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Dubai to open world's highest tower

Dubai is set to open the world's tallest building amid tight security, celebrating the tower as a bold feat on the world stage despite the city state's reportedly shaky financial footing.

CBS News

Paul Merhige arrested in slaying

Paul Michael Merhige became the subject of one of the nation's biggest manhunts. But the fugitive is now in the custody of police, according to authorities.

Palm Beach Post

Palm Beach County homicides less than 100 for 1st time since 2005

Sun-Sentinel

Paul Michael Merhige caught

WPTV

Al-Qaida plans Yemen attack

The U.S. has indications that al-Qaida is planning an attack in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser has said.

BBC

Britain sends counter-terrorist forces to Yemen

Telegraph.co.uk

Yemen: New frontline for US wars?

Al Jazeera

Mexico captures alleged drug lord

Mexican police have captured alleged drug lord Carlos Beltran Leyva, just two weeks after his brother was killed in a shootout with troops — back-to-back victories in Mexico's drug war.

ABC News

Special section:

Mexican drug cartels

MSNBC

TSA turbulence grips Logan, nation

A recent data breach at Logan International Airport involving a TSA contract worker, coming amid other high-profile TSA lapses, casts another cloud over a federal agency engulfed in turmoil.

Boston Herald

Airport puffers booted by TSA

Detroit Free Press

NATION

More Americans report no income except food stamps

About six million Americans receiving food stamps report they have no other income, according to an analysis of state data collected by "The New York Times."

Denver Post

Mont. becomes 3rd state to legalize physician-assisted suicide

In essence, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that suicide — even when a physician plays a role — is not a crime. Now, the state legislature is likely to argue the issue.

Christian Science Monitor

2 Delta flights report smoke in cockpit; return to airport

Two Delta flights from Boston returned to Logan International Airport after pilots smelled smoke in the cockpits.

The Money Times

POLITICS

GOP cash woes threaten House bids

With the Republican Party on the cusp of major gains in the House — and with the dream of retaking the House a real, if improbable, possibility — one major obstacle remains: tightfisted Republican incumbents.

Politico

Counterterrorism competes with jobs in Obama agenda

Job creation will take a backseat to counterterrorism on President Obama's agenda after an al-Qaida-linked man's failed attempt to bomb a U.S.-bound plane forced the White House to shift its focus.

Reuters

Low favorables: Dems rip Rasmussen

Democrats are turning their fire on Scott Rasmussen, the prolific independent pollster whose surveys are surfacing in the media with increasing frequency.

Politico

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Smart phone apps find you, follow you

After a long detour, the Internet has arrived in our everyday reality, bringing its transformative power to the physical world in which we spend most of our time.

San Francisco Chronicle

The rise of Robodoc

Surgical consultations increasingly involve robotic systems to help make diagnoses, plan operations and reassure patients.

The Independent

Researchers find remains of early 1900s plane in Antarctica

Remains of the first airplane ever taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change far worse than predicted

Since the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), many of the IPCC scientists have found climate change is progressing faster than the worst-case scenario they had predicted.

Times of India

Fin whales, once rare, crowd Calif. coast

Sightings of the fin whale — part of the family that includes the humpback and big blue whales — used to be a rarity in the Santa Monica Bay, but not anymore. They're everywhere.

CBS News

Missing San Francisco sea lions 'off Ore.'

The city's famous colony of sea lions all but disappeared, baffling experts. But now large numbers of the animals have been spotted further north, off the coast of Oregon.

BBC

EDUCATION

Mich. school tries something new

America's teachers' colleges are facing some pressure to reinvent themselves. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has been leading the assault, with a series of speeches calling for better teacher training.

NPR

The skinny on 'Lean' education

Educators should learn a thing or two from the Just-In-Time and Lean production techniques used by the automotive industry if they are to add value to the student experience, according to a new report.

ScienceDaily

Poverty growing in Texas schools

Almost six out of 10 Texas public schoolchildren hail from low-income families, marking a troubling spike in poverty over the last decade, a new state report finds.

Houston Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Atheists in Ireland dispute blasphemy law

Atheists in Ireland are risking possible prosecution with an online challenge to the country's new blasphemy law.

MSNBC

Chinese afterlife: restless spirits

In China, ancient human sacrifice has given way to modern tomb-tending ceremonies, but the dead still make demands.

National Geographic

Presbyterian church breaks away from status quo, grows vibrant congregation

One woman found a new way of experiencing life and faith at North Presbyterian Church — a congregation that has found a new way to share religious life and cultivate faith.

Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Spreading the word on good deeds

Dafna Michelson is traveling America putting together a most unusual collection — not of objects, but of ordinary people who do extraordinary deeds.

CBS News

Going organic helps dairy farm endure

It's awfully tough to make money selling milk. But after a couple of years with an empty barn, a Vermont dairy farm gave it another go — this time, as part of an organic co-op.

NPR

Tragedy propels Sunnyvale engineer to assist the homeless

Propelled by his own tragedy, Rafi Litmanovitz brings blankets and clothing once a week to the about three dozen denizens who make Columbus Park near the Guadalupe River their living room.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

US: Unrest in Iran opens window for immediate sanctions