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Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

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‘Earmarks’ to nowhere causing states to lose billions

During the past 20 years, orphan earmarks reduced the amount of money that states received: $7.5 billion in total that could have been used to replace obsolete bridges, repair aging roads and bring jobs.

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USA TODAY

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Earmark black hole swallows billions

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MSNBC

$33M in unclaimed money for veterans dating back to World War I

Veterans and their families may be eligible to receive unclaimed funds totaling about $33 million, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Advocacy groups say many had no idea the money is there.

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ABC News

New Congress: symbolism early and sizzle to come

As the new Congress convenes, the initial focus for Republicans, fresh off their 2010 midterm election victories, will start off symbolic with the legislative meat to be served shortly after.

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CNN

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The era of Speaker John Boehner begins

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Politico

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112th Congress begins

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C-Span

Obama signs historic food safety law

The food safety law aims to secure the farm-to-table food chain. But some Republicans are threatening to hold up funding, saying the food supply is already “99.999 percent safe.”

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Christian Science Monitor

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Food and Drug Administration

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WikiLeaks: ‘Voluptuous’ nurse cable costs diplomat his job

In what appears to be the first diplomatic casualty from the latest WikiLeaks revelations, the U.S. ambassador to Libya has returned to Washington and U.S. officials say he is likely to leave his post.

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McClatchy Newspapers

NATION

IRS extends filing deadline for taxes to April 18

The Internal Revenue Service kicked off the U.S. tax filing season, announcing that taxpayers will have until April 18, 2011, to file their 2010 returns and pay their tax bills because of a holiday on April 15.

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MSNBC

Obama press secretary Gibbs to leave White House

Officials say White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is leaving the White House to set up his own consulting business and become an outside political adviser to President Barack Obama.

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USA TODAY

Numbers show immigration enforcement is working

This year promises to be another contentious one for immigration. The new Republican leadership in the House of Representatives has indicated it will take an even harder line against illegal immigration.

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NPR

POLITICS

Court turns to state on Proposition 8 issue

The federal appeals court reviewing California’s ban on same-sex marriage asked the state Supreme Court to answer a legal question that may determine the outcome.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Obama’s GOP appeal: Put politics aside

Back from vacation, President Barack Obama is appealing to newly-empowered Republicans to resist jockeying for the White House and work with him to get the economy growing and the jobless to work.

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TIME

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Obama said to consider William Daley for top White House post

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Bloomberg

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Obama returns to energized GOP

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EDUCATION

Schools embrace iPad as a learning tool

As students returned to class this week, some were carrying brand-new Apple iPads in their backpacks, given not by their parents but by their schools.

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Policy challenges confront state officials

Despite bleak fiscal conditions that could thwart priorities, governors and state lawmakers are expected to press forward with education proposals.

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HEALTH

New medical school model: Adopt a family to treat

Many of the new medical schools are also trying to reshape medical education. They are rethinking their approach with a community-based medical curriculum.

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NPR

Depression gene really exists

The 2003 discovery of a gene variant that seems to predispose people to depression when stressed out created great excitement and a flood of research.

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MSNBC

SPORTS

Lewis will stay on with Bengals

The front office won’t change significantly. The Bengals will still be practicing in the cold. Even with all that, Marvin Lewis decided to stay.

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Sports Illustrated

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Sources: Marvin Lewis wants changes

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ESPN

Mich. decides to fire Coach Rodriguez

Rodriguez leaves after three seasons as Michigan’s football coach — a tenure marked by more turmoil than usual in Ann Arbor and more losses than in decades.

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Detroit Free Press

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

102 and still preaching

The Rev. Noah Smith — both preacher and Renaissance man — was called later in life but has no plans to quit.

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Star Tribune

Who are Egypt’s Copts, and the Middle East’s other Christian populations?

Christians made up more than 20 percent of the region’s population in the early 20th century, but today, they make up less than 10 percent.

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Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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5 questions for 112th Congress

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USA TODAY

Blog (Evan Osnos):

Americanitis vs. Chinitis

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(The New Yorker)

Letter from China

Column (Andrew J. Basevich):

The tyranny of Defense Inc.

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The Atlantic

What happened to the deficit debate?

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Star Tribune

Julian Assange proves some information is still worth paying for

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Globeandmail.com

Column (Sarah Goodyear):

Do roads pay for themselves? Well, no.

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Grist

Blog (Peter Grier):

House GOP health-care repeal: What will that bill do, exactly?

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(Christian Science Monitor)

The Vote

Column (Ralph Nader):

Tweeting away the time

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CounterPunch

Column (David Brooks):

Replace consumption with balanced investment

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San Jose Mercury News

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GOOD NEWS

Leukemia drug may offer a way to fight Parkinson’s disease

A drug already used in some leukemia patients prevented brain cells linked to Parkinson’s disease from being destroyed in mice, a finding that could point to a way to slow progression of the disease.

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Houston Chronicle

People donate to keep Wikipedia free

In just 50 days, the shortest fundraiser in Wikimedia history, the foundation received an average of $22 per individual donation to reach its goal.

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PNNOnline

2nd chance for ‘golden-voiced’ man

Ted Williams is a “golden-voiced” homeless man about to get a second chance. He’s a panhandler who solicits donations with a sign saying that he’s an ex-radio announcer who has fallen on hard times.

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CBS News

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The homeless man with the golden voice

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WORLD

Women fighters willing to die for Gaza

With faces covered and guns loaded, Palestinian militants are training among the sand dunes of Gaza. These militants are women preparing to fight their sworn enemy, the state of Israel.

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CNN

Facebook generation fights Hungarian media law

As Hungary takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has introduced a new law aimed at gagging the media and the Facebook generation is up in arms.

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Spiegel International

BUSINESS

Auto sales have gone up for 1st time since the recession

Auto sales rose in the United States last year for the first time since the recession. They‘re still far from what they were just a few years ago — but the downsized industry can still post profits.

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Yahoo! News

US stresses the need to reduce China trade imbalance

President Barack Obama’s national security adviser pressed for efforts to reduce U.S.-China trade imbalances and also discussed ways to rein in North Korea in talks with China’s foreign minister.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Bumblebees seem to be taking a nosedive in North America

Four bumblebee species once common across North America have suffered precipitous — and so far mysterious — declines, a new study shows.

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National Geographic

NYC officials examining response to last week’s blizzard

Officials in New York said they are looking into what happened to cleanup efforts during last week’s monster blizzard.

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CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Is Alec Baldwin interested in political office? The answer is ‘yes’

Knowing Alec Baldwin’s long-running interest in politics, Eliot Spitzer asked if he was ready to “get into this game.” Baldwin said he is "very interested” but leaving acting would be “extremely painful.”

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CNN

New edition removes Mark Twain’s ‘offensive’ words

In the new editions of Mark Twain’s "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer,” the N-word will be replaced with “slave” in an effort not to offend readers.

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San Francisco Chronicle

9 rappers, 1 Wu-Tang Clan

There had been large groups in hip-hop before, but none that featured nine different rappers, as the Wu-Tang Clan did when it made its debut in 1993.

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NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Viking lander found organics on Mars

Scientists say a new experiment on Mars-like soil shows NASA’s Viking lander hit pay dirt: evidence for organic materials on Mars where experts said none existed.

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MSNBC

Facial bone structure reveals age

It’s not just wrinkles that reveal age. A new study finds that changes in bone structure make faces look older too.

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LiveScience

Net neutrality? Not at the coffee shop

Net neutrality rules arrived just before Christmas, but they won‘t apply to Kindles, coffee shops or dial-up Internet and they won’t apply to Google.

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Ars Technica

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Junk food nearly half of kids’ intake

Nutrition experts say a new study highlights just how unhealthy young people’s diets really are.

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ABC News

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An unidentified employee of the Stefanik Observatory in Prague uses a projection shield to show the partial solar eclipse visible in the Czech capital. (Photo by Michal Kamaryt / CTK / AP)

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