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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, leaves after a campaign stop in Colorado Springs, Colo., after sweeping nominating contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. (Photo by Chris Carlson / AP)

At 16, I was a Black Panther

I walked into a Panther office in Brooklyn in 1968. Dr. King had been assassinated and protesters swarmed the streets, setting trash fires and hurling bricks at white-owned businesses.

The Atlantic

Jamal Joseph — a Panther’s perspective

New Hampshire Public Radio

A new definition of cognitive impairment may confuse patients

New diagnostic criteria would reclassify cases of very mild Alzheimer’s dementia as mild cognitive impairment. The change may be confusing for doctors and misleading for patients and their families.

TIME

Alzheimer’s research to get US funding boost

San Francisco Chronicle

Santorum claims wins in three states

Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum surged in momentum and fundraising after sweeping nominating contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri that dealt a blow to Mitt Romney.

Reuters

Voter turnout slides in GOP contests

USA TODAY

Blog:

Live blog - Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri results

(Guardian)

Elections 2012 Live

Blog:

Live blog - Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri results

(Guardian)

Elections 2012

Russian scientists 1st to reach ancient Antarctic lake

Russia pierced through Antarctica’s frozen crust to a subglacial lake that lay untouched for at least 14 million years, hiding what may be unknown organisms and clues to life on other planets.

Reuters

Pentagon draws up ‘internal review,’ searches for way to stop Syrian killings

The Pentagon is drawing up contingency plans for intervention in Syria, as the Obama administration seeks an effective strategy to stop the violence. Military action is not ruled out.

Guardian

NATION

610,000 ditched banks in ‘fee-asco’

Consumer activists and Occupy groups nationwide urged customers to switch to low fee banks. Through blogs, billboards and bullhorns, last Nov. 5 was designated as “Bank Transfer Day.” It worked.

McClatchy Newspapers

Calif. gay marriage case could go to Supreme Court

The striking down of California’s ban on gay marriage sets up what may be a quick appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

BusinessWeek

Special section:

Same-sex marriage

San Jose Mercury News

Reaction as LA school replaces staff

The move by school district administrators to replace the entire staff at an L.A. school rocked by teacher sex abuse claims was a bold step to restore parents’ confidence, but it has been met with mixed feelings.

CBS News

Report: Teacher’s aide sent love letters to boy

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Ala.’s immigration law may get 2nd look

Repealing the immigration law in Ala. is unlikely, but there’s mounting pressure to tweak it. New rules require proof of citizenship to renew a driver’s license, prompting long lines to renew car tags.

NPR

White House tries to quell brewing storm around birth control issue

An Obama administration rule requiring faith-based employers to offer workers free contraception is popular in polls, but the actions of the president’s top advisers reveal their worry about a backlash.

Politico

Blog:

Catholics want birth control coverage

(USA TODAY)

Faith & Reason

BUSINESS

Decline in jobless rate masks drop in US labor force

The unemployment rate’s unexpected drop has overshadowed a less-positive labor market development: Fewer Americans are looking for work.

Bloomberg

Yahoo Inc. shakes up board: Chair, 3 directors stepping down

Yahoo Inc. said Chairman Roy Bostock and three other directors are stepping down in yet another major shake-up at the Internet giant. The board also elected two new independent directors.

MarketWatch

Blog:

Yahoo chair, 3 directors step down in ‘soft eBay takeover’

(Wired)

Epicenter

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Whales ‘stressed by ocean noise’

Ships’ propellers emit sound in the same frequency range that some whales use for communicating, causing whales to alter their calling patterns. Now, researchers have also noted a rise in stress hormones.

BBC

Radar yields evidence of ocean on Mars

Mars Express has returned strong evidence for an ocean once covering part of Mars. It detected sediments reminiscent of an ocean floor.

ScienceDaily

EDUCATION

Calif. Speaker Pérez wants to cut college costs for middle-income families

Planned legislation introduced by Assembly Speaker John Pérez would grant Calif. students from middle-income families massive breaks on tuition at state’s colleges and universities.

San Francisco Chronicle

Obama rekindles state debates on high school dropout age

President Barack Obama‘s call for every state to require school attendance until age 18 may spark action in some statehouses.

Education Week

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Churches go less formal to make people comfortable for worship

Across the U.S., churches are springing up in unexpected locations — movie theaters, gyms, old warehouses — in an effort to welcome people who may not feel comfortable in more traditional settings.

USA TODAY

A pulpit for the masses

Many take to the pulpit of YouTube to express views about Jesus. One now reaches biblical proportions. With over 18 million views, “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” is a YouTube sensation.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Tim Stanley):

Rick Santorum’s victories: Mitt Romney has only himself to blame

The Telegraph

Column (Mary Sanchez):

Mexico’s drug cartels have expanded beyond drugs and guns

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial (Rick Scott):

Pill law sends ‘pillbillies’ packing back home

Orlando Sentinel

Column (Mark Brown):

Not enough help for those with developmental disabilities

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial:

Super Bowl ads vs. campaign ads

Star Tribune

Editorial:

It’s your (online) funeral

Plain Dealer

Blog (Lisa Rankin, M.D.):

Is it your fault if you get, and stay, sick?

(Psychology Today)

Owning Pink

Column (Sven Böll):

Debt crisis myth: why Germany isn‘t benefiting from euro’s woes

Spiegel International

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GOOD NEWS

Charitable donations in US rise as economy improves, new study shows

The Philanthropy 50 list reveals that the top American donors gave more than seven times as much money to charities than in 2010.

Guardian

Giants fan who bet on safety to donate winnings to charity

Bettors in Nevada wagered upwards of $93.8 million on Super Bowl XLVI in hopes of striking it rich, and 28-year-old Jona Rechnitz was fortunate to live every gambler’s dream.

ESPN

WORLD

Greek workers strike over job cuts

Workers in Greece are staging a general strike in protest over new government austerity measures as 15,000 civil service employees lose their jobs.

Al Jazeera

Putin warns against outside interference

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be repeated in Russia, issuing a warning to the West against interference.

Reuters

Special section:

Russia

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Mediterranean seagrass could be hundreds of thousands of years old

Seagrass plants alive today may have begun life in the late Pleistocene at the dawn of humanity.

Guardian

Coming soon: The foldable electric car

A foldable electric CityCar has been created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology‘s Media Lab and commercialized by a consortium of automotive suppliers in Spain.

Environment News Service

12 greenest cars of 2012

CNNMoney

HEALTH

Hold that stretch — be safe about yoga

Mark Goldman was a relative newcomer to yoga when he found himself teetering in standing lotus pose with an instructor barking over him like a drill sergeant.

San Jose Mercury News

Interview:

The risks and rewards of yoga

NPR

Teen pregnancy and abortion rates at record low

Birth and abortion rates among U.S. teens fell to record lows in 2008 as increased use of contraceptives sent the overall teen pregnancy rate to its lowest level since 1972, a study showed.

MSNBC

‘Hidden’ salt cited as culprit in US diet

About nine of every 10 Americans eat more salt than is recommended, and Public Enemy No. 1 is bread — not junk food, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog:

Top 10 sources of salt in your diet

(TIME)

Healthland

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

At 200, Dickens still king of inspiration

On both sides of the Atlantic, Dickens, who loved to perform, remains a literary force of nature. He’s to writers and filmmakers what Lincoln is to historians: an endless source of inspiration.

Chicago Sun-Times

A walking tour of Dickens’s London

BBC

Special section:

‘Great Expectations’: new series on Masterpiece Theatre

PBS

‘PHLash’ of inspiration helps Philadelphia students learn

Students at Boys‘ Latin of Philadelphia Charter School know how most perceive them. They hope to present a multidisciplined view on teens with a stage production, “PHLash: A Mob Story.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

SPORTS

Memphis joining Big East

The Big East has invited Memphis to join the conference, an invitation the school is expected to accept. The conference’s board of directors unanimously voted to extend the invitation.

ESPN

Ranking the 25-and-under starting pitchers traded this winter

One of the most valuable assets a club can hold is a young, established major league starting pitcher. So why did teams trade such assets this winter?

Sports Illustrated

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