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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., responds to a warm welcome from the audience as he approaches the microphone during a South Carolina victory party in Columbia, S.C. (Photo by Steven Senne / AP)

Indonesia’s ex-dictator Suharto dies at 86

Former dictator Suharto, an army general who crushed Indonesia’s communist movement and pushed aside the country’s founding father to usher in 32 years of tough rule, has died. He was 86.

MSNBC

Special section:

The lasting legacy of Suharto

BBC

Soaring price of birth control at colleges puts pressure on Congress

With the cost of contraception skyrocketing on college campuses throughout the country, the price of the pill is suddenly big talk on Capitol Hill.

McClatchy Newspapers

Barack Obama claims big win in South Carolina

Sen. Barack Obama claimed a significant victory in South Carolina, telling supporters "we are hungry for change."

CNN

After South Carolina: Can Obama capture a wider swath of voters?

Christian Science Monitor

South Carolina Primary

Yahoo! News

Olmert-Abbas meeting to focus on Gaza

Hamas' dramatic breach of the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt will be at the center of a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, officials said.

USA Today

UNICEF reports sexual violence increasing in Kenya

Voice of America

Annan and Odinga meet, Kenya clashes kill 10

Ethnic clashes killed at least 10 people in Kenya's Rift Valley as former U.N. chief Kofi Annan met opposition leader Raila Odinga to try to resolve a month-long crisis that has claimed 750 lives.

Reuters

NATION

US military falls short in Afghan training

A dispute over the number of Western troops in Afghanistan has provoked sharp exchanges in recent weeks between the Pentagon and its NATO allies.

NPR

Pacific storm moves in, threatens slides

A powerful Pacific storm could drop 5 inches of rain in the eastern canyons and foothills of Southern California, possibly causing mudslides and flooding.

Orange County Register

Southern California avalanches kill 3

Reuters

POLITICS

Pelosi defends stimulus choices

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her decision to drop food stamp spending from the economic stimulus plan, saying tax rebates will do more for the middle class and working poor.

The Hill

Bush presses Congress on economy

NPR

Around the world, the US campaign is close to home

To look at the reams of coverage in newspapers outside the United States, you might conclude that foreigners had a vote in selecting the American president.

International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

European stocks' late retreat sends Stoxx 600 to weekly loss

A late slide in European stocks sent the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index to its seventh straight weekly decline, as banks and insurers slumped on speculation they may report more losses.

Bloomberg

Who is France's $7 billion man?

ABC News

Homeowners rush to refinance

Yahoo! News

Fund takes on N.Y. Times, Media General

A Cayman Islands-based hedge fund is trying to force its way onto the boards of newspaper publishers New York Times Co. and Media General, the companies said.

MarketWatch

SPORTS

Redskins dismiss Williams, Saunders; promote Blache to lead defense

The Washington Redskins seem to have a whole lot of their coaching staff in place for next season -- except for the head coach. And that head coach won't be Gregg Williams. Or Al Saunders.

ESPN

All-time MLS goal scorer Moreno re-signs with United

Jaime Moreno, the career goal-scoring leader in Major League Soccer, re-signed with D.C. United. Moreno has been with United since 1996, except for a stint with the MetroStars in 2003.

CBS SportsLine

HEALTH

Job stress takes toll on the heart

Chronic job stress may be bad news for your heart, especially if your lifestyle isn't healthy. Study shows that heart disease may be 68 percent more likely in chronically stressed workers.

WebMD

Report: Botox linked to 16 deaths

A U.S. watchdog group says Botox injections have been linked to 16 deaths -- four of them children.

United Press international

RELIGION

A pastor walks into a bar... to listen

A pastor plans to put teams of chaplains in local bars in Carlisle, a central Pennsylvania town, so they can lend a sympathetic ear to patrons who may need one.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Media-savvy Pope savages media

Pope Benedict XVI has called on the world's media to avoid becoming ideologically driven sales tools filled with vulgarity and violence.

Herald Sun

EDUCATION

College publishes famed killer's diary

Hamilton College has published "The Prison Diary and Letters of Chester Gillette," a book that reveals the 25-year-old's private thoughts as he awaited his execution.

Associated Press

What makes a good teacher?

At the invitation of the Cambridge Assessment agency, a group of experts gathered at Westminster to pool their research knowledge and grapple towards a definition of a "good teacher."

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Frostbite takes paws, but not cat's heart

Even after losing two paws, several inches of tail, both ears and part of her nose to frostbite, Popsicle the cat still has at least one of her nine lives left.

Anchorage Daily News

Basketball player defies disability

A boy plays division 1 basketball, averaging 18.6 points per game, even though he was born with only one hand.

Good News Network

WORLD

French activists fight genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation is an ancient rite practiced mostly in some sub-Saharan and North African countries. In recent decades, the practice has spread to immigrant communities in Europe.

NPR

Iranian minister pledges answers on nuclear program

Iran will answer outstanding questions on its nuclear program, the foreign minister said. Both he and the International Atomic Energy Agency called on the UN Security Council not to take further action.

International Herald Tribune

Nuclear weapons are secure, a top Pakistani official says

International Herald Tribune

British government under fire for controversial anti-terror bill

The government of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces broad opposition to a bill allowing suspected terrorists to be held for up to 42 days without charge.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Could diatoms offset global warming?

Diatoms — some of which are so tiny that 30 can fit across the width of a human hair — are so numerous that they are among the key organisms taking carbon dioxide out of the Earth's atmosphere.

Science Daily

Plastic bags could be a thing of the past

Eradicating those unsightly plastic bags that hang in trees and clog landfills may not be in the bag just yet but the idea is reaching a fever pitch in Canada and around the world.

canada.com

Bagging the plastic shopping bag

CBS News

The plastic bag debate

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Palm to close retail stores

Palm plans to close its retail stores in an effort to focus on fewer programs and better competition, the company says.

PC World

Ants' infected red rumps look yummy

Stomach flus may be gut-wrenching for us, but consider the plight of some tropical ants: When infected by tiny nematode worms, the ants' rumps turn bright-red.

LiveScience

Camera in a pill offers cheaper, easier window on your insides

What if swallowing a pill with a camera could detect the earliest signs of cancer? The tiny camera is designed to take high-quality, color pictures in confined spaces.

Science Daily

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Rescuing Nazi-looted art

You may have heard about Nazis destroying and looting art all over Europe. But you may not know that the looting was perhaps the greatest pillage in history.

CBS News

Mass grave found in Germany

National Geographic

Christian Brando dead at 49

Christian Brando, the troubled son of late actor Marlon Brando, has died in a Los Angeles hospital, according to published statements by the family's representative.

ABC News

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