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This photo shows the first display at the The 2011 Philadelphia International Flower Show “Springtime in Paris,” in Philadelphia. The show is scheduled to run from Sunday, March 6 through Sunday, March 13. (Photo by Matt Rourke / AP)

Works of art at the Philadelphia Flower Show

Of all the outstanding exhibits at the Philadelphia Flower Show, take a careful look at the pressed flower pictures. These aren‘t the sort of thing your grandmother made. They’re true works of art.

(Christian Science Monitor)

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Philadelphia flower show opens with ‘Springtime in Paris’ theme

Huffington Post

Wis. governor threatens layoffs

Wisconsin’s Republican leaders upped the stakes in their standoff with Democratic state senators who fled the state to deny a vote on the anti-union bill. Gov. Scott Walker threatened to issue layoff notices.

NPR

Jobless? More employers say don’t apply

ABC News

Clashes reported in Libya’s capital

Demonstrators and security forces clashed in the Libyan capital of Tripoli in the latest of several confrontations that have convulsed the country and triggered an exodus of refugees.

CNN

Obama mulls Islam’s post-revolt role in Mideast

CBS News

Protests hit Gadhafi stronghold of Tripoli

BBC

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Live from Libya

Al Jazeera

Alaska to roll out health care law

After allowing the application deadline to pass for $1 million in federal health care assistance, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said he will begin implementing the new health care law after all.

McClatchy Newspapers

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Alaskan oil companies sue government for handing too much land to polar bears

Daily Mail

WPP finds cautious firms favor advertising spending

Companies flush with cash but reluctant to commit to longer-term investments spent heavily on advertising — especially on TV, boosting the world’s biggest ad group, WPP, in the U.S. and Britain.

Reuters

NATION

Want a job? You ought to be a tech geek

The job market is struggling to recover from the Great Recession. But in the technology sector right now, it’s the opposite. Undergrads have their pick of jobs and companies are desperate to hire.

NPR

Protesters leave Wis. capitol on judge’s orders

ABC News

The 10 best cities to find a job

U.S. News & World Report

Rocket fails to reach orbit; likely crashes into ocean

A satellite and the unmanned rocket that carried it apparently crashed into the Pacific Ocean shortly after lifting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

CNN

POLITICS

Republicans dismiss White House budget

Republicans denounced as inadequate a White House proposal to cut an additional $6.5 billion out of this year’s federal budget, as the battle over spending cuts headed toward Senate votes next week.

Reuters

Military panel wants women allowed in close-combat units

Thousands of women face the dangers of combat but are barred from infantry units that specialize in close combat with the enemy on the ground. A Pentagon study paves the way for gender equality.

ABC News

Ohio union bill aimed at reducing bargaining rights passes state Senate

The bargaining rights of public workers in Ohio would be dramatically reduced and strikes would be banned under a bill narrowly passed by the state Senate.

Philadelphia Inquirer

HEALTH

More than a 3rd of adults in the US don’t sleep 7 hours

Two reports released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal the sleep habits of adults in the United States, including their increasing tendency to get fewer than seven hours a night.

MSNBC

Learning to care for aging zoo animals

Dr. Ellen Bronson’s patients are developing the typical afflictions of old age. Some are too big for her examining table, others might like to eat her.

Baltimore Sun

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Zombie ants: How a fungus takes control of carpenter ants

Once it infects an ant, the so-called zombie ant fungus uses unidentified chemicals to control the ant’s behavior, making them do some very atypical things.

Christian Science Monitor

4 new species of zombifying ant fungus found

Wired

Air Force’s X-37B space plane on mission

The U.S. Air Force’s space plane will launch on its second mission, though what it will be doing remains a mystery.

Space

SPORTS

Man who helps Oregon Ducks probed

NCAA officials are examining whether a Texas man helped steer high school football prospects to the defending Pac-10 champion, the University of Oregon.

ESPN

NFL, NFLPA get 24-hour extension for ongoing negotiations

The NFL and its players union have been granted a 24-hour extension to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement.

USA TODAY

Magic rally to stun Heat 99-96

This time, the Orlando Magic started their comeback in plenty of time to beat the Miami Heat. Down by 24 in the third quarter, the Magic went on an unbelievable run for the next 15 minutes.

Kansas City Star

Columns And Op-Ed

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1st Amendment right to display opinion

USA TODAY

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Denying gay marriage makes no sense

McClatchy Newspapers

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Traffic-snarled LA goes bike-wild with 1,600 miles of lanes

Grist

Blog (John Blake):

What I learned profiling a ‘blasphemous’ Jesus scholar

Belief Blog (CNN)

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How to think about the public pension mess

Salon

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Our view: Yes, hateful funeral protests are free speech

USA TODAY

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Hit by cars, pedestrians are ticketed in hospital

Grist

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Will the February job report provide clarity?

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Stomach pacemaker could help obese lose weight

Patrick Hetzner tried diets and exercise, just about everything short of stomach stapling to lose weight. Nothing worked. Then he tried something new: a stomach pacemaker that curbed his appetite.

Yahoo! News

Driving-safety clinics go into schools to help sober up teens

As tires squealed on three makeshift driving courses in the parking lot behind him, Matt Bond, 17, explains that he’s a safe driver.

USA TODAY

The chef who lost and regained his sense of taste

In 2007, Grant Achatz lost his ability to taste after being diagnosed with tongue cancer. After his treatment ended, his perception of different flavor combinations came back one flavor at a time.

NPR

WORLD

Years after vanishing in Iran, US man proven alive

Four years after a retired FBI agent mysteriously vanished inside Iran, U.S. officials have received irrefutable proof he is alive.

Seattle Times

Could Syria be next to fall?

With the Tunisian and Egyptian regimes gone and street protests roiling cities from Algiers to Tehran, many people are now wondering which domino might fall next.

Daily Star

BUSINESS

NFL, union return for mediation sessions

Use a 24-hour extension to get a longer reprieve. That appeared to be the approach for the NFL and the players’ union.

ESPN

Carry-on bags costing TSA millions a year

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress that luggage fees have prompted more passengers to hold onto their bags, which means more items to inspect at security checkpoints.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Compass direction, true North parting

Follow the direction of a compass needle and you’ll end up at the North Pole, right? Not these days. The planet’s magnetic field is on the move.

Discovery News

Algal blooms in the Arctic

An algal bloom is an explosion of growth and population of algae, which typically consist of one or a small number of phytoplankton, the foundation of the food chain.

Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Obama, Jeb Bush teaming up at Fla. schools for campaign

President Barack Obama is sharing a stage in Florida with Jeb Bush, brother of the former president whose policies Obama blames for sending the nation’s economy spiraling into a recession.

The Sun News

Harvard to let ROTC back on campus

Harvard University is welcoming the Reserve Officer Training Corps program back to campus after a four-decade banishment due to disagreements over the Vietnam War and a policy toward gays.

ABC News

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Harvard to allow ROTC to return

(Weekly Standard)

The Blog

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Gay priest’s fraud conviction surfaces

The flap over the ouster of a gay priest from a teaching post at Chestnut Hill College, a Roman Catholic institution, is getting uglier.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Why this ‘secret millionaire’ went public

When ABC approached Dani Johnson about starring on a new show called “Secret Millionaire,” she said no. But after several attempts she changed her mind.

Christianity Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Tasty truffles spur dreams, bitter lawsuits

North Carolina growers wage legal battles over black Perigord truffle, an elusive crop that could bring $800 a pound. Warring truffle growers could make thousands of dollars just by digging.

MSNBC

New England farmers encouraged to look to global and local markets

Daily Hampshire Gazette

Hey man, do you throw like a girl?

An angry throw is masculine. A sad throw is feminine. At least that’s how people tend to judge baseball tosses, according to a new study from the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Glasgow.

Globeandmail.com

Read Across America tips its hat in deference to Dr. Seuss

First lady Michelle Obama, the Cat in the Hat and other celebrities joined nearly 400 children at the Library of Congress to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday and kick off the Read Across America campaign.

USA TODAY

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