Worth reading: Egypt protests turn violent; Anderson Cooper attacked; Wikileaks up for Nobel Peace Prize-February 02, 2011

Worth reading: Egypt protests turn violent; Anderson Cooper attacked; Wikileaks up
for Nobel Peace Prize

Published: Wednesday, February 02, 2011, 4:29 PM Updated: Wednesday, February 02, 2011, 4:36 PM

Troy Reimink | The Grand Rapids Press By Troy Reimink | The Grand Rapids Press

egypt.jpgAPProtesters clash with pro-government forces on the streets of Cairo.

• At least one person is dead and hundreds are injured after anti-government and pro-Mubarak factions clash in Cairo. (Al Jazeera)

• The upheaval in Egypt upends decades of U.S. policy in the Middle East. (Bloomberg)

• CNN's Anderson Cooper was attacked by a pro-Mubarak mob while reporting from Cairo. He got punched several times in the head, then resumed his broadcast. (Mediaite)

• Got big dreams of winning the lottery? Turns out the system can be cracked. (Wired)

• Wikileaks has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. (Reuters)

• NASA's Kepler planet-hunting satellite has discovered more than 1,200 possible planets orbiting other stars, and 68 of them are about the size of Earth. (NY Times)

• A massive cyclone has hit northern Australia, an area still reeling from recent flooding. (CNN)

• Following a repeal by a Florida judge, the legal future of President Obama's health care reform is in doubt. (American Spectator)