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In this photo by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, marine debris of all types wash ashore on Laysan Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Many photos, which show plastics carpeting the sea surface, are actually shot along coastlines and estuaries, and mistakenly attributed to the gyre. (Photo by Anonymous / NOAA / AP)

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Pacific Ocean ‘garbage patch’ exaggerated

Oprah Winfrey described a plastic garbage patch twice the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean. A scientist debunked the vastness of the garbage swirl as “hyperbole.”

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Contra Costa Times

Special section:

Great Pacific garbage patch

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National Geographic

Jobless find long waits for training in new careers

Around the country, community colleges are struggling to keep up with demand as enrollment has risen 17 percent in the past year to historic highs.

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Des Moines Register

Giffords in critical condition after shooting

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remained in critical condition after a gunman shot her in the head and then opened fire on a crowd gathered at a political meet-and-greet outside an Arizona supermarket.

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CNN

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War of words rages on

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Politico

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Ariz. shooting targets US congresswoman

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San Francisco Chronicle

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FBI follows Internet trail of Ariz. gunman

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ABC News

Southern Sudan votes on independence

The week-long vote is widely expected to result in Africa’s largest country being split in two. Amid scenes of jubilation, Southern Sudanese leader Salva Kiir said: “This is an historic moment.”

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BBC

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Southern Sudan prepares to vote

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TIME

Hospitals pushing full-term deliveries

While the medical community previously thought it was OK to deliver a baby a few weeks early, recent research disagrees.

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Chicago Sun-Times

NATION

Southeast braces for winter storm

As the Northeast appeared to avoid a repeat of the Christmas blizzard, residents in the Southeast turned a wary eye on a new storm that is threatening to drop as much as an inch of ice in parts of the region.

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CNN

Feds push back over testing of key device in Gulf oil spill probe

Investigators are responding to criticism that they aren’t doing enough to keep companies involved in the Gulf oil spill away from the forensic analysis of equipment that failed to stop the spread of the oil.

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Kansas City Star

US orders Twitter to hand over WikiLeaks’ account records

A U.S. court has ordered Twitter to hand over details of the accounts of WikiLeaks and several supporters as part of a criminal investigation into the release of hundreds of thousands of confidential documents.

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Reuters

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101: WikiLeaks revealed

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CNN

POLITICS

Democrats mount new sales pitch for health care law

In the run-up to a House vote on repeal, Democrats are staging news conferences and rallies outside the district offices of Republican House members.

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Washington Post

St. Louis’ narrative key to DNC bid

As they try to lure the 2012 Democratic National Convention to the Gateway City, some St. Louis, Missouri leaders see a theme emerging that might separate their city from its competitors.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

EDUCATION

Va. considers ban of Facebook and texting between students and teachers

The Virginia Board of Education will soon vote on a measure to discourage school teachers from using Facebook or text messaging to communicate with students.

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The Daily Caller

Mass. schools embrace online learning

“Virtual learning teams” of teachers, counselors, technology directors and administrators will use the Web to keep at-risk students in six Cape Cod school districts on the right track.

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Digital directions

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Elvis’s birthday celebrated at Graceland

Fans are marking what would be the 76th birthday of the King of Rock and Roll with a celebration at his Graceland estate — and one of Elvis’ biggest fans is taking part.

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ABC News

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Chilean miner sings at Elvis’s home

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BBC

Gypsy Rose Lee, ‘American Rose’

To say that Gypsy Rose Lee was a stripper is a bit like calling Frank Sinatra a saloon singer. Which is to say: Yes, but.

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NPR

History Network pulls plug on fictional Kennedy series

A controversial miniseries on the Kennedy family will not air on the History Channel because the completed multimillion dollar project does not fit the “History brand,” the network said.

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The Boston Channel

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Filipinos swarm to religious procession

Hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics joined a raucous religious procession in the Philippines to honor a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ that they believe possesses mystical powers.

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Denver Post

Converts flock to an ancient church

After 30 years as an Episcopalian priest, Richard Petranek converted to the Antiochian Orthodox Church and leads a new but growing parish filled almost entirely with converts to the ancient faith.

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Houston Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Cartoon (David Horsey):

Freshman innocence never lasts long

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog (Matthew Cooper):

With Giffords shooting, a grim milestone

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The Atlantic

Relax, liberals. William Daley is your friend

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Washington Examiner

Column (Dennis Rockstroh):

Why you shouldn’t write a check with red ink

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San Jose Mercury News

Blog (Stanton E. Samenow):

Peer pressure does not cause crime

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Inside the Criminal Mind

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Blog (Tim Townsend):

For Episcopalians, vote in Sudan gets personal

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(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

DHS head poised to do a lot for kids

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Detroit Free Press

Blog (Ken Rudin):

Barring info, speculating on motive behind Giffords shooting helps no one

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It's All Politics

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GOOD NEWS

Progress on tablet computers for developing nations

The One Laptop Per Child project’s mission is to bring low-powered, low-cost devices to the developing world. They launched a hybrid computer that turns into a tablet.

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BBC

Mother Nature’s cleanser may help study of global warming

Scientists have long known about the atmosphere’s ability to cleanse itself of nasty pollutants such as benzene and methane. But they haven’t always understood how nature’s cleanser works.

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AOL News

You’re never too old to begin to swing

The New Horizons International Music Association is a nonprofit group that helps people over 50 learn to play an instrument. In its two decades, it’s seen a big increase in participation.

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NPR

WORLD

Mexican police find 15 dead in Acapulco

Police found the bodies of 15 men on a street in Acapulco. Handwritten signs left with the bodies were signed by “El Chapo’s People” — a reference to drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman of the Sinaloa cartel.

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Star Tribune

How common is corporate espionage?

At first glance, the news that Renault’s electric-car program appears to have fallen victim to industrial espionage is especially remarkable due to the suspects: three top company executives.

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TIME

BUSINESS

Derrick Kuzak at heart of Ford revival

Ford’s turnaround has all the makings of a modern American business legend — with the automaker expected to report a 2010 profit of $8.2 billion.

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Detroit Free Press

Yellen: Asset-buying adds 3 million jobs in private sector

The Federal Reserve’s two rounds of asset purchases totaling $2.3 trillion will have helped boost private payrolls by about 3 million jobs through 2012, said Fed Vice Chairman Janet Yellen.

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BusinessWeek

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Retail sales probably rose for sixth month as consumers join US recovery

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

New rules may increase home dialysis

Only about 8 percent of kidney patients do home dialysis. New Medicare payment rules could change that.

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Forbes

Herbalife surveys how men and women view weight loss

A recent nationwide survey of 1000 adults revealed that men and women differ not only in their strategies, but also in what motivates them to shed excess flab.

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Medical News Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Babies’ brains process language in a grown-up way

Babies, even those too young to talk, can understand many of the words that adults are saying — and their brains process them in a grown-up way.

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ScienceDaily

We were naked until 170,000 years ago

Clothing first appeared 170,000 years ago. That’s what University of Florida researchers have deduced from an unlikely source — the annoying clothing louse.

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USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Green jeans: Levi’s makes its denim with less water

Back in 2007, Levi’s did a cradle-to-grave assessment of the resources required for its 501 denim and found its jeans were practically made of water.

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TIME

Co-management holds promise of sustainable fisheries worldwide

Encouraging new evidence suggests that the world’s fisheries could be sustained using community-based co-management.

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ScienceDaily

SPORTS

Seahawks upset Super Bowl champs

Once Marshawn Lynch reached the end zone, it was clear that these Saints had been KO’d by a punch no one saw coming.

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Game highlights: New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks

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NFL.com

It’s a whole new ballgame

As coverage of high school football athletes and recruiting has continued to grow, so has the All-American game phenomenon. Now there are multiple such games.

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Can laws catch up to online voyeurs?

Voyeurism has gone global on the Internet, but the laws against spying on a person’s most private moments have yet to catch up in Florida and across the nation.

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A man skates on the frozen surface of the Lake Balaton off the coast of Balatonfured, Hungary. (Photo by Bela Szandelszky / AP)

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