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Brain scans show how teens are more ‘me-1st’ than adults

Scientists and adults have known young adolescents to be selfish. With new technology, researchers are now figuring out how they turn into respectable adults.

LiveScience

Doubting the benefits of natural gas

Policymakers and the energy industry have been looking to natural gas in recent years as a more climate-friendly fuel with half the greenhouse gas emissions of coal, but EPA research is casting doubt.

Scientific American

Breaking fuel from the rock

National Geographic

Winter storm slams snow-weary Northeast

A quick-hitting Northeast snowstorm that began coating the nation’s capital has forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights for travelers in New England and the Eastern Seaboard.

CNN

East Coast storm

MSNBC

Another snowstorm hits East Coast

YouTube

25 years after Challenger, space flight remains dangerous

Twenty-five years ago, an event occurred that is seared into the memory of most Americans: About a minute after liftoff, the space shuttle Challenger blew apart, killing all aboard.

NPR

Is it possible for Congress to avoid a government shutdown?

Congress heads into a new budget season with an unusually broad disparity of views on the way forward, signaling that “getting to yes” on a budget deal could be especially difficult this year.

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Homeland Security to replace color-coded terror alerts

The color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System, which has greeted travelers at airports since shortly after the Sept. 11 attack, will go away in April 2011.

CNN

No more color-coded threat chart

YouTube

Giffords’ condition upgraded to good

Doctors treating Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said they removed a tube draining fluid from her brain and plan to put a speaking valve in her breathing tube. They also confirmed she is ready to begin full rehabilitation.

MSNBC

Giffords arrives at rehab facility

CBS News

POLITICS

Bleak deficit outlook looms

Grim new deficit estimates add to the pressure on House Republicans to strike some long-range budget bargain with President Barack Obama.

Politico

Aides: Obama to address gun control soon

White House officials attempted to quell criticism that President Obama dodged a national debate over guns in his State of the Union address and announced that the president would address the issue soon.

Washington Post

Obama defends health care

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Social security will run permanent deficits

Sick and getting sicker, Social Security will run at a deficit this year and keep on running in the red until its trust funds are drained by about 2037.

NPR

Social Security projected to run permanent deficits, be drained by 2037

Star Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

An atmospheric time machine

Pick a day during the past 138 years, say the 1938 New York Hurricane, or the blizzards in the Prairies in 1899 — and now scientists can tell you pretty much what the atmosphere was up to at the time.

Discovery News

Mercury in Bay Area fish a mining legacy

Mercury contamination, a worldwide environmental problem, has been called “public enemy No. 1” in California’s San Francisco Bay.

ScienceDaily

Special section:

Avoiding mercury in fish

WebMD

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Facebook unlocks new security mechanisms

Facebook is adding new security features, which come after a pair of high-profile cracks in the site’s defenses that surfaced.

CNN

Afraid of snakes? Scientists explain why

Fear of snakes, spiders and other creepy crawlers is so universal that most of us probably believe we must have been born with it. It’s universal, so it must be innate.

ABC News

HEALTH

Fear of vaccines has a very long and persistent history

As long as vaccinations against disease have been around, there have been die-hard opponents convinced that these shots do more harm than good.

HealthDay

FDA sees possible risk of very rare cancer with breast implants

Federal health officials said they are investigating a possible link between breast implants and a very rare form of cancer after reviewing a handful of cases reported over the last 13 years.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Li to face Clijsters in Australian Open final

Kim Clijsters cruised into the Australian Open final and will now play for the title against Li Na, who become the first Chinese player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam.

USA TODAY

Australian Open 2011

Sydney Morning Herald

Fans don’t view Wells as consolation prize

As Angels’ owner Arte Moreno sat at the podium with Vernon Wells, GM Tony Reagins and manager Mike Scioscia, Angels’ fans attending the press conference, cheered.

Sporting News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

House Budget Committee Chairman Ryan sounded right note, now GOP must deliver

Washington Examiner

Column (Stephanie Lucas):

Who’s to blame for the Loughners of the world?

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (Kenneth Roth):

Global governance in a changing world

Huffington Post

Blog (Mark Morford):

10 amazing truths you already suspected

(San Francisco Chronicle)

Notes & Errata

Editorial:

Thoughts after the State of the Union ...

USA TODAY

Column (Andrew Cohen):

Success for the US Courts: Guantanamo detainee sentenced to life

The Atlantic

Column (John Mahoney):

State of the Union 2011: Win the future! But how?

Popular Science

Column (Joel Connelly):

Abortion: both sides laboring under a misconception?

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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GOOD NEWS

Hormone found to help short-term memories stick

Scientists have identified a substance that can dramatically improve memory in rats. The discovery could lead to drugs that affect memories in people, researchers say.

NPR

Marathon fulfills pastor’s journey

Anybody who noticed a couple of old friends, John Burnett and Karl Holt, having dinner in a Houston steakhouse wouldn’t have jumped to the conclusion that they were aspiring marathoners.

Houston Chronicle

With a deep dig into its past, Perugia built an energy-saving future

Perugia shows how even a small city can reap benefits from investment in pedestrian-friendly infrastructure. The city used its geographic and historical preservation challenges to its advantage.

National Geographic

WORLD

Violent protests escalate outside Egypt’s capital