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Copies of President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget are delivered to the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Government funding is due to run out on March 4, giving Democratic and GOP leaders little time to work out a compromise. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

Shark fin bill would ban Chinese delicacy

A bill to ban the sale and distribution of shark fins in California, that would prevent restaurants from serving the Chinese delicacy, is igniting an emotional debate between conservationists and Asian leaders.

San Francisco Chronicle

Shark fin soup

National Geographic

Amazon pollution: Chevron hits back in fight with Ecuador

U.S. oil giant Chevron says it will appeal against an $8.6 billion fine imposed by Ecuador judges, carrying on a long-running row over pollution.

BBC

Court slaps Chevron with $8B fine

San Francisco Chronicle

Chances for federal shutdown on the rise

With less than three weeks to strike a deal before government funding for the year is scheduled to expire, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are moving in opposite directions.

The Hill

Republicans put NPR, PBS on chopping block

ABC News

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House begins debate on $61B in cuts

(USA TODAY)

On Politics

Muslim Brotherhood plans political party

Egypt’s long banned Muslim Brotherhood said it intends to form a political party once democracy is established, as the country’s new military rulers launched a panel to amend the country’s constitution.

Houston Chronicle

Clinton vows US help for Web revolutionaries

CBS News

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood seeks political party status

CNN

Census data expected to show further drop in DC’s black population

For decades Washington, D.C., was known affectionately as “Chocolate City” to many black Americans. Now demographers predict that if current trends continue, the city could lose its majority-black status.

NPR

NATION

President George H.W. Bush among those to receive Medal of Freedom

Former President George H.W. Bush, slugger Stan Musial and cellist Yo-Yo Ma are among the 15 individuals who will receive America’s highest civilian honor.

CNN

Panel: FBI overstated scientific evidence in anthrax probe

Federal investigators overstated the strength of the scientific evidence against a late Army researcher blamed for the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001.

Star Tribune

POLITICS

Daniels faces tea party heat on Ariz.-style immigration bill

A tough, Arizona-style anti-immigration bill in the Indiana state Legislature has put Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels — who is mum on whether he backs it — on a collision course with tea party activists.

Politico

TARP watchdog resigns

Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, sent President Barack Obama a letter informing him he will resign.

The Street

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Stardust spacecraft makes comet flyby

NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has swept past the comet Tempel 1. The encounter will give scientists unique information on how these balls of ice and dust change over time.

BBC

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Romance amid the stars

(MSNBC)

Cosmic Log

Close encounters with comets

Discovery News

Apple unveils new subscription service for App Store

In a move that goes a long way to address concerns of many in the magazine and newspaper sectors, Apple said that publishers will be allowed to set the price and the length of the subscription term.

CNET News

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Apple launches subscriptions to App Store: boon for traditional media?

(ZDNet)

Between the Lines

BUSINESS

Home Depot to hire 60,000 workers

Home Depot announced that it will hire more than 60,000 seasonal workers in anticipation of a springtime rush for home improvement supplies.

CNNMoney

NYSE deal nears as Deutsche Boerse board meets

Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext are expected to announce a deal to create the world’s largest exchange operator, setting aside political issues that threaten its completion.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

The power broker: funding a revolution in new energy

Arun Majumdar directs a new federal entity that’s placing multimillion-dollar bets on corporate and university researchers who are looking for new ways to generate, amplify and store energy.

Popular Science

Time’s up for toxic town

The EPA is tearing down what’s left of Picher, Oklahoma, a town that has paid a heavy price in toxic pollution and cave-ins since its heyday as a lead mining center.

Los Angeles Times

Toxic town Picher, Okla.

YouTube

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church sues over World Trade Center rebuilding project

The Greek Orthodox church damaged in the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York said it had sued local authorities on grounds they seized its land and prevented it from rebuilding.

Reuters

Churches wrestle with guns in the pews

The way Rev. Jonathan Wilkins sees it, members of his Baptist church in Thomaston, Ga., should have the right to carry guns into worship services to protect the congregation.

USA TODAY

Dalai Lama’s nephew killed in Fla.

The Dalai Lama’s nephew was killed along a Florida highway during one of his long treks to bring awareness to the Tibetan struggle for independence from China, officials said.

MSNBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Alexander C. Hart):

The case for more federal aid

The New Republic

Column (David Morris):

The Superbowl is over, now the real combat begins

Huffington Post

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Arab world

USA TODAY

Column (Bill Brotherton):

A bigger job ahead

Boston Herald

Column (Roger Clegg):

Admissions data show some have unfair advantage

Columbus Dispatch

Column (E.J. Dionne):

Obama’s budget battle lines drawn over investment

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Romesh Ratnesar):

Why the global glass is half full

TIME

Column (Sen. Bernie Sanders):

Struggling through the recession

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Charlotte nonprofit to receive top international fundraising honor

The Association of Fundraising Professionals will bestow its highest fundraising honor to the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Inc., located in North Carolina.

PNNOnline

UK is a nation of happy couples

Whether they are married or cohabiting with their partners, the vast majority of couples in the U.K. are happy in their relationships.

ScienceDaily

Using a wood chipper to save cheetahs, Africa’s most endangered big cats

It takes an unusual mind to bring a wood chipper to the desert. In her 37-year quest to help save Africa’s most endangered big cat, the cheetah, Laurie Marker has gotten used to taking unusual steps.

Christian Science Monitor

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Cheetahs