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A man walks by a banner outside of a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium. The eurozone crisis is expected to dominate the discussion at an EU summit, with an emphasis on growth and budget discipline. (Photo by Virginia Mayo / 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

‘I am a boxer’: a fighter in the ring, lady outside it

This summer in London, female boxers will compete in the Olympics for the first time. The women competing for a spot on the U.S. team will make history, but few know who they are — and why they box.

NPR

Euro crisis hangs over latest EU summit

The eurozone crisis will dominate an E.U. summit, with an emphasis on growth and “smart” budget discipline. The E.U. has more than 23 million unemployed people and there are fears of budget cuts.

BBC

World stocks fall ahead of EU summit

Seattle Times

Euro, rich-poor gap proved key issues

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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

US drones patrolling its skies provoke outrage in Iraq

The State Department is operating a fleet of surveillance drones here to help protect the U.S. Embassy and consulates. Iraqi officials see that as an affront to their country’s sovereignty.

New York Times

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

CNN

NATION

150 years later, the wounds of war are still cutting deep

Minnesota is divided on how best to commemorate the U.S.-Dakota War, which ended in the largest mass execution in the history of the U.S.

Star Tribune

Changes in wake of troubled arms trafficking probe

In Operation Fast and Furious, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed hundreds of weapons to flow across the border into Mexico.

Houston Chronicle

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

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

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

New regulations may lead to airline ticket ‘sticker shock’

Travel experts say rules requiring airlines to include taxes and fees in their advertised prices may reduce ticket sales by scaring away passengers with prices that seem much higher than before.

Los Angeles Times

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

New York state teen girls’ mystery illness draws Erin Brockovich

In a small upstate New York town, more than a dozen high school girls are making headlines for what many are calling a medical mystery, experiencing symptoms of uncontrollable tics and verbal outbursts.

CBS News

Drug dealers get creative in the pursuit of oxycodone

Drug dealers are finding creative ways around new laws that crack down on “pill mills,” which are dispensing powerful painkillers such as oxycodone.

USA TODAY

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

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GOOD NEWS

In Suburban Station, lost souls are getting some direction

An empty hair salon in Suburban Station, Philadelphia, has been converted into the “Hub of Hope,” bringing together health-care providers and others who provide help to the homeless and mentally ill.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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

WORLD

The trial that gripped a nation

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.

Toronto Sun

Special section:

Chronology of events in “honor” murders

CTV

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

Blog:

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

Obama college cost proposals may jibe well with Texas plans

Texas has been discussing ways to improve college affordability and performance for some time now so Obama’s proposal could jibe with what is already happening in Texas.

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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