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President Barack Obama greets Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg prior to his State of the Union address. The fight over a health care law that touches all Americans and divides them sharply will be debated by the Supreme Court. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AP)

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Artist turns from propaganda to pop art

Once a propagandist, defector Song Byeok now paints satirical works about North Korea. His paintings dwell on the miseries of life in his homeland and the joy of freedom in the South.

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CNN

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Revolution redefines art in Syria

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BBC

Eating your way to happiness in a restaurant in the Philippines

“Van Gogh is Bipolar” is a restaurant in Manila named after the famous artist who — like restaurant owner Jetro Rafael — battled mental illness.

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BBC

Supreme Court readies for health care battle

The Supreme Court will engage in a historic three-day showdown over health care, leading to decisions that could ensnare everyone from private citizens to the president.

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Indianapolis Star

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US health reform law 2 years old and still a heated debate

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San Jose Mercury News

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A legal guide to the health care arguments

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NPR

Police arrest 14 in NY Occupy protests

Protesters were arrested in separate Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, one that involved a march through Manhattan streets and a second at the United Nations, authorities said.

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Reuters

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Occupy Wall Street

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MSNBC

Obama: North Korea rocket test would isolate regime

Warning North Korea from its doorstep, President Obama said Pyongyang risks deepening its isolation in the international community if it proceeds with a planned long-range rocket launch.

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USA TODAY

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Obama warns North Korea over rocket launch

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NATION

US compensates Afghan families

The U.S. paid close to $50,000 in compensation for each Afghan killed in the shooting rampage attributed to a U.S. soldier in southern Afghanistan, an official told NBC News.

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MSNBC

Senators ask feds to probe requests for Facebook passwords

Two U.S. senators are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law, their offices announced.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Teen’s death becomes rallying cry

Thousands of people in cities across the country marched this weekend to call for justice in memory of Trayvon Martin, the black teenager shot to death last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida.

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Msnbc.com

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Teen‘s death puts Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law under new scrutiny

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POLITICS

Dick Cheney recovering from transplant

After waiting for a transplant for more than 20 months, former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant and is recovering at a Va. hospital, his office said.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Santorum wins Louisiana GOP primary

Rick Santorum won Louisiana’s Republican presidential primary, but his victory seemed unlikely to change the trajectory of the race since Mitt Romney remains the prohibitive favorite.

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USA TODAY

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GOP nomination 2012: primary results, state by state

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Guardian

BUSINESS

Why cash is losing its currency

It‘s costly to make, it’s unclean and it is the magnet to criminal activity. For these and other reasons, experts believe that cash’s days are numbered.

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CBS News

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s spin may be bad for the company

Savior, showboat and spin-master, the Starbucks CEO was recently named the Business Leader of the Year. But he is now pushing the spin too far for the $40 billion company’s own good.

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The Atlantic

Fast-paced stock exchange poses greater risk to investors

As stock trading has shifted to high-speed computers and electronic exchanges, trading costs have dropped sharply. But regulators and others have worried that the new market poses a risk to investors.

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CNBC

HEALTH

Breast cancer fundraising lags after abortion dispute

U.S. breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure is feeling a pinch on donations following a controversy over its funding for Planned Parenthood, a leading provider of birth control and abortion services.

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Reuters

Scientist who coined ‘pink slime’ moniker is reluctant whistleblower

Gerald Zirnstein, a former microbiologist at the USDA, referenced “pink slime” in an internal — and he thought private — email. When it became public, outrage from consumer groups ensued.

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Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Thousands of atheists rally in DC

Thousands of atheists, agnostics and other nonbelievers turned out at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate their rejection of the idea of God and to claim a bigger place in public life.

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What would Jesus brew? Lots, beer makers are claiming

The “What Would Jesus Brew?” class is part of a yearlong Heavenly Homebrew Competition of Churches for Charity where church teams brew individual beers for a charity fall event.

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Religion News Service

EDUCATION

Like never before, teachers are falling under heavy scrutiny

Minnesota is among a growing number of states grappling with the problem of tying teacher evaluations to student performance with a system that is meaningful and fair.

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Star Tribune

Suspicious school test scores emerge

Hundreds of school systems nationwide, including Detroit’s, exhibit suspicious test scores that point to the possibility of cheating, according to an investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Detroit Free Press

Is college tuition debt the next bubble?

Student loan debt has eclipsed credit card debt for the first time in history, and unless Congressional action is taken, the interest on Stafford loans is expected to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Why young Americans are not buying cars

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The Atlantic

Column (Trudy Rubin):

Is US committed to rights of Afghan women?

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Stronger measures needed to encourage people to donate organs

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Star-Ledger

Foreign predators: The EPA must get tough on lake intruders

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Blog (Steve Taylor):

Empathy: the ability that makes us truly human

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(Psychology Today)

Out of the Darkness

Column (Vincent Carroll):

The new front in fracking wars

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Denver Post

Column (Sandy Banks):

Anger over Trayvon Martin’s slaying transcends the issue of race

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Los Angeles Times

Cartoon (Ken Catalino):

GOP primaries: Not everyone eats their young

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GOOD NEWS

Reddit users help girl take action against her bully

The social news site Reddit has a penchant for do-gooding. This time, users took up arms, responding to a girl’s pleas for help in dealing with cyberbullying.

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TIME

San Jose neighborhood familiar to gang violence celebrates a day of peace

In San Jose, gang members and former members — and those whose lives have been touched by the violent feuds — came together to participate in a march to promote peace.

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San Jose Mercury News

Kids learn by building their own bikes

Daniel Furbish started his Nashville, Tenn., bike-building workshop as a summer experiment. He makes a deal with the kids: Build a bicycle, and it‘s yours.

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NPR

WORLD

North Korea meetings set to boost young leader’s power

During a parliamentary session in North Korea, the country’s new leader, Kim Jong-un, is expected to be given a top-level title aimed at consolidating his grip on power.

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Reuters

Syrian forces on the offensive; Annan meets with Russians

Russia offered “full support” for peace envoy Kofi Annan’s efforts to end fighting in Syria but said the mission would need more time, as Syrian loyalist forces continue to attack rebel strongholds.

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Reuters

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Syrian President Assad’s wife sanctioned

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Humans contributed to extinction of Australia’s giant beasts

The cause of Australia’s mass extinction of large herbivores has provoked debate, with climate change being one theory. However, a new study concludes human-lit fires and hunting were causes.

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BBC

Rollins professor, UCF student want to stop bear killings

A Rollins College professor and a student at the University of Central Florida are leading a charge to persuade the state of Florida to change its policy on euthanizing nuisance bears.

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Orlando Sentinel

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

In the developing world, cellphones are changing lives

People in the developing world are turning to their mobile phones for concerns ranging from health care to elections. The spread of mobile technology has changed life in the global South.

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Toronto Star

Is Twitter putting the UN out of the disaster business?

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AlertNet

Who’s really flying the plane?

Advances in technology could one day lead to remote-controlled airliners. But Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger — perhaps the nation’s most famous pilot — says every plane needs a “human pilot.”

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CNN

ISS alert over passing space junk

The crew of the International Space Station briefly took refuge in escape capsules as a piece of space junk drifted nearby.

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BBC

SPORTS

Tiger Woods leads Bay Hill by 1 stroke

A comfortable advantage for Tiger Woods turned into a tense final three holes at the Bay Hill Club as he finished the third round with a one-stroke lead over 2010 U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell.

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ESPN

Heat wins, but team’s tribute to Trayvon Martin gains most attention

After a day of social advocacy for the life and death of Trayvon Martin, most of the Heat’s players spelled out their feelings on their sneakers for their game against the Detroit Pistons.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Aretha celebrates her 70th birthday

Aretha Franklin has a lot more than her 70th birthday to celebrate: She is reuniting with one of her musical mentors, Clive Davis, for a new album.

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Detroit Free Press

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Aretha Franklin

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Defining the new male ideal

Men’s ideas about weight, body image and self-esteem have been largely swept under the ambiguous rug of masculinity.

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CNN

‘Living, breathing archaeology’ in Ariz.

In the desert in southern Arizona you can find evidence of a major migration — things left behind by the thousands of people who try to cross the border between Mexico and the U.S. every year.

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Changing faces, gaining diversity

In an elementary school perched atop a Worcester hill, Elizabeth Iandoli’s classroom is a microcosm of the world. And in this classroom, the students are learning English.

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Telegram & Gazette

Photo of the Day

President Barack Obama looks through binoculars to see North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette near Panmunjom, South Korea. The post is located in the Demilitarized Zone, the tense military border between the two Koreas. (Photo by Pablo Martinez / AP)

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