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Pro-government demonstrators wave flags and chant slogans during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai capital's main financial district was partially crippled following grenade attacks and a tense standoff. (Photo by Apichart Weerawong / AP)

Fatal fungus sparks fear

The new strain of the well-known Cryptococcus gattii fungus is "worrisome" because it appears to be a threat to otherwise healthy people. But there's no need to sound the alarm, doctors say.

ABC News

Fungal disease spreads

NPR

'No crude' leaking from sunken oil rig

Authorities were given good news about the potential for a massive oil spill that could threaten the fragile ecosystem of the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts.

CBS News

Special section:

Deepwater Horizon incident

NOAA

Britons stranded in Thai airport

Hundreds of Britons caught up in the ash flight ban remain stranded at Bangkok's airport as anti-government protests take place in the capital.

BBC

Thai protesters set terms for negotiations

CNN

Thai protest hit by grenade attacks

YouTube

Report: Health overhaul will increase tab

President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law will increase the nation's health tab instead of bringing costs down, said government economic forecasters.

MSNBC

US faces choice on weapons for strikes

President Obama will decide whether to deploy a new class of weapons capable of reaching any corner of the earth in under an hour, which would diminish America’s reliance on nuclear arsenal.

New York Times

Air Force launches secretive space plane

Wired

NATION

Arizona immigration bill ignites outcry from students and Latino advocates

Legions of Latinos marched on the Arizona state capitol, many of them high school and college students. Others expressed their opposition on the Internet, pushing Gov. Jan Brewer to veto the bill.

Arizona Republic

US to WellPoint: Stop dropping breast cancer patients

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer.

Reuters

Plans to allow women and gays, ban smoking shake world of Navy submarines

As of Dec. 31, smoking aboard the entire U.S. Navy submarine fleet will be banned — no small hardship for the estimated many sailors who are nicotine addicts and can't step outside whenever they want a puff.

Washington Post

POLITICS

Eliot Spitzer slated for red-carpet rehab

Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer is using a sympathetic new biography and a documentary film to try to close the book on his recent past and pivot to a second career in public life.

Politico

Senate trio to unveil climate bill

Three senators are expected to unveil a proposed energy and climate bill that would curtail EPA's power to regulate CO2, and seek Republican support with expanded oil drilling and nuclear power incentives.

Wall Street Journal

EDUCATION

Teacher reform bill inspires many different opinions at Senate hearing

Colorado teachers, principals, superintendents and even the president of the nation's largest labor union offered testimony for more than five hours on a controversial teacher reform bill.

Denver Post

Study: After genes, teachers help kids read faster

Genetics play the biggest role in determining how fast a child learns to read, but a good teacher can make a measurable difference as well, according to a study released.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

MLB's barber blends charisma, clips, charm, with benefits

Angel Lucas Pena has no background in baseball and is not a trainer, team executive or agent, but he is trusted by virtually every star in the game. Pena, nicknamed "Monster99," is the barber of baseball.

USA TODAY

Edmonds, Braun and Brewers batter Pirates 20-0

Jim Edmonds, Ryan Braun and the Milwaukee Brewers went batty, piling up 25 hits and trouncing Pittsburgh 20-0 in the most-lopsided loss in Pirates' history.

Sports Illustrated

Edmonds' 3-run tater

MLB.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

World's smallest, lightest telemedicine microscope is invented

Aydogan Ozcan has created a miniature microscope, the world's smallest and lightest for telemedicine applications.

ScienceDaily

Flying car for soldiers?

If the Transformer project flies, by 2015 U.S. soldiers will be able to ride into battle aboard a four-person flying car.

LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Treme': a post-Katrina saga

It's no wonder David Mills was on the minds of "Treme" co-creators David Simon and Eric Overmyer. Mills — their longtime comrade and show co-executive producer — had died unexpectedly, at 48, while filming the series.

Hattiesburg American

The Andrews cousins at home in the Treme

OffBeat

Anarchy rules as Malcolm McLaren funeral draws punk glitterati

Malcolm McLaren's funeral was never going to be a sober affair. As the punk impresario's coffin passed shops in London, some clapped, most cheered, and one voice crying "Anarchy!" rose above the rest.

Guardian

Hundreds come to McClaren's funeral

Telegraph.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS

Grant to reduce maternal mortality rates in Southern Sudan

Not On Our Watch has awarded the U.S. Fund for UNICEF a grant of $250,000 to support an innovative program to reduce maternal mortality in Southern Sudan.

PNNOnline

Chinese tycoon Yu gives his remaining fortune to charity

Chinese property tycoon Yu Pengnian is donating his remaining fortune of $470 million to charity, a gesture that cements his place as China’s top philanthropist.

Bloomberg

WORLD

Scores killed in Iraq blasts

Up to 60 people have been killed and many more wounded in a series of attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say.

Al Jazeera

Belgian bishop quits over abuse