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China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo react after performing their gold medal-winning pairs free program during the figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Amy Sancetta / AP)

How pairs broke free from Russia’s grip

One of sport’s towering winning streaks ended when gold medals were awarded in Olympic pairs skating and not placed around the necks of a couple from the former Soviet Union or Russia.

New York Times

Pairs free: Shen/Zhao

MSNBC

Airlines aim to offer in-flight Wi-Fi

In-flight Wi-Fi, the next big-fee income generator for airlines, is available so far on 711 commercial aircraft.

The Record

Dubai seeks dragnet for Hamas slaying

Dubai police appealed for an international manhunt after releasing names and photos of an alleged 11-member European hit squad accused of stalking and killing a Hamas commander.

San Francisco Chronicle

Hit squad caught on camera

ABC News

Wescott wins men's snowboardcross

American Seth Wescott defended his Olympic title, overtaking Canada's Mike Robertson to win the gold medal in the wild sport of men's snowboardcross.

Sports Illustrated

Sexual violence in the US military

The Department of Defense estimated in its 2009 annual report on sexual assault that around 90 percent of rapes in the military are never reported.

BBC

Special section:

US Army sexual harassment and assault prevention program

United States Army

Lost money? Score a tax refund

For some business owners, this tax season will bring a rare reversal: A stimulus-fueled tax change is putting cash back into the pockets of qualifying entrepreneurs.

CNNMoney

NATION

Climber found dead in Mt. St. Helens crater

Rescue crews in Washington will try again to locate and rescue a hiker who fell 1,500 feet into the crater of Mount St. Helen's.

CNN

$57.7 million fence added to an already grueling illegal immigration route

Among the costliest stretch of fencing ever built on the U.S.-Mexico border, the 3.6-mile wall of steel is meant to block trafficking routes over Otay Mountain.

Los Angeles Times

Urban, rural areas battle for census prison populace

An urban vs. rural battle is brewing over the census because prison inmates are counted as residents of where they are locked up, inflating the population of the mostly white, rural towns they are in.

NPR

POLITICS

Retiring lawmakers may be tempted by K Street

Retiring lawmakers are entering a job market that has openings with some of K Street’s biggest players — jobs that include seven-figure salaries or the chance to rub elbows with Hollywood stars.

The Hill

Underdog Hayworth says he'll rap McCain on illegal immigration

In explaining his decision to try to end John McCain's 24-year career in the U.S. Senate, J.D. Hayworth, a fellow Republican, borrows an idea from an unlikely source: President Barack Obama.

Christian Science Monitor

J.D. Hayworth challenges Sen. McCain

USA TODAY

Is health care overhaul doomed to fail?

As Democrats and Republicans sharpen their knives ahead of President Barack Obama's summit on health care, experts are questioning whether the president's health care agenda is doomed to fail.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Obama to announce loan to help with nuclear power

The Obama administration is advancing nuclear power use to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and will announce an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to help Southern Co. build two reactors.

Reuters

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Nuclear power

Guardian

Whaling protester secretly boards Japanese boat

An anti-whaling activist jumped off a speeding Jet Ski and climbed aboard a Japanese vessel in the frigid Antarctic Ocean to attempt a citizen's arrest for the previous destruction of a protest ship.

MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Americans in Western cities fare best in well-being index

A new study of Americans' attitudes concludes that the city at the foot of the Rocky Mountains is home to the happiest, healthiest people in the United States.

USA TODAY

Crystal Renn: Fashion's biggest model on why size matters

When Crystal Renn began modeling, she starved herself to fit the industry ideal. Then she had an epiphany, started eating again and as a size 16 now has the world at her feet.

The Independent

BUSINESS

Temps may no longer signal hiring

When employers hire temporary staff after a recession, it’s long been seen as a sign they’ll soon hire permanent workers. Not these days.

Houston Chronicle

Surveys: Americans bruised but optimistic

USA TODAY

Overseas challenges to US rebound

Turmoil in Europe and belt-tightening in China are endangering a U.S. economic recovery that many believed was tentative even without headwinds from abroad.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Space station's fancy new lookout

Astronauts successfully attached a fancy new observation deck to the International Space Station after a long, frustrating night spent dealing with stuck bolts.

Forbes

Shuttle repairs

Reuters

Fossils 'record past sea changes'

Fossilized coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef could help scientists understand how sea levels have changed over the past 20,000 years.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Baltimore area residents take plowing into their own hands

Local business owners plowed their Baltimore neighborhood streets without waiting for city help.

Baltimore Sun

Mother scoops baby language prize

A teacher from Falkirk has won an international prize for a course she designed to teach babies French.

BBC

WORLD

Secret raid captures Taliban's top commander

A commander captured by Pakistani and American forces is described by officials as the most significant Taliban figure to be detained since the war in Afghanistan started more than eight years ago.

New York Times

How US legal loopholes are aiding money launderers, terrorism

TIME

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Coalition teams meet with tribal elders

CNN

NATO offensive enters 3rd day

Reuters

Cuba's aid ignored by the media?

Among the many nations helping Haiti, Cuba and its medical teams have played a major role in treating earthquake victims. Public health experts say the Cubans were the first to set up medical facilities.

Al Jazeera

Wealth of Roman Abramovich and other Russian billionaires has surged

Russia’s oligarchs have bounced back from the global financial crisis and are amassing huge new fortunes, according to the latest annual ranking of the country’s billionaires.

Times Online

HEALTH

Men 'need better-fitting condoms'

Badly fitted condoms do not just reduce the pleasure of sex for men and women — they raise the risks of infection and pregnancy, researchers say.

BBC

Program helps poorer smokers quit

The overall U.S. smoking rate is half what it was in the 1960s. But this isn't true among low-income Americans — they're still smoking as much as ever.

NPR

EDUCATION

Outlook grim for cash-strapped schools

The nation's public schools are falling under severe financial stress as states slash education spending and drain federal stimulus money that staved off deep classroom cuts and widespread job losses.

EducationNews.org

Demand in Colo. charter schools forces lotteries, long waiting lists

About 38,000 children are waiting to get into Colorado charter schools. One such school in Colorado Springs has 7,800 students on its wait list.

Denver Post

SPORTS

Girls' sports pay dividends

Long after the federal law opened the door for girls' athletics, a crucial question has remained unanswered: Do sports make a long-term difference in a woman’s life?

New York Times

Former judge Sylvia Pressler dies; her ruling opened Little League to girls

The Record

Landis wanted for questioning

A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis in connection with a case of data hacking at a doping laboratory.

ESPN

Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees leads Mardi Gras parade

Thousands lined the streets to catch foam footballs thrown by Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees while he served as monarch of Bacchus, one of the biggest parades of the Carnival season in Mardi Gras.

Sports Illustrated

Brees leads parade

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

iPhone apps provide answer to prayers

An array of religious iPhone applications has been developed to answer the prayers of devout gadget fans.

Telegraph.co.uk

The spiritual side of soup

We've heard of mindful eating — paying attention to what you are eating so you can truly taste and enjoy every bite — but we haven't heard much about the process of paying attention to food preparation.

Jackson-Citizen Patriot

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