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    Good day, bad day: January 30, 2012

    Music fans celebrate Jack White's return, while football fans admit they'd miss their child's birth to watch the Super Bowl — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle

    GOOD DAY FOR:

    Quitting your day job
    The late music mogul Alan Meltzer leaves $1 million of his $10 million estate to his chauffeur. His doorman gets $500,000. [Newser]

    Going solo
    Jack White, formerly of The White Stripes, announces he will release his first solo album in April. [The Daily What]

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    Women tired of taking the pill
    Researchers find that blasting male reproductive organs with ultrasound halts sperm production, hinting at the potential for a cheap, effective form of male birth control. [Boing Boing]

    BAD DAY FOR:

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    Family loyalty
    Fifteen percent of participants in a new survey say they would miss the birth of their child to watch their team play in the Super Bowl. [UPI]

    Mark Zuckerberg
    A poll of 4,000 Facebook users finds that 83 percent have a negative reaction to the social network's much-touted new Timeline profile format. [TIME]

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    Old habits
    A study shows that upon returning to the U.S., many soldiers have a hard time re-adapting to driving outside of conflict zones, and may revert to dangerous driving behavior. [ThinkProgress]

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