A painting in the Illinois governor’s mansion long believed to depict Mary Todd Lincoln turns out to tell a different story.

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Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln Is Deemed a Hoax

Low income families with parents in part-time work could lose about £4,000 a year because of a change in tax credits, Labour says.

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Blue Ivy Carter, the much-heralded baby daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z , has officially made her public debut. The president and first lady of hip-hop have shared their first baby photos via Jay-Z’s Web site, Life + Times , an apparent follow-up to Beyonce’s public appearances earlier this week, her inaugural ones since giving birth . Read full article > >

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If Wendy Braitman were writing a screenplay about her life, this scene would play at the top, to set the tone. It is 1993, and she is the 39-year-old only daughter of her parents’ long and loving marriage. Her mother has suffered a stroke, so Braitman has flown from California to New York to be with her. She finds her mom awake, but groggy, and hopped up on meds. After an embrace, her mother asks, “So, how’s your boyfriend?” Read full article > >

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The single life: Some people never find the love of their lives. And live to tell about it.

Criticism of Mitt Romney for lacking a coherent message is grossly unfair. He has been forthright, consistent and even eloquent in pressing home his campaign’s central theme: Mitt Romney desperately wants to be president. Read full article > >

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The romantic drama “The Vow” looks like the kind of annual Valentine’s Day staple that arrives just as calls start flooding flower shops and chocolate bonbon displays invade your local CVS. Not only do stars Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams know their way around tearful breakups and torrential reunions (Two words: “ The Notebook ”), but the plot follows the familiar path of true love against all odds. Read full article > >

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Going Out Guide movie review: ‘The Vow’

Three different stage versions of the American classic novel The Great Gatsby are set to take place later this year, it is announced.

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Three Gatsby stage plays planned

RICHMOND — Virginia will likely become the second state in the nation — after North Dakota — to allow private adoption agencies to turn away parents based on sexual orientation or religious and moral beliefs. Read full article > >

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Virginia adding ‘conscience clause’ to adoption laws

Parents protest over two accused teachers.

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All Staff Replaced at Sex-Probe School

The entire staff of a school where two teachers were arrested last week for lewd acts involving pupils will be replaced, parents said, citing the superintendent.

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Relatives seek compensation for a boy orphaned when his parents were killed by timber falling off a lorry.

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Relatives seek compensation for a boy orphaned when his parents were killed by timber falling off a lorry.

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Bad news, hungry hip-hop fans. As many of you speculated, Bon Rappetite, the world's first rap themed eatery, does not actually exist. The gloriously pun-filled website Bon-Rappetite.com is currently the closest you will get to such dishes as the Waka Flocka Flambe . That's right, if you can stop thinking about the Talib Quali-i you'll have to make it for yourself. But take heart, because the people behind the site feel your pain. “I wish it were real” says Everett Steele a web designer and one of the co-creators of Bon-Rappetite.com. The hip-hop fan and Atlien (that's Atlantan to the uninitiated) adds, “I have no desire to be a restaurateur but Ludacris, if you are listening, Usher, Drake come down to Atlanta, give me whatever is in that case or what you keep in that room and I will build a restaurant around it.” Click to listen to the CNN Radio podcast: Steele says that the site started as a joke, a collection of puns written on a bar napkin. “Our company really enjoys fun with technology and the internet,” he explains – almost as much as they like puns involving rappers. So Baby Robot Industries , co-founded by Everett and his wife Bunny Mcintosh , decided to take the puns from the napkin to the net. “We emailed it to like ten people” he says. A year later a couple of local Atlanta outlets took notice. Now Steele finds himself fielding questions from national media including a mention in the food magazine Bon Appetit . The site has received tens of thousands of hits and spent the better part of one recent morning down due to high traffic volume. Steele chuckles at the sudden attention but he gets the appeal, everyone loves puns, he says. Best of all, he loves that people now share their own menu items like: Gucci Mane Lobster and A Tribe Called Quesadilla . All jokes aside, Steele does seem a little bothered by assumptions that the site is little more than a marketing ploy. The company, Baby Robot Industries has not gotten any gigs as a result he says. But, he adds, if you find yourself unable to quell a craving for some real Bon Rappetite in your life they will have t-shirts for sale soon replete with a logo that he says “looks almost like a real restaurant.” Click to listen to the CNN Radio podcast:

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Pun-packed faux restaurant website whets appetite for hip-hop dishes

Verizon Communications and Redbox on Monday announced a video entertainment joint venture directly aimed at online streaming giant Netflix. Verizon and Coinstar, the parent company of movie vending machine service Redbox, announced they will jointly provide users with online streaming and video rental services starting in the second half of the year. Read full article > >

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The nation’s leading breast cancer advocacy group has gone into full damage-control mode. Executives of the embattled Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation held conference calls with affiliates Saturday to discuss a new strategy for working with supporters, a first step in rebuilding trust after this week’s public relations fiasco surrounding Komen’s off-then-on-again decision to fund Planned Parenthood. Read full article > >

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Susan G. Komen foundation takes steps to rebuild trust after PR fiasco