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G-8 protester an agent of ‘change’ or ‘pain in the butt?’

Andy Thayer’s co-workers are running an office pool. How long until he gets arrested? Thayer is one of the guys authorities most expect to cause trouble at the upcoming G-8 and NATO summits.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wikipedia plans 24-hour blackout to protest US piracy law

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia where users contribute and edit entries, will shut down the English version of its website for 24 hours in opposition to proposed U.S. anti-piracy legislation.

Bloomberg

Websites Wikipedia, Reddit, others go dark to protest SOPA, PIPA

ABC News

Rivals unable to stop Romney momentum

Republican presidential hopefuls attacked the front-runner’s record in business and government and challenged him to release his tax returns, but Mitt Romney emerged unscathed from a S.C. debate.

Reuters

Blog:

Poll: Romney rolls to 35 percent support

(ABC News)

Politics

Mitt Romney on the campaign trail

CBS News

More bodies recovered from stricken cruise ship

Rescue workers recovered five bodies from the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, according to Italian officials, bringing to at least 11 the number of people known to have died in the disaster.

CNN

Map:

How the cruise ship disaster unfolded

Telegraph.co.uk

Worst blizzard since ’85? Seattle braces for major storm

A “potential major winter storm” that could dump twice Seattle’s annual snowfall on the city over the course of two days was headed for the Pacific Northwest.

Msnbc.com

Blog:

That weirdly uneven snowfall? There can only be 1 explanation

(Seattle Times)

The Today File

NATION

Youth less informed about Martin Luther King Jr.

Although adults remember his legacy, children may know Martin Luther King Jr. was an important religious and political figure, but become tongue-tied when asked for the details.

Christian Science Monitor

Black Republicans are raising their profile, as Martin Luther King Jr. did

Kansas City Star

Rare photos of Martin Luther King Jr. at home

TIME

‘Occupy Congress’ attempts to get lawmakers’ attention

Activists from around the U.S. are planning activities dubbed “Occupy Congress." Organizers hope this will be the largest Occupy gathering yet, and individual lawmakers may expect visits.

Christian Science Monitor

US gun industry appeals new rifle reporting rules

The gun industry appealed a U.S. judge’s decision to uphold new Obama administration regulations requiring gun dealers in four states bordering Mexico to report the sales of semi-automatic rifles.

Reuters

POLITICS

Congressional Black Caucus targets state voter laws as hostile

Civil rights groups, voting experts and some lawmakers say the new laws have echoes of poll taxes and literacy tests — devices that for generations blocked black voters from easily going to the polls.

The Telegraph

SOPA plans set to be shelved as Obama comes out against piracy legislation

Congressional leaders are preparing to shelve controversial legislation aimed at tackling online piracy after President Barack Obama said he would not support it.

Guardian

Special section:

Where do your members of Congress stand on SOPA and PIPA?

ProPublica

BUSINESS

Southwest to fly out of Atlanta

Next month, Southwest Airlines will tackle a new market — Atlanta. Southwest, which bought Air Tran last year, will try to play up the differences between itself and Delta.

NPR

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

Polaroid SC1630 smart camera with Android

YouTube

ENVIRONMENT

Listening online to the ocean floor

Satellite photos used to be for military eyes only, but Google Earth changed all that. Now something similar is happening to the ocean depths, with any web user able to listen in and surf the sea floor.

BBC

Nome, Alaska, finally gets fuel from Russian tanker

Crews began transferring 1.3 million gallons of fuel Monday from a Russian fuel tanker to the iced-in western Alaska city of Nome. Earlier, crews laid the hoses along a stretch of Bering Sea ice.

CBS News

Philadephia uses tough love to overhaul water and sewer system

In Philadelphia, a new “Green City, Clean Waters” plan aims to address water and climate issues, but it is not inspiring much brotherly love among some.

Scientific American

HEALTH

What if the doctor is wrong?

Evidence is mounting that second opinions can lead to significant changes in a patient’s diagnosis.

Wall Street Journal

Are apps the key to autism learning?

Devices like iPads are fast becoming a “must-have” for many families of children with autism.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Writing about the US Muslim experience

Playwright Ayad Akhtar’s debut novel, “American Dervish,” tells the story of Hayat Shah, a Pakistani-American boy in Milwaukee coming to terms with his religion and identity.

WBUR

Poland fines singer for bashing the Bible

A Polish court slapped a fine on a popular singer who bad-mouthed the Bible — the latest episode in which authorities grapple with religious defamation in a traditionally Catholic country.

Yahoo! News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Gingrich on Romney

USA TODAY

Editorial:

Nixon should be bold; fund schools, suspend tax credits

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial:

MLK: reflecting on our progress

Florida Times-Union

Column (Bill Knapp):

A case for optimism

Star Tribune

Blog (Nassir Ghaemi):

Martin Luther King: depressed and creatively maladjusted

(Psychology Today)

Mood Swings

Column (Steve Clemons):

Man-made tragedies, Angelina Jolie and women

The Atlantic

Blog (Russell Simmons and Dylan Ratigan):

Occupy the dream: the mathematics of racism

Huffington Post

Blog (Steve Kornacki):

Jon Huntsman is no martyr

(Salon)

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GOOD NEWS

Atlanta nurse donates kidney to patient

Allison Batson spent two years on the transplant floor of Emory University Hospital before her encounter with Clay Taber, a recent college graduate who fell sick one day after his 22nd birthday.

USA TODAY

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

Mentor teaches young men in Detroit how to dream

Edmund Lewis, a volunteer at Community High School in Detroit, Mich., is trying to keep the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. alive by encouraging success among the young men there.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

In India, the challenge is on to build 50,000 colleges