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Cave discovery sheds light on American Stone Age

The discovery of 13,000-year-old stone projectiles and fossilized feces indicates the existence of a second founding culture in the Americas, in addition to the Clovis culture, say researchers.

Christian Science Monitor

Visa, MasterCard and banks in $7.25 billion retail settlement

Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and banks that have issued their credit cards have agreed to a $7.25 billion settlement with U.S. retailers over the fixing of credit and debit card fees.

Reuters

Minimum payments get you nowhere

San Francisco Chronicle

Syrian regime launches attacks from sky

Still grappling with a gruesome massacre, Syrians endured yet another bloody day as regime forces fired from helicopters and bombed state security headquarters, killing at least six people.

CNN

UN and US issue strong condemnations of Assad and Syrian massacre

Jerusalem Post

UN monitors in Syria head to ‘massacre site’

Al Jazeera

Suicide bomber kills top Afghan MP at wedding celebration

A well-known Afghan politician and 22 others have been killed in a suicide attack in the northern province of Samangan, police say.

BBC

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Afghanistan’s challenge

Al Jazeera

Suicide bomber kills 22 and wounds 40

YouTube

Panel calls for annual PTSD screening

The Institute of Medicine recommended that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan undergo annual screening for post-traumatic stress disorder.

ABC News

Evidence that pot aids PTSD is slim

Arizona Daily Star

NATION

Americans living larger as new home sizes defy economy

Even as the U.S. economy struggles to rebound, Americans are living larger — as in larger homes. Slightly more than one in four new homes built last year were larger than 3,000 square feet.

Bloomberg

Wealthy homeowners brace for ‘mansion cliff’

CNBC

Judge allows abortion clinic in Mississippi to remain open

A federal judge upheld Mississippi’s anti-abortion law, but said the state’s only clinic can stay open and will not face penalties as it tries to comply with the new mandate.

CBS News

Feds to reroute San Francisco Bay ships to protect whales

Federal maritime officials have approved a plan to protect whales in and around San Francisco Bay. It includes rerouting shipping traffic and establishing better ways to track whale locations.

ABC News

POLITICS

Latinos to shift outcome of US elections

As the Latino population in the U.S. rises, the demographic shift will affect current and future voting habits, and therefore election outcomes, according to several experts.

Al Jazeera

Poll: Florida voters favor President Barack Obama’s immigration policies

Miami Herald

Missouri governor Jay Nixon vetoes measure on birth control

Gov. Jay Nixon found a narrow reason to veto a bill that would have put Missouri law in direct conflict with the new federal mandate for coverage of contraceptives.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

BUSINESS

China’s economic growth slows to 7.6 percent in 2nd quarter

China’s economy has grown at its slowest pace in three years as investment slowed and demand fell in key markets such as the U.S. and Europe.

BBC

FBI probes ZTE trade deals with Iran

The FBI has launched a criminal investigation into Chinese telecoms equipment-maker ZTE over allegations it sold banned U.S. computer gear to Iran.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Americans’ confidence in the church at all-time low

Americans’ confidence in organized religion is at its lowest in more than three decades, with just 44 percent having a lot of faith in the church, a new Gallup poll suggests.

LiveScience

Evangelicalism strikes a chord in religion-wary France

French scholars say evangelicalism is likely the fastest-growing religion in France, defying all stereotypes about Europe’s most secular nation.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Dogs enlisted in battle against cancer

While animal research has long played an important role in human medicine, an increasing number of clinical trials for dogs are used to help both species.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Women who have had breast cancer surgery ‘risk more operations’

BBC

Annual report about US children’s health is a mixed bag

Infant mortality, preterm births and teen births have dropped across the U.S., as have violent crime and victimization among children, U.S. health officials report.

HealthDay

Federal report shows no change in rates of childhood asthma, obesity

WebMD

Write it down, shed more pounds

Researchers studying the eating behaviors of female dieters found that two of the most important tools linked to successful weight loss were a pen and notebook.

WebMD

EDUCATION

Gordon Brown to become UN special envoy for global education

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will become the U.N. special envoy for education. He plans to push universal education, calling for a fund to finance schools and train 2 million teachers.

Guardian

Pioneering lawsuit aims to ensure Michigan students learn to read

A class action filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is the first of its kind asserting a child’s fundamental right to read. The lawsuit cites the implications of reading deficiencies.

Detroit Free Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Jesse Singal):

Hey Daniel Tosh — no one believes your lame Twitter apology

Daily Beast

Column (Stephen M. Walt):

Hillary Clinton’s tenure: not so bad

Star Tribune

Column (Tom Laskawy):

Insult to injury: The House snuck protection for GMOs into its farm bill

Grist

Column (Dean Obeidallah):

Vacation or die?

CNN

Column (Paul Greenberg):

The amazing water world of the wild Alaskan salmon

The Atlantic

Column (Randy Lobasso):

Swing state thievery

Salon

Editorial:

Illinois moves to outlaw debtors’ prisons, and Missouri should follow

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Who wins the stash of corporate gold?

Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Struggling families seek to lift themselves out of poverty

It has been almost 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson declared a “War on Poverty.” But in 2012, the poverty rate in the U.S. is the highest it has been in 17 years.

NPR

Women exert new, and greater, influence on philanthropy

Women are exerting a greater influence on how philanthropy is done, and wealth controlled by charitably-minded women can be expected to grow.

Reuters

Boston mosque aims to keep young Somali immigrants off the streets

The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center aims to outshine the allure of gangster life and overcome a lack of awareness among Muslim Americans about gang problems.

Religion News Service

WORLD

War games showed improved missile accuracy in Iran

Recent war games showcased missiles with improved accuracy and firing capabilities, an apparent response to step up Western moves against Iran’s nuclear program.

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog:

Syria mobilizes chemical weapons, stirs fear on Capitol Hill

(The Hill)

DEFCON Hill

Battered and bruised: the high rates of domestic violence in Papua New Guinea

Domestic violence has reached epidemic levels in Papua New Guinea, the largest nation in the South Pacific. The U.N. has described the problem as a “pervasive phenomenon.”

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Too much info? Big data or Big Brother

Advances in technology are creating dilemmas for traditional companies. Vast quantities of data offer apparently boundless opportunities, but they come at a cost.

Sydney Morning Herald

Cyberdefense: Should Americans be concerned about their privacy?

Christian Science Monitor

Pluto’s 5th moon: 5 fascinating facts

Using data from the Hubble telescope, SETI scientists spotted a fifth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto.

Christian Science Monitor

Digital Jiminy Crickets

Would Main Street be better off if Wall Street greed were curtailed by the behavioral-steering technology of digital Jiminy Crickets — morality apps?

Slate

ENVIRONMENT

Most endangered mammal? Probably lemurs, say experts

Of all the world’s animals living on the verge of extinction, Madagascar’s lemurs are teetering closest to the brink. A new assessment reveals they are probably the most endangered vertebrates on Earth.

Msnbc.com

Climate change could melt wolverines’ snowy ‘refrigerators’

Both captive and wild wolverines have been observed hiding food, or creating caches of food for lean times. Caches allow the females easy access to stored food during the late winter.

LiveScience

NY officials adjust deer hunting seasons

State environmental officials are making some changes to deer and bear hunting seasons in New York. The new rules will adjust bear hunting seasons to stay concurrent with deer seasons.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Woody Guthrie: the voice of America

Fans of Woody Guthrie’s music include everyone from Bob Dylan to Barack Obama, but exactly 100 years after his birth, isn’t it time to separate the man from the myth?

Telegraph.co.uk

Oscar-winning producer Richard D. Zanuck dies at 77

Richard D. Zanuck, whose distinguished producing career included the best picture Oscar winners “The Sting” and “Driving Miss Daisy,” died of a heart attack at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 77.

Hollywood Reporter

SPORTS

US uniforms will be made in USA by 2014

Responding to criticism that U.S. Olympic team uniforms were made in China, Ralph Lauren has announced that uniforms for the 2014 games will be made in America.

ESPN

Made in America: the short list

CNN

Brees, Saints agree to 5-year, $100M deal

Drew Brees has agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract with the New Orleans Saints, with $60 million guaranteed, said a person familiar with the deal.

Sports Illustrated

Saudi’s Olympic opening to women is a ‘small step’

While Saudi rulers accommodated the demands of the International Olympic Committee to include women athletes, they also said that this did not merit billing as a pivotal moment of reform.

Kansas City Star

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