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A participant wears an anti-nuclear sign at a rally protesting the usage of nuclear energy in Tokyo. Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the last of this nation’s 50 nuclear reactors switching off, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP)

Recession generation has adulthood on hold

Today’s young adults are caught in a generation where gaining economic independence is a longer haul than it was for their parents — who continue supporting their now-adult offspring.

Star Tribune

Too hot not to notice: connecting the dots on climate change

New data released show that many Americans are growing more concerned about climate change, precisely because they’re drawing the links between freaky weather and their own lives.

Grist

Japan switches off last nuclear reactor

Japan is switching off its last nuclear reactor as part of a safety drive, leaving Japan without energy from atomic power for the first time in more than 40 years.

BBC

Thousands march, celebrate as Japan shuts off nuclear power

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Japan shuts down last nuclear reactor

Al Jazeera

9/11 suspects ignore, disrupt Guantanamo arraignment

Silence from accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others resulted in delays during their arraignment in Guantanamo Bay.

CNN

9/11 mastermind to be arraigned

USA TODAY

Syrian children learn to forget, move on

For years, Syrian children were taught that Assad is the son of a god. But as they begin new lives as refugees in Turkey, their teacher is helping to give them a new start.

The Independent

Syrian refugees face housing shortages

Daily Star

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A spectator reads a racing program before the 138th running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. (Photo by Matt Slocum / AP)	A Buddhist temple stands illuminated on the eve of the annual Buddhist festival “Vesakha” in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe / AP)	Performers dance during a preview of American Broadway musical “A Chorus Line” at the Marina Bay Sands Theatre in Singapore. (Photo by Wong Maye-E / AP)

NATION

Reports are showing new slowdowns in US job growth

The U.S. generated just 115,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent, but for the wrong reason — workers abandoned the labor force.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Where unemployment is tumbling

CNNMoney

NY lab creating jobs with nano-technology

CBS News

NYPD facing court challenge over controversial stop-and-frisk tactics

A federal lawsuit has passed key legal hurdles and is now set to throw focus on the NYPD’s so-called stop-and-frisk policy that critics say amounts to racial profiling.

Guardian

POLITICS

Obama: End the war in Afghanistan and rebuild the US

After more than a decade of war, President Barack Obama called on Americans to turn their attention to the home front and build a country worthy of the sacrifices made in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Politico

Checkout lines can fill campaign coffers

Americans may soon find it easier than ever to participate in pocketbook politics thanks to a series of federal campaign finance decisions that loosen restrictions on Internet and mobile technology.

Politico

BUSINESS

Ohio Court of Appeals reverses $2B judgment against Ford

The Ohio Court of Appeals has thrown out a $2 billion award against Ford and ordered a new trial for a class of commercial truck dealers who claimed the automaker overcharged them for 11 years.

Detroit Free Press

Oil prices fall to 6-month low with gas prices to follow

The price of oil plunged to its lowest level in nearly six months, falling below $100 per barrel for the first time since February. A drop in gasoline prices can’t be far behind.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Nano-subs grab and move oil spills

Scientists say they have built a self-propelled “microsubmarine” that can scoop up oil from contaminated waters and take the droplets to a collection facility.

Discovery News

Shipbreaking yards in South Asia

E.U. safety rules for recycling yards could save hundreds from injury and poisoning but pose dangers for South Asian economies.

Guardian

HEALTH

Fertility methods increase risk of birth defects, study shows

Babies conceived with infertility treatment methods are more likely to have certain birth defects than those conceived naturally, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

ABC News

Though breast cancer is rare in men, they tend to fare worse

Men rarely get breast cancer, but those who do often do not survive as long as women because they do not realize they can get it and are slow to recognize the warning signs, researchers say.

USA TODAY

EDUCATION

Are educators showing a ‘positive bias’ to minority students?

A new study indicates that public school teachers under-challenge minority students by providing them more positive feedback than they give to white students, for work of equal merit.

ScienceDaily

Individual US schools take part in PISA pilot project

More than 100 schools are participating in a pilot project in which students take a test based on a high-profile global assessment known by the acronym PISA, the Program for International Student Assessment.

Education Week

The money of study abroad

While American universities are among those that profit from international education, other countries pursue a different path.

Inside Higher Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Farmers’ markets go online

Online ordering systems, like Arganica Farm Club in the mid-Atlantic, Green Bean Delivery in the Midwest and SPUD in the Northwest, deliver fresh local produce to consumers.

Christian Science Monitor

Miniature horse named Sprout aids hospital healing

Every other Wednesday, Sprout the miniature horse wends his way through a Colorado Springs hospital, evoking a spontaneous delight that briefly banishes the specter of sickness and stress.

Denver Post

Jogging boosts lifespan up to 6 years, study shows

A new study found that people who regularly jog tack on an average of 6.2 years on a lifespan for a man, and 5.6 years for a woman.

CBS News

WORLD

No sign of controls easing in China after Chen case