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A Syrian army defector waves the Syrian revolution flag and shouts slogans shortly after he defected with other soldiers and joined the anti-Syrian regime protesters at Khalidiya area in Homs province, central Syria. (Photo by Anonymous / AP)

The art of Jackson Pollock ‘transcends time and fashion’

Jackson Pollock’s centenary reminds us that the American is one of those artists whose heroic achievements transcend both time and fashion.

Telegraph.co.uk

Jackson Pollock at 100

TIME

College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan

President Barack Obama’s new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders.

Chicago Sun-Times

Arab League suspends Syria mission

The Arab League says it is suspending its monitoring mission in Syria because of an upsurge in violence. The league said the observers would remain in the country, but temporarily stop their work.

BBC

Blog:

Syria: live

Al Jazeera

Free Syrian Army captures 5 Iranian soldiers

YouTube

Romney, Gingrich trade jabs courting Florida primary voters

Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich criticized each other as they fanned out across the diverse state of Florida courting voters in a final push before the primary there.

BusinessWeek

What happens after Florida?

The Atlantic

Hyperactive sun helps clear space junk

The recent uptick in solar flares and other activity on the sun could one day cripple satellites or knock out power grids. But in the meantime, the solar maelstrom has been helping to clear out space junk.

National Geographic

Sunspot unleashes a parting shot

Msnbc.com

The World in Photos .........................................................................
Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates during a semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Andrew Brownbill / AP)	Yretha Silete of France performs in the women’s short program at the European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England. (Photo by Alastair Grant / AP)	U.S. soldiers, part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force, walk as a U.S. Chinook helicopter is seen in the background. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi / AP)

NATION

US growth quickens, speed bumps ahead

At the end of 2011, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly two years, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of potential weaker growth.

Indian Express

Michigan town put up for sale

MSNBC

Report: Pentagon plans floating military base in Mideast

As tensions rise between the U.S. and Iran over its nuclear ambitions, the Pentagon is preparing to bring a decommissioned assault ship back into duty for possible deployment to the Mideast.

CBS News

‘Barefoot Bandit’ gets 6 1/2 years of federal time

A serial burglar was sentenced in Seattle to 6 1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runaway.

Reuters

POLITICS

Business associates: Ron Paul signed off on racist 90s newsletters

Libertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul signed off on racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, according to three individuals with direct knowledge of his businesses.

CBS News

Ron Paul: Reporting on business newsletters ‘completely false’

CNN

New photo ID laws mean some won’t vote

The argument over whether voters should have to present photo identification at the polls usually splits along party lines.

NPR

BUSINESS

Twitter boycott looms with accusations of censorship

After Twitter said it was willing to remove tweets on a country-by-country basis, Twitter users unleashed hashtags calling on users to boycott the site.

CNET News

Facebook IPO filing early next week, reports say

Facebook is aiming to file for its initial public offering as early as next week, two people with knowledge of the matter said, with the company discussing a valuation between $75 billion to $100 billion.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

BP loses attempt to share Deepwater Horizon oil spill costs

An attempt by BP to offload a major part of its Gulf of Mexico oil-spill compensation bill on to the U.S. rig operator Transocean has been thrown out by a U.S. court.

Guardian

Insects top newly discovered species list

An inventory of newly discovered species lists more than 19,000 — half of them insects. A total of 9,738 insect species were first identified in 2009, and that’s not even counting spiders.

Huffington Post

Special section:

The world’s endangered species

TIME

HEALTH

Brain bank examines athletes’ hard hits

The Brain Bank, the world’s largest collection of athlete brains, has documented over 50 cases of injury to athletes in contact sports who get repeated hits to their heads.

CNN

CDC: Too few Americans getting screened for common cancers

The number of Americans being screened for colon, breast and cervical cancers still fall below national targets, federal health officials said.

USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Archbishop warns against gay marriage

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, the archbishop said marriage is set in history and added that the state cannot change it overnight.

The Independent

Marriage only between a man and a woman says Archbishop of York

Telegraph.co.uk

As missionary movement turns 200, questions for the future

When America‘s first ordained missionaries sailed from here to India 200 years ago, they kicked off a movement to spread the faith and created America’s most potent export: Christianity.

Religion News Service

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.”

John Stuart Mill

British philosopher

Daily Quote Archives

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Online sales should not escape tax

Star Tribune

Column (Oliver Burkeman):

Can all your problems be solved by simply getting your sums right?

Guardian

Column (Will Doig):

How Yelp destroyed the thrill of exploring

Salon

Column (Robert Fisk):

The present stands no chance against the past

The Independent

Editorial:

Candidates need antidotes to public anger, not anger

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Mitt Romney shows why tax code changes are needed

Sacramento Bee

Blog (John Yemma):

Green energy isn’t always good energy

(Christian Science Monitor)

Editor's Blog

Column (Marc Pitzke):

Republican debate veers toward the absurd

Spiegel International

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GOOD NEWS

From S. Korea: Warm socks sent to North by balloon

According to the AFP news agency, South Korean activists sent a strange payload towards their northern neighbors: warm socks and messages attached to balloons.

MSNBC

St. Louis hosts parade for Iraq War vets

Thousands of people lining downtown streets cheered wildly as veterans marched through St. Louis during the nation’s first big welcome-home parade for Iraq War veterans.

CBS News

Special bond forms between a rescue dog and dying boy

Juno, a Belgian Malinois who was rescued from a shelter just days before she was to be euthanized, has since taken on the role of rescuer to 4-year-old Lucas Hembree of Alcoa, Tenn.

MSNBC

WORLD

Panetta concerned about doctor who helped in bin Laden raid