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Supporters of Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election, Francois Hollande, react after the first results were announced at Bastille Square in Paris, France. Socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. (Photo by Laurent Cipriani / AP)

Did a copying mistake make humans smart?

Mutations from cell division appear to be responsible for critical features of the human brain that distinguish us from our closest primate kin, new research finds.

Discovery News

‘The Avengers’ pulverizes a record with $200 million box-office haul

“The Avengers” has smashed the competition at the box office. The Marvel-Disney movie made $200 million in its opening weekend, crushing the previous record holder by more than $30 million.

Chicago Sun-Times

Meet ‘The Avengers’

San Jose Mercury News

Hollande ousts Sarkozy as French leader

Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France’s presidential election in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe and promised to start a pushback against German-led austerity policies.

Reuters

French election results and US economy

CNN

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French election 2012

Telegraph.co.uk

Libertarians may have found their audience in 2012 race

Somewhere on the path to the White House, a powerful set of ideas began to creep into the mainstream debate over which direction the country will take.

NPR

Citigroup to sponsor bike-sharing program in New York CIty

Citigroup agreed to pay $41 million to sponsor New York City’s bicycle-rental program, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg said will be the largest in the U.S. when it begins in July.

Bloomberg

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A “supermoon” nears the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano / AP)	Kermit Ruffins performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)	A Buddhist monk beats a drum and prays during Buddha Purnima celebration in New Delhi. (Photo by Manish Swarup / AP)

NATION

Rents soar as foreclosure victims, young workers seek housing

The average monthly U.S. rent is at an all-time high. With fewer apartment units and tighter standards for home loans, housing scarcity and rising rent are just two more causes of the mortgage crisis.

Los Angeles Times

Mortgage rates hit new lows

Christian Science Monitor

Overturn of health law could disrupt Medicare payments

Medicare’s payment system, the network that handles 100 million monthly claims, could freeze up if President Barack Obama’s health care law is summarily overturned, the administration said.

Detroit News

Prayer rugs, disruption and legal moves in trial of 9/11 defendants

In an unusual move, defendants in the trial of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed insisted on having their full charges read, yet most defendants seemed not to pay attention during the reading.

Christian Science Monitor

Defiant in court

Msnbc.com

POLITICS

US vice-president Joe Biden ‘absolutely comfortable’ with same-sex marriage

Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Joe Biden said he is “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex marriages, adding that homosexual couples are entitled to “the exact same rights” as heterosexual ones.

Guardian

‘Virginia … we’re not going back’

President Barack Obama kicked off his re-election campaign at rallies in Ohio and Richmond, Va., where he cast the election as a choice between policies of the past or progress moving forward.

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Minority vote will be strong for Obama

CBS News

BUSINESS

Startups begin to make patents a priority

Software startups have traditionally avoided patenting their innovations, viewing it as an unneeded expense. But today, more companies than ever are choosing to file patent paperwork.

San Francisco Chronicle

Greening New York’s iconic skyscraper

The Empire State Building has long been a signature feature of Manhattan’s skyline. But owners of the iconic edifice hope to convince investors and tenants that it’s what’s on the inside that really counts.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Using video games as teaching tools

The Oconomowoc Area School District, in Oconomowoc, Wis., has become a leader in trying out game-based learning models, which has included new classes for students to design games.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

All-girl classes can help in math, sciences

A Georgetown University study says 8 million jobs will be open in the math, science and technology fields by 2018. But the next generation of American workers will be unprepared, especially girls.

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Never-married parents get help from special Minn. court

Across the U.S., 40 percent of children are now born to unmarried parents. A court in Minneapolis is trying a new approach as it attempts to keep both parents involved in the lives of their kids.

NPR

Mahatma Gandhi and his anti-tea campaign

Tea is one of India’s most popular drinks, but for many years it was viewed with suspicion and even fear.

BBC

Crab chips and fruity oreos big overseas

Americans might get squeamish at the thought of their favorite snacks being tweaked. But what works in the U.S. may not work elsewhere.

Msnbc.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Corporate chaplain finds way to stay true to faith

Nate Schroder of St. Cloud, Minn., has found a way to combine his spiritual calling with a chance to be in business for himself — all rolled into the role of corporate chaplain.

USA TODAY

Pakistan tries to curb Muslim minority sect’s religious expression

The Ahmadi community in Pakistan is one of the country’s most persecuted minorities. Because they revere another prophet as well as Muhammad, the government considers Ahmadis “non-Muslims.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Buddhist monk

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Superheroes! Assassins! Sequels! Action!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Column (Curtis Hubbard):

Civil unions help focus on the family

Denver Post

Column (Ramesh Ponnuru):

Population: all downhill from here?

Star Tribune

Column (Gillian Orr):

They don‘t make rock chicks like they did in the ’90s

The Independent

Column (Mitch Albom):

Her child still missing, a mother soldiers on

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Hazing charges don‘t conclude FAMU’s duty

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial:

Civic duty: What is Apple’s obligation on paying taxes?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Blog (Matthew Yglesias):

Can Hollande save the Eurozone economy?

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GOOD NEWS

Training immune system to fight cancer comes of age

More than 100 years after researchers first explored the potential to harness the body’s immune system to fight cancer, the field’s leading doctors see the concept finally proving itself.

Reuters

Paralyzed football player signed to Bucs hopes to change the world

Even though it’s symbolic and “there’s no money involved,” Eric LeGrand, a former Rutgers defensive tackle, said that he’s thrilled to be on the roster of an NFL team.

CNN

Expanding nonprofit has positive partnership track record

Since Nancy Welsh started Builders of Hope Inc. in 2006 with her own inheritance, it has saved more than 500 homes in several cities that were slated for demolition.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

Airstrike in Yemen kills al-Qaeda leader on FBI wanted list