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An anonymous reader writes "Checking a Twitter, Facebook or email account for updates may be more tempting than alcohol and cigarettes, according to researchers who tried to measure how well people regulate their daily desires. Researchers also found that while sleep and sex may be stronger urges than certain drug addictions, people are more likely to give in to their addiction to use social or other types of media."

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Diamond Jubilee: Queen celebrating 60-year reign
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The Queen has said she is dedicating herself "anew to your service", as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. In a message, she also said she felt "deeply moved" by the support shown for her Diamond Jubilee.
Canada plans big party for Queen Elizabeth's jubileeCTV.ca
Jubilee Trust to aid CommonwealthThe Press Association
Queen says thanks for 60 years of supportSydney Morning Herald
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Recommended: Madonna brings a little old and new to halftime show
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Hey, stargazer. Don't hide your hunger for the latest in pop culture, TV, movies, music and celebrities, on the show and beyond. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, too. Michael Conroy / AP Madonna, center, performs with Nicki Minaj, left, ...
For Super Bowl, Madonna marches to her own drumUSA TODAY
Madonna at the Super Bowl review: A shockingly sincere, joyous performanceEntertainment Weekly
Madonna headlines Super Bowl halftime showThe Associated Press
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Authorities searching for missing 9-year-old girl
Canon City Daily Record
By CARIE CANTERBURY canterburyc@ cañoncitydailyrecord.com The Fremont County Sheriff's Office on Sunday afternoon received a report of a missing 9-year-old girl in the Copper Gulch area of Fremont County. The girl's parents reported that at about 8 am ...
Fremont County 9-year-old missing after leaving to walk dogDenver Post
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Hugh Pickens writes "Space.com reports that an online petition directed at the USPS and its Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC) hopes to collect 100,000 signatures or more by March 13, the 82nd anniversary of the announcement of Pluto's discovery as the New Horizons robotic spacecraft gets closer to flyby Pluto and its moons in 2015. 'This is a chance for us all to celebrate what American space exploration can achieve though hard work, technical excellence, the spirit of scientific inquiry, and the uniquely human drive to explore,' reads the petition. Whether or not the New Horizons team is successful in getting the USPS to honor their spacecraft's mission, the probe will have delivered a stamp to Pluto. New Horizons includes nine stowaways including one of the 1991 'Not Yet Explored' Pluto stamps together with other mementos including a Florida quarter, a small container with an ounce of the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto, and a small segment of 2004 Ansari X Prize winner SpaceShipOne, the first privately-funded crewed spacecraft. 'Why nine mementos? I bet you can guess,' says Dr. Alan Stern, New Horizons' Principal Investigator adding why he wanted to send one of the Pluto stamps on the mission. 'Pluto may not have been explored when that stamp set came out, but we were going to conquer that,' says Stern. 'I wanted to fly it as a sort of 'in your face' thing.'"

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USA TODAY
Blast kills spouse, sons of missing Utah woman
USA TODAY
GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) – A powerful house explosion killed the husband of a Utah woman who has been missing for two years, and his two young sons Sunday, moments after the boys arrived for a visit that was supposed to be supervised by a social worker.
Josh Powell, two sons killed in "intentional" explosion of Powell's Washington ...Chicago Tribune
Fire official: 2 children dead in explosion at home of missing woman's husbandCNN International
Blast kills spouse, kids of missing Utah womanCBS News
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Catholics urged to write Congress on birth control rule
Reuters
By Greg McCune | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Catholic clergy on Sunday called on the faithful to write Congress to protest new birth control rules from President Barack Obama's administration, stepping up a campaign that began a week ago with denunciations ...
Gingrich Blasts Obama's Birth Control Policy as 'Outrageous Assault' on ReligionABC News
Editorial: Contraception mandate violates religious freedomUSA TODAY
The Church and the Birth Control RulingNew York Times
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