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Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, left, greets University of Tokyo Prof. Shinichi Kitaoka, leader of a Japanese government-appointed panel on the existence of once-secret Cold War-era pacts between Japan and the U.S. (Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi / AP)

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Israel approves east Jerusalem build

Israel announces 1,600 new homes for east Jerusalem, threatening to overshadow the U.S. vice president's visit.

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BBC

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Biden calls ties between US and Israel ‘unshakable’

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Who pays for the cost of CO2?

Rich nations are outsourcing some of their carbon emissions to developing nations thereby shrinking their carbon footprints and inflating those of exporting nations.

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TIME

Japan confirms pacts with US

Japan confirmed for the first time the existence of Cold War-era pacts with the U.S. that tacitly allowed nuclear-armed warships to enter Japanese ports in violation of Tokyo's postwar principles.

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ABC News

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Japan 'lied' on secret US nuclear deal

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Health reform's real effect on abortion

President Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars that some abortion opponents fear.

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CBS News

Stupak 'optimistic' on language

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The Hill

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Anyone remember what's in the healthcare bill?

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NPR

Minorities more likely to have Alzheimer's

According to the Alzheimer's Association's report African-Americans and Hispanics are particularly vulnerable to the disease as they grow older.

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USA TODAY

NATION

Suspect kills self in Ohio State shooting, police say

A man apparently angry over a poor performance evaluation entered an Ohio State University maintenance building and opened fire, killing a manager before turning the gun on himself, police said.

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CNN

Analysis finds uneasy mix in auto industry and regulation

Dozens of former federal officials are playing leading roles in helping carmakers handle federal investigations of auto defects, including those for Toyota's runaway acceleration problems.

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MSNBC

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Prius with stuck accelerator glides to safe stop

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ABC News

Strategic defaults on homes on the rise

The number of people choosing to cut their losses on their homes continues to rise. Studies estimate about one-quarter of all defaults are voluntary "walkaways," also known as strategic defaults.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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US property market shows signs of life

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Guardian

POLITICS

Joe Biden still has 1 foot in the Senate

A senator for 36 years, Biden’s relationship with his former colleagues has been key to President Barack Obama’s first 13 months in office.

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The Hill

Why Americans are so angry

Heather Gass always felt she had to suppress her conservative views, living as she did in the liberal San Francisco Bay area. A year ago that all changed.

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Christian Science Monitor

Obama takes aim at health insurers

President Barack Obama criticized U.S. health insurance companies for raising premiums sharply and denying coverage to the sick, as he sought to rally Democratic support for his health care bill.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Network protecting companies that mix profitability with values

A network of lawyers across the country is working to change the law so that social entrepreneurs can grow their businesses without risking their visions.

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NPR

Northrop won't bid for tanker program

Northrop Grumman Corp. won’t bid for the U.S. Air Force’s $35 billion tanker program, making good on its threat to withdraw from the contest unless the government altered some of its requirements.

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BusinessWeek

Public pension funds are adding risk to raise returns

States and companies have started investing very differently when it comes to the billions of dollars they are safeguarding for workers’ retirement.

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ENVIRONMENT

Wal-Mart settles environmental complaints over Calif. stores

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it has reached settlements with environmental groups over greenhouse-gas emissions associated with its operations.

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Wall Street Journal

IMF: How to raise climate change funds

The head of the International Monetary Fund proposed a plan for the world's governments to pool together to raise money needed to adapt to climate change.

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NPR

HEALTH

Advocates fight for cell phone radiation warning labels

Some are certain that cell phone radiation triggers cancerous brain tumors. But the scientific community is divided over the health effects.

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Fresno Bee

Specialty may bias doctors' prostate cancer advice

New research suggests that the type of specialist a prostate cancer patient sees — rather than the patient's own preference — may determine the treatment he receives.

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Reuters

Supreme Court accepts appeal over safety of vaccines for young children

Parents who say that a range of preventive vaccines given to their young children can cause serious health problems will have their appeal heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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EDUCATION

Business schools revamp the application

The MBA application process is starting to change, with the GRE gaining ground on the GMAT, earlier deadlines, and some schools experimenting with audio and video.

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BusinessWeek

Health problems fuel achievement gaps

If educators are serious about closing academic-achievement gaps, they need to better coordinate efforts to address the health disparities that impede learning for students.

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GOOD NEWS

Prom will forever change Kenya school

They did it. Cupertino High School students won the prom of their dreams — a $100,000 bash, fueled largely by their dream for Kenya.

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San Jose Mercury News

Women finally honored for WWII service

Almost 300 women will receive the Congressional Gold Medal for service during WWII as members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, better known as WASPs.

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Ocala Star-Banner

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The original fly girls

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NPR

WORLD

Turkish PM against Iran sanctions

Recep Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, cautioned against U.N. Security Council sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

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Al Jazeera

Gender selection: in India, abortion of girls on the rise

Far from being an ancient legacy of backward, chauvinistic communities, the practice of gender selection via abortion is flourishing as India’s economy burgeons and the country modernizes.

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Christian Science Monitor

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The worldwide war on baby girls

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Economist

Some US Jews sit out recession in Israel

Fed up with the tough job market, some young American Jews are choosing to wait out the recession in Israel, where the government heavily subsidizes their stay while they intern or learn Hebrew.

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Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'The Hurt Locker' is Oscars' dream film

It's the movie that reminded voters of the time when studios were in the business of making smart, exciting, character-driven films intended primarily for a grown-up audience.

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Los Angeles Times

Lloyd Webber's phantom, yearning for 'love' again

Actually, he never left: Twenty-six years after the premiere of The Phantom of the Opera, the monster hit musical is still running at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.

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NPR

ABC Family buys TV rights to 'Alice'

Along with a monster box office haul in its opening weekend, Walt Disney Pictures' "Alice in Wonderland" has a new TV deal.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Half of Earth's life may lie below land, sea

While astronomers scour the skies for signs of life in outer space, biologists are exploring an enormous living world buried below the surface of the Earth.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Cities wooing Google for broadband

City leaders around the country are competing hard for Google's experimental fiber-optic network, which promises to be more than 100 times faster than the Internet connections currently available.

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MSNBC

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Internet access is 'a fundamental right'

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BBC

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Consumers unaware of own broadband speeds

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NPR

Bonobos opt to share food

One of our closest primate relatives, the bonobo, has been shown to voluntarily share food, scientists report.

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BBC

SPORTS

Police to interview NFL's Roethlisberger over sex assault allegation

Ben Roethlisberger, the NFL quarterback accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a rural Georgia nightspot, will be interviewed soon by authorities, police said.

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CNN

Ping’s decision allows PGA to move forward on wedge ban

Club manufacturer Ping agreed to ease its exemption to new groove-cut regulations, clearing the way for the PGA Tour and U.S. Open to ban all square-cut grooves from their competition.

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Orlando Sentinel

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

China insists it will choose successor

The Chinese government says that it will have the final say, rather than the Dalai Lama, on who succeeds him as Tibet's spiritual leader.

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Telegraph.co.uk

A genuine example of solidarity spanning across borders

Since the late 1980s, retired Kansas City priest Gerald Waris has routinely traveled to El Salvador to aid those in need.

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Kansas City Star

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

British plan to tackle asteroids

A team of British scientists are developing plans for a spacecraft that could stop large asteroids from hitting the Earth.

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BBC

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All4one crosses in front of Mascalzone Latino Audi Team during round robin 1 of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Pacific Series, in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by David Rowland)

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