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Roy Williams of Westfield, Mass., shovels snow in front of his vehicle on a merge ramp on Interstate 91 southbound during a winter storm in Windsor, Conn. Williams said a plow clearing the highway passed by and blocked him in. (Photo by Jessica Hill / AP)

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What the census can teach us about ourselves

Easy online access to census forms allows millions of Americans to learn more about themselves, their histories, and can provide many clues to build a successful genealogical search.

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CNN

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Long-distance moves at record lows

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TIME

Census 2010: The last seat in Congress

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(Pew Research Center)

All Things Census

Diesel era ends for MTA buses

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will become the only major transit agency in the U.S. with a fleet run entirely on alternative fuels.

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Los Angeles Times

Northeast US gets ready as snowstorm moves in

Cities across the U.S. Northeast deployed thousands of plows and sand-spreaders as the second major snowstorm in a little more than two weeks threatened to cripple air, road and train travel.

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BusinessWeek

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Flights canceled in New York as storm dumps more snow in northeast

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CNN

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Winter snowstorm: ‘Weather bomb’ slams into northeast

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ABC News

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The northeast is next

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The Weather Channel

Flood fears worsen for Brisbane

Up to 20,000 homes are now at risk in Brisbane, the Queensland state premier has said, as deadly floodwaters surge towards Australia’s third-largest city.

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BBC

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Australia floods inundate Brisbane, 43 missing

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Reuters

Few foreclosures, no bank failures: Canada offers lessons

Analysts are speculating on where the bottom is for U.S. real estate. Canada isn’t facing the same worries — yet its system of mortgage finance gets little attention in the states.

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McClatchy Newspapers

NATION

Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Millions held in forced labor, US says

January 11 is national Human Trafficking Awareness Day, the annual date meant to bring attention to the fact that human trafficking remains a serious problem both in the United States and abroad.

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AOL News

Gulf oil spill: Panel urges major reform

A major U.S. report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has called for wide-ranging reforms of the oil industry to prevent a repeat of the disaster that took place last year.

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BBC

TRAGEDY IN TUCSON

Surgeon: Giffords has ‘101 percent’ chance of survival

“She has a 101 percent chance of surviving,” said Dr. Peter Rhee, trauma chief at the University of Arizona Medical Center and a former combat surgeon who worked in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Giffords breathing on her own

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MSNBC

Lone wolves: It’s about fame, not politics

For all the warnings about terrorism, law enforcements say the more likely threat in this country comes from people who are known as lone wolves, like the suspect in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

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Loughner parents: ‘No words to express’ feelings

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CBS News

POLITICS

Judges no strangers to balancing security

Security experts recommend that judicial officials and their staffs take security measures that range from varying their route from work to home to carrying weapons inside and outside of the courtroom.

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MSNBC

GOP Rep. Burton wants to enclose Congress in Plexiglas

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(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

Jerry Brown‘s budget for Calif. is ‘honest’ and ‘very painful’

Gov. Jerry Brown proposes a balanced California budget that has something “for everyone to hate.” A plan to shift some programs to local governments will be a tough sell.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Calif.’s redevelopment agencies walloped

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San Jose Mercury News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

100 tweets of solitude

How many times a day do you check your e-mail? If you’re like many of us, the red blinking light of a BlackBerry is the first thing you see each morning and the last glimpse of color to fade out before bedtime.

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Newsweek

La Nina: where to ski this winter and why

La Nina, El Nino, ENSO — as skiers we hear these terms all the time. As much as you may or may not be paying attention, the children of the Pacific can have a dramatic influence on skiing, from Tahoe to Alaska.

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MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Jordan’s greenhouse power plant hybrid

A novel combination of technologies that has the potential to produce commercial quantities of food and energy crops, fresh water, and electricity, looks set to have its first large-scale demonstration in Jordan.

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Science

Mass wildlife die-off events

On New Year’s Eve, over 3,000 red-winged blackbirds inexplicably plummeted to their deaths from the skies over Arkansas.

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Environmental News Network

HEALTH

Coughs and sneezes go the distance

Little is known about the distances a cough or sneeze can travel, but researchers in Singapore are attempting to find out how airborne transmission of flu viruses takes place using high speed cameras.

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RedOrbit

Special section:

Cold and flu health center

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WebMD

Employees work in the cold

For many employees, the cold weather is just part of the job. Many stores have designated positions to be outside, whether it’s pushing carts, scooping snow or carrying out large purchases.

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Grand Herald Independent

EDUCATION

Students get to use spell-check on tests ‎

Students across Oregon will start taking their standardized writing exams, and for the first time, those doing their essays online will get to use spell-check.

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NPR

Mentoring can be highly effective for students and “immensely satisfying” for professors, but the practice is ignored in graduate course work, said a panel at the American Historical Association.

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Inside Higher Ed

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Blog (Melissa Kirk):

When words confuse rather than clarify

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(Psychology Today)

Test Case

Column (Bill Boyarsky):

The story of a lifetime

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Truthdig

Column (Paul Buchheit):

Why you should feel cheated, deceived and sickened by inequality

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AlterNet

Column (Cindy Sheehan):

Transparency in the age of Obama

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Al Jazeera

Don’t rewrite literature

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

What US ‘justice’ signifies around the world

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Salon

Column (Doyle McManus):

A retooled White House

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McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Ross K. Baker):

Let’s be careful with cause and effect in Tucson

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USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Bike chain maintains link to Africa

As co-owner of the San Rafael-based Mike’s Bikes chain, Ken Martin wants more people around the world to ride bicycles. During the past several years, he has expanded that mission to Africa.

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Contra Costa Times

Cross-eyed opossum capturing hearts

She’s middle-aged, gray-haired and stays up all night. Still, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is Germany’s biggest media sensation, and she has not even made her debut at the Leipzig Zoo.

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Reuters

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Yahoo! News

Couple gives $10M for autism research

As the number of children diagnosed with autism grows, top researchers at Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital will have help trying to cure the illness thanks to a $10 million gift.

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Columbus Dispatch

HAITI: 1 YEAR LATER

Global relief efforts yield little progress

One year after a devastating earthquake toppled homes and killed roughly 250,000 people in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the Western hemisphere is still reeling from the devastation.

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Huffington Post

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Haiti

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Guardian

Internal election monitors challenge Haiti vote results

International election monitors have asked Haiti’s ruling party candidate to withdraw from the runoff round in the race for the bitterly contested presidency.

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Al Jazeera

WORLD

WikiLeaks: Julian Assange ‘faces execution or Guantanamo detention’

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, could be at “real risk” of the death penalty or detention in Guantanamo Bay if he is extradited to Sweden on accusations of rape and sexual assault, his lawyers claim.

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Guardian

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WikiLeaks to speed release of leaked docs

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Google News

Word from Berlin: German rail desperately needs to be modernized

Delays, cancellations and breakdowns: German rail passengers have faced no shortage of trials this winter, both on long distance routes and on commuter trains in Berlin that badly need an investment.

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Spiegel International

BUSINESS

Job openings in US decrease for 3rd time in 4 months

Job openings in the U.S. fell in November from the highest level in two years, signaling that a sustained labor market recovery will take time to develop.

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Bloomberg

SEC starved for reform funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission is so cash-strapped that it has delayed key parts of the financial reform bill passed last year by Congress — and is curtailing some of its normal operations.

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CNNMoney

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Computer History Museum reopening marks a Silicon Valley milestone

The Computer History Museum is reopening after an ambitious $19 million makeover with an exhibit called, “Revolution.”

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San Jose Mercury News

Thunderstorms shoot antimatter beams into space

Thunderstorms can shoot beams of antimatter into space that can be spotted thousands of miles away.

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National Geographic

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope Benedict urges Pakistan to repeal blasphemy law

Pope Benedict XVI urged Pakistan to reverse its blasphemy laws, saying they were a pretext for violence against non-Muslims and demanded all governments do more so Christians can safely practice their faith.

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USA TODAY

Religious leaders call for calm, civility

After news of the shooting broke, Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas said Catholics in Jericho asked how to prevent further brutality. “I wish I knew the answer,” the bishop said.

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Religion News Service

SPORTS

Penalties, scandals highlight irregular college season

Cam Newton was alluding to his own triumphs and trials when he gazed into a mass of cameras and said, ”This has been a long, interesting year.” He could have been speaking for his sport, as well.

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USA TODAY

Brady Hoke named Mich. football coach

Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon today hired San Diego State’s Brady Hoke as the 19th coach of Michigan football.

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Detroit Free Press

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Families struggle with deportation

Last year, four million children who are U.S. citizens had at least one parent living in the country illegally, according to a study released by the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington, D.C.

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San Jose Mercury News

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The sunset and trees are reflected on a puddle in Liberty State Park, Jersey City, N.J. (Photo by Julio Cortez / AP)

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