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Members of the Luchese crime family are escorted out of the 3rd Precinct Police stationhouse in Bay Shore, N.Y. Sixteen alleged members and associates of the Luchese crime family were arrested on charges of racketeering, illegal gambling, loansharking and other crimes. (Photo by Robert Spencer / AP)

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Sundance opens with cross-section of fest’s films

All eyes at the Sundance Film Festival used to be glued to one big premiere that would have opening night all to itself. Now the festival starts with enough choices to fill a small multiplex.

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Detroit Free Press

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Sundance expands online festival video offers

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Hollywood Reporter

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2011 meet the artists: Andrew Rossi

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YouTube

Web images to get expiration date

Researchers have created software called X-Pire that gives images an expiration date by tagging them with an encrypted key. Once this date has passed the key stops the images being viewed and copied.

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BBC

127 alleged mobsters arrested by FBI

The defendants included high-ranking members of the Gambino and Colombo crime families and the reputed former boss of organized crime in New England. The charges ranged from murder to extortion.

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MSNBC

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Alleged Mafiosi arrested in biggest 1-day mob bust in US history

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BusinessWeek

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US Attorney General: FBI charging 127 alleged Mafia members

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CNN

Exclusive: Over a million immigrants landed US jobs in 2008-10

Over the past two years, as U.S. unemployment remained near double-digit levels and the economy shed jobs, over a million foreign-born arrivals to America found work, many illegally.

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Reuters

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Jobless claims drop signals improvement

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CNNMoney

Corporate ‘personal privacy’ case watched for Supreme Court bias

A lawyer for AT&T attempted to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that “personal privacy” protections in the Freedom of Information Act should be extended to corporations as well as to individuals.

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Pedestrian fatalities rise slightly, reversing old trend

The nation saw a slight uptick in pedestrian fatalities, a puzzling trend for researchers and safety officials because it came as overall traffic deaths were falling.

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USA TODAY

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Recovering economy means increased traffic

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San Francisco Chronicle

Rep. Giffords stands and is headed to rehab center

The latest milestone in the Arizona congresswoman’s remarkable recovery sees her on her own two feet, looking out the window. Preparations got under way to move her to a Houston rehab center.

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CBS News

POLITICS

Republicans set down marker on spending: $2.5T in cuts

A caucus of conservative Republicans unveiled a proposal that would trim federal spending by $2.5 trillion. Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said that amount will be a “marker” in the budget fight.

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The Hill

Focus shifts to next part of GOP vow

Republicans ran in 2010 on a promise to “repeal and replace” the Democrats’ health care law with something better. Now they’ve got to deliver.

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Politico

Abortion on deck in health care debate

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Politico

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Dem. Congresswoman: Tucson hero wants to keep health care reform

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RealClearPolitics

EDUCATION

Too cold for recess? School policies vary as much as temps

When is it too cold for schoolchildren to go outside for recess? The answer varies widely based on where a school is located and what the kids are used to.

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USA TODAY

Students learn their ABCs and Chinese

China’s president said young people are the future of the relationship between his country and the U.S. The problem is, he said it in Mandarin — a language most Americans don’t understand.

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CBS News

Campus skill swap

A Swarthmore College program pairs students and staff members to teach and learn from each other. The mutual respect and friendships fostered tend to continue past graduation.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

ENVIRONMENT

Yellowstone volcano has bulged

Yellowstone National Park’s supervolcano just took a deep “breath,” causing miles of ground to rise dramatically, scientists report.

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National Geographic

Violent seismic activity tearing Africa in 2

The earth is in upheaval in northeastern Africa, and the region is changing quickly. Africa, researchers are certain, is splitting apart at a rate rarely seen in geology.

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Spiegel International

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Robotic ghost knifefish is born

Researchers at Northwestern University have created a robotic fish that can move from swimming forward and backward to swimming vertically almost instantaneously by using a sophisticated, ribbon-like fin.

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U.S. News & World Report

New language discovered: prairiedogese

A Northern Arizona University professor has spent 30 years studying the language of prairie dog. But there are no classes or podcasts to help him.

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NPR

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Is the next generation more inventive than they are creative?

Nearly 70 percent of Americans aged 16 to 25 view themselves as creative, but only about a third think they’re inventive, according to survey.

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MSNBC

Woodshop carves out a niche

Opened by four surfers, Woodshop is a showroom and work space that fosters a unique collaborative artistic environment.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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To reduce wireless bills, some try an ‘iPod phone’

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CNN

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Lesley Stahl’s 1986 observations stir Reagan Alzheimer’s controversy

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USA TODAY

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Why China does capitalism better than the US

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TIME

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With opinions, we’re all living in an intellectual Costco

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McClatchy Newspapers

House GOP vote is easy. Now what?

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USA TODAY

Column (Jeremy Mayer):

The NRA has actually lost influence on gun control

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Christian Science Monitor

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The terror war next door

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McClatchy Newspapers

School lunch standards deserve praise

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San Jose Mercury News

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GOOD NEWS

High school students’ experiment set for space launch

The sky is no longer the limit for students at San Jose’s Valley Christian High School, who are sending the first student-designed, automated experiment to the International Space Station.

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San Jose Mercury News

Gleaning a harvest for the needy by fighting waste

On U.S. farms, gleaning is making a comeback, as a national anti-hunger organization has turned to the ancient practice to help feed the poor.

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NPR

Wal-Mart takes a healthy turn

Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, will announce a five-year plan to make thousands of its packaged foods lower in unhealthy salts, fats and sugars, and to drop prices on fruits and vegetables.

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Wal-Mart to stock healthier, more affordable foods for shoppers

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Bloomberg

WORLD

China’s Hu says ‘a lot to be done’ on human rights

At a rare joint news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama on the first day of his state visit Chinese President Hu Jintao acknowledged that “a lot still needs to be done” in China over human rights.

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BBC

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Americans fall for rising Shanghai

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CNN

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Obama’s high-stakes summit with China

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ABC News

An act of faith, desperation or protest: self-immolations through time

The popular uprising that led to the toppling of Tunisia’s government began after Mohamed Bouazizi, an unemployed 26-year-old college graduate, ignited himself in protest and died.

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CNN

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Tunisia’s upheaval resonates in Arab world

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PBS

Row as Israeli Knesset plans inquiry into leftist NGOs

Israeli President Shimon Peres is the latest political figure to weigh into the heated row over a parliamentary inquiry into non-governmental organizations.

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BBC

BUSINESS

Employment linked to per capita growth

Countries with the highest share of the labor force working full time for someone else also tend to be those with the highest GDP per citizen.

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Bloomberg

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Worldwide, 40 percent are employed full time for an employer

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Gallup

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100 best companies to work for

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CNNMoney

Morgan Stanley earnings rise on record brokerage revenue

Morgan Stanley reported a 35 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings on record revenue from its brokerage, the world’s biggest.

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

Googling symptoms seems to help patients and doctors

Whether the Internet is a useful or dangerous place to get health information is not a novel question. Yet there is no question that patients routinely benefit from going online before visiting the doctor.

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TIME

Antioxidants may improve chances of conceiving in male subfertility

Antioxidant supplements may benefit couples who have difficulty conceiving naturally, according to a new systematic review published recently.

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Medical News Today

SPORTS

NJ Nets drop Carmelo Anthony deal

Russian owner Mikhail Prokhorov made his opening statement to what he thought would be a chance to finish the deal to bring Carmelo Anthony to the Nets from the Denver Nuggets.

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ESPN

Love named 2012 US Ryder Cup captain

Former PGA Championship winner Davis Love III was appointed United States captain for the 2012 Ryder Cup by the PGA of America.

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Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Buddhists pray for animals killed to halt disease outbreak

Hundreds of South Korean Buddhist monks and believers prayed for more than 1.93 million cows, pigs and other animals put to death in the country’s worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

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USA TODAY

Did the Vatican tell Irish bishops to protect priests?

The Vatican is trying to downplay a letter that seems to warn Irish bishops not to report sex abuse cases to authorities.

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Consumers are drained of time waiting for services

Americans last year wasted more than 2.75 billion hours waiting for some type of in-home service or appointment — the equivalent of 1.3 million people out of work.

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A Hindu devotee performs a ritual bath during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Lai Seng Sin / AP)

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