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Starbucks Corp. employees wave for a photograph after CEO Howard Schultz unveiled the company’s new logo at headquarters in Seattle.  (Photo by Ted S. Warren / AP) Starbucks celebrates turning 40 with new logo and coffee Starbucks turns 40 later this month, and CEO Howard Schultz is not missing any opportunity to celebrate its rise from a single Seattle store to a chain that serves 60 million customers a week. Seattle Times Starbucks gets a facelift at 40 CNNMoney Ash Wednesday idea: Get physical to literally beat guilt this Lent Just in time for Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season of penance, new research shows that some form of “mortification of the flesh” — inflicting physical discomfort for spiritual growth — can alleviate guilt. Politics Daily Blog: So long Mardi Gras, hello Ash Wednesday  (Star Tribune) Acts of Faith   Outgunned rebels stand up to Gadhafi onslaught Gadhafi’s forces advanced on Ras Lanuf, using planes and heavy artillery to retake the eastern oil city. Rebels, outgunned by the heavily armed forces, stayed in the city willing to battle. CNN Gadhafi makes a defiant TV speech BBC Blog: Live from Libya  (Guardian) News Blog Rep. Peter King examines threat of radical Islam at home The chairman of a key congressional committee is ready to examine the apparent threat posed by homegrown Islamic radicals. Members of the Muslim community fear that he is on a witch hunt. ABC News King defends radicalization hearings AOL News Los Angeles area’s Redondo Beach filled with dead sardines Redondo Beach’s King Harbor is inundated with dead fish. Experts believe the sardines sought safe harbor from a storm, but consumed the oxygen in their small refuge. Los Angeles Times Millions of dead fish puzzle Californians Sydney Morning Herald   NATION WikiLeaks: US targeted EU on GM foods Senior U.S. officials in Paris advised the George Bush administration to launch a military-style trade war against the E.U. for resisting genetically modified foods, according to a released WikiLeaks cables. CBC News Special section: Made in America ABC News 148,221,665 things to know about space shuttle Discovery Sweetheart of the fleet, workhorse, rock star. Whatever words are used to describe Discovery, the space shuttle scheduled to land in Florida on her final mission, words don’t seem to tell her story adequately. ABC News Special section: Discovery launch and landing NASA America’s population is moving westward America‘s population center is edging away from the Midwest towards the Southwest. The historic shift is changing traditional notions of the country’s heartland. Plain Dealer Map: Mapping America New York Times POLITICS Vivian Schiller resigns as head of NPR National Public Radio President and CEO Vivian Schiller resigned abruptly amid challenges to NPR’s public funding, accusations that it has a liberal bias and a new controversy involving a sting operation. Politics Daily Blog: In video: NPR executive slams Tea Party  (NPR) The Two-Way Protests in 5 states as union battle rages The battle over union rights raged on several fronts with protests in at least five states and a bill to curb collective bargaining rights winning final passage in the Idaho state legislature. Reuters E-mails reveal possible concessions on union bill Milwaukee Journal Sentinel HEALTH Naps make you smarter A good night’s sleep is crucial to storing knowledge learned earlier in the day. Now, a study finds that getting sleep before you learn is important too. LiveScience County-level ‘diabetes belt’ carves a swath through US South Going past national statistics, a new map shows more than 640 counties in mostly southern states had higher-than-average rates of diabetes, suggesting the need for more targeted prevention. Scientific American Mediterranean diet is most healthy Medical News Today Blog: ‘Diabetes belt’ encircles southern US PBS Mysteries of stuttering slowly resolved The mysterious origins of stuttering resulted in some bizarre treatments before the rise of modern medicine. LiveScience EDUCATION Film ‘Race to Nowhere’ targets academic pressures and development of kids Has our preoccupation with performance undermined actual learning in the classroom? A recent documentary notes that the push to succeed may be compromising the development of kids. MSNBC Pupils’ stress linked to school environments Education Week Budget cuts in Pa. mean tuition hikes Gov. Corbett’s plan to cut higher education funding by half would inevitably mean tuition hikes, staff reductions and even fewer students, administrators at Pennsylvania’s colleges and universities said. Philadelphia Inquirer ENVIRONMENT Icelandic geothermal energy Iceland’s largest energy company is considering construction of the world’s longest underwater electric cable so the nation can sell its vast geothermal and volcanic energy to the European market. Environmental News Network Melting ice sheets now largest contributor to sea level rise The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an accelerating pace, according to a new NASA-funded satellite study. ScienceDaily   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Blog (Rev. Pamela Dolan): Embracing our mortality on Ash Wednesday The Rev. Pamela Dolan  (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Column (Juliet Lapidos): I don’t need a hug; honestly, get your hands off me Slate Blog (Robert Reich): This is what happens when you pay the GOP’s ransom  (Salon) War Room Column (Rania al-Abdullah): Commemorating a century of giving back Huffington Post Editorial: Libya isn’t our battle to fight Denver Post Video (Skip Bayless): What should Tressel’s punishment be? ESPN Blog (Jonathan Cohn): Stealing away with health reform’s subsidies  (The New Republic) Jonathan Cohn Column (Michael Lind): The neocons are trying to talk us into war — again Salon   Site edited by: Kristen Toland, Harsha Malik, Valerie Serrano, Jodi McMaster, Jayalaxmi Arasalike, Sara Stewart, Anuja Seith, Tanya Flowers, Shahinaz Ayoub, Kathie Raikes, Beth Dupke, Sarah Alender, Brigitte Leschhorn and Joanne Pelton.   GOOD NEWS Eric Clapton guitars to be auctioned: proceeds to benefit charity Proceeds of the auction will benefit the Crossroads Center in Antigua, which Clapton, a recovered alcoholic and former heroin addict, founded in 1998. MSNBC New research says ‘good’ cholesterol may cut colon cancer risk High levels of “good” cholesterol may reduce the risk of colon cancer, a new study suggests. People with low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol should be told to change their lifestyle. HealthDay Google donates $1.25M to digitize Nelson Mandela archives Google is helping preserve a piece of history. The company has donated $1.25 million to the Nelson Mandela Foundation to help digitize memorabilia related to the South African leader. PC Magazine WORLD Huge earthquake rocks Japan A 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan triggered a small tsunami, but with no reports of damage. Sydney Morning Herald South Africa bully phobia yields no stance on Ivory Coast chaos As Ivory Coast teeters on the brink of civil war, South Africa is defying international opinion by refusing to take sides in a dispute over the outcome of a democratic vote. Bloomberg Ivory Coast marches on International Women’s Day end in bloodshed Guardian BUSINESS Groupon as well as LivingSocial offering bigger coupons LivingSocial heralded a new era last month when it offered a $10,000 coupon for a penthouse-suite package at the Fairmont hotel: Daily-deal sites are going upscale. San Francisco Chronicle Heirloom tomatoes, coffee attract shoppers to US malls Malls angling to reel in American shoppers are using groceries as bait. Grocery stores pull in shoppers almost nine times a month, three times as often as malls do, according to trade groups. Bloomberg SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Stone tools influenced hand evolution in human ancestors, anthropologists say New research from anthropologists at the University of Kent has confirmed Charles Darwin’s speculation that the evolution of unique features in the human hand was influenced by tool use in our ancestors. ScienceDaily Difficult decisions ahead on Mars The joint Mars exploration envisioned by the U.S. and Europe is set for an overhaul after an announcement that the American part of the budget is critically short of funds. BBC RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Muslim advocacy group challenges ‘radicalization’ hearings A Muslim advocacy group says it will hold a news conference to challenge Rep. Peter King’s claims that “85 percent” of mosques in New York and nationwide are run by “radicals.” CNN Iraqi Muslims, Christians wish to live together in peace again National Catholic Reporter Ky. ‘Ark Park’ seeks tourists 2-by-2 How far will a state go to improve the economy? In Kentucky, there are plans for a religious theme park despite critics who say the state shouldn’t give tax breaks for religious purposes. NPR LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT New Orleans lets the good times roll for Mardi Gras Judging by the frenzy of flamboyant costumes, the dancing and drinking on Fat Tuesday, the city was doing its best to forget the twin disasters that brought it to its knees. Yahoo! News A brief history of Mardi Gras TIME Architects’ sketchbooks: Back to the drawing board Architects from around the world have rifled through their studio drawers to share some of their early sketches and doodles for a new book that shows the process of how skyscrapers are born. The Independent SPORTS UConn ends Big East tourney skid with rout of DePaul Kemba Walker finished with 26 points, leading No. 21 Connecticut to a 97-71 victory against DePaul in the opening contest of the Big East Tournament. Sports Network Union rejected NFL’s offer to show 5 years of profitability data National Football League general counsel Jeff Pash said the issue of financial transparency — a key sticking point in labor talks this week — “really should be behind us.” USA TODAY   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Playing Tetris blocks traumatic flashbacks Playing Tetris after a horrific experience can reduce the harrowing flashbacks that haunt people with post-traumatic stress disorder. 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