1. Bush seeks to make amends on New Orleans - Reuters
2. Congress unlikely to buy Bush proposals - AP
3. Bush prods Congress to pass immigration reform - AFP
4. U.S. scraps plan for anti-radiation pills - USA Today
5. Cold meds send 7,000 "kids" to hospitals - AP
6. EU health chief uses food labels to fight obesity - Reuters
7. New flu vaccine may not need needles - AP
8. Wild China weather kills 25 - Reuters
9. Winter storm chaos grips China - AP
10. Bush wants climate deal that gives 'none a free ride' - AFP
11. EU reveals energy plan of action - BBC
12. Storms hammer West with heavy snow - AP
13. 'Action needed' on home emissions - BBC
14. Cash-strapped states resort to odd taxes - AP
15. Countrywide posts loss as late payments mount - Reuters
16. Archivist: I stole papers to pay bills - AP
17. US mortgage crisis creates ghost town - AFP
18. Nevada had top foreclosure rate in 2007 - AP

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• More housing declines predicted - Kiplinger

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