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Monday, February 06, 2012

Around the Nation

Polar Bear Clubs Finder Warmer Than Normal Water

Politics

After Deep Cuts, New Mexico Now Has Budget Surplus

Food

Chef Picked To Represent U.S. In France's Bocuse d'Or

Business

Deadline Closes In For Mortgage Relief Settlement

Business

GOP Contests Move To Colorado, Minnesota

Around the Nation

Komen Foundation Struggles To Lure Back Donors

Around the Nation

Storing Grain Can Aid Farmers In Commodity Pricing

Middle East

Syrian Troops Strike Neighborhoods In Homs

Sports

Giants Tower Over Patriots As Super Bowl Champs

Middle East

Egypt To Try 19 Americans In NGO Dispute

Election 2012

Voters Gear Up For Minnesota Caucuses

Business

Unions Create TV Ad To Appeal To Young People

A new TV ad recently test-launched by the AFL-CIO discusses work, but never mentions unions specifically.

Hoping to continue a conversation about inequality started by the Occupy Wall Street movement, a recently test-launched ad by the AFL-CIO doesn't mention unions, though. Instead it forwards the message, "Work Connects Us All."

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The Salt

California's Stevia Growers Bet On Fast Track To Sweetener Success

The S&W Seed Co., in Five Points, Calif., will grow these seedlings of zero-calorie stevia in the fields of California's Central Valley.

The first big fields of stevia ever grown in the U.S. will spout this summer in California's Central Valley. One company is trying to turn this semiwild, zero-calorie plant into an industrial crop at Silicon Valley speed.

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Europe

Sarkozy Sews Up Seamstress' Unemployment Fix

Shots - Health Blog

The 'Morning After' Pill: How It Works And Who Uses It

Plan B is available over the counter for people 17 and older.

Access to emergency contraception has swirled at the center of a recent flurry of debate over insurance coverage. The most popular brand, Plan B, is a pill women can take if their birth control fails or they forget to use it. Today, about 10 percent of sexually active women say they've used Plan B.

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