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Libyan-American citizen Jamila Rashed, right, of Denton, Texas, holds a sign as she joins nearly 200 others during a rally at Dealey Plaza, in Dallas. Rashed said that she responded to a message on a social network site that called for the rally at the downtown Dallas. (Photo by Tony Gutierrez / AP)

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Public places and germ exposure

At home, you do all that you can to keep the germs at bay. But what happens when you step out the door to go to dinner, do some grocery shopping or visit the doctor’s office?

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ABC News

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Bacteria: Myths and misconceptions

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CBC News

E-personality takeover

Much has been written about the Internet draining time, but Elias Aboujaoude’s “Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality” asserts our online traits are imported into our offline lives.

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San Jose Mercury News

Gadhafi’s son warns of civil war in Libya

After protesters spread to the Libyan capital and seized military bases, Moammar Gadhafi’s son went on state television to proclaim his father had the army’s backing and would “fight until the last bullet.”

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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US mulling ‘all appropriate actions’ on Libya

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Reuters

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Statistics country by country

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BBC

Twitter network of protests

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Guardian

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Libya counts dead, more pressure on Gadhafi

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MSNBC

Grocery bills on the rise

Shoppers should brace for higher grocery bills, especially on basics such as milk and ground beef, as food prices are expected to increase 2 to 3 percent this year.

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Blizzard slams northern Midwest states

A severe winter storm was driving across the upper Midwest, dumping up to 15 inches of snow and causing white-out conditions in spots from the Dakotas through Minnesota and into Wisconsin.

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Reuters

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Wintry Washington’s birthday for the North

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The Weather Channel

NATION

Gritty ex-mining town struggles to survive

The town of Empire, Colo., has had great expectations since its beginnings in 1860 as a gold-and-silver boomtown. But keeping body and soul together during the economic downturn has been difficult.

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Denver Post

Developing Fla.’s 1st wind farm

The 150-megawatt wind farm being developed by Tom Carnahan’s Wind Capital Group is planned for more than 10,000 acres in an agricultural area of South Florida that’s used for growing sugarcane.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Palm Beach considers 30-story turbines for ’Glades sugar fields

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Sun Sentinel

POLITICS

Government shutdown threat looms over budget fight

Senior Senate Democrats slammed Republicans for a “reckless” threat to shut down the government amid deepening political posturing on both sides over federal spending and the budget deficit.

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Reuters

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Legislators hint at compromise on short-term spending extension

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CNN

Tea party backer brings conservative message to black voters

Frantz Kebreau’s speech of creating a colorblind society captured David Folsom’s attention almost instantaneously. Kebreau put his career as a commercial airline pilot on hold to take his message to the nation.

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USA TODAY

HEALTH

Teens share self-injury, ‘cutting’ videos

In what researchers call an “alarming new trend,” teens and young adults are creating and sharing YouTube videos about cutting, burning or otherwise harming themselves — and even demonstrating techniques.

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USA TODAY

Hospital chain bills for high elder malnutrition rate

In 2009, Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding reported that 16.1 percent of its Medicare patients 65 and older suffered from malnutrition, according to a California Watch analysis of state health data.

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San Francisco Chronicle

‘Alarm fatigue’ blamed in over 200 hospital deaths nationwide

More than 200 deaths nationwide over the past five years have been associated with problems with patient monitor alarms. In many instances, it’s believed something called “alarm fatigue” is to blame.

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CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The midlife crisis is a total myth

He gets up, stares into a bowl of soggy cereal, puts on a tired-looking suit and goes to the office for the same drab routine. One day he realizes he is mortal, has an affair, quits his job and buys a convertible.

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LiveScience

The dark side of Watson

The TV game show “Jeopardy!” experimented this week with IBM’s latest version of artificial intelligence, “Watson,” which destroyed its flesh-and-blood competition.

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NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

As Legionaries leave, Gateway school to affiliate with Benedictine order

The board of directors of a Chesterfield school run by a troubled Catholic order has reached a tentative deal with a different order in an effort to remain open and affiliated with the Roman Catholic church.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ind. Christian college seeks to boost diversity with Hispanic partnership

Indiana Wesleyan University has partnered with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference in hopes of bringing more Hispanics into the traditionally white Wesleyan Church.

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Chicago Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Daniel Altman):

Goodbye and good riddance to the World Trade Organization

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Newsweek

Blog (Kiri Blakeley):

Kurt Cobain’s lesson: Be hated for what you are

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Column (Sven Teske):

The energy [r]evolution has begun, what’s next?

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Grist

Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder, a man with the right mission

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Detroit Free Press

Column (Kevin Hassett):

The case for lowering the corporate tax

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Star Tribune

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Right to bear gut

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Column (Debra J. Saunders):

Human nature and DC-backed loans

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Creators Syndicate

Column (Neil Padukone):

US and Iran could become strategic allies — with India’s help

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Oliver Miles):

How will Libya’s protests play out?

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Guardian

Column (Carol Marin):

What the Chicago mayoral election has taught us

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Chicago Sun-Times

Column (Bob Greene):

Presidents aren’t Hollywood heroes anymore

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CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Aerobic exercise could help improve memory in seniors

As part of normal aging, the hippocampus shrinks. But there’s been some good news: Scientists have discovered that in certain areas of the aging brain, new cells are born and grow throughout life.

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NPR

Printed photos the blind can ‘see’

Software reads online content aloud and printers generate Braille text. Now, computer scientists in Arizona are generating social networking profile pictures the blind can “see.”

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ABC News

Breast cancer gene discovered

A rare but hard-to-treat form of breast cancer is driven by a newly discovered gene, researchers have found. It’s the first to be discovered in five years, and could lead to more effective treatments.

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CBC News

WORLD

Moroccans march to seek change

Calls for change sweeping the Arab world have now spread to the kingdom of Morocco, where thousands of people have taken to the streets in the capital to demand a new constitution.

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Al Jazeera

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Middle East protests

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BBC

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Middle East protests spread to Morocco

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NPR

China police break up ‘protests’ after online appeal

Police in China showed up in force in major cities after an online call went out for a “jasmine revolution," telling people to shout “we want food, we want work, we want housing, we want fairness.”

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BBC

BUSINESS

Home sales fell, goods orders rose as factories head US economy

Home sales probably fell in January, while orders for long-lasting goods climbed, a reminder that housing lags behind manufacturing as the U.S. recovery strengthens.

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Bloomberg

Investors focus on manufacturing

If the smoldering U.S. economy is going to catch fire, the manufacturing sector is probably going to have to provide the spark.

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MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

Less big fish means more little fish

Scientists have confirmed that with humans overfishing the big predatory fish at the top of the food chain, the smaller fish are thriving in their new niche.

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Earth Times

Endangered whooping cranes found shot to death

An endangered whooping crane, part of a breeding program, was found shot to death in the marshes of Alabama, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said, bringing the total to six in the last 14 months.

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AOL News

EDUCATION

College endowments bouncing back

Bolstered by solid investments and the improving generosity of boosters, university endowments across the nation reported stronger gains last year.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lock and load: Texas poised to allow guns on college campus

Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national campaign to open this part of society to firearms.

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Huffington Post

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2 from Va. Tech fight Texas plan on guns

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Houston Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tuning in space noise for sounds of life

After NASA announced it had found 54 planets in “habitable zones” in our galaxy, scientists started listening up for signs of intelligent life.

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NPR

Continentwide telescope extends cosmic view 3 times farther

Using the super-sharp radio “vision” of astronomy’s most precise telescope, scientists have extended a directly measured “yardstick” three times farther into the cosmos than ever before.

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ScienceDaily

SPORTS

Bayne makes history as youngest driver to win Daytona 500

In just his second Sprint Cup start, 20-year-old Trevor Bayne stunned NASCAR’s biggest names with a thrilling overtime win at Daytona International Speedway.

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Sports Illustrated

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NASCAR to lengthen offseason in 2012

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ESPN

League, players hold longest meeting since start of mediation

The National Football League and Players Association met before federal mediator George S. Cohen in an effort to close the sizable gap in their negotiations before the current agreement expires.

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NFL.com

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Plenty of children’s doctors, but in the wrong places, study shows

While some wealthy areas are oversaturated with pediatricians and family doctors, other parts of the nation have few or none, according to a new study.

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MSNBC

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The Columbian Men’s Pursuit team compete during Men’s Team Pursuit qualifying at Track Cycling World Cup at the National Cycling Centre, Manchester, England. (Photo by Jon Super / AP)

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