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Anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gunmen celebrate the freedom of the city of Benghazi, Libya. U.S. President Barack Obama has called on the dictator to leave power immediately, saying he has lost the legitimacy to rule with his violent crackdown on his own people. (Photo by Hussein Malla / AP)

Winter‘s Bone director on upside of being ’underdog’

On the eve of the Oscars, Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik is being realistic about the chances of her film taking the top prize.

BBC

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Razzies on-the-scene: M. Night Shyamalan ‘wins’ big at camp-fest

(Entertainment Weekly)

Inside Movies

Forgotten southern graves home to the ‘invisible dead’

Duncan Shropshire and his daughter crouch over a large, flat rock with the words “Lewis Dickson, 4” scratched into it. To the left of the marker is a row of 12 rocks, all graves of slaves and former slaves.

CNN

Libya: Anti-Gaddafi forces control Zawiya

Forces fighting to oust the Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi have seized the city of Zawiya, 30 miles from the capital, Tripoli.

BBC

Tunisia prime minister resigns

Al Jazeera

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Pressure mounts on Gadhafi — live updates

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Technology and revolution

CNN

Rebels hold Benghazi; is Tripoli next?

MSNBC

Tea party uses summit to scope out 2012 role

Tea party supporters packed a Phoenix convention center to hear from possible contenders for next year’s Republican presidential nomination, which the conservative movement hopes to shape.

CBS News

Hospitals leery of reporting errors

Hospital errors kill more people every year than car crashes, diabetes or pneumonia, according to federal government estimates.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NATION

The mountain that made Birmingham

Before the civil rights movement that made Birmingham, Ala., a dateline in history, it was a famous steel town. Now, it looks to Red Mountain as a place to explore the history of mining and the subtleties of race.

NPR

San Francisco gets 1st snow since 1976

A storm system that moved into Northern California gave San Francisco its first snowfall in 35 years. The near sea-level city last saw snow on the ground in 1976, when an inch fell.

MSNBC

Severe sequel: Sunday/Monday threats

The Weather Channel

Justices to weigh dispute over child abuse cases

Eight years ago, officials questioned a 9-year-old girl as to whether her father had sexually abused her, and wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. That is the focus of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Camreta v. Greene, background and briefs

SCOTUS blog

POLITICS

Police: Wis. protest ‘one of largest’

Madison Police Department spokesman Joel DeSpain said police figure the crowd of protesters in Madison, Wis., exceeded last week’s protest, which was estimated at 70,000 people.

USA TODAY

2012 contenders set their sights on swing-state governors

If you’re a swing-state governor, a trip to the National Governors Association meeting in Washington is just another chance for the 2012 wannabes and their backers to hit you up for support.

Politico

HEALTH

Rising PSA leads to too many unnecessary prostate biopsies

If a male’s PSA (prostate specific antigen) has risen rapidly in recent years, he should not have a biopsy if his clinical exam is normal, a new study suggests.

Medical News Today

A cure for heart disease?

In a promising science-fiction-meets-real-world juxtaposition, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have discovered that the mammalian newborn heart can heal itself completely.

Times of India

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Shuttle prepares for its final space station rendezvous

Discovery will perform one of the most spectacular shuttle moves before docking at the International Space Station for the last time. It was the first orbiter to execute the nose-over-tail backflip.

USA TODAY

Space shuttle Discovery

Yahoo! News

Venus, moon offer early-bird sky treat

Early risers will be treated to a striking celestial sight early next week as the two brightest objects in the night sky — the moon and Venus — will appear near to each other.

MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Oscars 2011: How the year’s top films reflect the times

Despite the reach for that feel-good denouement, there is nevertheless something else in this year’s crop of Oscar nominees: a sense of malaise that borders on fatigue.

Christian Science Monitor

Nintendo 3-D game machine goes on sale in Japan

Nintendo’s latest game machine, offering glasses-free 3-D images, went on sale in Japan ahead of a global rollout, and analysts say it promises to be the world’s first 3-D mass-market product.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Churches making movies

During services, pastor Brent Martz makes sure everything goes as it’s supposed to. In the control room, church media director Jon Van Dyke calls camera shots. They’re helping Friends Church make a feature film.

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Pope urges doctors to protect women from abortion

Pope Benedict XVI has urged doctors to protect women from the deceptive thought that an abortion might be a solution to social or economic difficulties or health problems.

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

A tale of women at a crossroads in Haiti

Mirlande Manigat, a professor, wants to be the president of Haiti. Manigat will compete in the March 20 election against Michel Martelly, the popular musician-turned-politician.

AOL News

Using a mouse to play with shelter cats

Over 90,000 cat lovers have played with the kittens at the Oregon Humane Society. The visits are by remote, thanks to real-time technology that lets fans use their computers to manipulate the toys.

Spokesman-Review

The wonders of watercress

The benefits of watercress were first recognized by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who is said to have placed his first hospital beside a stream to grow watercress with which to treat patients.

Positive News

WORLD

Egypt reform panel proposes competitive presidential elections