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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a ceremony at a nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, south of capital Tehran. (Photo by Hasan Sarbakhshian / AP)

Malachy, the Pekingese, steals the show

A Pekingese called “Malachy” won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show — the fourth time for this particular breed and the 10th time for the toy group.

New York Times

Blog:

Westminster winners: Where are they now?

TIME

The dogs of Westminster

Vanity Fair

Wealth gap: Is it good, bad or irrelevant?

The gap between rich and poor is at its widest since the Roaring ‘20s. President Barack Obama complains that it’s unfair, but a growing chorus of economists and sociologists say it’s worse than that.

Christian Science Monitor

Iran trumpets new nuclear advances

Tehran says it has used domestically-made nuclear fuel in a reactor for the first time, and also unveiled more efficient enrichment centrifuges, deepening its standoff with the West.

BBC

Oil prices rise after Iranian export cuts

Bloomberg

Iran‘s ’nuclear assets’

YouTube

China’s vice president, future leader visits US

During a visit from the man in line to be China’s next president, President Obama said he welcomed Beijing’s rise as a superpower, while maintaining human rights remains a critical issue.

USA TODAY

Visit offers little insight into next China leader

CBS News

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Showing ‘Iowa nice’ to Chinese diplomats

Des Moines Register

More than 300 inmates confirmed dead in Honduras prison fire

A Honduras prison fire has claimed the lives of 300, but a further 56 inmates are still missing and presumed dead. Relatives clashed with police as they tried to force their way into the prison.

BBC

NATION

5 lessons from the rise of the BRICs

As analysts and investors cast about for the next batch of high-growth markets, they pause to reflect on the most important lessons learned from the rise of Brazil, Russia, India and China.

The Atlantic

Blog:

NGOs, corporations and the changing geography of poverty

(Huffington Post)

Impact

Towns go dark with post office closings

Some of America’s poorest communities — many of them with spotty broadband Internet coverage — stand to suffer most if the struggling agency moves ahead with plans to shutter thousands of offices.

Reuters

Valentine‘s Day bid for gay marriage

Hundreds of same-sex marriage campaigners across the U.S. have marked Valentine’s Day by applying — and being rejected — for a marriage license.

Guardian

Landmark marriage: Empire State Building hosts 1st same-sex wedding

CBS News

POLITICS

Defense Secretary defends trimmed Pentagon budget

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta defended the Pentagon’s slimmed-down, $614 billion budget, telling lawmakers it’s time to show Congress is serious about reducing the deficit.

CBS News

Emergency powers for president dropped from cybersecurity bill

Public apprehension about handing the White House a “kill switch” for the Internet has dogged the cybersecurity debate, including emergency powers in the event of a catastrophic attack.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Experts fear summer gas price spike would hit economy

Gasoline prices are expected to hit record highs at the pump this summer, a spike that analysts say could slam the brakes on an economy still trying to gain traction with new jobs.

Indianapolis Star

Gas prices soaring, expected to keep climbing

Msnbc.com

Mom and pop investors propping up home-buying market

Mom and pop investors are snapping up homes to rent out all over the country. They’re capitalizing on a confluence of events: depressed home prices, rising rents and strong rental demand.

USA TODAY

Google close to completing Motorola deal

Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility gained approvals from U.S. and European regulators, moving Google a major step closer to the biggest deal in its history.

Al Jazeera

EDUCATION

Home-schooling demographics change, expand nationally

Government records note religion is still the driving force, but the face of home schooling is changing because of perceived shortcomings in all schools.

USA TODAY

The trouble with holding students back

When a child repeats a grade, it reflects positively on the district, but for the individual, it can be a step backward.

The Atlantic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Is NASA giving up on Mars?

NASA’s 2013 budget includes deep cuts to its planetary science mission, particularly its efforts to send spacecraft to Mars — instead, it will focus on human spaceflight and infrared astronomy.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

The future of the US in space

NASA

The ultimate lifesaver

A new push is under way to improve the care people get after they call 911, when minutes can make the difference between life and death.

Wall Street Journal

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Our stubborn faith in aphrodisiacs

Exotic foods have favored positions in our culinary and cultural canon, and literary masterpieces — including the Bible — make much of the sensual significance of food. So why do scholars scoff at the idea?

Salon

Top 10 aphrodisiacs

Science (Discovery Channel)

In this online word game, the winning spell is love

Kyla Smith spelled S-E-X-Y in “Words With Friends,” a Scrabble-like app on her phone. It won her more than 13 points though — it won her love.

Wall Street Journal

Procrastination: Not now — I’m busy

From paperwork to paying the bills, we are all guilty of putting off tasks we know we can’t avoid. But confronting the real reasons for procrastination can help us beat it.

The Independent

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Matt Negrin):

What, Newt worry? Gingrich isn’t going anywhere

(ABC News)

Otus

Column (Marwan Kreidie):

Defending and defaming faith

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Noam Chomsky):

‘Losing’ the world: American decline in perspective, part 1

Guardian

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Religious persecution

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial:

Sixteen is too young to quit school in new economy

USA TODAY

Column (Rev. Ken Gurley):

Whitney and the greatest love of all

Houston Chronicle

Audio (Steve Orr):

NBA star Jeremy Lin’s endorsement deals are ‘limitless’

MarketWatch

Column (Kate Allen):

It’s time for America to put an end to this shameful scandal

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Building better houses for wounded soldiers who want to stay in uniform

The military is finding ways to accommodate the disabled, and that has led to a grand experiment called the Wounded Warrior Home at the Army’s Fort Belvoir in Virginia.

NPR

Love comes again to grieving woman

Allwood Doster Jr. would hold the bus for one particular passenger on his Detroit bus route in 1978: Gloria Gowens, now Gloria Doster-Ayers. He was someone she never imagined she would lose.

Detroit Free Press

A Valentine’s Day wedding gone to the dogs — at Westminster

A local couple married at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show on Valentine’s Day, just after their dog Major, a Tibetan Mastiff, competed in the event.

Seattle Times

WORLD

Thais find possible bomb link in Thai, India attacks

Thai investigators believe they have found a link between bomb blasts in Bangkok and New Delhi, a security official said In two of three attacks, Israel has blamed on Iran.

Reuters

Special section:

Thailand

Guardian

Syria violence unabated

Syrian government forces have launched an offensive in the city of Hama, as the shelling of opposition strongholds in the city of Homs continued, activists say.

Al Jazeera

Special section:

Arab uprising

BBC

Minister asserts Greece has made ‘superhuman’ sacrifices

Greece’s public order minister has said the government has made “superhuman” efforts to comply with austerity demands made by the Eurozone.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Sobering future of wildfire dangers in the West, researchers predict

The American West has seen a recent increase in large wildfires due to worsening droughts, a build-up of biomass in forests, the spread of fire-prone species and increased tree mortality.

ScienceDaily

Growing protein with fewer resources

Scientists say feeding livestock algae-based protein could save resources and make the meat industry less of a climate disaster, all while absorbing carbon. Could it be too good to be true?

Grist

HEALTH

Brain scans could reveal if your relationship will last

By charting brain activity with an fMRI machine, scientists can spot telltale regions of your brain glowing joyously when you look at a photograph of your beloved.

LiveScience

Could your Valentine’s kiss poison you?

If you are going to be on either end of a kiss this Valentine’s Day, you might want to consider smooching bare-lipped. Most lipstick contains lead.

Msnbc.com

Decision time for global researchers of deadly bird flu

When 22 bird flu experts meet at the World Health Organization, they will be tasked with deciding just how far scientists should go in creating lethal mutant viruses in the name of research.

Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Rare visit to remote Chinese region shows depth of Tibetan despair

A reporter’s visit to a well-guarded Tibetan monastery reveals troubling signs that Chinese government “work groups” are actually tasked with undermining Tibetan aspirations of autonomy.

McClatchy Newspapers

Conn. bishop: ‘Conscience protection must be legislated’

Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., said the debate over a federal mandate for employers to provide contraception shows the need for “right to conscience” protection in federal law.

National Catholic Reporter

SPORTS

Big East expels West Va. in Moutaineers’ move to Big 12

In part of a widespread shuffle in the NCAA, the Big East Conference expelled West Virginia University, allowing the school to move to the Big 12 beginning with the 2012 college football season.

Bloomberg

Floyd Mayweather says Lin in spotlight because of race

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. believes that New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin is getting national attention because of his race, rather than his exceptional play.

ESPN

Jeremy Lin’s game winning shot in Toronto

YouTube

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