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A girl is held by her mother while women wait in line to receive medical attention in Port-au-Prince. Women, girls and children as young as 2 years old are falling victim to rapists in sprawling and unmanageable tent cities. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa / AP)

Coughs and sneezes go the distance

Little is known about the distances a cough or sneeze can travel, but researchers in Singapore are attempting to find out how airborne transmission of flu viruses takes place using high speed cameras.

RedOrbit

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Cold and flu health center

WebMD

Jerry Brown‘s budget for Calif. is ‘honest’ and ‘very painful’

Gov. Jerry Brown proposes a balanced California budget that has something “for everyone to hate.” A plan to shift some programs to local governments will be a tough sell.

Christian Science Monitor

Calif.’s redevelopment agencies walloped

San Jose Mercury News

Inside Port-au-Prince’s ‘baby factory’

A year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, the country has launched into a post-disaster baby boom. The birth rate has tripled in spite of the uncertain times.

Globeandmail.com

Special section:

Haiti

Guardian

Haiti’s children: a year after the quake

The Independent

Gulf oil spill: Panel urges major reform

A major U.S. report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has called for wide-ranging reforms of the oil industry to prevent a repeat of the disaster that took place last year.

BBC

WikiLeaks: Julian Assange ‘faces execution or Guantanamo detention’

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, could be at “real risk” of the death penalty or detention in Guantanamo Bay if he is extradited to Sweden on accusations of rape and sexual assault, his lawyers claim.

Guardian

WikiLeaks to speed release of leaked docs

Google News

NATION

In Loughner’s trial, mental health likely a key issue

Jared Loughner, the Tucson man accused of shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others, appeared in federal court with a smirk on his lips and a red strawberry bruise on his forehead.

Arizona Republic

The insanity verdict on trial

Scientific American

Airports consider using private security

Following the furor over invasive airport security screenings and personal pat-downs, some airports are now considering replacing government security screeners with private companies to take over the touchy subject.

NPR

Haiti: One Year Later

Haiti aid money lies unspent

After a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti last year, Americans responded to the devastation generously. One year later, much of that money remains unspent, and criticism is steadily mounting.

NPR

Special section:

Project Jacmel: A city rebuilds

Globeandmail.com

The iconic photo of the Haiti earthquake

TIME

Internal election monitors challenge Haiti vote results

International election monitors have asked Haiti’s ruling party candidate to withdraw from the runoff round in the race for the bitterly contested presidency.

Al Jazeera

TRAGEDY IN TUCSON

Obama’s Oklahoma City moment

Of all the unfulfilled campaign promises President Barack Obama made in 2008, the one that bothers the president most is his failure to re-civilize what he views as an increasingly savage partisan climate.

Politico

Special section:

Tragedy in Tucson

ABC News

Two heroes return to the scene of tragedy

MSNBC

What could cause a person to snap?

The Tucson shooting spree, which killed six people and wounded 14 others, has left many people wondering what was going on in the mind of the suspected gunman.

USA TODAY

Friends, co-workers: Shooting suspect had curious, dark change

USA TODAY

POLITICS

DeLay faces 3-year prison tem

Former House of Representatives Republican Leader Tom DeLay was sentenced to three years in prison after a jury found him guilty of money laundering and conspiracy.

Reuters

VP Biden arrives in Afghanistan on visit

Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Afghanistan on a visit to assess progress in the war-ravaged nation. The surprise visit comes a little over a month after President Barack Obama visited the troops in person.

Houston Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

8 ways women can get ahead at work

As a new year begins, some women are vowing to change their workplace situation. But how exactly do you get noticed by the boss? Or earn that pay bump? Or snag that sweet promotion? It won’t be easy.

CNN

Hooking up and using the john: Why do we use so many euphemisms?

Author Ralph Keyes is intrigued by how we say certain things without quite saying them. He explores subjects that have inspired creative phrasing, from sex and money to food and death.

TIME

SPORTS

Penalties, scandals highlight irregular college season

Cam Newton was alluding to his own triumphs and trials when he gazed into a mass of cameras and said, ”This has been a long, interesting year.” He could have been speaking for his sport, as well.

USA TODAY

Auburn derails Oregon title hopes on game’s final play

The nation’s most prolific offense came up short in the Bowl Championship Series national title game.

Statesman Journal

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Katherine Benton-Cohen):

Even Tombstone had gun laws

Politico

Blog (Matt Buchanan):

Don’t buy the Verizon iPhone 4

Gizmodo

Column (Richard Roeper):

Blame lunatic for Ariz. tragedy, not Palin or rhetoric

Chicago Sun-Times

Column (Cliff Schecter):

Gay acceptance: GOP’s ‘Black Swan’

Al Jazeera

Column (Troy Wolverton):

Smart phone is becoming the electronic Swiss army knife

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Sandy Bauers):

A cold, hard look at the faults of the fireplace

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (Chuck Todd):

1st thoughts: a new chance for civility?

(MSNBC)

First Read

Blog (Frederick E. Allen):

Gabrielle Giffords and media vitriol

(Forbes)

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GOOD NEWS

Hospital-gown-hating cancer survivor invents her own

Although many doctors and nurses now have the option of wearing scrubs in all sorts of fun patterns and colors, hospital gowns haven’t benefited from any sort of fashion update.

AOL News

Using hands-on philanthropy to bring relief in Haiti

Millionaire contractor James Ansara wanted to do something for Haiti, so he’s building a hospital as his charitable work.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Disaster declared as Australia flood death toll rises to 10

Three quarters of the state of Queensland has been declared a disaster zone after torrential rain threatened the worst flooding in the state capital in 37 years.

CNN

Flash floods in Australia