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Matias Cavallin, publicist for a group hoping to save Cahuenga Peak, is seen atop the peak, which has a 360-degree view of the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. The group hopes to protect the land from being developed into luxury homes. (Photo by Reed Saxon / AP)

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Bloom box officially unveiled

The veil has been lifted on Bloom Energy, the secretive energy start-up that has been quietly installing its fuel-cell servers that promise cleaner and cheaper energy at some of Silicon Valley’s biggest businesses.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Bloom box energy machine unveiled

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CBS News

Much-touted Bloom fuel cell still too spendy

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Wired

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Bloom box promises cheap, clean energy

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ABC News

Obama rejects 'socialism' criticism

Speaking to the Business Roundtable, which groups some of the country's top chief executives, President Barack Obama called for support for efforts to overhaul financial regulation and create jobs.

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Reuters

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Obama: Economic recovery most important

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Associated Press

Mortgage demand lowest since 1997

U.S. mortgage applications fell for a third straight week, with demand for home purchase loans sinking to the lowest level in 13 years as inclement weather weighed, data from an industry group showed.

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Reuters

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Bernanke: Low rates are still needed; dollar falls

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Bloomberg

Turkey coup plot: 12 officers charged as government takes on military

High-ranking Turkish military officers were charged with a coup plot against Turkey's Islamic-rooted government, escalating the struggle between Prime Minister Erdogan and the military.

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Christian Science Monitor

Whale kills trainer at SeaWorld

A female trainer was killed by a 12,000 pound killer whale at SeaWorld's Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Fla., according to police and local media.

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ABC News

WTO: World trade drops by largest amount since WWII

World trade fell by 12 percent as the economic crisis caused the biggest drop since 1945, giving new urgency to the need to conclude trade talks.

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Sydney Morning Herald

NATION

In financially difficult times, military spending still gets a pass

U.S. taxpayers will be spending one-third more to maintain the U.S. military than their parents and grandparents paid for the nation's Cold War force.

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TIME

Winter storms set to slam the Northeast

A pair of storm systems will bring a lot of rain and snow to the Northeast through the weekend, and the first system is impacting the region now.

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The Weather Channel

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Between storms in NYC area

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WABC

POLITICS

Committee probe finds Blackwater disregarded rules in Afghanistan

A Senate Armed Services Committee investigation found that Blackwater contractors had no regard for policies and rules in Afghanistan.

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The Hill

Blackwater up for police training contract?

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Politico

Democrats: Say goodbye to Wall Street?

U.S. banks and investment firms transferred their political contributions to Republicans in 2009 as Democrats put the focus on big bonuses, huge profits and tight lending.

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Reuters

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Young voters cooling towards Democrats

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CBS News

HEALTH

America's 50 best hospitals

While the U.S. is taking on health care reform, HealthGrades, an independent health care ratings organization, is keeping track of which hospitals fall into the top tier when it comes to low mortality rates.

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CBS News

UN warns 'date-rape drugs' are on the rise

So-called date-rape drugs are on the rise, according to the United Nations drug control agency's annual report.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer

Pauline Rovkah, head of the piano program at Chatham University, said Chopin's music possesses a seductive quality. "It's magical, irresistible. It can transport listeners to another world."

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Restaurants add happy hours to boost bottom line

The casual dining industry is rolling out a rash of happy hours with bargain prices on booze and appetizers in the midst of an unrelenting industry-wide slowdown.

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USA TODAY

SPORTS

Zumaya back, with overpowering fastball

Joe Zumaya's overpowering pitching sessions have attracted a lot of attention in the early days of spring training. Just six months ago he wondered whether his career might be over at the age of 24.

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MLB to test for HGH in minor leagues

Major League Baseball has decided to implement blood tests in their minor leagues to detect HGH, which surely will cause plenty of debate in clubhouses.

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USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google faces anti-monopoly probe by European Commission

Google is facing a preliminary anti-monopoly probe by the European Commission into its dominant position in online browsing and digital advertising.

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Guardian

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Google executives convicted of privacy violation in Italy autism video trial

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BusinessWeek

Detecting cancer with laser ultrasound

Thanks to the work of researchers a technique using photoacoustics could scan a lymph node biopsy with laser pulses. This produces a popping sound that's detectable by special sensors.

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CNET News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Ministers question tax-exempt status of Washington house

A group of ministers has complained to the IRS that a townhouse on Capitol Hill that provides inexpensive lodging and meals for conservative Christian Congressmen is not a church and should not be tax-exempt.

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Purim, the upside down Jewish holiday

Some religious holidays are serious occasions when everybody's expected to wear their "holy" faces and come away with a new spiritual understanding of some profound theological concept.

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Durham News

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GOOD NEWS

Poor but networked: cell phone use surging

More than half of the people in the developing world are now cell phone subscribers, a U.N. report said, highlighting strong growth in telecommunications.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Univision to boost Hispanic education

Univision will announce a campaign to boost academic achievement among Hispanics by teaching parents about U.S. schools and educational opportunities.

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WORLD

Sudan signs ceasefire with Darfur rebel group

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has signed a framework ceasefire deal with one of Darfur's main rebel groups, the Justice and Equality Movement.

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BBC

Special section:

Timeline: Darfur crisis

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Al Jazeera

Report: Japan offers to enrich uranium on Iran's behalf

In a new twist on the international community's effort to reign in Tehran's nuclear ambitions, Japan has offered to enrich uranium on Iran's behalf, the AFP news agency reported.

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Haaretz

BUSINESS

Toyota head takes 'full responsibility'

Akio Toyoda, during a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, took "full responsibility" for the problems that the carmaker has faced.

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Akio Toyoda's testimony: a humble approach

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ABC News

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Toyota's woes and Japanese corporate culture

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NPR

Wages likely to stay sluggish for years

Even after the unemployment rate starts to come down, which won't be anytime soon, wages are likely to remain flat for the foreseeable future.

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NPR

Hummer shutdown begins

General Motors Co. has started shutting down Hummer after a proposed deal to sell the brand to a Chinese company collapsed.

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Detroit News

WINTER OLYMPICS

Skater Kramer cries tears of golden anguish after disqualification

Dutch speed skating star Sven Kramer was left in tears after confused communication with his coach cost him a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.

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CNN

Bond girl Yuna shows a license to thrill

Kim Yuna mimed a pistol firing at the end of her Bond Girl routine and with it a warning shot to her rivals that it will be hard to stop her winning Olympic gold in the women's figure skating.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Reject skeptics' attempts to derail global climate deal, UN chief urges

The U.N. secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, urged environment ministers to reject attempts by skeptics to undermine efforts to forge a climate change deal.

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Guardian

Plastic trash blights Atlantic Ocean

Scientists have discovered an area of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Caribbean where plastic debris accumulates.

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BBC

EDUCATION

RI teachers fired, labor outraged

Organized labor showed up in force at the high school in Central Falls, R.I., with union members bringing harsh words for the education officials who were about to fire the entire teaching staff.

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Providence Journal

All teachers, principals fired at poor-performing RI high school

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USA TODAY

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RI high school may fire all teachers

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CBS News

Trendy doesn't work in middle school education, study finds

Strong educational practices, not demographics or organizational philosophies, most affect middle school test scores, a survey of more than 300 California schools found.

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Christian Science Monitor

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Shifting blame is socially contagious

The study called "Blame Contagion: The Automatic Transmission of Self-Serving Attributions" is believed to be the first to examine whether shifting blame to others is socially contagious.

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A man sleeps on a cart in a road decorated with festive lights in preparation for the Prophet Mohammed's birthday in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen / AP)

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