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Egyptians pass in front of traditional dolls of “Mould El Naby,” which mark Prophet Muhammad’s birthday anniversary in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Amr Nabil / AP)

Republicans put NPR, PBS on chopping block

As the House prepares for debate on the budget, Republicans are trying to cut off public funding for NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service.

ABC News

Working toward automating sedation in intensive care units

Researchers are one step closer to their goal of automating the management of sedation in hospital intensive care units.

ScienceDaily

Muslim Brotherhood plans political party

Egypt’s long banned Muslim Brotherhood said it intends to form a political party once democracy is established, as the country’s new military rulers launched a panel to amend the country’s constitution.

Houston Chronicle

Clinton vows US help for Web revolutionaries

CBS News

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood seeks political party status

CNN

Amazon pollution: Chevron hits back in fight with Ecuador

U.S. oil giant Chevron says it will appeal against an $8.6 billion fine imposed by Ecuador judges, carrying on a long-running row over pollution.

BBC

Court slaps Chevron with $8B fine

San Francisco Chronicle

Ecuador judgment may be `unenforceable’

Bloomberg

Supercomputer ties with champion

It was the first night of man versus machine on Jeopardy!, and the machine stands neck-and-neck with one of the game show’s all-time top players.

Vancouver Sun

NATION

President George H.W. Bush among those to receive Medal of Freedom

Former President George H.W. Bush, slugger Stan Musial and cellist Yo-Yo Ma are among the 15 individuals who will receive America’s highest civilian honor.

CNN

Dalai Lama’s nephew killed in Fla.

The Dalai Lama’s nephew was killed along a Florida highway during one of his long treks to bring awareness to the Tibetan struggle for independence from China, officials said.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Daniels faces tea party heat on Ariz.-style immigration bill

A tough, Arizona-style anti-immigration bill in the Indiana state Legislature has put Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels — who is mum on whether he backs it — on a collision course with tea party activists.

Politico

Chances for federal shutdown on the rise

With less than three weeks to strike a deal before government funding for the year is scheduled to expire, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are moving in opposite directions.

The Hill

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.

The Street

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Stardust spacecraft makes comet flyby

NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has swept past the comet Tempel 1. The encounter will give scientists unique information on how these balls of ice and dust change over time.

BBC

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.

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.

Nature

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Romance amid the stars

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Cosmic Log

A personal introduction to black holes

Space News

BUSINESS

Home Depot to hire 60,000 workers

Home Depot announced that it will hire more than 60,000 seasonal workers in anticipation of a springtime rush for home improvement supplies.

CNNMoney

NYSE deal nears as Deutsche Boerse board meets

Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext are expected to announce a deal to create the world’s largest exchange operator, setting aside political issues that threaten its completion.

Reuters

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.

Star Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

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.

Los Angeles Times

Toxic town Picher, Okla.

YouTube

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.

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.

Popular Science

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church sues over World Trade Center rebuilding project

The Greek Orthodox church damaged in the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York said it had sued local authorities on grounds they seized its land and prevented it from rebuilding.

Reuters

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.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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The Superbowl is over, now the real combat begins

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Arab world

USA TODAY

Column (Bill Brotherton):

A bigger job ahead

Boston Herald

Column (Roger Clegg):

Admissions data show some have unfair advantage

Columbus Dispatch

Column (E.J. Dionne):

Obama’s budget battle lines drawn over investment

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Romesh Ratnesar):

Why the global glass is half full

TIME

Column (Sen. Bernie Sanders):

Struggling through the recession

Huffington Post

Column (Glenn Grenwald):

Journalists angry over the commission of journalism

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.

ScienceDaily

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.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Cheetahs

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.

Spiegel International

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.

MSNBC

Was the accused 7/7 bomber a US informant?

Times of India

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.

BBC

Opposition marches in Iran

YouTube

SPORTS

London 2012 schedule released

The schedule of events for the London 2012 Olympic Games has been released. The first action will be women’s football in Cardiff, Glasgow and Coventry.

BBC

Crime documentaries linked to fear

Most people get their exposure to crime through the media. Researchers have begun to look at how viewing habits influence fear of crime.

LiveScience

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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

HEALTH

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.

Seattle Times

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.

HealthDay

Special section:

Psych basics: self-control

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.

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.

Inside Higher Ed

Perry wants end to rule on education funds

Houston Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

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.

Inside Higher Ed

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.

Bloomberg

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