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Demonstrators march during a massive protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s rule in St. Petersburg, Russia. A poster reads: “Putin is a thief.” (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky / AP)

Last-minute Super Bowl tickets for $10,000?

The highest price paid for a single ticket for the Super Bowl was $16,480 for a lower-level seat near the 40-yard line on the Giants’ side.

ABC News

Super Bowl science blitz: watch out

Discovery News

Special section:

Super Bowl central

ESPN

Group Anonymous hacks FBI phone call

Hackers from the group Anonymous have broadcast a private conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard exposing details of an international cyber crime investigation.

Guardian

Thousands brave bitter cold to protest Putin in Moscow

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Moscow, despite freezing temperatures, protesting the rule of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

MSNBC

Putin campaign focuses on working classes

NPR

Thousands join anti-Putin march in Moscow

YouTube

More than 200 killed in Syrian city of Homs

Syrian government forces have bombarded the city of Homs with artillery shells and mortars, killing more than 200 people, opposition groups say.

BBC

On the front lines with the Free Syrian Army

CNN

Diplomats urge UN for Syrian resolution

Reuters

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

NATION

Cops converge on Occupy DC site

Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers have converged on McPherson Square Park in Washington, D.C., one of the nation’s last remaining Occupy sites, and are inspecting tents there.

CBS News

US jobless rate at 3-year low

The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, the Labor Department said.

Reuters

Economists wrong about US recovery?

NPR

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

POLITICS

House panel derails California’s high-speed train project

In another sign of high-speed rail‘s political travails, the House panel included an amendment prohibiting new federal funds from going to California’s proposed $98 billion project.

McClatchy Newspapers

Romney heavily favored to win Nevada

A confident Mitt Romney is looking past his GOP opponents and Nevada’s caucuses on voting day. Chief rival Newt Gingrich is bracing for defeat in a state the former Massachusetts governor won in 2008.

USA TODAY

Nevada caucus 2012 preview

YouTube

BUSINESS

Is ‘Made in America’ back in style?

To older generations, buying American was a way of life. That sentiment has slipped in succeeding generations, but there are signs it is returning.

TIME

A sobering look at Facebook

It‘s the year’s hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers have a hard time recommending Facebook to clients.

Reuters

Post cereal spinoff becomes publicly traded company

Once the separation is completed, Post will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the “POST” ticker symbol. Bill Stiritz, chairman of Ralcorp, has been named Post‘s new chairman and CEO.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Science behind the big freeze: Is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?

The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linked by scientists with the ice-free seas of the Arctic, where global warming is exerting its greatest influence.

The Independent

Is it ethical to own an iPhone?

Media reports and protests over the reportedly abhorrent working conditions at factories where Apple’s iPhones are produced have left socially conscious Americans with a dilemma.

Scientific American

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

Cooked eggs recalled in 34 states for possible listeria contamination

A Minn. company is recalling eggs in brine sold for institutional use due to a possible listeria contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says there have been no reports of illness connected to the eggs.

MSNBC

Pregnant women over 50 ‘do pretty well,’ study finds

The average age of women becoming mothers has risen in the U.S., and in the last 20 years, a few women have even entered motherhood in their 60s.

LiveScience

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Document shows NYPD targeted Muslims, mosques based solely on religion

Denver Post

Obama administration’s contraception mandate outrages religious groups

The Obama administration’s decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control has caused an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths.

Kansas City Star

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Vicki Woods):

The brutal cold becomes a beautiful comfort

Telegraph.co.uk

Column (B.G. Kelley):

The highs and lows of Super Bowl Sunday

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

Of presidents and prime ministers who talk of faith

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Edward Wasserman):

Is it time to give political debates a rest?

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Sam Harris):

The fireplace delusion: a metaphor for religious belief

Newsweek

Column (Max Fisher):

Why thousands of Iranian women are training to be Ninjas

The Atlantic

Column (Mary Elizabeth Williams):

How the Internet changed Komen’s mind

Salon

Editorial:

As Super Bowl shows, build stadiums for love and not money

Bloomberg

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GOOD NEWS

Maine girl improving after groundbreaking six-organ transplant

A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and six new organs to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.

Houston Chronicle

Grisly tale from Kenya shows power of online giving

Ben Hardwick, horrified by the attack on a worker at a Kenyan orphanage, posted a fundraising plea on a social networking site. Within 24 hours, an astounding $70,000 poured in from across the globe.

Star Tribune

Minn. artist using homemade postcards to help save US Postal Service

Peter Kramer, a snail-mail enthusiast, will present his “Postcards to Save the Post Office” collection at a gallery in St. Paul, Minn., in an effort to help save the United States Postal Service.

Pioneer Press

WORLD

NATO considers paying for Afghan forces after 2014