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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, celebrates his New Hampshire Primary Election win in Manchester, N.H. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Prepaid college plans: options shrink as risks are on the rise

Prepaid plans offered at one time in about 20 U.S. states, are running on empty. It means that the majority of Americans don’t have access to a state plan, and the minority need to be very careful.

Reuters

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Applications by Chinese students to US schools skyrocket

Msnbc.com

Slow, painful road to recovery in quake-ravaged Haiti

One of the world‘s biggest humanitarian and reconstruction operations has faced intense criticism that the international aid community has been too slow to shift gears from aid to development in Haiti.

Reuters

Romney wins GOP race in New Hampshire

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won big in the New Hampshire primary, his second straight triumph, which bolsters his front-runner status to take on President Barack Obama in November.

CNN

Romney comes out swinging after poll win

Sydney Morning Herald

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Psalm before the storm as S.C. Evangelicals get set

(ABC News)

The Note

N.H. and beyond: A special elections podcast

NPR

Geithner presses China on Iran oil imports

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged top Chinese officials to reduce China’s imports of Iranian crude oil. Chinese officials oppose sanctions.

Wall Street Journal

Car bomb kills Iranian nuclear scientist

Al Jazeera

Orange juice fungicide contamination concern may spike prices

The Food and Drug Administration says it will step up testing for a fungicide contamination that has been found in low levels in orange juice.

ABC News

NATION

Alaskan snow and ice cuts off 2 towns, Cordova and Nome

Extreme winter weather has left one Alaskan town battling huge snowdrifts and forced another to seek fuel supplies from a Russian tanker.

BBC

Army clears Alaska snow

The Independent

Fed reports payment of $76.9 billion to government for 2011

The Federal Reserve paid the U.S. government $76.9 billion, the second highest amount in history. The central bank earned the money from interest on investments made to bolster the economy.

Houston Chronicle

Commentator: ‘Nero is fiddling and fiddling’ through quantitative easing

CNBC

Texas can enforce abortion law

A Texas abortion law passed last year that requires doctors to show sonograms to patients can be enforced while opponents challenge the measure in court, a federal appeals court ruled.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

POLITICS

SOPA becoming hot-button election liability for backers

The anti-piracy law that sparked a revolt online is becoming a political liability for major backers, as challengers tag them as backers of Big Government — raising campaign cash while they’re at it.

Politico

Women and the GOP

Michelle Bachmann‘s brief moment as a candidate in the 2012 presidential race has left Republicans to wrestle with the question of why there aren’t more female leaders in the party.

Guardian

BUSINESS

Ford recalls 450, 426 minivans and SUVs

Ford, the Michigan-based automaker, says it’s recalling nearly half a million minivans and SUVs because of mechanical issues.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The widening pay gap on Wall Street

In a year when bonuses are expected to drop between 30 and 40 percent for the vast majority of those working on Wall Street, star performers will see bonuses at, or slightly below, last year’s levels.

CNNMoney

Poverty in US likely to get worse: new report

Guardian

Ground zero for farm boom

A fortune is being plowed into the dirt of Sioux County, Iowa, where well-heeled farmers and wealthy investors compete for some of the most fertile land in the Corn Belt.

Reuters

Real estate prices soar for farmland in Iowa

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Idaho moves to adopt new statewide school grading system

Idaho education officials plan to adopt their own grading system for schools while rejecting the latest benchmarks under the federal “No Child Left Behind” law.

Washington Examiner

Big ‘Race to Top’ problems in Hawaii, Fla and NY, says Education Dept.

In its first official assessment of $4 billion in grants, the U.S. Education Dept. commended the 12 winners for working hard in the first year of reforms — but raised specific red flags about three states.

Education Week

HEALTH

A central Pennsylvania health system says it won’t hire smokers

The vaunted Geisinger Health System in central Pennsylvania ushered in the new year by becoming the latest employer to resolve not to hire smokers.

Philadelphia Inquirer

The neuroscience of optimism

Statistical likelihoods of experiencing negative events, such as divorce, are surprisingly ineffective at altering optimism. Why? Scientists use “prediction errors” to understand the brain’s moods.

Scientific American

Is marijuana bad for your lungs?

The question of marijuana’s effect on your health is often debated, but a new study suggests if smoking pot is bad for your body, your lungs aren’t bearing the brunt of the damage.

CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Okla. ban on Islamic law ruled unconstitutional

An amendment that would ban Oklahoma courts from considering Islamic law discriminates against religions, and a Muslim community leader has the right to challenge its constitutionality.

CBS News

Divine diversity: Local churches draw worshippers of different backgrounds

South-Broadland is one example of churches across the Kansas City metro area pulling people of different backgrounds to join together in worship.

Kansas City Star

Columns And Op-Ed

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Read my e-mail? Get a warrant

Scientific American

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Guantanamo Bay: a wound we won’t let heal

The Atlantic

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Tebow madness

Washington Examiner

Blog (Peter Bregman):

Do people really want you to be honest?

(Psychology Today)

How We Work

Column (Rep. Allyson Schwartz and Rep. Bob Brady):

In US food desert, a vision of oases

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Stefan Schultz):

Profiting from pain: Europe‘s crisis may be Germany’s blessing

Spiegel International

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Ron Paul’s 19th century economic ideas

USA TODAY

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Lee Judge cartoon

Kansas City Star

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GOOD NEWS

High honor for Minn. boy ‘willing to die’ in rescue of mom from arson

A prestigious award from the St. Paul Police Department is going to a quick-thinking boy who helped save the lives of his brother and mother during a violent and fiery break-in of their apartment.

Star Tribune

Raleigh and Burlington ranked healthiest US cities

Raleigh in North Carolina has been rated the healthiest U.S. city for women, while Burlington, Vt., has earned the same accolade for men, according to Men‘s and Women’s Health magazines.

Reuters

Woman’s quest could mean Medal of Honor for dad

William Shemin defied German machine gun fire to pull wounded comrades to safety. Nearly 40 years after his death, he may get the Medal of Honor, thanks to the tireless efforts of his daughter.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Pakistan infighting may spell trouble for the West