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Super Bowl: social media change advertisers’ game

Today’s big winner might have the best game plan for tweets, links, likes and texts. And we’re not talking about football.

San Francisco Chronicle

Rating the Super matchups

MSNBC

Football movies for Sunday

Huffington Post

Top 10 Super Bowls

NFL.com

Minn. officials recommend loosening grip on sex offenders

In a rare step, officials have recommended supervised release for two violent sex offenders who are under indefinite commitment at a state treatment center.

Star Tribune

Egypt panel ‘to study constitutional reform’

Egypt’s government and opposition have agreed to set up a committee to study constitutional reform, state TV says, after days of protests calling for President Hosni Mubarak to quit.

BBC

Egypt VP makes concessions

CBC News

Famous faces are lending voice to Egypt’s protests

Reuters

Iran starts trial of US nationals on charges of espionage, illegal entry

Iran began the trial of three Americans charged with espionage and illegal entry into Iran at Tehran’s Revolutionary Court.

Bloomberg

Constituents welcomed with extra security

Lawmakers are changing their security procedures in response to the attack on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords at an event in Tucson.

NPR

Did the Internet kill privacy?

What teacher Ashley Payne or anyone of us who uses the Internet has to realize is this: Today our private lives are no longer so private.

CBS News

NATION

Is the ‘CSI effect’ influencing courtrooms?

Many prosecutors complain that shows like “CSI” make their job harder, as jurors demand ultra-high-tech tests to convict suspects.

NPR

Unemployment falls to 9 percent, nearly 2-year low

The unemployment rate dropped sharply to 9 percent, but a separate survey showed the new jobs created were barely a quarter of the number needed.

CBS News

Obama calls on business to do more to boost US

Baltimore Sun

Leaders pray for Giffords’ recovery

Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, closed the National Prayer Breakfast with a few words about the congresswoman’s recovery from a gunshot wound.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Clinton warns of ‘perfect storm’ in Egypt

Secretary of State Clinton warns of a “perfect storm of powerful trends” across the Middle East: a young population, political repression, economic disparity, and dwindling supplies of oil and water.

Christian Science Monitor

Opposition to Dem chairmen shrouded in secrecy, despite reform

Dissatisfaction with a few controversial committee chairmen in the Senate Democratic conference will be kept largely secret despite rules reform requiring them to stand for re-election.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Obama: Government, business help shape US future

President Barack Obama says the government has a responsibility to make the U.S. a better place to do business, but companies have a responsibility to invest in the nation’s future as well.

Cincinnati Enquirer

Walmart, humbled king of retail, is plotting a rebound

The battle for shoppers is playing out: Walmart versus everyone else. Target offers five percent off if you pay with its card, and Costco tempts with brand-name food.

Philadelphia Inquirer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Blenny bonanza: 7 new species of fish revealed by genetic analysis

Things are not always what they seem when it comes to fish, something scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Science Foundation are finding out.

ScienceDaily

NASA shuttle contractor may propose commercial flights

NASA contractor United Space Alliance is preparing a long-shot bid to continue flying the shuttle as a commercial service.

Florida Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Museum show opens, minus mummies

What do you do when the museum show you’ve been planning loses out on the very artifacts it was supposed to showcase, including two mummies? You build “dummy mummies.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

5 TV series that lost their leads

Charlie Sheen seemingly can misbehave all he wants, but he makes so much money for the companies that they can’t afford to fire the “Two and a Half Men” star. Right? Wrong. Some shows can go on.

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Students tackle football physics

While watching the Super Bowl, some Yerba Buena High School students will see more than tackles and quarterback sacks: They’ll see physics in action.

San Jose Mercury News

Brown University to offer course on conservatism for ideological balance

Brown University is offering a new course on conservatism this spring that its supporters say will help bring ideological balance to the school’s offerings.

Philadelphia Inquirer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Canadians increasingly polarized in attitudes toward religion

Studies show Canadian attitudes toward faith are most similar to far-off countries like Australia, and differ from Americans.

Vancouver Sun

Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell’s exploration of inner space

On Feb. 5 and 6, 1971, Edgar Mitchell walked on the moon. On his return journey, he had a profound spiritual experience that started him on a new journey in life.

AOL News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Ken Schoon):

Detroit Symphony Orchestra important to city’s turnaround

Detroit Free Press

Column (Doug Saunders):

Who’s afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood?

Globeandmail.com

Column (Jim Moret):

What’s in a name? Ask Sarah

Huffington Post

Column (Thomas L. Friedman):

China, Twitter and 20-year-olds vs. the pyramids

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Wadah Khanfar):

US censors Al Jazeera for no good reason

Newsweek

Editorial:

Egypt’s true revolution? A leaderless movement, fueled by universal values

Christian Science Monitor

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Welcome to Texas

The New Yorker

Column (Rick Nahmias):

Putting faces to your food

Grist

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GOOD NEWS

When officer is down, bonds between cops kick in

Police need to function in teams in dangerous situations, according to Vincent Skotko, a psychologist who consults with police. “You have to have trust that somebody has your back.”

St. Petersburg Times

Fertility clinic freezes eggs of cancer patients so they can have children later

A Manhattan fertility clinic is offering to freeze the eggs of women with cancer — for free — before they start intensive treatments that could affect their ability to safely have babies.

NY Daily News

Belgian completes 365th marathon

Belgian runner Stefaan Engels, dubbed the “Marathon Man,” set a Guinness World Record after crossing the finish line of his 365th consecutive marathon.

NBCSports

WORLD

Thai-Cambodia clashes ‘damage Preah Vihear temple’