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Cleaning up in the aftermath of a deadly tornado that stuck Friday, Denise Anderson stands outside her mobile home in The Lady Lake, Fla. (Photo by John Raoux / AP)

Bush declares disaster in storm-ravaged Florida counties

FEMA sent two trailers filled with generators to tornado victims in Florida, and more trailers carrying water, ice, tarps and ready-to-eat meals are expected.

CNN

Storms, tornado kill 19 in Florida

Reuters

Administration seeks $100 billion for Iraq

President Bush will ask Congress for $99.7 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for rest of fiscal year 2007 and even more than that for fiscal year 2008.

ABC News

Bush says budget will limit non-defense spending

ABC News

Baghdad truck bomb kills 121

A huge truck bomb killed 121 people and wounded 226 in a busy market in a mainly Shi'ite area of central Baghdad, in the deadliest single bombing in the capital since the 2003 U.S.-led war.

Reuters

Militants 'overrun Afghan town'

Hundreds of Taliban militants overran a southern Afghan town that British troops left after a contentious peace agreement in October.

CNN

Serbia rejects U.N. Kosovo plan

Serbia’s president rejected a United Nations plan for Kosovo, saying it “opens the possibility of independence” for the breakaway province.

Ireland Online

Six wounded amid renewed Gaza clashes

Heavy clashes flared up between rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas despite a ceasefire deal.

Monsters and Critics

NATION

New charges for three Guantanamo detainees

The U.S. military prepared new charges against three of the best-known detainees at Guantanamo Bay — a key step toward resuming the military tribunals for terrorism suspects.

Guardian Unlimited

U.S. to support up to 10,000 extra Abbas troops

The United States will expand assistance to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to include about 8,500 members of his national security forces and possibly 1,000 Fatah fighters based in Jordan.

Reuters

China's president tours Africa

Hu Jintao is visiting Africa again and his country’s relationship with the continent is becoming more complicated.

Economist

POLITICS

Clinton promises to end war if elected

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she would not have attacked Iraq if she were president in 2002 and would end the war if elected.

Yahoo! News

Audition day for Democratic hopefuls

On the day Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his hole to predict an early spring, Democrats gathered in Washington with high hopes of ending their winters of discontent in presidential politics.

CBS News

Hispanic caucus members toil over insult

Three female members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus accused the organization's male leaders of treating women unfairly. Rep. Loretta Sanchez said the caucus chairman called her a "whore."

AOL News

SPORTS

Serie A football called off after policeman dies in violence

The Italian Football Federation has called off all this weekend's Serie A and Serie B games after a policeman was killed at a match.

BBC

HEALTH

Carrots in, fries out in school cafeterias

The cafeteria lunch line at Columbus Elementary School moves quickly as students grab portions of carrots, celery, apples and oranges. French fries and hamburgers aren't even offered.

CNN

Lethal strain of bird flu virus confirmed on British turkey farm

An outbreak of bird flu which killed about 2,500 turkeys on a British poultry farm is the H5N1 strain of the virus the first time the strain has been detected on a farm in the country.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Student, 22, stabs three at school

A 22-year-old student complaining that a vocational school didn't teach enough black history stabbed two security guards and a school administrator with a screwdriver, police said.

Sun Sentinel

Students apologize for party criticized as racist

More than a dozen Clemson University students apologized at an emotional campus meeting for a gang-themed party many criticized as racist.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Motorola's fortunes plunge as Razr loses must-have status

Motorola is learning a cruel new lesson about consumer tastes in phones: an industry that has focused more on technology in the past is finding that it has more in common with the fashion business.

International Herald Tribune

Vista has speech recognition hole

Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Groundhog predicts early spring

Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, which, according to German folklore, means folks can expect an early spring instead of six more weeks of winter.

CNN

Teenaged good Samaritan helps homeless

A Honolulu teenager stares at the dilemma of what to do with her modest amount of Christmas gift money: buy something nice for herself or give it to the homeless woman, slouching at her feet.

KHNL

NATION

Texas requires anti-cancer vaccine for schoolgirls

Gov. Rick Perry signed an order making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus.

Houston Chronicle

Defense secretary: No plans for war with Iran

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the United States is "not planning for a war with Iran." He said he was reiterating what President Bush said earlier.

CNN

California will start forcing inmates to transfer out of state

California's prison secretary said the state will force the transfer up to 5,000 inmates to other states, an indication that an order issued last fall has fallen short of expectations.

San Diego Union-Tribune

BUSINESS

American, Delta raise fares to offset fuel costs

Two of the largest U.S. airlines raised fares, aiming to take advantage of strong travel demand to boost profitability and offset the price of jet fuel, which remains historically high.

CNBC

U.S. to bring WTO case against China over industrial subsidies

The U.S. will bring a trade complaint against China at the World Trade Organization alleging that China unfairly subsidizes steel, wood products and other industries.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

'Potter' pre-orders soar at Amazon

Amazon.com Inc. said that first-day orders for author J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" were more than five times larger than for the previous Harry Potter novel.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

James Brown's 'omitted spouse' sues estate

James Brown's longtime partner sued for half of the late singer's estate, maintaining that she was married to Brown at the time of his death and that she's entitled to a portion of his assets.

E! Online

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Scientists urge tighter rules for ozone pollution

Federal scientists want tougher ozone pollution standards, which could mean higher gas prices, tougher emission tests and more controls on power plants.

Rocky Mountain News

White House rejects mandatory CO2 caps

Yahoo! News

Indonesia's push for biofuels

The Indonesian government is ready to tap into global demand for alternative fuels, but environmentalists are worried about deforestation.

BBC

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Religious panel calls for pressure on China ahead of Olympics

Ahead of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, a U.S. government-appointed commission is calling for more international pressure on China to end a "marked deterioration" in religious freedom.

Yahoo! News

'Jesus Loves Osama' signs hit Australia

A sign saying "Jesus Loves Osama" outside some churches in Australia drew criticism from the prime minister and other religious leaders.

CBS News

IN DEPTH

God and gorillas

Every human culture has believed in spirits, gods or some other divine being. That's why human beings have often been called Homo religioso.

Salon

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