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In this file photo, President Ronald Reagan addresses a crowd of well-wishers gathered in Dixon, Ill., in honor of his 73rd birthday. (Photo by Dennis Cook / AP)

Reagan: the ‘original tea party candidate’

Tea party activists are far quicker to criticize than praise politicians. But they do make exceptions, and President Ronald Reagan makes that list.

NPR

Republicans fret over Reagan mythmaking

Politico

Reagan’s 100th birthday: 10 defining moments

Christian Science Monitor

For want of a pollinator, a flower may be lost — or a forest

New findings suggest plants may suffer in the absence of the animals they have relied on for pollination or dispersing seeds.

Scientific American

VP recently eluded assassination

Omar Suleiman, the newly appointed Egyptian vice president, recently escaped assassination, said the host of a security conference in Germany.

CNN

Clinton: Mideast faces ‘perfect storm’ of unrest

MSNBC

Special section:

A wave of revolution

Spiegel International

An Egyptian journalist draws a line in the sand

ABC News

Report: Hackers penetrated Nasdaq computer network

The computer network that runs Nasdaq has been penetrated by hackers multiple times. Investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and their possible motive.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

US-Russia nuclear arms treaty finalized

The U.S. and Russia finalized a nuclear arms treaty that limits the number of atomic warheads the former Cold War foes are allowed to possess — securing a key foreign policy goal of the president.

MSNBC

NATION

NASA: Mark Kelly will return to space

As Rep. Gabrielle Giffords continues her recovery in a Houston hospital, her husband is going ahead with his space shuttle flight mission in April.

CBS News

As Spice gains popularity, law enforcers find ways to shut down supply

As Spice and other synthetic cannabinoids show increasingly public impacts, law enforcers are looking for ways to nip demand for the drug in the bud.

Denver Post

POLITICS

Republican budget cuts: savvy savings or political compromise?

Republicans unveiled their 2011 budget spending cuts, which they say will save $74 billion when compared with the budget President Barack Obama plans to roll out, but passage could face a number of hurdles.

ABC News

Opposition to Dem chairmen shrouded in secrecy, despite reform

Dissatisfaction with a few controversial committee chairmen in the Senate Democratic conference will be kept largely secret despite rules reform requiring them to stand for re-election.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Madoff lawsuit: Mets owners owe victims $300 million

Ninety-million dollars of burned investors’ money helped pay the National League franchise’s “day-to-day operations,” according to the lawsuit filed by Irving Picard.

USA TODAY

Murdoch’s News Corp. may get $200 million for MySpace, possible buyer says

News Corp., which paid $580 million for MySpace in 2005, may end up selling the social network for $50 million to $200 million, said the chief executive officer of a potential acquirer.

Bloomberg

Blog:

Will MySpace sell for ‘nickels on the dollar’?

(Forbes)

Mixed Media

EDUCATION

Calif. students get a day to experience professional workplaces

About 275 students from high schools were matched with more than 50 organizations, including law firms and health clinics, part of a citywide effort to give youths a chance to experience professional workplaces.

San Francisco Chronicle

For-profit education stocks drop

Shares of for-profit schools slumped after the Department of Education released a report showing student loan default rates are climbing, which could limit their access to government-backed financial aid.

BusinessWeek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Woodpeckers inspire new shock-absorbing systems for planes and sports

The spongy bones and tough beaks of woodpeckers are inspiring a new generation of shock absorbers, potentially shielding airplane black boxes and football players from the forces of impact.

When the Internet started, it seemed a safe bet that 4.3 billion addresses would be more than enough. It appears that this number was too small.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Woman recounts bomb memories from historic church

Carolyn McKinstry recounts when a bomb exploded at the church and killed four of her close friends minutes after she had spoken to them in the girls’ restroom. The church was targeted by the Ku Klux Klan.

Religion News Service

With upheaval, how large is the opening for Islam?

Commentators and politicians in some corners have openly worried. The current state of upheaval and mass protests in the Arab world could lead in time, they warn, to a renewed rise of political Islam.

NPR

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

What secrets are behind your flowers?

With steady sunshine and cheap labor, Colombian farms yield $1 billion in exports, dominating the U.S. market.

Smithsonian

Are revolutions contagious?

As alarming as the spread of uprisings might be, the recent chain of events echoes numerous periods of discontent.

Discovery News

When people revolt

CNN

Men are now from Venus, women are now from Mars

A new survey of American singles finds that men want babies and commitment, while women are more likely to want independence in their relationships.

LiveScience

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Embrace realistic Medicare measure

Star Tribune

Column (Brian Fox):

Why I won’t be watching the Super Bowl: Football is un-American

Christian Science Monitor

Video (Nicholas D. Kristof):

Undaunted in Tahrir

New York Times

Column (Peter Callaghan):

Coffee as Washington’s state drink? How cliched

News Tribune

Column (Jeff Gerritt):

Zero tolerance rules can doom some good students

Detroit Free Press

Column (Mark Shields):

Washington’s leading jerk!

Creators Syndicate

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New weapon for a 21st century revolution

TIME

Blog (John Cassidy):

Lies and (job) statistics

(The New Yorker)

Rational Irrationality

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GOOD NEWS

Mayo Clinic gets $100M

The Mayo Clinic has received its largest donation from a living person — a $100 million gift that will be used to establish two innovative cancer-fighting centers.

Star Tribune

Army chow lines use color-coding to promote healthy choices

For the past two months, a color-coded system posted in each of Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood’s dining facilities, or “D-Facs,” has guided soldiers and trainees to healthier food choices.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Early childhood education program yields high economic returns

For every $1 invested in a Chicago early childhood education program, nearly $11 is projected to return to society over the children’s lifetimes — an 18 percent annual return on program investment.

ScienceDaily

WORLD

Surging floodwaters leave desperate Australian families stranded