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Leading The News
Obama Proposes Spending Freeze . . . Three-year freeze on $447 billion in discretionary federal spending in a bid to take on the $1.4 trillion deficit. Wall Street Journal
Al Qaeda Continues to Plan Massive Attack . . . Willing to wait for years to acquire weapons that could inflict mass casualties. Washington Post
Envoy's Cables Show Afghan Concern . . . Classified cable from U.S. ambassador offers bleak outlook. New York Times
Politics
Wall Street Journal
Obama Aims New Policies Toward Middle Class . . . New federal help for child care, elder care, student loans and retirement. McClatchy Newspapers
Biden's Son Won't Seek Senate Seat . . . Decision a blow to Democrats and likely hands seat to GOP. Washington Times
Obama's Honeymoon With Press is Over . . . The press stopped the historical figure, and started covering the politician. Washington Times
GOP Takes Aim at Illinois . . . Republicans have taken Kennedy's seat. Now they want Obama's. New York Times
National Security
In Digital Combat, No Easy Way . . . U.S. developing strategy to deal with cyberspace attacks, a task complicated by identifying the enemy.
New York Times
U.S. Oil Industry Hit by Cyberattacks . . . Breaches show how sophisticated industrial espionage is becoming. Was China involved? Christian Science Monitor
From Books to Boot Camp . . . Growing ranks of college-educated sign up for military to jump-start careers, serve their country - and avoid unemployment. Boston Globe
Chemical Ali is Executed . . . The cousin of Saddam Hussein came to be known as "Chemical Ali" for the gassing of Kurds in Iraq's north. Christian Science Monitor
Money
Existing Home Sales Nosedive . . . Spooked first-time buyers put the brakes on, fearing that a generous tax credit would expire at the end of November.
McClatchy Newspapers
Goldman Sachs Imperiled by Obama Plan . . . Move to limit banks could force it to spin off businesses, returning bank charter, or take the firm private. Reuters
Credit Rating Warning for Japan . . . Rating will be downgraded unless country gets a better handle on its debt. New York Times
Apple Profits Soaring . . . A 50 percent increase after a bumper Christmas period in which sales of iPhones doubled from a year ago. BBC
International
Baghdad Suicide Bomb Flattens Police Unit . . . At least 17 dead in attack on police evidence unit, a day after 41 died in blasts at hotels popular with Western workers. Times of London
Ethiopian Airlines Pilot Ignored Tower . . . Flew in opposite direction from the path recommended by the Beirut control tower. Associated Press
Venezuelans Protest Chavez TV Move . . . Anger at Chavez grip on media after he removes station from air for not running his speech. The Guardian
Rivals Vie for Sri Lankan Presidency . . . Former allies became bitter enemies over who should take credit for the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tigers. BBC
Haitians Overrun UN Food Handout . . . Forces use pepper-spray and fire rubber bullets in air as 4,000 starving Haitians charge food station. Times of London
You Must Also Know . . .
Nancy Kerrigan's Father Apparently Killed . . . Her troubled brother is the suspect after violent altercation.. Boston Globe
Hidden Fat: The Scale Can Lie . . . Fat in your body can get you and your heart into trouble even if the scale tells you you're healthy. Wall Street Journal
Pregnancy Rates Stir Debate . . . Surge among U.S. teenagers raises concern over failure to curb adolescent motherhood.
Washington Post
Visitor Tears $130M Picasso . . . Visitor to Metropolitan Museum in New York "lost her balance'" and made a 6-inch tear in Picasso’s painting The Actor. Times of London
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