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A protester, center-left, and an army soldier policing the protest, center-right, gesture to about 150 graduates as they demonstrate outside the office of Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass, seeking jobs and accusing the minister of corruption in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ben Curtis / AP)

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Time’s up for toxic town

The EPA is tearing down what’s left of Picher, Oklahoma, a town that has paid a heavy price in toxic pollution and cave-ins since its heyday as a lead mining center.

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Los Angeles Times

Happy Valentine’s Day! Let’s balance the checkbook

When the Credit Union League surveyed people about their financial communication with their significant other, 75 percent of survey respondents said they communicate regularly about finances.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Couple recognized for Valentine’s Day wedding 82 years ago

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Catholic News Agency

Military moves to get Egyptians back to work

The military sought to persuade Egyptians to end the demonstrations and strikes that have culminated in the wake of President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, and urged their countrymen to get back to work.

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CNN

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Arrests and deaths as Egypt protest spreads across Middle East

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Guardian

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Calls grow for free Egypt media

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Al Jazeera

American al-Qaida operative freed after less than 5 years in prison

An American who grew up in New York and became an operative at a terrorist training camp run by al-Qaida has been sentenced to 10 years probation after less than five years in prison, court records show.

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MSNBC

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Was the accused 7/7 bomber a US informant?

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Doctors warn against energy drinks

Energy drinks are understudied, overused and can be dangerous for children and teens, warns a report by doctors who say kids shouldn’t use the popular products.

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NATION

Why is gas cheaper in the Midwest?

Gasoline prices have been on the rise for months. But something unusual is happening — prices are rising faster on the East and West Coasts than they are in the middle of the country.

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NPR

Lending to minority groups plummets

Since the housing market collapsed, mortgage lending to African-Americans and Hispanics has plunged precipitously — by more than 60 percent.

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Chicago Sun-Times

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Cash-strapped states facing budget crises

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ABC News

POLITICS

TARP watchdog resigns

Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, sent President Barack Obama a letter informing him he will resign.

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The Street

Poll: Majority of voters troubled over future of Social Security

Many voters are worried about Social Security’s future, but are divided over whether the retirement age for the program should be raised, according to a new poll conducted for The Hill.

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The Hill

Budget sets battle over cuts

President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.7 trillion budget plan for 2012 that would trim Pell college grants and low-income heating aid, but raise taxes on upper-income taxpayers and oil companies.

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USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tux is a feathery 1st

The little blue penguin has a special protein structure in his feathers that generates a blue color by reflecting light in a way that has never been seen in feathers before.

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LiveScience

How to spot a spinning black hole

An international group of astronomers and physicists has found that rotating black holes leave an imprint on passing radiation that should be detectable using today’s most sensitive radio telescopes.

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Nature

Romance amid the stars

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Cosmic Log

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A personal introduction to black holes

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Space News

BUSINESS

Married to the job (and each other)

If love is a battlefield, then running a business with your valentine means living on the front lines 24/7.

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Wall Street Journal

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How to start your own small business

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ABC News

Clothing prices to rise 10 percent

As the world economy recovers and demand for goods rises, a surge in labor and raw materials costs is squeezing retailers and manufacturers who have run out of ways to pare costs.

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Star Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Study finds LED bulbs have arsenic, lead

A study at the University of California at Irvine has determined that safe and eco-friendly LED bulbs, commonly used in headlights and holiday lights, contain lead, arsenic and other hazardous substances.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Arun Majumdar, the power broker funding an energy revolution

Arun Majumdar has to decide which researchers will get millions of dollars, and he has to do it fast. He must spark an energy revolution within 20 years, or it’s lights out for us all.

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Popular Science

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Churches wrestle with guns in the pews

The way Rev. Jonathan Wilkins sees it, members of his Baptist church in Thomaston, Ga., should have the right to carry guns into worship services to protect the congregation.

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USA TODAY

French Muslims confused over halal restrictions on food

Claims of hidden pork in a popular brand of halal sausages have sparked a debate in France over what’s OK for Muslims to eat — and who decides.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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The Superbowl is over, now the real combat begins

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A bigger job ahead

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Admissions data show some have unfair advantage

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Columbus Dispatch

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Obama’s budget battle lines drawn over investment

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Why the global glass is half full

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TIME

Column (Sen. Bernie Sanders):

Struggling through the recession

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Huffington Post

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Journalists angry over the commission of journalism

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Salon

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GOOD NEWS

UK is a nation of happy couples

Whether they are married or cohabiting with their partners, the vast majority of couples in the U.K. are happy in their relationships.

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ScienceDaily

3 young women honored for their letters to Juliet

Three women were honored with awards for confiding their true desires to Juliet, writing to Shakespeare’s fictional heroine seeking comfort, support and friendship.

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Star Tribune

Using a wood chipper to save cheetahs, Africa’s most endangered big cats

It takes an unusual mind to bring a wood chipper to the desert. In her 37-year quest to help save Africa’s most endangered big cat, the cheetah, Laurie Marker has gotten used to taking unusual steps.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Cheetahs

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National Geographic

WORLD

‘Biblical exodus’: Tunisians flee to Italy

Thousands of migrants have landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa in recent days, fleeing economic and political uncertainty in North Africa. Italy has declared a humanitarian emergency.

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Spiegel International

Street battles hit Yemeni capital in latest protest against government

Unrest in Yemen turned ugly as protesters clashed with police and government loyalists in Sanaa on the fourth consecutive day of rallies.

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BBC

Egypt crisis may awaken Iran’s opposition ‘Green Movement’

The opposition “Green Movement” heralds the push for democracy, while the Iranian government says the demonstrations follow in the footsteps that put the Shiite Muslim clergy in power.

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MSNBC

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Opposition marches in Iran

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YouTube

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Radiohead releasing new album

Though Radiohead’s surprise announcement of a new record mirrors the release of their previous album “In Rainbows,” the band will not be asking fans to name their own price for downloads this time around.

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Radiohead’s 20 greatest songs

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Paste

Vegas wedding chapels deal with recession of love

Nevada wedding professionals said the drop in new marriage licenses is not a reflection of Las Vegas’s waning popularity. They blame the woes of a national recession and the ebbing interest in matrimony.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Valentine’s Day report: 7 ways marriage is changing

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Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Prepare for a ‘good death’ with advance directive and effective surrogates

Spelling out end-of-life wishes is crucial, but even a living will and a health care power of attorney can’t envision every medical circumstance.

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Hartford Courant

Nonmilitary more likely to return to war zone after psych condition

Among those who served in U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and were removed due to a psychiatric condition, nonmilitary members were more likely to return to duty, new research shows.

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HealthDay

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Psych basics: self-control

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Psychology Today

EDUCATION

Iowa’s ambitious preschool education may suffer from state budget problems

Republican Gov. Terry Branstad proposed scaling back the state program that provides preschool education in most of Iowa’s school districts, saying budget problems have made it unaffordable.

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Star Tribune

The $10,000 question

Texas prides itself on being a place where everything is bigger. When it comes to higher education, Gov. Rick Perry doesn’t just want the price of a bachelor’s degree to be smaller. He wants it to be smallest.

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Inside Higher Ed

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Perry wants end to rule on education funds

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Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

How athletes spend their time

Division I baseball and football players report that they missed more classes during the season last year than their peers did five years ago, according to National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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Inside Higher Ed

Albert Pujols, Cardinals set deadline

Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a deadline for contract extension talks, general manager John Mozeliak said.

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ESPN

NFL files unfair labor practice charge against union

The National Football League filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the National Labor Relations board, saying its players’ union isn’t bargaining in good faith on a new contract.

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Bloomberg

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Made in the lab, new stem cells may cut the controversy

Researchers say they have discovered a way to use scientifically created cells that appear virtually identical to embryonic stem cells for transplantation into patients.

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Photo of the Day

A boy rides a skateboard as a gap in the clouds appears to form a heart shape over the Mediterranean sea on Valentine’s Day in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Ariel Schalit / AP)

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