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Obama weighs options as deficit forecast at $1.2 trillionToday: With a $1.2 trillion budget deficit being projected, Barack Obama said changes in Social Security and Medicare will be needed to bring spending in line.
U.S. stocks slide on earnings gloomToday: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 2.7 percent as reports from Time Warner, Intel and Alcoa foreshadowed a bleak season for fourth-quarter earnings.
Europe catching up quickly with U.S. recessionToday: Germany reported its first increase in monthly jobless figures in three years - bad news for the rest of the euro zone as well.
Oscar winners reflect Hollywood's prioritiesToday: If the Oscars aren't a reliable guide to artistic accomplishment, they provide an infallible index to how the leaders of the motion picture industry want their business to be seen in any given year.
Atheists send their own message, on 800 busesToday: An ad campaign for atheism in London is aiming to counter religious ads, one bus billboard at a time. Next week, the campaign plans to place 1,000 advertisements in the subway system.