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An anti-Mubarak protester reads the newspaper next to a tank near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Protesters appear to have settled in for a long standoff, turning the square into a makeshift village with some sleeping in tents made of blankets and plastic sheets. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti / AP)

Cosmetic surgery grows with economy

The number of Americans voluntarily going under the knife for a nip and a tuck has grown along with the economy. It begs the question: Could plastic surgery be a sign of better economic times?

ABC News

Case fuels debate on changing the face of TV

Seattle Times

Poll: Recovery, inflation picking up speed

Reuters polls showed rich world economies could grow faster this year than previously thought, albeit with higher inflation and a growing likelihood that major central banks will start to hike interest rates.

Reuters

Labor unions boost Egypt protests

Egyptian labor unions have gone on a nationwide strike, adding momentum to pro-democracy demonstrations in Cairo and other cities. Around 20,000 factory workers stayed away from work.

Al Jazeera

How long can Egypt’s protests keep going?

AOL News

Interview:

The Muslim Brotherhood uncovered

Guardian

Is the US sending Egypt mixed signals?

CNN

Janet Napolitano: US terror threat highest since 9/11

The threat of terrorism is in some aspects “at its most heightened state” since the 9/11 attacks, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.

BBC

Want to pique a date’s interest? Play hard to get

A study using fictitious Facebook profiles found that the women who were most interested in a group of men knew the least about whether or not the men actually liked them back.

LiveScience

NATION

As snow melts, it’s leaving an ugly mess

The mountains of snow that have covered the Northeastern landscape are finally melting, revealing oozing lumps of garbage, gaping potholes, rat-infested sofas, discarded Christmas trees — even bodies.

Telegram & Gazette

Special section:

More southern snow

The Weather Channel

Obama to call for $53B for high-speed rail

President Barack Obama is calling for a six-year, $53 billion spending plan for high-speed rail, as he seeks to use infrastructure spending to create jobs.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Game creates controversy

A game developed by a Boston-based tech company that allows users to drive a truck full of immigrants through the desert and try not to have them tossed out is drawing fire from some immigrant advocates.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Bernanke downplays US inflation risk

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke entered the lion’s den, appearing for the first time before a House panel since Republicans took back majority control of the lower chamber of Congress.

MarketWatch

Patriot Act extensions rejected by House in bipartisan vote

The House failed to extend the life of three surveillance tools that are key to the nation’s post-9/11 anti-terror law, a slip-up for the new Republican leadership that miscalculated the level of opposition.

Huffington Post

Sizing up GOP presidential contenders

Despite the fact that only one hopeful has announced plans to run — that would be former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain — likely Republican presidential candidates have been working behind the scenes.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Dow Jones closes higher for the 7th straight day

The Dow Jones industrial average closed higher for the seventh consecutive day. That’s the longest series of gains for the index since July.

Star Tribune

US stocks post another day of broad gains

CNNMoney

Government finds no electronic cause for sudden acceleration in Toyotas

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed 280,000 lines of code on nine Toyota vehicles and found no evidence that electronics caused the unintended acceleration.

Daily Finance

Special section:

Toyota recalls

Consumer Affairs

HEALTH

New shingles vaccine in short supply

Less than a month after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended most Americans over 60 get vaccinated to prevent shingles, the vaccine is in short supply.

USA TODAY

Nearly a year into health law, states are all over the map

States are taking different paths to implementing the nation’s new health care law. Some roar ahead, others proceed grudgingly, hoping that the courts or Congress will overturn or dilute the statute.

McClatchy Newspapers

ENVIRONMENT

Fish and Wildlife proposes guidelines for wind farm’s bird impacts

The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed voluntary guidelines for onshore wind energy developers to avoid bird deaths as part of the Obama administration’s big push for renewable and clean energy.

MSNBC

Calif. delta chinook salmon run bigger, but still low

Three years of restrictions on ocean fishing seem to have paid off with a bigger run of chinook, but there are still far fewer salmon laying eggs in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river system than fishermen would like.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

At an end-of-the-line prison, an unlikely escape through Vipassana

Deep in the Bible Belt, an ancient Eastern practice is taking root in the unlikeliest of places: Alabama’s highest-security prison.

NPR

Vipassana meditation

Shambhala Sun

Police turn to churches to find recruits

As part of what Buffalo, N.Y.’s police department calls an “aggressive new police recruitment campaign,” men and women in blue are standing with men and women in black to find new officers.

AOL News

Worship spaces finding new homes

What was once Church of the Ascension in St. Paul, Minn., is now a home for ordinary people — a sign of the new life that awaits church buildings that are no longer needed.

Star Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Robert Grenier):

Obama and Egypt: fear and loathing

Al Jazeera

Cartoon (David Horsey):

On Egypt and the US

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Dr. Ralph S. Bovard):

Rationing is not the only alternative

Star Tribune

Cartoon (Nick Anderson):

Don’t have a cow

Houston Chronicle

Column (Chip Johnson):

Black Wall Street paves way to success

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (David Corn):

Should Fox toss Beck out of the coop?

AOL News

Blog (Paul Marks):

I, for one, welcome our manhole-seeking overlords

(New Scientist)

One Per Cent

Column (David Elbert):

Restaurateurs turn inventive to avoid menu increases

Des Moines Register

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GOOD NEWS

New explanation for heart-healthy benefits of chocolate

In time for the chocolate-giving and chocolate-noshing fest on Valentine’s Day, scientists are reporting the discovery of how this treat boosts the body’s production of “good” cholesterol.

Medical News Today

Lymph node removal not needed for some breast cancer

Women with early breast cancer may not need to have surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes under the armpit, U.S. researchers said.

Reuters

New FDA approval path for ‘breakthrough’ devices

The FDA has announced a new initiative to speed “pioneering” medical devices to the market, and its first test will be a novel upper-extremity prosthetic that is controlled by the brain.

MedPage Today

WORLD

Cambodia troops bunkered at cliff-top Khmer temple