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President Barack Obama, with Sean Myers, right, looks over a Motor Control Panel as they tour a jobs training center at the International Brotherhood of Electricians (IBEW) Local 26 headquarters in Lanham, Md. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

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Toyota to idle 2 US plants amid recalls

Toyota said it plans to idle production temporarily at assembly plants in Texas and Kentucky while it grapples with massive recalls in the United States.

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Arizona Republic

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US regulators seek records recall timing

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Bloomberg

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Toyota's culture of secrecy

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CNN

Lost money? Score a tax refund

For some business owners, this tax season will bring a rare reversal: A stimulus-fueled tax change is putting cash back into the pockets of qualifying entrepreneurs.

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CNNMoney

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Tax tips for the biggest federal refund

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Tri County Record

US backing new nuclear reactors

President Obama told an audience of union officials that the Energy Department has approved a loan guarantee for construction of two nuclear reactors in Georgia.

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Vt. senate leader calls for reactor vote

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Burlington Free Press

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Obama pitches nuclear power

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CNN

Sexual violence in the US military

The Department of Defense estimated in its 2009 annual report on sexual assault that around 90 percent of rapes in the military are never reported.

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BBC

Airlines aim to offer in-flight Wi-Fi

In-flight Wi-Fi, the next big-fee income generator for airlines, is available so far on 711 commercial aircraft.

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The Record

'Love' hormone may help autism symptoms: study

A hormone thought to encourage bonding between mothers and their babies may foster social behavior in some adults with autism, French researchers said.

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Reuters

NATION

Climber found dead in Mt. St. Helens crater

Rescue crews in Washington will try again to locate and rescue a hiker who fell 1,500 feet into the crater of Mount St. Helen's.

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CNN

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Military joins effort to rescue hiker from Mount St. Helens crater

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CNN

Urban, rural areas battle for census prison populace

An urban vs. rural battle is brewing over the census because prison inmates are counted as residents of where they are locked up, inflating the population of the mostly white, rural towns they are in.

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NPR

POLITICS

Retiring lawmakers may be tempted by K Street

Retiring lawmakers are entering a job market that has openings with some of K Street’s biggest players — jobs that include seven-figure salaries or the chance to rub elbows with Hollywood stars.

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The Hill

Underdog Hayworth says he'll rap McCain on illegal immigration

In explaining his decision to try to end John McCain's 24-year career in the U.S. Senate, J.D. Hayworth, a fellow Republican, borrows an idea from an unlikely source: President Barack Obama.

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Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Texas challenges EPA finding on greenhouse gases

Gov. Rick Perry announced a legal challenge to the federal government's finding that greenhouse gases are dangerous, claiming the ruling was based on flawed science.

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CBS News

Whaling protester secretly boards Japanese boat

An anti-whaling activist jumped off a speeding Jet Ski and climbed aboard a Japanese vessel in the frigid Antarctic Ocean to attempt a citizen's arrest for the previous destruction of a protest ship.

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MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Cursive: so last century

Teens can type 60 words per minute and zip out messages on a 12-key cell phone. What they can't do so well is write cursive.

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EducationNews.org

Crystal Renn: Fashion's biggest model on why size matters

When Crystal Renn began modeling, she starved herself to fit the industry ideal. Then she had an epiphany, started eating again and as a size 16 now has the world at her feet.

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The Independent

BUSINESS

Temps may no longer signal hiring

When employers hire temporary staff after a recession, it’s long been seen as a sign they’ll soon hire permanent workers. Not these days.

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Houston Chronicle

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Surveys: Americans bruised but optimistic

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USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tut died of malaria and bone condition

Scientists have managed to create a family tree for King Tutankhamun and believe he may have died from a combination of malaria and bone abnormalities.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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King Tut's DNA 'reveals how he died'

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BBC

US Olympic skeleton team studies forces

Members of the U.S. Olympic skeleton sled team used test runs in a simulator created at Rensselaer Polytech to determine the best way to beat wind resistance.

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Scientific American

Fossils 'record past sea changes'

Fossilized coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef could help scientists understand how sea levels have changed over the past 20,000 years.

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BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Roger Ebert still communicates

Roger Ebert lost his ability to speak nearly four years ago when he underwent a tracheostomy, but the 67-year-old film critic still communicates.

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WBZ

Baltimore area residents take plowing into their own hands

Local business owners plowed their Baltimore neighborhood streets without waiting for city help.

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WORLD

Dubai seeks dragnet for Hamas slaying

Dubai police appealed for an international manhunt after releasing names and photos of an alleged 11-member European hit squad accused of stalking and killing a Hamas commander.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Hit squad caught on camera

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ABC News

Birthday flower may signify preparations for Kim Jong Il succession

North Korea celebrated Kim Jong Il’s birthday with tens of thousands of flowers. Most intriguing: a new begonia sent on his son’s birthday that may signify preparations for a succession.

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Bloomberg

Cuba's aid ignored by the media?

Among the many nations helping Haiti, Cuba and its medical teams have played a major role in treating earthquake victims. Public health experts say the Cubans were the first to set up medical facilities.

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Al Jazeera

HEALTH

Men 'need better-fitting condoms'

Badly fitted condoms do not just reduce the pleasure of sex for men and women — they raise the risks of infection and pregnancy, researchers say.

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BBC

Program helps poorer smokers quit

The overall U.S. smoking rate is half what it was in the 1960s. But this isn't true among low-income Americans — they're still smoking as much as ever.

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NPR

EDUCATION

Outlook grim for cash-strapped schools

The nation's public schools are falling under severe financial stress as states slash education spending and drain federal stimulus money that staved off deep classroom cuts and widespread job losses.

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EducationNews.org

Demand in Colo. charter schools forces lotteries, long waiting lists

About 38,000 children are waiting to get into Colorado charter schools. One such school in Colorado Springs has 7,800 students on its wait list.

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Denver Post

SPORTS

How pairs broke free from Russia’s grip

One of sport’s towering winning streaks ended when gold medals were awarded in Olympic pairs skating and not placed around the necks of a couple from the former Soviet Union or Russia.

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Wescott wins men's snowboardcross

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Sports Illustrated

Girls' sports pay dividends

Long after the federal law opened the door for girls' athletics, a crucial question has remained unanswered: Do sports make a long-term difference in a woman’s life?

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Former judge Sylvia Pressler dies; her ruling opened Little League to girls

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The Record

Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees leads Mardi Gras parade

Thousands lined the streets to catch foam footballs thrown by Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees while he served as monarch of Bacchus, one of the biggest parades of the Carnival season in Mardi Gras.

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Sports Illustrated

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Brees leads parade

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CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope Benedict lambasts Irish Catholic church over 'heinous' child sex abuse

Pope Benedict XVI gave the bishops of the Irish Catholic church a public dressing down at the Vatican over the "heinous" child abuse scandal that has capsized the church's moral authority in Ireland.

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Guardian

iPhone apps provide answer to prayers

An array of religious iPhone applications has been developed to answer the prayers of devout gadget fans.

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Telegraph.co.uk

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Sex infections still growing in US

American squeamishness toward talking about sex has helped keep sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported.

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Reuters

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A flex-wing enthusiast begins a flight from Brauneck peak, a 5,105 foot mountain in the Bavarian Alps of southern Germany. (Photo by Christof Stache / AP)

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