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February 11, 2012 | 8:24 AM PST
Jeremy Lin crushing it as overnight Twitter star
Few people outside of his friends and family ever heard of him a week ago; Now he's turned into a sports (and Twitter) phenom
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Play CBS Video February 11, 2012 | 5:04 AM PST
Contraception flap: How big an issue?
President Obama tried to create a compromise in his contraception law, but the GOP is trying to turn it into an issue of religious freedom. Seth Doane speaks with John Dickerson on whether contraception will become a big issue in Campaign 2012.
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February 10, 2012 | 1:51 PM PST
Hackers claim hits on CIA, U.N. Web sites
CIA Web site is down in what appears to be a denial-of-service attack by Anonymous as part of anti-law enforcement demonstration Friday.
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Play CBS Video February 10, 2012 | 11:01 AM PST
CNET's Next Big Thing in Tech 2012
CNET.com brings you an insider's look into the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show where you'll catch the hottest technologies breaking out now, as well as trends just over the horizon.
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February 10, 2012 | 8:22 AM PST
Lake Vostok water given to Vladimir Putin
After more than two decades of drilling, Russian researchers reached the subglacial Antarctic lake Sunday
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February 10, 2012 | 5:07 AM PST
Steve Jobs file reveals frank assessments
Late Apple co-founder and CEO at one point held a Top Secret government clearance, was targeted for extortion in 1980s
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February 9, 2012 | 2:29 PM PST
How Earth's next supercontinent will form
Amasia is (very slowly) coming this way
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February 9, 2012 | 6:25 AM PST
Zebras' stripes tell nasty flies to buzz off
To see how unappealing zebra stripes might be, researchers visited a horsefly-infested horse farm near Budapest
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February 9, 2012 | 6:03 AM PST
Obama hosts White House science fair
Student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country visited the White House
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Play CBS Video February 8, 2012 | 2:37 PM PST
Almanac: Indiana's pi bill
February 5, 1897 was the day the Indiana House of Representatives endorsed the idea of a small town doctor Edwin Johnston Goodwin who came up with a method of "squaring a circle" with the incorrect value for the mathematical constant, pi.
Sunday Morning
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February 8, 2012 | 1:09 PM PST
Fatal shark attacks see spike in 2011
The United States had zero shark-attacks fatalities last year
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February 8, 2012 | 5:56 AM PST
Majestic Carina Nebula revealed in new picture
The most detailed image yet of the well-known Carina nebula has been caught by a European telescope
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February 8, 2012 | 5:27 AM PST
Fishermen reel in 40-foot whale shark
Pakistani fishermen used cranes to pull the carcass of a whale shark from the waters at a fish harbor in Karachi
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February 7, 2012 | 7:04 PM PST
Study: Ocean fish may have freshwater ancestor
Most saltwater fish seem to have evolved from a common freshwater ancestor, despite all life originating oceans, study finds
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February 7, 2012 | 10:50 AM PST
Obama hosts White House science fair
White House science fair features projects designed by over 100 students
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February 7, 2012 | 8:06 AM PST
How online dating has changed matchmaking
Expert discusses how online dating has changed over time, who is looking for love online and what they're looking for
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February 7, 2012 | 7:15 AM PST
Companies vie for place in streaming video biz
Verizon teams up with RedBox to offer streaming video, joins several major companies looking to cash in on web viewing market
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February 7, 2012 | 7:14 AM PST
Russian team reaches Antarctica's buried Lake Vostok, say reports
Lake Vostok has been cut off from daylight for 14 million years and is buried beneath 2 miles of ice
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Play CBS Video February 7, 2012 | 6:25 AM PST
Dating culture altered by digital matchmaking
Online dating is the second most common way for couples to meet, according to a new report. Cornell University's Jeffrey Hancock speaks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the world of digital dating.
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February 6, 2012 | 11:33 AM PST
Mars 'super-drought' may make red planet too dry for alien life
Researchers: The surface of Mars may have been arid and desolate for more than 600 million years
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February 6, 2012 | 6:28 AM PST
Terminally ill prof teaches end-of-life lessons
University of Missouri educator using web to share cancer experience, says he's not wasting his time fighting the cancer
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February 4, 2012 | 9:23 AM PST
Social media muscle rises again in Komen flap
Group agreed to keep funding Planned Parenthood only after online firestorm; Latest example of social media influence
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February 4, 2012 | 6:35 AM PST
Hackers claim to have hit Swedish gov't site
CyberForce, part of the hacking collective Anonymous, claims responsibility for attack on Swedish government website
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February 4, 2012 | 4:23 AM PST
Create your own ultimate TV room
Products to maximize your viewing pleasure - on Game Day, and any time!
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February 3, 2012 | 2:18 PM PST
"Blue Marble' view of Earth's other side
Another spectacular view of our home planet taken by NASA's Earth-watching satellite
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