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A man walks past military vehicles blocking a street in Cairo. The Arab world’s most populous nation appeared to be swiftly moving closer to a point at which it either dissolves into widespread chaos or the military expands its presence.  (Photo by Ahmed Ali / AP) Monarch school serves homeless kids You won’t find a school like San Diego’s Monarch School anywhere. The school serves homeless children exclusively, providing laundry and shower facilities, a health clinic and laptops. ABC News Cuba’s economic changes create new entrepreneurs Where some might see a rotten window frame pocked by termites, Julio Cesar Hidalgo envisions a takeout counter with the rich smell of garlic and oregano wafting out onto a warm Havana street. San Jose Mercury News   Gangs attack Egypt jails, free militants Gangs of armed men attacked jails across Egypt, helping to free hundreds of Muslim militants and thousands of other inmates as police vanished from the streets of Cairo and other cities. CBS News Protests around the world CNN Chaos in Egypt: a country on the edge ABC News Gates: Nuclear forces fixed slips Defense Secretary Robert Gates credited the chief of the nation’s nuclear forces with restoring that highly sensitive mission to its “proper place of honor.” Boston Herald Gates has warning for new chief Omaha World Herald Defense Secretary Robert Gates Yahoo! News Low taxes are key to profits for many companies Just how broken is the corporate tax system? Consider the tax rate paid by two of America’s biggest companies — Wal-Mart and General Electric. NPR   NATION For veterans, road to mental health may begin at the bar An exploratory study found that bartenders at Veterans of Foreign Wars clubs could help identify veterans in trouble and direct them to mental health professionals. LiveScience Special section: Mental health Huffington Post Health care battle escalates The congressional battle over health care entered a new, more sharply partisan phase, as Republicans began building a case for dismantling the law while Democrats fought back hard. Sun Herald POLITICS At midterm, Obama tries can-do slogan The president unveiled his “Winning the Future” mantra in his State of the Union address. It’s now emerged as a fat target for his Republican critics. Philadelphia Inquirer With Carney at podium, Obama hopes to reset press relationship President Barack Obama’s decision to tap Jay Carney as his new press secretary completes a series of White House personnel changes meant to mend dysfunctional relationships. The Hill Guantanamo still far from closing One of the first things the president did in office was sign an executive order promising to close the Guantanamo Bay prison within a year. Now officials say it is unlikely to close before his term ends. NPR HEALTH Study ties hot flashes to lower breast cancer risk Some good news for women ever bothered by hot flashes. The risk for breast cancer may be reduced as much as 50 percent, researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle report. USA TODAY Infants ascribe social dominance by size Psychologists have found that infants less than 1 year old understand social dominance and use relative size to predict who will prevail when goals conflict. ScienceDaily SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UCSC astronomers find galaxy University of California astronomers say they have glimpsed what might be the most ancient and distant object ever seen — a faint smudge of a galaxy, conceived near the dawn of cosmic time. San Jose Mercury News Asteroid heading for Earth? Heat it up! A New York professor has an idea that may help to deflect any asteroid that is on a head-on collision with Earth. He is testing his idea, which includes a solar sail, sunlight and a warmed up asteroid. iTWire ENVIRONMENT Warming North Atlantic ocean tied to heating Arctic The temperatures of North Atlantic Ocean water — the warmest water in 2,000 years — are likely related to the amplification of global warming in the Arctic. ScienceDaily UK climate-proofing plans unveiled From measures in use already to far-fetched scenarios for the future, the first batch of climate adaptation plans submitted to the U.K. environment ministry have been unveiled. BBC EDUCATION Going global, going liberal arts Everyone at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities seems to favor globalization — not much of a surprise given the meeting theme of “Global Positioning.” Inside Higher Ed Student off hook for Facebook insult A high school sophomore who called his biology teacher a “fat ass” on Facebook was suspended for a day for cyber-bullying, an action the school has now erased from his record after a First Amendment lecture. San Francisco Chronicle RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Let us bake bread together Members of White Bear Lake United Methodist Church in Minnesota are reviving the practice of baking bread together, the logical extension of figuratively breaking bread together. Star Tribune St. Thomas whips up healthy meals When most people hear the term "hospital food,’’ they conjure up a plate of mystery meat, flanked by a bland side dish and maybe a fruit cup or Jell-O. The Tennessean   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Editorial: Leave gun carrying limits where they are Detroit Free Press Blog (Julie Hersh): A conflict of common sense  (Psychology Today) Struck By Living Blog (Diane Barth): Making decisions can be hard  (Psychology Today) Off the Couch Editorial: Bad aim Philadelphia Inquirer Column (Brian Till): What’s at stake in Cairo The Atlantic Cartoon (David Horsey): Pests that won’t go away Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial: The US needs to break with Mubarak now Washington Post Blog (Heather Hurlburt): The riots in Egypt  (The New Republic) Citizen Cohn   Site edited by: William Ellis, Diana Shaw, Michael Makofka, Walt Chiu, Kathie Raikes, Alexa Even, Adrian Smith, Robert Hang, Jodi McMaster, Robyn Waselus, Kristen Toland, Sara Stewart and Shahinaz Ayoub.   GOOD NEWS Fred Korematsu Day a 1st in US history for an Asian American Those who carry on his legacy are most excited about the classroom teachings that will take place in the coming weeks. San Francisco Chronicle Tiny superheroes don capes to do good Cooper Spataro, 3, and his classmates at Missoula Community School in Missoula, Mont., are “superheroes of kindness,” performing weekly acts of good will. AOL News Chaplains try a new path to deal with PTSD A Colorado theology school is teaching Air Force chaplains to consider the religious beliefs of servicemen and women to better help them cope with post-traumatic stress. USA TODAY WORLD Government gives go-ahead to first 8 ‘free schools’ The government gave the green light for the first eight “free schools” to open in England, with the prime minister, David Cameron, pledging they will bring greater opportunity to the poorest pupils. Guardian Deadly train crash in Germany A head-on train crash in eastern Germany killed 10 people and injured at least 33 others, eight of them severely, local firefighters said. AOL News EGYPT IN CRISIS Inside the White House’s Egypt scramble For three days straight, as the Cairo crisis gathered momentum, U.S. policy-makers are trying to calibrate the U.S. response to the unfolding drama. Newsweek 38 dead, 2,000 wounded in Egypt protests Egyptian medical officials say 38 people have died and 2,000 have been wounded in anti-government demonstrations, bringing the death toll in the unrest to at least 45. Star Tribune Mubarak names VP BBC BUSINESS Comcast takes control of NBC Universal Comcast took control of NBC Universal after the government shackled its behavior in the coming years to protect online video services such as Netflix and Hulu. Detroit Free Press Low taxes, key to profits Instead of concentrating on making light bulbs, power plants or whatnot, companies use the tax system to boost their profits. NPR SPORTS Bradley beats Alexander with unanimous decision Timothy Bradley defended his WBO title and took Devon Alexander’s WBC belt, winning a unanimous technical decision after the fight was stopped in the 10th round at the Silverdome. ABC News Saying sports cliches ain’t so An economist from the University of Chicago has taken lessons from economic theory and applied them to a subject where cliches tend to dominate the field of accepted knowledge: sports. NPR Clijsters the mother of all Australian Open champions With her third grand slam title since returning 17 months ago from the birth of her child, Belgian Kim Clijsters has become the most successful mom in the game. Sydney Morning Herald 2011 Australian Open men’s semifinals FOXSports LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT Life below the City of Light: Paris underground Paris has a deeper and stranger connection to its underground than almost any city, and that underground is one of the richest. NPR YouTube unveils ‘Life in a Day’ winner Media watchers have wondered how to take users’ appetite for 2- to 3-minute videos and transform it into a hunger for full-length content. Sundance Film Festival audiences got their first taste. Reuters Blog: Conversation: Director of ‘Life in a Day’  (PBS) Art Beat If you like steak, be ready to spend more The prices of steaks, hamburger and other cuts of beef are expected to increase this summer, after a new report showed U.S. cattle herds at their smallest since 1958. Des Moines Register Carbon tax on carnivores Discovery News   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Baby talk Parents don’t need to make major efforts on baby sign language. Instead, they should just start with a few signs. Salt Lake Tribune   Photo of the Day People are silhouetted as the illuminated Presidential Palace is seen in the background, at the end of the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India. 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