Computer experts brace for “Conficker” worm (Reuters)

Reuters - A malicious software program that has infected millions of computers could enter a more menacing phase on Wednesday, from an outright attack to a quiet mutation that would further its spread.

Health nominee Sebelius reveals tax errors (Reuters)

Reuters - Kathleen Sebelius, named as U.S. health secretary by President Barack Obama, became his latest nominee to reveal income tax issues, saying on Tuesday she paid nearly $8,000 to settle errors over three years.

G20 leaders in London for pre-summit talks (AFP)

AFP - World leaders including US President Barack Obama are set to gather in London on Wednesday for final talks on the eve of a G20 summit dogged by divisions on how to tackle the economic crisis.

Obama team seeks seat on UN rights body (AFP)

AFP - US President Barack Obama's administration announced it will run in May for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council -- a body the Bush administration had shunned.

Kentucky permitted to speak to Calipari (AP)

John Calipari has spent the last nine years helping Memphis elbow its away into college basketball's elite, turning away other opportunities to build the Tigers into a national power. This time, Kentucky hopes the temptation proves to be too much. The Wildcats received permission to talk to the highly successful Memphis coach on Monday, though the school Calipari has made a fixture in March vowed...

Mo. mom accused of giving alcohol to young teens (AP)

AP - A mother and another woman face felony child-endangerment charges after a 14-year-old's birthday party that ended with two young teens being taken to a hospital.

Obama and Medvedev seek new era in U.S.-Russia ties (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev will hit the restart button on U.S.-Russian ties by agreeing to begin talks on a new nuclear arms treaty when they meet for the first time on Wednesday.

NYC ultra-orthodox Jews give Amish walking tour (AP)

AP - The city's ultra-Orthodox Jews took the Pennsylvania Amish on a walking tour of their world Tuesday, saying their communities are naturally drawn to each other with a commitment to simpler lifestyles. "It's reinforcing to the Amish community to see us Jews living the way the Bible says Jews are supposed to live, and have lived since the time of Moses and Abraham," said Yisroel Ber Kaplan, program director for the Chassidic Discovery Center in Brooklyn.

Warning sought for burger the size of your head (AP)

AP - The staff dietitian at a doctors group is asking the West Michigan Whitecaps to put a warning label on the enormous new hamburger that it's selling this season. Susan Levin of the Washington-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine sent a letter to the Grand Rapids minor-league team on Tuesday. She's asking that the 4,800-calorie burger be labeled a "dietary disaster" that increases the risk of cancer and heart disease.

AP Poll: Ballpark figures are too high, fans say (AP)

AP - Take me out to the ballgame ... because I can't afford it. The high price of going to a game is now the No. 1 problem in Major League Baseball, a new Associated Press-Knowledge Networks poll of fans shows. Soaring salaries and steroids dominated fans' worries in past AP surveys. But with opening day less than a week away, the nation's recession is delivering the biggest blow.

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