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Close up of pistachio nuts at a grocery store in Palo Alto, Calif. Federal food safety officials warned that consumers should stop eating all foods containing pistachios while they figure out the source of a possible salmonella contamination. (Photo by Paul Sakuma / AP)

FDA: Company knew plant was contaminated with salmonella

The company at the heart of a growing recall of processed foods knew that its plant was contaminated with salmonella but continued to make and distribute a tainted flavoring, according to the FDA.

Washington Post

Salmonella

WebMD

Pringles flavors recalled

CBS News

Whites in US edge toward minority status

Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.

CBS News

Salty, sweet: study says fat is 6th 'taste'

People sensitive to the taste of fat tend to eat less of it and are less likely to be overweight, according to research that found our tongues can detect fatty tastes.

Reuters

Poll: Obama more popular than Congress

Americans have come to disapprove of Congress ever more as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for the Democratic Party.

NPR

Obama job approval

Gallup

Lejeune water probe: Did Marine Corps hide benzene data?

Congressional investigators requested documents from the Navy Secretary and a private contractor that was involved in the testing and cleanup of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

McClatchy Newspapers

India's upper house passes historic pro-women bill

India's upper house of parliament has passed a historic bill aimed at reserving one-third of seats for women in federal and state legislatures.

CNN

Facts about Indian women's quota bill

Reuters

Panel releases proposal to set US standards for education

Culminating a year’s work, a panel of educators convened by the nation’s governors and state school superintendents released a set of proposed common academic standard.

New York Times

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A model gets his hair cut during the International Beauty Show in New York. (Photo by Mary Altaffer / AP)	A woman takes a look at icicles hanging from the roof of her house near Frankfurt. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)	The Cincinnati Reds' Aroldis Chapman pitches to the Kansas City Royals in Goodyear, Ariz. (Photo by Tony Dejak / AP)

NATION

US 'Jihad Jane' charged with planning terror attacks in Europe

Colleen LaRose, a woman from suburban Philadelphia who was "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims, is also accused of agreeing to kill a Swedish citizen on orders from unnamed terrorists.

Telegraph.co.uk

'Jihad Jane' charged with terrorism

Sky News

When the textile mill goes, so does a way of life

In textile towns across the Southeast, thousands of workers are starting over again, sometimes painfully, at ages when they thought they'd be planning retirement.

USA TODAY

Behind the crafting of the no-fly list

The no-fly list constantly changes as hundreds of analysts churn through a steady stream of intelligence. Managing the list is a high-stakes process.

ABC News

POLITICS

Obama criticizes insurers in bid to sell health plan

President Barack Obama and his top health official are stepping up attacks on the nation’s insurers in an effort to sway public opinion and persuade lawmakers to back U.S. health care legislation.

Bloomberg

Obama's health care offensive

YouTube

Jobless aid bill passes key Senate hurdle

Legislation to give additional unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle to set up final vote.

MSNBC

Can Sen. Graham broker 9/11 trial deal?

President Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is deep in negotiations with Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., over where and how to try confessed 9/11 ringleader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

TIME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Large Hadron Collider to shut down for a year to address design faults

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) must close at the end of 2011 for up to a year to address design issues, according to an LHC director, delaying the machine reaching its full potential for two years.

BBC

Dark matter revealed?

Christian Science Monitor

DNA of extinct birds extracted from ancient eggshell

Researchers have found that eggshells of extinct bird species are a rich source of preserved DNA.

BBC

HEALTH

Kidney donors lead long, healthy lives

Researchers have found that kidney donors lived just as long as people who were matched but who did not donate a kidney.

HealthDay

New artery growing method could lead to heart treatment

A new method of growing arteries could lead to a "biological bypass" — or a non-invasive treatment for coronary artery disease.

ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

China climate chief criticizes US

China's chief climate official called for the U.S to do more in providing financing and technology in the global fight against climate change, as international negotiators struggle to find a mutually acceptable solution.

Wall Street Journal

New energy source from the common pea: solar energy from a plant protein

If harnessing the unlimited solar power of the sun were easy, we wouldn't still have the greenhouse gas problem that results from the use of fossil fuel. A new solution may be coming from an unexpected source.

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Swedish papers publish Prophet Muhammad drawing

At least three Swedish newspapers published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog after an alleged plot to murder the artist who created it was uncovered in Ireland.

MSNBC

Anglican Church Twitters over empty pews

As churches continue to close, the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia is being urged to turn to social media to evangelize.

Globeandmail.com

Reform rabbis: Welcome interfaith couples in Jewish life

A Reform Jewish task force on intermarriage said that the movement should do more to encourage mixed-faith couples to be active in Jewish life.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Global U. lowers education barriers

One entrepreneur has come up with a proposal to bring the high cost of education down to a manageable number: zero. University of the People is free — it's 100 percent online. Can this school survive?

NPR

Exploratorium gets $90 million for move

The Exploratorium, San Francisco's innovative hands-on science museum, has received two anonymous gifts totaling $90 million to help prepare its permanent new home along the waterfront.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Biden condemns Israel housing plan as impediment to peace talks

Hours after he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden said the announcement of the plan “runs counter to the constructive discussions that I’ve had” in Israel.

Bloomberg

Biden critical of Israel's defiance