HEADLINES
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Feb. 9, 2010
Iran began producing higher-grade enriched uranium on Tuesday, its state television reported, defying international efforts to curb its nuclear activity. In other news, Toyota said it's recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles to fix brake problems.
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WORLD
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Feb. 8 2010
With almost all of the votes tallied, opposition candidate Viktor Yanukovych claimed a victory over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by a slim margin in Sunday's presidential runoff in Ukraine, although Tymoshenko refused to concede defeat by Monday evening local time.
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HEALTH CARE
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Feb. 8, 2010
Dr. Atul Gawande's new book, "The Checklist Manifesto," grew out of research on ways to reduce surgical deaths worldwide. Gawande's solution was to expand the use of a remarkably low-tech idea: require all doctors, nurses and other operating room staff to run through a 2-minute surgical safety checklist before, during and after each surgery.
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POLITICS
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Feb. 8, 2010
Nineteen-term U.S. Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania died Monday, according to a statement from his office. Murtha had been in intensive care in a Washington-area hospital after suffering from an infection following gallbladder surgery. He was 77.
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BUSINESS
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Feb. 8, 2010
As the mid-Atlantic region was hunkering down for a massive winter storm Friday afternoon, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase ended weeks of speculation on Wall Street and announced their CEOs' bonuses: $9 million in stock for Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and $16.6 million in restricted stock and options for JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon.
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