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The U.S. Capitol is seen, in Washington. Calling quits to a bruising election-year fight, negotiators on Capitol Hill ironed out final details of an agreement to extend a cut in the payroll taxes paid by most Americans. The legislation also would renew jobless benefits for millions more. (Photo by Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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How an abortion divides America — again

Ms. McCormack never wanted to be notorious. Then, last autumn, came the controversy that changed her life. Learning she was pregnant, she self-administered a termination, placing her in a showdown.

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The Independent

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Birth control issues mobilize US electorate

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Globeandmail.com

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Abortion debate likely to heat up in 2012

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NPR

Recycle those beads: Mardi Gras beads cause environmental hangover

Some green-thinking locals want New Orleans to recycle the tons of plastic necklaces that go flying during parades.

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Los Angeles Times

Congress reaches payroll tax-cut deal

A payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans, set to expire at the end of this month, would be extended through December under a bipartisan deal announced by U.S. congressional leaders.

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Reuters

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Congress agrees to extend payroll tax cuts, unemployment, Medicare

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CBS News

‘New poor’ now growing from Greek middle class

Aid workers and soup kitchens in Athens, Greece are struggling to provide for the city‘s “new poor.” Since the economic crisis has taken hold, poverty has risen among Greece’s middle class.

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Spiegel International

Debt crisis and Greek talks: live

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Debt crisis makes Greeks anxious

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Al Jazeera

Why America pursues more perfect politics and government

We’re a nation in search of the perfect birth, martini, pizza, golf swing, job, dress and financial plan. How do we square the American quest for flawlessness with quirky caucuses and wacky candidates?

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NPR

NATION

Geography of US economic confidence

Americans’ economic confidence hit its highest level in January and is approaching its highest level in four years.

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The Atlantic

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US economic confidence best in a year

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Gallup

US, Europe agree to accept each other’s organic produce

Organic producers in the U.S. should have a much easier time cracking the potentially lucrative European market. For the first time, they will accept each other’s organic certifications, streamlining trade.

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McClatchy Newspapers

‘Land banks’ proposed to help blighted neighborhoods in crisis

Using other cities’ models, Kansas City-area lawmakers are pushing creation of a land bank, where vacant properties are acquired and set aside for rehab or resale, so that they can be back on tax rolls.

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Kansas City Star

POLITICS

Kennedy name gives candidate early campaign boost

The prospect of the grandson of Robert Kennedy and son of former Rep. Joe Kennedy II taking outgoing Rep. Barney Frank’s seat in Massachusetts’s 4th District has the political money world buzzing.

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Politico

Xi Jinping Iowa visit echoes past trips by future stars

Xi Jinping — expected to be the next president of China — is returning to the Iowa he visited as a young man. He is far from the only foreign leader to have spent time in the U.S. before they were powerful.

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BBC

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Iowa visit offers opportunities for Chinese leader

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Sydney Morning Herald

BUSINESS

Apple tightens rules on apps that use address information

Apple Inc. tightened its rules over software that accesses address-book information, following a controversy over certain social-networking applications.

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Bloomberg

GM to freeze salaried workers’ pensions

General Motors Co. plans to freeze its U.S. pension plan for longtime white-collar workers and give all salaried workers annual bonuses instead of pay raises.

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

San Francisco Bay: A garbage can for 7 million people

Bay Area residents pollute San Francisco Bay with enough trash to fill 100,000 kitchen garbage bags, according to the first comprehensive study of the volume of litter flowing into the bay.

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San Jose Mercury News

Why electric cars are to blame for pollution in China

Electric cars are all the rage in China, but may not help clean up the environment or protect human health from pollution.

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TIME

Leak exposes how Heartland Institute works to undermine climate science

The inner workings of a libertarian thinktank working to discredit the science on climate change have been exposed by a leak of confidential documents detailing its strategy and fundraising networks.

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Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why Mozilla’s ‘Hackasaurus’ is teaching kids to hack

Third grade student Molly Irwin is a hacker, and not a member of Anonymous. She doesn’t want to steal data from banks, she just wants to tinker.

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canada.com

Odd black hole is last survivor

The Hubble space telescope has spotted a supermassive black hole floating on the outskirts of a large galaxy. The location is odd because black holes of this size generally form in the centers of galaxies.

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Wired

Swiss scientists to build ‘janitor satellite’ to mop up space junk

A team of scientists in Lausanne, Switzerland have announced a plan to build a satellite that would clear Earth’s orbit of space debris.

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Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The Simpsons reaches 500th episode

With Sunday’s episode — “At Long Last Leave” — The Simpsons will hit 500, a nearly unheard-of milestone reached by only two other prime-time scripted series, Gunsmoke (635) and Lassie (588).

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USA TODAY

The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show has many ‘winners’

Here are reports on two winners of this year‘s Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Neither dog won Best in Show but are very much winners in an ’event’ far more important than any dog show: real life.

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Chicago Tribune

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The dogs of Westminster

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Vanity Fair

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Josh Ozersky):

Why I won’t be boycotting Chick-fil-A

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TIME

Column (Barbara Shelly):

Sorry, Mitt. The faculty doesn’t do much lounging

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McClatchy Newspapers

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What’s a space program?

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Mary Elizabeth Williams):

When sexy ads cross the line

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Salon

Column (Vincent Carroll):

Obama’s contraception compromise rings hollow

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Denver Post

Column (Jeremy Bogaisky):

Muddled Mitt: Bad-mouthing auto bailout won’t fly in Michigan

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Forbes

Column (James Case):

A simple, realistic solution to fixing the US economy

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McClatchy Newspapers

Blog (Matt Negrin):

What, Newt worry? Gingrich isn’t going anywhere

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(ABC News)

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GOOD NEWS

Last FEMA trailer leaves New Orleans

The last of the FEMA trailers has been removed from New Orleans only now, well after floodwalls and levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to fill with floodwaters.

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Star Tribune

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Significant milestone: Last FEMA trailer leaves

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Msnbc.com

Teachers learn how to help students get along, thanks to grant honoring airman

Modesto California’s Rose Avenue Elementary teachers spent a day living as students, learning hands-on ways to help students work and play together better.

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Modesto Bee

Return of ‘3rd shift’ for automakers brings hope, economic ripple effect

Anthony Pylant, an idled auto worker from Tennessee, was relieved and excited when he got a letter that a General Motors assembly plant in Flint, Mich., was adding a third shift.

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Msnbc.com

WORLD

World Bank President Zoellick resigns

World Bank President Robert Zoellick said he is stepping down, raising the possibility that a non-American might be chosen for the first time to head the 187-nation lending organization.

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TIME

In burning Honduras jail, inmates yelled for help

In all, the fire at an overcrowded prison in Honduras killed 358 people, making it the world’s deadliest prison fire in a century. The local governor said a warning was received moments prior to the blaze.

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Star Tribune

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From overcrowding to corruption, examining prison life in Honduras

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PBS NewsHour

HEALTH

Fake cancer drug found in US

The maker of the widely used Avastin cancer drug said that it is warning doctors, hospitals and patient groups that a counterfeit version of the medicine has been found in the U.S.

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Wall Street Journal

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Counterfeit Avastin puts spotlight on growth of fake drug industry

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Star Tribune

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What’s causing a shortage of pediatric cancer drugs?

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PBS NewsHour

Indiana has 13 cases of measles as vaccinations decline

State health officials have reported 13 confirmed cases of measles in central Indiana including two people who traveled to the Super Bowl Village in Indianapolis.

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EDUCATION

US public schools’ international rank gets new boost

The idea that U.S. public schools are falling behind the rest of the world is widely accepted, but analysis of international data suggests that using rankings is often misguided.

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Arizona Republic

Elementary School students go ‘global’ with technology

Elementary students in Charlotte are going “global” with a technology initiative that links them to students around the world.

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EducationNews.org

Obama budget touts selective boosts in education funding

Education takes a marquee spot in President Barack Obama’s last, otherwise austere, budget request, with his spending plan calling for new investments.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Former Elvis co-star nominated for documentary about religious journey

“God is the Bigger Elvis” documents Mother Dolores Hart’s journey from starring in dozens of films to acting as spiritual counselor to 38 cloistered nuns.

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Huffington Post

Mormons baptize parents of Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal

The Mormon Church has apologized for posthumously baptizing the parents of Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal.

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BBC

SPORTS

Women to box for 1st time in Olympics

Olympic history in the making is going on in Washington state. Two dozen of the best female boxers in the country are in wintry Spokane with a goal of traveling to London in the summer.

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The two-way

Jeremy Lin hits game-winning 3 as Knicks top Raptors

Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin made a 3-pointer with less than a second to play to cap his finishing flurry of six straight points as New York rallied to beat the Raptors 90-87.

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ESPN

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The rise of Jeremy Lin

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NewsFeed (TIME)

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Glacier National Park to be devoid of glaciers by 2020

In the 19th century, there were 150 glaciers in Glacier National Park, and now there are just 25. By 2020, even those will be gone, says Daniel Fagre, coordinator of climate change and glacial geology studies.

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Grist

Photo of the Day

Switzerland’s Beat Feuz competes on his way to win an alpine ski, World Cup downhill on the course for the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alessandro Trovati / AP)

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