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The giant disconnect between gun deaths and mental health

Here’s a look at the correlation between rates of serious mental illness and gun deaths on a state-by-state basis. In spite of the negative correlation Congress has turned not to gun control, but mental health.

Yahoo! News

Social Security as an “investment”

The alternative to Social Security as insurance is to view it as investment, or as a gamble on how long one lives. The investment approach more heavily weighs the break-even age when it finally pays to delay benefits.

Forbes

15 arrested in European sweep against Ansar al Islam offshoot, police say

At least 15 people associated with a Norway-based Kurdish terror group were arrested in a multi-nation European sweep. Officials asserted the group was helping ISIS and plotting attacks against European diplomats.

CNN

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Europe’s terror weak spot

Politico

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Cash offensive: US aid organization kits out army units to battle Boko Haram

Kitting out a Nigerien army unit is not what most humanitarians would consider the best response to Boko Haram. But for the NGO Spirit of America, it is precisely the sort of aid that’s needed to tackle the militants.

Guardian

Sandy recovery: Where’s the $9B in aid going?

Nearly $9 billion in federal disaster aid has been pledged to New Jersey, but only slightly more than half of that money has been released to the state, according to new figures released by New Jersey’s State Comptroller.

Asbury Park Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Burundi: President’s speech instills fear as killings increase

Burundian security forces should exercise restraint during search operations for illegal weapons in the capital, Bujumbura, and not use these operations as a license to kill.

Human Rights Watch

Beirut Blasts: At least 37 killed, 180 wounded in two suicide explosions

Two suicide explosions in a busy area in Beirut’s southern suburb, a stronghold of Lebanese Hezbollah, killed at least 37 people and wounded 180 more, the Lebanese Red Cross told NBC News.

NBCNews.com

Twin Beirut explosions

Daily Star

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Portugal’s left-wing opposition topples minority government

Portugal’s government has been toppled less than two weeks after taking power after left-wing opponents rejected its programme in parliament.

BBC

Clinton says she would not support war declaration against ISIS

Hillary Clinton said she was not ready to support a formal declaration of war against Islamic State militants.

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Does Pluto have volcanoes? If so, how did it get them?

Icy volcanoes may lie on the southern rim of Pluto‘s frozen heart. Images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft have identified two peaks that tower nearly 4 miles (6 kilometers) high over the surface of the dwarf planet.

Christian Science Monitor

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Nasa reveals 3D images of mountains on Pluto

Daily Mail

Fireballs are falling to Earth this week in numbers we won‘t see for another 10 years

Keep your eyes peeled this week for some spectacular fireballs — extremely bright meteors — lighting up the sky.

Business Insider

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Charges brought in largest US financial cyber-hacking

Prosecutors have charged three men relating to the largest cyber-attack of financial firms in U.S. history.

BBC

At G20, U.S. will urge countries to kickstart global growth

The U.S. will urge countries during the G20 leaders summit to use monetary, fiscal and structural tools at their disposal to offset a shortfall in global demand.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Scientists breach brain barrier to treat sick patient

For the first time, doctors have breached the brain’s protective layer to deliver cancer-fighting drugs. The Canadian team used tiny gas-filled bubbles to punch temporary holes in the blood-brain barrier.

BBC

This baby elephant was drowning, when his family made a dramatic rescue

The rescue mission was successful and the herd continued on after crossing the river. The images were captured on camera by Sandy Gelderman, who was staying at a camp in central Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy.

Fuzzfix

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Indonesian NGO takes aim at government for failure to handle haze

Kontras says the Indonesian government has failed to implement sufficient measures under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations in 1966.

Mongabay

Human rights must be at the core of migration policies, NGOs say

NGOs from several Mediterranean countries have issued a joint declaration before the Valletta summit, insisting that human rights must be at the core of migration policies.

Times of Malta

ENVIRONMENT

High pressure system helps turn up the heat

With temperatures running five to seven degrees warmer than normal, this month is on course to be the hottest November on record in South Florida. Blame a massive high-pressure system over the eastern U.S.

Sun Seninal

From freeze to 70s in 48 hours - risk of “Kate” in the Gulf of Mexico - the promise of energy storage

Star Tribune

Unstable Greenland glacier is speeding up and draining more ice

Some of the immense glaciers that drain the vast Greenland ice sheet rest in deep fjords rather than on dry land. As the waters around Greenland warm, the leading edges of these glaciers are retreating inland.

New Scientist

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Kitten watches birds. (Photo by Susanne Nilsson) Photo used under CC BY

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