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Supporters wait to hear Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., speak at Brush High School in Lyndhurst, Ohio. (Photo by Lisa DeJong / AP)

Clinton sharpens attack in presidential race

Sen. Hillary Clinton sharpened her attack against rival Sen. Barack Obama before new contests for the Democratic presidential nomination, casting herself as a champion of the U.S. middle class.

Reuters

Special section:

Meet the superdelegates: break down of governors

U.S. News & World Report

US defends plan to shoot down satellite

The Bush administration is trying to convince foreign countries that the Pentagon's plan to shoot down a dying spy satellite is not a test of a program to kill their orbiting communications.

Houston Chronicle

Details emerge about Illinois campus shooter

Northern Illinois University identified the man who fatally shot five people in a classroom as Steven P. Kazmierczak, described as an award-winning student "revered" by colleagues and faculty.

CNN

NIU president on shooting

CBS News

No motive found in campus shooting

Reuters

Deadly blast at Pakistan meeting

BBC

Rigging Pakistan's elections, 1 local leader at a time

McClatchy Newspapers

Flu season expected to get worse

The flu season is getting worse, and U.S. health officials say it's partly because the flu vaccine doesn't protect against most of the spreading flu bugs.

MSNBC

NATION

Police: 8 dead in crash at illegal drag race

Police in Maryland say an eighth person has died after a car roared into a crowd that was watching a drag race on a suburban highway.

MSNBC

2 charged with abusing cattle at slaughterhouse

Two former slaughterhouse workers were charged with abusing ailing cattle in a case based on an undercover Humane Society video showing crippled and sick animals being shoved with forklifts.

Houston Chronicle

Missing since September, Fossett is declared dead

Steve Fossett, the multimillionaire aviation and sailing record holder who has been missing since early September, was declared legally dead by an Illinois court. He was 63.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

McCain: Obama should take funding

Republican Sen. John McCain admonished Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for hedging on his promise to accept public funding if he wins his party's nomination or use his prolific fundraising operation.

Associated Press

Dems fight over Fla., Mich. delegates

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton desperately wants wins in Florida and Michigan to turn into votes she can count on. It won't be easy with the Democratic National Committee rules standing in her way.

CBS News

Political face-off continues over spy bill

The Senate has passed a measure that would not only extend the surveillance law but also update it by offering retroactive immunity from lawsuits to telecommunications companies.

ABC News

BUSINESS

Loan crisis goes to college

When parents and students try to line up college funding this spring, they will likely be in for a nasty shock. They may still get a loan, but it will come at a price.

CNNMoney

Wal-Mart revives sales, gains share, with price cuts

Wal-Mart's renewed focus on low prices amid a slowing economy may have revived sales at the world's largest retailer.

Bloomberg

Wal-Mart dumps HD DVDs to back Blu-ray

Reuters

Talks of Continental merger take off

Continental Airlines is in talks not only with United Airlines but also with American Airlines about a possible merger, a person familiar with the situation said.

Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

Uncertainty leaves Bryant, Kidd in limbo

Jason Kidd is an Eastern Conference All-Star, who by Sunday could play for a team in the West. How's the NBA supposed to handle that one?

U.S. News & World Report

Indiana to launch Sampson investigation

Indiana President Michael McRobbie announced the school is launching an investigation into charges that Coach Kelvin Sampson committed five major NCAA rule violations.

San Jose Mercury News

Waxman regrets Clemens hearing

House Oversight Committee chairman Henry Waxman regrets holding the hearings regarding former trainer Brian McNamee's allegations of steroid use by Roger Clemens.

Sporting News

HEALTH

Poll: US split on socialized medicine

A new poll shows that U.S. voters are divided on the issue of socialized medicine, which is a single-payer, government-run health care system.

WebMD

Teacher loses 120 pounds, drops 7 sizes

The 30-year-old middle-school teacher does cardio exercise, strength trains and follows what she calls a "clean diet."

CNN

EDUCATION

More students get passing scores on advance placement tests

A new report by the College Board shows that participation in advance placement programs is at an all-time high and that overall student achievement is on the rise.

U.S. News & World Report

10 myths about school shootings

The profile of the gun-toting student in a trench coat is just one of the myths about the rare, but murderous, attacks in the nation’s schools.

MSNBC

Public: Faith trumps science

Only 22 percent of Florida parents want public schools to teach an evolution-only curriculum, while 50 percent want only faith-based theories such as creationism or intelligent design, according to a survey.

St. Petersburg Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

It's time for baseball's 'heroes' to play cleanup

San Jose Mercury News

Column:

Kobe Bryant wouldn't make this All-Star squad

Bloomberg

Editorial:

Lights, camera — action

Houston Chronicle

Editorial:

How social business can create a world without poverty

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Uncovering the truth about CIA torture tapes

Salon.com

Column:

How to steal a European painting

Slate

Editorial:

Canterbury (and other) tales

Denver Post

Editorial:

The skinny on America's diet mayor

Baltimore Sun

Column:

Ladies, why aren't you running for office?

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Nicholas Kristof):

When we torture

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Disabled Iraqi children get wheelchairs, big smiles

Iraqi parents will go to any lengths to improve the quality of their children's lives. One father carried his son in his arms on an endless desert road more than 6 miles to get a wheelchair.

CNN

Animal CSI: horrendous pet crimes

Melinda Merck travels to crime scenes throughout the country to assist law enforcement officials in their efforts to build cases against and prosecute animal cruelty offenders.

LiveScience

WORLD

Bush starts Africa trip with Kenya

U.S. President George W. Bush began a visit to Africa with a call for a power sharing agreement in Kenya to end the post-election conflict there that has killed 1,000 people.

Reuters

EU Kosovo mission to be deployed

The European Union has approved a civilian police and justice mission to help enforce the rule of law in Kosovo, which is poised to declare independence from Serbia.

BBC

Serbia threatens to recall envoys from states backing independent Kosovo

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Yellowstone rabbits hop into extinction

A new study found that white-tailed jack rabbits have vanished from the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, where the bunnies were once abundant.

LiveScience

Power execs hesitate to get green

Although top executives from some of the world's leading power companies see some promise in clean energy technology, they warn about "delusion and misinformation."

CNNMoney

Eco-anxiety replaces dishpan hands for 'green moms'

Move over Tupperware: the eco-mom party has arrived, with its ever-expanding "to do" list that includes preparing waste-free school lunches, lobbying for green building codes and procuring "locovore."

International Herald Tribune

Green problems at Whole Foods

CNNMoney

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

2 new exoplanets discovered

An international team of astronomers has discovered two planets that resemble smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn in a solar system nearly 5,000 light years away.

Science Daily

Swiss invent Bond-esque underwater car

The Swiss have invented a car that runs on land and underwater. But did they really have to make it a convertible? Yes, and it is called the "sQuba."

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Oscars boasting big star power

The strike is off and the star power is on for the 80th annual Academy Awards. Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, George Clooney and Nicole Kidman will be among the presenters.

Showbuzz

A movie valentine for Putin

"A Kiss — Off the Record" is a big, sloppy, and cloying smooch to the Russian president — and to Russians enthralled by his uplifting image of the motherland.

TIME

'Dexter' gets a shot on CBS

CBS takes a risk-free risk on a superlative series, and Dexter gets the mass audience and Emmy exposure it has long deserved.

USA Today

Sliced, diced 'Dexter' moves from cable to CBS

NPR

RELIGION

Course goes against Sikh religion

A student was dismayed to discover that he could not study commercial cookery as planned but was locked into hairdressing — the worst possible course, because he is a Sikh.

Sydney Morning Herald

Anglican church seeks oversight from bishop in South America

The conservative Anglican congregation in Vancouver voted to request episcopal oversight by Archbishop Gregory Venables of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.

Globeandmail.com

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