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Kristen Wiig, left, Maya Rudolph, center, and Melissa McCarthy, from the film “Bridesmaids,” are seen onstage at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Mark J. Terrill / AP)

SAG Awards bestows honors to film, TV actors

Hollywood’s awards season neared mid-point with the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards — given by the only industry honors that solely recognize performers.

CNN

Screen Actors Guild Awards: Mary Tyler Moore honored, Jessica Lange gets actor

Orlando Sentinel

2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards

Philadelphia Inquirer

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

Occupy protesters arrested, damage assessed on Oakland

Officials assessed damage to City Hall caused by Occupy Oakland protesters while leaders of the movement claimed that police acted illegally in arresting hundreds of demonstrators.

Christian Science Monitor

300 arrested in Occupy Oakland protests

CBS News

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Hundreds arrested at Occupy Oakland, protesters break into City Hall

(Msnbc.com)

U.S. News

Jury finds Afghan family guilty in Canada ‘honor murders’

A Canadian jury convicted a family of Afghan immigrants of the “honor” murders of four female relatives whose bodies were found in an Ontario canal.

CNN

The trial that gripped a nation

Toronto Sun

Special section:

Chronology of events in “honor” murders

CTV

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

Forced sterilization victim: ‘How much are the kids I never had worth?’

A North Carolina woman who was coerced to undergo sterilization as a child is now looking for compensation.

Sydney Morning Herald

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

Made in the USA: trying to save the American brand

Can American brands, in danger from aggressive foreign competitors and global markets, be saved?

NPR

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

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

Companies try to recycle all waste, send nothing to landfill

Food leftovers as worm bedding? At a DuPont warehouse in Lockport, N.Y., cafeteria waste is turned into compost that’s used for its landscaping.

USA TODAY

Climate-driven heat peaks may shrink wheat crops

Intense heat waves due to global warming could diminish wheat crop yields around the world through premature aging, according to a recently-published study.

physorg.com

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

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

African sisters launch an 8 nation strategic plan

The leadership of ACWECA, representing more than 20,000 sisters, gathered to launch the organization’s first strategic plan in its 37-year history, indicating their growing strength and self-confidence.

National Catholic Reporter

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Despite their flaws, debates are useful

Florida Times-Union

Editorial:

Right decision on birth control

Star Tribune

Column (Mark Zandi):

It’s time to address the wealth gap

Philadelphia Inquirer

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

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GOOD NEWS

Perfectly coupled

Two families are celebrating 65 years of marriage and an especially strong form of companionship between them.

Star Tribune

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

WORLD

Syria troops battle to retake the Damascus suburbs

Around 2,000 Syrian troops backed by tanks launched an assault to retake Damascus suburbs from rebels, a day after the Arab League suspended its mission due to violence.

Reuters

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Arab League suspends Syria mission over escalating violence

National Post

Arab League suspends Syria mission

YouTube

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

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

Military keeps a wary eye on stormy sun

Swedes reveled in brilliant vistas of green and red that danced across the northern skies. Residents of Colorado mostly went about their normal lives.

Colorado Springs Gazette

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

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Making an impression in just 4 notes

Joel Beckerman spent about 18 months developing a song that boils down to a melody just four notes long.

Wall Street Journal

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

SPORTS

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

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

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