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In this file photo, Marilyn Monroe flashes a radiant smile behind microphones of newsmen in New York City as she is questioned about her marriage to playwright Arthur Miller. (Photo by Anonymous / AP)

Marilyn Monroe: Star power shines 50 years after death

Monroe passed away 50 years ago, and her murky death remains one of Hollywood’s most tantalizing mysteries. But look around: Her legend lives on, more vibrantly than ever.

Detroit Free Press

At home with Marilyn: portraits of a legend

LIFE (TIME)

Young home buyers seek ‘walkability’

Young home buyers now want and are willing to pay a premium for “walkability”: high-density neighborhoods with nearby destinations, according to a recent study by the Brookings Institution.

Star Tribune

Hudson Yards: NY’s urban town within a city

BusinessWeek

Dozens reported killed in Damascus fighting

Violence flared yet again around Syria with the opposition reporting outright executions around Damascus and voicing fears about a climatic battle for the city of Aleppo as regime forces approached.

CNN

Gunmen snatch 47 Iranian pilgrims outside Damascus

The Independent

Further clashes in Aleppo and Damascus

BBC

Gabby Giffords’ alleged shooter Jared Loughner expected to plead guilty

Jared Loughner, the man accused of killing six people and wounding then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in 2011, is set to plead guilty in a Tucson court, a person familiar with the case said.

Guardian

Suspect in Ariz. shooting to plead guilty?

NBCNews.com

Facebook, MySpace social media musings used in court cases

With many people willing to bare their lives online, authorities are using social media as evidence in hundreds of criminal cases across the country.

USA TODAY

NATION

Federal officials to run health insurance markets in half the states

Obama administration officials are getting ready to set up and operate new health insurance markets in about half the states, where local officials appear unwilling or unable to do so.

Star Tribune

Congressmen invite Chick-fil-A to open in their districts

In a move intended to counter discouragement by city officials across America, a group of congressmen drafted a letter to the chain inviting Chick-fil-A to open restaurants in their districts.

Examiner

Jobless rate grows slightly, mixed labor report encouraging for stock investors

The U.S. stock markets surged upward following a mixed jobs report that showed more people getting work even as the unemployment rate rose.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

POLITICS

Romney blasts Obama for jobs report

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the unemployment report “another hammer blow to the struggling middle class” as he slammed President Obama for failing to improve the economic outlook.

The Atlantic

Ayotte would add youth, conservatism as VP choice

Sen. Kelly Ayotte being considered as Mitt Romney’s running mate is somewhat remarkable — New Hampshire has just four electoral votes, and Ayotte has been a U.S. senator.

NPR

BUSINESS

Publisher’s education unit up for sale

Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners are among several parties that have put in initial bids for McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc.’s education business, which could value at about $3 billion.

Columbus Dispatch

In wooing of Nissan, a lesson for American tech jobs?

The migration of Japanese auto manufacturing to the United States over the last 30 years offers a case study in how the unlikeliest of transformations can unfold.

CNBC

HEALTH

Cutting-edge clinical trial offers hope to those with ALS

A clinical trial overseen by the University of Michigan is cutting-edge and audacious work — the only ALS trial so far in which neural stem cells are injected directly into a patient’s spinal cord.

USA TODAY

Malaria breakthrough by Australian researchers

Scientists in Australia say they’ve made a breakthrough in the fight against malaria by studying people who have developed an immunity to the disease.

CBC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bowhead whales ‘jam like Hendrix’ during winter months

Bowhead whales are now thought to have song repertoires rivaling those of birds, except the tunes sound more like Jimi Hendrix guitar licks than avian tweets.

Discovery News

The rare, beautiful songs of bowhead whales

Wired

New study links current weather events to climate change

The type of heat that has blistered the US and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare that it can’t be anything but man-made global warming, says a top government scientist.

ABC News

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Harsh weather doesn’t prove global warming, Republican lawmakers say

The Hill

ENVIRONMENT

Indian coal mining a threat to tigers, Greenpeace warns

Coal mining for electricity generation is the biggest threat to India’s tigers, a Greenpeace report has warned. The report demands a moratorium on clearances for new mines.

Guardian

Dolphin die-off tied to Gulf oil spill, other factors, study suggests

Bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico washed up dead along the shores of four states early last year in one of the worst die-offs on record in the region.

Orlando Sentinel

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Jewish ‘Super Bowl’ praises years of Talmudic study

For almost seven and a half years, Orthodox Jews worldwide have been reading their holy book cover to cover. After finishing, they celebrated in an event called Siyum HaShas.

NPR

Cruise offers worship by the sea

The Chapel on the Lakes, an hourlong prayer cruise that departs from the Clear Water Harbor on Taylor Lake, in Waupaca, Wis., serves vacationers and residents along the lakes.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Columns And Op-Ed

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Audio:

India’s blackout a reminder of how far we’ve come

NPR

Column (Paul Krugman):

Debt, depression and Obama vs. Romney

San Jose Mercury News

Blog (David Weigel):

No, the Obama campaign isn’t trying to take the vote away from soldiers

(Slate)

Weigel

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Olympic high-jumpers

Columbus Dispatch

Column (Mary Mitchell):

All roads lead to Afghanistan in drug trade

Al Jazeera

Column (Paul McGeough):

Rebels bank on Aleppo as new Benghazi

Sydney Morning Herald

Column (Bill O’Reilly):

We’re playing chicken with gay marriage

Townhall.com

Column (Hamish McDonald):

Asia’s tough drug laws tempered by new wave of mercy

The Age

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GOOD NEWS

Jersey benches keep loved ones close

Ocean City, N.J., created a boardwalk bench program in 1996 as a way for longtime Ocean City vacationers and residents to remember loved ones and fun times at the Shore.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Magnet experiment saves baby surgery

The day after Nelly Divricean gave birth to twin sons Andrew and Patrick, doctors gave her terrible news: one of her tiny, premature babies was in serious trouble.

CNN

Minnesota youth serve by lending hands to New Town homeowners

A group of Minnesota teenagers learned to repair a roof, build a wooden deck and pour cement while giving a helping hand to two New Town, Minn. homeowners.

Minot Daily News

WORLD

Almost a billion go hungry worldwide