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A resident takes photos of a building damaged in Talca, Chile. A powerful earthquake struck central Chile. (Photo by Sebastian Martinez / AP)

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Thousands still lack power after snow storm pounds Northeast

Utility crews pushed through deep drifting snow and fallen trees to restore electricity to homes and businesses that lost power during a storm that pounded the Northeast.

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Austin American Statesman

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Wild winter weather

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ABC News

Iceberg dislodged in Antarctic collision

A massive iceberg has broken away from the Mertz Glacier in the Australian Antarctic Territory after another enormous iceberg, B9B, collided with the tongue of the glacier.

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Environment News Service

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Vast Antarctic iceberg 'threat to marine life'

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BBC

8.8 mag. quake prompts tsunami fears

Wide swaths of the south Pacific, Asia and Australia are braced for a tsunami after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit Chile.

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CBS News

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World's biggest quakes since 1900

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CNN

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More images of Chile's earthquake

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Christian Science Monitor

Study: Removing healthy breast affects cancer odds

New research finds that elective surgery improved survival in only a small group of women — those who are under 50 and are in the early stages of estrogen receptor-negative cancer.

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Chicago Sun-Times

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Does a mastectomy improve survival?

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abc13.com

Euro continues to decline as debt crisis in Greece persists

The euro fell again against the dollar, as Greece's debt woes weighed on the region's economic outlook.

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Bloomberg

NATION

Much of US water is safe, but many problems still remain

The U.S. has benefited from centuries of improvements in drinking water safety. Yet closer inspection on a house-by-house basis shows water quality isn't guaranteed.

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LiveScience

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Measure would strip authority from DNR to test water quality

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Big state busts: Govs hit the skids

It happens so often now that it’s almost becoming a political ritual — the humbling collapse of the big-state governor, the species of officeholder that once dominated the American election landscape.

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Politico

POLITICS

Senator blocks unemployment benefits

The Senate adjourned without approving extensions of cash and health insurance benefits for the unemployed after a lone senator insisted that Congress first pay for the $10 billion package.

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CNN

Social secretary steps down

White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers is stepping down after heavy criticism when an uninvited couple crashed the administration's first state dinner.

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Toronto Star

WINTER OLYMPICS

Vancouver Olympics going for the green

The 2010 Winter Games will generate fewer greenhouse gases during the entire seven years it took to organize and put on than what was emitted in only a few weeks in the 2006 Games in Torino, Italy.

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Kansas City Star

1 away from gold

The U.S. trounced the Finns, 6-1, at Canada Hockey Place to advance to its first gold-medal game since the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, when it lost to Canada.

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Detroit Free Press

Ohno gets No. 8

Apolo Ohno extended his American record by winning his eighth Winter Olympics medal, a bronze in the 5,000-meter short track relay.

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Ohno disqualified in 500m

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MSNBC

HEALTH

Stents just as good at preventing strokes

A less invasive approach for clearing clogged neck arteries proved just as effective and safe as surgical treatment for preventing strokes in high-risk patients.

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WebMD

Infrared scanning may detect skin cancer

Researchers have developed a new noninvasive scanning system for detecting melanoma. It may help to detect this sometimes deadly form of skin cancer.

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iTWire

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Familiar roads put drivers in danger

Reduced brain activity may explain why drivers can make fatal mistakes on familiar routes, German researchers report.

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HealthDay

Can math and science solve crimes?

Mathematicians have built a model that allows them to analyze criminal "hotspots" — areas where crimes may occur.

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ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Sharing the spirit of Francis and Clare

Three long-separated American Franciscan congregations have come together in a project to "companion" a growing province of diverse West African women.

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National Catholic Reporter

Archdiocese of Denver spreads Catholic schools' costs

The Catholic Archdiocese of Denver is changing the way it financially supports schools so that all parishes, even those without their own schools, contribute more to parochial education.

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Denver Post

ENVIRONMENT

Recycling equipment reduces waste

Wider adoption of the practice of recycling medical equipment could save hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars annually and curb trash at medical centers.

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ScienceDaily

Fate of offshore wind farm in the hands of the government

A decision on the fate of what would be the first offshore wind farm in the United States is expected from the federal government in the next several weeks.

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NPR

Special section:

Harness the power of wind

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National Geographic

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GOOD NEWS

Teaching kids from the back of a burro

For hundreds of children in the rural villages of Colombia, Luis Soriano is far from a clown. He is a man with a mission to save rural children from illiteracy.

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CNN

Another $100M given to Okla. State

Oilman T. Boone Pickens has given another $100M to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University, to fund endowments.

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ABC News

WORLD

Taliban attacks condemned

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks targeting foreigners in Kabul, highlighting its ability to strike in the heavily defended capital.

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ABC News

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Taliban strikes send message, analysts say

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Kansas City Star

Iraq to reinstate Saddam-era officers

The Iraqi military will reinstate 20,000 Saddam Hussein-era army officers who were dismissed from their posts after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

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TIME

BUSINESS

China attacks on Google may have hit 100 companies, ISEC says

The Chinese cyber attacks that Google Inc. reported may have targeted more than 100 companies, a larger number than previously thought.

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BusinessWeek

AP to launch unit selling news and video content to consumers

The Associated Press announced plans to launch a business unit that will sell premium content directly to consumers on the next wave of mobile devices such as Apple's much-anticipated iPad.

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Denver Post

Economy taking industry to the cleaners

The dry cleaning industry has been in decline for several years, said a senior analyst at IBIS. Nationally, there were 36,000 cleaners in 2006. The most recent numbers for 2010 are 33,250.

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Palm Beach Post

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Winning night for 'Precious' at 41st NAACP Image Awards

At the 41st NAACP Image Awards, "Precious" was named outstanding motion picture and outstanding independent film.

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ABC News

BBC signals an end to era of expansion

The BBC will close two radio stations, shut half its Web site and cut spending heavily on imported American programs in an overhaul of services to be announced.

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Times Online

SPORTS

Jordan reaches deal to buy Bobcats

Michael Jordan struck a deal to buy a controlling interest in the Charlotte Bobcats, making the NBA's greatest player the owner of the money-losing team in his home state.

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USA TODAY

Special section:

Fan ranker: Who will be MVP?

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NBC Sports

Gatorade ends relationship with Woods

Gatorade officially cut its ties to Tiger Woods, one week after he admitted to extramarital affairs and said he was unsure when he would return to golf.

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EDUCATION

Protests on San Diego campus

Anger boiled over on the University of California, San Diego, campus, where students took over the chancellor's office to protest the hanging of a noose in a campus library.

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Detroit Free Press

Curriculum puts dreamtime first

Students will learn about Aboriginal Dreamtime stories, Chinese medicine and natural therapies under a new Australian science curriculum.

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EducationNews.org

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

CIA sharing data with climate scientists

The nation’s top scientists and spies are collaborating on an effort to use the federal government’s intelligence assets to assess the complexities of environmental change.

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An officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police guards the Olympic flame at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia. (Photo by Elaine Thompson / AP)

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