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Turkish jets forced a Syrian Air Airbus A320 passenger plane to land at Ankara airport on suspicion that it may be carrying weapons, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilici / 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

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New technology maps greenhouse gas emissions at the neighborhood level

(Smithsonian Magazine)

Surprising Science

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

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

Special section:

Syria and Turkey: live updates

Guardian

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

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

Report includes 200 pages, 26 witnesses

San Francisco Chronicle

Special section:

Armstrong’s fall from grace

NY Daily News

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

Scientists chuck instruments into middle of Arctic sea ice

As sea ice disappears in the Arctic Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard is teaming with scientists to deploy scientific equipment through cracks in the ice from airplanes hundreds of feet in the air.

NBCNews.com

Scenes from Antarctica

The Atlantic

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

How music tastes form

Daily Mail

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

Lenovo ousts HP as world’s top PC maker, says Gartner

Chinese PC maker Lenovo has replaced Hewlett-Packard as the world’s top PC maker, according to preliminary figures released by Gartner research firm.

BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

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

‘Thriller’ dance lives on

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dance still lives — at weddings, through flash mobs or in your living room. Approaching its 30th anniversary, it is still cool and everyone wants to learn it.

Star Tribune

What your spoon says about you

Spoons hold up a mirror to the surrounding culture precisely because, unlike forks or chopsticks, they are universal.

The Atlantic

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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

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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.