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Fake caviar? Fight against 'food fraud'

"Food fraud" has been documented in fruit juice, olive oil, spices, vinegar, wine, spirits and maple syrup, and appears to pose a significant problem in the seafood industry.

MSNBC

NASA joins Toyota investigation

NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government's effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to Toyota's massive automobile recalls.

MSNBC

Toyota aims to quicken decision-making

BusinessWeek

Atom smasher makes history

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider managed to make two proton beams collide at high energy, marking a "new territory" in physics, according to CERN.

CNN

Detecting tiny particles

Ars Technica

Special section:

Large Hadron Collider

BBC

Putin demands organizers' capture

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says catching the organizers of the recent suicide bombings in Moscow is a "matter of honor" for investigators.

BBC

Senators propose new biometric social security card

An immigration-bill blueprint includes a proposal to issue a biometric ID card — one that would contain physical data such as fingerprints or retinal scans.

TIME

Could virtual colonoscopy cause cancer?

Scientists say their concerns over the radiation exposure from virtual colonoscopies were ignored by the Food and Drug Administration.

ABC News

NATION

EPA says no carbon rules on power plants before 2011

The Obama administration will put off requiring permits for greenhouse-gas emissions by industrial polluters such as power plants and oil refineries.

Bloomberg

Judge invalidates human gene patent

A federal judge struck down patents on two genes linked to cancer. The decision, if upheld, could put into doubt the patents covering thousands of human genes and reshape the law of intellectual property.

New York Times

Special section:

Gene therapy

Scientific American

High court mulls speech rights

Free-speech cases have not historically divided the court along ideological or political lines, yet some early signs suggest that could change this term.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Black farmers call for action on discrimination settlement

Congress will not meet a March 31 deadline to set aside $1.2 billion to settle thousands of black farmers' discrimination claims.

Montgomery Advertiser

Congress fails to fund settlement

NPR

Republicans can work with Democrats despite health care battle

Republican senators say they can work with Democrats, despite dire predictions that the health care fight would make cooperation impossible.

The Hill

Pre-existing condition vexes Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney has launched a two-pronged strategy that features a robust argument about how his state plan is different from Washington Democrats’ approach.

Politico

HEALTH

Morality study narrows gap between mind and brain

Scientists have found a surprising link between magnets and morality. A person's moral judgments can be changed almost instantly by delivering a magnetic pulse to an area of the brain near the right ear.

NPR

Flip-flops, flat shoes may relieve arthritic knee pain

If you have knee pain from arthritis, wearing flat, flexible shoes may reduce the stress on your joints and keep you more comfortable, according to new research.

WebMD

ENVIRONMENT

BP's solar retreat signals exodus of US renewable-energy jobs

BP Plc's, Europe's second-largest oil company, decision to halt U.S. output of solar panels may help short-circuit President Barack Obama's plan to create thousands of jobs in renewable energy.

Bloomberg

Will a warming climate disrupt the Gulf Stream and other ocean currents?

If the melting of the polar ice caps injects great amounts of freshwater into the world's oceans, climate scientists fear that the influx could affect currents enough to drastically change the weather on the land.

Scientific American

Gulf Stream 'is not slowing down'

BBC

SPORTS

Obama to throw ceremonial 1st pitch for Nats opener

President Barack Obama will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the opening game against the Philadelphia Phillies. The event will be on the 100th anniversary of the first time a president threw out an opening pitch.

NBCSports.com

Trip to Elite Eight is a 1st for Fla. State

In beating Mississippi State 74-71 in an NCAA tournament regional semifinal, the third-seeded Seminoles (29-5) advanced to the regional final for the first time.

Dayton Daily News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

9 in 'Christian warrior' militia indicted

Nine people, federal prosecutors say, belonging to a "Christian warrior" militia, were accused of plotting to kill a Michigan law enforcement officer and then attack other police at the funeral.

New York Times

Christian militian suspects charged

MSNBC

Author held for offending Buddhists

An expatriate Sri Lankan woman who wrote two books about her conversion from Buddhism to Islam has been arrested while on holiday in Sri Lanka, apparently for causing offense to Buddhists.

Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Philanthropists come from all walks of life

Those who donate help all segments of society, experts say. "There are more people part of philanthropy than there has ever been at any point in history," Fred Bartenstein points out.

Dayton Daily News

Not-so-new kidneys can save lives

Older kidney recipients can benefit from older donors kidneys. The transplant offers better quality of life than dialysis.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

Bodies of 21 babies found in China river

The bodies of 21 babies, believed to be dumped by hospitals, have washed ashore on a riverbank in eastern China, state media reported.

Star Tribune

Haiti to unveil restructuring plan at UN