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Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. watch as President Bush delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Opposition protesters paralyze Lebanon

Hezbollah-led protesters, intent on toppling the U.S.-backed government, paralyzed Lebanon by burning tires and cars at major thoroughfares in and around the capital.

CNN

Sadr crackdown nets 600 fighters

About 600 fighters and 16 leaders of the radical Shia militia, the Mehdi Army, have been captured by security forces in Iraq, the U.S. military says.

BBC

Study to report that global warming will get worse

Human-caused global warming is here and is destined to get much worse in the future, an authoritative global scientific report will warn when it's released next month.

MSNBC

Bush outlines broad agenda in State of Union

Confronting a Democratic majority in Congress for the first time in his administration, President Bush addressed lawmakers and the American public.

MSNBC

Bush, in State of Union, Makes Plea for Unity on U.S. Goals

Bloomberg

Democrat Webb, with son in Iraq, wants new direction

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, a former Marine with a son in Iraq, called on President Bush to change course in the unpopular war so American troops can begin to come home.

ABC News

Poll: Majority in U.S. have given up on Iraq

MSNBC

GOP opposition to troop increase grows

As President Bush prepares once more to sell his troop increase in Iraq during his State of the Union address, Republicans continued voicing opposition to the Iraq plan.

USA Today

Petraeus says more U.S. troops essential to Iraq plan

Bloomberg

McCain, Clinton clash over troop morale

MSNBC

NATION

Israel's Katsav faces rape charge

Israel's ministry of justice says it plans to charge the country's largely ceremonial head of state, Moshe Katsav, with rape and abuse of power.

BBC

China confirms satellite-killing test

China said it had fired a missile at one of its satellites, confirming earlier reports from Washington, but a spokesman said the test posed no threat.

MSNBC

Tens of thousands mourn slain journalist in Istanbul

More than 100,000 mourners poured into the heart of Istanbul to bid farewell to Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist who was shot and killed last week.

International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

Is Bush already a lame duck?

With an empowered Democratic majority and a wary Republican Party looking toward the 2008 elections, many are wondering whether the president is already a lame duck.

CNN

Lawyers paint Libby as sacrificial lamb

White House officials tried to sacrifice vice presidential aide "Scooter" Libby to protect strategist Karl Rove from blame for leaking a CIA operative's identity, Libby's lawyer said.

Boston Globe

Allegations about Obama's education debunked

Allegations that Sen. Barack Obama was educated in a radical Muslim school known as a "madrassa" are not accurate, according to CNN reporting.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

MySpace takes on the 'spam king'

Social-networking site MySpace has filed a lawsuit against an alleged major spammer who has been targeted by Microsoft and others in the past.

Top Tech News

U.S. and China worst for malware

Despite tough anti-spam measures, the amount of spam and malware emanating from the U.S. makes it the worst nation in the world for those twin digital evils.

ITWire

EDUCATION

School drop-outs regret quitting

Half of young adults who dropped out of school aged 16 regretted their decision later, a survey suggests.

BBC

Principal charged with obstruction of justice

A high school principal was charged with hindering the police investigation of a cheerleading coach who had been accused of providing students with beer.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

'Dreamgirls' leads Oscar nominations

The peppy musical "Dreamgirls" led the Academy Awards with eight nominations, but was shut out in the best picture category for which it had been considered a potential front-runner.

Showbuzz

Knightley sues paper for remarks on eating

British actress Keira Knightley has sued the Daily Mail, charging the paper hinted she tried to mislead the public about whether she has an eating disorder.

Playfuls

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Bush can't reclaim nonexistent bipartisanship

Mercury News

Column (Gary Kamiya):

Black vs. "black"

Salon

Editorial:

Manipulating nicotine

International Herald Tribune

Column:

Hope is best remedy

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial:

Divesting from genocide

Milwaukee Journal Sentinal

Editorial:

McCain sees the light

New York Sun

Column:

Character, not color, separates coaches

ESPN

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Israel's crisis of confidence

Daily Telegraph

Column (Philip Auerswald):

Let's call an end to oil alarmism

International Herald Tribune

Column:

'We are all responsible'

Guardian

Editorial:

Climate change heats up

Seattle Times

Column:

Evangelicals have friends in Hollywood

Miami Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Leaders progeny promote peace, courage

Descendants of Martin Luther King and Mohandas K. Gandhi joined others in offering their thoughts on solving some of the world's toughest problems.

Happy News

Diver pokes shark, survives head chomp

A diver escaped a 10-foot shark’s attack by poking the animal in its eye after it had already chomped on his head once and was preparing for another bite, witnesses said.

MSNBC

NATION

New passport rules kick in

It used to be that a U.S. citizen heading home from Canada, Mexico or Jamaica could simply flash a driver's license to re-enter the country. Now, only a passport will do.

Orlando Sentinel

Judge OKs 'Choose Life' license plates

A federal judge ordered state officials to offer license plates with the motto "Choose Life," saying that the message is protected by the First Amendment.

San Francisco Chronicle

Feds fear dam break in Kentucky, Tennessee

Fearing a dam break that could cause catastrophic flooding, the Army Corps of Engineers began lowering the water level on Lake Cumberland.

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Bank of America profit jumps 47 percent

Bank of America Corp., the second-largest U.S. bank, said fourth-quarter profit rose 47 percent, helped by increased credit card fees and deposits.

Reuters

Wachovia profit soars 35 percent

MSN Money

U.S. economy: Leading indicators signal faster growth

An index of leading U.S. economic indicators rose last month for the first time since September, signaling a faster economic expansion in the next three to six months.

Bloomberg

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Study: Metabolic syndrome predicts heart risk

A cluster of cardiac factors known as "metabolic syndrome" is a strong indicator of increased risk of heart disease, an exhaustive review of the literature concludes.

HealthDay

Avastin slows colon cancer growth

A new study says an anticancer drug that starves tumors of a blood supply can help patients with advanced colon cancer.

WebMD

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Car-sharing is thriving in the Bay Area

In the San Francisco Bay Area, so many people are interested in car-sharing that two for-profit companies have joined nonprofit pioneer City CarShare in the market, and all three are growing.

San Francisco Chronicle

Global environment fund gives money to dirty fuel

The world's biggest fund for environmental projects is investing in a non-renewable, polluting fuel in what it says is a new pragmatic approach to the energy needs of the developing world.

Reuters

SPORTS

Struggling Wolves fire Casey, promote Wittman

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Dwane Casey was fired, halfway into another season mired in mediocrity.

ESPN

It'll be Federer vs. Roddick in Aussie semis

World No. 1 Roger Federer will clash with former top-ranked tennis star Andy Roddick in the final four at the 2007 Australian Open.

Sports Illustrated

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Ted Haggard says evangelicals have 'best sex life'

Much has been made of America's so-called religious divide, but few of the discussions and debates resemble Alexandra Pelosi's new film, "Friends of God."

ABC News

China welcomes Vatican attempts to mend ties

China's state-backed Catholic church welcomed a newly announced Vatican initiative to repair ruptured relations with Beijing.

International Herald Tribune

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