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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, center, is surrounded by her supporters as she leaves her house for the airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP)

Bhutto vows return of democracy to Pakistan

CNN

How to welcome back Bhutto

TIME

Doctors question medicines for older kids

Cold medicines recently pulled from sale for infants and toddlers shouldn’t be given to children as old as 5, either, pediatricians told government health advisers.

MSNBC

Brownback to end presidential run

Sen. Sam Brownback will end his bid for the presidential nomination, two sources close to the Kansas Republican tell The Associated Press.

CNN

Bush: Mideast summit 'serious attempt' at peace in region

President George W. Bush tried to set the tone for a U.S.-sponsored Middle East summit as a serious effort toward reaching peace, despite Palestinian and Israeli disagreement over the agenda.

Reuters

Rice to meet with king of Jordan

San Jose Mercury News

9 troops wounded in Afghanistan

The Taliban used heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades to ambush a U.S.-led coalition patrol in southern Afghanistan that wounded nine troops, a coalition statement said.

Associated Press

House fails to override Bush veto of child insurance bill

House Democrats failed to override President Bush's veto of a children's health insurance bill that opponents said was too expensive.

CNN

Bush chides Congress over legislative priorities

Yahoo! News

Ex-Speaker Hastert to quit Congress

Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert will resign soon rather than complete his term 15 months from now, ending a 21-year career in Congress, say Republican aides.

MSNBC

NATION

Pentagon to alert 8 guard units for duty

The Pentagon is preparing to alert eight National Guard units that they should be ready to go to Iraq or Afghanistan beginning late next summer.

ABC News

Witnesses testify how former lawmaker may have been bribed

Super Bowl box seats, high-end golf trips, private jet flights and an array of other treats were enough to gain a defense contractor unfettered access to former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.

San Jose Mercury News

Maine middle school to offer the pill

Pupils at a Portland, Maine, middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the proposal.

Associated Press

POLITICS

Rudy: No tax hike for Social Security

Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson suggested raising out-of-pocket costs for higher-income Medicare beneficiaries, and rival Rudy Giuliani ruled out a Social Security tax increase.

Associated Press

For Romney, the dividends are worth the investment

Atlantic Online

Former Clinton administration aide endorses Obama

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a former top civil-rights enforcer in the Clinton administration, gave his support to Barack Obama in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

Reuters

Poll: Black support helps Clinton extend lead

CNN

BUSINESS

Euro hits new record against dollar

The 13-nation Euro jumped to a new record against the U.S. dollar, breaking through the $1.43 mark after Washington reported a spike in jobless claims.

International Herald Tribune

Stocks head lower after disappointments at Bank of America

Wall Street headed toward a lower open after Bank of America Corp. missed earnings expectations and provided investors with further evidence of how the credit crisis has affected the economy.

Houston Chronicle

Stock market

Yahoo! News

Oil close to record highs as market eyes Turkish tension in oil-rich Iraq

Forbes

HEALTH

Vaccine trial cuts malaria cases among babies by two-thirds

Trials of a malaria vaccine in Africa have successfully protected babies from the disease, giving hope of cutting the global death toll of 1 million a year.

Guardian

Traditional Pap test inferior to HPV test

Researchers at McGill University have revealed that the HPV screening test is superior to the traditional Pap test in detecting cervical cancer.

Medical News Today

SPORTS

Cashman confirms: If A-Rod opts out, he's done as Yankee

New York Daily News

Leftwich replaces Harrington as Atlanta's starting QB

The Atlanta Falcons switched quarterbacks, hoping Byran Leftwich can spark an offense that struggled for points with Joey Harrington as the starter.

USA Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope names voting cardinals

Pope Benedict XVI named 23 new cardinals, 18 of them under 80 years of age, thus qualifying them to take part in an election for a new pope.

International Herald Tribune

Mexican priest abuse case dropped

A judge in Los Angeles has dismissed a lawsuit against a Mexican cardinal accused of conspiring to move a known child abuser to the U.S. Catholic church.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Police officer saves woman from oncoming train

Betsy DeVall has always believed in guardian angels. Early this week, she got to meet hers, and he wasn’t an ethereal being with wings, but a flesh-and-blood police officer.

MSNBC

Successful malaria vaccine also proves effective in infants

New results indicate that a vaccine previously shown to be safe and effective in adults and small children can also be safely administered to infants, decreasing their risk of contracting the disease.

Scientific American

WORLD

Turkey approves cross-border attacks

The Turkish parliament voted to empower the government to carry out a cross-border assault on Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq.

Guardian

Villagers return to slopes of dangerous Indonesian volcano

Villagers tended crops and livestock in the shadow of one of Indonesia's most deadly volcanos despite government orders to evacuate because of fears it may soon erupt.

International Herald Tribune

Sarkozy and wife agree to split

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to separate from his wife of 11 years, Cecilia, the presidential office says.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Warning sounded over level of water pollution in China

Water pollution may already have reached "alarming" levels in China following its industrialisation over the last three decades, the Asian Development Bank said.

AFP

Georgia to face off over drought

The Army Corps of Engineers sidestepped the governor's demand to stop draining reservoirs, setting up a legal showdown between the federal government and state officials. Gov. Perdue said he will sue.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'From Here to Eternity' British actress Deborah Kerr dies

British actress Deborah Kerr, known to millions for her roles in "The King And I," "Black Narcissus" and "From Here To Eternity," has died at the age of 86.

BBC

Dog adoption turns into a fight for talk show host

Talk show hose Ellen DeGeneres broke down in tears relating how a dog rescue group seized the Brussels Griffon terrier mix she adopted and had given to her hairstylist's family.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google launches video-blocking tool for YouTube content owners

Computerworld

Online marketers aim for the kids

With youngsters spending more time online and bans on advertising during children's TV programming in place, more companies are turning towards Web sites.

Guardian

EDUCATION

Feds recommend closing Saudi school in Va. over fear of radical Islam

A private Islamic school supported by the Saudi government should be shut down until the U.S. government can ensure the school is not fostering radical Islam, a federal panel recommends.

Yahoo! News

University leader granted leave

Richard Roberts, accused of misconduct, said he will step aside temporarily as president of Oral Roberts University as the school fights a wrongful termination lawsuit by three former professors.

CNN

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