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New PBS show scrutinizes 'Digital Nation'

The new program explores the use of technology at home, school, work, in the military and examines immersion in virtual worlds and even remote warfare.

CBS News

Sites deal with digital assets after death

San Francisco Chronicle

FW de Klerk and the end of apartheid

Cape Town, 20 years ago, was an extraordinary place to be. The world's press had descended on South Africa's coastal capital in expectation of what would be the biggest story of the year.

The Independent

Obama pivots to trim future deficits

President Barack Obama sent Congress a proposed budget of $3.8 trillion for the fiscal year 2011, saying that his plan would produce a decade-long reduction in the deficit from $1.6 trillion this year.

New York Times

Gates' new Pentagon budget

Christian Science Monitor

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Budget analysis by issue

NPR

Will the budget turn the economy around?

MSNBC

A little chip designed by Apple itself

The iPad’s most important component, at least for Apple’s future, may be the A4, the fingernail-size chip at the tablet’s heart.

New York Times

US missionaries 'knew they were wrong'

Haiti's prime minister has criticized 10 U.S. missionaries who were arrested as they tried to take 33 Haitian children out of the earthquake devastated country.

BBC

10 Americans arrested in Haiti

ABC News

NATION

Study: 1 in 8 get help at food banks

One in eight Americans, 37 million, received emergency food help last year, up 46 percent from 2005, the nation's largest hunger-relief group reports.

USA TODAY

Dramatic shift in Pentagon's thinking

The Pentagon will no longer shape the U.S. military to fight two major conventional wars at once, but will prepare for numerous conflicts, according to a new strategic outlook the Pentagon is announcing.

CNN

Spending freeze backed

YouTube

Chances are dim, but advocates will still push for immigration reform

As President Barack Obama vows to refocus Democrats' attention on jobs and the economy, advocates for overhauling the nation's immigration laws say they are still gearing up for a battle in the Senate.

Washington Post

POLITICS

Illinois primary: GOP jockeys to make gains in Obama's home state

Illinois voters head to the polls with an eye to replacing two tarnished officeholders: ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, indicted on federal corruption charges, and Sen. Roland Burris.

Christian Science Monitor

CIA moonlights in corporate world

In the midst of two wars and the fight against al-Qaida, the CIA is offering operatives a chance to peddle their expertise to private companies on the side.

Politico

SPORTS

TV viewership for NFL's Pro Bowl up 40 percent from last season

ESPN reported that it garnered an 8.2 rating for the NFL all-star game, which made it the highest-rated Pro Bowl since 2000 when the game was broadcast on ABC.

USA TODAY

Freeney's 'really bad' ankle injury could sideline him for Super Bowl

Dwight Freeney still hopes to play in the Super Bowl. A person close to the All-Pro defensive end told the Associated Press in an e-mail that the ankle was "really bad."

CBS SportsLine

HEALTH

Wakeful resting improves memory

New research from the U.S. shows that resting while awake appears to strengthen memory, revealing new insights into how forms of rest other than sleep, affect the memory consolidation process.

Medical News Today

HIV/AIDS drug puzzle cracked

British and U.S. researchers said they had grown a crystal that enabled them to see the structure of an enzyme called integrase, which is a target for some of the newest HIV medicines.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Macmillan raising e-book prices

U.S. book publisher Macmillan is raising its e-book prices in a move that threatens to shake up the market and is being strongly opposed by Amazon, maker of the Kindle electronic book reader.

The Independent

Indian-themed comedies a new TV trend

The two comedies, "Nirvana" at Fox and "Outsourced" at NBC, have something in common: They both are ensemble shows about Indians and Indian Americans.

Hollywood Reporter

ENVIRONMENT

UN says climate goals not enough

The U.N. has welcomed the "clear goal" set by some of the world's biggest polluters to combat climate change, but says it is "not good enough" to forestall the expected disastrous effects of global warming.

Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia to replace oil with sun power for desalination plants

The more than 28 desalination plants scattered around Saudi Arabia have had to rely on fossil fuel, most notably fuel oil, to provide the power to run the equipment used to extract salt from sea water.

Environmental News Network

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GOOD NEWS

Biggest polluters officially pledge to stop

Countries contributing the most to global warming tell the United Nations how much they'll clean up their acts.

Star Tribune

'Wear it Again' for a good cause

An upscale consignment boutique located in Maryland, has launched a program allowing patrons to donate the proceeds of their sold items to charity.

The Daily Times

WORLD

Bomber kills 54 during pilgrimage

A suicide bomber walking among Shiite pilgrims in northern Baghdad detonated an explosives belt, reportedly killing at least 54 people and wounding around 117.

MSNBC

Attacks by female suicide bombers in Iraq

Las Vegas Sun

Female suicide bomber hits Iraqi pilgrims

YouTube

Somali Islamists al-Shabab 'join al-Qaida fight' for global Jihad

Somali Islamist rebel group al-Shabab has confirmed for the first time that its fighters are aligned with al-Qaida's global militant campaign.

BBC

Peru farmers drop cocaine in favor of growing cocoa

Tapping into a niche market for organic cocoa, some Peruvian farmers have turned away from cocaine in favor of growing beans for high-end chocolate retailers in Europe and the U.S.

Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Baptists arrested in Haiti might go to US

Haitian and U.S. officials are considering a trial in the U.S. for 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without documents or permission.

CBS News

Brain cancer tests a young pastor’s faith

Matt Chandler preaches to 6,000 people at The Village Church in suburban Flower Mound, where the 35-year-old pastor is a rising star of evangelical Christianity. He also has brain cancer.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

CBS sells out Super Bowl ads

CBS, the broadcaster for this year's NFL championship, said it has sold out all the spots for the big game, said spokeswoman Shannon Jacobs.

CNNMoney

Manuf. expands at fastest pace in 5 years

Manufacturing expanded in January at the fastest pace since August 2004, indicating production gains that are spearheading the U.S. recovery may soon encourage companies to hire.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA reaffirms JSC's importance

NASA officials said that Houston's Johnson Space Center will remain at the heart of manned space operations despite the President's proposal to end the agency's program to return astronauts to the moon.

Houston Chronicle

Astronomers discover coolest sub-stellar body outside solar system

An international team has found what may be the coolest sub-stellar body ever found outside our own solar system.

Science Daily

Rotting fish spoil ideas about early life-forms' simplicity

Squashed fossils of the first boneless vertebrates suggest basal creatures, but real-time decay patterns hint they might have been less primitive than we thought.

Scientific American

EDUCATION

College tuition hikes in double digits

As students around the country anxiously wait for college acceptance letters, their parents are sweating the looming tuition bills at public universities.

MSNBC

A mark against online term papers

A district court judge in Illinois has ordered the owner of a Web-based company to stop selling term papers unless he can prove he has permission from the authors.

USA TODAY

Study finds focus on abstinence in sex-ed classes can delay sexual activity

Sex education classes that focus on encouraging children to remain abstinent can convince a significant proportion to delay sexual activity, researchers reported.

Washington Post

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