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GOP Stuns Dems in Massachusetts . . . Scott Brown pulls huge upset, defeating Martha Coakley to become Senator. Boston Globe
Health Reform on the Ropes. . . House Dems appeared to rule out quickly approving a bill. New York Times
Strong Aftershock Hits Haiti . . . Magnitude 6.1 aftershock sends people fleeing from crumbling buildings. Reuters
Politics
Washington Post
Obama Presses for Guards Against Lenders . . . But Dems consider dropping Obama-backed consumer protection agency from a financial bill. New York Times
Obama Agrees to Create Deficit Panel . . . Plans to create a bipartisan commission to make recommendations on ways to reduce the deficit. New York Times
National Security
Iran Formally Rejects Nuclear Deal . . . Tehran is now suggesting an alternative involving a simultaneous exchange on its territory, an idea unlikely to be acceptable to the West. BBC
New Wave of Warlords Bedevils U.S. Forces . . . Taliban transformed from a peasant army into a formidable guerrilla force.
Wall Street Journal
Ex-U.S. Convicts Headed to Yemen . . . Some who converted to Islam in prison moved to Yemen and a few may have joined extremist groups there. New York Times
India May Act After Next Mumbai . . . Defense Secretary Gates says groups in Pakistan seek to sow instability - and may get it.
Los Angeles Times
White House Orders China Intel Downgrade . . . Spy chiefs object as NSC orders them to lower priority of getting intelligence out of China. Washington Times
Money
Hackers Who Leave No Trace . . . Chinese hackers may have stolen the precious computer codes used by Google and other companies - and inserted some of their own. New York Times
Pandit Running Out of Time to Fix Citigroup . . . After many billions of dollars in losses, the CEO must deliver profits in 2010.
New York Times
Just How Sweet is Kraft's Cadbury Deal? . . . Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld has completed her five-month pursuit. Now she faces skeptics. USA Today
International
U.S. Troops Patrol Haiti, Filling Void . . . Haiti’s long history of foreign invasion has made an influx of foreigners a delicate issue, but they're needed.
New York Times
Newborn Baby Rescued From the Rubble . . . She'd spent nearly half her life without food or water amid the ruins of last week's earthquake. Wall Street Journal
UN Admits Error on Glaciers . . . Group made a mistake in asserting that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035.
Times of London
Vietnam to Try Democracy Activists . . . They are accused of plotting to overthrow the communist government. BBC
You Must Also Know . . .
Eight Dead in Virginia Shooting . . . Police say they are intensifying their search for suspect near Appomattox. Washington Post
Nano Technology Tackles Heart Disease . . . Molecule designed to find, latch onto, then treat hardened arteries. BBC
Fingertip Amputations Prompt Stroller Recall . . . Graco does recall after some children's fingertips were amputated by hinges on the products. Associated Press
More Sex on TV . . . "An arms race" for explicit sexual content is underway on both cable and network TV. USA Today
The Kids are Online. All the Time . . . Researchers once thought children’s use of electronic devices could not go up. They were wrong. New York Times
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