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Monday, March 1, 2010 
Top Breaking News
This Morning's Top 25:
Leading Today's News
Chile Death Toll at 700 and Rising . . . Devastated nation seeks foreign aid. Looting forces curfew. Associated Press
Obama Rethinks Nuclear Policy . . . Aides say he will reduce arsenal by thousands of weapons. New York Times
Pelosi to Imperiled Dems: Back Health Bill . . . "We’re not here just to self-perpetuate our service in Congress," she says.
New York Times
Politics
Los Angeles Times
Conservatives Mobilize Against Gays in Military . . . But some Republicans are backing Obama on ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Washington Times
Joseph Kennedy III Won't Run for Congress . . . Ends talk he would enter potential contest for Massachusetts seat.
Boston Globe
Court Case Could Weaken Local Gun Laws . . . Supreme Court will decide whether a Chicago ordinance violates Second Amendment. McClatchy Newspapers
Doctors Tell Obama to Quit Smoking . . . Also needs to improve diet to lower cholesterol, doctors find in annual physical.
Daily Telegraph
National Security
Bomber Lured CIA Agents Into Trap . . .
"Triple" agent who killed eight CIA agents in Afghanistan claims in posthumous video he planned to murder only one Jordanian. Times of London
NATO Soldier, Four Civilians Killed by Bomber . . . Suicide attacker detonated bomb as convoy crossed a bridge, tossing a military vehicle into ravine. Associated Press
Pakistan Bars Taliban Extradition . . . Captured Taliban leaders to stay put for now, raising the prospects of a new row between Kabul and Islamabad. Wall Street Journal
'Virtual' Border Fence Way Late . . . No sign of a finish date for southwestern border promised to stop terrorists, drug smugglers and illegal immigrants. Washington Times
Afghan Troops Show Improvement in Marjah . . . The top Marine commander says Afghan troops exceeded expectations.
Los Angeles Times
Money
Americans Getting Massive Government Aid . . . For first time since the Depression, Americans take mroe aid from government than they pay in taxes.
Washington Times
Things Looking Up for Airlines . . Industry starts to show signs of recovery, with modest increases in revenue and forecasts of growing demand. Los Angeles Times
British Company to Buy AIG Unit . . . Sale of life insurance unit in Asia would allow A.I.G. to make biggest repayment yet toward the $180 billion bailout. New York Times
Greece Bailout Plan Takes Shape . . . Plan led by Germany and France to bail out Greece with as much as $41 billion in aid.
Wall Street Journal
Google, Microsoft Spar Over Anti-Trust . . . Google claims Microsoft is involved in disparate antitrust actions against it; Microsoft denies. Wall Street Journal
Microsoft Must Offer EU Browser Options . . . Windows users will be offered the choice as part of a deal Microsoft struck with Europe. BBC
International
Karadzic Takes the Stand . . . Former leader Radovan Karadzic says the Serb cause in the Bosnian war was "just and holy" as his genocide trial resumes.
BBC
Fierce Storms in Europe Leave 51 Dead . . . Dozens injured, missing as violent winds and snow batter France, Portugal, Spain and Germany. Associated Press
Coastal Chilean Town Flattened . . . More than 350 dead in Constitucion. Toronto Globe and Mail
New Ukraine President May Disappoint Russia . . . There are signs Viktor Yanukovych may be more open to the West than Moscow expects. Washington Post
You Must Also Know . . .
Heart Disease Warning for Obese Kids . . . Obese children as young as three years old show signs of future heart disease. BBC
Biofuels More Polluting Than Diesel . . . British target for raising biofuel use will result in millions of acres of forest being destroyed. Times of London
Video Games Tied to Aggression . . . Review "strongly suggests" link to aggressive thoughts and behavior, but a critique calls the analysis overblown. USA Today
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