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People demonstrate in Cairo, Egypt. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo’s streets to ratchet up pressure for President Hosni Mubarak to leave. (Photo by Ben Curtis / AP)

Concierge medical care for lower cost

One Medical Group charges a fee of $150 to $200 a year. Same-day appointments are routine; doctors welcome e-mail communication and see at most 16 patients a day.

New York Times

Keeping the memories of Zora Neale Hurston alive

The Harlem Renaissance author grew up in the all-black community founded in 1887 and set “Their Eyes Were Watching God” in its borders. Each year the town celebrates her life and legacy.

Los Angeles Times

Egypt braces for massive protest

Egypt braced for a “march of millions” in anti-government protests as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak tried to throw up roadblocks in the way of demonstrators.

BBC

Getting out of Egypt

Inside Higher Ed

Interview:

The man who would be president

The Independent

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Live protest updates

Al Jazeera

Winter storms zap city budgets. Will FEMA help with snow plowing costs?

As another mega-storm bears down on a large swath of the U.S., snow-encrusted cities and states scramble to cover rising costs of snow plowing. FEMA might help, but qualifying for aid isn’t easy.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Historic storm ahead?

The Weather Channel

Study puts spotlight on red-light cameras

The national debate over red-light cameras is heating up again as a new analysis from a traffic safety group argues that the controversial devices saved 159 lives in 14 cities during a five-year period.

USA TODAY

NATION

New dietary guidelines: Eat less, eat better and reduce salt

Ditch the empty calories, lower sodium intake, reach for water instead of soda and eat at least a half plate full of fruits and vegetables a day. That’s the mantra of the new federal dietary guidelines.

San Francisco Chronicle

Calif. challenges China in the mining of rare earths

The minerals known as rare earths sound like something an alchemist would use to turn lead into gold. But the minerals are what make the modern world function.

NPR

POLITICS

Jon Huntsman resigning post amid speculation of 2012 run

U.S. ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, a Republican with potential presidential ambitions, has advised officials that he intends to leave the post during the first part of this year, the White House said.

San Jose Mercury News

Judge rules health law unconstitutional

A federal judge ruled that the entire health care overhaul is unconstitutional, but he stopped short of ordering the federal government to stop implementing it.

Politico

States may face showdown with federal government over cutting Medicaid rolls

Kaiser Health News

Mo. GOP tries to find opponent for Democrat Sen. McCaskill

A behind-the-scenes scramble is under way inside the Missouri GOP as potential candidates handicap their chances to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill next year.

McClatchy Newspapers

Senate Democrats tout airport bill as starting point for 2011 jobs agenda

The Hill

BUSINESS

Fed says banks ‘significantly more upbeat’ on delinquencies

Most banks in the U.S. expect loan delinquencies and charge-off rates to improve in 2011, a Federal Reserve survey showed, as standards eased and demand increased for business lending.

Bloomberg

Best jobs for older workers to earn supplemental income

A recent AARP survey found that 60 percent of Americans nearing retirement age say they’re not where they expected to be financially. Many of those who have retired feel the need to supplement their income.

ABC News

EDUCATION

Can students learn to learn?

While some colleges have long taught study skills, some institutions are experimenting with teaching more than how to study: They are looking for ways to grow their students’ metacognition.

Inside Higher Ed

Denver tests system to give teachers in-class evaluations and feedback

Teachers will be evaluated in part based on four observations per semester — two from their principal, and two from peer observers — a change from being observed once every three years.

Denver Post

ENVIRONMENT

Twitter in the city: the urban life of birds

Birds adapt to noisy urban life by singing louder, warbling at night or moving away — but it’s threatening their survival.

The Independent

A clearer picture of how rivers and deltas develop over time

By adding information about the subsoil to an existing sedimentation and erosion model, researchers at Delft University of Technology have obtained a clearer picture of how rivers and deltas develop over time.

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholic hospitals, bishops reach accord

After public spats between the Catholic hierarchy and health care executives, the Catholic Health Association acknowledged that bishops, not doctors, have the final say on questions of medical morality.

Religion News Service

Sunday shutdown likely to fall foul of new equality law

Scotland’s Western Isles could be forced to abandon a centuries-old religious tradition of keeping sports and community centers closed on Sundays because it breaches new equality legislation.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Clive MacFarlane):

Bookstore opened paths to unexpected

Telegram & Gazette

Column (John Yemma):

As Germany rises, Europeans begin to rethink their unity project

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Robert Cyran):

Angel investor valuations fly off to heaven

(Reuters)

Reuters Breakingviews

Cartoon (Joel Pett):

Quarterback rules

McClatchy Newspapers

Video (Andy Gardiner):

Fla. senator predicts choppy seas

Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Ray B. Williams):

Beyond money: our self-destructing desire for wealth

(Psychology Today)

Wired for Success

Column (Susan Milligan):

Why WikiLeaks’s Julian Assange isn’t a journalist

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Michael Wixom):

Higher education is not broken, but needs fixing

Las Vegas Sun

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GOOD NEWS

New African wolf discovered

Scientists have discovered a new species of wolf in Africa, saying it “is not only important conservation news, but raises questions” about how it evolved and lived with other rare and extinct animals.

ScienceDaily

Dairy cows inoculated against sepsis could help malnourished children

Most people would probably prefer if traces of dairy cows’ vaccinations don’t show up in their milk, but one team is looking into deliberately adding antibodies to milk as a way to help malnourished children.

Scientific American

New application brings American art to wider audience

A new iPhone app is opening up Kentucky’s art scene to the public by bringing thousands of works of art in small American communities to a wider audience.

Reuters

WORLD

Mexico election results hurt PRI’s comeback bid

The comeback for next year’s presidential election by Mexico’s once-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party stumbled when vote-counting showed that it had lost a key gubernatorial race.

McClatchy Newspapers

Hillary Clinton calls historic meeting of top US ambassadors

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called top envoys from U.S. embassies to gather in Washington for a wide-ranging foreign policy meeting.

Politico

Clinton in Haiti, meets candidates

San Francisco Chronicle

EGYPT IN CRISIS

Google launches workaround for Egypt

Google said it has launched a new service for people in Egypt to send Twitter messages without requiring an Internet connection.

Reuters

Noor Group down: Egypt’s last Internet service provider goes offline

Huffington Post

Showdown in Egypt

ABC News

How Egypt’s opposition got a more youthful mojo

If the Tunisian revolution was sparked by the self-immolation of a poor fruit vendor, you could say that Egypt’s protests had their genesis in an equally gory death.

TIME

Egyptian protesters plan march to Mubarak’s doorstep

McClatchy Newspapers

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Al Jazeera journalists arrested

(ABC News)

The Blotter

HEALTH

Moderate exercise such as walking ‘boosts memory power’

Walking for 40 minutes a few times a week is enough to preserve memory and keep aging brains in top form, research shows.

BBC

Hospital spending may pay off for some chronic conditions

Hospitals that spend more money treating patients with acute illnesses may be better at keeping those patients alive, suggests a new study.

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

No mental chumps: Chimps decipher what others are thinking

Chimpanzees apparently can figure out what others are thinking, a mental ability seen nowhere else in the animal kingdom so far except for in humans, according to scientists’ findings.

LiveScience

Adult skin cells converted directly to beating heart cells

Scripps Research scientists have created mature heart muscle cells directly from skin cells. The technology platform could lead to new treatments for a range of diseases and injuries involving cell loss or damage.

ScienceDaily

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Turning Bolivian beggars into performers

John Connell teaches skills from the circus, like juggling, to street kids in Bolivia. They earn money and attend school more regularly.

Christian Science Monitor

Younger set moves to yoga

Star Tribune

SPORTS

Super Bowl can take a toll on your heart

For this year’s Super Bowl, you might want to take some deep breaths, especially if the game isn’t going your way.

Discovery News

ESPN has US rights for 2012, 2016 European Championship

ESPN has acquired U.S. broadcast rights to soccer’s European Championship in 2012 and 2016 and will televise every game of both tournaments.

ESPN

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