The must-read news from around the web and in today’s papers:
- A look at how traumatic brain injury changes the lives of war veterans: [Mother Jones]
- Inside Pakistan’s new push for a leading role in the Afghan war: [BBC]
- Gil Scott-Heron, author of the famous poem “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” is back in action: [MoJo]
- A military coup ousts the president of Niger after a gun battle to capture the capital: [BBC]
- How credit card issuers are ramping up fees and rates before new regulations on Monday: [MoJo]
- A protestor crashed his plane into a Texas IRS building, allegedly killing himself and one other: [Wall Street Journal]
- A gay conservative group and Christian right-wingers square off at CPAC: [MoJo]
- The international value of the dollar hits an eight-month high: [Bloomberg]
- A new foreclosure crisis is enveloping commercial real estate today: [Washington Post]
- US looks to make Karzai a key player in its ongoing surge: [WSJ]
- Marco Rubio: Belle of the CPAC ball? [Politico]