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Eddie Dillard, a supporter of GOP candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, center, is sandwiched in between supporters of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his security staff outside a polling place at the First Baptist Church of Windermere in Orlando, Fla. (Photo by Matt Rourke / AP)

The devastating costs of the great Amazon gold rush

Spurred by rising global demand for the metal, miners are destroying invaluable rainforest in Peru’s Amazon basin. The most recent data shows that deforestation has increased sixfold from 2003 to 2009.

Smithsonian Magazine

What happens to the kids when charter schools fail?

The dismantling of charter schools has some experts worrying that when students are forced to leave educational environments, they have friends who are also destabilized and upset.

TIME

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Charter school closures are down, but why?

(Education Week)

State EdWatch

Romney looks beyond Gingrich as Fla. votes

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was in a triumphant mood as Florida voters flocked to the polls to choose the party candidate to take on Barack Obama in November.

Guardian

Presidential poll tracker

USA TODAY

Why Florida outshines rest in Republican race

YouTube

Illinois nuclear reactor shutdown probed

Officials are investigating the events surrounding a power failure at a nuclear reactor, where steam was vented to reduce pressure after it shut down.

CBS News

New earthquake computer model will help US regulators assess reactor risks

Scientific American

Revive ‘Made in USA’

President Obama wants companies to manufacture their products in the U.S., but small business owners say that’s about as easy as walking a minefield.

CNNMoney

Jobs returning to US from China

MSNBC

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Men dressed in sheepskin costumes for a carnival celebration walk along the road to the village of Ituren, in Spain. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos / AP)	A surfer walks the shoreline as clouds roll in on South Point in Miami Beach, Fla. (Photo by C.X. Matiash / AP)	Male orangutan, Duran, sits in its compound at the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany. (Photo by Norbert Millauer / dapd / AP)

NATION

San Francisco’s rubbish — why everyone wants a share

San Francisco has one of the best recycling rates in the U.S., with many making a living by combing the streets for cans and bottles. But now criminals are also taking their share.

BBC

Occupy DC protesters remain as eviction deadline passes

Defiant but festive, Occupy D.C. protesters hunkered down as a deadline passed for U.S. Park Police to begin enforcing a ban on camping in two Washington parks.

CNN

Blog:

Occupy DC ‘Tent of Dreams’ constructed

Huffington Post

Occupy DC protester tased by police at McPherson Square

YouTube

POLITICS

Issa threatens Holder with contempt over ‘Fast and Furious’

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., threatened to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress if the nation’s top cop doesn’t hand over Justice Department documents within days.

The Hill

Gay marriage supporters say they are seeing gains

With momentum building in several states to give same-sex couples the right to marry, and with legislators and voters alike rallying to their side, supporters of gay marriage feel good about 2012.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Under CEO Costolo, Twitter is growing up

There are growing pains in any start-up’s coming-of-age story — but Twitter looks to be coming out of its awkward phase. CEO Dick Costolo brings a mature, adult-like presence to the web 2.0 start-up.

Wired

Twitter CEO speaks out against Google, censorship and SOPA

VentureBeat

How the $800 billion stimulus revived the electric car

One success the Obama administration can duly claim is the rebirth of the electric-car industry in the United States. Automakers have unveiled a number of mass-market electric cars.

ProPublica

Refiners, unions prepare for strike as contract deadline looms

Union officials are drawing up strike rosters while refineries prepare for possible shutdowns as a deadline looms on nationwide contract talks covering 30,000 refinery and chemical workers.

(Houston Chronicle)

Fuel Fix

ENVIRONMENT

Ford to use ‘kenaf plant’ materials In new car models

Following Ford’s recent announcement that it will use recycled plastic bottles for seat fabrics in the Focus Electric, it will also use kenaf plant fiber material for interior door bolsters in the new Escape.

Environmental News Network

Cactus as soil savior?

The prickly pear cactus may not sound like a trendy cash crop, but it could become a phenomenon among farmers on the arid west side of California’s San Joaquin Valley.

McClatchy Newspapers

HEALTH

Research into mutant flu ‘must go on’

One of the scientists responsible for creating a highly dangerous form of bird flu has denounced attempts by the U.S. government to censor the research over fears that it may be used by bioterrorists.

The Independent

Ketamine: quick fix for depression?

Researchers at the Neuro Psychiatric Center next to Ben Taub General Hospital are testing one infusion of ketamine for its short-term effects in treating depression.

ABC News

Could a club drug offer ‘almost immediate’ relief from depression?

NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Mormonism besieged by the modern age

These are tumultuous times for the faith founded by Joseph Smith in 1830, and the rumbling began even before church member Mitt Romney’s presidential bid put the Latter-Day Saints in the spotlight.

Reuters

Journey to the Heart of Islam

Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam at the British Museum attempts to distill a spiritual experience into an art exhibition.

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

For US woodchuck rescuer, every day is Groundhog Day

Every day is “Groundhog Day” at Bob Will‘s house ever since, as a child, he brought a bloodied woodchuck home, nursed it back to health and released it safely outdoors.

canada.com

Super Baskets of Hope: from Super Bowl 2012 to NFL nation’s kids

The massive Super Baskets of Hope project created about 7,000 gift baskets for hospitalized children in the NFL’s 32 cities.

Indianapolis Star

1 soldier’s progress against traumatic brain injury

Army Sgt. Medina became one of the first patients at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, the military’s $65 million, state-of-the-art treatment center for brain-injured soldiers.

ProPublica

WORLD

Search for Costa Concordia missing called off by rescue workers