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Florida women model the new figure-hugging style of swimwear in 1922. Being “plump as a partridge,” used to be a compliment for Americans. But all that changed after the 1800s, particularly for women as America became obsessed with thinness. (Photo by Anonymous / AP)

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The real skinny: America’s ongoing obsession with thinness

America is virtually obsessed with thinness. But it hasn’t always been this way. Many non-Western cultures view female fatness as a sign of health and vitality, and, before the 1800s, so did Americans.

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LiveScience

The Girl Scouts: still relevant at 100

If scouts a century ago compared badges with today’s, they might be dumbfounded by new categories — Stress Less? Business Owner? But the “Girl Scout law” still holds.

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Denver Post

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New Girl Scouts badges offer different choices to smart cookies

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NPR

New data are suggesting more US economic momentum

New orders for U.S. manufactured goods rose in December and a gauge of future business investment rebounded. But new claims for jobless benefits rose, and new home sales unexpectedly fell.

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Reuters

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Caterpillar profit beats estimates as mining demand rises

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BusinessWeek

How economists interpret Fedspeak about US interest rates

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(Guardian)

Economics

Pentagon to shrink US ground troops by 100,000 as part of $487B in cuts

The Pentagon released a budget blueprint that cuts projected military spending by nearly half a trillion dollars, yet still calls for increasing the base defense budget in all but one of the next five years.

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Guardian

To shrink budget, Pentagon proposes cutting 100,000 ground troops

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(NPR)

The two-way

Freud, interrupted

Lucian Freud, who died at 88, rejected the idea that an artist’s life mattered to his art. Yet Sigmund’s grandson, arguably the greatest portrait painter of his era, forged his closest bonds in his studio.

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Vanity Fair

NATION

How Iran could beat up on America’s superior military

America’s defense budget is roughly 90 times bigger than Iran’s. But Iran has mastered a well-honed strategy of asymmetric warfare.

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Christian Science Monitor

Will new oil sanctions be the game-changer in Iran?

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(National Review)

The Corner

Census data on Indian population

Almost half of American Indians and Alaska Natives identify with multiple races, representing a group that grew by 39 percent over a decade, according to U.S. Census data.

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Houston Chronicle

POLITICS

Indiana on the cusp of union ban

In another blow to organized labor in the traditionally union heavy Midwest, GOP lawmakers have recently cleared the way to ban unions from collecting mandatory fees from workers.

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CBS News

Trying to define the ‘Volcker rule’

Regulators have stewed over how to enforce a deceptively simple part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reforms — the “Volcker rule” — that curbs banks from trading for themselves.

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Politico

BUSINESS

Google reincarnates dead paper mill as data center of the future

Google uses an abandoned paper mill, with underground tunnels, in Finland as the ideal place to build and cool one of its massive computing facilities, with efficiency and ecological “kindness.”

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Wired

To grow business, Starbucks thinks outside the cup

In a bid to further expand its consumer base, Starbucks has a new light roast and plans to produce more retail products to sell outside of its coffeehouses.

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NPR

Heinz brings beans back to US

Heinz is in the midst of expanding its recession-ready assortment of foods, aiming for both affordable and reassuring.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

US scientists make 3D object invisible

Scientists have made a further step towards creating an “invisibility cloak” by masking a large, free-standing object in three dimensions.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Death of the signature in a digital world

There was a time when we took our signatures seriously, when we believed they said something about who we are. But now we have PIN numbers.

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The Atlantic

ENVIRONMENT

Has petroleum production peaked, ending the era of easy oil?

A new analysis says easily extracted oil peaked in 2005, suggesting dirtier fossil fuels will be burned and prices will rise.

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Scientific American

New estimates of Atlantic, Gulf fishing will help determine limits

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a new way to estimate the amount of fish caught by recreational saltwater anglers, which will impact millions of fishermen.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Flooding is biggest climate risk to UK, report says

Flooding will be Britain’s biggest climate risk this century, with damage set to cost as much as $18 billion a year by the 2080s if nothing is done to adapt to extreme weather, a report said.

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Reuters

HEALTH

Why heart doctors are leaving private practice to work for hospitals

Insecurity about falling insurance payments and the impact of impending health-care changes are driving droves of cardiologists — among the highest-paid doctors — to become hospital employees.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Our risk of cardiac death set by age 55?

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Multitasking hinders youth social skills

Tween girls who spend much of their time switching frantically between YouTube, Facebook, television and text messaging are more likely to develop social problems, says a new study.

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CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Trial date set for KC bishop, diocese

The trial of Bishop Robert W. Finn and the diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., the first bishop and diocese to face criminal charges in the clergy sex abuse crisis, has been set for September.

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National Catholic Reporter

Many Americans uninformed, but still wary of Mormon beliefs

Mormons, followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are in a glaring spotlight. One of their own, Mitt Romney, is contending hard for the Republican nomination for presidential election.

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USA TODAY

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Mormons in America: certain in beliefs, uncertain of place in society

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Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

Columns And Op-Ed

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Cartoon (Pat Bagley):

The 2 party system

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Salt Lake Tribune

Column (Mark Guarino):

With Indiana ‘right to work’ vote, a GOP thumb in the eye to unions

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Christian Science Monitor

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The Fed acts without acting

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Economist

Column (Peter Hartlaub):

In defense of kid games: many offer good lessons

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San Francisco Chronicle

Blog (Leah Roman):

Why everyone is so angry at Paula Deen

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(Philadelphia Inquirer)

The Public's Health

Column (Farhad Manjoo):

Pajamas in public: the decline of our moral fiber?

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Slate

Column (Michael Carey):

Hearing the outraged voices of the poor

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McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Sara Marie Watson):

Use Google? Time to get real about protecting your digital self

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The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Mother’s love really can prevent illness in middle age

Experts say a mom who nurtures her kids decreases the chances of them suffering illnesses such as diabetes, stroke or high blood pressure later in life, even if they‘ve grown up in grinding poverty.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Haiti’s President Martelly launches electrical power program

The program in Haiti aims to double the number of rural households with electricity within two years by offering small loans to buy solar kits and lining streets with lights.

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Associated Press

US Astronaut Hall of Fame will honor 3 shuttle veterans

A space-walker who tied the record for the most space missions, the military’s highest ranking astronaut and a former chief of the NASA astronaut corps will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

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SPACE.com

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Want to be an astronaut? National application deadline approaches

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WORLD

2 buildings collapsed in Rio de Janeiro

Two buildings collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the latest incident highlighting the failure of authorities to improve the city’s infrastructure.

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Reuters

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2 buildings collapse after explosion in center of Rio de Janeiro

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Daily Mail

Egypt marks 1 year anniversary of revolt

Crowds of protesters gathered in Tahrir Square to mark the first anniversary of Egypt’s revolution, as the country’s ruling military council announced a partial end to 30 years of emergency rule.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Special section:

‘The army, the people: Egypt’s continuing revolution’

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GlobalPost

Devastating costs of Amazon’s gold rush

In Peru alone, while no one knows for certain the total acreage that has been ravaged, stands at at least 64,000 acres — possibly much more — have been razed.

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Smithsonian Magazine

EDUCATION

A cap on pay

The California State University System approved a new policy which would cap the amount of state dollars that campuses can direct toward compensation for any new presidents.

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Inside Higher Ed

More fruits, veggies in school lunches

U.S. schoolchildren, accustomed to a steady diet of pizza and french fries, will find more fruits, vegetables and whole grains on their cafeteria trays under new government school lunch rules.

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School lunches get 1st overhaul in 15 years — but pizza still a vegetable

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Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Can you keep a secret? Maybe we shouldn’t, even if we can

“The Scarlet Letter” gets one thing incredibly right: it’s not healthy to keep a secret. Scientists say the more we try to keep secrets at bay, the more they rise up in our minds.

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Scientific American

In ‘The Music Box,’ New Orleans residents hear hope

When Katrina hit New Orleans, it left behind a city full of destroyed homes. Now, artists have reclaimed one of the blighted properties in the 9th Ward — turning it into a work of art and music.

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NPR

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House music in New Orleans

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Dylan Harris sends adventurous travelers inside ‘pariah’ nations

North Korea and Iran are among the destinations for Lupine Travel, which offers a first-hand view of countries most of the world shuns.

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Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Nadal tops Federer to earn final, Sharapova avenges loss to Kvitova

The stars of eight Grand Slam men’s finals were on the same side of the draw for the first time since 2005. Nadal had injured his knee and wasn’t sure he’d play. Now, he can barely believe he’s in the final.

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CBSSports

Barca holds off Madrid rally to reach Copa del Rey semis

Barcelona held off a spirited Real Madrid fightback to hang on for a 2-2 draw that was enough to edge its eternal rival once again, this time for a place in the Copa del Rey semifinals.

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Sports Illustrated

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

C-section rate in US climbs to all-time high of 34 percent

Between 2002 and 2009, the number of cesarean deliveries rose significantly, from 27 percent of births to 34 percent, finds a new report based on information from 19 U.S. states.

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USA TODAY

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Indian Border Security Force soldiers ride camels in formation on Rajpath during the main Republic Day parade in New Delhi. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

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