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A man walks past military vehicles blocking a street in Cairo. The Arab world’s most populous nation appeared to be swiftly moving closer to a point at which it either dissolves into widespread chaos or the military expands its presence. (Photo by Ahmed Ali / AP)

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Saying sports cliches ain’t so

An economist from the University of Chicago has taken lessons from economic theory and applied them to a subject where cliches tend to dominate the field of accepted knowledge: sports.

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NPR

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Super Bowl XLV facts

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Reuters

Hall of Fame coach would trade in all his victories to help more inner-city youth

Bob Hurley Sr. is about to hit a milestone few basketball coaches on any level have reached: 1,000 victories. He has won them the hard way at St. Anthony High in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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CNN

Gangs attack Egypt jails, free militants

Gangs of armed men attacked jails across Egypt, helping to free hundreds of Muslim militants and thousands of other inmates as police vanished from the streets of Cairo and other cities.

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Protests around the world

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CNN

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Mubarak names VP

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BBC

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Egypt erupts

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Salon

Gates: Nuclear forces fixed slips

Defense Secretary Robert Gates credited the chief of the nation’s nuclear forces with restoring that highly sensitive mission to its “proper place of honor.”

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Gates has warning for new chief

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Omaha World Herald

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates

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Yahoo! News

Comcast takes control of NBC Universal

Comcast took control of NBC Universal after the government shackled its behavior in the coming years to protect online video services such as Netflix and Hulu.

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Detroit Free Press

NATION

For veterans, road to mental health may begin at the bar

An exploratory study found that bartenders at Veterans of Foreign Wars clubs could help identify veterans in trouble and direct them to mental health professionals.

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Huffington Post

Health care battle escalates

The congressional battle over health care entered a new, more sharply partisan phase, as Republicans began building a case for dismantling the law while Democrats fought back hard.

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Sun Herald

POLITICS

At midterm, Obama tries can-do slogan

The president unveiled his “Winning the Future” mantra in his State of the Union address. It’s now emerged as a fat target for his Republican critics.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

With Carney at podium, Obama hopes to reset press relationship

President Barack Obama’s decision to tap Jay Carney as his new press secretary completes a series of White House personnel changes meant to mend dysfunctional relationships.

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The Hill

Guantanamo still far from closing

One of the first things the president did in office was sign an executive order promising to close the Guantanamo Bay prison within a year. Now officials say it is unlikely to close before his term ends.

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NPR

HEALTH

Study ties hot flashes to lower breast cancer risk

Some good news for women ever bothered by hot flashes. The risk for breast cancer may be reduced as much as 50 percent, researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle report.

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USA TODAY

Infants ascribe social dominance by size

Psychologists have found that infants less than 1 year old understand social dominance and use relative size to predict who will prevail when goals conflict.

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ScienceDaily

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

UCSC astronomers find galaxy

University of California astronomers say they have glimpsed what might be the most ancient and distant object ever seen — a faint smudge of a galaxy, conceived near the dawn of cosmic time.

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San Jose Mercury News

Asteroid heading for Earth? Heat it up!

A New York professor has an idea that may help to deflect any asteroid that is on a head-on collision with Earth. He is testing his idea, which includes a solar sail, sunlight and a warmed up asteroid.

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iTWire

ENVIRONMENT

Warming North Atlantic ocean tied to heating Arctic

The temperatures of North Atlantic Ocean water — the warmest water in 2,000 years — are likely related to the amplification of global warming in the Arctic.

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ScienceDaily

UK climate-proofing plans unveiled

From measures in use already to far-fetched scenarios for the future, the first batch of climate adaptation plans submitted to the U.K. environment ministry have been unveiled.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Going global, going liberal arts

Everyone at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities seems to favor globalization — not much of a surprise given the meeting theme of “Global Positioning.”

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Inside Higher Ed

Student off hook for Facebook insult

A high school sophomore who called his biology teacher a “fat ass” on Facebook was suspended for a day for cyber-bullying, an action the school has now erased from his record after a First Amendment lecture.

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San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Let us bake bread together

Members of White Bear Lake United Methodist Church in Minnesota are reviving the practice of baking bread together, the logical extension of figuratively breaking bread together.

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Star Tribune

St. Thomas whips up healthy meals

When most people hear the term "hospital food,’’ they conjure up a plate of mystery meat, flanked by a bland side dish and maybe a fruit cup or Jell-O.

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GOOD NEWS

Fred Korematsu Day a 1st in US history for an Asian American

Those who carry on his legacy are most excited about the classroom teachings that will take place in the coming weeks.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Tiny superheroes don capes to do good

Cooper Spataro, 3, and his classmates at Missoula Community School in Missoula, Mont., are “superheroes of kindness,” performing weekly acts of good will.

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AOL News

Chaplains try a new path to deal with PTSD

A Colorado theology school is teaching Air Force chaplains to consider the religious beliefs of servicemen and women to better help them cope with post-traumatic stress.

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USA TODAY

WORLD

Government gives go-ahead to first 8 ‘free schools’

The government gave the green light for the first eight “free schools” to open in England, with the prime minister, David Cameron, pledging they will bring greater opportunity to the poorest pupils.

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Guardian

Deadly train crash in Germany

A head-on train crash in eastern Germany killed 10 people and injured at least 33 others, eight of them severely, local firefighters said.

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AOL News

EGYPT IN CRISIS

Inside the White House’s Egypt scramble

For three days straight, as the Cairo crisis gathered momentum, U.S. policy-makers are trying to calibrate the U.S. response to the unfolding drama.

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Newsweek

38 dead, 2,000 wounded in Egypt protests

Egyptian medical officials say 38 people have died and 2,000 have been wounded in anti-government demonstrations, bringing the death toll in the unrest to at least 45.

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Star Tribune

BUSINESS

Low taxes, key to profits

Instead of concentrating on making light bulbs, power plants or whatnot, companies use the tax system to boost their profits.

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NPR

Bankers play contrite, offer olive branch

Top bankers adopted a softer tone after high-level meetings at the World Economic Forum, thanking governments for shoring up the financial system.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Bradley beats Alexander with unanimous decision

Timothy Bradley defended his WBO title and took Devon Alexander’s WBC belt, winning a unanimous technical decision after the fight was stopped in the 10th round at the Silverdome.

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ABC News

Clijsters the mother of all Australian Open champions

With her third grand slam title since returning 17 months ago from the birth of her child, Belgian Kim Clijsters has become the most successful mom in the game.

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Sydney Morning Herald

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2011 Australian Open men’s semifinals

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

YouTube unveils ‘Life in a Day’ winner

Media watchers have wondered how to take users’ appetite for 2- to 3-minute videos and transform it into a hunger for full-length content. Sundance Film Festival audiences got their first taste.

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Reuters

Conversation: Director of ‘Life in a Day’

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Art Beat

If you like steak, be ready to spend more

The prices of steaks, hamburger and other cuts of beef are expected to increase this summer, after a new report showed U.S. cattle herds at their smallest since 1958.

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Des Moines Register

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Carbon tax on carnivores

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Baby talk

Parents don’t need to make major efforts on baby sign language. Instead, they should just start with a few signs.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Photo of the Day

People are silhouetted as the illuminated Presidential Palace is seen in the background, at the end of the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India. The ceremony held every year marks the end of Republic Day celebrations. (Photo by Gurinder Osan / AP)

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