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An anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gunman fires his AK-47 in the air to celebrate the freedom of the Libyan city of Benghazi, Libya. (Photo by Hussein Malla / AP)

Facebook posts 1st stab at a simpler privacy policy

Facebook’s convoluted and labyrinthine privacy policy has long been skewered by critics. Now Facebook is hoping to repair its bad reputation by crafting a new privacy policy that regular folks can understand.

PC World

Scamsters impersonate soldiers on Facebook

Star Tribune

Measles scare at 3 airports

A passenger who traveled from the United Kingdom with measles walked through three U.S. airports, triggering a massive hunt for anyone who might have been passing by and could be at risk of becoming infected.

Medical News Today

Gadhafi clings on to power, arms supporters

Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi clung to power in the capital Tripoli while his forces continued attacks on opposition forces. In what appears to be a desperate measure, Gadhafi has armed many of his loyalists.

Haaretz

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Pressure mounts on Gadhafi — live updates

(Guardian)

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Technology and revolution

CNN

Interview with Gadhafi’s sons

ABC News

Fla. steps in less and more kids die

Children who died of abuse or neglect in Florida had been the subject of at least one prior contact with child protection authorities in 41 percent of cases. The average for other states: 12 percent.

Miami Herald

Newt Gingrich intends to take public step toward a 2012 GOP presidential run

Republican officials say former House Speaker Newt Gingrich intends to take a formal step toward a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Star Tribune

NATION

Urban exodus is expanding

Experts say moving from cities to once-distant bedroom communities is a trend going on in major cities across the country.

St Louis Post-Dispatch

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.

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.

MSNBC

Severe sequel: Sunday/Monday threats

The Weather Channel

POLITICS

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.

USA TODAY

Tea party uses summit to scope out 2012 role

Tea party supporters packed a Phoenix convention center to hear from possible contenders for next year’s Republican presidential nomination, which the conservative movement hopes to shape.

CBS News

HEALTH

Hospitals leery of reporting errors

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

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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.

Medical News Today

Special section:

Prostate cancer guide

WebMD

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.

Times of India

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Human spaceflight’s future may lie in orbiting hotel, other ventures

With NASA’s future in disarray, the next advance in human spaceflight may rest with a businessman more familiar with wake-up calls than rocket launches.

Orlando Sentinel

Space shuttle Discovery

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.

MSNBC

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.

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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pro-abortion extremist reportedly arrested for threats

The FBI has reportedly arrested Theodore Shulman, a radical abortion rights campaigner with history of harassment, and charged him with making interstate threats against two abortion opponents.

Politics Daily

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.

San Francisco Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Turmoil at the pump

Truthdig

Blog (Megan Cytron):

How ordinary folks are changing the world

(Salon)

Trazzler

Editorial:

As Arabs cry for democracy, Islamists may need to follow

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Mark LeVine):

History’s shifting sands

Al Jazeera

Column (Jeanna Bryner):

Why we kick others when we’re down

LiveScience

Column (Donald F. Kettl):

How to shut down the government: a primer

Huffington Post

Audio (Dina Temple-Raston):

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

NPR

Blog (Justin Elliott):

What Shariah actually means

(Salon)

War Room

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GOOD NEWS

Higher vitamin D intake could reduce cancer risk

A new study says it takes far more vitamin D than initially thought to dramatically cut the risk of several major diseases, including breast cancer.

HealthDay

Free music lessons build a priceless community

In Birmingham, children get music lessons free of charge. It’s one of many programs seeking to heal wounds by crossing racial barriers.

NPR

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.

Spokesman-Review

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.

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.

BBC

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.

AOL News

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.

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.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic sea ice extent in January is lowest in recorded history

While unusually cold temperatures have gripped much of North America and Europe, unusually warm temperatures farther north produced the lowest Arctic sea ice extent ever recorded.

Environmental News Network

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.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

NFL Players Association ready for drastic move: decertification

If substantial progress toward a new National Football League labor pact isn’t made soon, the NFL Players Association will no longer exist in its current form.

FOXSports

Sources: NFLPA to decertify by March 3

ESPN

Torre named Major League Baseball’s executive vice president of operations

Former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre will oversee Major League Baseball’s on-field operations following a career that included nine All-Star Games as a player and the fifth most wins as a manager.

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Young people speak out on improving American education

National educators were eager to hear useful tips from the mouths of students they’re charged with teaching in public classrooms across the country.

Kansas City Star

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.

Christian Science Monitor

Financial aid: 1 of 6 tools to graduate debt-free

Christian Science Monitor

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