Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget heading to Congress (AP)

AP – President Barack Obama’s proposed budget predicts the national deficit will crest at a record-breaking $1.6 trillion in the current fiscal year, then start to recede in 2011 to $1.3 trillion, a congressional official said Sunday.

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Clive parties; Ke$ha shares Grammy dreams (AP)

AP – The music world celebrated Grammy weekend at tributes, rehearsals, parties and styling suites. Here’s a look:

‘Avatar’ wins box office, nears domestic record (AP)

AP – “Avatar” is on the cusp of toppling the domestic box-office record after leading all movies for a seventh straight week.

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Change in space for NASA: Renting the Right Stuff (AP)

AP – Getting to space is about to be outsourced.

US to consider local views on 9/11 trial location (AP)

AP – The Obama administration said Sunday it would consider local opposition when deciding where to hold Sept. 11 trials and pledged to seek swift justice for the professed mastermind of the attacks.

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Haitian child quake victims flown to US for care (AP)

AP – Doctors skirted a bureaucratic logjam to save the life of two critically ill child victims of Haiti’s earthquake on Sunday, flying them to U.S. hospitals on a private jet to avoid a military suspension of medical evacuation flights.

Pakistan investigates report Taliban chief is dead (AP)

AP – The Pakistani government was investigating reports Sunday that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike launched in mid-January after he helped orchestrate a deadly bombing against the CIA in Afghanistan.

5-day Davos forum ends on note of humility (AP)

AP – The world’s foremost gathering of business and government leaders wrapped up a five-day meeting Sunday with widespread agreement that a fragile recovery is under way but no consensus on what’s going to spur job growth and prevent another global economic meltdown.

Obama pushes nuclear energy to boost climate bill (AP)

AP – President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation.

Israel: Slain Hamas leader key arms smuggler (AP)

AP – Israeli officials said Sunday that a Hamas commander assassinated in Dubai played a central role in smuggling weapons from Iran to Gaza militants. But they refused to say whether Israel was responsible for killing the man it had sought for two decades.

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