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London pollution level nine (very high)on April 3, 2014. (Photo by David Holt)

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US heroin-overdose deaths nearly triple 2010 to ’13 -study

Heroin overdose deaths in the U.S. nearly tripled from 2010 to 2013. Although the CDC study did not look at the reason for the sharp increase, earlier work hinted at a link to prescription painkillers.

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Reuters

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Young white males now account for most heroin overdose deaths in the U.S.

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Yibada

As air pollution declines, kids breathe better

Improvement in older children’s lung function was seen in conjunction with declines in ambient air pollutant levels, according to combined results from three studies in Southern California.

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China’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ yields environment billionaires

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Bloomberg

The anti-pollution documentary that’s taken China by storm

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NPR

US challenges Israel to sharpen alternative path on Iranian nuclear negotiations

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s proposal to Congress on a holistic approach in talks with Iran over its aggressive behavior is “not in any way a realistic alternative,” the Obama administration said.

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PHILANTHROPY AND AID

David Geffen donates $100 million to Lincoln Center

Entertainment industry executive David Geffen has donated $100 million to New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

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Daily Mail

Corporate philanthropy: hostile takeover or helpful charity?

Corporations are not necessarily driven to make donations for altruistic reasons nor are they influenced emotionally to support nonprofits.

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Huffington Post

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty: China‘s draft anti-terror law ’contravenes international human rights law’

The overly broad definition of extremism in China’s proposed anti-terrorism law could mean that almost any behavior or speech that the government dislikes could qualify as “extremism.”

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Human Rights Watch urges Kyrgyzstan to reject anti-gay bill

The Human Rights Watch has urged Kyrgyzstan to reject an anti-gay bill similar to Russia’s anti-gay law.

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Pink News

Morocco: Two sentenced on homosexuality charge

Two men accused of consensual homosexual activity are serving prison terms after a trial that seems to have been unfair.

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Human Rights Watch

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

HBO’s streaming service for cord cutters now has a name and price

HBO’s cable-free streaming service will be called “HBO Now” and cost $15 per month, according to International Business Times. HBO is reportedly trying to launch the service.

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Quartz

Sunderland retailers get the chance to develop city’s market trade

Retailers are getting the opportunity to develop the city’s market trade, as part of a major plan to help boost the economy.

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Sunderland Echo

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Fed struggled in 2009 over how to boost economy, papers show

As the Great Recession inflicted worsening damage on the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve struggled during 2009 to determine the best corrective steps to pursue.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

European trade policy is at an impasse

All eyes are currently on the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which the EU and the U.S. have been engaged in since the summer of 2013.

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Euractiv

Aide: Van Hollen ‘very likely’ to seek Mikulski’s seat

As Maryland’s senior senator, Barbara Mikulski, prepares to finish her last term in the U.S. Senate, politicians across the state are gearing up to run for her seat.

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Mizeur weighing run for retiring Mikulski’s Senate seat

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Sen. Barbara Mikulski retiring: Will Martin O’Malley run?

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

91-year-old is living her dream as a tech designer at Silicon Valley firm

A nonagenarian has started a new career as a valuable part of Silicon Valley’s tech world, bringing her years of wisdom to the industry.

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Huffington Post

Three to five cups of coffee a day could reduce the risk of heart attack

Major study suggests that ‘moderate’ coffee drinking – three to five cups a day - could prevent the arteries from clogging, and stave off strokes and heart attacks

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NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Dublin nonprofit helps small-scale African farmers using old pool pumps

Project 41 gathers pool pumps, many of them recycled, and sends them to Uganda, Kenya and Ghana to help transfer gallons of water from rivers and lakes to the fields.

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ABC News

Report: Taking for-profit colleges nonprofit can generate hefty profits for owners

A new report found that several college chains have made the switch to running a traditional higher education institution a profitable enterprise its own.

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Consumerist

ENVIRONMENT

Coffee capsule inventor ‘feels bad’ for environmental damage – prefers filters

His idea revolutionised beverage preparation and spawned a multibillion-pound industry, but the inventor of the American version of the coffee capsule has admitted he fears for what his creation is doing to the environment.

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The Independent

Arctic sea ice is getting thinner faster than expected

While the steady disappearance of sea ice in the Arctic has been one of the hallmark effects of global warming, research shows it is not only covering less of the planet, but it’s also getting significantly thinner.

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Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Galaxy in front of supernova creates cosmic mirage: Einstein Cross

Far, far away, a galaxy is acting as a cosmic split-screen. Parked in front of an exploding star, the galaxy’s gravity is projecting magnified images of the supernova in a celestial mirage called an Einstein Cross.

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National Geographic

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Hubble Space Telescope captures exploding star

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Sydney Morning Herald

‘First human’ discovered in Ethiopia

Scientists have unearthed the jawbone of what they claim is one of the very first humans. The 2.8 million-year-old specimen is 400,000 years older than researchers thought that our kind first emerged.

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BBC

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Jaws, not brains, define early human species

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Skulls have many uses as teaching aids - from the chimp skull on the left, used by zoologists, to the high-tech reproduction of a human skull on the right, a section used to help surgeons prepare for reconstructive surgery. (Photo by UCL Engineering)

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