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People walk, back dropped by the rebuilt Iron Market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 1890s market, destroyed by the Jan. 12-earthquake and then burnt, will be re-inaugurated. Almost one year has passed since the magnitude-7.0 quake that killed more than 220,000 people and left millions homeless. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa / AP)

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A year on, hubris and debris clog Haiti quake recovery

When the ground shook Haiti on a Caribbean winter afternoon a year ago, killing around 250,000 people, world leaders promised quick action to rebuild the country.

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Reuters

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Street music and Voodoo art in Haiti

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BBC

1st day of Southern Sudan vote ends

Polling stations have closed on the first day of voting in Southern Sudan’s week-long referendum on secession. The atmosphere was festive in the southern capital Juba.

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Al Jazeera

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Southern Sudan vote

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CNN

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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Real lesson is not leaping to conclusions

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San Jose Mercury News

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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

Impact of flu vaccine opt-out is being seen as H1N1 returns to Europe

The U.K. and other European countries are now experiencing epidemics of influenza, including H1N1. The consequences of opting out could create a flu emergency.

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Medical News Today

Hoax that Facebook is closing goes viral

Rumors that Facebook will be shutting down on March 15 have gone viral across the Web, causing users to question what will happen to their photos and other content that they have shared.

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ABC News

NATION

Economists foretell of US decline and China’s ascension

To hear a number of prominent economists tell it, it doesn’t look good for the U.S. economy — not this year, not in 10 years.

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Reuters

Travel affected as winter storm rolls in

Some airlines began to announce flight cancellations ahead of a major winter storm that is expected to dump snow and ice across the southeastern United States.

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CNN

As bingo struggles, its fans hang on

As the money flowing into bingo and other charitable games drops, the players worry that something else is being lost, too.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

POLITICS

House postpones vote to repeal health care law following Tucson shooting

In the wake of the shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., at an event held by Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the House has postponed all legislative business.

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CBS News

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

The big squeeze is on in Calif. classes, jeopardizing education

As California crams kids into classrooms, students are sitting in aisles and on windowsills. Fewer are paying attention and are certain to be left behind.

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San Jose Mercury 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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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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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

‘True Grit’ rides tall with No. 1 finish

“True Grit” seized the reins at the weekend box office with $15 million, taking the No. 1 spot and becoming the first Western to top the $100 million mark since the 1990s, according to studio estimates.

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Yahoo! News

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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ABC News

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Chilean miner sings at Elvis’s home

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BBC

SPORTS

No. 2 Ohio State survives scare from 21st-ranked Minnesota

No. 2 Ohio State survived a scare when Austin Hollins’ three-pointer came up short in the final seconds, allowing the Buckeyes to remain unbeaten with a 67-64 victory over 21st-ranked Minnesota.

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USA TODAY

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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Column (Mary Sanchez):

Let‘s keep ‘death panels’ insanity in 2010

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McClatchy Newspapers

On NPR’s Giffords coverage

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NPR

Blog (Jay Newton-Small):

Time for a new era of political correctness?

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Column (Bob Greene):

College sports: sweatshop?

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CNN

Column (Gail Rosenblum):

Endangered species: US teenagers studying abroad

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Star Tribune

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

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GOOD NEWS

Doctor is following in father’s footsteps to treat wounded service members

As Christian Paletta takes on his new job — with a team at military hospitals in Washington overseeing the treatment of severely wounded soldiers — he is also doing the work his father did.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

‘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

WORLD

1,000s rally over blasphemy laws

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Pakistan to oppose changes to blasphemy laws and to praise a man charged with murdering a provincial governor.

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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

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

BUSINESS

Micro bust?

Several city businesses in Worcester, Mass., that got loans using public dollars have been lax in making payments, and in the case of one popular restaurant, payments are overdue.

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Telegram & Gazette

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

Favorite music evokes same feelings as good food or drugs

Ever had goosebumps or felt euphoric chills when listening to a piece of music? If so, your brain may be reacting to the music in the same way as it would to some delicious food or a psychoactive drug.

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Guardian

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

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

ENVIRONMENT

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

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

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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Southern Sudanese line up to vote at dawn in the southern capital of Juba. (Photo by Pete Muller / AP)

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