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In this image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network, a Syrian boy flashes the victory sign during a celebration following the attack that hit the National Security building in Idlib, north Syria. (Photo by Shaam News Network via AP video / AP)

Top universities join Harvard’s free online teaching platform

Twelve leading universities in the U.S. and Europe have joined an internet platform that provides free online access to classes designed by academics at elite institutions.

Guardian

The war on ‘Teen Vogue’: Young readers escalate campaign for more ‘real girls’

Teenage girls are stepping up a fight for the magazine to show a wider range of body types, claiming current images spark eating disorders and other problems.

Daily Beast

Teen spirit spurs bill to lower voting age

Wall Street Journal

Rebel bombing strikes heart of Syrian regime

A bomb ripped through a high-level security meeting in Damascus, killing three top regime officials in the harshest blow to Syria‘s ruling family dynasty.

Anchorage Daily News

Next for Syria: Showdown or stalemate?

CNN

Blog:

White House concerned that Assad will use chemical weapons in Syria

(The Hill)

Global Affairs

Obesity pill Qsymia gains FDA approval

After months of anticipation and deliberation, the obesity pill Qsymia has been approved for overweight and obese people who have at least one weight-related health problem.

CBS News

Physical inactivity may kill as many people as smoking does

New Scientist

Finding ways to beat the 1-child policy

China’s one-child policy has been in place since 1979 to curb population growth. But there have always been loopholes, and some families have found them.

CNN

NATION

Retirement savings being raided by 35 percent of laid-off workers

The number of displaced workers has risen dramatically since the start of the Great Recession, and a third of those displaced workers have had to raid retirement savings to make ends meet.

USA TODAY

NYC’s trans fat ban cuts consumption

New York City’s pioneering ban on trans fats in restaurant food has led to a reduction in consumption, a change that should mean better cardiovascular health.

Boston Herald

Blog:

Why trans fat ban is good for the heart

(CBS News)

Health Pop

Boy Scouts of America reaffirms ban on gays following review

After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays, ruling out any changes despite relentless protest campaigns by some critics.

Salt Lake Tribune

POLITICS

Romney digs in against releasing more of his tax returns

Romney has shrugged off growing pressure to release more of his tax returns, and his campaign is lashing out at Obama in an effort to turn the debate away from Romney’s business and financial record.

Reuters

Cheney joins Lockheed to fight against defense cuts

The defense industry and its Republican allies in Congress are increasing their volume this week in a concerted push to avert defense cuts.

BusinessWeek

House candidates raise more than $566M

House candidates have already raised more than $566 million for the 2012 race as of the 15-month mark in the campaign — $57 million more than at the same point two years ago.

Politico

BUSINESS

Housing construction in US rose to highest since 2008

Beginning construction of homes in the U.S. has risen to the fastest rate in almost four years, indicating a brighter outlook for the residential real estate market.

Bloomberg

Yahoo turns to Google’s Mayer for revival

Yahoo picked Google’s Marissa Mayer to become its new CEO, turning to an engineer with established Silicon Valley credentials to turn around the struggling former Internet powerhouse.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bringing buildings to life

Meet the man who wants to create architecture that understands everything about us, down to our emotional states — and learns from its mistakes.

BBC

The computer is still no match for the human brain

You might not imagine that a task that takes you a couple of seconds to complete is a task that computers cannot complete at all, but it’s true.

ScienceDaily

The power grid: from rickety to resilient

Blackouts will become more common unless we build a system that can bend but not break.

TIME

HEALTH

Flip-flops present summer feet with a painful problem

According to the National Foot Health Assessment, 78 percent of adults have experienced one or more foot problems in their lives. A culprit of foot pain, especially during the summer, is the flip-flop.

CNN

Hoarding: living with the overwhelming need for stuff

Last year, an investigation found that “excessive clutter” in as many as 15 units contributed to a major apartment building blaze in Toronto in 2010.

Globeandmail.com

Chocolate really is good for you

Dark chocolate has been given another health accolade — it has received the backing of the European Food Safety Authority because of its capacity to improve blood circulation.

Sydney Morning Herald

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Jeffrey Goldberg):

Suicide bombing is not a hopeful sign

The Atlantic

Column (Bryan C. Price):

US must kill and capture terrorist leaders as soon as possible. It works

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Municipal bankruptcies and term limits go together

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Christopher J. Ferguson):

Can we trust psychological research?

TIME

Column (Jedediah Purdy):

Morality of capitalism

Huffington Post

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

Inept stenographers

Salon

Column (Jonathan A. Knee):

How New York’s love affair with Starbucks turned sour

Slate

Column (Star Parker):

Food stamp spending hard to digest

Boston Herald

Editorial:

Work fun into learning

Daily Herald

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GOOD NEWS

‘Happiest 5K on the planet’

The Color Run — a 5k run in which volunteers shower participants with colored dust at each kilometer mark — is continuing its 2012 tour and bringing vibrant energy to charity.

AnnArbor.com

New Alzheimer’s treatment can halt symptoms for 3 years

A treatment that has been shown to halt symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease for three years has been described as the “most exciting drug in development.”

Telegraph.co.uk

Good deeds in celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday

Across South Africa and even abroad, people are doing good deeds to honor the country’s most famous statesman on his 94th birthday.

CBS News

WORLD

‘Mystery woman’ stirs talk of changing times in North Korea