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In this image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, mourners gathered in the Mazzeh district in Damascus. They carry the coffins of two protesters that were killed by Syrian security forces during a demonstration. (Photo by Anonymous / AP)

Army moves to act fast on battlefield brain injuries

The Army has had a mixed record treating soldiers for traumatic brain injury. Now it is trying to spot the injury close to the battlefield and get soldiers out of the fight.

NPR

Traumatic brain injury linked to higher risk for PTSD, anxiety disorders

PsychCentral

School buses safer for children than riding in parents’ cars

When it comes to the safety of students on their way to school, transportation statistics show it doesn’t get much better than a school bus.

Press of Atlantic City

US rejects arming Syrian dissidents

Military intervention in Syria would be “very difficult,” the U.S.’s top military officer said yesterday, because the opposition was undefined and fighting proxy battles for other regional powers.

The Australian

China warns of looming civil war in Syria

Reuters

Blog:

Syria live blog

Al Jazeera

Special section:

Arab uprising

BBC

China to overtake India as world’s biggest gold market

China is poised to overtake India to become the world’s biggest market for gold this year thanks to soaring investment purchases of bullion and steadily rising jewellery sales.

Guardian

Single atom transistor may be able to beat Moore’s Law

Scientists have taken a first early step toward escaping the limits of a technological principle called Moore’s Law by creating a working transistor using a single phosphorus atom.

BusinessWeek

NATION

Winter storm dumps snow on South, knocks out power

A winter storm dumped several inches of snow on a band of southern states, triggering accidents on slippery roads and knocking out power to tens of thousands.

Msnbc.com

Winter storm hits southern states

YouTube

Photographing, preserving old barns

The aging relics hold a certain romance for many, and interest is growing in numerous states in saving or at least documenting the rickety barns before they become victims of age and urban sprawl.

U.S. News & World Report

Special section:

Preserving historic barns

National Park Service

All missing in Washington avalanche accounted for

All those who were missing after an avalanche near a popular ski resort in Washington state have been accounted for, and the total number of people killed remains at three, a resort official said.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Immigrants are trickling back to Alabama despite crackdown

Of 18 Hispanic immigrants interviewed by the Associated Press in the Birmingham area, six said they had friends or relatives who had returned to Alabama after fleeing because of the law.

USA TODAY

ICE agents said to have struggled over gun

KNBC

Obama active in Democratic primaries

President Barack Obama is playing an active role in Democratic primaries this cycle, triggering behind-the-scenes lobbying efforts to nab the coveted endorsement.

The Hill

Virginia’s ‘personhood’ bill is latest front in the culture war

Virginia Republican Robert Marshall is a longtime abortion opponent who has tried repeatedly to pass legislation in his state that would give rights to the unborn. This year, Marshall just might get his wish.

CNN

Santorum questions Obama’s ‘Christian values,’ attacks Romney

Rick Santorum questioned President Barack Obama‘s Christian values and attacked GOP rival Mitt Romney’s Olympics leadership as he courted tea party activists and evangelical voters in Ohio.

San Antonio News

BUSINESS

European ministers close in on deal for Greek rescue

European officials attempting to fend off the euro area’s first sovereign default will try to settle remaining disputes as they work to close in on a $170 billion Greek bailout package.

Bloomberg

Pressure builds on Greek parties over austerity

YouTube

Stocks may strain to hold 9-month highs

If upcoming earnings from U.S. retailers are as unimpressive as the rest of the profit season has been, Wall Street could face a tough time justifying a stock market at nine-month highs.

Reuters

Dollar demand will increase on Greek debt crisis, FXPro says

Investors “will favor the dollar” as a haven amid speculation Greece will default on its debt, Simon Smith, chief economist at currency broker FXPro Group Ltd., said in an interview in Singapore.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

What’s the best cure in the race against breast cancer?

In the scientific community, there are two main approaches to “curing” breast cancer: One is creating a vaccine to prevent it, and the other is to eliminate environmental toxins that may cause it.

NPR

Painless, at what price?

Concerns about sedation dentistry, including rare but alarming deaths in other states, are fueling a debate about whether states need to make more efforts to regulate the practice.

Detroit Free Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Where are NASA’s missing moon rocks?

NASA announced that half of the Moon rocks brought back to Earth from two Apollo space missions are missing. They were given as gifts to the nations of the world. So what happened to them?

BBC

Ants remember their enemy’s scent

Ant colonies — one of nature’s most efficient societies — are able to form a “collective memory” of their enemies, say scientists. This enables its nest-mates to identify ants from an offending colony.

BBC

NASA’s Webb telescope: revolutionary design, runaway costs

The seven-ton spacecraft, one of the most ambitious and costly science projects in U.S. history, is under construction for NASA at Northrop Grumman Corp.’s space park complex in Redondo Beach, Calif.

Aberdeen American News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Mary Sanchez):

Drug testing welfare recipients is a waste of taxpayers’ money

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (John Harris):

Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan? That’s the sound of aging

Guardian

Editorial:

Apple produces amazing gadgets, but at what cost?

USA TODAY

Column (Kevin Horrigan):

How much is enough?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Video (Bill Moyers):

Freedom of and from religion

Huffington Post

Column (Alexis Madrigal):

Why Pinterest is playing dumb about making money

The Atlantic

Video (Bob Schieffer):

Bipartisan cooperation may be contagious

CBS News

Column (Fred Pearce):

What animals don’t need

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Rocking out to hip hop in Myanmar

Myanmar stagnated for decades under the rule of a military dictatorship, but over the past year has suddenly made progress toward greater freedom of expression — and more tolerance of rock and hip hop.

Msnbc.com

Space pioneer John Glenn honored 50 years after historic flight

Hundreds of NASA workers jammed a space center auditorium to see and hear the first American to circle the Earth. The event marked the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s historic flight.

Christian Science Monitor