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Roy Williams of Westfield, Mass., shovels snow in front of his vehicle on a merge ramp on Interstate 91 southbound during a winter storm in Windsor, Conn. Williams said a plow clearing the highway passed by and blocked him in. (Photo by Jessica Hill / AP)

Census: Fewer are moving far these days

Americans are shunning long-distance moves at a record rate as many young adults, struggling without jobs, opt to stay put rather than relocate to other parts of the country.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Long-distance moves at record lows

TIME

Blog:

Census 2010: The last seat in Congress

(Pew Research Center)

All Things Census

Diesel era ends for MTA buses

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will become the only major transit agency in the U.S. with a fleet run entirely on alternative fuels.

Los Angeles Times

Winter snowstorm: ‘Weather bomb’ slams into northeast

The powerful winter storm that left 11 dead and snarled travel across the southeast moved overnight in the northeast.

ABC News

Flights canceled in New York as storm dumps more snow in northeast

CNN

Massive snow storm slams into northeast

CBS News

The northeast is next

The Weather Channel

Progress toward finding a blood test for Down syndrome

A new blood test may help pregnant women who are at high risk for having a baby with Down syndrome avoid more invasive tests such as amniocentesis and chronic villus sampling.

WebMD

A new test for Down syndrome?

ABC News

Few foreclosures, no bank failures: Canada offers lessons

Analysts are speculating on where the bottom is for U.S. real estate. Canada isn’t facing the same worries — yet its system of mortgage finance gets little attention in the states.

McClatchy Newspapers

NATION

Immigrant drivers face an uncertain road

A decision by the Department of Public Safety will cancel the commercial driver’s licenses of immigrants who lack certain documents — even though they are legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Houston Chronicle

Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Millions held in forced labor, US says

January 11 is national Human Trafficking Awareness Day, the annual date meant to bring attention to the fact that human trafficking remains a serious problem both in the United States and abroad.

AOL News

TRAGEDY IN TUCSON

Surgeon: Giffords has ‘101 percent’ chance of survival

“She has a 101 percent chance of surviving,” said Dr. Peter Rhee, trauma chief at the University of Arizona Medical Center and a former combat surgeon who worked in Iraq and Afghanistan.

McClatchy Newspapers

Giffords breathing on her own

MSNBC

Lone wolves: It’s about fame, not politics

For all the warnings about terrorism, law enforcements say the more likely threat in this country comes from people who are known as lone wolves, like the suspect in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

ABC News

Loughner parents: ‘No words to express’ feelings

CBS News

POLITICS

Poll: President Obama’s approval rises as economy improves

President Barack Obama is getting a bump in his approval ratings from an improving economy but Americans want him to focus on reducing debt and spending, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.

Reuters

Judges no strangers to balancing security

Security experts recommend that judicial officials and their staffs take security measures that range from varying their route from work to home to carrying weapons inside and outside of the courtroom.

MSNBC

Blog:

GOP Rep. Burton wants to enclose Congress in Plexiglas

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

100 tweets of solitude

How many times a day do you check your e-mail? If you’re like many of us, the red blinking light of a BlackBerry is the first thing you see each morning and the last glimpse of color to fade out before bedtime.

Newsweek

La Nina: where to ski this winter and why

La Nina, El Nino, ENSO — as skiers we hear these terms all the time. As much as you may or may not be paying attention, the children of the Pacific can have a dramatic influence on skiing, from Tahoe to Alaska.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

‘Great garbage patch’ not so great after all

The massive floating island of plastic in the Pacific Ocean isn’t nearly as large as reports have claimed, according to a new study.

Discovery News

Mass wildlife die-off events

On New Year’s Eve, over 3,000 red-winged blackbirds inexplicably plummeted to their deaths from the skies over Arkansas.

Environmental News Network

HEALTH

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

Special section:

Cold and flu health center

WebMD

Employees work in the cold

For many employees, the cold weather is just part of the job. Many stores have designated positions to be outside, whether it’s pushing carts, scooping snow or carrying out large purchases.

Grand Herald Independent

EDUCATION

Students get to use spell-check on tests ‎

Students across Oregon will start taking their standardized writing exams, and for the first time, those doing their essays online will get to use spell-check.

NPR

Mentoring 101

Mentoring can be highly effective for students and “immensely satisfying” for professors, but the practice is ignored in graduate course work, said a panel at the American Historical Association.

Inside Higher Ed

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Daniel Indiviglio):

Why isn’t the Internet helping the unemployed?

The Atlantic

Blog (Melissa Kirk):

When words confuse rather than clarify

(Psychology Today)

Test Case

Column (Bill Boyarsky):

The story of a lifetime

Truthdig

Column (Paul Buchheit):

Why you should feel cheated, deceived and sickened by inequality

AlterNet

Column (Cindy Sheehan):

Transparency in the age of Obama

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

Don’t rewrite literature

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

What US ‘justice’ signifies around the world

Salon

Column (Doyle McManus):

A retooled White House

McClatchy Newspapers

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GOOD NEWS

Bike chain maintains link to Africa

As co-owner of the San Rafael-based Mike’s Bikes chain, Ken Martin wants more people around the world to ride bicycles. During the past several years, he has expanded that mission to Africa.

Contra Costa Times

Cross-eyed opossum capturing hearts

She’s middle-aged, gray-haired and stays up all night. Still, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is Germany’s biggest media sensation, and she has not even made her debut at the Leipzig Zoo.

Reuters