Here is your R&D top five for January 18th:

Ukraine vote: Yanukovich wins first round in shift back toward Russia from the Christian Science Monitor

Gay marriage supporters fear Supreme Court’s ruling was an omen from the Los Angeles Times

More U.S. troops expected as frustration grows in Haiti from the Detroit Free Press

Terrorism and Indo-Pakistani Escalation from the Council on Foreign Relations

Head Start’s Impact Evanescent — HHS Study from the Cato Institute