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Matt Richardson lights a candle during a vigil for the victims of a shooting in Arizona, at the steps of Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head by a gunman who opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with voters. (Photo by Jose Luis Magana / 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

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

Gabrielle Giffords is expected to recover

Doctors treating Gabrielle Giffords, the U.S. Congresswoman shot in Tucson, Arizona, said they were “cautiously optimistic” about her chances of recovery. Giffords was communicating with doctors.

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Guardian

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Tragedy in Tucson

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CBS News

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Press conference on shooting victims

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ABC News

Rethinking Advanced Placement

The College Board, a nonprofit organization that owns the A.P. exams as well as the SAT, will release a wholesale revamping the most popular A.P. subject.

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Southern Sudan votes on independence

Huge numbers of Southern Sudanese have been voting in a landmark referendum on independence from the north.

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BBC

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Southern Sudan prepares to vote

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TIME

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

WikiLeaks subpoenas spill to public

Investigative documents in the WikiLeaks probe have spilled out into the public domain for the first time, pointing to the Obama administration’s determination to assemble a criminal case.

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NPR

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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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

High-tech accelerates the future of cars

Debuting the Focus at the Consumer Electronics Show rather than the Detroit Motor Show indicates how important in-car electronics have become to every manufacturer and car owner.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Opera company back in a flash

Philadelphia’s opera company was the first to make events partly inspired by a public performance at a market at Spain go “viral.” The Internet videos have been seen by millions of people.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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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Chilean miner sings at Elvis’s home

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BBC

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

Columns And Op-Ed

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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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GOOD NEWS

‘Average’ kids helped to excel

The internationally recognized program is called Advancement Via Individual Determination, and it’s showing early signs of success in Hawaii schools.

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Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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

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

Hamas urges militant groups to stop attacking Israel

Hamas said it has begun talks with other militant factions in the Gaza Strip to urge them to stop firing rockets at Israel, attacks that have raised Palestinian fears of a new Israeli offensive.

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Reuters

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Clinton seeks stronger ties with Arab allies

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San Francisco Chronicle

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

ENVIRONMENT

Policy shift concerns biotech companies

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, once seen as an ally of biotech companies, has now angered the industry with a proposed policy shift in how genetically engineered crops are regulated.

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Des Moines Register

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

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Military chaplains are faith mismatch for personnel they serve

According to Department of Defense data, the nation’s corps of chaplains leans heavily toward evangelical Christianity, failing to mirror the military it serves.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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

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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