon official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to kill suspected militants, according to military officials.