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In a bid to prevent young people smoking, New York has become the first U.S. city to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco and electronic cigarettes from 18 to 21.  (Photo by Ed Yourdon) New York City council raises legal age for tobacco to 21 New York’s City Council voted to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products and electronic cigarettes to 21 from 18, making New York the first major U.S. city to raise the minimum age. Bloomberg Tobacco firms slammed over report on candy-flavored cigar smoking by teens Al Jazeera Leaked documents reveal the secret finances of a pro-industry science group Mother Jones The heavy-lifting ‘mule women’ of Melilla Every day, Melilla’s “mule women” carry heavy loads across the border between the Spanish enclave and Morocco — and if the women can carry them, they can be imported in to Morocco duty-free. BBC   Syrian chemical weapons factories destroyed Syria has destroyed all of its declared chemical weapons facilities, meeting a key deadline in an ambitious disarmament program, the chemical weapons watchdog OPCW said. Guardian Israel opts to stay vague on chemical arms in wake of Syria disarmament Haaretz Why destroying Syria’s chemical weapons is hard NPR Calif. driver gets ticket for wearing Google Glass A California woman pulled over for allegedly speeding was cited for wearing Google Glass behind the wheel. USA TODAY Google shares Halloween video shot entirely on Glass ZDNet FAA: Air passengers can now use gadgets on planes Airline passengers will be able to use their electronic devices gate-to-gate to read, work, play games, watch movies and listen to music, but not talk on their cellphones. CBS News   PHILANTHROPY AND AID Donor nations should spend aid cash at home to recover stolen assets - OECD Donors should be “daring” and “innovative” and use aid money to recover assets stolen from developing countries, a senior OECD official said, adding that this offered the best possible returns. Thomas Reuters Foundation Not all social problems can be solved by business The recent government shutdown has underscored that we can‘t count on politicians to solve the world’s many pressing social problems; they’re too preoccupied with combatting one another. Huffington Post HUMAN RIGHTS Child mothers set to double by 2030, says UN The number of girls who become mothers before they are 15 years old is set nearly to double in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030, according to a new United Nations report. allAfrica.com Teen motherhood: How does Latin America stack up? Christian Science Monitor Teen motherhood linked to many human rights problems Adolescent pregnancy is related to a “whole string of human rights violations” and so it must gain more attention in global development policy, says the UN’s World Population Monitoring Report EurActiv DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE UK profits from Indonesia’s destructive mining industry Funded by British investment, mining brings deforestation, health problems and pollution to Samarinda, part of “coal’s last frontier.” Guardian Abe vows atomic safety as Turkey buys plant Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to boost Japan’s efforts to ensure the safety of nuclear power after one of its firms won an order to build an atomic plant in Turkey. Japan Times POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE No drugs, no executions: Is this the end of the death penalty? As states scramble to find new lethal cocktails, a lack of options could spell the end of capital punishment. The Atlantic Cambodia’s autumn of discontent Rallies continue after opposition‘s election loss, which they say was marred by “serious irregularities”, and there have been few concessions to compromise over the disputed result. Al Jazeera Blog: In Cambodia, monks get political after unpopular elections  (GlobalPost) Belief SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY iHealth Lab unleashes glucose monitor that syncs with mobile devices iHealth Lab presents its FDA-approved Wireless Smart Gluco-Monitoring System — a portable Bluetooth-enabled blood glucose monitor that allows readings to sync automatically to iOS or Android devices. CNET News Model virus structure shows why there’s no cure for common cold In a pair of landmark studies, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have constructed a three-dimensional model that shows why there is no cure yet for the common cold. ScienceDaily Five ways to stop a cold in its tracks Reuters   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Editorial: Cigarettes, death and taxes Baltimore Sun Column (Hasan Tuluy): How to grow Latin America’s middle class Christian Science Monitor Blog (David Wogan): When, not if, China taps into shale gas  (Scientific American) Plugged In   Site edited by: Audrey Harry, Amy Marie Phillips and Tanya Flowers.   GOOD NEWS Veil of darkness lifts for Myanmar’s blind Decades of isolation, military rule and woeful health care have left Myanmar with one of the highest rates of blindness. Now, the darkness is starting to lift thanks to a new surgical procedure. San Francisco Chronicle Solar mosquito trap could reduce malaria in Western Kenya A solar-powered mosquito trap is showing early signs of helping to lower the incidence of malaria on Rusinga Island, in Western Kenya. Thomas Reuters Foundation NGOS AND NONPROFITS Amazon will now donate part of your purchase to charity Amazon buyers who want to give to charity can now do their shopping via the AmazonSmile site, which will dole out 0.5 percent of your total purchase to any one of a million eligible charities. CNET News A nonprofit pushes to make legal aid key part of disaster services A legal assistance group has worked with victims of Sandy to make recovery easier. The idea is for major agencies to think about legal aid in the same way they think about the Red Cross. The Chronicle of Philanthropy ENVIRONMENT Peru’s dolphin slaughter Off Peru’s Pacific coast, thousands of dolphins are being slaughtered to be used solely as shark bait — despite the practice being outlawed by the South American country. Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Lightning-detection network tested out for storm tracking Lightning-detection sensors installed atop just 12 mobile-phone towers now allow Guinea’s meteorological service to track storms nationwide as they develop. Scientific American   Photo of the Day Without funding for a Doppler RADAR system, government meteorologists in Guinea are tracking storms using flashes of lightning to signal apps on 12 mobile phone towers.  (Photo by Bruce Guenter)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. 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