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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., joined by husband Marcus, left, family and friends, announces that she will end her campaign for president, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Chris Carlson / AP)

Antarctic waters yield ghostly newly found species

A newly-found deep-sea hot springs off Antarctica is host to an array of new species. One mystery is how these new creatures reached the vent, which is located amid frigid Antarctic waters.

Discovery News

Pale octopus, hairy-chested yeti crab and other new species found

Guardian

‘Lost world’ uncovered on ocean floor

YouTube

Habitat goes green and saves new residents some green

Antonio and Christie Miller of Nashville, Tenn., can smile when they talk about their utility bills, because they’re residents of new Habitat for Humanity homes built to meet top energy-efficiency standards.

USA TODAY

Bachmann suspends presidential campaign

Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign that began in Iowa has ended in Iowa. The congresswoman announced she would acknowledge the message sent by caucus voters and end her campaign.

Des Moines Register

Blog:

Bachmann drops out of presidential race

(ABC News)

The Note

Bachmann suspends campaign

CNN

Big 3 automakers saw double-digit sales growth in 2011

Auto sales rose in December, as Ford, Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Co. each reported U.S. sales increases for 2011 amid growing confidence about the country’s economy.

Detroit News

Blog:

Automakers vying for top honors at Detroit auto show

((MSNBC))

Bottom Line

Overall fatness, not just BMI, should measure obesity

Experts comment that in tackling obesity we need to focus on people’s overall fatness and not just body mass index or body weight.

Medical News Today

Calories count in added fat that bathroom scales don’t detect

BusinessWeek

NATION

Foreclosure crisis spurs epidemic of mortgage modification scams

The foreclosure crisis in Michigan and across the country has produced another epidemic: mortgage modification scams that have cost desperate borrowers thousands of dollars and even their homes.

Detroit Free Press

Proposed changes to child labor laws

When asked if he planned on being a farmer like his dad, Adam Mershon, 11, replied, “I already am a farmer.” The Mershons call it a lifestyle. The federal government calls it child labor.

Kansas City Star

Tax relief for the ‘innocent spouse’

The IRS protects a spouse from the unfair burden of a partner’s secret tax fraud. Under new rules, people who were denied “innocent spouse” status due to a two-year statute of limitations can reapply.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

POLITICS

Iowa caucuses: Romney defeats Santorum by 8 votes

Mitt Romney defeated Rick Santorum in Iowa’s caucuses by eight votes, the state GOP said, clinching what appears to be the closest-ever margin of victory in a Republican presidential contest.

CNN

Romney outpolls Santorum by 8 votes

BusinessWeek

Inside the Iowa caucuses

CBS News

Iowa invasion: media moves in

Politico

Recess appointment is President Obama’s ‘obligation’

President Obama argued it is his obligation to bypass Congress and make a recess appointment of Richard Cordray as his consumer watchdog.

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Raising the minimum wage: Who does it help, who does it hurt?

Washington state‘s minimum wage, indexed to the cost of living, was raised to $9.04 this year, the nation’s highest. Pro-business groups say it may prove to be a “tipping point” that discourages hiring.

NPR

Google looks ahead as it buys up more IBM patents

Google has spent billions building its technology rights portfolio, including a $12.5 billion deal for Motorola Mobility.

BBC

BP sues Halliburton for Deepwater Horizon oil spill clean-up costs

BP has handed the bill for clearing up the disastrous 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to Halliburton, the U.S. contractor it claims botched the cement work on the failed rig.

Guardian

EDUCATION

Medical schools market themselves

The newcomers to the national marketing game are academic medical centers — commercials help attract faculty and students, but they’re also aimed at getting paying patients to travel for treatment.

NPR

Nonprofit online school helps grown-ups finish college

Western Governors University, a nonprofit online school, is challenging many traditional concepts about higher education with a new approach aimed to help adult students finish college.

NPR

Alleged continued segregation at Md. universities, trial begins

Alumni and students from Maryland’s four historically black universities took their long-held view that the state perpetuates racial segregation to court, arguing that their institutions are underfunded.

Baltimore Sun

HEALTH

Study: US heart attack patients readmitted more often than other nations

Heart attack patients in the U.S. are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days than in 16 other countries, a new study says. Lower average length of stays is the suspected reason.

HealthDay

Bracing for the fake sugar rush

At the Whole Foods Market in Silver Spring, Md., the self-serve coffee counter offers four types of milk and nearly every imaginable alternative to granulated sugar.

Wall Street Journal

Physical activity may help kids’ grades too

While physical activity is known to improve children’s physical fitness and lower their risk of obesity, new research suggests it may also help them perform better in school.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Missouri chapel gives comfort and counsel to workers and travelers

The Interfaith Chapel, which has been at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport for more than 20 years, provides counseling, a daily Catholic Mass and a place for worshipers of all religions to pray.

Salt Lake Tribune

Scientologists in feud over leader

The Church of Scientology has been rocked by accusations from one of its former senior executives that the religion is becoming a hollow moneymaking machine run by an autocratic ruler.

Telegraph.co.uk

From here to Scientology: worldwide leader David Miscavige’s Philly-area roots

Philadelphia Inquirer

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Iowa race settles nothing

Star Tribune

Blog (Steve M. Cohen, Ed.D.):

Workplace bullying is also called harassment

(Psychology Today)

Worked Up At Work

Interview (Megan Gambino):

Finding the humor in history with cartoons

Smithsonian Magazine

Column (Katia Hetter):

Friends in fun places? Be a good guest

CNN

Blog (Gary Belsky and Tom Gilovich):

5 tricks to make your New Year’s resolutions stick

(TIME)

Moneyland

Column (Gideon Rachman):

Paradox of 2012 world politics: more cooperation needed, less likely

Business Day

Column (Gabriel Roth):

The prevailing trouble with the federal financing of transportation

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Mary Sanchez):

Getting America back to work is challenge for 2012

McClatchy Newspapers

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GOOD NEWS

Florida ‘hactivists’ with a purpose want to help charities

Self-described “hacktivists” in Central Florida will select two local nonprofit organizations and develop websites and digital tools to help spread their message.

Orlando Sentinel

Charity gets personal for Pennsylvania 8th graders

Melvin Sheppard‘s gratitude toward the hospital that saved his life stands at more than $1,500 — which doesn’t include the $487 his classmates recently collected for the “Pennies From Melvin” campaign.

Philadelphia Inquirer

At 90, shepherd for South Bay, Florida’s ‘lost lambs’ keeps busy

LilyAnn Brannon runs a one-woman human services agency that keeps no office, does no fundraising and has no paid staff. At 90, her mind and memory are sharp and compassion unbounded.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Arab League falters in Syria

The Arab League has raised questions about its commitment to halting Syria’s crackdown by putting a Sudanese general with ties to a war-crimes suspect in charge of monitoring.

Bloomberg

Blog:

Syria, Egypt and Middle East unrest: live

(Guardian)

Middle East Live

Iran threatens US Navy as financial sanctions hit economy

Iran threatened to take action if the U.S. Navy moves an aircraft carrier into the Gulf, Tehran’s most aggressive statement as new U.S. and E.U. financial sanctions take a toll on its economy.

Reuters

Greece warns on euro exit if bailout not signed soon

Greece may have to leave the eurozone if it fails to secure its latest bailout from the EU, IMF and banks, a spokesperson warned, as it struggles with public opposition to new austerity measures.

BBC

US to pull $30B worth of gear from Afghanistan in 2012

As the drawdown of U.S. troops steps up, NATO is figuring out logistics for moving massive quantities of alliance vehicles, weapons and other equipment from the mountainous landlocked country.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

ENVIRONMENT

Seismologist: Oil and gas ‘fracking’ wastewater caused 11 Ohio quakes

A northeast Ohio well used to dispose of wastewater from oil and gas drilling almost certainly caused a series of 11 minor quakes since last spring, an investigating seismologist says.

NY Daily News

What about solar energy when the sun goes down?

If solar energy is going to matter, the industry must find a way to store it when the sun isn’t shining. A solution may have been found.

New York Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Researchers reengineer DNA to get spidery silk

Spider silk is one of the toughest materials, but is also hard to produce. Researchers engineered DNA that encodes a hybrid of silkworm and spider proteins, and have gotten silkworms to produce it.

Ars Technica

Mobile digital divide: personal apps vs. work apps

Today, consumers do almost anything on a mobile device, from banking to taking a sample driver’s license test. But employee apps have tiny fonts, ugly interfaces and endless menus. Why the divide?

InformationWeek

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Bob Anderson, sword-fighting master, dies at 89

A 1952 Olympian in Helsinki for Britain and member of the Royal Marines in World War II, he choreographed sword scenes in films from “Lord of the Rings” to “Star Wars.” His first silver screen pupil was Errol Flynn.

Los Angeles Times

Bob Anderson: a life in screen clips

Film Blog (Guardian)

Broke your New Year’s resolutions already? Don’t stress

Hopeful New Year’s resolutions abounded at “byüti salon” in downtown Sacramento recently. Among the clients and stylists busily performing hair tints and facials were a variety of resolvers.

McClatchy Newspapers

Loyal US subjects return to PBS’ ‘Downton Abbey’ miniseries

The PBS hit telivision series “Downton Abbey,” which details the lives of British aristocrats and their servants on the eve of World War I, returns for a highly-anticipated Season 2.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Joe Torre to try to buy Dodgers

Joe Torre has quit his job with Major League Baseball to pursue ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the league recently announced.

ESPN

Dolphins bring in Fisher as latest coaching candidate for next season

Jeff Fisher, the fourth known candidate on the Dolphins‘ radar, has recently completed his interview for Miami’s head-coaching vacancy.

NFL.com

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