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In this photo file, a view across the roof tops at the new ‘Dickens World’, a Charles Dickens-themed amusement park in Chatham Maritime, England. Visitors step back into Dickensian England and are immersed in the urban streets, sounds and smells of the 19th century. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)

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Mad for Charles Dickens

Two centuries after his birth, the novelist is still wildly popular, as a theme park, a new movie and countless festivals attest.

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Smithsonian Magazine

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From the archive, 1883: The ghost story which ‘inspired’ Charles Dickens

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Guardian

Income inequality: Who are the country’s 1 percent?

The richest 1 percent earn roughly half their income from wages and salaries, a quarter from self-employment and business income, and the remainder from interest, dividends, capital gains and rent.

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Economist

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A trust deficit? Look to the inequality

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Huffington Post

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6 leading job creation ideas

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Christian Science Monitor

Sharp clashes at Republican debate

Republican presidential candidates tore into each other and Newt Gingrich snarled at the media in a raucous debate two days before the South Carolina primary, which may decide the nomination race.

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Reuters

Special section:

Election coverage

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USA TODAY

Live results: Electoral voting map

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PBS

How property taxes climb, even if home value drops

Millions of homeowners are finding out that their property taxes are either holding steady or climbing, even as their houses may be worth much less.

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NPR

Insomniacs suffer depression, heart woes after years of little sleep

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, but it often goes untreated. Doctors say it’s an alarming trend because of increasing evidence that untreated insomnia causes other problems.

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ABC News

NATION

More than 10,000 flee Nevada wildfire

A fast-moving brush fire has destroyed more than 20 homes. A spokesman for the Sierra Fire Protection District said the blaze was 50 percent contained.

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Toronto Star

Forecast: Seattle weather could stay eventful in next 3 months

Forecasters looking at temperature and precipitation trends are calling for cooler and wetter conditions than normal in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle weather this week has consisted of snow and ice storms.

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Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Senate majority leader delays vote on anti-piracy bill

The Senate majority leader Harry Reid postponed a vote the Protect IP Act, the controversial anti-piracy bill that inspired thousands of websites to go dark for one day in protest.

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CBS News

Supreme Court sides with Texas on redistricting plan

The Supreme Court set aside Texas redistricting plans drawn by a federal court that were favored by minorities and Democrats, and ordered the lower court to come up with new plans.

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Washington Post

BUSINESS

US debt in worst start since 2003

Treasuries are off to their worst start since 2003 on signs the U.S. economy is strengthening and Europe is moving closer to resolving its debt crisis.

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Bloomberg

The debtors’ merry-go-round

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Economist

Fed seeks transparency, but markets brace for confusion

While the Federal Reserve believes that it will take a major step next week toward making its policies more transparent, the financial markets are bracing for considerable confusion.

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CNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Seaweed in the tank?

Imagine driving up to a gas station for ethanol made not from corn farms in the heartland, but from seaweed farms on the coasts. Futuristic, yes. But it’s already in the earliest stages of testing in Chile.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Exxon to pay Montana $2.4M in spill accord

Exxon Mobil Corp. would pay more than $2 million in penalties and cleanup costs to Montana for a pipeline rupture in July that spilled an estimated 1,500 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River.

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Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Singing legend Etta James dies at 73

Etta James, whose assertive, earthy voice lit up such hits as “The Wallflower,” “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” and the wedding favorite, “At Last,” has died.

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CNN

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Etta James: 1938-2012

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USA TODAY

Story of Tuskegee Airmen told at last in ‘Red Tails’

The movie follows the 332nd Fighter Group based at the Ramitelli airfield in Italy. British and American forces are being rocked, losing up to 60 bombers a day, with as many as 10 men in each bomber.

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Kansas City Star

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Director hopes film inspires new generation

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Birmingham News

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Interview: Tuskegee Airman re: racial integration of airforce, ‘Red Tails’ movie

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YouTube

Water and snow amusement park planned for Nashville

Gaylord Entertainment and Dollywood team up for an approximately $50 million leisure travel destination for both the warm and the cold months.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Supreme Court ruling causes confusion for religious workers

The high court ruled that religious workers can‘t sue for job discrimination — putting many people employed by churches, synagogues or other religious organizations in limbo over their rights.

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Denver Post

Pope hits out at ‘radical secularism’

Pope Benedict XVI says Roman Catholics in the U.S. need to understand the “grave threats” to their faith posed by what he calls radical secularism in the political and cultural arenas.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Judith Warner):

The 1 question we should be asking about the new autism definition

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Ideas

1 year after Egypt’s revolution, dictators on the defensive

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Christian Science Monitor

No reason to rush decision on pipeline

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Carl Hiaasen):

Haiti isn’t trendy but its the real news

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McClatchy Newspapers

Blog (Afshan Jafar):

The missing link in teaching

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Inside Higher Ed

Column (Dennis A. Henigan):

Gun industry suffers stinging defeat in court

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Huffington Post

Column (Jonathan Jones):

Thanks for the memories, Kodak — you made us all photographers

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Guardian

Column (Irin Carmon):

Pundit solves abortion wars in one easy column

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Salon

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GOOD NEWS

Amit Gupta’s good news: Marrow donor finds match

A Web entrepreneur and cancer patient who has become a symbol for South Asian bone marrow donation have now finally found a match.

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BBC

Students open to different religions on field trip aimed to build tolerance

The group learned about Christianity at Trinity United Methodist Church in Marble Cliff, Judaism at Congregation Beth Tikvah in Worthington and Islam at the Noor Islamic Cultural Center in Hilliard.

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Columbus Dispatch

Minneapolis’ promise opens opportunities for college to more

More students in Minneapolis are college-bound because of new college and career planning rooms in each high school as well as new scholarship incentives being offered by public universities.

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Star Tribune

WORLD

Afghanistan’s soldiers step up killings of allied forces

American and other coalition forces are being killed by the very Afghan soldiers they fight alongside and train, in attacks motivated by deep-seated animosity between the supposedly allied forces.

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France suspends Afghan training programs

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BBC

Not-so-happy new year: Rail Website woes in China

In China during the Lunar New Year holiday, more than 200 million people will travel home in the world’s largest annual migration. Every year, Chinese tell horror stories about trying to get train tickets.

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NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What happened before the Big Bang?

What existed before the big bang? Professors set out to bring a philosophical approach to the basic questions at the heart of physics.

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The Atlantic

Hackers retaliate over Megaupload website shutdown

Hackers have targeted the U.S. government and copyright organizations following the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing website.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Teacher tenure under increased attack

Efforts to abolish teacher tenure and erode collective bargaining have been popping up across the country, most recently with a petition that would eliminate tenure for teachers in Missouri.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Government seeks to help stop teacher-led cheating

The Obama administration is creating a manual showing how schools can fight teacher-led cheating on standardized tests, asking educators to help stomp out “testing irregularities.”

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USA TODAY

HEALTH

Lack of dental coverage sends patients to ER for pain

Medicaid pays for emergency room visits, but there is limited dental coverage and many are paying out of pocket.

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USA TODAY

US teen pregnancy rate remains highest in developed world

Teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. have fallen in recent years, but the country still has the highest rate of any developed country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Should I stay (home sick) or should I go (to work) now?

So there you are. Sick. You‘ve valiantly tried to fend it off but finally succumbed to all the symptoms promoted on the TV cold/flu commercials, and now you’re down. Or at least you should be.

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San Jose Mercury News

SPORTS

St Louis Rams commit to regular-season NFL games in UK

In a step that begins the next chapter of the NFL’s plan to grow its international fanbase, the St. Louis Rams have committed to becoming the first NFL team to play regular-season games abroad.

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Guardian

Sarah Burke, a fearless competitor who shaped her sport

When she wasn’t soaring through the cold mountain air, her body spinning intricate tricks high above the superpipe, freestyle skier Sarah Burke spent most of her life fighting to take part in her chosen sport.

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Globeandmail.com

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

AARP study: The toll on family caregivers is ‘huge’

A new study by the AARP estimates that for the more than 40 million Americans caring for an elderly or disabled loved one, the value of their work is $450 billion a year.

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NPR

Photo of the Day

A ’‘Tamborillero’‘ wearing his uniform crosses the street during the “El Dia Grande’” in San Sebastian, Spain. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos / AP)

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