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Becky and Jason Kucera, of Enid, Okla., walk down the sidewalk after getting married at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. Fewer than 92,000 couples got married in or around Sin City last year. (Photo by Julie Jacobson / AP)

Happy Valentine’s Day! Let’s balance the checkbook

When the Credit Union League surveyed people about their financial communication with their significant other, 75 percent of survey respondents said they communicate regularly about finances.

Christian Science Monitor

Couple recognized for Valentine’s Day wedding 82 years ago

Catholic News Agency

NFL files unfair labor practice charge against union

The National Football League filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the National Labor Relations board, saying its players’ union isn’t bargaining in good faith on a new contract.

Bloomberg

Mourners gather in Egypt to honor victims

Mourners gathered at a marble memorial in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to honor the victims of clashes that began January 25 and ended in widespread jubilation with the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

CNN

Egyptian Christians, Muslims find common ground during protests

USA TODAY

Protesters clean Tahrir Square

Reuters

How to spot a spinning black hole

An international group of astronomers and physicists has found that rotating black holes leave an imprint on passing radiation that should be detectable using today’s most sensitive radio telescopes.

Nature

A personal introduction to black holes

Space News

Radiohead releasing new album

Though Radiohead’s surprise announcement of a new record mirrors the release of their previous album “In Rainbows,” the band will not be asking fans to name their own price for downloads this time around.

Rolling Stone

Special section:

Radiohead’s 20 greatest songs

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Flowers bloom at the Mughal gardens of the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Saurabh Das / AP)	Two newlyweds swing out on rappelling ropes during their wedding ceremony in Prachinburi, Thailand. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn / AP)	Jimmy Walker hits the ball during the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Calif. (Photo by Eric Risberg / AP)

NATION

Why is gas cheaper in the Midwest?

Gasoline prices have been on the rise for months. But something unusual is happening — prices are rising faster on the East and West Coasts than they are in the middle of the country.

NPR

Lending to minority groups plummets

Since the housing market collapsed, mortgage lending to African-Americans and Hispanics has plunged precipitously — by more than 60 percent.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cash-strapped states facing budget crises

ABC News

Rural post offices put on notice in face of DIY digital age

The prospect of losing a post office is alarming people in small towns everywhere after an announcement was made that 2,000 offices nationwide will close.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

TARP watchdog resigns

Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, sent President Barack Obama a letter informing him he will resign.

The Street

Budget sets battle over cuts

President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.7 trillion budget plan for 2012 that would trim Pell college grants and low-income heating aid, but raise taxes on upper-income taxpayers and oil companies.

USA TODAY

Poll: Majority of voters troubled over future of Social Security

Many voters are worried about Social Security’s future, but are divided over whether the retirement age for the program should be raised, according to a new poll conducted for The Hill.

The Hill

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

X-rays show why van Gogh’s chrome yellows have darkened

A team of scientists has delved into the molecular make-up of chrome yellow, used by Vincent van Gogh in his sunflower paintings, and found out why some yellows have darkened and some haven’t.

New Scientist

Eyes in space unraveling the mysteries of the heavens

As astronomers have gained a toehold above our planet’s thin atmosphere and turned powerful mechanical eyes on the heavens, they have completely remade our conception of the cosmos.

Houston Chronicle

BUSINESS

Married to the job (and each other)

If love is a battlefield, then running a business with your valentine means living on the front lines 24/7.

Wall Street Journal

How to start your own small business

ABC News

Clothing prices to rise 10 percent

As the world economy recovers and demand for goods rises, a surge in labor and raw materials costs is squeezing retailers and manufacturers who have run out of ways to pare costs.

Star Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Why drugs are destroying the ‘little Amazon’ River

Traffickers will do anything to get their priceless cargo into the U.S. — including razing pristine forest.

The Independent

Arun Majumdar, the power broker funding an energy revolution

Arun Majumdar has to decide which researchers will get millions of dollars, and he has to do it fast. He must spark an energy revolution within 20 years, or it’s lights out for us all.

Popular Science

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

French Muslims confused over halal restrictions on food

Claims of hidden pork in a popular brand of halal sausages have sparked a debate in France over what’s OK for Muslims to eat — and who decides.

TIME

A ‘living virgin goddess’ comes down to earth in Nepal

In a centuries-old tradition, a little girl becomes a goddess linked to the king, but her reign is over when she hits puberty. One former “kumari,” as they are known, seeks to ease that difficult transition for others.

Los Angeles Times

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GOOD NEWS

3 young women honored for their letters to Juliet

Three women were honored with awards for confiding their true desires to Juliet, writing to Shakespeare’s fictional heroine seeking comfort, support and friendship.

Star Tribune

Recovering a singing voice

Jessi Teichs began having pain while teaching voice students. After tests, a small cyst was found and surgically removed. She is learning to recondition her voice and get back to singing.

CNN

Using a wood chipper to save cheetahs, Africa’s most endangered big cats

It takes an unusual mind to bring a wood chipper to the desert. In her 37-year quest to help save Africa’s most endangered big cat, the cheetah, Laurie Marker has gotten used to taking unusual steps.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Street battles hit Yemeni capital in latest protest against government