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The street in front of New York‘s City Hall is clear after a snowstorm. “Stop” is written on a security barricade. Armies of plows and salt spreaders hit the streets up and down the East Coast to stem chaos. (Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP)

Unafraid of Virginia Woolf

Katherine Boutry didn’t stumble on a group of Mrs. Dalloway fans at her college. In fact, she broke the norm of many community colleges that teach writing by having students respond to nonfiction works.

Inside Higher Ed

Progress toward finding a blood test for Down syndrome

A new blood test may help pregnant women who are at high risk for having a baby with Down syndrome avoid more invasive tests such as amniocentesis and chronic villus sampling.

WebMD

A new test for Down syndrome?

ABC News

Winter snowstorm: ‘Weather bomb’ slams into northeast

The powerful winter storm that left 11 dead and snarled travel across the southeast moved overnight in the northeast.

ABC News

Flights canceled in New York as storm dumps more snow in northeast

CNN

Massive snow storm slams into northeast

CBS News

The northeast is next

The Weather Channel

Lebanese government collapses

Lebanon’s unity government has collapsed after the Hezbollah movement and its political allies resigned from the cabinet over arguments about a U.N. probe into the murder of Rafiq al-Hariri.

Al Jazeera

Special section:

A history of Hezbollah

PBS

San Francisco gay history museum finds home, identity

Long recognized as “one of the great ground zeroes of queer liberation,” the Castro becomes the site of the nation’s first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history museum today.

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Immigrant drivers face an uncertain road

A decision by the Department of Public Safety will cancel the commercial driver’s licenses of immigrants who lack certain documents — even though they are legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Houston Chronicle

Long-distance moves at record lows

Americans are shunning long-distance moves at record levels as many young, jobless adults opt to stay put rather than relocate to other parts of the U.S.

TIME

Blog:

Census 2010: The last seat in Congress

(Pew Research Center)

All Things Census

TRAGEDY IN TUCSON

Surgeon: Giffords has ‘101 percent’ chance of survival

“She has a 101 percent chance of surviving,” said Dr. Peter Rhee, trauma chief at the University of Arizona Medical Center and a former combat surgeon who worked in Iraq and Afghanistan.

McClatchy Newspapers

Loughner parents: ‘No words to express’ feelings

CBS News

A scramble to control narrative of tragedy

Control of what Douglas Kellner, author of “Guys and Guns Amok,” calls the post-tragedy “spectacle” has definitely been up for grabs.

NPR

Proposed House resolution condemns ‘horrific’ Ariz. attack

CNN

POLITICS

Poll: President Obama’s approval rises as economy improves

President Barack Obama is getting a bump in his approval ratings from an improving economy but Americans want him to focus on reducing debt and spending, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.

Reuters

Judges no strangers to balancing security

Security experts recommend that judicial officials and their staffs take security measures that range from varying their route from work to home to carrying weapons inside and outside of the courtroom.

MSNBC

Blog:

GOP Rep. Burton wants to enclose Congress in Plexiglas

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

100 tweets of solitude

How many times a day do you check your e-mail? If you’re like many of us, the red blinking light of a BlackBerry is the first thing you see each morning and the last glimpse of color to fade out before bedtime.

Newsweek

La Nina: where to ski this winter and why

La Nina, El Nino, ENSO — as skiers we hear these terms all the time. As much as you may or may not be paying attention, the children of the Pacific can have a dramatic influence on skiing, from Tahoe to Alaska.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Diesel era ends for MTA buses

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will become the only major transit agency in the U.S. with a fleet run entirely on alternative fuels.

Los Angeles Times

Post-GM model envisioned for town

Massena, N.Y., is receiving the largest chunk of a nearly $800 million settlement that the bankruptcy estate of GM — known as “Old GM” — must commit toward cleaning up its contaminated properties.

NPR

HEALTH

Study finds NSAIDs could increase cardiac health risk

Painkillers taken to treat inflammation, such as Celebrex and Advil, can raise the risk of heart attack, stroke or death, a review of existing research suggests.

HealthDay

Employees work in the cold

For many employees, the cold weather is just part of the job. Many stores have designated positions to be outside, whether it’s pushing carts, scooping snow or carrying out large purchases.

Grand Herald Independent

EDUCATION

Students get to use spell-check on tests ‎

Students across Oregon will start taking their standardized writing exams, and for the first time, those doing their essays online will get to use spell-check.

NPR

Schools watch free-speech case on breast cancer bracelets

School districts nationwide have their eyes on a federal court case in Pennsylvania, which will address whether students should be allowed to wear breast-cancer awareness bracelets.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Daniel Indiviglio):

Why isn’t the Internet helping the unemployed?

The Atlantic

Blog (Melissa Kirk):

When words confuse rather than clarify

(Psychology Today)

Test Case

Column (Bill Boyarsky):

The story of a lifetime

Truthdig

Column (Paul Buchheit):

Why you should feel cheated, deceived and sickened by inequality

AlterNet

Column (Cindy Sheehan):

Transparency in the age of Obama

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

Don’t rewrite literature

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

What US ‘justice’ signifies around the world

Salon

Column (Doyle McManus):

A retooled White House

McClatchy Newspapers

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GOOD NEWS

Captain America and suicide prevention

In the latest Marvel tale, the character finds himself testing his mettle against insurmountable odds, while saving the life of a boy who is considering suicide.

USA TODAY

Cross-eyed opossum capturing hearts

She’s middle-aged, gray-haired and stays up all night. Still, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is Germany’s biggest media sensation, and she has not even made her debut at the Leipzig Zoo.

Reuters

Cross-eyed opossum Heidi

Yahoo! News

Couple gives $10M for autism research

As the number of children diagnosed with autism grows, top researchers at Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital will have help trying to cure the illness thanks to a $10 million gift.

Columbus Dispatch

HAITI: 1 YEAR LATER

Global relief efforts yield little progress

One year after a devastating earthquake toppled homes and killed roughly 250,000 people in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the Western hemisphere is still reeling from the devastation.

Huffington Post

Haiti: 1 year later

CBS News

1 year after Haiti’s quake: cholera babies, school without walls

Rubble still clogs Haiti’s capital a year after the earthquake. It is estimated about 700 million cubic feet of rubble have yet to be cleared, enough to fill six Superdomes.

ABC News

WORLD

Flood fears worsen for Brisbane

Up to 20,000 homes are now at risk in Brisbane, the Queensland state premier has said, as deadly floodwaters surge towards Australia’s third-largest city.

BBC

Australia floods inundate Brisbane, 43 missing

Reuters

Few foreclosures, no bank failures: Canada offers lessons

Analysts are speculating on where the bottom is for U.S. real estate. Canada isn’t facing the same worries — yet its system of mortgage finance gets little attention in the states.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Congressman questions Bank of America mortgage deal

Rep. Brad Miller is raising questions about Bank of America’s settlement with the government over soured mortgage-backed securities, asking whether the government got the best deal for taxpayers.

McClatchy Newspapers

SEC starved for reform funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission is so cash-strapped that it has delayed key parts of the financial reform bill passed last year by Congress — and is curtailing some of its normal operations.

CNNMoney

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Computer History Museum reopening marks a Silicon Valley milestone

The Computer History Museum is reopening after an ambitious $19 million makeover with an exhibit called, “Revolution.”

San Jose Mercury News

Thunderstorms shoot antimatter beams into space

Thunderstorms can shoot beams of antimatter into space that can be spotted thousands of miles away.

National Geographic

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope Benedict urges Pakistan to repeal blasphemy law

Pope Benedict XVI urged Pakistan to reverse its blasphemy laws, saying they were a pretext for violence against non-Muslims and demanded all governments do more so Christians can safely practice their faith.

USA TODAY

Religious leaders call for calm, civility

After news of the shooting broke, Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas said Catholics in Jericho asked how to prevent further brutality. “I wish I knew the answer,” the bishop said.

Religion News Service

SPORTS

Cavaliers humiliated by loss to Lakers

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ most lopsided loss ever has their players feeling humiliated, dejected and running for cover.

Reuters

Brady Hoke named Mich. football coach

Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon today hired San Diego State’s Brady Hoke as the 19th coach of Michigan football.

Detroit Free Press

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