24 February 2009: Morning

Obama administration says $900 million will be given to Gaza through non-governmental--non-Hamas--channels.

Video: Following Pakistan's ceasefire with the Taliban, class is dismissed for the final time in the Swat valley.

With revenue up 40 percent, the mafia is now Italy's number-one business.

Today's long read: "The years since 1993 have, in one area of life after another, been the most calamitous since the fall of Fascism." Italy's steep decline.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court bench yesterday, less than three weeks after surgery for pancreatic cancer.

Photos: Children at cancer clinic tape their names to a window, ironworkers spray-paint the names on I-beams for a nearby addition.

In the past two years, plastic-bag bans and surcharge plans have swept across the nation, to little effect.

Gregory, Moran, other anchors offer unprecedented transparency, but may be scooping themselves in the process.

"This is a new genre of writing...A new form of literature, in some ways." Twitter gets style guide.

From Margaret Mason: "Writing My Twitter Etiquette Article: 14 Ways to Use Twitter Politely."

Ninety-nine things you should have seen already on the internet.

Sasha Obama keeps seeing creepy Bush twins while riding tricycle through White House.

Video: How to fight children, adults.