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Pakistani protesters take cover by a tree during clashes with riot police that erupted as protesterrs tried to approach the U.S. embassy, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen / AP)

Launching a new war on cancer

Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center is announcing its own “Moon Shots Program,” aimed at significantly reducing the number of deaths from a handful of cancers by the end of this decade.

CNN

Bernard Madoff victims to receive $2.48 billion payout

Bernard Madoff‘s victims will soon receive $2.48 billion to help cover their losses, by far the largest payout since the swindler’s massive fraud was uncovered nearly four years ago.

Reuters

New, violent anti-Islam film protests

In Pakistan, a government-declared “special day of love” for the Prophet Muhammad has seen violent clashes and at least one death in the northern city of Peshawar and clashes elsewhere.

BBC

Pakistan TV airs Obama ad rejecting the anti-Islam film

Jerusalem Post

Canadian says he’s wrongly linked to the anti-Islam film

Globeandmail.com

Last US surge troops out of Afghanistan

Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country.

CBS News

Blog:

Why are British troops still in Afghanistan?

(Guardian)

Defence and Security Blog

Newfound alien planet in habitable zone

A newly discovered alien planet, Gliese 163C, may be one of the top contenders to support life beyond Earth, researchers say.

Huffington Post

NATION

The poor do have jobs

Millions of poor Americans who do not pay federal income taxes actually do have jobs. They just earn too little to pay taxes, and in some cases, to escape poverty.

CNNMoney

Ohio Amish sect leader, followers convicted of hate crimes

A federal jury convicted an Ohio Amish sect leader and 15 of his followers on federal hate crimes charges in connection with several beard- and hair-cutting attacks on Amish people.

Reuters

POLITICS

Did Supreme Court justice tip hand on the issue of gay marriage?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told a group of students that the Supreme Court may hear challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act, an admission that the nation’s high court is poised to weigh in on same-sex marriage.

NBCNews.com

President Obama changes ‘change’

At a Univision presidential forum in Florida Obama said the most important lesson he learned in office is that “you can’t change Washington from the inside. You can only change it from the outside.”

Politico

BUSINESS

Bank of America speeds up plans to cut 16,000 jobs

Bank of America Corp is speeding up planned job cuts as revenue continues to decline amid new regulations and a tepid economy, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Reuters

Apple poised to sell 10 million iPhones in record debut

Apple Inc. is poised for a record iPhone 5 debut and may not be able to keep up with demand as customers around the world lined up to pick up the latest model of its top-selling product.

BusinessWeek

Where are we? Apple’s messy maps

CNET News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Can a Google function be libelous?

Search engines attempt to guess what users are looking for and offer them suggested words. But can these terms constitute defamation?

Spiegel International

Killer myths of modern technology

As progenitors of post-war prosperity, companies were entrusted with ensuring the future wealth, power, and status of the U.S. But in 1962, one book changed everything.

The Global Mail

ENVIRONMENT

Tortoises manhandled for solar energy splits environmentalists

Rare tortoises are being removed from their burrows for a project to harvest solar energy in the California’s Mojave Desert, showing how complicated it is to combat climate change without collateral damage.

Bloomberg

Will we ever predict earthquakes?

After recent tragedies, the need to tell where and when a quake will strike has never been more important.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The future of driving

The car’s inexorable rise may be stalling. A growing body of academics argue that car ownership and distance driven may be reaching saturation in developed countries — or even be on the wane.

Economist

Special section:

Fewer Americans commuting solo

USA TODAY

Shakedown or public service? Mugshot websites spread

Anybody can access digital secrets, including criminal records, thanks to a proliferation of personal data Internet sites. One subset of these sites features mug shots that can be removed for a fee.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Loose ends after Fast and Furious federal gun investigation

Denver Post

Column (David Harsanyi):

Plenty of voters think they can get something for nothing

Columbus Dispatch

Editorial:

Unreasonable search of cell data

Virginian-Pilot

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Political cartoons

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Peter Singer and Aaron Belkin):

A year after DADT repeal, no harm done

CNN

Blog (Ferris Jabr):

Why we need to study the brain’s evolution to understand the modern mind

(Scientific American)

Brainwaves

Interview (Ceri Radford):

What if rich countries shut the door on immigration?

TIME

Column (Jack Kerwick):

Redistribution: what it means and where it leads

Townhall.com

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GOOD NEWS

Mail carrier ‘heroes’ are eyes, ears and noses for routes

The 63-year-old mailman has detected 16 gas leaks in four years, saving countless families from disaster along a postal route he has traveled for 11 years.

USA TODAY

Design alum gives university $32.5M gift

The University of Michigan School of Art & Design will come into a $40 million windfall, thanks to a gift from a 1966 design graduate and her husband, Penny and E. Roe Stamps.

Detroit News

The man who turned his home into a public library

If you put all the books you own on the street outside your house, you might expect them to disappear. But one man in Manila tried it — and found that his collection grew.

BBC

WORLD

China, Japan shadow boxing over rocks — for now

The dispute between China and Japan over rocky islets in the East China Sea has taken a familiar turn with Beijing deploying a fleet of paramilitary patrol ships.

Reuters

Asia: China calls Japan’s Diaoyu Island purchase illegal

YouTube

S Korea fires warning shots at North Korea’s boats

The South Korean navy has fired warning shots at North Korean fishing vessels that crossed their disputed Yellow Sea border, officials say.

Al Jazeera

EDUCATION

Juvenile records and admissions

Guidance counselors have long debated how much information about an applicant’s disciplinary record should be shared. Only 26 percent of high schools have a written policy.

Inside Higher Ed

Paying for the new teacher contract

Mayor Rahm Emanuel could go a long way toward paying for the new teachers contract by reversing financial maneuvers he ordered last year to prop up Chicago’s budget.

Chicago Sun-Times

HEALTH

Acupuncture helps Parkinson’s patients

Acupuncture may help relieve some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease by reactivating parts of the brain that have become too deactivated, researchers report.

Medical News Today

Scientists create atlas of human brain

Guardian

Promising new pill prevents relapsing multiple sclerosis

A new pill can help prevent relapse in some people with multiple sclerosis (MS), with new research indicating that the relapse rate was cut nearly in half with twice-daily use of the drug

HealthDay

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

German bishops get tough on Catholics who opt out of church tax

Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops have decreed that people who opt out of church tax should not be given sacraments and religious burials.

Yahoo! News

Can religion save Africa’s elephants and rhinos from poachers?

Religious leaders are joining the fight to end the slaughter of Africa’s elephants and rhinos by poachers.

Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

NFL scoring sets record as Vegas adjusts to replacement referees

National Football League scoring has reached a record because of pass-happy offenses and slow-starting defenses. A less obvious reason may be the league’s replacement officials.

Bloomberg

NFL issues warning on conduct

ESPN

Woods makes an early statement, shares lead with Rose

The week began with Greg Norman saying Tiger Woods was intimidated by Rory McIlroy. While it‘s doubtful that inspired Woods, he played as if he wasn’t ready to let McIlroy win another playoff event.

San Jose Mercury News

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