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Women demonstrators shout anti-government slogans after riot police drove demonstrators from a main square in Manama, Bahrain. Armed patrols prowled neighborhoods and tanks appeared in the streets after riot police with tear gas and clubs drove protesters away. (Photo by Hassan Ammar / AP)

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NASA launches search for ‘moon trees’

NASA is trying to track down several hundred aging travelers who flew to the moon and back 40 years ago and now live quietly across the United States.

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USA TODAY

End of the road for the shoe tree

On the “Loneliest Road in America,” a stately cottonwood filled with the footwear of passersby was something in the middle of nothing. Now locals are mourning it like an old friend.

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Los Angeles Times

Bahrain protest quashed with violence

Armed patrols prowled neighborhoods after riot police drove protesters from a main square where they had demanded sweeping political change in this tiny kingdom of Bahrain.

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CBS News

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Bahrain police ‘attack sleeping protesters’

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BBC

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Security forces move on protesters in Bahrain’s capital

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CNN

Hawaii eyes gay ceremonies after civil unions pass

Hawaii lawmakers gave approval to civil unions and sent the legislation to Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who plans to sign it into law within 10 business days.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Proposition 8 gay marriage case decision delayed by Calif. Supreme Court move

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US close to punishing banks over foreclosure procedures

A national probe of foreclosure paperwork and procedures found that mortgage servicers broke laws and that homeowners were wrongly evicted.

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Reuters

NATION

Obama to sign bill naming courthouse after slain Ariz. judge

President Barack Obama will sign a bill in the Oval Office naming a new federal courthouse in Yuma, Arizona, after slain federal Judge John M. Roll.

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CNN

Fed raises growth forecast for 2011

Minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Reserve show that policymakers anticipate a bigger bump in economic growth for 2011 than they thought just a few months ago.

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CNNMoney

A state of decline

A spate of head-scratching is sweeping the usually self-confident United States as political commentators warn of the decline of the great nation. These so-called “declinists” are nothing new.

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BBC

POLITICS

CIA: If caught, bin Laden goes to Gitmo

CIA Director Leon Panetta says that if the U.S. captures top al-Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri, they would likely be sent to the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Obama stresses need to curb Medicare, Medicaid cost while skirting details

President Barack Obama said the rising cost of Medicare and Medicaid is creating “huge problems” for the nation’s finances that must be dealt with “in a serious way.” He’s just not taking the first step.

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

Placebo effect may work in reverse

Everyone’s heard of the placebo effect: When you take a sugar pill but believe it is medicine, it tends to work. Now a new study suggests that the opposite may also be true.

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HealthDay

Zinc may prevent and shorten colds

Taking zinc as a syrup or lozenge during the first few days of a cold may shorten its duration, new research shows. It also cut the number of days kids missed school and the use of antibiotics by cold sufferers.

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WebMD

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Healing power of zinc

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

US environmental groups push delay on oil sands pipeline

A coalition of American environmental groups urged the Obama administration to put an indefinite hold on construction of new oil sands pipelines from Canada.

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Extreme rains and global warming linked

Pinning any particular event to global warming is difficult at best. Now, scientists have tried to do just that: They’ve linked extreme precipitation to global warming.

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NPR

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If greenhouse gas emissions stopped now, Earth would still likely get warmer

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ScienceDaily

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Across the South, the Civil War is an enduring conflict

With the raising of the Stars and Bars and the singing of Dixie, people in antebellum finery will re-enact a divisive moment in U.S. history: Jefferson Davis’ inauguration as president of the Confederacy.

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USA TODAY

Mean old girls: Seniors who bully

While much scrutiny and study has been devoted to bullying in schools recently, less attention has been paid to another category of bullies: those with gray hair, false teeth, hearing aids and canes.

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MSNBC

Toddlers in restaurants — ammunition for social battlefield

A new guide is aimed at parents who want to take their toddlers and babies to restaurants, but why is there such anxiety about little ones being in the same space as childless adults?

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BBC

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The 10 best family restaurants

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Parents Magazine

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Bieber movie taps Christian audience

Ever since Mel Gibson‘s Aramaic flog-fest “The Passion of the Christ” brought in a $612 million worldwide box office draw, film marketers have sought to emulate Gibson’s courtship of the Christian dollar.

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San Jose Mercury News

Growth stalls, falls for largest US churches

The Roman Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention are still significantly larger than all other North American denominations, but neither have had much growth in recent years.

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USA TODAY

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Iran sees threat, promise, in Egyptian uprising

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Political is personal

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Talking about love

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Don’t defund PBS, NPR

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USA TODAY

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Anonymous and the global correction

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Al Jazeera

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Why is Trader Joe’s short-changing farmworker justice?

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Grist

Syringe vote

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (Mark Memmott):

Will Iran see ‘wave of protests’ like Egypt? Probably not

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The Two-Way

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GOOD NEWS

Secret millionaires surprise friends, charities with gifts

Helen Dyrdal and Grace Groner led simple lifestyles in their respective homes in Seattle and Lake Forest, Ill. To the surprise of many, both women were actually millionaires.

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ABC News

The yard artist

Blending the physical and metaphysical, Glenn Ray brings an artist’s touch to his lawn. It’s a sprawling, subtly structured sanctuary fitting his vocation: professional landscaper with an artist’s soul.

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Star Tribune

NASA heart pump saves mother

A 27-year-old mother of three who “died” twice when her heart stopped beating in the middle of an operation was saved by a heart pump containing parts designed by NASA.

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Medical News Today

WORLD

China censors US Embassy posts on Internet freedom

China’s Internet censors have deleted U.S. Embassy posts promoting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom from microblogs, parrying U.S. efforts to spur debate.

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Reuters

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China warns US over Web freedom call

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BBC

Iran sending warships to Syria via Suez Canal, Israel says

Two Iranian warships are heading toward the Suez Canal, Israel’s foreign minister said in a speech. He called the act a “provocation” that the Jewish state could not ignore for long.

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France24

Thousands of cameras watch China’s Uighurs, inhibiting discourse

Looking slowly around his own bedroom, the nervous Uighur man with hunched shoulders said he wasn’t sure whether he could speak openly about the Chinese government.

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McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

From the junkyard to the clothes rack

The LiveProud Group recycles trash from landfills for its athletic apparel. Unlike other manufacturers who recycle polyester or plastic, LiveProud grabs the electronics Americans toss out for its clothing line.

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MSNBC

Borders files for bankruptcy, plans to close 200 stores

Borders Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection and said it would close about one-third of its bookstores after years of shriveling sales that made it impossible to manage its crushing debt.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Biological anthropologists question claims for human ancestry

In the upcoming issue of Nature, anthropologists question claims that several prominent fossil discoveries made in the last decade are our human ancestors.

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ScienceDaily

Was ‘Ardi’ not a human ancestor after all?

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Observations

Lure of iPad subscriptions may outweigh pain for publishers

There may not be a ton of enthusiasm in the publishing world for Apple’s new policy for subscription services, but the iPad juggernaut may be too big for many publishers to risk pushing back.

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PC World

Securing the smart grid no small task

The road to a secure smart grid is still being built. Can it be finished in time to keep next-generation threats at bay?

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CNET News

EDUCATION

Teachers and school officials unite on education reform

School administrators, school board leaders and union representatives from 150 districts came together for a conference convened by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Christian Science Monitor

SF State may trim its number of colleges

After a year studying how to save money without harming academic quality, a faculty panel says San Francisco State University could save $1 million by collapsing its eight colleges into six.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Albert Pujols talks break off

The deadline for first baseman Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals to reach a new contract passed with no new deal, making it likely the three-time MVP will test the free-agent market after the season.

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ESPN

Lance Armstrong says he will quit cycling

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong said he’s quitting professional cycling, ending a two-year comeback at age 39.

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Bloomberg

Lance Armstrong announces ‘retirement 2.0’: a timeline of the top cyclist’s career

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(AOL News)

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

For many over 55, debt delays dreams

A growing number of Americans age 55 and older have put their retirement dreams on hold as they face a dismal financial reality: the recession has forced many into unemployment and reduced savings.

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USA Today

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A woman walks along a bridge in downtown Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Misha Japaridze / AP)

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