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After a recent cease-fire took effect, Syrian troops pounded a rebel stronghold as the country’s foreign minister met with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing during the latest round of talks aimed at preventing the truce from unraveling. (Photo by Shaam News Network via AP video / AP)

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Scientists hail breakthrough in breast cancer research

A recent study done by researchers in the U.K. and Canada has shown that all the different ways that cells change when they become cancerous can be grouped into 10 different categories.

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BBC

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Breakthrough in breast cancer screening after Cancer Research UK report

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Using science to bring together enemies

While tensions continue to remain high between the United States and North Korea, the relationship is more cordial between their scientists.

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CNN

Syria yet to send ‘clear signal’ on peace

Syria has not yet fully withdrawn troops from towns, failing to send a “clear signal” about its commitment to peace, underlining Western fears over the prospects for a week-old truce.

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Reuters

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Killings persist in Syria amid shaky cease-fire

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CNN

US apologizes for photos

The U.S. has voiced regrets for photos showing American troops posing with bodies of Afghan insurgents. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has called them a violation of America’s “core values.”

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CBC News

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More photos embarrass Pentagon

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Sydney Morning Herald

Are EVs worth it? Study helps calculate savings on emissions, fuel

How much an electric vehicle (EV) saves on fuel or cuts greenhouse gas emissions depends on many variables, including gas prices and whether the local electric grid is fed mainly by coal power.

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Christian Science Monitor

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A boon to California’s electric vehicle economy

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San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Inquiry hints at wider scandal connected to Secret Service

Investigators believe that as many as 21 women were brought by U.S. Secret Service and military personnel to the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, during a night of carousing.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Secret Service pushing out 3 members amid Colombia scandal

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CNN

BP oil spill settlement: Justice may come to 100,000 Gulf Coast victims

BP and a committee representing more than 100,000 plaintiffs have agreed on a blueprint to settle billions of dollars in unresolved economic, property and medical damage claims.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Gulf seafood deformities alarm scientists

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Al Jazeera

Thousands housed in trailers after Hurricane Katrina may get payments

More than 20 mobile home manufacturers have agreed to pay $14.8 million to thousands of U.S. hurricane victims who said they were harmed by formaldehyde in trailer homes.

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Reuters

POLITICS

Kim Jong Un to George W. Bush: why the world still has hereditary rulers

Although hereditary monarchies have dwindled to a only few states, the bequeathing of political power from parent to son or daughter is a remarkably ubiquitous phenomenon.

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The Atlantic

Obama and Romney seek the elusive ‘floating voter’

The 2012 general election campaign is just getting under way, though most voters have already made up their minds. The question is how the more independent-minded voters end up making their choice.

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NPR

BUSINESS

Citigroup investors give thumbs down to executive pay

Citigroup has become the first Wall Street bank to get a thumbs down from shareholders over outsized executive pay.

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CBS News

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Citigroup shareholders revolt over Pandit’s pay

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BusinessWeek

Rite of passage into the ‘Hacker’s Way’ for Facebook’s engineers

Since 2008, hundreds of software engineers have survived Facebook’s Bootcamp. It does not require physical training, but it does prepare each new recruit for the “Hacker’s Way.”

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Kansas City Star

Turning a job you hate into a job you love

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Forbes

EDUCATION

Florida governor earmarks nearly half of $70 million state budget for education

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a nearly $70 billion spending plan for the state government that gives half a loaf back to public schools and a helping of hometown projects to lawmakers.

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Orlando Sentinel

Alone in the classroom: why teachers are too isolated

Educators spend most of their time distanced from their colleagues. Instead of competing with each other, we should help them find new ways to work together.

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The Atlantic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘So much things to say’ about Bob Marley

When Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald was at boarding school, he had a passing interest in the music of Bob Marley. As he delved deeper into the music of the reggae legend, things changed.

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The Independent

Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2012

They are the people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world. Meet the breakouts, pioneers, moguls, leaders and icons who make up this year’s “Time 100.”

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TIME

HEALTH

Boom in biking benefits everyone, not just bicyclists

All Americans are better off because biking and walking foster public health, strong local communities and economies, less traffic, safer streets, lower energy use and a cleaner environment.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Bike to work: commuting with ‘park to pedal’ instead of driving all the way

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Huffington Post

Can the power of positive thinking help you achieve that hole-in-one?

Psychologists at Purdue University have found a use for positive thinking: You can improve your golf game by believing that the hole is larger than it really is.

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NPR

Brain cancer vaccine shows early signs of promise, but further trials will tell

A vaccine made from patients’ own tumor cells has shown promise against the most common form of adult brain cancer, according to a new, small study.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Colleges must do their part on costs

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Protecting America from cyber attacks

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Denver Post

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Let us stop talking about a ‘double-dip’ recession

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Reuters

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Will Americans tolerate laws that encourage racial profiling?

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McClatchy Newspapers

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The war on women takes a turn for the worse

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Bloomberg

Americas summit: A worthy meeting concludes with uncertain results

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Political cartoons

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U.S. News & World Report

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Liberals have forgotten how to make the religious case for liberal causes

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Breaking bread with fellow wounded veterans after war

More than 45,000 American men and women have been wounded in 10 years of fighting. But there are stops along the road to recovery, which include something as simple as a dinner with friends.

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CBS News

Man with 1 arm set to climb Everest

For most of us, climbing Mount Everest with two arms would be an accomplishment. Jaco van Gass is doing it with only one.

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TIME

Stigma of depression could be reduced by blood test

Can a psychiatric disorder be diagnosed with a blood test? That may be the future if two recent studies pan out.

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LiveScience

WORLD

Suu Kyi to make 1st trip since 1988

Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi plans to travel to Britain and Norway on her first trip abroad in 24 years. Suu Kyi had not left Burma out of fear the nation’s junta would not allow her return.

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TIME

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Good and evil in Myanmar

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Globeandmail.com

For an American in Cuba, Havana is filled with contradictions

The green 1951 Dodge Coronet clattering along Havana’s famed Malecon coastal seawall looks like a half-century-old car, but lift the hood and, much like Cuba, things are not as expected.

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McClatchy Newspapers

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Our Neanderthal ancestry

What enabled humans to take over the world while our cousins are caged in zoos or long extinct? In seeking to answer this question, Elizabeth Kolbert asks what defines us as human.

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Guardian

Sun unleashes spectacular solar flare

The sun erupted in an amazing solar flare, unleashing an eruption of super-heated plasma that arced high above the star’s surface before blasting out into space.

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Msnbc.com

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Giant prominence erupts

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NASA

ENVIRONMENT

The post-storm chaser

When tornadoes hit, Andrew Curtis books a flight. He is kind of like a storm chaser, except with the good sense to wait until the storm is already gone.

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The Atlantic

Most people tie extreme weather to global warming, poll finds

A recent survey suggests that direct experience of erratic weather may be convincing some people that the problem of climate change is no longer just a vague and distant threat.

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Msnbc.com

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This week’s extreme weather

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Huffington Post

Japanese tsunami debris to hit West Coast this year, sooner than expected

A new estimate suggests that debris from the Japanese tsunami will hit U.S. coasts this year, not next year as previously thought. Who will lead the cleanup is still being worked out.

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Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

‘Bad Religion’ — when American faith transcended differences

Ross Douthat’s book about contemporary American Christianity is making waves. His analyses of “left-wing” and “right-wing” Christians are hitting close to home for many readers.

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More congregations turn to Facebook, Internet and high-tech outreach

No matter where you live, you can go to church, so to speak, with Christ Fellowship. The McKinney, Texas, congregation is on board with almost every high-tech gambit under heaven.

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USA TODAY

SPORTS

One for the aged: Moyer becomes oldest pitcher to win game in majors

The Rockies’ Jamie Moyer showed there remains a place for a vintage lefty in a young man’s game. The 49-year-old became the oldest pitcher to ever win a major league contest.

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Sports Illustrated

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Quiz: Who are the oldest achievers in sports?

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USA TODAY

100 days to go: Is London ready for the 2012 Olympics?

Seven years after upsetting favorite Paris to win the right to host the 2012 Olympics, London is in the final straight of a long and often bumpy run-up to stage the sporting showpiece.

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CNN

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Security a priority for the London Olympics

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YouTube

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Study: Creativity is decreasing among American children

A study of creativity tests going back to the 1970s found that creativity has decreased among American children.

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Photo of the Day

In this U.S. Navy photo, Ecuadorian sailors of the tall ship BAE Guayas man the yardarms as they arrive in New Orleans in conjunction with the War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration. (Photo by U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 1st Class Kenneth W. Robinson / AP)

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