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Libyan men living in Amman carry a pre-Gadhafi era national flag as they shout anti-Gadhafi slogans during a protest near the Libyan Embassy in Amman, Jordan. Jordan says it rejects targeting civilians in Libya and has urged the government there to exercise self-restraint. (Photo by Nader Daoud / AP)

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More than just a coffeehouse, it’s a tech incubator for 3 tribes

The Summit cafe sits at the intersection of San Francisco’s three most conspicuous tribes: techies, foodies and yuppies. Yet what makes it unique is its dual-purpose nature.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Charting the quality of life for black Americans

As the country observes Black History Month, national figures show dramatic uphill changes over the last several decades in the quality of life for black Americans.

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USA TODAY

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Black Americans more optimistic than whites about the economic future

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Gadhafi vows to ‘cleanse’ Libya

Defiant Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called on his supporters to “secure Libya’s streets” and vowed to “cleanse Libya house by house” if anti-government protesters do not surrender.

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CBC News

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Libyans: food shortage, more violence by security forces in Tripoli

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CNN

Google Maps mashup Libyan protests

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Christian Science Monitor

Wis. governor turns up pressure on Assembly Democrats

With their Senate colleagues still in hiding, Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly began introducing a barrage of 100 amendments to try to stymie the Republican governor’s plan.

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MSNBC

Brain’s electrical activity may help spot infants at high risk for autism

By analyzing patterns in the brain‘s electrical activity, researchers say they’ve been able to assess autism risk in children as young as six months of age.

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HealthDay

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Autism spectrum disorders

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WebMD

NATION

Ex-lawmakers find jobs at firms seeking to shape policy

Less than three months after leaving Capitol Hill, a dozen former congressmen have found work with groups that seek to influence their former colleagues, despite rules that impose restrictions on lobbying.

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USA TODAY

Danger pent up behind aging dams

Of the nation’s 85,000 dams, more than 4,400 are considered susceptible to failure, but repairing them all would cost billions.

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Census estimates show 1 in 4 US counties are dying

Hit by an aging population and a poor economy, a near-record number of U.S. counties are experiencing more deaths than births in their communities, a phenomenon demographers call “natural decrease.”

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San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

9 Supreme Court cases to watch

The Supreme Court returns to begin the second half of a term that has featured oral arguments in cases ranging from protests at military funerals to prison overcrowding in California.

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ABC News

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Supreme Court refuses appeal about Ten Commandments displays

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Christian Science Monitor

Chicago’s mayoral race: Meet Rahm Emanuel’s rivals

After nearly five months that took Rahm Emanuel’s mayoral candidacy to the edge in the Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago residents are finally ready to go to the polls and vote.

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AOL News

Public broadcasting cuts would hurt smaller towns and rural areas

Small television and radio stations serving rural areas would likely feel the biggest impact of funding cuts because 70 percent of public broadcasting funds are channeled to local stations.

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San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Trying pacemakers in the brain to zap disease

Call them brain pacemakers, tiny implants that hold promise for fighting tough psychiatric diseases — if scientists can figure out just where in all that gray matter to put them.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Free in-home kits help encourage STD testing in young people

Up to half of sexually active young people will get a sexually transmitted disease by the time they are 25, yet many don’t seek testing because it may be difficult, costly or embarrassing.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Old containers are new housing trend

Shipping containers that you see piled high in ports worldwide are being recycled as homes, office buildings and even traveling museums.

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TIME

Online repository of scores raises copyright concerns

Humanity’s musical treasures — such as Beethoven piano sonatas — survive as black marks on a page, otherwise known as scores. Now a website has made a vast expanse of this repertory available for free.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What a rat can tell us about touch

In her search to understand one of the most basic human senses — touch — Mitra Hartmann turns to what is becoming one of the best studied model systems in neuroscience: the whiskers of a rat.

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ScienceDaily

US cities using technology to cull ideas from citizens

Cities around the country are following the example of private companies employing technology to harness the wisdom of citizens, make use of their skills and create virtual civic forums.

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ABC News

SPORTS

Carmelo Anthony traded to NY Knicks

Team owner James Dolan pulled the trigger on a blockbuster deal for Carmelo Anthony, the all-star forward, who for months was angling for an opportunity to join forces with Amar’e Stoudemire in New York.

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2011 Kentucky Derby, other Triple Crown races reunited on NBC

NBC announced that it will show the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes for the first time since 2005. Between 2006 and 2010, the Belmont was shown on ABC.

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Courier-Journal

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The top 10 race horses of the 20th century

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PBS

Columns And Op-Ed

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

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Public workers aren‘t Walker’s only target

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PBS and the Republicans

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Can texting save women’s health — and that of their infants?

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‘The King’s Speech’ revisited

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Slate

A cigarette in all but its name

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Star Tribune

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Wis. governor a conservative? Hardly

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Detroit Free Press

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The spiritual soldier

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Coke‘s `caramel color’ causes cancer

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GOOD NEWS

Nitroglycerin ointment might strengthen bones, prevent loss

Nitroglycerin ointment, usually prescribed to relieve chest pain, may also counter bone loss, a new study suggests.

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HealthDay

Fewer credit card rate hikes and fees reported after regulations

A year after new regulations curbed a spate of questionable billing practices, federal officials say over-the-limit penalty charges and late fees have been dramatically curtailed.

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San Jose Mercury News

Publishing children’s books; delivering them by elephant

In rural areas of Laos, Sasha Alyson hauls (sometimes by elephant) children’s books in the local language to kids who are eager to learn to read.

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Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Christchurch quake: 300 feared dead

Search and rescue teams were scouring the destruction in Christchurch in search of survivors, but the earthquake death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are found in the rubble.

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New Zealand Herald

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Earthquake rocks Christchurch

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BBC

Why did Somali pirates kill 4 hostage American yachters?

As U.S. forces negotiated the release of four Americans captured while yachting in the Arabian Sea, Somali pirates shot and killed them. The incident raises questions about the new military approach to piracy.

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Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Consumer Confidence Index hits 3-year high with rising optimism

The Consumer Confidence Index rose to its highest point in three years as Americans are feeling more optimistic about their income prospects and the direction the economy is headed.

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Houston Chronicle

Green economies for growth, urges UN

Investing $1.3 trillion each year in green sectors would deliver long-term stability in the global economy, a U.N. report has suggested.

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BBC

Gold jumps 1 percent to over $1,400, on Middle East violence

Gold prices jumped above $1,400 an ounce for the first time in nearly seven weeks as violence flared in North Africa and the Middle East, raising interest in the precious metal as a haven from risk.

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Reuters

EDUCATION

Wanted: a dependable backer

With increases in state support for higher education hard to come by, some leaders of public universities are arguing that the federal government may be best suited to pick up the slack.

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Inside Higher Ed

Half of living languages face extinction

A new research project is documenting thousands of endangered languages — before we lose them forever. Of 6,500 living languages, half are expected to be extinct by the end of this century.

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Guardian

Special section:

Disappearing languages

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National Geographic

ENVIRONMENT

Infant dolphin deaths spiking in Gulf after oil spill

Baby dolphins, some barely three feet in length, are washing up along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines at 10 times the normal rate of stillborn and infant deaths, researchers are finding.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Multimillion-dollar fund announced for US wildlife projects

The longstanding connection between nature conservation and hunting and fishing in the U.S. has been confirmed with the announcement of a $749 million fund for wildlife projects.

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Earth Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Bishop: Vatican talks show little progress

The head of a group of traditionalist Catholics said reconciliation talks with the Vatican would soon be coming to an end, with little change in the views of either side.

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National Catholic Reporter

Vatican: No ticket fees for Pope John Paul II beatification Mass

The Vatican complained that some travel agents are asking faithful to shell out a “service” fee for procuring places for the beatification ceremony of Pope John Paul II when no tickets or invitations are needed.

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USA TODAY

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

FBI’s tracking using GPS technology raises privacy concerns

Time was, the FBI would just trail someone when they wanted to gather information. But GPS technology has changed that, and civil rights groups consider the GPS devices more intrusive.

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NPR

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A gray whale surfaces in a lagoon in Guerrero Negro, Mexico in the middle of the Baja California Peninsula. The lagoon is one of three primary breeding and calving grounds for the gray whale. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AP)

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