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At the beginning of the Republican debate, Newt Gingrich blasted what he called the “destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media.” He was responding to a question from the moderator John King of CNN about one of Gingrich’s ex-wives saying in an interview that he had asked for an “open marriage.” (Photo by David Goldman / AP)

Story of Tuskegee Airmen told at last in ‘Red Tails’

The movie follows the 332nd Fighter Group based at the Ramitelli airfield in Italy. British and American forces are being rocked, losing up to 60 bombers a day, with as many as 10 men in each bomber.

Kansas City Star

Director hopes film inspires new generation

Birmingham News

How property taxes climb, even if home value drops

Millions of homeowners are finding out that their property taxes are either holding steady or climbing, even as their houses may be worth much less.

NPR

Sharp clashes at Republican debate

Republican presidential candidates tore into each other and Newt Gingrich snarled at the media in a raucous debate two days before the South Carolina primary, which may decide the nomination race.

Reuters

Blog:

‘I can’t make up my mind:’ The tale of the undecided voter

(CNN)

Election Center

Special section:

Election coverage

USA TODAY

Map:

Live results: Electoral voting map

PBS

Afghanistan’s soldiers step up killings of allied forces

American and other coalition forces are being killed by the very Afghan soldiers they fight alongside and train, in attacks motivated by deep-seated animosity between the supposedly allied forces.

New York Times

France suspends Afghan training programs

BBC

Insomniacs suffer depression, heart woes after years of little sleep

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, but it often goes untreated. Doctors say it’s an alarming trend because of increasing evidence that untreated insomnia causes other problems.

ABC News

NATION

More than 10,000 flee Nevada wildfire

A fast-moving brush fire has destroyed more than 20 homes. A spokesman for the Sierra Fire Protection District said the blaze was 50 percent contained.

Toronto Star

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.

ABC News

Forecast: Seattle weather could stay eventful in next 3 months

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Senate majority leader delays vote on anti-piracy bill

The Senate majority leader Harry Reid postponed a vote the Protect IP Act, the controversial anti-piracy bill that inspired thousands of websites to go dark for one day in protest.

CBS News

Santorum edges Romney in Iowa recount

Rick Santorum edged out Mitt Romney in a surprise flip to the final tally of the caucuses. But no winner will be declared because some votes remain missing in the closest finish ever, GOP officials said.

U.S. News & World Report

BUSINESS

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.

Reuters

Eastman Kodak: 130 years of history

Guardian

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.

Detroit Free Press

ENVIRONMENT

Seaweed in the tank?

Imagine driving up to a gas station for ethanol made not from corn farms in the heartland, but from seaweed farms on the coasts. Futuristic, yes. But it’s already in the earliest stages of testing in Chile.

McClatchy Newspapers

Exxon to pay Montana $2.4M in spill accord

Exxon Mobil Corp. would pay more than $2 million in penalties and cleanup costs to Montana for a pipeline rupture in July that spilled an estimated 1,500 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Singing legend Etta James dies at 73

Etta James, whose assertive, earthy voice lit up such hits as “The Wallflower,” “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” and the wedding favorite, “At Last,” has died.

CNN

Etta James: 1938-2012

USA TODAY

Water and snow amusement park planned for Nashville

Gaylord Entertainment and Dollywood team up for an approximately $50 million leisure travel destination for both the warm and the cold months.

The Tennessean

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.

Denver Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Culturally relevant Islamic institute equips Muslims to educate others

To meet that need of teaching American Muslims the Qran, the Al Maghreb Institute teaches students orthodox Islam in a way that helps individuals apply principles in their contemporary Western contexts.

(Houston Chronicle)

Sacred Duty

Pope hits out at ‘radical secularism’

Pope Benedict XVI says Roman Catholics in the U.S. need to understand the “grave threats” to their faith posed by what he calls radical secularism in the political and cultural arenas.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

No reason to rush decision on pipeline

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Carl Hiaasen):

Haiti isn’t trendy but its the real news

McClatchy Newspapers

Blog (Afshan Jafar):

The missing link in teaching

Inside Higher Ed

Column (Dennis A. Henigan):

Gun industry suffers stinging defeat in court

Huffington Post

Column (Jonathan Jones):

Thanks for the memories, Kodak — you made us all photographers

Guardian

Column (Irin Carmon):

Pundit solves abortion wars in one easy column

Salon

Video (Justin Lahart):

Why manufacturing still matters to the US economy

MarketWatch

Column (Joel Kotkin):

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

Forbes

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GOOD NEWS

Amit Gupta’s good news: Marrow donor finds match

A Web entrepreneur and cancer patient who has become a symbol for South Asian bone marrow donation have now finally found a match.

BBC

Minneapolis’ promise opens opportunities for college to more

More students in Minneapolis are college-bound because of new college and career planning rooms in each high school as well as new scholarship incentives being offered by public universities.

Star Tribune

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.

MarketWatch

6 leading job creation ideas

Christian Science Monitor