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Palestinians hold flags during a demonstration against the Gaza Blockade, near the border between Gaza Strip and southern Israel. (Photo by Khalil Hamra / AP)

‘Dark chapter’ of medical research

The Tuskegee syphilis experiment of the 20th century is often cited as the most famous example of unethical medical research. Now, evidence has emerged that it overlapped with a shorter study.

CNN

US apologizes for 40s STD study

ABC News

DC rally shows support for Democrats

Tapping into anger as the tea party movement has done, a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups marched by the thousands on the Lincoln Memorial and pledged to support Democrats.

Houston Chronicle

Whitman in tough spot on immigration

GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, still reeling from reports she had an undocumented employee, heads into a crucial debate with a still rapidly changing immigration policy.

San Francisco Chronicle

Settlements may cause Palestinian walkout

The Palestinian leadership has said it will not continue peace talks with Israel unless a freeze on Jewish settlements in the West Bank resumes.

BBC

Activists say Israel used stun guns on them

Palestinian Telegraph

Special section:

A history of talks

MSNBC

Calif. lawmakers, Schwarzenegger reach deal on stalled budget

California lawmakers reached a deal on the state’s budget that could solve its $19 billion deficit. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s spokesman confirmed the agreement.

CNN

NJ Gov. Christie stops road projects

Bloomberg

Bank of America freezes foreclosure actions

Bank of America Corporation has delayed foreclosures after a federal regulator called for a review because lenders may have submitted defective documents when repossessing homes.

Bloomberg

State leaders back tougher foreclosure limits

San Francisco Chronicle

Facing foreclosures and Roth IRAs

CNN

NATION

FBI targets peace activists

More than a dozen peace activists in the Midwest will face a federal grand jury in Chicago in the next few weeks, in an investigation related to terrorism.

NPR

Rutgers pres. to meet with gay community

Rutgers University‘s president pledged to meet with members of the school’s gay community amid furor over a student’s recent suicide.

CNN

POLITICS

DeMint targets Senate colleagues

The Senate Conservatives Fund’s first target is Sen. Michael Bennet, the freshman Democrat from Colorado who is running against Ken Buck, a favorite of the tea party.

The Hill

How will Calif. change if Prop 19 passes?

Polls show California voters may well approve Proposition 19, which would make marijuana legal in the state. Costs and benefits are hotly debated by both sides.

Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Calif. Governor vetoes transparency bill

California‘s public university foundations will remain closed to public scrutiny after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have brought the nonprofit enterprises under the Public Records Act.

San Francisco Chronicle

A call for open textbooks

Student PIRGs, the activist group and gadfly of the textbook industry, has anointed a savior in its campaign against the high cost of course materials. Here’s a small hint: It’s not e-books.

Inside Higher Ed

HEALTH

Junk food nearly half of kids’ intake

Nutrition experts say a new study highlights just how unhealthy young people’s diets really are.

ABC News

When facing difficult tasks, groups demonstrate ‘collective intelligence’

A new study finds collective intelligence among groups who cooperate well, going beyond the cognitive abilities of the groups’ individual members. Cooperation is also linked to the number of women in a group.

Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

CNN fires Rick Sanchez after remarks

CNN fired newscaster Rick Sanchez after he called Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” a “bigot” and suggested that Jews run CNN and “all the other” networks.

Los Angeles Times

A brief history of ‘Peanuts’

Since debuting, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and friends have become the most recognizable cartoon characters in America — and left their cultural mark.

TIME

SPORTS

Contador: Revise anti-doping regs

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador called for anti-doping regulations to be revised after his positive test for banned substance clenbuterol.

Reuters

Padres deny Giants postseason berth

Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer, while Ryan Ludwick and Matt Stairs also connected and the Padres put San Francisco’s potential celebration on hold with a dramatic 6-4 victory.

CBSSports

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GOOD NEWS

Collaborative development hopes to make Brooklyn, NY, neighborhood bloom

Innovative effort turns former prison into an affordable housing complex with sustainable environmental design, services for the homeless, and a 32,000-square-foot common green.

NY 1 News

The evolution of a handmade ecosystem

Etsy, an online market of handmade craft, has features to encourage camaraderie. One of the earliest additions was an online homepage for “teams” using the site to arrange local shows or discuss techniques.

Newsweek

WORLD

Deaths in Pakistan ‘drone’ attack

Four missiles fired by suspected U.S. drones at a house in northwest Pakistan have killed at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence sources say.

Al Jazeera

Militants attack NATO convoys in Pakistan

Associated Press

UN: Congo killings may be genocide

A U.N. report into the killings of Hutu civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the 1990s says they may constitute “crimes of genocide”.

BBC

BUSINESS

Federal debate easing tools as Dudley says further steps warranted

Federal Reserve policy makers are now debating how to deploy tools for more unconventional easing as two top officials indicated action may be needed to lower unemployment persisting near 10 percent.

Bloomberg

Automakers post solid gains

Americans are buying cars and trucks at the strongest pace since the cash-for-clunkers program — a trend that could give the industry a psychological boost.

Detroit Free Press

ENVIRONMENT

EPA official praises NM emission plan

Govenor Bill Richardson and the New Mexico Environment Department were commended for trying to establish a greenhouse gas emissions cap and trade program.

CBS News

Cap and trade plan stirs debate across NM

BusinessWeek

Advertising firms urge Dallas City Council to allow digital billboards

It’s been 10 years since the Dallas City Council decided enough was enough when it comes to billboards lining city streets and highways and passed an ordinance banning any more from being built.

Dallas Morning News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google Street View hits Antarctic

Privacy concerns for Google’s Street View may now extend to penguins, following the service’s extension to a seventh continent — Antarctica. The imagery is so far limited, showing coastal panoramas and penguins.

BBC

Google Street View now in Antarctica

Wall Street Journal

Microsoft sues Motorola in patent case

Microsoft is suing Motorola in a case that involves the mobile phone maker‘s use of Google’s mobile operating system, Android.

Seattle Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Westboro church tests 1st Amendment

A case challenging the Westboro Baptist Church anti-gay protests will test the limits of free speech, with First Amendment implications for other forms of expression such as Quran burning.

Christian Science Monitor

Holocaust music captures camp culture

A handful of the countless songs written by victims of the Holocaust and other World War II prisoners made their world premiere at Emory University in Atlanta.

USA TODAY

Music from Holocaust captures culture of camps

Philadelphia Inquirer

Druidry to be classed as religion

Druidry is to become the first pagan practice to be given official recognition as a religion. The Charity Commission has accepted that druids’ worship of natural spirits could be seen as religious activity.

BBC

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