From the Wires

UPI.com: New study suggests there could be 4.5 billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy.

AP: Monopoly fans voted in an online contest to replace the iron token with a cat.

CBSnews: In the wake of Romney’s defeat, conservatives have a message – make that two, conflicting, messages.

Reuters: The Postal Service plans to drop Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August.

CNET: Facebook-owned Instagram launched a website that works just like its iPhone and Android apps, except for photo uploading capabilities.

Salon.com: The real estate mogul yesterday filed a $5 million lawsuit against Bill Maher, after the television host failed to fulfill his end of a deal asking Trump to prove he is not a “spawn of an orangutan.”

Reuters: Michael Dell will take computer company Dell Inc private in a $24.4 billion deal that marks the biggest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis.

Guardian: Energy-saving technologies and a doubling in renewables led to the reduction in climate pollution, new figures show.

PC World: HP is the latest PC manufacturer to offer a Chromebook, the HP Pavilion 14.

CBSNews: Super Bowl XLVII’s dramatic second half was made more so by a power blackout, which halted play and left millions of TV viewers in the dark.