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If you call stolen images art, is it still a crime?

Good artists copy, great artists steal. They also can cop 300 hours of community service, a hefty fine, and two years’ probation. But in the digital age, photographic copyright is fading fast.

The Global Mail

RT.com

Logging in with your heartbeat

Smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles and other devices may soon recognize their owners at a touch. The gadgets will identify users by measuring their heartbeats through their fingertips.

LiveScience

Obama and Romney ready for Denver debate

President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are making final preparations for the first of three presidential debates.

BBC

Live feed from PBS NewsHour: 1st debate

Storify

US election campaign: the key issues

Guardian

Quinnipiac University national poll

YouTube

Turkish military strikes targets inside Syria

Turkish armed forces launched artillery attacks against Syria in response to a mortar attack that killed five members of the same family in southeastern Turkey.

Al Jazeera

Dozens killed in blasts at Aleppo, Syria

CNN

Vatican police: 1000 documents stolen

Pope Benedict’s former butler stole sensitive papers that the pontiff had marked “to be destroyed," compromising Vatican security.

Reuters

NATION

Central Massachusetts scouts torn by anti-gay stand

Many individual troops and packs have voiced opposition to the anti-gay policy and refused to abide by it for years. A recent affirmation by the Boy Scouts of America has fueled the fire.

Telegram & Gazette

NYPD on Facebook to fight gang wars

Police investigating two gangs did not need to spend all their time pounding the pavement for leads. Instead, they fired up their computers and followed the trash talk on Facebook.

CBS News

Homeland Security ‘fusion’ centers spy on citizens, produce ‘shoddy’ work

The Department of Homeland Security has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a network of 77 so-called “fusion” intelligence centers that have collected personal information on U.S. citizens.

NBCNews.com

POLITICS

Voter ID rules fail court tests across country

After a Pennsylvania judge delayed a new identification law, disputes around the country over voting laws are looking far less significant.

New York Times

‘Dead’ voter controversy raises concern

Houston Chronicle

Everything you have ever wanted to know about the voter ID laws

ProPublica

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Minnesota voters raise diverse voices for voting rights

(The Nation)

Voters Rights Watch 2012

House committee: Security requests denied in Libya

Leaders of a House committee said that U.S. diplomats in Libya made repeated requests for increased security at the consulate in Benghazi and were turned down by officials in Washington.

CBS News

BUSINESS

The battle to protect confidential data

Many corporate networks simply are not secure enough. Thieves routinely infiltrate them on behalf of unscrupulous businesses, foreign governments and as part of activist groups seeking to embarrass a company.

BusinessWeek

Study: 40 percent of Washington state jobs now tied to global trade

International trade now accounts for 40 percent of all jobs in Washington and is the largest single driver of the state’s economy, according to a new report.

McClatchy Newspapers

ENVIRONMENT

Northern forests may become stressed due to increasing outdoor recreation

Federal and state park systems in the U.S. are known for their pristine environments. However, as tourism grows, forests will be affected.

Environmental News Network

Feds to distribute $8 million for research to stop Great Lakes invasions

Federal grants will support research into ways to prevent invasions of the Great Lakes by foreign species, with special emphasis on techniques that detect their DNA in the water, officials said.

Detroit News

Special section:

Great Lakes restoration

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Is Sony buying time — or problems?

Sony Corp. CEO Kazuo Hirai has spent $1.8 billion snapping up an array of businesses, leaving investors worried he is blowing his firm’s finances on a plan to revive the fading giant.

Reuters

The proposed $1 billion mission to reach the Earth’s mantle

Humans have reached the moon and are planning to return samples from Mars, but when it comes to exploring the land deep beneath our feet, we have only scratched the surface of our planet.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Among some 2012 MacArthur Fellows, a focus on looking at war and the military

The MacArthur Foundation announced 23 “genius grant” award-winners including a mandolinist and an astronomer.

PBS NewsHour

Urban life: ‘Million-dollar blocks’ map incarceration’s costs

By mapping the residential addresses of every inmate in various prison systems, the Justice Mapping Center has created “million-dollar blocks.”

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Teen drinking and driving rate cut in half

Drinking and driving among U.S. teens is down 54 percent since 1991, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

FOX News

Film stirs hopes among education activists

Reviewers called it trite and dull, but education reformers on both the left and right have hailed “Won’t Back Down” as a potential game-changer for public education.

Christian Science Monitor

Classroom meditation benefits both pupils and teachers

Adding a few minutes of transcendental meditation to the school day for pupils and teachers has made a big difference to a private school in Lancashire, England.

Positive News

WORLD

Outrage over human errors in Hong Kong boat crash

Shock over the collision of two boats in Hong Kong, which left 38 dead, gave way to outrage over what experts concluded was human error.

Houston Chronicle

A strongman’s last stand

Amid rumours of failing health and with the country’s infrastructure crumbling, Hugo Chávez faces an election that will decide the fate of the Venezuelan revolution.

Guardian

EDUCATION

How race-neutral admissions could potentially work

A new report provides evidence for how the nine states that do not employ affirmative action may increase diversity in college campuses with race-neutral solutions.

Houston Chronicle

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Supreme Court’s affirmative action case draws Midwest interests

Sioux City Journal

Education secretary calls for making textbooks obsolete, using digital instead

Education Secretary Arne Duncan called for the nation to move as fast as possible away from textbooks and toward digital ones. “Over the next few years, textbooks should be obsolete,” he declared.

Washington Post

HEALTH

Vitamin D will not cure common cold

Vitamin D supplements do not prevent colds or ease their severity in adults without deficiency, a randomized trial showed.

MedPage Today

Internet addiction a mental health disorder

Internet addiction, or formally, Internet use disorder, may soon be included as an actual mental health disorder, although the researchers say it still needs a lot of additional study.

Forbes

What Obama‘s Affordable Care Act means for the world’s hospitals

Some experts predict a doctor shortage, longer hospital waits and insurance companies extending coverage for international care. If this is true, medical tourism may have a healthy future.

GlobalPost

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Muslims for free speech

Leaders of several Muslim countries have called for restrictions on freedom of expression. There are Muslim liberals that believe the opposite, but they are a small minority of the Muslim population.

Slate

Police ban gay pride march in Serbia

Serbia’s police banned a gay pride march in Belgrade, citing security concerns but also complying with a request from Serbia’s Christian Orthodox church.

Yahoo! News

SPORTS

NBA to crack down on flopping

The NBA adopted an anti-flopping policy, announcing a new rule that will fine repeat offenders this season. Any player who flops during a regular-season game will be subject to a series of penalties.

ESPN

NHL defines preseason losses as lockout continues to disappoint

The financial losses are starting to pile up as a result of the NHL lockout. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly estimated that the league has lost $100 million in revenues from the canceled preseason.

Sports Illustrated

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Wayne Gretzky thinks NHL season will begin by January

(CBSSports)

Eye on Hockey

Photo of the Day

A hot air balloon crew member works ahead of an international hot air balloon festival during the Jewish holiday Sukkot, in Park Timna, southern Israel. (Photo by Ariel Schalit / AP)

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