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A protestor holds a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi as Indian police detain him at Dehra, near the Kangra district boundary that surrounds Dharmsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

Shops on fire amid Tibet protests

Rallies by monks have continued through the week, in what campaign groups say are the largest protests against Beijing's rule in 20 years.

BBC

Tibetan exiles defy Indian ban

ABC News

US tightens air quality standards

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tightening air quality standards in an effort to help improve public health, for the first time in more than 10 years.

BBC

Bush intervened for weaker smog rule

CBS News

Earmark moratorium fails in Senate

A closely watched proposal for a congressional “time out” on earmark spending failed by a wide margin, creating some unusual Senate alliances along the way.

The Hill

Senate earmarks

CNN

Opposition to Florida's primary plan

Florida Democratic Party's unprecedented proposal to conduct a do-over presidential primary by mail sustained several potentially fatal blows, leaving state party leaders all but out of alternatives.

McClatchy Newspapers

Michigan Dems close to deal to hold do-over primary

ABC News

Michigan, Florida primaries clash

Reuters

House holds session on surveillance

The House of Representatives held a closed session for the first time in 25 years to discuss a hotly contested surveillance bill.

CBS News

NATION

Presidential candidates host PA events

Presidential hopefuls will continue their blitz across the Keystone State through St. Patrick's Day stumping for audiences at well-heeled suburban enclaves and leading green-hued city parades.

Philadelphia Inquirer

$5 bills with more color, security

Abraham Lincoln is getting a little color in his cheeks. New $5 bills bearing the gaunt visage of the nation's 16th president — with some touches of color added — are making their way to banks and cash registers.

USA Today

UNC suspect also charged in Duke killing

Durham, N.C., police arrested Laurence Lovette, the second suspect in the slaying of UNC-Chapel Hill student Eve Carson, and also charged him with the January death of a Duke graduate student.

Raleigh News & Observer

Suspect charged in UNC murder

ABC News

POLITICS

Pelosi says there won’t be a Democratic ‘dream ticket’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is throwing cold water on the idea of a “dream ticket” on the Democratic presidential ballot that includes both Sens. Clinton and Obama.

The Hill

Candidates' controversial religious advisers bring scrutiny

The controversial views expressed by Sen. Obama's pastor have renewed scrutiny of the role religious leaders play in the 2008 presidential campaign.

ABC News

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor

Huffington Post

Obama's mother had a varied career

In the capsule version of the Obama story, his mother is simply the white woman from Kansas. But that does not capture the unconventional life of the parent who most shaped Obama.

International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

Bear Stearns gets emergency funds

U.S. bank Bear Stearns has received emergency funding, in a move that raises fears that even the top Wall Street names are suffering amidst the credit crunch.

BBC

Gas, oil prices setting record highs

Gasoline and oil prices extended their record-setting streaks, with gas at the pump reaching a new high of nearly $3.25 and crude surpassing $110 for the first time.

USA Today

Gas not alone - food prices way up, too

CBS News

IRS: 'Phishing' is top scam; stimulus checks start in May

"Phishing," Internet-based schemes of tricking people into revealing confidential financial information, topped the Internal Revenue Service's annual list of scams that taxpayers should be aware of.

Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

Rockies fan puts what could be Bonds' last homer ball up for auction

What could well be Barry Bonds' last home run, No. 762, will be sold at an online auction, the owner of the ball said.

San Francisco Chronicle

Redskins Taylor murder details revealed

Sean Taylor's generosity may have led to a botched robbery at his Miami home last year, according to defendant interrogations released by authorities.

St. Petersburg Times

EDUCATION

Focus on algebra, US panel tells schools

A prominent national panel is calling for schools to focus on key topics that promote success in algebra, a gatekeeper for higher-level math and science.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Hong Kong flu scare closes schools

Hong Kong closed its primary schools and kindergartens, giving more than half a million students a two-week holiday, after the deaths of up to four children amid a flu outbreak.

Guardian

Teen honored for advancing cancer study

A North Carolina high schooler beat out 1,600 others nationwide to win a $100,000 scholarship for developing a model she used to identify stage II colon cancer patients at a high risk for recurrence.

Raleigh News & Observer

Intel prize winner: meet the next Nobel!

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Clooney group gives $500,000 for Darfur

A charitable group co-founded by Hollywood actors George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, has given $500,000 to the United Nations World Food Program to help stem hunger.

Yahoo! News

Friendly dolphin escorts stranded whales to safety

A playful dolphin used to swimming around humans has amazed conservation workers by guiding two distressed whales back to sea away from likely death on a beach.

Sydney Morning Herald

Dolphin rescues stranded whales

YouTube

WORLD

Conservatives tipped to win in Iran's parliamentary election

Iranians voted in a low-key election likely to keep parliament in the grip of conservatives after unelected state bodies barred many reformist foes of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from the race.