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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, listens during a news conference following two votes on tax cuts during a rare Saturday session of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Harry Hamburg / AP)

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Billions at stake as BP disputes spill size

BP is challenging the government’s estimate that its damaged Macondo well gushed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, adopting a strategy that could save it billions of dollars in fines.

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Houston Chronicle

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Dive finds oil, dead sea life in Gulf of Mexico

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ABC News

EPA celebrates 40th birthday amid controversy

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(USA TODAY)

Green House

The rise of the vertical garden

You’ve heard, no doubt, about the planet-friendly benefits of putting gardens on rooftops, but what about installing plants on the sides of buildings?

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TIME

Now it’s all or nothing on tax cuts

Democrats failed to break a Republican filibuster of two measures that would have ended Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, forcing both parties back to the negotiating table.

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Politico

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Biden turns up heat in US tax debate

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Reuters

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GOP: We need tax cuts for everybody

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CNN

Ivory Coast election leaves country in state of chaos

The two candidates in Ivory Coast’s disputed presidential election took dueling oaths of office after each claimed victory.

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MSNBC

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Q-and-A: Ivory Coast election crisis

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BBC

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Conflict fear after Ivory Coast poll

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Reuters

Groupon is said to spurn Google’s $6B acquisition offer

Groupon Inc., a Chicago-based Internet coupon service with more than 35 million users, walked away from an acquisition offer from Google Inc., according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

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Bloomberg

NATION

Why no one’s happy with Net neutrality

After years of debate, the Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with controversial rules intended to preserve the open Internet. The FCC chairman outlined the proposals.

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NPR

Outbreaks signal flu season, CDC says

Although winter hasn‘t even arrived, the first signs of flu season have, U.S. health officials said. But there’s good news, too: The flu strains circulating so far seem to be a close match for this season’s vaccine.

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HealthDay

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Flu activity low, but rising

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3rd of Americans have gotten flu shot

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BusinessWeek

WIKILEAKS

PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow

Online payment service PayPal has suspended the WikiLeaks’ account that the organization used to collect donations, it said in a statement.

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MSNBC

Legal process keeps Julian Assange free for now

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains free while his website spews embarrassment and diplomatic damage to the United States, his liberty protected for now by the grinding wheels of the law.

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CBS News

POLITICS

US, South Korea agree on largest trade deal since NAFTA

The U.S. and South Korea have reached an agreement on a free trade deal sought by the Obama administration to boost American exports.

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NPR

Special section:

Country fast facts: South Korea

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CBS News

GOP pushes for the ‘Americano’ vote

In an outreach effort, former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich has started a website called “The Americano.” Gingrich called it a place for conservatives to exchange ideas from a Latino perspective.

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NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pray tell: Americans stretch the truth about church attendance

A new University of Michigan study finds that Americans are more likely to exaggerate their attendance at religious services than are people in other countries.

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U.S. News & World Report

U2charist adds edge to church services

The number of U2 Eucharist, or U2charist, services has grown since the first service combined the Irish rock band’s music and religion in Baltimore in 2004.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Arsenic-eating bacteria hint at possible ‘shadow biosphere’

The discovery of a microbe that thrives on arsenic won’t force scientists to rewrite entire biology textbooks, but some paragraphs will definitely need to be revised, experts say.

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LiveScience

Dot-com bubble 2.0

Remember that crazy dot-com bubble in the late 1990s and the huge bust that followed? It looks like we’re about to sit through the same movie all over again.

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Newsweek

Killer whales mimic friends and foes

A new study of wild orcas shows that they mimic calls from other groups even when members of that group aren’t around.

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Science

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

70 years in the making, the Disney cartoon that’s bigger than Potter

It is the most expensive animation ever made; “Tangled,” a retelling of the Rapunzel fairy tale, could surpass the latest Harry Potter film at the box office.

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The Independent

Letting kids play

A back-to-basics child-rearing movement is drawing kudos from parents looking for an antidote to the excesses of modern kids’ upbringing.

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Star Tribune

3-D spectacles get a fashion makeover

Some moviegoers complain that the reusable glasses you get to watch 3-D movies cause eye strain. They also question just how thoroughly they have been sanitized.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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For real global security, put women at the negotiating table

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Christian Science Monitor

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Snow changes your whole outlook on life

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The Independent

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Why it’s time to worry

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Newsweek

Blog (Dahlia Lithwick and Jeff Shesol):

Repealing common sense

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(Slate)

Blog (Bonnie Reiss):

Bringing digital learning to Calif. schools

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(San Francisco Chronicle)

The Opinion Shop

If deficits matter, it’s time to hang tough

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Column (Michael Roth):

Why we teach

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Huffington Post

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WikiLeaks lesson: We must all guard our ‘secrets’

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USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Tooth decay to be a thing of the past?

Scientists have deciphered the enzyme responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth. This knowledge will stimulate the identification of substances that inhibit the enzyme.

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ScienceDaily

Denver Zoo reaching out around globe to threatened species

The Denver Zoo quietly has shifted its mission from displaying captive threatened animals to working worldwide for species survival.

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Denver Post

Latinos look to send kids to college

A Minnesota state program seeks to help by teaching parents about the application process and converting it into Spanish.

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Star Tribune

WORLD

Tungurahua volcano prompts evacuation in Ecuador

The authorities in Ecuador have begun evacuating people from the slopes of the Tungurahua volcano after it has erupted and started spewing ash.

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BBC

Spanish air traffic controllers marched back to work as airports reopen

Spain’s air traffic controllers were forced to return to work — escorted by armed police — after a walkout caused chaos throughout Europe.

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Telegraph.co.uk

BUSINESS

Massey Energy CEO exits

After a deadly explosion at a Massey Energy coal mine, CEO Don Blankenship has surrendered control of the company.

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NPR

Twitter investment said to value company at more than $3B

Twitter Inc. is considering a funding round that would value the company at more than $3 billion as investors clamor for a stake in the social networking servicer.

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BusinessWeek

Seattle police use Twitter to curb auto theft

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(Forbes)

ENVIRONMENT

As climate talks drag on, more ponder techno-fixes

Like the warming atmosphere above, a once-taboo idea hangs over the slow, frustrating U.N. talks to curb climate change: the idea to tinker with the atmosphere or the planet itself.

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ABC News

Cancun’s famous beaches threatened by erosion, climate change

Cancun’s eroding white sand beaches are providing a note of urgency to the climate talks being held just south of this seaside resort famed for its postcard vistas.

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USA TODAY

HEALTH

A day without orange juice

Former beauty queen Anita Bryant chirped more than four decades ago: “A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.” She wasn’t talking about green oranges or genetically altered ones.

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Reuters

It’s all a blur for diabetic drinkers

People with Type 2 diabetes who drink are at increased risk for blurry vision unrelated to retinopathy, researchers said.

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EDUCATION

Scrapping Department of Education could be tough

During the recent midterm elections conservative Republican candidates, eager to clamp down on bureaucratic waste, took aim at scrapping a familiar target: the U.S. Department of Education.

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How doctoral graduates fare

The feeling that most colleges don’t do much to track or publicize their graduates’ career tracks — or lack thereof — doesn’t make matters any easier for those unsure whether to pursue a doctoral degree.

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Inside Higher Ed

SPORTS

Yankees finalize new contract for Jeter

The Yankees and Derek Jeter’s agent, Casey Close, have made a deal to keep Derek Jeter in a Yankee uniform.

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Sports Illustrated

SEC commisioner: Newton ruling fair based on evidence

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive said the established facts of the Cam Newton case merited the NCAA’s swift reinstatement of the Auburn quarterback.

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CBSSports

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Mental health problems in colleges rise

Some mental health problems, including moderate and severe depression, are more common among college students today than in the past, according to a study that looked back 12 years.

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WebMD

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History enthusiasts take part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz to mark its 205th anniversary near the town of Slavkov, Czech Republic. (Photo by Petr David Josek / AP)

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