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The Internet is shaping the lives of young people

Most younger people say that the Internet is shaping who they are. In a world that has been remade in such short order, we have no idea what this new technology will mean for our society.

The Atlantic

Nearly half of young adults browse the Web mainly on their phones

Slate

Egypt’s sexual harassment epidemic

Egypt’s revolution draws idealistic Western journalists, many of them women. Sexual intimidation — even violent assaults — is an all too common part of the job.

Daily Beast

Sexually mauled by mob: young reporter tells of ordeal in Tahrir Square

The Age

Supreme Court upholds health care law

The Supreme Court upheld the health care law today in a splintered, complex opinion that appears to give President Obama a major victory.

USA TODAY

Health care reform’s effect on small business

CNN

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Live: Supreme Court decisions

SCOTUSblog.com

21 landmark SCOTUS rulings

Politico

Blasts erupt near Syrian Justice Ministry

A day after attackers bombed a pro-government TV station, massive explosions shook the heart of Damascus near the Justice Ministry, the state-run media said.

CNN

Aftermath of attack on Syrian TV channel

YouTube

Jersey boys: the governor, the Boss and a tale of politics and rock ’n’ roll

Chris Christie and Bruce Springsteen have owned the New Jersey limelight for decades for very different reasons. This is their interwoven story of politics, rock ‘n’ roll and unrequited love.

The Atlantic

NATION

Wildfire victims crowd shelters in Colo.

More than 30,000 Colorado residents have been displaced by growing wildfires, including thousands who packed up belongings after flames reached the foothills of Colorado Springs.

NY Daily News

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Broncos pledge $50,000 in aid

Denver Post

Changing American values

Americans say they are more open-minded than their parents. Among the issues that rate more morally acceptable now than a decade ago: homosexuality, human cloning and having a child out of wedlock.

The Atlantic

Belief in hell helps keep society safe

LiveScience

POLITICS

Supreme Court to deliver Obama healthcare law ruling

The Supreme Court is set to deliver its ruling on President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul. It is a historic case that could hand him a huge triumph or a stinging rebuke.

Reuters

Federal spending cuts: Congress risks another crisis

Congress cannot agree on how to replace the “sequester” — a series of automatic federal spending cuts divided between defense and non-defense programs.

CNNMoney

EDUCATION

Regulate school workouts, group urges

A total of 21 U.S. college football players have collapsed and died during conditioning workouts since 2000 — many on the first few days, when even the fittest players are often pushed too hard.

Vancouver Sun

Athletes’ deaths prompt new guidelines

Huffington Post

For-profit schools could lose their federal student aid

Former students in career-training programs at dozens of for-profit institutions have had so much trouble paying off their loans that the schools’ access to student aid is in jeopardy.

Idaho Statesman

University of Phoenix owner faces federal review

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Watch out, Silicon Valley

London’s “Silicon Roundabout” is biting at your heels. They have hipsters, coffee shops and ironic facial hair. But is the tech for real?

GlobalPost

Think smartphones are ubiquitous now? Just wait a few years

The iPhone has helped smartphones lead the mobile market, and soon many mobile users will have no choice but to own one.

Guardian

Google launches small tablet

The debut of a long-anticipated tablet computer bearing Google’s brand and equipped with its latest operating software kicked off an annual conference for about 6,000 computer programmers.

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Menopausal women ‘work out’ their hot flashes with physical activity

Menopausal women who exercise may experience fewer hot flashes in the 24 hours following physical activity, according to health researchers.

ScienceDaily

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Can IVF treatments reverse a woman’s biological clock?

NPR

Atkins diets may increase risk of heart disease, study shows

Ever try the Atkins diet? Diets low in carbohydrates and high in proteins may increase the risk of heart disease, according to a new study published in the journal BMJ.

ABC News

FDA OKs first prescription diet drug in a decade

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Guardians of foie gras

John Burton, chairman of the California Democratic Party and sponsor of a statewide foie gras ban, has expressed frustration with the movement to keep the delicacy legal.

The New Yorker

Why everyone is still singing the blues

Blues music has been around for over a hundred years. Its basic 12-bar structure and simple chord progressions consolidated out-of-the-field songs of American slavery with elements of gospel and country.

Telegraph.co.uk

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

State needs to pursue case of possible price collusion on oil and gas leases

Detroit Free Press

Column (Chris Olie):

On texting, lead by example

Telegram & Gazette

Editorial:

Saying thanks to veterans

Columbus Dispatch

Column (E.J. Dionne Jr.):

Justice Antonin Scalia must resign

Huffington Post

Column (Daniel B. Wood):

Supersize America: Whose job is it to fight obesity?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Warwick McFadyen):

Hyper society is drowning out poetry

Sydney Morning Herald

Editorial:

High-speed rail needs cash now

San Francisco Examiner

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A rise in violence needs a better response: more police officers

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Long march to their due

About 400 of the first black Marines received a salute from Congress and the country as they were presented with the Congressional Gold Medal at Emancipation Hall for their service during World War II.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Hero dog saves toddler from drowning

A dog has been hailed a “hero” after he saved a Michigan toddler from drowning in his family swimming pool.

Huffington Post

Hero who saved baby from subway tracks gets new gig after a year without a job

The unemployed hero who plucked a baby from the subway tracks in Brooklyn was reunited with the tot — right after getting a new job.

NY Daily News

WORLD

European chiefs put bond buying on table as crisis summit opens