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In this file photo, singer Whitney Houston performs during the 26th annual American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Publicist Kristen Foster said that singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian / AP)

Whitney Houston, singing superstar, dead at 48

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died at 48.

MSNBC

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Reactions to Whitney Houston’s death

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The Marquee Blog

Whitney Houston’s 10 most memorable songs

TIME

Should public trees bear fruit?

There’s a block in San Francisco that will soon be blossoming with cherries, plums and pears, but Tara Hui will not say where. That’s because she’s worried about backlash from city officials.

The Atlantic

Maine caucus win gives Romney new momentum

Mitt Romney’s recently-announced win in the Maine caucuses gives an added boost to what already was a good day for him. Earlier, he won the CPAC straw poll vote of conservative activists.

Christian Science Monitor

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Mitt Romney claims victory in Maine Republican caucuses

(ABC News)

The Note

Ron Paul: It was almost like a tie

CNN

Violence intensifies in central Syria cities Homs and Hama

Syrian security forces have renewed their assaults on the central cities of Homs and Hama, while anti-government forces are said to have killed soldiers in Idlib and a senior military official in Damascus.

Al Jazeera

Ongoing shelling and a child buried in the night

Guardian

Younger Castro steers Cuba towards a new revolution

Fifty years ago, the U.S. began the embargo on Cuba that continues to this day. But the country against which it was aimed is rapidly becoming a very different one to the alleged communist menace.

The Independent

NATION

Long-term jobless still struggling

Unemployment in January was at its lowest level in three years. But there are 5.6 million fewer jobs than when the recession began in late 2007.

USA TODAY

A bloody start to the year for Philadelphia

Out of the nation‘s 10 largest cities, Philadelphia’s homicide rate is the worst. And just one month into this year, there has been on average more than one homicide each day in Philadelphia.

CNN

Jerry Sandusky takes the stand during motions hearing

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky lashed out at former friends and neighbors whose complaints prompted prosecutors to seek his confinement inside his house.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Trial date set for Sandusky case

(NPR)

The Two-Way

POLITICS

Caucus system under fire

The presidential caucus system is under attack after embarrassing contests in Iowa and Nevada put on national display missing ballots, endless counting delays and lots and lots of confusion.

Politico

Romney takes on hecklers at Maine town hall meeting

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney argued with hostile members of a town hall audience, who challenged him on issues such as his overseas investments to his support for hydrofracking.

CBS News

New contraceptive plan: a successful balancing act?

The White House is trying to mend fences with Catholics and others outraged at a new rule governing insurance coverage for birth control.

NPR

Can birth-control flap repeal Obamacare?

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

5 Sun staff, 3 officials arrested in News Corp. bribery probe

Five more staff at News Corp.’s tabloid, The Sun, and three officials were arrested in a probe of bribes by journalists to public servants outside the police force.

BusinessWeek

More arrests in UK media investigation

YouTube

St. Louis-based daily deal companies optimistic about growth, future

You have probably heard of Groupon — but not Groupigg, a St. Louis-based firm piggybacking on Groupon’s success in the daily deals marketplace.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

EDUCATION

Social media and its effects on academics

In the age of social networking, almost all students are connected to some device or site. But what effect does that have on their lives and relationships?

EducationNews.org

Job prospects bleak for dropouts in Philadelphia area

In some sections of Philadelphia, the unemployment rate for young adult high school dropouts is close to 50 percent. While staggering, that number only begins to tell the story.

Education Week

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Schools look to holistic approaches to help improve attendance

(PBS NewsHour)

The Rundown

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US workers behind Korea, UK, Germany, 19 others in science and math

((MSNBC))

Bottom Line

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Myanmar dissident monk freed

An activist monk who led a 2007 uprising against Myanmar’s former military government has returned to his monastery after being taken for questioning by the country’s authorities.

Guardian

Anti-gay church cancels protest at Powell boys’ funeral

A rabidly anti-gay church has canceled its plans to picket a funeral for the two sons, who died in a raging house fire, of missing mom Susan Powell.

KOMO 4 News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Pucker up and learn the art of kissing

The meeting of mouths isn’t only about sex and romance — it also conveys powerful cultural messages.

The Independent

Bringing Occupy ideas to the big screen

“Indignados,” a film which will premier at the Berlin film festival, is loosely based on an essay by a 94-year-old concentration camp survivor.

Guardian

Celebs take on Fashion Week runways

Celebrities launching fashion lines don’t always transfer their fame to runway success, but Victoria Beckham, Gwen Stefani and twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are seasoned campaigners.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Moses Ma):

Innovation and Sun Tzu’s book, ‘The Art of War’

(Psychology Today)

The Tao of Innovation

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Congress: Fix the Medicare pay formula for good

Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Elizabeth Reintjes De Angelo):

Female Navy vet: Santorum has a point

She the People (Washington Post)

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Pros of global currency

Salon

Column (Kenneth Bandler):

Will the world respond to Syria’s humanitarian disaster?

FOX News

Column (Cal Thomas):

Fudging the numbers on unemployment

Baltimore Sun

Column (Mark LeVine):

How Egypt‘s revolution became the world’s

Al Jazeera

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New hope for immigration reform

San Jose Mercury News

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GOOD NEWS

Christchurch, New Zealand, finding its way back from devastation

The third most populous city in New Zealand continues to reinvent itself eight months after a devastating quake.

San Francisco Chronicle

Portland: the capital of alternative cool

The hit comedy show “Portlandia” takes a gentle dig at the piercings, tribal tattoos and organic obsessions in Portland, Ore., but the people who live there are proud to be different.

Guardian

Teen sweethearts reunite 70 years later

In a love story that survived war and spanned decades of separation, two teenage sweethearts from Idaho will reunite when they thought they would never see each other again.

KXLY

WORLD

Greece warns bailout rebels of disaster

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told lawmakers to back a deeply unpopular EU/IMF rescue in a vote or condemn the country to a “vortex” of recession.

Reuters

Spanish photographer’s Arab Spring shot wins World Press Photo award

Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award Friday for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Bitterns: The endangered birds whose population is booming at last

The boom of the bittern is being heard across Britain once again, after more than a century in which the bird has hovered on the edge of extinction.

Guardian

Russian scientists reach lake under Antarctica’s ice

Opening a scientific frontier miles under the Antarctic ice, Russian experts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake, an achievement likened to placing a man on the moon.

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

3-D scans show images of earthquakes before and after activity

Laser scans of Earth’s land surface taken from aircraft have now yielded the most comprehensive before-and-after picture of an earthquake yet, scientists revealed.

MSNBC

How do our thoughts influence our physical sensations?

You may have noticed that when you think positively, you tend to feel more relaxed and energetic. The way we think — our attitudes and outlook on life — strongly affects our physical state.

Scientific American

HEALTH

Birth control rule could help prevent accidental pregnancy

In the United States, nearly 50 percent of pregnancies are unintended. A new health care rule has the potential to significantly reduce accidental pregnancies by increasing access to birth control.

LiveScience

Chemo possible for pregnant women diagnosed with cancer

Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while being pregnant.

CBS News

SPORTS

Juergen Klinsmann tries to teach soccer to America

In Germany, Juergen Klinsmann’s success as a soccer trainer was limited. But as the coach of the U.S. national team, he can experiment. He wants his team to reflect America — and he wants to win.

Spiegel International

Sports rush to judgment

Words, accurate or not, and images travel around the world in just one click of a mouse — whether it is about the latest game, the latest trade, the latest batch of highlights or the latest off-field blunder.

Houston Chronicle

America’s 10 most disliked athletes

Chicago Sun-Times

US sweeps Swiss out of Davis Cup

Teaming for only the second time, Fish and Bryan comfortably handled the 2008 Olympics doubles champions in front of an occasionally hostile Swiss crowd of 7,000.

ESPN

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