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Dexter Suber, of New York, holds an American flag upside down as he protests the Confederate flag that is on the Statehouse grounds during a rally for Martin Luther King Day in Columbia, S.C. (Photo by Mary Ann Chastain / AP)

Martin Luther King Jr. aimed to alter balance of power

A group of activists takes to the streets, demanding that the American government help the poor to stay afloat. Occupy Wall Street? No, the Poor People’s Campaign, created by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Denver Post

Parents’ fight for integration ignited movement

Chicago Sun-Times

Gil Scott-Heron: ‘The Last Holiday’

Guardian

Remembering MLK at his home church

CNN

Pakistan Taliban leader believed dead: intelligence officials

The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, is believed to have been killed by a U.S. drone strike, Pakistan intelligence officials report.

Reuters

Search of Italian cruise ship resumes, hopes fade

Rescuers resumed a search of the hulk of a giant cruise liner off the west coast of Italy after bad weather forced them to halt operations, but hopes were fading of finding more survivors.

Reuters

Man from San Antonio survives disaster

Houston Chronicle

Cruise captain arrested as death toll reaches 5

Bloomberg

The GOP race: Will the real Ronald Reagan please stand up?

It‘s no secret who the most popular Republican is in this year’s GOP presidential race. In just one single debate last year, GOP candidates mentioned the former President Ronald Reagan 24 times.

NPR

Huntsman endorses Romney after quitting race

McClatchy Newspapers

Hackers hit Zappos, 24 million customers

A hacking incident suffered by online retailer Zappos could give some shoppers pause before they decide to make their next Internet purchase.

PC Magazine

Markets are calm — maybe too calm

After wild price swings that left investors bewildered and not a cent richer last year, stocks are rising again.

CNBC

NATION

As baby boomers retire and their health declines, a focus on caregivers

With the prospect of providing health care to roughly 72 million adults looming, the impact on caregivers is coming into focus.

CNN

Tanker carrying fuel arrives at iced-in Alaska town

Crews are laying the “icework” for the final leg of a Russian tanker’s mission to deliver fuel to the Alaskan town of Nome, building a path over a half-mile of Bering Sea ice to lay a hose for the fuel transfer.

Philadelphia Inquirer

POLITICS

States look to hike tax on millionaires

Democratic lawmakers are preparing to do battle with Republican leaders to blunt budget cuts by instituting a millionaire tax.

CNNMoney

Settling scores

Arlen Specter, who is turning 82, played a significant role in the American politics of a past generation. His new memoir decries “intolerance and political correctness” in D.C., settling a few old scores.

Philadelphia Inquirer

BUSINESS

Polaroid goes digital with Android camera

Iconic film company Polaroid is determined not to get left behind in an increasingly digital age. A new Android-powered point-and-shoot camera is just one part of the company’s reinvention.

CNNMoney

Car lovers impressed with Detroit auto show, upbeat about industry

On the first public day of the show, the mood was electric after months of good auto industry news. Attendance was the highest opening in five years.

Detroit Free Press

Special section:

Cars exhibited at auto show

CARandDRIVER.com

EDUCATION

Pre-K winners for Race to the Top contest: Will they spur broader reform?

Education officials hope the Race to the Top–Early Learning Challenge will spark widespread reform of programs that serve the youngest children.

Christian Science Monitor

Advanced classes in Pittsburgh schools no longer just for ‘gifted’ students

High school students who are not classified as gifted but have strong grades and attendance can apply to be enrolled in advanced classes as the district’s talent development initiative is expanded.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

HEALTH

New, noninvasive way to identify lymph node metastasis

Researchers have developed targeted, fluorescent molecular imaging probes that can non-invasively detect breast cancer lymph node metastases.

Medical News Today

Do your pushups, Mr. President

As the longtime personal trainer for President Barack Obama and the first family, Cornell McClellan, the nation’s “first trainer,” also spends much time getting children excited about physical fitness.

The Telegraph

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

More US Catholics take complaints to church court

In recent years, clergy and lay people in the United States have increasingly turned to the church‘s internal legal system to challenge a bishop’s or pastor’s decision.

Philadelphia Inquirer

St. Charles pastor has come to accept sudden dementia

Last summer during a Sunday worship service, the Rev. Jeff Spaulding, 55, in his 32nd year of ministry, suddenly stopped. He could not recall the words for blessing the elements during communion.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Mike Taylor):

Academic publishers have become the enemies of science

Guardian

Blog (Donna Flagg):

Life online: Has push back against social media begun?

(Psychology Today)

Office Diaries

Column (Debbie Attterberry):

King’s dream not realized in Minnesota

Star Tribune

Column (Lewis Diuguid):

A day to ask: Would that America be our America?

Kansas City Star

Editorial:

The cost of Syria’s crackdown

Al Jazeera

Blog (Fareed Zakaria):

Why oil prices will continue to stay high

(CNN)

Global Public Square

Column (Richard Sennett):

The science of getting along: teaching children cooperation

Salon

Column (Lewis W. Diuguid):

We must help returning troops forge a future

McClatchy Newspapers

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GOOD NEWS

Asher Elias uses high-tech training to lift Ethiopian Jews in Israel

In Israel, most Ethiopian Jews are trapped at the bottom of society in dead-end jobs. Asher Elias gives them high-tech training to boost their upward mobility.

Christian Science Monitor

Small animals get a 2nd chance at Jacksonville wildlife sanctuary

The trapper who brought the animal to the Wildlife Rescue Coalition of Northeast Florida’s sanctuary on the Westside had no idea what it was and no one there could tell him.

Florida Times-Union

Boxing great Muhammad Ali gets 70th birthday bash

At 70, Muhammad Ali is “still the greatest” to friends and admirers worldwide. The champ basked in chants of “Ali! Ali!” as hundreds of supporters cheered “Happy Birthday” in his Kentucky hometown.

News-Sentinel

Ali at 70 is still the star of the show

Sydney Morning Herald

WORLD

UN says that Somali famine ‘will kill 10s of thousands’

The U.N. in Somalia says that tens of thousands of people will have died of starvation by the time the famine in the Horn of Africa ends.

BBC

Special section:

Somali speaks

Al Jazeera

The Mexico drug war: bodies for billions

There are kingpins with names like the Engineer, head-chopping hit men, dirty cops and double-dealing politicians. And, of course, there are users — and there are millions of them.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Killer flu doctors: US censorship is a danger to science

America should not be allowed to dominate the debate over who controls sensitive scientific information that could be misused in biowarfare terrorism, Dutch scientists are saying.

The Independent

Volunteers wanted for planet hunt

Members of the public are being asked to join the hunt for nearby planets that could support life.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Awaiting state on wind farm

The company planning to build what could be the nation‘s first offshore wind farm says it’s ready to start construction on the multimillion-dollar project as soon as New Jersey officials give their approval.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Carbon dioxide affecting fish brains

According to new research, rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous systems of sea fish, with serious consequences for their survival.

Discovery News

SPORTS

Eli Manning leads as Giants oust top-seeded Packers

With their own star quarterback and a dominating defense, the New York Giants exposed the Green Bay Packers for what they now are — former Super Bowl champions.

ESPN

Challenges ahead for Serena Williams

Serena Williams kicks off her quest for a sixth Australian Open with a sprained left ankle that needs constant treatment and a meager two matches since reaching the U.S. Open final in September.

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

A big night at the Golden Globes

Big Hollywood names claimed trophies at the Golden Globe awards, with legends such as Meryl Streep, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen and George Clooney picking up honors.

Msnbc.com

Special section:

Golden Globes 2012

Guardian

Toy cars blur boundaries of sculpture

For the past four years, Chris Burden has been working with a team of eight on a piece called Metropolis II. The piece is a 10-foot-tall model of a city. Basically, it fills up an entire room.

NPR

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