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Opposition leader Raila Odinga greets an unidentified party member at the house of opposition lawmaker Mugabe Were, who was gunned down in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo by Karel Prinsloo / AP)

Nobel laureate estimates wars' cost more than $3 trillion

When U.S. troops invaded Iraq, the Bush administration predicted that the war would cost less than $2 billion. A Nobel laureate now estimates that the wars are costing America more than $3 trillion.

McClatchy Newspapers

Americans say leaving Iraq is best economic move

Angus Reid

Immigration: no correlation with crime

Despite our melting-pot roots, Americans have often blamed the influx of immigrants for rising crime rates. Among men ages 18 to 40, those born in the U.S. were 10 times more likely than to be incarcerated.

TIME

Kenya rivals agree to share power

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have signed a deal to end the country's post-election crisis. Some 1,500 people died in political violence after the election.

BBC

Special section:

Kenya’s election chaos

Guardian

Technology fuels Kenyan conflict

ABC News

Pain in the pocketbook

As anyone who's been to the gas station or supermarket lately knows, the prices of fuel and food are on the rise. And you haven't seen anything yet, some experts say.

CNN

Louisiana governor pierces business

Six weeks into the term of Gov. Bobby Jindal, an extensive package of ethics bills was approved in Louisiana, signaling a shift in the political culture of a state proud of its brazen style.

International Herald Tribune

Universities struggle to recover in New Orleans

NPR

NATION

Killer ex-cop gets 57 to life after jury shows clemency

Jurors spared the life of a former Canton, Ohio, police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked them for mercy. A judge then sentenced him to 57 years to life in prison.

CNN

North America gets its first carbon tax

The Canadian province of British Columbia hopes to change consumer behavior — and raise revenue — by taxing virtually all fossil fuels, including gasoline and home-heating fuel.

Christian Science Monitor

Oil hits $102 for the first time

BBC

POLITICS

Speculation over veep picks intensifies

Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and former GOP congressman Rob Portman could square off in the 2010 election. But what about this year?

CBS News

US attorney general visits Guantánamo

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey arrived for his first look at the controversial military prison complex at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

CNN

McCain hits Obama again

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., today attacked Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., over an answer he gave during the Democratic debate about al-Qaida in Iraq.

ABC News

2 studies in the charisma of hope: Obama and Bill Clinton

International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

Help hard to get for home owners

As the housing crisis deepens, major lenders say they will help borrowers avoid foreclosure, but nonprofit groups and others say their actions are not living up to their promises.

Yahoo! News

A new path to ethanol

The search for better and cheaper ways to make ethanol spans the globe and is consuming millions of dollars. Only two companies seem close to success.

Raleigh News & Observer

SPORTS

Barry pares options to just Suns, Spurs

Suns General Manager Steve Kerr got to shake hands with the NBA's most coveted free agent, Brent Barry, but there was no handshake agreement that Barry would join the Suns.

Arizona Republic

Rutgers coach Stringer gets 800th victory

Rutgers Coach C. Vivian Stringer became just the third women's college basketball coach to win 800 games as the fourth- ranked Scarlet Knights topped DePaul, 60-46.

Sports Network

HEALTH

Newborn screening suggests decline in cystic fibrosis

The incidence of cystic fibrosis may be decreasing, and a more severe form of the disease caused by one particular gene also appears to be on the decline.

HealthDay

Wii used in rehab therapy

The Wii video game system is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.

TIME

RELIGION

Lifestyle and fitness win in church's Biggest Loser group

An Indiana church started a recreation ministry that focused on getting church members active. Their minister devised indoor soccer matches, salsa dancing and basketball tourneys.

Indianapolis Star

Catholic Church: 'Bodies Revealed' inappropriate for field trips

Local Catholic officials said the “Bodies Revealed” exhibit opening at Union Station Kansas City, Mo., is “unseemly and inappropriate” for church school field trips.

Kansas City Star

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Our imaginary, hotter selves

Newsweek

Column (John Dickerson):

Clinton failed to dent an improved Obama

Slate

Column (Roger Cohen):

The long haul in Afghanistan

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Getting real about resolving the US mortgage crisis

International Herald Tribune

Column (Martin Wolf):

Why Washington’s rescue cannot end crisis story

Financial Times

Column (Maggie Gallagher):

The truth about nationalized health care

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Unmuzzle the election watchdog

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Bob Herbert):

Nader needs to find a different crusade

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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GOOD NEWS

Hero swims 12 hours through shark-infested waters to rescue friends

A fisherman was acclaimed as a hero after swimming for 12 hours through shark-infested seas to raise the alarm for two colleagues he left behind after their boat sank.

Times Online

Fisherman survives 24 hours in ocean

Sydney Morning Herald

Homeless find shelter in a book club

At a time when book-reading is declining and is especially low among poorer people according to a recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll, the book club in Cleveland, Ohio, seems ill-fated.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Russians' political apathy frustrates feisty young journalist

Anastasia Chukovskaya in Moscow sees a desire for stability that comes at the expense of freedoms under President Vladimir Putin.