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A woman in the gallery is overcome by emotion after a bill legalizing same-sex marriages passes in the New Jersey Assembly and gives final legislative approval for marriage equality in Trenton, N.J. (Photo by Rich Schultz / AP)

Whitney Houston: voice of a generation

Houston’s incomparable music career began, like so many African-American singers, in the Black church. At age 15, she belted out gospel lyrics, mesmerizing the sanctuary and testifying: a star was born.

New York New Amsterdam News

Inside Whitney Houston’s last recording session

MSNBC

Whitney Houston performs classics at 1994 American Music Awards

YouTube

How Starbucks became the darling of American gun owners

In states that allow open carry for licensed gun owners, Starbucks has refused to put up signs in protest. Gun-control advocates have started a boycott, but for gun owners, a ‘buycott.’

Christian Science Monitor

Bill proposes massive overhaul to Ga. gun laws

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

NJ Assembly approves same-sex marriage legislation

The New Jersey Assembly passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage, sending the measure to Republican Gov. Chris Christie, a possible vice-presidential candidate who has promised a veto.

Reuters

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Veto promised on same-sex marriage bill

CNN

US intelligence officials confirm al Qaida role in Syria

Al Qaida’s Iraqi affiliate appears to have infiltrated Syrian opposition groups and was likely responsible for recent suicide bombings in Damascus and Aleppo, senior U.S. intelligence officials told Congress.

McClatchy Newspapers

Syrian forces ‘launch Deraa assault’

Al Jazeera

Tighten fracking regulations, scientists urge US officials

An influential group of scientists has urged U.S. officials to step up their policing of shale gas operations and to consider stronger regulations to reduce health and environmental risks at facilities.

Guardian

Remote-controlled chip implant delivers bone drug

In a medical first, researchers report that they’ve been able to deliver bone-building drugs with a microchip implant.

USA TODAY

NATION

Congress reaches payroll tax-cut deal

A payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans, set to expire at the end of this month, would be extended through December under a bipartisan deal announced by U.S. congressional leaders.

Reuters

Congress agrees to extend payroll tax cuts, unemployment, Medicare

CBS News

Interracial marriages on rise, acceptance growing: study

Forty-five years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage, the rate of marriage across racial and ethnic lines is on the rise, as is public acceptance of such unions, says a new study.

CNN

New consumer bureau targets bill collectors, credit bureaus

Following an explosion in complaints about their practices, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to place debt collectors and credit bureaus under federal supervision for the first time.

McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

States use mortgage deal money to plug budget holes, angering advocates

The $2.5 billion from the national mortgage settlement is not all going to help troubled homeowners. At least two states — Missouri and Wisconsin — are using the funds to plug big budget holes.

CNNMoney

Kennedy name gives candidate early campaign boost

The prospect of the grandson of Robert Kennedy and son of former Rep. Joe Kennedy II taking outgoing Rep. Barney Frank’s seat in Massachusetts’s 4th District has the political money world buzzing.

Politico

Why America pursues more perfect politics and government

We’re a nation in search of the perfect birth, martini, pizza, golf swing, job, dress and financial plan. How do we square the American quest for flawlessness with quirky caucuses and wacky candidates?

NPR

BUSINESS

Jobs, factory data strengthen growth outlook for US economy

The number of Americans filing for new unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell to a near four-year low last week, suggesting the labor market recovery was quickening.

Reuters

Health costs, gov’t regulations curb small business hiring

Gallup

GM chief: ‘We got a 2nd chance’

General Motors Co. announced the highest profits in its history. Only three years ago, the company was bankrupt and received a bailout, causing some to joke the initials stood for “Government Motors.”

CBS News

The good and bad about GM earnings

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Recycle those beads: Mardi Gras beads cause environmental hangover

Some green-thinking locals want New Orleans to recycle the tons of plastic necklaces that go flying during parades.

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco Bay: A garbage can for 7 million people

Bay Area residents pollute San Francisco Bay with enough trash to fill 100,000 kitchen garbage bags, according to the first comprehensive study of the volume of litter flowing into the bay.

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The boy who played with fusion

Taylor Wilson is the youngest individual on Earth to have achieved nuclear fusion. And he’s just getting started.

Twitter admitted copying entire address books from smartphones and storing the data on its servers when users click on the “Find Friends” feature, often without customers’ knowledge.

BBC

Congress pushes Apple on address books

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Digital novel lets readers choose ending

A new digital novel will let readers choose how they want the story to end. Readers with an ebook device will be asked questions on their interpretations of the characters to determine the ending.

Telegraph.co.uk

Mavericks of American dance

For the last three years, Bob Hercules, the Chicago-based documentary film writer and director, has turned his focus to two high-profile dance ensembles.

Chicago Sun-Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Tim Begany):

Chipotle: The next McDonald’s?

TheStreet.com

Column (Mona Farroukh):

Politics threaten Violence Against Women Act

Detroit Free Press

Column (Michael Hayden):

Talking with the Taliban: making peace with the guilty

CNN

Column (Constantine von Hoffman):

Don’t believe hype about drop in unemployment claims

CBS News

Column (Josh Ozersky):

Why I won’t be boycotting Chick-fil-A

TIME

Column (Barbara Shelly):

Sorry, Mitt. The faculty doesn’t do much lounging

McClatchy Newspapers

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What’s a space program?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Mary Elizabeth Williams):

When sexy ads cross the line

Salon

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GOOD NEWS

Knicks guard Jeremy Lin’s personal ‘Lin-derella’ story

Jeremy Lin is humble. He‘s religious. His style recalls an earlier era. And the Knicks guard’s path to the NBA was unconventional, which gives us hope for our own lives.

Christian Science Monitor

Tony Danza’s heart still in Philadelphia classroom where he taught

He will be back at Northeast High for a “Students vs. Teachers” talent show, judged by the audience. Proceeds — with a private donor matching funds raised — go directly to the city’s largest school.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Teachers learn how to help students get along, thanks to grant honoring airman

Modesto California’s Rose Avenue Elementary teachers spent a day living as students, learning hands-on ways to help students work and play together better.

Modesto Bee

WORLD

‘New poor’ now growing from Greek middle class

Aid workers and soup kitchens in Athens, Greece are struggling to provide for the city‘s “new poor.” Since the economic crisis has taken hold, poverty has risen among Greece’s middle class.

Spiegel International

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Debt crisis and Greek talks: live

Telegraph.co.uk

Debt crisis makes Greeks anxious

Al Jazeera

World Bank President Zoellick resigns

World Bank President Robert Zoellick said he is stepping down, raising the possibility that a non-American might be chosen for the first time to head the 187-nation lending organization.

TIME

In burning Honduras jail, inmates yelled for help

In all, the fire at an overcrowded prison in Honduras killed 358 people, making it the world’s deadliest prison fire in a century. The local governor said a warning was received moments prior to the blaze.

Star Tribune

From overcrowding to corruption, examining prison life in Honduras

PBS NewsHour

HEALTH

Can a diet clean out toxins in the body?

“Cleansing diets” claim that by limiting our intake of food to a few super-pure items, we can get rid of all the gunk in our cells.

NPR

Snickers coming down in size

Snickers, Twix and other chocolate products from Mars Inc. are coming down in size as part of a drive by the company to stop selling products containing more than 250 calories by the end of 2013.

Medical News Today

Slow walking may ‘predict dementia’

The speed someone walks may predict the likelihood of developing dementia later in life, say researchers in the U.S. They also found that grip strength in middle-age was linked to the chance of a stroke.

BBC

Having a curry could help ward off dementia

Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

College giving rebounded last year

After two lackluster years, donations to U.S. colleges and universities rose 4.8 percent after inflation, according to a report by the Council for Aid to Education.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Wealth gap in higher education widens

USA TODAY

US public schools’ international rank gets new boost

The idea that U.S. public schools are falling behind the rest of the world is widely accepted, but analysis of international data suggests that using rankings is often misguided.

Arizona Republic

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholic bishops fight for authority over US flock

A recent debate over contraception coverage has exposed a deep divide between the 271 active bishops and the rank-and-file U.S. Catholics who are supposed to follow their moral authority.

Reuters

Former Elvis co-star nominated for documentary about religious journey

“God is the Bigger Elvis” documents Mother Dolores Hart’s journey from starring in dozens of films to acting as spiritual counselor to 38 cloistered nuns.

Huffington Post

SPORTS

Defense may be Clippers’ Achilles’ heel

Los Angeles Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro doesn‘t dress up his offensive philosophy as anything it’s not. All Del Negro wants is to let good basketball players make good plays.

ESPN

Women to box for 1st time in Olympics

Olympic history in the making is going on in Washington state. Two dozen of the best female boxers in the country are in wintry Spokane with a goal of traveling to London in the summer.

(NPR)

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