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Demonstrators react in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt. More than a quarter-million people flooded into the heart of Cairo, filling the city’s main square in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. (Photo by Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP)

Who ‘owns’ Harlem?

Harlem is, of course, the most iconic African-American neighborhood. It’s the wellspring of so much black culture that it is almost impossible to imagine it as something else.

BBC

New vaccination guidelines

Teenagers need a booster shot to protect them from meningococcal meningitis, while all kids should have up-to-date whooping cough vaccine, according to new recommendations from pediatric experts.

HealthDay

Blog:

Routine HPV vaccine for boys urged

(CNN)

The Chart

Anti-government protests roil Egypt

The country’s military has for the past three decades received billions of dollars in U.S. aid. Yet for all that, it’s not at all clear whether the U.S. has leverage with Egypt’s military leadership.

NPR

Getting out of Egypt

Inside Higher Ed

Interview:

The man who would be president

The Independent

King Tut’s treasures defiled in Egypt

MSNBC

Winter’s fury: Monster snowstorm heads to Midwest and Northeast

A potentially deadly winter storm is making its way eastward across at least one-third of the country bringing with it a combination of heavy snow, ice and freezing temperatures.

ABC News

Monster storm in heartland heads east

MSNBC

Concierge medical care for lower cost

One Medical Group charges a fee of $150 to $200 a year. Same-day appointments are routine; doctors welcome e-mail communication and see at most 16 patients a day.

New York Times

NATION

New dietary guidelines: Eat less, eat better and reduce salt

Ditch the empty calories, lower sodium intake, reach for water instead of soda and eat at least a half plate full of fruits and vegetables a day. That’s the mantra of the new federal dietary guidelines.

San Francisco Chronicle

Calif. challenges China in the mining of rare earths

The minerals known as rare earths sound like something an alchemist would use to turn lead into gold. But the minerals are what make the modern world function.

NPR

Study puts spotlight on red-light cameras

The national debate over red-light cameras is heating up again as a new analysis from a traffic safety group argues that the controversial devices saved 159 lives in 14 cities during a five-year period.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Jon Huntsman resigning post amid speculation of 2012 run

U.S. ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, a Republican with potential presidential ambitions, has advised officials that he intends to leave the post during the first part of this year, the White House said.

San Jose Mercury News

Judge rules health law unconstitutional

A federal judge ruled that the entire health care overhaul is unconstitutional, but he stopped short of ordering the federal government to stop implementing it.

Politico

States may face showdown with federal government over cutting Medicaid rolls

Kaiser Health News

BUSINESS

BP reports $3.7B annual loss

British Petroleum announced it is resuming dividends for the first time since the Gulf of Mexico well disaster, as the oil company reported a 30 percent gain in fourth-quarter profits.

MSNBC

Blog:

BP to sell Texas City refinery

(Houston Chronicle)

Fuel Fix

Finances depend on your life stage now

Carving out a winning personal finance plan today is increasingly less about how old you are and more about what stage of life you’re in.

USA TODAY

Fed says banks ‘significantly more upbeat’ on delinquencies

Most banks in the U.S. expect loan delinquencies and charge-off rates to improve in 2011, a Federal Reserve survey showed, as standards eased and demand increased for business lending.

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Can students learn to learn?

While some colleges have long taught study skills, some institutions are experimenting with teaching more than how to study: They are looking for ways to grow their students’ metacognition.

Inside Higher Ed

Wanted: ways to assess teachers

The debate about “value added” measures of teaching may be the most divisive topic in teacher-quality policy today. It has produced enough policy briefs to fell whole forests.

Education Week

ENVIRONMENT

Shark catching leads to extinction

The annual mass slaughter of sharks, estimated to be around 73 million each year, has left one third of all shark species on the brink of extinction.

CNN

Twitter in the city: the urban life of birds

Birds adapt to noisy urban life by singing louder, warbling at night or moving away — but it’s threatening their survival.

The Independent

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholic hospitals, bishops reach accord

After public spats between the Catholic hierarchy and health care executives, the Catholic Health Association acknowledged that bishops, not doctors, have the final say on questions of medical morality.

Religion News Service

Sunday shutdown likely to fall foul of new equality law

Scotland’s Western Isles could be forced to abandon a centuries-old religious tradition of keeping sports and community centers closed on Sundays because it breaches new equality legislation.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Juan Cole):

Why Egypt’s class conflict is boiling over

CBS News

Editorial (Clayton Jones):

How history might really be made in Egypt

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Clive MacFarlane):

Bookstore opened paths to unexpected

Telegram & Gazette

Column (John Yemma):

As Germany rises, Europeans begin to rethink their unity project

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Robert Cyran):

Angel investor valuations fly off to heaven

(Reuters)

Reuters Breakingviews

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Quarterback rules

McClatchy Newspapers

Video (Andy Gardiner):

Fla. senator predicts choppy seas

Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Ray B. Williams):

Beyond money: our self-destructing desire for wealth

(Psychology Today)

Wired for Success

Column (Susan Milligan):

Why WikiLeaks’s Julian Assange isn’t a journalist

U.S. News & World Report

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GOOD NEWS

New African wolf discovered

Scientists have discovered a new species of wolf in Africa, saying it “is not only important conservation news, but raises questions” about how it evolved and lived with other rare and extinct animals.

ScienceDaily

Dairy cows inoculated against sepsis could help malnourished children

Most people would probably prefer if traces of dairy cows’ vaccinations don’t show up in their milk, but one team is looking into deliberately adding antibodies to milk as a way to help malnourished children.

Scientific American

New application brings American art to wider audience

A new iPhone app is opening up Kentucky’s art scene to the public by bringing thousands of works of art in small American communities to a wider audience.

Reuters

WORLD

Mexico election results hurt PRI’s comeback bid