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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's budget

Boston.com -
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2013 that aims to slash the deficit by $4 trillion over 10 years but still envisions growth in the government's major health benefit programs.
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Capitol Hill weighs GOP payroll tax gambit

CBS News -
(AP) WASHINGTON - House lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to weigh a proposal by GOP leaders to extend the 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year and add the approximately $100 billion cost to the nation's $15 ...

Police say Whitney Houston was underwater when found in hotel tub ...

Washington Post -
LOS ANGELES - Whitney Houston's life was a doleful cover of other addiction-riddled pop stars who put their talent and themselves at risk.

Diplomat Attacks Raise Specter of Escalating Israel-Iran War

BusinessWeek -
By John Walcott Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- US officials and defense analysts are concerned that a covert war of assassinations between Israel and Iran could escalate out of control.

Euro, global shares slip on European debt worries

Reuters -
By Richard Hubbard | LONDON (Reuters) - Global shares and the euro eased and safe-haven German government bonds rose on Tuesday as demand for riskier assets stalled after ratings agency Moody's downgraded six European nations, taking the shine off the ...

Idea of peacekeeping force for Syria greeted coolly

Los Angeles Times -
Such missions 'need first to have a peace to support,' Russia's foreign minister says, but Russia and other leading nations are studying the Arab League proposal.

Visiting China VP urges US to ?promote trust?

AFP -
WASHINGTON - China's Vice President Xi Jinping will meet US President Barack Obama on Tuesday in a key early test for Washington's relations with the man on course to lead the Asian power for the next decade.

Pakistan cops hold American found with bullets in luggage at Peshawar airport

msnbc.com -
Pakistani security forces on Tuesday detained an American citizen at an airport in the northwest of the country after bullets and a pistol magazine were found in his luggage, police said.

Pakistan cabinet backs indicted PM

Hindustan Times -
The Pakistani cabinet on Tuesday expressed "full confidence" in Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as he prepares to go on trial for contempt of court, which could cost him his job.

New Jersey's state Senate passes gay marriage bill, Christie promises veto

Fox News -
TRENTON, NJ - In a move that supporters called a civil rights milestone, New Jersey's state Senate on Monday passed a bill to recognize same-sex marriages, marking the first time state lawmakers officially endorsed the idea -- despite the promise of a ...

Voter Registration Errors: 1 In 8 Files Contain Significant Mistakes, Study Finds

Huffington Post -
By By MIKE BAKER 02/14/12 12:06 AM ET OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Some 24 million voter registrations in the United States contain significant errors, including about 1.8 million dead people still on the rolls and many more approved to vote in multiple states, ...

Gold stocks hold back TSX Gains

Vancouver Sun -
Canadian stocks battled all day Monday to stay in positive territory as investors were reluctant to break out the champagne over progress on the Greek debt crisis.

Schaeuble Pressures Greece With View Europe Better Prepared for a Default

Bloomberg -
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Europe is better prepared for a Greek default than two years ago, jacking up pressure on Greece to hold to its pledges and find the savings needed to win a second bailout.

Hong Kong shares end up 0.2 pct, HK developers outperform

Reuters -
| HONG KONG Feb 14 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares closed slightly higher in thin Thursday trade, powered by the outperformance of the Hong Kong property sector on signs of a stabilising mortgage market, but the Hang Seng Index finished just shy of its ...

Chesapeake Eyes $12 Billion in Asset Sales Amid Cash Squeeze

BusinessWeek -
By Jim Polson and Joe Carroll Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Chesapeake Energy Corp., the second- biggest US natural-gas producer, is seeking as much as $12 billion from assets sales and joint ventures to cope with a cash crunch amid rising debt and tumbling ...

Santorum supporters tell Occupy protesters at rally: 'Get a job'

msnbc.com -
Ted S. Warren / AP Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, is lit by utility lights as he speaks at an evening outdoor rally at the Washington State History Museum, Monday.

Poll shows Santorum leading GOP race in Tennessee

Knoxville News Sentinel -
By Tom Humphrey NASHVILLE - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has scheduled a trip to Tennessee next week while a poll indicates Rick Santorum is now leading in the state despite his lack of a campaign organization within the state.

Obama's proposed tax increases on wealthy individuals, corporations at odds ...

Washington Post -
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama proposed tax increases on wealthy individuals and some corporations Monday, setting the stage for an ideological battle that won't be resolved until after the November election - if then.

EC and US approve Google/Motorola deal

TG Daily -
The European Commission and US Department of Justice have cleared Google's purchase of Motorola - on condition that the company makes its patents available to rivals on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.

Apple Says Fair Labor Association Began Foxconn Inspection

BusinessWeek -
By Heather Perlberg and Tim Culpan (Updates with Foxconn global employment numbers in fifth paragraph, comment from China Labor Watch in 11th paragraph.

Grammy show ranks No. 2

Belleville News Democrat -
BY SCOTT COLLINS - Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES -- It was a big night for Adele, and it was a big night for the Grammys. Sunday's awards show on CBS was the second-most watched Grammys of all time, with a giant 39 million total viewers, according to ...

Guillermo del Toro Directing 'Beauty and the Beast' Tale for Warner Bros.

Hollywood Reporter -
Guillermo del Toro is attached to direct Beauty, a new take on the Beauty and the Beast tale set up at Warner Bros. Harry Potter actress Emma Watson is attached to star.

The Loving Story: Loving v. Virginia and the Photographs of Grey Villet

TIME -
Richard Loving kissing wife Mildred as he arrives home from work, King and Queen County, Virginia, April 1965. More of Grey Villet's LIFE photographs of Richard and Mildred Loving are presented in a special gallery at the new Life.

Floyd Still The Straw That Stirs The Drink… And Emotions

BoxingScene.com -
By Jake Donovan A famous quote surrounding Reggie Jackson's arrival in New York in the 1977 season - his first with the Yankees - was that he was “the straw that stirs the drink.

Knicks think they'll stay hot when stars join Lin

Boston.com -
Amare Stoudemire watched Linsanity from Florida, a welcome break as he grieved the death of his brother. Carmelo Anthony had a front-row seat right in New York, where he couldn't escape fears he was eventually going to mess things up.

Clippers' bid for happy ending on long trip falls short at Dallas

Los Angeles Times -
Clippers position themselves for a big win against NBA champion Mavericks, but Caron Butler's potential game-winning shot hits front of rim, and Dallas wins 96-92.

Pavelski leads Sharks past Capitals, Holtby 5-3

Boston.com -
By Howard Fendrich AP Sports Writer / February 13, 2012 WASHINGTON—Joe Pavelski had two goals and two assists against a goalie playing in the NHL for the first time in nearly a year, leading the Sharks past the Capitals 5-3 Monday night, ...

A's sign Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes

San Francisco Chronicle -
Denis Poroy / AP Yoenis Cespedes will be "the best athlete the team has by a mile," according to Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus.

President's 2013 Budget Hits Planetary Science Hard

Wired News -
By Adam Mann Artist's concept of MAVEN, one of the last Mars missions that NASA currently has planned, which will study the Martian atmosphere.

Shocker: Video of live woolly mammoth not entirely authentic (+video)

Christian Science Monitor -
Footage from a Russian filmmaker's personal history project was altered to create a widely discussed - and now thoroughly debunked - sighting of a woolly mammoth.

Stem cells used to 'heal' heart attack scars

BBC News -
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Damage caused by a heart attack has been healed using stem cells gathered from the patient's own heart, according to doctors in the US.

Challenging 100 Years of Sleep Guidelines for Children

Wall Street Journal -
By ANDREA PETERSEN For parents who feel like they're failing to make sure their kids get enough sleep, this may be comforting: Your parents also failed, as did your grandparents and great-grandparents.

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