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• The figures issued by the U.N.'s mission to Iraq is close to January's death toll of 733, showing that a surge of violence that began 10 months ago with a government crackdown on a Sunni protest camp is not receding. Meanwhile, attacks Saturday killed at least five people and wounded 14, authorities said.
• Attacks in February killed 564 civilians and 139 security force members in February, the U.N. said. The violence wounded 1,381, the vast majority civilians, it said. That compares to February 2013, when attacks killed 418 civilians and wounded 704.
• The capital, Baghdad, was the worst affected with 239 people killed, according to the U.N. Two predominantly Sunni provinces -- central Salaheddin with 121 killed and northern Ninevah with 94 killed -- followed.
• U.N. mission chief Nickolay Mladenov appealed to Iraqis to stop the violence.
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Promise and peril as wireless companies, gadget makers connect everything
• BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- We're in the beginning of a world in which everything is connected to the Internet and with one another, while powerful yet relatively cheap computers analyze all that data for ways to improve lives.
• Toothbrushes tell your mirror to remind you to floss. Basketball jerseys detect impending heart failure and call the ambulance for you.
• At least that's the vision presented this past week at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain. The four-day conference highlighted what the tech industry has loosely termed "the Internet of things."
• Some of that wisdom is already available or promised by the end of the year.
• Fitness devices from Sony and Samsung connect with your smartphones to provide digital records of your daily lives. French startup Cityzen Sciences has embedded fabric with heart-rate and other sensors to track your physical activities.
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'12 Years a Slave' rolls at 29th annual Spirit Awards, winning 5 awards
• SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- "12 Years a Slave" rolled at the Spirit Awards, winning five awards including best feature at the annual independent film celebration.
• On the eve of the Academy Awards, the slavery tale won awards for director Steve McQueen, actress Lupita Nyong'o, screenwriter John Ridley and cinematog (Continued on page 32)
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