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Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney walks to speak to supporters at his Nevada caucus night victory celebration in Las Vegas. (Photo by Julie Jacobson / AP)

Coaching contrasts of Super Bowl 2012

No matter the outcome of Sunday‘s Super Bowl XLVI, it’s the contrasting coaching styles of New England Patriots‘ Bill Belichick and New York Giants’ Tom Coughlin that mean more for NFL’s future.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Super Bowl history

NFL.com

Invest in a vest: the latest fashion trend

Barack Obama often sports one, David Beckham has designed one and Marlon Brando wore his with style. In fashion circles, the humble vest is being touted as the “Next Big Thing.”

The Independent

Romney trounces rivals, but Gingrich vows to fight

The Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney coasted to victory in the latest of the party’s presidential nomination contests, but his main rival, Newt Gingrich, vowed he would not drop out.

Guardian

Romney victory leaves rivals with few options

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Map:

The Republican candidates for president

Economist

Special section:

2012 Election

TIME

Protesters attack 7 Syrian embassies

Protesters have recently attacked seven Syrian embassies worldwide following reports of the bloodiest episode yet.

ABC News

Protesters attack 7 Syrian embassies

Houston Chronicle

Syrian embassy in Australia attacked

ABC News

Lost Malcolm X speech: 50 years later

Fifty years later, a former student of Brown University in Providence, R.I., unearths a recording of Malcolm X‘s speech — an early window into the man’s evolving views.

NPR

NATION

US brigadier general dies in Afghanistan

A 49-year-old brigadier general died in Afghanistan of apparent natural causes, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. soldier to die there, the military said.

USA TODAY

US adds 243,000 jobs in January

An “unambiguously good” jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor sent stocks soaring and likely will boost President Obama’s political prospects.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Better jobs trend begins to hit home for Minnesota workers

Star Tribune

Heavy snowstorm heads east from Colo.

The most powerful storm of the season pounded Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow and forced the cancellation of more than 600 flights before heading east toward the central plains.

USA TODAY

Snowstorm pounds Rockies

The Weather Channel

POLITICS

Super Bowl ad makes New York Mayor Bloomberg gun control king

The gun control movement has faltered in recent years. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to spend his own fortune to buck that trend, most notably with a Super Bowl ad.

Christian Science Monitor

Indiana official guilty of voter fraud

Indiana‘s top elections official could lose his job and his freedom after jurors convicted him of multiple voter fraud-related charges, leaving in flux the fate of one of the state’s most powerful positions.

Politico

Some insist: ‘I’m not African-American’

The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many hold on to a name from the past: “black.”

San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Greek parties face EU bailout deadline

Greece’s coalition parties must tell the European Union whether they accept the painful terms of a new bailout deal as EU patience wears thin with political dithering in Athens over implementing reforms.

Reuters

Why foreclosure investors are double-edged sword for economy

The best and most expeditious way to clear the vast inventory of foreclosed properties weighing down today’s housing market is to get more investors in and sell them these properties at bulk discounts.

USA TODAY

For Facebook ‘hacker way’ is way of life

Facebook’s billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a “hacker.” For Facebook, “hacker” is an ideal that permeates the company’s culture.

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The secret of NASA‘s amazing ’Blue Marble’ photos

NASA’s newest Earth-watching satellite is beaming back spectacular views of our home planet, but there’s a bit of science mojo at work to create the more stunning photos.

Discovery News

Have scientists found the birthplace of Native Americans?

Native Americans originated from southern Siberia, new research shows. The work is the most targeted study yet to suggest a genetic “homeland” for North America’s indigenous peoples.

National Geographic

HEALTH

Komen reverses decision to cut Planned Parenthood funding

Reversing a previous decision, Susan G. Komen for the Cure said that it will amend its new funding rules to allow continued funding of breast health programs operated by Planned Parenthood.

McClatchy Newspapers

Super Bowl super foods and facts

Research shows fans will be taking in an additional 2,000 plus calories in favorites like pizza, wings, dips and beer during the first three hours of the game.

Toronto Sun

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

‘Towards healing and renewal’: Vatican to host global summit on sexual abuse

Ten years after the clergy sexual abuse scandal erupted in the U.S., Catholic bishops from all over the world will meet next week at a Vatican summit aimed at preventing abuse and protecting children.

Huffington Post

Vatican rejects prelate’s corruption allegations

The administration of the Vatican City State categorically rejected as groundless a top prelate‘s accusations of corruption in the Holy See’s awarding of contracts.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Wyatt Buchanan and Marisa Lagos):

California legislators quickly bump heads

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Dan Vergano):

‘Universe from Nothing’: Big Bang was a bargain

USA TODAY

Editorial:

Komen turnabout is a testament to the power of protest

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Glenn Harlan Reynolds):

It’s takers versus makers and takers are winning

Washington Examiner

Column (Donna Trussell):

Campaigning is child neglect? Since when?

Washington Post

Column (Joe Fitzgerald):

Selflessness paves way for Patriots

Boston Herald

Column (August Turak):

Making the world go round: What you must know about success

Forbes

Column (Vicki Woods):

The brutal cold becomes a beautiful comfort

Telegraph.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS

Oregon mushroom pickers found alive after 6 days

A couple and their adult son were found injured but alive after they got lost while picking mushrooms and survived six days deep in the Oregon coastal forest, taking shelter in a hollowed-out tree.

USA TODAY

Faith groups call for sense of responsibility and interdependence

“Healing the World” was the theme of an event at London Central Mosque that brought together different faith groups recently during the UN’s World Interfaith Harmony Week.

Positive News

Prayer as medicine

Inspired by a visit to a hospital in India, two Duke University researchers are investigating the effects prayer and other nonmedical practices can have on a patient’s recovery.

Yoga Journal

WORLD

Quake rumbles off coast of B.C.