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Yemeni protestors break a door of the U.S. Embassy during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen. (Photo by Hani Mohammed / AP)

The forgotten opposition to space quests

For most of our lunar adventure, a majority of Americans did not support going to the moon. The speech JFK made 50 years ago united the nation behind the goal of a manned lunar landing.

The Atlantic

‘We choose to go to the moon’

SPACE.com

Research links ‘responsive’ teaching to academic gains

Fifth graders in schools where teachers faithfully used the “responsive classroom” teaching approach performed better on statewide assessments of mathematics and reading skills, according to research.

Education Week

Angry protests spread across Middle East

Protests against an anti-Islam film made in the U.S. are spreading across the Middle East and North Africa. Protests have been reported in Yemen, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia.

BBC

Riot police battle protesters in Cairo

CNN

Special section:

Live updates on the protests

Guardian

Negotiators optimistic Chicago teachers’ strike may end soon

The union for Chicago teachers and the third largest U.S. school district said they will try to make a final push to settle a strike that has drawn national attention.

Reuters

Foreclosures rise in August

Foreclosure filings rose in August as lenders in several states continued to work through a backlog of delinquencies and defaults, according to an industry group’s report.

CNNMoney

Homeowners demand more help, reforms

YouTube

NATION

US poverty rate remains high

The number of people living in poverty in America last year remained stalled at the same record high level as in 2010, newly released government figures show.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Can marriage help save single mothers from living in poverty?

NPR

Ohio Amish haircuttings a hate crime? Jury to say

Each of the hair and beard-cutting attacks against Amish people links to one person, an Amish bishop who thought he was free to hand out punishment based on religious beliefs, a federal prosecutor said.

ABC News

1st immigrants approved for deportation deferral program

The Homeland Security Department is notifying a small group of people that they have been approved to stay in the country for two years as part of Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

CBS News

POLITICS

Pennsylvania Supreme Court takes up voter ID today, NAACP plans rally

Pennsylvania State Supreme Court justices will begin hearing arguments in Philadelphia to determine whether the commonwealth’s new voter ID law is constitutional.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog:

Voter ID laws could disenfranchise 1 million young minority voters

(Huffington Post)

Black Voices

Obama’s healthcare law saved Americans: Is it working?

A government report shows that rules in Obama’s health-care law saved consumers $2.1 billion in premiums last year. It shows that states are using the law to their advantage, experts say.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Fed seen launching new stimulus

The U.S. Federal Reserve appears set to launch a third round of unconventional monetary stimulus while signaling that a weak U.S. economy may warrant continued ultra-low interest rates.

Reuters

EA stock gets iPhone 5 bump

Shares of Apple barely budged while the company was unveiling the iPhone 5. But gaming company Electronic Arts enjoyed a nice little bump after one of its racing games was featured during the event.

CNNMoney

Apple unveils iPhone 5, revamps iPods

MarketWatch

The impact of the iPhone on the mobile market?

Economist

HEALTH

Study suggests acupuncture works

A large meta-analysis has shown that acupuncture’s benefits cannot be fully attributed to a placebo effect, raising the question: Why?

The Atlantic

At McDonald’s, you will know when the fat hits the fryer

Calories, those enigmatic numbers that often seem to correlate strongly with taste and health, are about to debut on the fast-food chain’s menu boards nationwide.

BusinessWeek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New monkey species discovered in Africa

A shy, brightly colored monkey species has been found in the lush rain forests at the heart of Congo, a find that utterly surprised the researchers who came upon it.

MSNBC

Hearing restored in gerbils, 1st step to human tests

Researchers have restored the ability to hear in deaf gerbils using implanted human stem cells, achieving what they call a first step in potentially overcoming some causes of hearing loss in people.

CTV

Scientists move a step closer to finding a cure for deafness

Telegraph.co.uk

Mammoth find in eastern Siberia raises ‘clone hope’

The discovery of well-preserved woolly mammoth remains in eastern Siberia has raised distant hopes that the animal could be cloned.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Are all psychotherapies created equal?

People often assume that the brand of therapy offered is irrelevant to the effectiveness of treatment. Psychologists do not agree on whether the “school” of therapy predicts its effectiveness.

Scientific American

Tailgates boost spirit at Ohio high schools

Tailgating at high school games is not a new phenomenon. But the practice now seems better-organized, with many schools having introduced parent-led or booster-hosted pre-game parties.

Columbus Dispatch

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (John Thelin):

Talkin‘ ’bout my generation

Inside Higher Ed

Column (Daniel Gross):

Against apple picking

Slate

Blog (Mark Shriver and Donna M. Butts):

A call to action on grandparents day

(Huffington Post)

The Blog

Column (Fred Kaplan):

The right response to the Libya and Egypt attacks

Slate

Column (Tom Laskawy):

Millennials: the emerging organic majority?

Grist

Column (Annie Murphy Paul):

Does listening to music while working make you less productive?

TIME

Column (Mary Sanchez):

Hungry children should not be political pawns

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Noreen Malone):

Against the mixing of food and diplomacy

The New Republic

Column (Michael Medved):

The missing music of hope and change

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Regenerative medicine helps rebuild wounded warriors

An experimental treatment has tricked wounded Marine sergeant Ron Strang’s body into regenerating itself, and now Strang can walk — even run — without help.

ABC News

Amazon deforestation rate at record low

The rate of deforestation in the Amazon decreased by 23 percent during 2011–2012, according to preliminary figures released by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research.

Positive News

Boy rescued on Mount Kilimanjaro

Howard Ovens and Bjug Borgundvaag, both emergency room physicians, saved a 6-year-old boy whom they encountered dehydrated and wandering alone at 13,000 feet on Mount Kilimanjaro.

Yahoo! News

WORLD

European leaders have new weapons to save Euro