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A young supporter of Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi shouts slogans during a pro-government demonstration in Tripoli. According to witnesses, protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi defied once more a fierce crackdown by Gadhafi’s regime. (Photo by Abdel Magid Al Fergan / AP)

Gritty ex-mining town struggles to survive

The town of Empire, Colo., has had great expectations since its beginnings in 1860 as a gold-and-silver boomtown. But keeping body and soul together during the economic downturn has been difficult.

Denver Post

The media black hole: so much news that we’ll implode?

Everything is moving faster and faster. At this increasingly accelerated pace, is it inevitable that noteworthy events will rush into each other, overwhelming us? Or will we just tune it all out?

NPR

Libyan forces fight Benghazi protesters

At least 20 protesters were killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi, a rights watchdog said, after witnesses said security forces fired heavy weapons at civilians from a fortified compound.

Reuters

Bahrain opposition plots strategy before talks

Detroit News

Special section:

Middle East protests

BBC

US ‘very concerned’ by Libya violence

MSNBC

Scientist finds Gulf bottom still oily, dead

Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to videos that demonstrate the oil has decimated life on the sea floor.

Las Vegas Review Journal

BP claimants face new decision

ABC News

GOP freshmen force $61B in cuts

The GOP-run House determined to drive down the deficit, axed $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs while shielding coal companies, oil refiners from new regulations.

Chicago Sun-Times

NATION

Competing Wis. protests draw thousands to state capital

Thousands have demonstrated against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed legislation, which supporters say is needed to control spending and opponents contend would break the back of state worker unions.

Reuters

Protests across Wis.

ABC News

States ignored numerous warnings on unemployment insurance

State officials had plenty of warning. Over the past three decades, there were several alarms about the dwindling amount of money being set aside to pay unemployment insurance to laid-off workers.

Yahoo! News

Alaska is becoming an increasing draw for TV, film productions

Long a bit player in entertainment, the 49th state increasingly is sought out by TV and film producers for its unmatchable lure of spectacular beauty and peril, of wild adventures and dangerous jobs.

Kansas City Star

POLITICS

GOP bill pairs budget cuts with rollbacks

The GOP-controlled House is using a catchall spending bill not just to cut President Barack Obama’s budget, but to assault his health care overhaul, global warming policy and efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.

Bloomberg

Cuts threaten the National Weather Service

Examiner

Tea Party faces off with GOP Gov. Scott Walker opponents in Wis.

The fight over union rights in tight fiscal times escalated in Wisconsin, as Tea Party activists flocked to the state’s Capitol to counter protests against the Republican governor’s controversial budget.

NY Daily News

HEALTH

Leg discomfort might signal heart trouble

A disease that affects your legs could warn you about potential heart trouble, new research suggests.

BusinessWeek

A visual guide to heart disease

WebMD

Nursing homes enter a new age

People ages 31 to 64 have entered nursing homes at a higher rate than those 65 and older in the past eight years.

Houston Chronicle

Antibiotics on the farm

Most doctors agree antibiotic drugs are important. But public health advocates, environmentalists and many doctors worry our overuse is making bacteria resistant and limiting effectiveness.

San Jose Mercury News

Blog:

How much do farm antibiotics add to the spread of resistant bacteria?

(Scientific American)

Earthtalk

EDUCATION

Tech-savvy Girl Scouts now selling on multiple platforms

This year, Girl Scout troops around the Bay Area will peddle their cookies via a newly unveiled smartphone app while hitting the streets in a major crusade to sell the old-fashioned way, door to door.

San Jose Mercury News

Big jump in test scores triggered investigation at Goddard School in Mass.

The Massachusetts state investigation into MCAS testing at the Goddard School of Science and Technology found improper conduct on the part of staff who administered the test.

Telegram & Gazette

SPORTS

With shot clock running down, time to pick up pace of NBA labor talk

There may not be much that the NBA’s players union and the league’s owners can agree on, but there is at least one thing — a work stoppage would be a bad thing.

Sporting News

NFL, union resume mediated negotiations on 2nd day

Representatives of both sides are meeting again with George Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a U.S. government agency.

ABC News

Sides still far apart

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Open doors await gay teenagers at churches in Texas

In an effort to counter negative messages against homosexuality, almost two dozen Houston-area churches have designated Sunday as Bring Your Gay Teen to Church Day.

Houston Chronicle

Hackers warn Westboro Church: Stop now or face retribution

A group of hacktivists acting under the banner “Anonymous” has warned a church with a controversial history that unspoken retribution will follow if it continues its practice of inflammatory protests.

CBS News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Alison Gopnik):

What John Tierney gets wrong about women scientists

Slate

Column (George Lakoff):

What conservatives want

Huffington Post

Video (Andrew Pulver):

Why ‘The Social Network’ should win the best picture Oscar

Guardian

Blog (Justin Elliott):

The terrorist attempt you’ve never heard of

(Salon)

War Room

Column (Michelle Malkin):

Epic showdown: Wis. vs. big labor

Washington Examiner

Blog (David Hiltbrand):

Who needs Charlie?

Arts & Entertainment

(Philadelphia Inquirer)

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The budget butchers

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog (Amanda Marcotte):

The contraception war

(Slate)

XX Factor

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GOOD NEWS

Clinton honors Little Rock Nine, 1957 civil rights icons

Bill Clinton honored the nine African-American students who in 1957 were prevented from attending the racially segregated Little Rock Central High School.

PoliticsDaily

University in Alaska poised to ban sexual orientation discrimination

The University of Alaska appears poised to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, just months after Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan vetoed an effort to do so on the city level.

Anchorage Daily News

Researchers aim to ‘print’ human skin

Researchers are developing a specialized skin “printing” system that could be used in the future to treat soldiers wounded on the battlefield and burn victims by rebuilding damaged or burned skin.

CNN

WORLD

Panel to consider applying Israeli law to West Bank settlements