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Anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gunmen celebrate the freedom of the city of Benghazi, Libya. U.S. President Barack Obama has called on the dictator to leave power immediately, saying he has lost the legitimacy to rule with his violent crackdown on his own people. (Photo by Hussein Malla / AP)

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Police: Wis. protest ‘one of largest’

Madison Police Department spokesman Joel DeSpain said police figure the crowd of protesters in Madison, Wis., exceeded last week’s protest, which was estimated at 70,000 people.

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USA TODAY

Forgotten southern graves home to the ‘invisible dead’

Duncan Shropshire and his daughter crouch over a large, flat rock with the words “Lewis Dickson, 4” scratched into it. To the left of the marker is a row of 12 rocks, all graves of slaves and former slaves.

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CNN

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Cemetery registry intended to document black history

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Knoxville News Sentinel

Libya: Anti-Gaddafi forces control Zawiya

Forces fighting to oust the Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi have seized the city of Zawiya, 30 miles from the capital, Tripoli.

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BBC

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Long bread lines and barricades in Libya

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Technology and revolution

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CNN

Live blog - Libya

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Al Jazeera

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Rebels hold Benghazi; is Tripoli next?

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MSNBC

Around the US, rallies lend moral support to Wis. public workers

Public employees protesting Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to weaken collective bargaining, have been joined by steelworkers, nurses, airline pilots and other workers around the country.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Largest Wisc. crowds since Vietnam War march

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Reuters

Hospitals leery of reporting errors

Hospital errors kill more people every year than car crashes, diabetes or pneumonia, according to federal government estimates.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NATION

The mountain that made Birmingham

Before the civil rights movement that made Birmingham, Ala., a dateline in history, it was a famous steel town. Now, it looks to Red Mountain as a place to explore the history of mining and the subtleties of race.

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NPR

San Francisco gets 1st snow since 1976

A storm system that moved into Northern California gave San Francisco its first snowfall in 35 years. The near sea-level city last saw snow on the ground in 1976, when an inch fell.

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MSNBC

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Record low temperatures in San Francisco

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Reuters

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Severe sequel: Sunday/Monday threats

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The Weather Channel

Justices to weigh dispute over child abuse cases

Eight years ago, officials questioned a 9-year-old girl as to whether her father had sexually abused her, and wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. That is the focus of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Camreta v. Greene, background and briefs

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SCOTUS blog

POLITICS

Obama urges Congress to avoid gridlock over budget

President Barack Obama urged Congress to find “common ground” that spared the country a damaging government shutdown, as U.S. lawmakers prepare for a showdown over spending cuts.

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Reuters

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Obama urges Congress to avoid shutdown

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Huffington Post

2012 contenders set their sights on swing-state governors

If you’re a swing-state governor, a trip to the National Governors Association meeting in Washington is just another chance for the 2012 wannabes and their backers to hit you up for support.

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Politico

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Ambitious governors shift political power

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CNN

Governors meeting to stress China ties

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HEALTH

Rising PSA leads to too many unnecessary prostate biopsies

If a male’s PSA (prostate specific antigen) has risen rapidly in recent years, he should not have a biopsy if his clinical exam is normal, a new study suggests.

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Medical News Today

A cure for heart disease?

In a promising science-fiction-meets-real-world juxtaposition, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have discovered that the mammalian newborn heart can heal itself completely.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Shuttle prepares for its final space station rendezvous

Discovery will perform one of the most spectacular shuttle moves before docking at the International Space Station for the last time. It was the first orbiter to execute the nose-over-tail backflip.

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USA TODAY

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Space shuttle Discovery

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Yahoo! News

Venus, moon offer early-bird sky treat

Early risers will be treated to a striking celestial sight early next week as the two brightest objects in the night sky — the moon and Venus — will appear near to each other.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Oscars 2011: How the year’s top films reflect the times

Despite the reach for that feel-good denouement, there is nevertheless something else in this year’s crop of Oscar nominees: a sense of malaise that borders on fatigue.

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Christian Science Monitor

Nintendo 3-D game machine goes on sale in Japan

Nintendo’s latest game machine, offering glasses-free 3-D images, went on sale in Japan ahead of a global rollout, and analysts say it promises to be the world’s first 3-D mass-market product.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Churches making movies

During services, pastor Brent Martz makes sure everything goes as it’s supposed to. In the control room, church media director Jon Van Dyke calls camera shots. They’re helping Friends Church make a feature film.

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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Pope urges doctors to protect women from abortion

Pope Benedict XVI has urged doctors to protect women from the deceptive thought that an abortion might be a solution to social or economic difficulties or health problems.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Why we kick others when we’re down

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How to shut down the government: a primer

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A vacuum in Libya: an opening for al-Qaida?

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NPR

Blog (Justin Elliott):

What Shariah actually means

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War Room

Blog (Flora Armetta):

The therapeutic novel

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A milestone for gay civil rights

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Denver Post

Column (Albert Raboteau):

Slavery and redemption in America

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Huffington Post

Cure for Middle East oil shock? A higher US gasoline tax

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

A tale of women at a crossroads in Haiti

Mirlande Manigat, a professor, wants to be the president of Haiti. Manigat will compete in the March 20 election against Michel Martelly, the popular musician-turned-politician.

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AOL News

Using a mouse to play with shelter cats

Over 90,000 cat lovers have played with the kittens at the Oregon Humane Society. The visits are by remote, thanks to real-time technology that lets fans use their computers to manipulate the toys.

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Spokesman-Review

The wonders of watercress

The benefits of watercress were first recognized by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who is said to have placed his first hospital beside a stream to grow watercress with which to treat patients.

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WORLD

Egypt reform panel proposes competitive presidential elections

A constitutional reform panel recommended opening Egypt’s presidential elections to competition and imposing a two-term limit on future presidents.

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USA TODAY

A third of Christchurch buildings ‘could face demolition’

A third of the buildings in central Christchurch may need to be demolished and rebuilt, authorities in New Zealand have warned, following an earthquake.

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BBC

BUSINESS

Still-fragile world economy braced for effects of another oil shock

The outbreak of revolutionary fervour on the streets of Cairo and Tripoli has made compelling viewing, but the latest jump in oil prices was a sharp reminder that chaos in the Middle East has consequences.

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Guardian

Berkshire Hathaway reports 43 percent profit jump

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported a 43 percent jump in fourth-quarter earnings largely because of strong performance at its railroad business.

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TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Alaskans debate offshore lease plan

Alaska drilling advocates dominated a federal public hearing seeking comment on a proposed five-year plan for offshore oil and gas lease sales that includes the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.

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BusinessWeek

No date yet for deep-water Gulf permits

A drilling ban put in place after BP’s disastrous Macondo well blowout last year in the Gulf was lifted in October, but no new deep-water drilling permits have been approved yet.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Labor strife is different game pro sports

For NFL players, the roar of the crowd is just a day at the office. But it’s an unusual soundtrack for the Wisconsin statehouse, where government workers have been protesting potential cuts.

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NPR

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Senator urges NFL to open its financial books

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Sports Illustrated

Ariz. visits UCLA in pivotal Pac-10 fray

A victory by Arizona would earn the squad at least a share of the Pac-10 regular season title, while a UCLA win would enable the Bruins to pull into a first-place tie with the ’Cats.

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All eyes on the show

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ESPN

EDUCATION

Washington trims Pell Grants: How will students pay fall tuition?

The size of Pell Grants for low-income college students will be determined by the ongoing budget fight in Washington. The current stopgap resolution would reduce Pell Grants by $5.7 billion for this fall.

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Christian Science Monitor

Crowd calls for a voice in Philadelphia’s school decisions

Braving chilly winds, hundreds of Philadelphia School District teachers, students and community members rallied outside district headquarters to demand a voice in how city schools are reformed.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Women’s distrust of VA hard to shed

Female veterans bypass the care at Veterans Affairs hospitals, as attitudes and services are slow to catch up.

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Photo of the Day

Luke Donald of England tees off on the first hole while playing Ryan Moore during a quarterfinal round of the Match Play Championship golf tournament in Marana, Ariz. (Photo by Julie Jacobson / AP)

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