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No better escape than a trip to the end of the world

While cinematic dystopias have long been a Hollywood staple, the record-breaking success of post-apocalyptic teen bloodbath “The Hunger Games” has given them greater currency than ever before.

The Independent

Barnes Foundation art collection changes location, but little else

The Barnes Foundation’s collection of paintings by Matisse, Picasso, Renoir and others is now hanging in downtown Philadelphia galleries that are replications of those at the Barnes’ suburban home.

NPR

A friendlier Barnes Foundation opens

Forbes

Eurozone to top agenda at G-8 summit

The eurozone crisis is set to dominate the Group of Eight talks, with President Barack Obama pledging leaders’ commitment to a compromise package of growth measures and fiscal responsibility.

Guardian

3 protesters arrested, charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism

ABC News

Capitalism at a crossroads

The Independent

G-8 wants Greece to remain in eurozone

Al Jazeera

Chen Guangcheng: Chinese dissident leaves for US

Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng has left China for the U.S., capping off three weeks of roller coaster diplomacy that reached the very highest levels of Chinese government and the White House.

ABC News

Chen to study at New York University

Reuters

Millennials spend more than they earn

Most of the 79 million U.S. millennials are either unemployed or weighed down with student loans. On average, they spend $784 a month on discretionary expenses.

Forbes

America is finally paying its bills on time

TIME

NATION

Psychiatrist who championed ‘gay cure’ admits he was wrong

One of the most influential figures in modern psychiatry has apologized to America’s gays for a scientific study which supported attempts to “cure” people of their homosexuality.

Guardian

Alabama governor signs bill ‘tweaking’ immigration law

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signed into law revisions to the state’s controversial immigration statute, despite earlier suggestions he might veto the measure because of a lack of changes.

WTAQ

POLITICS

With eye on future, billionaire investor bets on Ron Paul

Texas Rep. Ron Paul said he will not campaign in states that have yet to hold primaries. But that has not deterred his supporters, including a billionaire who bankrolled a super PAC backing Paul.

NPR

China leads cyberattacks of US military computers, Pentagon reports

China is interested in gleaning information about how best to defend its own computers from cyberattack, says a Pentagon report. But China is also improving its offensive abilities.

Christian Science Monitor

Hillary Clinton’s frequent travels

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke about her time at the State Department as she nears the end of her self-imposed four years there.

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Vacation? No thanks, boss

Dubbed the “no vacation nation,” the U.S. lags behind most other developed countries when it comes to vacation days. But Americans do not seem to mind.

CNNMoney

Microsoft wins ruling, forcing change in Motorola phones

A U.S. International Trade Commission judge found that Motorola Mobility infringed a patent covering a program by Microsoft, which allows users to generate meeting requests within a group.

Bloomberg

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Ultra-Orthodox Jews plan huge NYC meeting on Internet risks

Ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that the Internet threatens their way of life have rented the New York Mets stadium for a gathering on how to use modern technology in a religiously appropriate way.

USA TODAY

Catholics a-Twitter about the role of nuns

Social media provides a platform for reactions to last month’s Vatican report criticizing U.S. nuns as deviating from church doctrine.

Los Angeles Times

EDUCATION

Oregon bans American Indian team names, mascots for schools

The Oregon state board of education has banned public schools from using American Indian names and mascots for their athletic teams out of a concern they disparage Native American people.

Reuters

Chris Woodward balancing life of a college student and baseball player

Chris Woodward, who has played in parts of 12 seasons in the big leagues, is preparing for life after baseball by attending online courses at the University of Phoenix.

Las Vegas Sun

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

New app scans faces of bar-goers to guess age, gender

A new app scans the faces of patrons in bars to determine average crowd age and gender. Customers can check for updates on men-to-women ratio, age and more to decide if the scene is to their liking.

Houston Chronicle

Urban entertainment districts: blocks where no one has fun

What could be wrong with a district where nightclubs and galleries are encouraged to thrive? Nothing, necessarily; done right, a city can help foster these scenes with a gentle guiding hand.

Salon

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Jonathan Bernstein):

Where are the young politicians?

Salon

Column (Brian Montopoli):

Will the birther movement ever go away?

CBS News

Column (Jonathan Weil):

JPMorgan fiasco shows big-bank regulation isn’t working

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Daniel Altman):

5 easy solutions to the Greek crisis

NPR

Column (Mat Honan):

Facebook is going to be even more annoying now that it is public

Gizmodo

Blog (Richard Louv):

Time to redefine green jobs

(Psychology Today)

People in Nature

Column (Daniel Engber):

Eating babies: a study of youth horticulture

Slate

Column (Fred Kaplan):

Why we need to have a greener military

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Nonprofit agency pays companies to hire the unemployed

The WorkPlace, a Connecticut nonprofit agency, believes the best way to get the long-term unemployed back into the workforce is by paying companies to hire them.

CNNMoney

International hunger program relies on private sector

The U.S. vowed to accelerate efforts to relieve hunger and malnutrition in Africa, unveiling a $3 billion commitment from multinational companies to make it easier for small farmers to grow their own food.

Des Moines Register

In Kenya, irrigation project is a welcome oasis

Msnbc.com

Strangers give couple fairy-tale wedding

Defying the odds, Nicole Brobeck and Curtis Braxton have found their happily-ever-after. The disabled couple from California enjoyed a fairy-tale wedding thanks to the generosity of strangers.

Huffington Post

WORLD

Crime and punishment, Norwegian style

Norway’s prison island of Bastoey is an open prison where inmates wander woods, fields and beaches unhindered. Prisoners are carefully selected and are among the most hardened criminals.

BBC

Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency chief to resume nuclear inspections

The U.N. nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran to sign a deal meant to allow his organization to resume a long-stalled search for evidence that Iran worked on developing nuclear arms.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

China’s clean coal goal

The newly opened GreenGen energy plant in Tianjin, China, is the most advanced clean coal power station, placing China in the global lead of using coal resources without releasing carbon dioxide.

BBC

Solar eclipse to project ‘ring of fire’

Thousands of people are planning viewing parties in the western U.S. for the annular solar eclipse, a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon.

CNN

How to safely observe the solar eclipse

SPACE.com

Solar eclipse in the US

YouTube

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Special flooring to harness pedestrian power for electricity

In areas with high foot traffic, special flooring may prove that the answer to meeting energy demand lies right beneath our feet.

National Geographic

1st test of electric car network in Israel

Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world’s first nationwide electric car network to wean the world from oil and eliminate hurdles to environmentally friendly electric cars.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

SpaceX rocket launch aborted last-second

A new, private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic flight.

USA TODAY

Blog:

The rocket factory: SpaceX builds them from top to bottom

(Wired)

Autopia

HEALTH

Good and bad fats affect brain health

“Good” fats like monounsaturated fats and “bad” fats like trans and saturated fats are not just factors in heart health — a new study shows they can affect brain health and memory, too.

Huffington Post

Eating fish may help to mitigate sugar’s ‘dumbing’ effect

CBS News

CDC urges boomers to get tested for hepatitis C

Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have hepatitis C, the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Hepatitis overview and facts

WebMD

SPORTS

Big 12 and SEC arrive at a deal for annual bowl game

The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year’s Day bowl game.

Washington Times

New bowl a death knell for ACC?

ESPN

Olympic torch starts 8,000 mile journey

British sailing hero Ben Ainslie kicked off the torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics with a stroll through teary, flag-waving crowds who cheered the arrival of the flame.

ABC News

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