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To attract women, men often turn into impulsive, big spenders

Research led by a University of Minnesota professor found that the scarcer single women are in a city, the more — and more impulsively — men will start spending.

Star Tribune

In today’s world, do men need women more than women need men?

CBS News

Kmart, Sears are showing their age

Nearly seven years after Kmart merged with Sears, the combined company has struggled. The merger was supposed to revive the store, but the company appears to be losing out to big-box competitors.

Detroit News

Gingrich surges as SC votes in GOP primary

A new poll released as South Carolinians are voting in their Republican primary shows Newt Gingrich’s week-long surge taking him past Mitt Romney into a substantial lead among S.C. voters.

CNN

SC vote unlikely to cut GOP contenders

Politico

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Republican candidates make their final push in South Carolina

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

Hard-line politics front and center in SC

Msnbc.com

At least 143 killed in Nigeria attacks

Co-ordinated attacks claimed by a radical Islamist sect killed at least 143 people in north Nigeria’s largest city.

The Independent

Blasts rock Nigeria as death toll rises

YouTube

Reacting to Mexico’s drug war with art

Artists are reacting to the violent realities in Mexico today with song and poetry. Singer Lila Downs and novelist Javier Sicilia are two who have addressed the violence.

NPR

NATION

In flash of fire, Florida loses an old friend

When word got out that a 3,500-year-old bald cypress had burned and collapsed, Floridians sank into disbelief. It was one of the oldest trees in the country — and one of the tallest east of the Mississippi.

New York Times

Apache Tribal Council leader defy the law otheres hea plloer bouster

A vote by the White Mountain Apache Tribal Council to suspend longtime Chairman Ronnie Lupe has spawned a constitutional crisis for the poverty-stricken American Indian nation.

Arizona Republic

POLITICS

President Obama’s State of the Union to offer economic blueprint

When President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address, he will try to frame the election-year debate on his terms, offering an economic blueprint that will “work for everyone.”

Boston Herald

Repeal of legislative immunity proposed in Arizona

A lawmaker introduced a resolution seeking to amend a portion of the state constitution allowing a privilege called legislative immunity, which sometimes prevents legislative arrests.

CBS News

BUSINESS

US Airways said to be mulling a merger with AMR

US Airways is studying a potential merger with bankrupt AMR Corp. that would fix a weak domestic route system at American Airlines and boost revenue, two people familiar with the matter said.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Feds: American Airlines employees underpaid on pensions

USA TODAY

Nation of shop critics

Britons don’t want their high streets to decay, but neither do they like to shop in them. Those desires are hard to reconcile for the troubling economy.

Economist

In Kodak bankruptcy, another casualty of the digital revolution

Kodak’s decision to file for bankruptcy protection is sad, but not unexpected, during the digital revolution.

TIME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists make progress in assessing tornado seasons

Meteorologists can see a busy hurricane season brewing months ahead, but until now there has been no such crystal ball for tornadoes, which are much smaller and more volatile.

e!ScienceNews

Evidence for oldest popcorn discovered

They may not have had television sets, but ancient Peruvians did share one part of our movie-watching culture: popcorn.

LiveScience

Large, grey monkey thought to be extinct found in Indonesia

Scientists working in the dense jungles of Indonesia have “rediscovered” a large, gray monkey so rare it was believed by many to be extinct.

CBS News

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Near-extinct monkeys rediscovered

(Wired)

Wired Science

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

It’s hip to be E=mc²

Chris Hatherill, through his website Super/Collider, is one of an increasing number of creatives using their skills in the arts to find new ways of talking about their first and greatest love: science.

The Independent

World’s largest game controller

The controller is 30 times the size of an actual controller, weighs 252 pounds and requires two people to play.

Discovery News

Yahoo: the fall of an Internet pioneer

Co-founder Jerry Yang has stepped down from the board, the company is undergoing a strategic review, competitors smell blood in the water – what’s next?

Guardian

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Obama Administration: Religious employers must pay for the pill

Many church-affiliated institutions will have to cover free birth control for employees, the Obama administration announced in an election-year move fueling a national debate about the reach of government.

TIME

Churches to be exempt from US contraception coverage rule

BusinessWeek

Christ Church Cathedral celebrates 100-year-old carved reredos

The reredos at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis, Mo., rise 35 feet behind the alter. Made in England from hand carved stone and shipped to St. Louis, the reredos are 100 years old this year.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (David Harsanyi):

Money doesn’t make politics dirty

Columbus Dispatch

Blog (James Poniewozik):

Colbert and Cain: Which one is the comedian?

(TIME)

Tuned In

Editorial:

Fight military suicides

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One absurd ad deserves another

Lafayette Journal and Courier

Column (David Leonhardt):

Why taxes aren’t as high as they seem

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Christine Flowers):

A Supreme free-exercise triumph

Philadelphia Daily News

Column (Derek Brown):

The true confessions of a binge drinker?

The Atlantic

Blog (Judith Warner):

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

(TIME)

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GOOD NEWS

Elizabeth Smart, rescued kidnap victim, engaged at 24

A Utah woman kidnapped at knifepoint at age 14 and held captive for nine months is getting married. About spokesman for 24-year-old Elizabeth Smart says she will likely marry in the summer.

New York Daily News

Kenyan farmers are seeking ways to survive weather crises

If you look carefully, you will see differences between farmer William Ndolo’s farm in Kenya and its surrounding farms — differences that allow Ndolo and his family to lead a sustainable life.

National Catholic Reporter

At 16, one girl’s epic solo voyage

With Laura Dekker set to become the youngest person to sail around the globe single-handedly, the Dutch authorities made sure she did her homework on board.

The Independent

Schoolgirl sailor triumphs after battle with Dutch authorities

BBC

WORLD

Yemen grants Saleh immunity in effort to end crisis

Yemen’s parliament approved a law granting outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution, part of a deal for him to formally step down after nearly a year of unrest.

Reuters

Yemen officials: Saleh to depart for Oman

TIME

Crews face test on Costa Concordia as weather worsens

The vast wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia shifted on its undersea ledge, forcing a new suspension of rescue work and threatening plans to pump oil out to prevent environmental disaster.

The Independent

Inside the wreck of Costa Concordia

The Atlantic

EDUCATION

Negative double entendre means no mascot for school

A new school in Utah looking for a team name and mascot won‘t be getting the “cougar,” in part because of parents’ complaints about the word’s “negative double entendre.”

(Msnbc.com)

U.S. News

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School scraps ‘Cougars’ as mascot after complaints that it’s derogatory

(CNN)

This Just In

Education jobs leading job growth in Minn.

Minnesota gained 25,000 jobs this past year, 11,000 were from the education and health services sector, as the unemployment rate fell to 5.7 percent.

KAALNews

ENVIRONMENT

European Commission sticks to plan for environmental measures

The European Commission will resist calls by France, the European Union’s largest agricultural producer, to scale back environmental clauses within the 27-nation bloc’s new farm policy.

BusinessWeek

EPA to deliver water in Dimock, Pa.

Federal regulators said they would deliver drinking water to households near natural gas wells in the town of Dimock, casting doubt on Pennsylvania’s decision to allow an operator to halt deliveries.

Philadelphia Inquirer

HEALTH

1 in 5 Americans had mental illness in 12-month period

About 20 percent of American adults reported having had a mental illness during the preceding year, a government survey has found.

MedPage Today

Epidemic fears see bird flu doctors halting their research

Influenza experts have agreed to a two-month voluntary ban on research into a highly dangerous strain of bird-flu virus because of fears it may escape from their labs to cause a global human epidemic.

The Independent

Research suspended in deadly bird flu strain

Daily Mail

SPORTS

Dolphins hire Joe Philbin as next coach

A month of wrenching emotion for Green Bay Packers’ offensive coordinator Joe Philbin took another turn when he landed the Miami Dolphins’ head coaching job.

ESPN

Rangers formally introduce Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish, pitcher, leaned over and looked at his name and the No. 11 on the back of his Texas Rangers jersey. Then, he looked up and smiled.

USA TODAY

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What can we expect from Yu Darvish?

(Yahoo! News)

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