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A supporter of the Yemeni government collects stones during clashes with anti-government protestors in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen sent 2,000 policemen into the streets of the capital on to try to put down days of protests against the president of 32 years.  (Photo by Hani Mohammed / AP) A state of decline A spate of head-scratching is sweeping the usually self-confident United States as political commentators warn of the decline of the great nation. These so-called “declinists” are nothing new. BBC How the middle class became the underclass CNNMoney Blog: Intelligence community fears US manufacturing decline  (Forbes) Business in the Beltway The new Detroit: from robot clothes to deluxe jeans While the Motor City is struggling to revive its once-dominant auto industry, it could soon be known for a different kind of line — fashionable blue jeans made with the same technology used to clothe robots. NPR   Some Mideast regimes give in — others don’t Uprisings throughout the Middle East have protesters calling for more freedom, an end to political arrests, better housing conditions and democratic elections. USA TODAY Blog: Middle East protests — live updates  (Guardian) News Blog Revolution echoes through the rest of the Middle East PBS Congressional forecast worsening: gridlock with a chance of shutdown There is a three-pronged budget war between President Barack Obama and Republicans in Washington that has politicians uttering a word they haven’t used since 1994: shutdown. ABC News Special section: How $3.7 trillion is spent New York Times Zinc may prevent and shorten colds Taking zinc as a syrup or lozenge during the first few days of a cold may shorten its duration, new research shows. It also cut the number of days kids missed school and the use of antibiotics by cold sufferers. WebMD Healing power of zinc CBS News   NATION Calif. governor freezes hiring, drops minimum wage suit Gov. Jerry Brown ordered a government hiring freeze amid California’s $26.6 billion fiscal crisis, hours after he dropped a lawsuit filed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Philadelphia Inquirer High-priced urban areas drawing more young Caucasians The number of Caucasian children is growing in several large urban centers where the cost of living is high, a trend that runs counter to the decline in Caucasian youths in much of the U.S. USA TODAY POLITICS Poll: Rahm Emanuel may be able to avoid run-off in mayor’s race Rahm Emanuel received a little over 58 percent of voter support, according to a poll by the Chicago Retail Merchants Association. Reuters Obama stresses need to curb Medicare, Medicaid cost while skirting details President Barack Obama said the rising cost of Medicare and Medicaid is creating “huge problems” for the nation’s finances that must be dealt with “in a serious way.” He’s just not taking the first step. Bloomberg SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Spiders love smelly socks The stinky smell of sweaty socks might repulse humans, but scientists now find it enthralls mosquitoes and spiders. LiveScience Russians land on red planet — virtually Cosmonauts walked on the surface of Mars nearly a year into a mission to the red planet. Unfortunately, it’s only a simulation designed to test what would happen on a real flight to Mars. CNN HEALTH Baldness at a very young age may have link to prostate cancer Men who start to lose their hair at age 20 may be more likely to develop prostate cancer later in life, according to a case control study conducted at the Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou in Paris. MedPage Today Pesticides may block male hormones Many agricultural pesticides — including some previously untested and commonly found in food — disrupt male hormones, according to recent tests conducted by British scientists. Scientific American RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Growth stalls, falls for largest US churches The Roman Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention are still significantly larger than all other North American denominations, but neither have had much growth in recent years. USA TODAY Muslim preachers call for unity on Muhammad’s birthday In sermons marking the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, Muslim religious leaders in Lebanon called on the country to stand united to confront dangers threatening civil peace amid rising political tension. Daily Star ENVIRONMENT If greenhouse gas emissions stopped now, Earth would still likely get warmer New University of Washington research shows that the world is already committed to a warmer climate because of emissions that have occurred up to now. ScienceDaily Protecting health and the planet with clean cookstoves Half the world’s population cook with wood, charcoal, dung, coal or agricultural residues on simple stoves or open fires. Breathing the smoke from those stoves causes a variety of chronic illnesses. National Geographic Foodies could save the green movement These are dark days for the environmental movement. As traditional environmentalism struggles, a food movement is rising in its place, aligning consumers, producers, the media as well as politicians. TIME   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Blog (Mark Memmott): Will Iran see ‘wave of protests’ like Egypt? Probably not  (NPR) The Two-Way Blog (Daniel Halper): Carrying water for Hollywood  (Weekly Standard) Today's Standard Column (MJ Rosenberg): US vs. UN on Israeli settlement interests Al Jazeera Blog (Alexander C. Hart): Show me the money  (The New Republic) Citizen Cohn Cartoon (Lee Judge): Why politicians like to use two microphones McClatchy Newspapers Video (Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel): We cannot police all the world USA TODAY Editorial: Hillary Clinton’s plan to topple dictators with an open Internet Christian Science Monitor Column (Linda Kerber): Can the 14th Amendment defend itself? CNN   Site edited by: Kristen Toland, Tanya Flowers, Kathie Raikes, William Ellis, Shahinaz Ayoub, Diana Shaw, Sara Stewart, Sevim Yolacti, Jayalaxmi Arasalike, Cat Van Le, Laura Hardman, Anuja Seith and Brigitte Leschhorn.   GOOD NEWS Afghan national army gets training in reading and writing After 30 years of war, most Afghan men know how to handle a rifle but can’t read. Now NATO is now enrolling Afghan soldiers and policemen in a two-month basic literacy course. NPR The yard artist Blending the physical and metaphysical, Glenn Ray brings an artist’s touch to his lawn. It’s a sprawling, subtly structured sanctuary fitting his vocation: professional landscaper with an artist’s soul. Star Tribune NASA heart pump saves mother A 27-year-old mother of three who “died” twice when her heart stopped beating in the middle of an operation was saved by a heart pump containing parts designed by NASA. Medical News Today WORLD Defector admits to ‘WMD’ lies that triggered Iraq War The defector who convinced the White House that Iraq had a secret biological weapons program has admitted for the first time that he lied, then watched in shock as it was used to justify the war. Guardian Claims of Iraq WMDs were ‘pure lies’ Al Jazeera Fearing cholera, Haitians refuse to harvest rice Fears of contracting cholera from Haiti’s rice paddies have driven down the farms’ productivity and sent the cost of food in the country soaring. Globeandmail.com BUSINESS Report: Food prices are now at ‘dangerous levels’ Global food prices have hit “dangerous levels” that could contribute to political instability, push millions of people into poverty and raise the cost of groceries. CBS News Why is Trader Joe’s short-changing farmworker justice? Over the past two decades, Trader Joe’s has grown rapidly as bargain-hunting foodies swarmed into its outlets. The chain now runs more than 350 stores with sales topping $8 billion in 2009. Grist EDUCATION Maximum Pell, at all costs In a 2012 budget blueprint that administration officials portrayed as austere and Republicans derided as profligate, President Barack Obama kept his promise to privilege spending on education. Inside Higher Ed College debt meets real life Star Tribune Financial aid: 6 tools to graduate debt-free Christian Science Monitor Texas state history standards get ‘D’ A conservative education think tank has severely criticized Texas’ new social studies curriculum standards as a “politicized distortion of history — offering misrepresentations at every turn.” Houston Chronicle LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT Riding the subway with the ‘book spy’ Anonymous but never shy, she spies on New Yorkers in the subway and records their reading habits. Christian Science Monitor Toddlers in restaurants — ammunition for social battlefield A new guide is aimed at parents who want to take their toddlers and babies to restaurants, but why is there such anxiety about little ones being in the same space as childless adults? BBC SPORTS Lance Armstrong says he will quit cycling Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong said he’s quitting professional cycling, ending a two-year comeback at age 39. Bloomberg Blog: Lance Armstrong announces ‘retirement 2.0’: a timeline of the top cyclist’s career  (AOL News) Surge Desk Another year to soar: Vick, Akers receive Eagles’ tags The Philadelphia Eagles confirmed that they placed the franchise tag on quarterback Michael Vick and the transition tag on kicker David Akers. NFL.com Blog: Investigator: Wait to see if Vick has really changed  (ESPN) Outside the Lines   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Furious growth and cost cuts led to BP accidents past and present In BP’s quest to compete with the world’s biggest oil companies, its managers had become deaf to risk and systematically gambled with safety at hundreds of facilities and with thousands of lives. 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