* Headlines for February 19, 2009 * Canadian Activists Urge Obama to Reject Environmentally Destructive Oil Extraction from Alberta's Tar Sands * Will $275B Homeowner Assistance Plan Stem the Foreclosure Crisis? * State of the Dream 2009: Report Finds People of Color in US Endure Silent Economic Depression * Critics Charge Executed Chimpanzee Cartoon is Veiled Racist Reference to Obama