AM BRIEF: FEBRUARY 17, 2011

1. Cost cutting? Or War on Government Workers? (Text & Video) [ABC News]
2. U.S. Spies: Iran Split on Nuclear Program. [The Wall Street Journal]
3. Bahrain Protesters insist Government Quit after Crackdown. [Bloomberg]
4. At least One Dead, 14 Wounded in Libyan Unrest. [The New York Times]
5. Madagascar's exiled President says he Will Return. [The Washington Post from AP]
6. North Korea reports "bright halo" over leader's birthplace. [Reuters]
7. Fade to Brown? Van Gogh's Sunflowers are Changing Color from Sunlight. [Newsfeed on Time]
8. Uncle Leo of 'Seinfeld' dies. [New York Post]