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Harlem’s historic Riverton Houses apartment complex is highlighted during sunset in New York. Many long time residents feel that their neighborhood is being taken from them, an issue explored in a new BBC documentary. (Photo by Bebeto Matthews / AP)

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Who ‘owns’ Harlem?

Harlem is, of course, the most iconic African-American neighborhood. It’s the wellspring of so much black culture that it is almost impossible to imagine it as something else.

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BBC

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The Harlem Renaissance

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History.com

New vaccination guidelines

Teenagers need a booster shot to protect them from meningococcal meningitis, while all kids should have up-to-date whooping cough vaccine, according to new recommendations from pediatric experts.

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HealthDay

Routine HPV vaccine for boys urged

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The Chart

Obama: Transition in Egypt ‘must begin now’

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced that he would not run for another term in office, but whether Egyptians would allow him to remain in office until elections in the fall was uncertain.

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Egypt: the worst scenarios for the White House

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Politico

After Egypt, how will the dominoes fall?

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(CBS News)

World Watch

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Mubarak speaks: He will not run again; and live reaction on Egypt State TV

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CNN

Monster storm carves path across US

A monster winter storm stretching from New Mexico to Maine laid down a sheet of ice on the Plains and lower Midwest, turning to snow as it moved north. Experts said the worst was yet to come.

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Reuters

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Live in the winter beast

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The Weather Channel

Report: Illegal immigrant levels in USA remain the same

The number of illegal immigrants living in Colorado, Florida, New York and Virginia dropped in 2010, while the total number of 11.2 million immigrants in the country remained roughly the same.

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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.

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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.

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NPR

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.

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USA TODAY

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.

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San Jose Mercury News

GOP leader McConnell to force Senate vote on health care repeal

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell from Kentucky will force a vote on health care repeal despite pledges from Senate Democrats to block the effort.

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The Hill

BUSINESS

BP reports $3.7B annual loss

British Petroleum announced it is resuming dividends for the first time since the Gulf of Mexico well disaster, as the oil company reported a 30 percent gain in fourth-quarter profits.

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BP to sell Texas City refinery

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Fuel Fix

Finances depend on your life stage now

Carving out a winning personal finance plan today is increasingly less about how old you are and more about what stage of life you’re in.

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USA TODAY

EDUCATION

Wanted: ways to assess teachers

The debate about “value added” measures of teaching may be the most divisive topic in teacher-quality policy today. It has produced enough policy briefs to fell whole forests.

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Dynamy academy counselor, mentor receives Hine Award

Raquel Corazzini, an immigrant as a child and a mother when she was a teen, knows what it means to receive life-changing help from mentors. She received the Lewis Hine Award for Service to Children & Youth.

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Telegram & Gazette

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.

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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.

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MSNBC

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.

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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.

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Religion News Service

Gay activist conference in US has focus set on faith

Several hundred other gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists who work within multiple faith communities will gather as part of the much larger National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s annual conference.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Anti-government protests roil Egypt

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NPR

Logic and environmental regulations

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Las Vegas Review Journal

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A court decision tinged with politics

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The New Republic

Column (Juan Cole):

Why Egypt’s class conflict is boiling over

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CBS News

Editorial (Clayton Jones):

How history might really be made in Egypt

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Clive MacFarlane):

Bookstore opened paths to unexpected

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Telegram & Gazette

Column (John Yemma):

As Germany rises, Europeans begin to rethink their unity project

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Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Robert Cyran):

Angel investor valuations fly off to heaven

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(Reuters)

Reuters Breakingviews

Blog (Ray B. Williams):

Beyond money: our self-destructing desire for wealth

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(Psychology Today)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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McClatchy Newspapers

King Abdullah II of Jordan fires government amid street protests

The king became the first Arab leader to announce political concessions from a position of relative security as he sought to preempt opposition-led demonstrations inspired by Egypt’s protests.

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Telegraph.co.uk

EGYPT IN CRISIS

Huge crowd demands Mubarak go in largest protest yet

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians flooded downtown Cairo in the biggest and most dramatic show of opposition to President Mubarak since protests began.

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McClatchy Newspapers

The man who would be president

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The Independent

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Protesters flood Egypt streets

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Al Jazeera

Getting out of Egypt

Study abroad programs across Egypt are scrambling to protect, feed, and evacuate their students while mass protests rock the country.

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Inside Higher Ed

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King Tut’s treasures defiled in Egypt

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MSNBC

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.

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TIME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Ants’ genome project unlock mysteries

Argentine ants, have yielded their innermost secrets, revealing new clues to their evolution, their social lives — and perhaps to their ultimate defeat as pests.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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.

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ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

Dust levels doubled worldwide

The amount of dust in the atmosphere has doubled over most of the planet since the last century, finds a new study.

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Shark catching leads to extinction

The annual mass slaughter of sharks, estimated to be around 73 million each year, has left one third of all shark species on the brink of extinction.

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CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘La Lecture’ up for auction

A portrait of the muse who transformed painter Pablo Picasso’s life and art is to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London.

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BBC

Norton Simon: the best museum you haven’t visited

The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena houses a vast collection, yet the museum tends to attract more European than American visitors.

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NPR

SPORTS

Fin-tripping Jets coach resigns

The New York Jets coach Sal Alosi resigned. He was responsible for the dastardly plot to trip Dolphins special teamer Nolan Carroll on the sideline during a punt return.

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CNBC

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.

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ESPN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

‘Dark chapter’ of medical research

The Tuskegee syphilis experiment of the 20th century is often cited as the most famous example of unethical medical research. Now, evidence has emerged that it overlapped with a shorter study.

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CNN

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Germany’s Red Bull Formula One driver World Champion 2010 Sebastian Vettel steers his new F1 RB7 racing car during a test session just outside Valencia, Spain. (Photo by Fernando Hernandez / AP)

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