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Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi, walks inside a polling station to cast his vote in Zakazik, Egypt. (Photo by Ahmed Gomaa / AP)

US executions go from town square to behind bars

America’s executions have changed dramatically over the years, morphing from daylong events in the town square to somber and tightly controlled affairs held deep inside prisons.

CBS News

FBI fighting 2-front war on growing enemy: cyber-espionage

The FBI says it’s responding to two threats: the sophisticated computer hacking skills of outside intelligence agencies and the possibility of a trusted insider giving away secrets.

CBS News

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College classes require top secret clearance

(ABC News)

Investigative

Street lights change insect ecosystems

Street lights are changing insect ecosystems in towns and cities, a study has found. Groups of invertebrates living near artificial lights include more predators and scavengers, say researchers.

The Independent

Egyptians vote freely for leader in historic election

Egyptians will have a competitive presidential election for the first time in history. Islamists and rivals who served under President Hosni Mubarak are the two leading contenders.

Reuters

Egypt votes: how it can change the Middle East

Msnbc.com

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Egypt votes

BBC

Iran nuclear talks open in Baghdad

Iran, Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany and the U.S. have started talks aimed at defusing the escalating crisis over Tehran’s nuclear program, an official said.

Al Jazeera

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Long term uncertainty remains in nuclear talks with Iran

(TIME)

Global Spin

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Guardian

Does globalization mean we will become 1 culture?

Modern humans have created many thousands of distinct cultures. So what will it mean if globalization turns us into one giant, homogenous world culture?

BBC

Saved from prohibition by holy wine

A 95-year-old L.A. winery handled hard times by making wine for church services. Now, connoisseurs are devoted to its serene ambiance.

Smithsonian Magazine

NATION

Tax increases, spending cuts could cause US recession relapse

The economy could relapse into a recession if Obama and Congress allow several big tax increases and spending cuts to take effect in 2013, the Congressional Budget Office reported.

Economic Times

CBO warns fiscal cliff could cause recession

CNNMoney

Army gets pickier with recruits and stingier with bonuses

Soldiers already serving on active duty must meet tougher standards to stay on further. The Army has also cut bonus spending to attract recruits by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Men who climb towers pay with their lives

Corporate giants outsource the dangerous work of maintaining communications towers to subcontracting companies. Over the last nine years, nearly 100 workers have died, 50 of them on cell sites.

ProPublica

POLITICS

Why the battle over Bain matters

Charges that Mitt Romney used predatory practices while running Bain Capital, a private-equity firm, represent a microcosm of the larger debate over the economy and the role of government in the U.S.

U.S. News & World Report

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Joe Biden speaks out about Mitt Romney’s economic policies

(ABC News)

OTUS

Google is striking back

The company has built an army of 22 lobbying firms, donated to political campaigns and hired a former GOP congresswoman to counter complaints about Google’s business practices.

Politico

BUSINESS

Hewlett-Packard prepares to announce mass layoffs

Hewlett-Packard will announce another round of job cuts in an effort to streamline its teetering PC and services businesses. A source familiar with the plans said layoffs will be “in the ballpark” of 25,000 workers.

CNNMoney

Dairies go under as milk prices sink

The number of dairy cows in the U.S. has not changed, but the number of dairy farms has dropped as small farms either go out of business or consolidate.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Facebook stocks drop amid pressure

Facebook’s shares fell again as questions mounted over the company’s financial prospects and its ability to grow fast enough to live up to the hype surrounding its stock.

San Francisco Examiner

What happens when IPOs get a bad start?

CNBC

EDUCATION

Chicago Teachers Union protest

The Chicago Teachers Union is bringing together 4,000 teachers in a rally to send a message of solidarity to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel amid ongoing contract negotiations — and rumors of strike.

Huffington Post

Spy agency seeks cyber-ops curriculum

The National Security Agency is trying to expand cyber expertise needed for secret intelligence operations on computer networks through a cyber-ops program at selected universities.

Reuters

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NSA teams up with colleges to train students for secret cyber-ops jobs

(Wired)

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Do Mormons really want recognition as a ‘mainstream’ religion?

To Mormons who view Mitt Romney’s campaign as a significant step toward acceptance as a mainstream American religion, Harvard professor Noah Feldman cautions, “Be careful what you wish for.”

Desert News

Most and least Mormon states in America

Huffington Post

Dig ‘proves’ Bethlehem existed centuries before Jesus

Israeli archaeologists said they discovered the first physical evidence supporting Old Testament accounts of Bethlehem’s existence centuries before the town became revered as the birthplace of Jesus.

Reuters

SPORTS

Jerry Sloan wants to coach again

Jerry Sloan, the former Utah Jazz coach, is ready to return to the NBA and has expressed interest in the Charlotte Bobcats and Orlando Magic coaching positions.

ESPN

NFL making thigh and knee pads mandatory in ’13

The NFL’s move to make thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season already has drawn criticism the NFL Players Association, which argues that the move should be negotiated.

ABC News

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GOOD NEWS

Community radio cuts disaster risk in flood-prone Bangladesh

Radio stations that broadcast in local dialects along Bangladesh’s coast warn residents about storms and help farmers cope with erratic weather.

Christian Science Monitor

A fine brine: new desalination technique yields more drinkable water

A new, more energy-efficient seawater distillation membrane is designed to yield greater amounts of potable water and less briny discharge.

Scientific American

Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village helps young Rwandans heal

A visit from Rwandan students gives their American peers a chance to learn about the Rwandan genocide and the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, which cares for orphaned and other affected youths.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

North Korea vows to boost nuclear ‘deterrent’ amid US pressure

North Korea has warned that it will bolster its nuclear program and take unspecified counter-measures unless the U.S. eases its diplomatic pressure.

BBC

Mexico’s Zetas rewrite drug war in blood

The Zetas’ rapid expansion has given them dominance in cross-border drug trade, extortion, kidnapping and other criminal businesses.

Reuters

Squeezing cash from China’s billion dollar app market

Forty percent of those connecting to the Web in China now do so solely via a mobile phone. That offers IT developers, and mobile phone app makers in particular, an extraordinary opportunity.

BBC

Google void seen as opportunity for China mobile app store

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Deep-sea drilling uncovers bacteria that has not eaten for 86 million years

Deep-sea life forms were discovered in a layer of soft red clay at the bottom of the Pacific Gyre. The hardy bacteria can almost live without food.

Daily Mail

Fire beetles may revolutionize early-warning systems for forest fires

Black fire beetles of the genus Melanophila possess unusual infrared sensors. They use these sensors to detect forest fires, since their larvae can only develop in freshly burned trees.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Skin from heart attack patients transformed into beating heart cells

Scientists have turned skin from heart attack patients into fresh heart cells in a step toward heart attack therapy. The cells were at the same stage of development as a newborn baby.

Guardian

Can sugar make you stupid? ‘High concern’ in wake of study

We all know sugary diets can sabotage a waistline. Now it turns out they might make brains flabby too.

National Geographic

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Tracking the types of junk food the world eats after dark

The Salt (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why your body jerks before you sleep

As we give up our bodies to sleep, sudden twitches escape our brains, causing our arms and legs to jerk.

BBC

Can a watercraft cross the Pacific on wave power alone?

A wave-powered glider has already endured a journey from California to Hawaii. Its next leg will be 5,000 nautical miles to the coasts of Australia and Japan.

Wired

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

How parents can enable kids’ creativity

Kids spending more time watching TV than using their imaginations is an old concern. Now, many parents encourage unstructured creativity.

Wall Street Journal

The decades-long comeback of Mark Twain’s favorite food

When America’s favorite storyteller lived in San Francisco, nothing struck his fancy like a heaping plate of this Pacific Northwest delicacy.

Smithsonian Magazine

Sisters ahead of their time collect Matisse

“It took a lot of gall — guts — to paint it,” Henri Matisse was known to have said about his paintings, “but much more to buy it.” Among those who had the guts were Claribel and Etta Cone.

Globeandmail.com

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