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In this file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, his brother Maher, center, and brother-in-law Major General Assef Shawkat (deputy defense minister in Syria), left, stand during the funeral of late president Hafez Assad. Syria’s state-run TV says Shawkat is among the dead in a suicide bombing in Damascus. (Photo by File / AP)

Hoarding: living with the overwhelming need for stuff

Last year, an investigation found that “excessive clutter” in as many as 15 units contributed to a major apartment building blaze in Toronto in 2010.

Globeandmail.com

The war on ‘Teen Vogue’: Young readers escalate campaign for more ‘real girls’

Teenage girls are stepping up a fight for the magazine to show a wider range of body types, claiming current images spark eating disorders and other problems.

Daily Beast

Teen spirit spurs bill to lower voting age

Wall Street Journal

Syrian defense minister killed in bombing

Syria’s defense minister has been killed in a suicide bombing at a national security building in Damascus, state-run media has reported.

CNN

Syria talks near showdown as violence grows

Bloomberg

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White House concerned that Assad will use chemical weapons in Syria

(The Hill)

Global Affairs

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Syria: the war within

Al Jazeera

Rise of the machines

Human-driven technological progress has largely replaced evolution as the dominant force shaping our future. If we are not careful, this could lead to a “sudden global ecological catastrophe.”

The Age

NYC’s trans fat ban cuts consumption

New York City’s pioneering ban on trans fats in restaurant food has led to a reduction in consumption, a change that should mean better cardiovascular health.

Boston Herald

Blog:

Why trans fat ban is good for the heart

(CBS News)

Health Pop

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A boy plays in a water feature at the Marina Barrage, a reservoir in the heart of the business district in Singapore. (Photo by Wong May E / AP)	John Daniel Pagano, a historical interpreter in period clothing, constructs a table at the Henricus Historical Park in Chester, Va. (Photo by Steve Helber / AP)	Dancers in Paper Windmill Cultural Foundation perform during a dress rehearsal of “Paper Windmill Fantasia” in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Wally Santana / AP)

NATION

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,910

At least 1,910 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

Seattle Times

Boy Scouts of America reaffirms ban on gays following review

After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays, ruling out any changes despite relentless protest campaigns by some critics.

Salt Lake Tribune

POLITICS

Cheney joins Lockheed to fight against defense cuts

The defense industry and its Republican allies in Congress are increasing their volume this week in a concerted push to avert defense cuts.

BusinessWeek

Jet-setting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton breaks travel record

If diplomatic achievements were measured by the number of countries visited, Hillary Clinton would be the most accomplished secretary of state in history.

Yahoo! News

House candidates raise more than $566M

House candidates have already raised more than $566 million for the 2012 race as of the 15-month mark in the campaign — $57 million more than at the same point two years ago.

Politico

BUSINESS

HSBC ‘allowed drug cartels to launder money’ through its US operations

Lax controls at Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its U.S. operations, an investigation by the U.S. Senate has found.

Al Jazeera

Yahoo turns to Google’s Mayer for revival

Yahoo picked Google’s Marissa Mayer to become its new CEO, turning to an engineer with established Silicon Valley credentials to turn around the struggling former Internet powerhouse.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The computer is still no match for the human brain

You might not imagine that a task that takes you a couple of seconds to complete is a task that computers cannot complete at all, but it’s true.

ScienceDaily

Oxytocin: is it the molecule for love, morality and prosperity?

For almost a decade, the simple hormone oxytocin has been relentlessly hyped as a one-ingredient recipe for a utopian society. But the science may be more complicated.

Slate

Blog:

Can science help explain why file sharers buy music?

Techdirt

The power grid: from rickety to resilient

Blackouts will become more common unless we build a system that can bend but not break.

TIME

HEALTH

FDA bans bisphenol-A from baby bottles

The federal government announced that baby bottles and sippy cups can no longer contain the chemical bisphenol-A.

ABC News

Cancer risk doubles with high-weight babies

Examiner

Chocolate really is good for you

Dark chocolate has been given another health accolade — it has received the backing of the European Food Safety Authority because of its capacity to improve blood circulation.

Sydney Morning Herald

The deadly world of fake medicine

Everyone knows about the risks that narcotics pose and the lethal war waged against them. But there are probably far more deaths caused by dangerous therapeutic medicines.

CNN

EDUCATION

Obama proposes elite corps of teachers

The Obama administration has unveiled plans to create an elite corps of master teachers, a $1 billion effort to boost students’ achievement in science, technology, engineering and math.

NPR

Substitute teaching in schools is the subject of scrutiny

While substitute teachers are largely seen as occasional pinch hitters for full-time teachers, statistics show that students spend a good chunk of their time in school with them.

Education Week

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The Daily Quote

“I‘ve become a real believer in not defining every single thing. Seems like every time you think you’ve figured out what something is, it just becomes something else.”

Janeane Garofalo

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GOOD NEWS

‘Happiest 5K on the planet’

The Color Run — a 5k run in which volunteers shower participants with colored dust at each kilometer mark — is continuing its 2012 tour and bringing vibrant energy to charity.

AnnArbor.com

Good deeds in celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday

Across South Africa and even abroad, people are doing good deeds to honor the country’s most famous statesman on his 94th birthday.

CBS News

UW, Stanford offer free online classes

The University of Washington and other schools are joining a free experiment in online education that adherents believe has the potential to revolutionize the way college classes are taught.

Seattle Times

WORLD

‘Mystery woman’ stirs talk of changing times in North Korea