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A protester writes “revolt” on a Wells Fargo Bank sign during an anti-police protest by Occupy Oakland. Police said they arrested about 300 people as protesters broke into City Hall and tried to occupy a YMCA. (Photo by Beck Diefenbach / AP)

A whole new ballgame is working overtime for Super Bowl ads

Commercials aired during the big game will be working overtime to entice viewers to dish on Twitter and Facebook, zap ads with Shazam, surf corporate websites and view and share clips on YouTube.

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog:

Super Bowl: top 10 banned TV ads

(Guardian)

The Sport Blog

US Defense Department cannot account for $2B in Iraq-related expenses

The U.S. Defense Department cannot account for about $2 billion it was given to cover Iraq-related expenses and is not providing Iraq with a complete list of U.S.-funded reconstruction projects.

CNN

Special section:

Iraq: Money as a weapon

Washington Post

Occupy Oakland protests bring violence arrests

Occupy Oakland protests turned violent as demonstrators broke into a historic building and burned an American flag, and officers fired tear gas to disperse people throwing rocks and tearing down fencing.

Christian Science Monitor

Oakland police battle Occupy protesters

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog:

Hundreds arrested at Occupy Oakland, protesters break into City Hall

(Msnbc.com)

U.S. News

Arab League observers withdraw from mission in Syria

As Syria continues to spiral toward a civil war, the U.N. Security Council prepares to discuss a new resolution from the Arab League that calls for President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

Sydney Morning Herald

Blog:

Arab League suspends Syria mission over escalating violence

National Post

Arab League suspends Syria mission

YouTube

Take this job and love it

As the manufacturing economy rouses from its slumber in Northeast Ohio, employers complain they cannot find workers with the skills they need to fill orders, compete and expand.

Plain Dealer

NATION

United Steel Workes tells US refinery workers to prepare for strike

The United Steel Workers may begin refinery shutdowns if union talks do not yield satisfactory outcomes.

Reuters

TSA rail: Subway spot-checks raise privacy issues

At a time when TSA airport searches are unpopular among many air travelers, civil liberties groups say “warrantless” searches have been “flying under the radar” in violation of constitutional protections.

CNN

POLITICS

Gingrich bemoans Romney‘s Florida ’carpet-bombing’

Newt Gingrich slammed rival Mitt Romney for “carpet-bombing” his record ahead of the presidential primary in Florida, trying to cut into the resurgent front-runner’s lead before the vote.

Christian Science Monitor

Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich

Guardian

Florida polls show Romney retaining lead

CNN

Same-sex marriage debate flares up in NJ

A political battle is shaping up in the Garden State about whether to give gay and lesbian couples the right to wed. This could make New Jersey the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage.

CNN

BUSINESS

The bookstore’s last stand

Inside the great publishing houses — grand names like Macmillan, Penguin and Random House — there is a sense of unease about the long-term fate of Barnes & Noble, the last major bookstore chain standing.

CNBC

Greece, creditors on verge of clinching debt deal

Greece and its private creditors said they were piecing together the final elements of a debt swap and expected to have a deal ready, essential for sealing a new bailout and avoiding an uncontrolled default.

Reuters

Ford falls short of profits estimates

Ford Motor Co. posted fourth-quarter profit that fell short of analysts’ estimates as overseas operations dragged down results while a one-time tax gain resulted in the company’s biggest annual profit.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

National park status on hold

Because of lack of action in Washington, D.C., Auburn will remain the “hole in the doughnut” between two national heritage corridors. There will not be a Blackstone River Valley national park any time soon.

Telegram & Gazette

Cold, ‘dead’ deep sea vents are anything but dead

It turns out that large populations of bacteria live on expired volcanic seafloor vents, and these microbes are very different from those that thrive when the vents are piping hot.

MSNBC

Snowy owls soar south from Arctic in rare mass migration

Rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic are flying into the lower 48 states this winter in a rare mass migration.

Yahoo! News

HEALTH

LA schools struggle to make healthy meals popular

Roosevelt High School students fed up with the new, healthy cafeteria cuisine have declared a food fight to win back peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, petitioning the school to return old favorites.

San Jose Mercury News

Santa Clara ‘dementia reality tour’ shows what it’s like to live with the affliction

Sirens, children’s squeals and muttering voices fill the air. Flustered, Dave Legnosky fumbles to don a shirt, but his hands fail him and the fabric edges escape his grasp as he struggles to remember his to-do list.

San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Explaining other religions can be tricky when talking to the faithful

In a time when disdain for other faiths is commonplace, how does a Bible study instructor contrast the teachings and doctrines of another tradition and his own without seeming intolerant?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Archbishop warns against gay marriage

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, the archbishop said marriage is set in history and added that the state cannot change it overnight.

The Independent

Marriage only between a man and a woman says Archbishop of York

Telegraph.co.uk

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Debra J Saunders):

GOP no longer feels need to hide its incivility

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Mark Zandi):

It’s time to address the wealth gap

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (Alison Gopnik):

What’s wrong with the teenage mind?

(Wall Street Journal)

The Saturday Essay

Blog (Michael Michalko):

How the mind creates ideas

(Psychology Today)

Creative Tinkering

Column (Jim Jenkins):

Is GOP wary of Newt going rogue?

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Online sales should not escape tax

Star Tribune

Column (Oliver Burkeman):

Can all your problems be solved by simply getting your sums right?

Guardian

Column (Will Doig):

How Yelp destroyed the thrill of exploring

Salon

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GOOD NEWS

Paralyzed athlete Grant Korgan achieves polar goal

Two winters after being paralyzed from the waist down, Grant Korgan found his redemption this month on a minus-45-degree day at the South Pole.

San Francisco Chronicle

‘Fat Chef’ chronicles Rocco Whalen‘s ‘life-changing’ weight loss

Rocco Whalen, owner and chef of Fahrenheit in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, lost more than 100 pounds while on the set of the new reality TV show “Fat Chef.”

Plain Dealer

St. Louis hosts parade for Iraq War vets

Thousands of people lining downtown streets cheered wildly as veterans marched through St. Louis during the nation’s first big welcome-home parade for Iraq War veterans.

CBS News

WORLD

Iran upbeat on nuclear visit, delays EU oil bill

Iran declared itself optimistic about a U.N. experts’ visit aimed at probing its nuclear work but also continued to threaten a halt to oil sales to Europe.

Reuters

Protesters greet UN nuclear inspectors in Iran

YouTube

Youth unemployment crisis sparks Davos summit leaders into action

Youth unemployment is high on the agenda at the World Economic Forum where leaders said action is essential to stimulate demand and prevent a generation becoming strangers to work.

Guardian

EDUCATION

College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan

President Barack Obama’s new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders.

Chicago Sun-Times

Obama college cost proposals may jibe well with Texas plans

Austin Statesman

Discipline in Florida public schools: Are students really behaving better?

Suspensions of Duval County, Fla., public school students have dropped dramatically in the last four years, but teachers say the trend reflects pressure to turn a blind eye to student misconduct.

Florida Times-Union

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Robot-makers vie with each other at the Vex Robotics Competition

SIATech, a public charter school for former high school dropouts, stages vex robot competitions that are designed to foster collaboration.

San Francisco Chronicle

Ecologists among 1st to record deep-sea fish sounds

University of Massachusetts Amherst fish biologists have published one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years.

e!ScienceNews

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The art of Jackson Pollock ‘transcends time and fashion’

Jackson Pollock’s centenary reminds us that the American is one of those artists whose heroic achievements transcend both time and fashion.

Telegraph.co.uk

Jackson Pollock at 100

TIME

Couples that argue stay together?

Research shows that spouses who wage small fights on a regular basis tend to avoid big blowout disagreements in the long run.

Star Tribune

Movie titles that might have been

What’s in a name? Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet — but for Hollywood the question is “Would that rose, by any other name, sell as many tickets?”

NPR

SPORTS

Djokovic beats Nadal to claim Australian Open title

In the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of professional tennis, Novak Djokovic outlasted Rafael Nadal over 5 hours, 53 minutes to win a third Australian Open title.

ABC News

Djokovic holds off Nadal

ESPN

Rashad Evans beats Phil Davis and moves to UFC title fight

Former champion Rashad Evans dominated Phil Davis en route to a unanimous victory and earned a shot at nemesis Jon Jones, the light-heavyweight champion.

USA TODAY

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