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Afghans burn a flag during an anti-U.S. demonstration west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Eight foreigners were killed after demonstrators protesting a reported burning of the Quran stormed a United Nations office, a top Afghan police official said. (Photo by Anonymous / AP)

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Intelligent design eases fear of death

When faced with the thought of death, people are more likely to believe in intelligent design — the idea that features of the universe can be explained by an “intelligent being” guiding the process.

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LiveScience

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Creationism

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BBC

Southwest to ground 81 planes after hole prompts emergency landing

A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely at a military base in Yuma, Ariz., with what passengers described as a 3-foot hole in the fuselage of the Boeing 737.

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CNN

Burning of Quran leads to killings in Afghanistan

An Afghan mob apparently angry over a Quran burning in Florida set upon a United Nations compound, killing as many as 20 employees and setting fire to several compound buildings.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Protest over Quran burning turns deadly

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ABC News

Libya: Coalition air strike kills rebels

At least 13 people are reported to have been killed when a coalition plane flying over Libya fired on a rebel convoy between Brega and Ajdabiya, the rebels say.

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BBC

Live updates from Libya

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Al Jazeera

Unrest in the Middle East and Africa

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CNN

Stepping on the gas

Using a specialized version of a technique called hydraulic fracturing, Mr. Mitchell’s team found an economical way to create or expand fractures in the rock and to get the trapped gas to flow.

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Wall Street Journal

Obama: Oil drilling alone is not going to cut gas prices

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(USA TODAY)

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NATION

Employment grew; jobless rate declined

The U.S. economy posted a second straight month of solid gains as the nation’s jobless rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent, marking a decisive shift in the labor market.

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Jobs report: Jobs gain, unemployment falls

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Obama: Economy showing signs of ‘real strength’

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Yahoo! News

Manufacturing in US expands at close to 7-year high

Manufacturing in the U.S. expanded at close to the fastest pace in almost seven years, reinforcing signs the industry will propel growth in the world’s largest economy.

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Bloomberg

Last island prison in US closes

After 135 years, McNeil Island Corrections Center will be closed and the water off its shores will no longer be needed to deter escaping prisoners.

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CNN

POLITICS

America’s new electorate

The 2010 census showed that the minority share of the population has increased in the past decade. If the Democrats can convert that growth into new voters they can get a critical boost in 2012 elections.

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The Atlantic

Cops, firefighters turn against GOP in ongoing labor fight

Many cops and firefighters, union members who frequently stray from labor’s support for Democrats, have thrown their allegiance to the GOP for years. A host of new Republican governors is changing all that.

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Politico

GOP senators all back Toomey balanced-budget bill

Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania has emerged as the deficit hawk’s deficit hawk — and all 47 of his GOP colleagues joined him in sponsoring a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Clock ticks on government shutdown

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CRISIS IN JAPAN

Japan’s prime minister enters nuclear exclusion zone

Japan’s prime minister made his first visit to the country’s tsunami-devastated region and entered a nuclear exclusion zone to meet workers grappling to end the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

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Reuters

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Japan’s nuclear concerns

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Nuclear industry’s other big hurdle

Public outrage over radiation seeping from Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant is a huge setback for proponents of nuclear power.

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MarketWatch

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Moon buggy race: Pedal-powered rovers face off

They may not actually be driving on the moon, but 84 teams from the U.S. and three other countries are hoping they’ve got the right stuff to win NASA’s latest rover race.

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Space.com

Malicious attack hits a million Web pages

More than one million website pages have been hit by a sophisticated hacking attack that injects code into sites that redirects users to a fraudulent software sales operation.

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Reuters

Smart thermostats outwit users

Programmable thermostats, which now make up about half the U.S. sales of all thermostats, could be more trouble for some than they’re worth.

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Scientific American

HEALTH

CDC records rise in birth rate for women over 40

The birth rate for women over 40 in the United States rose between 2007 and 2009. Among every other age group, however, the birth rate fell during the same period, according to a report.

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CNN

Do at-home genetic tests tell too much and explain too little?

At-home genetic tests, which may offer tantalizing clues about future health risks, are still in their infancy — and genetic counselors are concerned that the results may puzzle or even panic consumers.

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HealthDay

SPORTS

Lester, Crawford, Bard let down Red Sox in opener

The Boston Red Sox are counting on Jon Lester, Carl Crawford and Daniel Bard to be among their leaders this season. On opening day, they shared much of the blame for a 9-5 loss to the Texas Rangers.

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USA TODAY

BYU’s Fredette, Notre Dame’s Brey get AP awards for hoops

Jimmer Fredette became a one-name star in his senior season at BYU. Leading the country in scoring helped him be selected as The Associated Press’ player of the year.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Slate

Minnesota, Oklahoma researchers should consider California move

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San Jose Mercury News

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Climate skeptics lose their cool

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Salon

Column (Mark Shields):

General Electric and the death of American outrage

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Creators Syndicate

Blog (Jonathan Cohn):

Medicaid in the crosshairs

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GOP’s criticism of Libya

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Donald Trump adds to ‘birthers’ madness

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McClatchy Newspapers

In Middle East, familiar echoes about limits of US power

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GOOD NEWS

Detroit pastor turns 92, plans to keep working in church

Monsignor Peter Lentine enjoys working so much that even after turning 92, he has no plans to retire from his job. He has been a priest for six decades, spending the last 44 years as pastor of St. Philomena Parish.

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Detroit Free Press

Compost company turns food waste into big profit

Mike Bacon has spent the past dozen years turning leaves, grass and horse manure into rich, crumbly compost. But in the past six months he has added a magic ingredient: food scraps.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Recent estimates show that highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1949

Highway deaths have plummeted to their lowest levels in more than 60 years, helped by more people wearing seat belts, better safety equipment in cars and efforts to curb drunken driving.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Quick, easy access to traffic safety facts

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WORLD

800 die in Ivory Coast ethnic violence

At least 800 people are reported to have been killed in the Ivory Coast city of Duekoue, as rival forces continue to battle for power.

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BBC

Unrest in Syria is raising concerns about growing instability in the region

It’s no surprise that the revolutionary march across the Arab world would find its way to Syria. For the past few weeks, pockets of protest have sprung up in several areas of the country.

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NPR

Nigerians to vote in parliamentary election

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is set to begin three consecutive weeks of elections.

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BBC

BUSINESS

CEO pay soars while workers’ pay stalls

The heads of the nation’s top companies got the biggest raises in recent memory last year after taking a hiatus during the recession. Median CEO pay jumped 27 percent in 2010.

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USA TODAY

American Apparel posts yearly loss, may file for bankruptcy

Hipster brand American Apparel posted a loss of $86 million in 2010 and said it may have to file for bankruptcy protection.

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Reuters

EDUCATION

Minnesota losing its new teachers

The number of new teaching hires in Minnesota has dropped by more than half in the past 11 years as baby-boomer-age teachers postpone retirement and schools’ battered budgets force annual layoffs.

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Star Tribune

Drop in MEAP scores raises more red flags at scrutinized schools

Seven schools found to have statistically improbable one-year gains in MEAP scores in 2009 have seen drops in scores for 2010, according to test results released by the Michigan Department of Education.

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Detroit Free Press

The thin envelope: coping with college rejection letters

The plummeting acceptance rates and tough competition in the college market suggests that teens today are likely to face more rejection and higher emotional costs than their predecessors.

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ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Ancient black coral in the Gulf of Mexico

For the first time, scientists have validated the age of deep-sea black corals in the Gulf of Mexico. They found the Gulf is home to 2,000-year-old deep-sea black corals, many of which are only a few feet tall.

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Environmental News Network

Vulnerable gorilla owes fate to climate change and humans

A now endangered group of gorillas split off into its own subspecies about 17,800 years ago, say researchers. The evolution of the Cross River gorilla was shaped by climate change and humans.

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LiveScience

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Army group organization says there ARE atheists in foxholes

Atheists, agnostics, humanists and other skeptics from the Army’s Fort Bragg have formed an organization to ensure fair treatment for nonbelievers in the overwhelmingly Christian U.S. military.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

New museum to use science to tell Bible’s history

An interactive Bible museum was announced in a private exhibition at the Vatican Embassy. The exhibit contained Jewish, Roman Catholic and Protestant treasures from the future museum.

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USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Disney princesses still slaves to marketing stereotypes

While women may be shedding some of their traditional gender roles, the pretty pink princess culture still abounds in merchandise aimed at young girls.

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LiveScience

Procrastination found to be an effective way to deal with stress

Avoidance techniques such as sleep, play and spending time with loved ones may be the ticket to less conflict while juggling the various demands of work, family and school, according to recent research.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

America begins using less gasoline

After seven decades of mostly uninterrupted growth, U.S. gasoline demand is at the start of a long-term decline. By 2030, Americans will burn at least 20 percent less gasoline than today.

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MSNBC

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Artists hold up lights at a charity concert “Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders” in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong entertainment industry staged a concert to raise funds for victims of Japan’s massive earthquake and tsunami. (Photo by Kin Cheung / AP)

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