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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum talks to supporters gathered at a rally after winning the Kansas caucuses in a rout. "Things have an amazing way of working out,’’ Santorum said. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

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New wave of activists challenge our notions of beauty

“Miss Representation” is the latest film in a movement to challenge portrayals of beauty in “the media,” a term used to describe all forms of mass communication.

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‘Miss Representation’

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Vimeo

Hispanic soap operas thrive in Miami

Actors, producers and writers from Latin America have descended on Miami, turning the city into a telenovela Tinseltown. Even local businesses have become hubs for paparazzi from Hispanic publications.

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Guardian

Santorum takes Kansas, Romney counters

Rick Santorum easily won the Kansas caucuses and Mitt Romney countered in Wyoming, a weekend prelude to a suddenly pivotal Southern primary showdown.

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Politico

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Economist

Japan marks Fukushima quake and tsunami anniversary

Japan is marking the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck the north-eastern coast, killing thousands.

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BBC

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Japan’s 3/11 disaster endures

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Bloomberg

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Then and now: the 2011 tsunami

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YouTube

Titanic map shows ‘entire crime scene’

Fascination with the Titanic just goes on and on. The latest development is a preview of the first comprehensive map of the ship’s wreckage at the bottom of the North Atlantic.

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ABC News

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Titanic wreck site mapped for first time

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LiveScience

NATION

Ohio finds gas-drilling injection well led to several earthquakes

A dozen earthquakes in Northeastern Ohio were almost certainly induced by injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth, state regulators said as they announced a series of tough new rules for drillers.

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Star Tribune

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Fracking in New York: risk vs. reward

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CNN

Demise of the state fair leaves Virginia in rare company

It was always agriculture and education — sweetened with a little good-spirited competition — that drove the State Fair of Virginia, until its demise when recession and bankruptcy drove it down.

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Virginian-Pilot

Online push to ban ‘pink slime’ in school lunches gains momentum

An online effort to ban beef containing an additive known as “pink slime” from the federal school lunch program has garnered almost 19,000 supporters in less than four days.

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BusinessWeek

Where you can get slime-free beef

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POLITICS

HUD secretary announces equal access housing rule

A new rule took effect this week barring those who own or operate U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-funded housing from asking about an applicant’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Obama rallies support for healthcare overhaul ahead of Supreme Court case

While Supreme Court justices weigh the fate of the 2010 healthcare overhaul, the White House will coordinate efforts to showcase the law’s most popular provisions to blunt Republican attacks.

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Bloomberg

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Obama, GOP battle over higher gas prices

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BUSINESS

Casino capitalism: the recent spread of American gambling

Though Wall Street’s brand of “casino capitalism” crashed the American economy in 2008, American capitalists are making a growing profit from real-life casino gambling.

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Salon

Greece secures historical debt deal

Greece‘s private creditors agreed to take cents on the euro in the biggest debt write-down in history, which will help pave the way for an enormous second bailout for the country.

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Greece set to receive ‘historic’ bailout

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The viral story about spider webs blanketing an Australian city is not accurate. The arachnid at the root of the story does not even spin webs.

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The rise of ‘stalker’ apps

What if two features were merged into one service — to find friends, and friends of friends, whenever they were nearby? Is that unnerving? Or is it beneficial?

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Sydney Morning Herald

NASA analyzes Mayan apocalypse claims

Scientists at NASA address claims about the “Mayan apocalypse" and explain away frequently cited doomsday scenarios.

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Scientific American

EDUCATION

Activists seek to curtail student restraints

Tens of thousands of students — most of them disabled — are strapped down or physically restrained in school. Disability advocates hope a new Education Department report will encourage action.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Utah schools: Lawmakers focus on sex education and educator accountability

Sex education, educator accountability and fears over federal intrusion into Utah schools dominated discussions of public education at the Capitol this year.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Teen sex ed: Instead of promoting promiscuity, it delays first sex

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Watching mean people on TV might turn you into one

New research shows that watching TV programs about backstabbing “frenemies” and wig-pulling fights can actually lead viewers to engage in some mean behavior of their own.

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TIME

Haven or hell: Refugees in Idaho struggle for work

More than 4,000 refugees have found their way to a far-flung spot: Boise, Idaho. The refugees come for the city’s strong economy and supportive community, but the recession has shifted that picture.

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How to lose a job and find a life

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Nearly half of children of hoarders fight guilt, depression

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Horror for kids

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The Atlantic

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Please send me more coupons, Target

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Christian Science Monitor

Study reveals need to continue Obama’s health care reforms

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San Jose Mercury News

One year after earthquake and tsunami, what Japan has rediscovered

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Christian Science Monitor

Congress flashes bipartisanship as election looms

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GOOD NEWS

After twister, blessings for single mom

A tornado roared through Harrisburg, Ill., destroying Amanda Headrick‘s home. But in the last few days, Headrick’s life has been transformed from utter despair to a big bundle of joy.

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CBS News

Missing for weeks, hiker alive in forest

Temperatures dropped below freezing almost every night, but somehow, Margaret Page and her cat survived weeks in an isolated, rugged region of a New Mexico national forest.

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Msnbc.com

Alleys of hope: Syringes give way to crops in El Paso, Texas

The El Paso Permaculture Group and the El Paso Central Business Association work to clear out downtown alleys of dirt and trash and to fill the spaces with organic, sustainable vegetable gardens.

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WORLD

UN envoy Kofi Annan meets with Bashar Assad in Syria

U.N. envoy Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a high-profile mission to mediate an end to the country’s conflict, even as activists reported fresh shelling by regime forces.

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CBS News

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The moral dilemmas of Syria’s revolution

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BBC

Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo accept transfer to Qatar

Five top Taliban leaders held by the U.S. in the Guantanamo Bay military prison told a visiting Afghan delegation they agree to a proposed transfer to the tiny Persian Gulf state of Qatar.

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USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

UN climate chief: US would lose ground to China with Republican presidential win

The U.N. climate chief has warned that U.S. voters risk ceding progress to China and Europe if they opt for a presidential candidate who denies climate change.

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Guardian

Japan ends whaling season early

Japan has ended its whaling season with less than a third of its annual target, said the country’s Fisheries Agency. The agency blamed “sabotage” by anti-whaling activists for the shortfall.

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BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Marijuana: What would Jesus do?

Rev. Pat Robertson says America should legalize marijuana. Would Jesus agree? Theologians and religion experts admit the answer is decidedly hazy.

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Msnbc.com

‘Lent Madness’: Saints vie for Halo

As college basketball fans prepare for March Madness, a holier tournament already has Christians rooting and cheering this Lenten season.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

HEALTH

Will we ever restore sight to the blind?

Bionic eyes have already restored basic sight for people with certain conditions. But other advances now on the horizon.

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BBC

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How blind people dream

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Msnbc.com

LSD helps treat alcoholism

The powerful hallucinogen LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) has potential as a treatment for alcoholism, according to a retrospective analysis of studies published in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Nature

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Trippy tales: the history of 8 hallucinogens

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LiveScience

SPORTS

Wolves’ rookie Rubio out for season with torn ACL

Ricky Rubio’s sensational rookie season has come to a devastatingly abrupt end. The Minnesota Timberwolves point guard will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee.

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ESPN

Canada’s skicross racer Zoricic dies following crash

Canadian racer Nick Zoricic died from head injuries after crashing in a World Cup skicross event, the International Ski Federation said.

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NPR

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Spotlight: Nick Zoricic

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Universal Sports

Rams trade No. 2 pick to Redskins

The Rams have agreed to trade their pick in the upcoming draft to Washington in exchange for Washington’s first and second-round pick this year plus first-round picks in 2013 and 2014.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Girl Scouts cookies produce $15B of graphene, according to research

A team at Rice University has uncovered what might be the most abundant source of the highly sought-after material graphene: Girl Scout cookies.

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TechEye

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A Pakistani Army soldier with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment stands atop the 8000-foot mountain during a patrol near his outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan’s Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus / AP)

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