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Brain imaging may help diagnose autism

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than other children, and measuring this delay may become a standard method of diagnosis.

ScienceDaily

Kenyan locals see upside to pirates: more fish in the waters

Kenyans have one thing to thank Somali pirates for: better fishing. In the past, illegal trawlers scooped up the contents of the ocean along the Somali coast.

Philadelphia Inquirer

NYC judge will hear arguments in Guantanamo Bay detainee case

A judge will hear arguments to decide if a Guantanamo Bay detainee's rights were violated when he was held for five years without charges.

CBS News

Banks prepare for bonuses, public wrath

The bank bonus season, that annual rite of big money and bigger egos, looks as if it will be one of the largest and most controversial blowouts the industry has ever seen.

New York Times

Clawbacks spread as cash bonuses get riskier

Bloomberg

Toxic metal in jewelry from China

Barred from using toxic lead in children's jewelry, some Chinese manufacturers have been substituting the more dangerous heavy metal cadmium in products sold throughout the U. S.

ABC News

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Toxic metals

OSHA

Lead in jewelry

YouTube

Grants help the strapped into colleges

Lori Gough had a 6-month-old daughter and a $6.25-an-hour job at a Snappy Tomato Pizza in Kentucky when she realized she needed to change her life. The question was, "How?"

The Jackson Sun

A look at what al-Qaida can't do

While al-Qaida plots do sometimes succeed, they have become, Rand terrorism expert Brian Jenkins points out, less frequent and less potent.

TIME

Yemeni President: I'll talk with al-Qaida

CBS News

NATION

Emotion stirs for US to take care of own

Never have so many Americans said the nation should take care of its own and stay out of other countries’ affairs.

Kansas City Star

Targeting guns to reduce violent crime

After years of fighting the so-called "war on drugs," urban police chiefs nationwide are shifting their focus toward a new prime target: gun offenders.

Christian Science Monitor

Unemployed wait too long for benefits

As the recession forces an unprecedented number to claim benefits, state unemployment agencies are overwhelmed, and people are facing long waits before they receive checks.

NPR

POLITICS

Congressional Republicans backing more insurgent candidates

A growing number of GOP members are bucking the party and backing non-establishment candidates in the 2010 primary elections.

The Hill

Tea Party rattles educated class

Barely a week into a new decade that will redefine America's place in the world, the feisty yet fractious Tea Party movement is readying its next brew.

Toronto Star

BUSINESS

Retail sales, production probably climbed

Consumers probably took advantage of holiday discounts in December, pointing to a U.S. economy poised to sustain the expansion into 2010, economists said.

Bloomberg

Stocks rally into earnings season

CNNMoney

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New jobs for a new decade

NPR

Citrus growers fight freeze damage

Florida's growers of citrus, sugarcane and other crops prayed that cloud cover would stick around. Clouds can make the difference between a close call and a killing cold that devastates fruit and plants.

Brownsville Herald

Saving the citrus

Central Florida News 13

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Researchers closer to pinpointing beneficial evolutionary mutations

By combining statistical tests, researchers can home in on narrow regions, and in some cases, genes, that were selected for during human evolution.

Scientific American

Evidence of ancient civilization uncovered

Hidden from view for centuries, the vast archaeological remains of an unknown, ancient civilization have been found in the Amazon basin.

sphere.com

Ant has given up sex completely, researchers confirm

The complete asexuality of a widespread fungus-gardening ant, the only ant species in the world known to have dispensed with males entirely, has been confirmed by a team of Texas and Brazilian researchers.

ScienceDaily

Ants that farm

YouTube

SPORTS

Dallas wins 1st playoff game since 1996

It has been 13 long years since the Cowboys tasted postseason success, but they were voracious, tearing through the rival Eagles in a resounding 34-14 NFC wild-card rout.

New York Post

Cowboys photo gallery

Sports Illustrated

Canada counts down to the Olympics

No one in the world of sport needs to be told where Vancouver is. More than 5,500 athletes and coaches from 80-plus countries soon will be on their way, along with 10,000 members of the news media.

Seattle Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Web 2.0 suicide machine: erase your virtual life

What happens if you get sick of all those messages on your Facebook wall? If you just can't stand the chatter anymore? Now one Web site is encouraging you to end it all — virtually.

NPR

NBC anchor tells why Jon Stewart is good for news

Many journalists have come to think of Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" as a kind of external standards-and-practices cop and one whose nightstick leaves painfully embarrassing welts.

NPR

Gumby creator Art Clokey dies at 88

Animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys and satires, died Friday. He was 88.

CBS News

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GOOD NEWS

Community rebuilding starts with school

Almost everyone involved in a sprawling $1.8 billion redevelopment project refers to East Baltimore Community School when discussing the odds of success.

Baltimore Sun

The littlest volunteer

With almost 170 service hours in just two years under his little belt, four-year-old Xavier May was recognized as the youngest volunteer in the history of his Minneapolis apartment complex.

Star Tribune

WORLD

Psychological help scarce in Peshawar

Thousands of forgotten victims of the war between Pakistan's army and Islamic militants wander Peshawar in search of a disturbingly scarce resource: psychiatric aid.

Sphere

Orange sunset as Ukraine poll heralds turn to Russia

As Ukraine's voters prepare to go to the polls in the first presidential election since they cast out the country's Soviet-era leadership, the nation's reform movement seems to have run out of steam.

Observer

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change experts clash over sea water levels

Climate science faces a new controversy after Britain's Met Office, its national weather agency, denounced research from the Copenhagen summit which suggested sea levels could rise 6 feet by 2100.

Times Online

Why Antarctica isn't melting much — yet

ABC News

Piracy complaint filed against whaler

A conservation group that lost one of its ships in a clash with Japanese whalers off Antarctica has filed a piracy complaint in the Netherlands against the captain and crew of the whaling vessel.

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Protection of food supply faces problems

Foods raised in America and imported from around the world provide greater abundance and choice than ever before. But while our foods are bountiful, they're also inconsistently regulated.

CBS News

Urine test 'detects dangerous snoring'

A urine test that can differentiate between dangerous and safe snoring is possible, say researchers at the University of Chicago.

BBC

EDUCATION

3 ways educators use social technology

Innovative educators are embracing social media to fight back against an onslaught of problems caused by declining budgets. Technologies such as Twitter and Skype enable inexpensive team-based education.

Mashable

Ohio charter schools buck trend

A new Ohio state Department of Education report shows that charter-school enrollment is up 8 percent this year, while the number attending traditional Ohio schools has fallen.

Cincinnati Enquirer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Beyond belief

The new atheism is bigger, more organized, and much more assertive than ever before. It's based on the belief that science explains everything we need to know, so there's no need for religion.

The Age

Malaysia’s Prime Minister intervenes to defuse religious violence

Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, stepped in to defuse a violent religious controversy over the use by Christians of the word "Allah."

Times Online

Study: Britons suspicious towards Muslims

Telegraph.co.uk

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