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Here are the very broad news sources with which I try my best to keep up:

UPI Top News

Rove defends waterboarding - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

LONDON, March 12 (UPI) -- Karl Rove, adviser to former U.S. President George W. Bush, praised harsh interrogation tactics, saying they saved lives by helping prevent terror attacks.

Ground Zero claims settlement called fair - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- A settlement for health claims by rescue and cleanup crews in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York is fair, the mayor and plaintiffs' lawyers said.

Your Daily Horoscope - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
By D.DONOVAN KINSOLVING
UPI Features Writer
UPI horoscopes for Friday, March 12, 2010.

The almanac - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
By United Press International
UPI Almanac for Friday, March 12, 2010.

Obama increasing healthcare reform support - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

HOUSTON, March 12 (UPI) -- When healthcare reform is described as the "Obama plan" and contrasted with the Republican plan, support rises, a U.S. survey indicates.

Iraq's election race tight as results delayed again - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a modest lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results from Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead among Iraqi Sunnis.

Obama to tap Yellen for Fed vice chair: source - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a respected policy dove, to be vice chairman of the central bank, a source familiar with the process said on Thursday.

Leave yuan to us, China tells Obama - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched toward a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime.

Bank reform talks fail, Dodd to go solo - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boosting bank share prices.

Toyota discounts boost sales - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures.

State Farm plans 2nd rate hike in 8 months for home policies - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

9 artists from North Texas selected for Young Masters program - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Dallas County deputy constable arrests wrong student - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

AT A GLANCE: UNT FACULTY PAY - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Fox News tries to clarify erroneous reports about Texas social studies curriculum debate - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Materials scientists have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.

Scientists identify microRNA as possible cause of chemotherapy resistance - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Scientists may have uncovered a mechanism for resistance to paclitaxel in ovarian cancer, microRNA-31, suggesting a possible therapeutic target for overcoming chemotherapy resistance.

Proposed mission would return sample from asteroid 'time capsule' - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us someday.

Contraceptive pill not associated with increased long-term risk of death, study finds - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Women in the UK who have ever used the oral contraceptive pill are less likely to die from any cause, including all cancers and heart disease, compared with never users, according to new research.

High-tech armrest: Computer-controlled hand and arm support devise developed for doctors, artists - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Engineers developed a computer-controlled, motorized hand and arm support that will let doctors, artists and others precisely control scalpels, brushes and tools over a wider area than otherwise possible, and with less fatigue.

JWST: Mirrors and Masked Men

Who are these masked men?

Yukon Aurora with Star Trails

Fixed to a tripod, a camera can record graceful trails

Saturn's Moon Helene from Cassini

What's happening on the surface of Saturn's moon Helene?

Galaxies Beyond the Heart: Maffei 1 and 2

The two galaxies on the far left were unknown until 1968.

Mars Over the Allalinhorn

What's that bright object in the sky?

Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome - Thu, 11 Mar 201
Two research teams have independently decoded the entire genome of patients to find the exact genetic cause of their diseases. The approach may offer a new start in the so far disappointing effort to identify the genetic roots of major killers like heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer's.

Researchers confirm safety of kidney donations - Thu, 11 Mar 201
People who donate a kidney to a sick friend or relative live at least as long as others in the general population and may live somewhat longer because they tend to take better care of themselves after the procedure, researchers reported Tuesday.

New tool lets patients call the shots at end of their lives - Thu, 11 Mar 201
Doug State entered hospice care two years ago knowing exactly how he wanted to die: at home in Cambridge, Minn., with his wife, Carol, and his dog, Teddy.

The balance between legal liability and altruism - Thu, 11 Mar 201
Last week the US Ambassador visited the Medical School to meet with Maltese doctors to discuss the US health plan. He came across as a humble person, actually asking us about our system and how they, as Americans, can learn from Europeans, who have managed to create health care systems, which are based on a social justice system different from that in the US.

Doctors fail to cut cholesterol enough - Thu, 11 Mar 201
Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer heart attack or stroke due to doctors' poor advice, scientists said on Thursday.

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