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Peter McGrail, left, and Todd Schaef, explain their project to capture carbon dioxide gas inside basalt rock formations at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash. (Photo by Jackie Johnston / AP)

Carbon capture: how to avoid global warming

More than a hundred carbon capture and storage projects (CCS) must be built to avoid dangerous global warming, an international CCS group said.

Guardian

Blog:

New technology maps greenhouse gas emissions at the neighborhood level

(Smithsonian Magazine)

Surprising Science

Vatican II: a mixed legacy

At Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul, 50 years ago, a pontiff stunned the world by calling the first Catholic Church Council in nearly a century — the Second Vatican Council, or what is known as Vatican II.

NPR

Biden vs. Ryan: what to watch for in the debate

When Rep. Paul Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden meet in the vice presidential debate, here is what to look for: Ryan‘s plan versus Obama’s record, candidates’ experience and working-class values.

TIME

Where to watch the 2012 vice presidential debate online

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2012 Presidential debate schedule

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Disney breaks ties with paper makers

Environmentalists campaigning to prevent destruction of the Indonesian rainforest scored a major victory after coaxing Disney to sever ties with two of Asia’s most controversial paper manufacturers.

Guardian

Mo Yan awarded the Nobel Prize

Mo Yan is the first Chinese winner of the literature prize who is not a critic of China’s government, but the Academy did not take political considerations into account when making their selection.

Christian Science Monitor

Li Bai and Du Fu: China’s poets

BBC

NATION

Geithner says US economic, financial reforms yielding results

U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner said that financial reforms and other actions in response to the global crisis are yielding results, helping the U.S. economy to grow at a pace faster than expected.

Star Tribune

Geithner: US fiscal reform is an opportunity

Bloomberg

Massachusetts governor says drug firm may have misled regulators

The specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak may have misled regulators and done work beyond the scope of its state license, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says.

San Francisco Chronicle

Inconsistent genome privacy laws need toughening, panel says

Many states lack laws to protect people from harmful use of their DNA transcripts, or genomes, and should work with the federal government to provide consistent protection, presidential advisers said.

Bloomberg

POLITICS

Joe Biden a ‘happy warrior’ in debate prep

President Obama described debate prep as “a drag.” But Biden’s colleagues and friends say the former senator, who spent decades making arguments on the Senate floor, genuinely enjoys his practice sessions.

CBS News

Can you name these vice presidents?

Houston Chronicle

Federal judges uphold South Carolina voter ID law

A federal court upheld South Carolina’s voter ID law, overturning its rejection by the U.S. Justice Department.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Jobless claims fall to 4-year low

Claims for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to their lowest level in more than four years, but the drop was due mostly to a technical issue.

CNNMoney

Facebook: the antisocial network branded ‘disingenuous and immoral’

Facebook was accused of “disingenuous and immoral” tax avoidance after a new analysis of its U.K. business suggested the networking giant paid just $380,000 in corporation tax in Britain last year.

The Independent

ENVIRONMENT

UAE poised to become global leader in renewable energy

With global energy demand set to double or triple by 2050, UAE has shown an unyielding commitment to renewable energy, launching a host of initiatives that aim to reduce its carbon footprint.

Khaleej Times

Great Lakes wolves face hunting season

For years, vacationers and farmers across Wisconsin and Minnesota have heard the eerie howl of the gray wolf and fretted the creatures were lurking around their cabins and pastures. The tables are about to turn.

San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mice can sing — even change their tune

The newest singing sensation in the animal kingdom? Mice. The creatures not only sing ultrasonic melodies high above sopranos, but they also learn new tunes from each other, researchers report.

NBCNews.com

YouTube exposure means network knows cats of all kinds

The Humane Society of the U.S. estimates that Americans own more than 86 million cats, but the latest strong evidence of our cat fixation comes from an artificial-intelligence project at Google’s X Labs.

Scientific American

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Zombies: the real story of the undead

For staggering, slow-moving monsters, zombies have become quite a force in the entertainment industry over the past decade.

LiveScience

New York’s High Line: why cities want parks in the sky

Once an elevated freight railway track, New York’s High Line is now an oasis for pedestrians. It has been so popular that other cities are following suit. What is the secret of its success?

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Arthur Herman):

Hillary’s sinking ship

FOX News

Column (Edward Wasserman):

As political ad cash rolls in, are TV ‘watchdogs’ quiet?

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Conor Friedersdorf):

Television is an atrocious format for presidential debates

The Atlantic

Editorial:

What Supreme Court missed on use of race in admissions

Christian Science Monitor

Interview:

‘Want to save the planet? Save people,’ says conservation bigwig

Grist

Column (Charles Hill):

American ideology? There is no such thing

PBS (Newshour)

Column (Michael Lind):

Civil War America is back

Slate

Column (Frida Ghitis):

A girl’s courage, the Taliban’s cowardice

CNN

Column (Joe Cirincione):

Exploding budgets

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

World Sight Day: celebrating 25 years fighting river blindness

Twenty-five years after the founding of the MECTIZAN Donation Program, the company celebrates progress in the fight against river blindness, a leading cause of preventable blindness.

The Street

Blog:

World Sight Day: leveling with you about avoidable blindness

The Independent

An urban farm puts New Orleans teens to work growing food

At the heart of City Park is a Youth Farm, which develops a sense of responsibility, community and stewardship among city high school students through the collaborative work of growing food.

The Atlantic

What golf means for teen with autism

Ask 18-year-old John McCabe about his handicap and his mind goes to the golf scoring system that measures a player’s ability, not the autism he deals with as a high school senior.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WORLD

Worker at US Embassy in Yemen killed

A Yemeni employed as a senior security official at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa was shot dead on his way to work. The embassy was recently stormed by crowds during protests.

CNN

The year the grains failed

World grain prices have risen so high that families in poorer countries are being forced to schedule “food-free days” each week, according to one of the leading experts on global agriculture.

The Independent

Special section:

Food insecurity

ThinkProgress

Turkey says plane had illegal cargo

Turkish officials accused a Syrian passenger plane of carrying “illegal cargo” between Russia and Syria. Turkey intercepted the plane over suspicions it was carrying military equipment.

BBC

Russia says Turkey endangered lives by grounding plane

Reuters

EDUCATION

Denying girls school entrenches poverty

Millions of girls worldwide are not going to school, an education gap that condemns them to lives of hardship and entrenches broader extreme poverty, a new report says.

Google News

Scrutiny of affirmative action

UT Austin needs a fourth Supreme Court justice to preserve its ability — and that of other colleges — to consider race and ethnicity in admissions decisions. If one exists, he has not revealed himself yet.

Inside Higher Ed

HEALTH

Experimental vaccine may help women with HPV

While the vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix are currently used to prevent HPV infection in girls, a new experimental vaccine has been created to treat females who are already infected with the virus.

HealthDay

Drugs approved for genetic Alzheimer’s prevention study

An Alzheimer’s drug that was ineffective against preventing decline in patients with late stage Alzheimer’s may help prevent the disease from developing in people who are genetically predisposed to it.

CBS News

Special section:

Hearts and minds

The Global Mail

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

What causes near-death experiences?

This week’s Newsweek proclaims that “heaven is real," after neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander writes about his afterlife experience when he was in a near-death coma.

Popular Science

‘Nones’ on the rise

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

German cabinet approves bill allowing circumcision of boys

Germany’s cabinet approved a draft law protecting the right to circumcise infant boys, ending months of legal uncertainty after a local court banned the practice, causing outrage among Muslims and Jews.

Reuters

SPORTS

Evidence catches up with Armstrong

So convincing is the evidence released by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, it is hard to retain any doubt that Armstrong’s seven Tour de France “victories” were tainted.

Sydney Morning Herald

Special section:

Armstrong’s fall from grace

NY Daily News

Sides still at odds in NHL labor talks

Five hours of talks in two sessions between the NHL and the players’ association did little to move the sides closer to a deal in the nearly month-long lockout.

Sports Illustrated

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