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A dozen sites
I'm diggin'

*1. Medical ethicist Art Caplan explains what's accurate vs. what's right about the mammogram recommendation and how it plays into Obama's health care plan.

*2. Stateline.org provides a list of states that are about to allow MegaMillions and Powerball.

3. The Association of Independents in Radio has provided a one-stop shopping page for people trying to sell freelance radio stories.

4. Slate reported that some companies under criminal investigation still received stimulus money.

*5. Will digital recorders replace court reporters? The Des Moines Register reports on how this could play out in Iowa courts.

*6. Bob Dotson gives some practical responses to young journalists' questions about how to tell great stories.

*7. A kudzu-eating bug that also eats soybean crops has been spotted in the Western Hemisphere. Researchers are not very happy about it. 

8. "Wired" explains how to figure out who is behind a Twitter page.

9. There's a new wearable HD camera for sports and action video that costs less than $350. Watch this sample video.

10. The Tennessean's "Life on Hold" project looks at the lives of 20-year-olds trying to "figure it all out." The project features some really nice multimedia.

*11. My favorite cartoon, "Rocky and Bullwinkle," turns 50 this month.

12. The Washington Post reveals how Washington, D.C., which has the nation's highest rate of AIDS cases, wasted millions of dollars on AIDS care.

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