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In this file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry campaigns in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Perry has abandoned his presidential bid and endorsed former rival Newt Gingrich. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

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The Victorian chef who changed food

Victorian chef Auguste Escoffier was so short, he couldn’t reach the stove. Knighted for his cuisine, he created the kitchen “brigade system,” co-founded Ritz Hotels and wrote classics that inspired Julia Child.

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Denver Post

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History of the ‘Iron Chef’

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YouTube

Kodak files for bankruptcy, secures a $950M lifeline

Eastman Kodak Co., which invented the hand-held camera and brought pictures from the moon, filed for bankruptcy, capping a prolonged plunge for one of America’s best-known companies.

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Reuters

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Eastman Kodak: 130 years of history

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Guardian

Rick Perry drops presidential bid

Rick Perry dropped his bid for the GOP presidential nomination and endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, which could give Gingrich a boost just days ahead of S.C.’s primary.

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CBS News

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Santorum edges Romney in Iowa recount

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U.S. News & World Report

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Campaign 2012: Americans see election as too negative, long, dull

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Pew Research Center

Jobless claims fall sharply

New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to the lowest in almost four years. Yet at least part of the plunge stems from seasonal quirks that might prove temporary.

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MarketWatch

Snow, wind wallop Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest faced difficult travel conditions and flood worries after a windy storm, with more than a foot of snow, caused school closures, cut power and left hundreds of accidents in its wake.

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ABC News

Why presidents seem so tall

Feeling powerful? A new study finds people made to feel powerful believe themselves taller than they actually are and those who feel powerless feel shorter.

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ABC News

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Indian women carry firewood on their heads on a cold morning on the outskirts of Jammu, India. (Photo by Channi Anand / AP)	Andy Roddick of the U.S. reaches for return during a championship match in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by John Donegan / AP)	Gearing up to celebrate the Lunar New Year, Chinese men prepare lanterns at a temple in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. (Photo by Firdia Lisnawati / AP)

NATION

The battle for control of Asia’s seas goes deep underwater

U.S. submarine dominance in the Pacific is facing a challenge. Nearly every Asian country with a coastline is fortifying its submarine fleet amid territorial disputes stirred up by increasingly assertive China.

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San Jose Mercury News

Homelessness drops across US, but advocates still worry

Despite the economic downturn, the rate of homelessness across the United States decreased one percent from 2009 to 2011, according to a report released by the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Wars lessons being applied to ease combat stress at home

The program was just one of many that the military created as it tries to address the emotional toll of war, a focus that is getting renewed attention as veterans struggle to adjust back home.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Documentary about rape in the US military

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MSNBC

POLITICS

Obama, GOP back in confrontation over oil pipeline from Canada

President Barack Obama and Congress are back where they were before Christmas, locked in an election-season tussle over a rejected 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.

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ABC News

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Could Keystone pipeline plan be revived after Obama’s rejection?

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PBS

Lawmakers withdraw support from anti-piracy bill

Eight U.S. lawmakers have withdrawn their backing from anti-piracy laws, after “blackout” protests on thousands of Internet sites makes history.

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BBC

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The best SOPA protests online

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Guardian

BUSINESS

GM again the world’s largest automaker

It’s official. General Motors surpassed Toyota and Volkswagen to reclaim the crown of world’s largest automaker with global sales of 9.03 million in 2011.

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Detroit Free Press

IMF may seek $500B boost

The International Monetary Fund is proposing to raise its lending capacity to insulate the global economy against any worsening of Europe’s debt crisis.

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World Bank slashes global GDP forecasts

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Women should be focus of energy expansion plans, says UN

Focus on women and girls for expanding energy access, a U.N. report says, as that will help lift communities out of poverty and improve health. But it warned providing energy alone was not enough.

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Guardian

Panels spark solar power trade war

The U.S. solar industry is divided over inexpensive Chinese imports: Panel-makers say their business is suffering, but other parts of the industry say cheap panels are driving a national solar boom.

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NPR

Special section:

Solar energy: latest updates

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Database tallies US emissions

U.S. scientists have relied on a mix of methods to build up a national emissions inventory, including monitoring electricity output of a power plant and assessing the quality of the fuel that powers it.

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Nature

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Mideast uprisings embolden a generation of Arab artists

At first glance the stones look unremarkable. But these were thrown by Egyptian military at protestors in Tahrir Square, and are indicative of how the Arab uprisings embolden a generation of artists.

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Guardian

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Lebanese painter’s exhibit unleashes aroma of Arab Spring

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Daily Star

She’s revved up about monster trucks

Since the ninth grade, Becky McDonough vowed to be a driver in monster truck competitions. Now, one of a few female drivers in the sport, she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty — literally.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Islam with Chinese characteristics

The local government, devoted to the secular principle of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, contributed $2.4 million to build a ruby-red mosque that looks like a Buddhist pagoda.

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Israel’s rabbis seek to end ancient African Jewish custom

Israel‘s rabbis are phasing out the community’s white-turbaned clergy, the kessoch, whose religious practices are at odds with the rabbinate’s Orthodox Judaism.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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The Daily Quote

“Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.”

Leader of Indian independence movement

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Column (Joel Kotkin):

In Keystone XL rejection, we see two Americas at war with each other

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What scientists under pressure can learn from Spock

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From the Fields

Viewpoints: Sites go offline in US piracy laws protest

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BBC

Blog (Michael Moyer):

What’s the next round in the SOPA fight?

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Column (Rami G. Khouri):

Time to quiet the war drums with Iran

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France and the death of the sovereign debt market

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MarketWatch

Column (Carl Pope):

America waging a dirty war against manufacturing

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Bloomberg

Taiwan’ message to China: Democracy works

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San Francisco Chronicle

Live Chats All times are E.T.

Talk TV: Gail Pennington Jan 19 at 1 pm

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Film: Cuba Gooding Jr. Jan 19 at 2 pm

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ESPN

Home repair: Peter Hotton Jan 19 at 2 pm

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Estates and wills: Sharon M Siegel Jan 19 at 10 pm

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GOOD NEWS

Charity events buck tradition to draw young crowds, larger donations

These days, benefits — and donors — which grab attention are planned by young professionals with fresh ideas, taking chances with new themes and locations.

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Denver Post

Pink-slipped teachers poke fun in their second act

Getting laid off was devastating for two young Philadelphia teachers with dreams of making a difference in urban education. But it was fortuitous, in a way: it gave them free time to polish their musical.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Billionaire donates for Washington Monument repairs

A billionaire history buff has stepped forward to donate the $7.5 million matching gift that‘s needed to start repairing the Washington Monument from last summer’s East Coast earthquake.

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Msnbc.com

WORLD

Europeans fear Iran oil embargo will wreck global economy

The oil industry sees little chance of war, but fears escalation of the diplomatic standoff between Iran and the West could prolong uncertainty, cause prices to rise and lead to further market instability.

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Christian Science Monitor

Slow response to East Africa’s hunger ‘cost lives,’ mostly children

Thousands of people — mostly children — died needlessly and millions of dollars were wasted because the international community did not respond to early warnings, say aid agencies.

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Virginian-Pilot

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Somalian region struggles with refugee influx

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Al Jazeera

Russia: clock ticking on US missile defense deal

A deal to assuage Moscow‘s concerns about U.S. missile defense plans in Europe is still possible, but time is running out, Russia’s foreign minister said.

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CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Say hello to ‘intelligent pills’

Compliance with prescriptions is a problem, especially when patients have multiple drugs. A U.S. company has designed sensors that, activated by stomach acid, relay data to smart phones.

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Scientific American

At Detroit auto show, Web extends automakers’ reach

This year’s show expands its Facebook and Twitter reach. This digital footprint, consisting of thousands of user-snapped images shared online, allows the event to reach far beyond its physical visitors.

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Detroit Free Press

EDUCATION

Educating immigrant students a challenge in US, elsewhere

One out of every five children now enrolled in a U.S. public school speaks a language other than English at home. Many of them were born in other countries.

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Pulling for better e-textbook prices

Unless universities assert their power as customers, vendors that sell them products and services will squeeze those institutions for cash while dictating the terms under which they go digital.

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Inside Higher Ed

HEALTH

Women receive bone tests too often for osteoporosis, study finds

Many women who get screened for osteoporosis may not need it, suggesting current guidelines may spur extra tests, increasing costs and unnecessary treatment, a study found.

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Meningitis has ‘protection hope’ in UK

A vaccine against one of the most common forms of childhood meningitis could further reduce the number of deaths in the United Kingdom.

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BBC

SPORTS

Serena, Djokovic, Sharapova cruise into third round of Australian Open

Serena Williams was only two points from her 500th career match win when she tumbled to the court in the second round of the Australian Open. “It‘s OK,” she thought, it’s the good ankle.

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Sports Illustrated

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The action at the 2012 Australian Open

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NBCSports

Tebow played 2nd half of Patriots game with considerable injuries

Even with a fully functional offensive game, Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow was going to have a tough time. It turns out, Tebow played the second half with fairly considerable physical handicaps.

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Yahoo! News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Drug shortages slam patients, health workers, surveys show

Escalating shortages of vital drugs could be affecting nearly every hospital in the nation, forcing delays or substitutions in patient care and diverting pharmacy staff from crucial duties.

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BITS AND PIECES

Photo of the Day

An Indian stunt man performs on a “Wall of Death” during the Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in the town of Allahabad, India. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)

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