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Connecticut forward Maya Moore celebrates near the end of an NCAA college basketball game against Florida State in Hartford, Conn. Connecticut beat Florida State 93-62 to to set an NCAA record for consecutive wins, at 89. (Photo by Jessica Hill / AP)

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UConn blows out Florida St. for 89th win

The No. 1-ranked Huskies women‘s basketball team topped the 88-game winning streak set by John Wooden’s UCLA men’s team from 1971-74, beating No. 22 Florida State 93-62.

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UConn alone at the top after 89th straight win

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UConn women win 89 straight

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Goodbye “don‘t ask, don’t tell,” hello ROTC

Presidents of some of the nation’s highest profile colleges and universities said that the U.S. Senate’s vote to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” will usher the return of the ROTC program to their campuses.

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Inside Higher Ed

What is in the new START treaty?

A contentious nuclear arms control pact with Russia, known as START, secured enough support from Republicans, giving Democrats the 67 votes they needed to ratify the treaty.

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START treaty: final vote could be Wednesday

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Christian Science Monitor

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Shift in support for nuke treaty marks policy win for Obama

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PBS

NATO denies report of US push for expanded raids in Pakistan

A NATO spokesman denied reports of a proposal by the U.S. to expand operations along the Afghan border, where the government of Pakistan is already frustrated by drone attacks.

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Christian Science Monitor

US teen birth rate at all-time low

The U.S. teen birth rate fell in 2009 to its lowest point in almost 70 years — a decline that stunned experts who believe it’s partly due to the recession.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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A force behind the lower teen birthrate: MTV

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Governor declares state of emergency as storms pound Calif.

Half a dozen southern California counties are under an emergency declaration as another storm from the Pacific pummels the region.

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CNN

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Biggest storm yet heads for Calif.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Death penalty support is dropping

Statistics show that use of the death penalty was down across the country — even in Texas, which has carried out more than a third of all U.S. executions since the modern death penalty was instituted.

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TIME

POLITICS

Troops discharged under ‘Don‘t ask, don’t tell’ eye return to ranks

With President Barack Obama poised to sign into law a repeal of DADT policy, dozens of service members under investigation or with discharges pending could soon be in the clear and free to resume their careers.

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‘Don’t ask, don’t tell,’ don’t come back?

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Pelosi leads repeal ceremony

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Lame-duck session churns out surprises

Lawmakers have passed a tax cut compromise bill to avert the biggest tax hike in history and a repeal of the military’s controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell" policy.

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ABC News

Senate looks to restrict Guantanamo prosecutions of detainees

The Senate appears poised to approve a measure that would bar the Obama administration from prosecuting Guantanamo detainees in the U.S.

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NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FCC gives government power to regulate Web traffic

Federal telecommunications regulators approved new rules that would for the first time give the federal government formal authority to regulate Internet traffic. How much or for how long remained unclear.

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Wall Street Journal

FCC makes Net neutrality rules official

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Signal Strength

Dyslexia: Scanning the brain for clues

Scientists have recently made headway in understanding what’s going on in the brain of a person with dyslexia.

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CNN

Application removed from Apple store

Apple has removed a WikiLeaks application from its App Store just shortly after its release. The $1.99 WikiLeaks App offered access to the whistle-blower site.

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EDUCATION

More testing for high school students

High school is becoming a focus of increased testing, as more states tie diplomas to some type of assessment and require other exams that are not linked to graduation, according to a recent study.

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Picking on social science

A bid to question the merits of federal funding for social and behavioral science research may be failing to capture the public’s attention.

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Inside Higher Ed

ENVIRONMENT

Real or artificial? Christmas tree debate

A study found that carbon emissions from real trees each year were one-third of those from an artificial tree.

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Christian Science Monitor

Global rivers release huge amounts of potent greenhouse gas

Rivers may be a significant source of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. Scientists say that the amount of nitrous oxide produced in streams is related to human activities.

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LiveScience

What happens to electronic waste?

The dirty little secret is that when you take your electronic waste to a recycler, about 80 percent of that material finds itself on a container ship going to a country like China, India, Vietnam or Pakistan.

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NPR

SPORTS

Cowboys put Romo on injured reserve

Tony Romo suffered a fractured left collarbone during an Oct. 25 loss to the New York Giants. Now the Dallas Cowboys have officially ended his season by putting him on injured reserve.

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ESPN

Oregon’s Kelly is ‘Coach of Year’

Oregon athletic officials were so convinced that Chip Kelly was destined to be head coach of the Ducks they offered him the job before it came open.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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A season of joy — and stress and anger and angst …

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Enlightened Living

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The next 40 years will be the most important in human history

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Christian Science Monitor

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School zero-tolerance policies are overbearing

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Columbus Dispatch

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Congress displeases us

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Creators Syndicate

Another policy of prejudice rejected

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Detroit Free Press

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Retiree benefits are cheating our children

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Newsweek

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Keep the Internet free

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The Atlantic

Gays in the military, an injustice repealed

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GOOD NEWS

Hill Country blogger found key to charity

While most nonprofits struggle to get Christmas donations back to pre-recession levels, one Texas woman raised $39,000 for needy families in a mere few days.

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Houston Chronicle

Philanthropist provides care that the Pentagon won’t

Former Home Depot magnate Bernie Marcus founded Project Share to fill the gaps left by Tricare and military hospitals, which often lack the ability to provide full-scale cognitive rehabilitation therapy.

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NPR

Ordinary people, extraordinary giving

Three graduate students at Rutgers University are giving away a chunk of what they earn now and have pledged to give a heftier chunk after they graduate and embark on careers.

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WORLD

South Korea to hold large live-fire drills

South Korea will hold its largest winter live-fire drills in an area adjacent to North Korea, the South Korean army said.

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CNN

UK snow thwarts Christmas plans for 1,000s of travelers

The world’s busiest international airport told passengers not to expect full service, after a five-inch snow turned holiday plans into a nightmare of canceled flights and painful nights on terminal floors.

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CBS News

China bans English words in media

China has banned newspapers, publishers and website-owners from using foreign words — particularly English ones.

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BBC

BUSINESS

Insurers face new rules over price hikes

U.S. health insurance companies that want to increase premium rates by 10 percent or more in 2011 would face tougher scrutiny by the government under proposed rules.

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Reuters

Toyota to pay US $32.4M over recalls

Toyota has agreed to pay more than $32 million in penalties after two federal investigations that faulted the automaker for its handling of recent auto recalls.

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CNN

A fairness fight

Bernie Madoff’s victims who made a profit are being sued to pay off people who lost money. Is that fair?

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Newsweek

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Quran written in Saddam’s blood poses Islamic dilemma

Iraqi officials are puzzling over what to do with a rare artifact considered to be both a sacred text and a ghoulish relic of days gone by: a copy of the Quran handwritten in Saddam Hussein’s blood.

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AOL News

‘Hallelujah Chorus’ not heavenly for Calif. mall shoppers

Months after a California mall was closed following a devastating fire, authorities had to close it again after Christmas singers clogged the shopping center.

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CNN

HEALTH

Scientists say no need for alarm over chromium-6 in drinking water

Hexavalent chromium is once again in the news after an environmental organization released a report indicating that the chemical has contaminated drinking water in more than 30 cities nationwide.

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ABC News

Nutritionist combs airlines’ menus for best food choices

Healthy airline food may seem like a contradiction, but it is possible to eat nutritiously at 35,000 feet, says self-described diet detective Charles Platkin.

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USA TODAY

‘Chocolate cough remedy’ in sight

A chemical in cocoa could soon be turned into a medicine for persistent cough, researchers claim; they are carrying out the final stages of clinical trials of a drug that contains theobromine.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

US population rises to 308.7M

The U.S. population grew 9.7 percent to 308.7 million people over the past decade, the slowest rate of growth since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau reported.

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Why US outstrips Europe for population growth

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BBC

‘Secession ball’ marks start of American Civil War with champagne and dancing

About 300 South Carolinians, the vast majority of them white, gathered in hoop skirts and white gloves in Charleston for the “secession ball.”

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Guardian

‘Bird Songs Bible’ tweets, the old-fashioned way

There‘s a new book out that is unlike any other — it features characters with names like Hawaii creeper and bufflehead — and strangest of all: it tweets.

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Birth order affects smarts, personality

Birth order typically creates sibling rivalry, but a new study suggests it also has an impact on personality and intelligence.

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CBS News

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The moon is seen over St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York during a lunar eclipse. (Photo by Julio Cortez / AP)

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