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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Czech President Vaclav Klaus, right, walk to the Prague Castle. The newly completed START treaty, reducing long-range nuclear weapons, was signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague. (Photo by RIA Novosti / Dmitry Astakhov / Presidential Press Service / AP)

China to revise currency policy

China is set to announce a revision of currency policy that will allow greater variation in the value of its currency, combined with a small, immediate jump in its value against the dollar.

New York Times

US and China to hold economic talks

BBC

Geithner headed to China

MSNBC

Cryosat-2 'ice explorer' ready for lift-off

Europe's Cryosat-2 spacecraft is set to be sent into orbit to assess the state of ice cover at the Earth's poles.

BBC

Obama, Russian president sign treaty

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed an arms control agreement that reduces the nuclear stockpiles of both nations.

CNN

Special section:

Global map of nuclear arsenals

BBC

Special section:

Nuclear weapons

New York Times

Barack Obama signs historic nuclear treaty

Telegraph.co.uk

School districts report grim outlook

School districts across the country are considering widespread layoffs and severe cutbacks in programs as funding under the federal economic-stimulus package begins to dry up, according to a report.

Education Week

A college guarantees employment or refund

TIME

Cost of driving up, as gas and tires rise

The average cost of owning and operating a sedan in the US rose 4.8 percent this year to 56.6 cents per mile, or $8,487 per year, a new study by the auto club says.

USA TODAY

NATION

Birth rate among US teens declines

"We are very pleased," said Sarah Brown of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancies, adding that increases in recent years were on the verge of becoming "a troubling trend."

Boston Globe

CDC: Birth rates rise among women over 40

ABC News

US approves killing American cleric

The U.S. government has authorized the capture or killing of radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, currently based in Yemen, officials have confirmed.

BBC

Is it legal to kill an American in war on terror?

Christian Science Monitor

Finding, killing al-Awlaki will be difficult

Times Online

US unready for future face of war

For the United States, the prospect of a cyberattack is especially worrisome. The entire U.S. economy depends on operations in cyberspace. If computer networks shut down, so will the country.

NPR

Is the US most vulnerable to cyberattack?

Network World

POLITICS

Republicans ponder 2010, and 2012, in New Orleans

Who will rise from the Republican Party to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012? The first blush of an answer could come this weekend in New Orleans.

Reuters

Toomey renews quest to unseat Specter

For once, says Pat Toomey, the political planets and stars have aligned in a year of protest brush fires that he thinks could yet send him to the U.S. Senate seat he failed to win six years ago.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

EDUCATION

Tackling teacher-on-teacher bullying

Most schools have policies that target bullying, but they are usually aimed at students. Now, school districts in Iowa and California are developing rules to prevent teachers from bullying teachers.

USA TODAY

A tentative contract deal for DC teachers

After rancorous bargaining, the Washington schools chancellor and the city’s teachers’ union announced an agreement on a tentative contract.

New York Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Get out the periodic table, kids! There's a new element: 117

Well, there was a new element. Element 117, the last holdout in the last row of the periodic table, existed briefly in a Russian atom smasher. It's the fifth new element discovered this decade.

Christian Science Monitor

'Mind-reading' brain-scan software showcased in NY

Software that uses brain scans to determine what items people are thinking about was among the technological innovations showcased by Intel Corp.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Sushi may 'transfer genes' to gut

A traditional Japanese diet could transfer the genes of "sushi-specific" digestive enzymes into the human gut.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Calif. city turns to desalination

When Sand City officially opens the spigot to the state's first full-scale seawater desalination facility residents throughout the city will begin tapping into the Pacific Ocean as a source of drinking water.

Scientific American

Green building costs not always included in home appraisal

Even as more hammers swing in green construction, potential purchasers of environmentally friendly homes are finding that it isn't always easy to get them appraised correctly and financed.

Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Soldiers want it their way

The U.S. military may shut down "nonessential" fast food joints like Burger King at their largest air base in Afghanistan.

Christian Science Monitor

Is a good turn good television?

A television producer hopes to make inspirational children's stories about losing a soldier parent to war into tone-changing reality TV.

Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Auction helps fill shelves at food pantries

Food Pantries for the Capital District in Albany, N.Y., will hold an auction to raise funds and to build community awareness.

Times Union

Mentors connect with Fresno students

In the 720 Project, the number of days from start to finish in high school, 64 freshmen have been paired with adult mentors. School officials hope the teens remain with it until they graduate.

Fresno Bee

WORLD

Sri Lanka votes in postwar elections

Polling has passed off peacefully in Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections, which are expected to result in a big victory for President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Guardian

Kyrgyzstan forms interim government