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A South Korean soldier watches a TV news report about North Korea’s long-range rocket at a train station in Seoul, South Korea. The rocket launch was unsuccessful, splintering into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after it was launched. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / AP)

The Presidents’ Club: establishing a ‘fraternity’ of former presidents

It was one of the moments that changed American history: On January 20, 1953, at the inauguration of President Eisenhower, Truman greeted Hoover, “I think we ought to organize a former presidents’ club.”

TIME

The Presidents’ Club

CNET News

Entering the job market? Your education matters more than ever

The unemployment figures do not lie: The Great Recession accelerated a long-term trend in the job market, in which education and skills are the best guarantees for work and good pay.

Christian Science Monitor

North Korea’s rocket launch ends in failure

North Korea’s rocket launch ended quickly in a failure, splintering over the Yellow Sea after takeoff and starting a search for debris to gain insight into what kind of technology the country has.

CBS News

The costs of North Korea’s rocket launch

The Atlantic

North Korean rocket launch fails

ABC News

Zimmerman charged in Trayvon Martin murder case

George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin, special prosecutor Angela Corey has announced.

USA TODAY

Legalize drugs? Obama just says no

The leaders of the Americas are to meet with President Barack Obama in Colombia, where he is expected to hang tough on Washington’s anti-narcotics policies.

Houston Chronicle

Cuba, drugs debated ahead of Obama’s historic trip to Colombia

CNN

NATION

Democrats stay silent as Republicans run Obama attack ads

Republican-aligned groups are hitting President Barack Obama with almost $2 million in attack ads, and the response so far has been silence.

Bloomberg

Ads signal start of general election

YouTube

Virginia Tech anniversary creates difficult moment on gun control for lawmakers

A group of shooting victims has challenged national leaders to discuss ways to keep firearms out of dangerous hands — which is an uneasy topic on the anniversary of Virginia Tech.

The Hill

POLITICS

Political ads ban on public TV struck down

A divided U.S. appeals court struck down a federal ban on political advertising on public TV and radio stations, a decision that could open the public airwaves to a heavy dose of campaign ads.

Reuters

The jury selection has begun in John Edwards’ trial

Jury selection is set to begin in a Greensboro, N.C., federal courtroom in the trial of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.

CNN

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John Edwards trial: former senator set to face jury in North Carolina

ABC News

BUSINESS

Investors to banks: Show me the growth

Investors want to see whether banks have bolstered lending, investment banking and trading activity. They also want to know what growth banks are forecasting for the next several quarters.

CNNMoney

Your (virtual) self wants you to save up

A retirement crisis is looming, and new research has found a way around it: providing a virtual glimpse into the future that could help motivate young people to save more for retirement.

NPR

HEALTH

Walk this way: A subversive student act gets people walking

On a January night, Matt Tomasulo and friends dared to commit a subversive act: They placed 27 signs at intersections in Raleigh, advising people how long it takes to walk from one destination to another.

Detroit Free Press

Misery index: Low social status is bad for your health

Those at the top of the pecking order actually have the least stressful and most healthy lives. Cardiac arrest and early death from any cause is the prerogative of the poor.

Economist

Superbug rise spurs animal antibiotics

Farmers will need prescriptions to get antibiotics for their livestock. Drugs should only be given when medically necessary to avoid overuse that can foster resistance, according to U.S. regulators.

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Study finds Hispanics are underrepresented at Texas universities

Changes to college admission policy in Texas may be leaving some out — namely Hispanics, according to a study conducted by Princeton researchers Dr. Angel Harris and Dr. Maria Tienda.

Huffington Post

America’s struggle to make math fun

In the drive to boost science and math education, it is science that has all the sizzle: robots and roller coasters, foaming chemical reactions, marshmallow air cannons. Math has — well, numbers.

Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican and Oxford University share ancient texts online

The Oxford University and Vatican libraries will jointly digitize 1.5 million pages of ancient texts and make them available online for free.

Guardian

Catholic bishops begin Fortnight for Freedom initiative

The nation’s Catholic bishops are calling on the faithful to pray and mobilize in a “great national campaign” to confront what they see as a series of threats to religious freedom.

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Africans make ‘do-it-yourself’ electricity

In countries like Kenya and Tanzania, most people lack access to electricity. Wind turbines made from local scrap and a “Netflix” model for distributing batteries may offer solutions.

Christian Science Monitor

CEO hired back laid-off workers after monumental success

Dan Porter, CEO of social game designer OMGPOP, known for its famed app, “Draw Something,” hired back laid-off employees so they could cash in on the company’s sudden success.

Huffington Post

Young entrepreneurs do good — and make a profit, too

College graduates no longer have to choose between a career path of making profits and one of doing good. They can choose to do both.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Disaster looms for people of Mali as country is split by revolt

Mali is threatened with partition as a rebellion flares in the country’s northern regions and political uncertainty grips the capital, Bamako.

CNN

10-mile oil sheen near Shell wells in Gulf

Shares in Royal Dutch Shell PLC fell in European trading after it reported a “light sheen” of oil about one mile long and 10 miles wide in the area of its production platforms called Mars and Ursa.

Christian Science Monitor

Royal Dutch Shell reports signs of oil sheen in Gulf of Mexico

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists ask, ‘Which came last — the dinosaur or the egg?’

Scientists unearthed remains of a new kind of dinosaur and its eggs in Patagonia recently. New evidence suggests that a mother dinosaur likely perished at the same time as her eggs.

Christian Science Monitor

Bird-like dinosaur found with eggs in Patagonia

BBC

New Nook lets you read in the dark or on the beach

Barnes & Noble unveiled an electronic reader that is the first and only E-Ink-based device that lets you read in the dark without having to supply an external reading light.

USA TODAY

See Dan read: Baboons are learning to spot words

Dan is part of new research showing that baboons are able to pick up the first step in reading — determining patterns of letters that are real words.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

ENVIRONMENT

Why manatees do not avoid speedboats

Manatees have sensitive hearing, but that does not necessarily keep them safe from passing boat propellers, a new study has found.

LiveScience

Cargo and passenger inspector cuts mean paradise for pests

Cuts in Hawaiian cargo inspectors have some worried that more pests will establish in a state that is especially vulnerable because of its tropical weather and few natural predators.

Huffington Post

Scientists link rise in quakes to wastewater wells

Scientists who watch for earthquakes have discovered a big increase in the number of small quakes in the middle of the country, which they suspect are caused by wastewater wells.

NPR

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Texas is ablaze in blue state flowers after recent drought

Along highways and in fields, the bluebonnet — the Texas state flower — is shamelessly showing off a stunning display of color that Texas has not seen in years.

CBS News

The science of stories: learning how to tell a tale in the film industry

The film industry is long on “re-imaginings” but short on imagination. The problem, says story specialist Bobette Buster, is that studios neglect a big part of the filmmaking process: development.

The Independent

SPORTS

Saints name Vitt interim coach

The New Orleans Saints have named Joe Vitt as interim coach despite the top assistant‘s six-game suspension for his role in the club’s bounty system.

Miami Herald

Celtics win — in the worst way

In their 88-86 overtime victory, the Celtics beat an Atlanta team that had come in off three days of rest.

Boston Herald

Celtics vs. Hawks: first-half highlights

YouTube

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Indian Hindu devotees carry holy water taken from the River Ganges, marking the festival of Shiva Gajan in West Bengal, India. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

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