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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney visits his campaign office in Tampa, Fla. during Florida’s primary election day. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

In booming Istanbul, a clash between old and new

Turkey’s prime minister is ready to modernize Istanbul and make its future as glorious as its past, but activists worry that development will destroy historic places and lead to a segregated city.

NPR

Istanbul’s 10 most romantic spots

Huffington Post

Snakes in the grass: Is the Burmese Python wiping out Everglades mammals?

Burmese Python pets that escaped or were released have proliferated in the Everglades. A recent study suggests they are behind the sharp drop in the population of raccoons and other mammals.

Christian Science Monitor

Blog:

Invaders devouring the Everglades

(TIME)

Ecocentric

Romney wins Florida, but stumbles on remarks on economic issues

Mitt Romney regained the GOP nomination race lead, but drew criticism by suggesting “I’m not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there, but if it needs repair, I’ll fix it.”

Baltimore Sun

Media digest Florida result

BBC

Romney wins big in Florida primary race

San Francisco Chronicle

Mitt Romney’s victory speech

ABC News

Leaked US report: Taliban will take over from US and NATO in Afghanistan

A secret U.S. military report says the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are preparing to retake control of Afghanistan shortly after NATO-led forces have withdrawn from the country.

Guardian

Report says the Taliban are preparing to retake Afghanistan

YouTube

Reclaimed wastewater for drinking: safe but still a tough sell

Filtration technology has advanced to the point where wastewater can be rendered safe for drinking, according to a new report. But legislative and psychological hurdles will need to be overcome.

National Geographic

NATION

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

POLITICS

Obama’s supporters deliver $40 million in campaign cash

President Barack Obama’s campaign reported that it raked in $40 million in the last three months of 2011 and closed the year with $82 million, aided by 60 bundlers raising at least $500,000 each.

McClatchy Newspapers

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

BUSINESS

Will Facebook deliver a surprise on initial public offering?

Facebook is expected to file to sell stock on the open market in what will be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004.

ABC News

Facebook’s evolving social network

Reuters

US home prices fall at slower, improving rate

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities fell at a slower pace in the year to November, pointing to limited improvement in the residential real estate market, economists said.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Rebel hero who has ‘betrayed’ the last of Aceh’s orangutans

When Irwandi Yusuf became governor of Indonesia’s Aceh province, he proclaimed a “green vision.” The governor has dismayed supporters by allowing the destruction of a Sumatran forest.

The Independent

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

HEALTH

Planned Parenthood’s private funding cut

America’s leading breast cancer charity, “Susan G. Komen for the Cure,” halted partnership with Planned Parenthood because of a congressional investigation, but critics say it bowed to pressure.

Guardian

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Who is behind Susan G. Komen’s split from Planned Parenthood?

The Atlantic

Battle over how health insurance is sold in Minnesota begins

Two DFL legislators fired the first salvo in the partisan war to shape how upwards of 1 million Minnesotans buy health insurance by 2014.

Star Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Religious trash talk goes mainstream in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

With the Israeli-Palestinian peace process suspended, religious fundamentalists on both sides are gaining influence. Palestinian and Israeli analysts warn that this could complicate prospects for peace.

Christian Science Monitor

Sex abuse ‘widespread’ in Catholic Church, Philadelphia judge says

The judge in the trial of two Catholic priests and a former priest raised tensions among church leaders when she declared her belief that sexual abuse was “widespread” in the Catholic Church.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Jordan Weissmann):

Why is college so expensive? And can Obama make it cheaper?

The Atlantic

Column (Annie Murphy Paul):

Why morning routines are creativity killers

TIME

Blog (Karen D’Souza):

The arts meet tweets

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Darshak Sanghavi):

The secret of American health care

Slate

Column (Mark W. Smith):

What Google knows about you

Detroit Free Press

Column (Akhila Vijayaraghavan):

Biodiversity loss deserves as much attention as climate change

Environmental News Network

Column (Adam Skaggs):

2012 Fla. primary shows Congress can fix the Super PAC problem

Salon

Column (Elizabeth E. Dickinson):

Empower minorities to shape urban landscapes

Grist

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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

Science decodes ‘internal voices’

Researchers have demonstrated a striking method to reconstruct words, based on the brain waves of patients thinking of those words.

BBC

WORLD

Russia warns Arab leaders against pressing Syria ‘too hard’

Russia warned Arab leaders against crossing a “red line” in trying to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and said it wasn’t the job of the United Nations to dictate who stays in power and who goes.

Bloomberg

Marketing mishap: European cold front ‘Cooper’ sponsored by Mini

A brutal cold weather front that has resulted in dozens of deaths across Europe hardly seems like ideal marketing material. But one ad agency has linked their client’s product to the bad weather.

Spiegel International

Siberian cold front sweeps across Europe, bringing record low temperatures

Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

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

Blog:

Charter school closures are down, but why?

(Education Week)

State EdWatch

Beyond tolerance

What is the responsibility of a college, regardless of religious affiliation, to address the topic of religion when it has a stated commitment to diversity, inclusion and citizenship?

Inside Higher Ed

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA spacecraft measures ‘alien’ particles in space

Using data from NASA’s spacecraft, researchers have measured “alien” particles entering our solar system from interstellar space.

ScienceDaily

Why dinosaurs were so huge

What allowed dinosaurs to get so big? A few factors were at play, including bird-like lungs, egg-laying and less of a need to chew food.

Discovery News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Chardonnay: 100 years of growth in US

Chardonnay, the world’s most popular white wine, dates back centuries, but it owes much of its history in the United States to a winemaker who planted the grape in California 100 years ago.

canada.com

Napa Valley’s wine train offers organic food and wine

YouTube (HippyGourmet.com)

Whoopensocker dictionary of American dialect completed after 50 years

Collecting regional English from across the U.S., with 60,000-entries, the dictionary shows how different regions refer to the same item.

Guardian

SPORTS

Women’s Professional Soccer to sit out 2012 amid legal dispute

Women’s Professional Soccer won’t play the 2012 season amid a legal dispute with an ousted owner. The league’s Board of Governors voted to suspend the season with hopes of resuming in 2013.

Detroit News

Manning’s future overshadowing Super Bowl XLVI weekend

Peyton Manning isn’t in this Super Bowl, but somehow he still looms over it, with the drama surrounding his future providing an intriguing backdrop.

Sports Illustrated

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