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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters at the Romney for President New Hampshire primary night rally at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H. Behind Romney are his sons Tagg and Craig and his wife Ann. (Photo by Elise Amendola / AP)

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Cirque du Soleil: Life is just 1 big balancing act

Cirque du Soleil is an international cultural and business phenomenon. How has a circus, with a heritage of dusty big tops and ballerinas on horseback, achieved success on such an extraordinary scale?

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Behind Cirque’s Michael Jackson show

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ABC News

Fed reports payment of $76.9 billion to government for 2011

The Federal Reserve paid the U.S. government $76.9 billion, the second highest amount in history. The central bank earned the money from interest on investments made to bolster the economy.

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Houston Chronicle

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Fed taking heat on new housing proposal

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U.S. News & World Report

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Commentator: ‘Nero is fiddling and fiddling’ through quantitative easing

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CNBC

Mitt Romney will win New Hampshire primary

Mitt Romney is projected to win the nation’s first primary in New Hampshire, marking the first time since 1976 that a Republican candidate has won the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary back to back.

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ABC News

New Hampshire primary: live blog and results

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NPR

Special section:

Election 2012: New Hampshire Republican primary

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Wall Street Journal

Texas can enforce abortion law

A Texas abortion law passed last year that requires doctors to show sonograms to patients can be enforced while opponents challenge the measure in court, a federal appeals court ruled.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

North Korea’s diplomacy picks up

North Korea has held secret talks with Japan for restarting intergovernmental negotiations, even as Pyongyang’s closest ally, China, and South Korea vow to work closely on denuclearizing the North.

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Reuters

The neuroscience of optimism

Statistical likelihoods of experiencing negative events, such as divorce, are surprisingly ineffective at altering optimism. Why? Scientists use “prediction errors” to understand the brain’s moods.

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Scientific American

NATION

High court to consider FCC indecency case

The Supreme Court will hear arguments about a Federal Communications Commission regulation that allows the agency to punish broadcasters with fines for the fleeting use of vulgar language.

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NPR

Supreme Court and the seven dirty words

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Hollywood, Esq.

Alaska town buried in snow gets help digging out

National Guardsman were helping residents of the Alaskan fishing town of Cordova in the Prince William Sound dig out following weeks of snowstorms that left parts of the town buried in more than 10 feet of snow.

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Reuters

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Army clears Alaska snow

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The Independent

Army seeks perfect radio, instead creates boondoggle of failure

Almost 15 years ago, the Army launched an ambitious program, the Joint Tactical Radio System, aimed at developing several highly compatible “universal” radios. But the program failed to live up to its promise.

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McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Women and the GOP

Michelle Bachmann‘s brief moment as a candidate in the 2012 presidential race has left Republicans to wrestle with the question of why there aren’t more female leaders in the party.

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Guardian

SOPA becoming hot-button election liability for backers

The anti-piracy law that sparked a revolt online is becoming a political liability for major backers, as challengers tag them as backers of Big Government — raising campaign cash while they’re at it.

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Politico

BUSINESS

The widening pay gap on Wall Street

In a year when bonuses are expected to drop between 30 and 40 percent for the vast majority of those working on Wall Street, star performers will see bonuses at, or slightly below, last year’s levels.

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CNNMoney

Ground zero for farm boom

A fortune is being plowed into the dirt of Sioux County, Iowa, where well-heeled farmers and wealthy investors compete for some of the most fertile land in the Corn Belt.

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Reuters

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Real estate prices soar for farmland in Iowa

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MSNBC

EDUCATION

Big ‘Race to Top’ problems in Hawaii, Fla and NY, says Education Dept.

In its first official assessment of $4 billion in grants, the U.S. Education Dept. commended the 12 winners for working hard in the first year of reforms — but raised specific red flags about three states.

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New sex education standards released

Young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts by the end of fifth grade, according to new sexual education guidelines released by a coalition of health and education groups.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

HEALTH

Nonprofit asks CBC to give all state high school grads access to aid

Hundreds of aspiring doctors, chemists, lawyers and teachers may never reach their goal because they lack one thing — legal citizenship in the state of Washington.

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The News Tribune

Daily dose of aspirin may do more harm than good

Millions of people who take a daily dose of aspirin in the hope of preventing a heart attack or stroke risk doing themselves more harm than good, British researchers have warned.

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Sydney Morning Herald

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Okla. ban on Islamic law ruled unconstitutional

An amendment that would ban Oklahoma courts from considering Islamic law discriminates against religions, and a Muslim community leader has the right to challenge its constitutionality.

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CBS News

Houston church drops updated NIV Bible over accuracy concerns

The NIV has been the most familiar, best-selling Bible for decades. However, some Baptist pastors now say the NIV is no longer accurate after updates were made to the translation last year.

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Houston Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Rep. Allyson Schwartz and Rep. Bob Brady):

In US food desert, a vision of oases

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Stefan Schultz):

Profiting from pain: Europe‘s crisis may be Germany’s blessing

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Spiegel International

Ron Paul’s 19th century economic ideas

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USA TODAY

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Lee Judge cartoon

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Kansas City Star

Column (Alexis Madrigal):

The court case that almost made it illegal to tape TV shows

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The Atlantic

Blog (Michael Sivy):

Will tensions with Iran really push gasoline to $5 a gallon?

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Moneyland

New study offers room to negotiate on valuing good teachers

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Column (Nathan Marks):

That college degree paid off — for the schools, not for me

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GOOD NEWS

Raleigh and Burlington ranked healthiest US cities

Raleigh in North Carolina has been rated the healthiest U.S. city for women, while Burlington, Vt., has earned the same accolade for men, according to Men‘s and Women’s Health magazines.

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Reuters

High honor for Minn. boy ‘willing to die’ in rescue of mom from arson

A prestigious award from the St. Paul Police Department is going to a quick-thinking boy who helped save the lives of his brother and mother during a violent and fiery break-in of their apartment.

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Star Tribune

Woman’s quest could mean Medal of Honor for dad

William Shemin defied German machine gun fire to pull wounded comrades to safety. Nearly 40 years after his death, he may get the Medal of Honor, thanks to the tireless efforts of his daughter.

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San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, cleared of 1994 air crash

A French investigation finds that the missile that downed the Rwandan president‘s aircraft in 1994 and prompted genocide was not fired by circles close to the current Rwandan president.

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Al Jazeera

Iran starts uranium enrichment, condemns American to death

Iran is enriching uranium deep inside a mountain and sentenced an American to death for spying, angering the West and undermining hopes that diplomacy could avert further sanctions or war.

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Reuters

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Israel‘s military establishment ’begins planning for a nuclear Iran’

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Telegraph.co.uk

Sexism and the state of Israel

Many feel the ultraorthodox community‘s efforts to impose its religious values on ordinary Israelis, particularly women, is undermining Israel’s democracy.

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The Independent

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Samsung‘s ’future-proof’ voice-controlled television set

A “smart” internet-connected TV that has the ability to have its hardware upgraded every year was unveiled by Samsung.

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BBC

Roman cavalry helmet found in Iron Age shrine 2,000 years later

A 2,000-year-old Roman cavalry helmet has shed new light on the conquest of Britain after experts pieced it back together 10 years after its discovery in an Iron Age shrine.

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Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

Red state, green city: How Austin became America’s clean-tech hub

As politically conservative as Texas tends to be, it kept an open mind on renewable energy. Today, Austin contends with Silicon Valley as a top clean-tech hub.

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TIME

US Cajun crayfish are invading Africa

It’s a far cry from Cajun country, but a U.S. crayfish used in Southern cooking is now eating its way across Africa.

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National Geographic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Secret aerial photos: book gives fresh glimpse of Berlin’s destruction in WWII

At the end of the war, photographer Hein Gorny took spectacular aerial shots of the ravaged German capital, defying the Allies’ flying ban. Long shadows and shattered facades cover the photos.

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Spiegel International

Remembering Eve Arnold: the unretouched woman

Eve Arnold was slow to pick up a camera. It was only when she was 38, as a supervisor at a photo-processing plant in New York, that her boyfriend gave her a $40 Rolleiflex.

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Economist

SPORTS

Alabama finishes No. 1 in AP poll; LSU, Okla. St. get first-place votes

The Crimson Tide was voted No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll for the eighth time, tying Notre Dame for the most of any team in college football.

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Sports Illustrated

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Saban: This Alabama championship team special

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ABC News

Baseball Hall of Fame: Votes finally add up for Larkin

Barry Larkin, Cincinnati native son and career-long Reds player, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Larkin was on the ballot for the third time after falling 75 votes short last year.

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Columbus Dispatch

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Lifestyle changes might prevent millions of cases of Alzheimer’s

Research suggests that more than half of Alzheimer’s cases globally could be prevented if factors such as depression, obesity, and smoking were eliminated by lifestyle changes or treatment.

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HealthDay

Photo of the Day

An Indian soldier stands watch as a laser light show projects light on the other side of the India Gate in Monument in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

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