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Associate Justice John Paul Stevens sits for a new group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington. Stevens, leader of Supreme Court's liberals, to retire this summer. (Photo by Charles Dharapak, File / AP)

Astronauts take 1st spacewalk

Astronauts of the Discovery space craft, who are currently servicing the International Space Station, have successfully completed their first space walk.

ABC News

Discovery astronauts perform ISS spacewalk

BBC

Thousands counting on benefit extension

More than 200,000 jobless Americans are waiting for the Senate to restore their extended unemployment insurance. A million people could lose benefits this month, says National Employment Law Project.

CNNMoney

Justice Stevens to retire after 34 years

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens announced that he will retire at the end of this term, setting up a confirmation battle over his replacement that could dominate the political scene.

New York Times

Stevens molded decisions for decades

NPR

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Supreme Court justices

Washington Post

How the US opened secret vaults at UBS

Investors breathed a sigh of relief when the Swiss government rescued UBS. But unbeknownst to them at the time, the bank faced a potentially devastating crisis on a very different front.

Reuters

Rescuers withdraw from W.Va. mine

Rescue teams had to pull out again from a coal mine in West Virginia where four miners are missing after an explosion that killed 25 people, officials said.

MSNBC

Mine rescuers hit another setback

Associated Press

NATION

US helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 4

A NATO Osprey aircraft crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing three American service members and one civilian employee, according to NATO officials.

CBS News

Boomers beset with disabilities

The number of middle-aged Americans with certain mobility-related disabilities, such as trouble climbing stairs, is on the rise, according to a new study.

LiveScience

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Office on disability

HHS.gov

Feds crack down on distracted driving

The Transportation Department launched a pilot program to crack down on distracted driving, with a $400,000 grant for stepped enforcement efforts in New York and Connecticut.

Detroit News

POLITICS

Rep. Bart Stupak to retire

Michigan Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, who was the central figure in the abortion debate surrounding the health care law, will retire from Congress at the end of this term.

CBS News

Tea party, Levin react to Stupak's decision

Detroit Free Press

Obama court nominee causing a firestorm on Capitol Hill

The confirmation hearing for Goodwin Liu — President Barack Obama's nominee for a seat on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — is turning into a firestorm in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

ABC News

EDUCATION

'Fighting Sioux' gone for good

The nickname of University of North Dakota teams is retired after a state Supreme Court's ruling. The nickname, Fighting Sioux, was retired after a four-year legal battle.

Star Tribune

A tentative contract deal for DC teachers

After rancorous bargaining, the Washington schools chancellor and the city’s teachers’ union announced an agreement on a tentative contract.

New York Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA to oversee commercial space taxis

NASA to open an office at Kennedy Space Center that would oversee development of commercial space taxis to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

USA TODAY

Police: Facebook complaints quadrupled

Facebook has been accused by police of "arrogantly" ignoring children's safety after it emerged that the number of complaints of alleged grooming and bullying on the site have almost quadrupled this year.

Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

Midwest turns to wind turbines

The wind-energy industry installed 5,700 new turbines last year with more than 10,000 megawatts of generating capacity to serve more than 2.4 million homes, said the American Wind Energy Association.

Houston Chronicle

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Wind power

New York Times

Concern about another Dust Bowl

Seventy-five years later, memories of the Dust Bowl still bring up strong emotions for those who lived through it. Three men recount the hardships and talk about whether or not it could happen again.

USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Behind France's Islamic veil

France is one of several European countries considering a ban on the Islamic veil, and some restrictions on the niqab could become law within weeks.

BBC

After years in the shadows, 'Mormon' name is back

After a decadelong moratorium, Mormon is back. The name, that is. It was on display everywhere as thousands gathered for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ 180th Annual General Conference.

Religion News Service

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GOOD NEWS

Kindness best way to encourage toddlers, study suggests

The carrot, rather than the stick, may be the best way to deal with uncooperative toddlers, according to a study that shows young children will respond more favorably to adults who treat them kindly.

Telegraph.co.uk

From A's prospect to priesthood

Grant Desme stunned the sports world by retiring from baseball to pursue the Catholic priesthood. He will be taking the Norbertine monastic order's vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Thai protesters storm TV station

Thousands of Thai protesters stormed police and army lines at a satellite station compound north of Bangkok, occupying it for several hours.

BBC

Red Shirts defy emergency