Waiting for Apple’s next tablet? You may not have to wait long. According to a report from All Things Digital’s John Pacszkowski , the next iPad is coming in the first week of March. Given that release date, it’s not clear when the new device would hit stores, but Paczkowski estimates that it would be around a week after the launch event. Read full article > >

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Zooey Deschanel is hosting “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, and — oh my goodness, you guys — it’s going to be super cute. In the newly released promos, Deschanel, alongside Kenan Thompson, catches a case of jazz hands, talks about Black History Month, reveals the quirkiest thing about her (a collection of human teeth) and sings a funny little ditty in an opera voice. Read full article > >

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Arrested after threatening to release “scandalous” photos.

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Woman Tried to Extort Duggars

Congressional ethics investigators concluded there “is substantial reason to believe” that Florida’s Rep. Vern Buchanan, one of the top Republicans in the House, violated ethics laws by failing to report his position with a half-dozen firms, according to records released Monday. Read full article > >

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A hacker group claimed credit Friday for intercepting and leaking a call between FBI and Scotland Yard detectives discussing ongoing cyber-crime investigations. The call apparently took place on an unsecured conference call system. Read full article > >

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Two US women tourists and their Egyptian guide who were kidnapped in the south of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula have been released, security sources say.

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In a somewhat confusing news release responding to the firestorm concerning the decision to cut off grants to Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen Foundation announced that it is backing off its decision not to defund groups under investigation, as is Planned Parenthood for allegations of illegally using federal money to pay for abortions. (“We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. That is what is right and fair.”) But what is not clear is whether an alternative justification for the cut-off, namely that Planned Parenthood doesn’t actually provide breast cancer services, only referrals, will result in a cut-off of future funds. Read full article > >

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Jennifer Rubin: Susan G. Komen Foundation vs. Planned Parenthood bullies

CAIRO — Two female American tourists were released Friday night, hours after masked gunmen kidnapped them on the road that leads to St. Catherine’s Monastery, a historic landmark in the Sinai Peninsula, a military official said. Read full article > >

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The nation’s unemployment rate dropped for the fifth straight month to 8.3 percent, its lowest level in three years, the Labor Department reported Friday, with widespread hiring across the economy. The number of jobs grew by 243,000, the government said . Read full article > >

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The first Friday of every month, you will find me among those eagerly waiting for the release of the latest government data on jobs . Such eagerness, however, should not be confused with joyfulness. While the numbers have markedly improved over the past year, too much of the commentary has been overly partial and, sometimes, dangerously misleading — a situation that is likely to grow worse in the run-up to the November elections. Read full article > >

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We’re still losing the war on unemployment

In honor of my daughter’s upcoming fifth birthday, I’m posting on her favorite topic: princesses. This is not a post that she would necessarily like, though, since it involves neither tulle nor a prince. (Good thing she can’t yet read.) Read full article > >

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“Cinderella Ate My Daughter” released in paperback: A Q&A with author Peggy Orenstein

On a day when valuation is in the news (ahem, Facebook ), let’s look at a new analysis of the economic worth of what we used to call “keeping house.” This week, the editors at Mint , the financial services Web site, released a breakdown of the value of different homemaker duties. They found that if the job were salaried, it would draw, on average, close to six figures: $96,261. Read full article > >

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A homemaker’s real salary

Every child learns this sad and basic truth about nature: The snake eats the rabbit. But in the southernmost part of the Florida Everglades, things have taken a really wild turn. Pythons and anacondas are eating everything. The most common animals in Everglades National Park — rabbits, raccoons, opposums and bobcats — are almost gone, according to a study released Monday. Read full article > >

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Tommy Sheridan’s lawyer accuses prison authorities of trying to ban him from speaking in public on his release from jail on Monday.

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Khartoum offers to release detained crude oil shipments belonging to South Sudan to help end a bitter dispute over transit fees.

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