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United Nations observers arrive at a hotel in Damascus, Syria as they prepare to depart the country. Intense fighting in Syria continues a day after the United Nation’s new envoy to Syria acknowledged that he had no concrete ideas to end the conflict. (Photo by Muzaffar Salman / AP)

Study reveals geography of charitable giving

According to a study that breaks charitable giving down by ZIP code, lower-income people tend to donate a much bigger share of their discretionary incomes than wealthier people do.

NPR

Map:

How America gives

ABC News

‘Top Gun’ director dies after leaping off bridge in Los Angeles

Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as “Top Gun,” and “Beverly Hills Cop II,” died after jumping from a Los Angeles County bridge, authorities said.

Philadelphia Inquirer

UN observer mission in Syria ends

The United Nations observer mission in Syria has formally ended, in line with the Security Council decision. The UN decided to end the mission in response to growing levels of violence.

BBC

Blog:

Live from Syria

(Al Jazeera)

Syria Live Blog

Special section:

Unrest in Syria

CNN

At Guantanamo tribunals, don’t mention the ‘T word’

The al-Qaida suspects who were subjected to so-called harsh interrogation techniques, and the lawyers charged with defending them, are not allowed to talk about the treatment they consider torture.

Reuters

Judge skeptical of new government policy on lawyers’ access to some Gitmo detainees

Star Tribune

Early anesthesia linked to problems with language, memory and reasoning

Increasingly, research finds that exposure to anesthesia in early childhood may have long-term effects on kids’ brain development.

TIME

NATION

Courts flooded with poorer Americans representing themselves

A number of people are representing themselves in the nation’s civil courts because they can’t afford lawyers, who typically charge $200 to $500 an hour. The boom has overwhelmed courts.

NBCNews.com

‘Old Ironsides’ sets sail in Massachusetts

The USS Constitution set out on Boston Harbor to commemorate the 200th anniversary of her victory over a British frigate during the War of 1812, where she earned her “Old Ironsides” nickname.

CNN

POLITICS

US blow-up over Congressman Todd Akin’s rape remark

An argument has erupted in the U.S. after a congressman said women’s bodies were naturally able to prevent pregnancy in the case of “legitimate rape.”

BBC

How often does rape lead to pregnancy?

The Atlantic

For a moment, at least, presidential campaigns get back to issues

First comes a handful of mud slung at an opponent. Then a bucketful. Pretty soon everybody’s doing it, nobody left unmuddied or with clean hands.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Streaming video game site OnLive collapses and restructures

Streaming video game service OnLive laid off most of its staff and sold itself to an unnamed buyer in what appears to be a move to keep the service from going out of business.

CNNMoney

Italy warns against EU ‘break-up factor’

The euro must not become a “break-up factor” that pits northern Europe against crisis-choked nations in the south of the continent, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti says.

Sydney Morning Herald

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Digital Bible pops up in more churches

Not too long ago, the sight of someone using an electronic device during a worship service might lead an observer to assume that person was not fully engaged. But not anymore.

Detroit Free Press

Quinn signs religious tolerance bill at end-of-Ramadan celebration

Gov. Patrick Quinn celebrated the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a ceremony that drew 15,000 people to Toyota Park in a southwest suburb of Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

More people are turning to colorful self-written obituaries

They could be your last words, so why not make them count? More people are penning their own obituaries well before death comes knocking — even taking courses or hiring pros to do the job.

ABC News

Fishing for lobsters not just a man’s game

For generations lobstermen in Maine have been predominantly men, but that’s starting to change as more women are breaking through the glass gangway, or ramp, and heading their own fishing boat.

NPR

Blog:

Now women are catching just as many delicious lobsters as men

Jezebel

Madonna sued in Russia for supporting Gay rights at concert

Activists are demanding damages of nearly $10.5 million, claiming they were offended by her St. Petersburg concert.

Slate

Madonna to Russia: ‘Let Pussy Riot go free’

NBCNews.com

ENVIRONMENT

In an environmental exchange, some ancient trees are killed to help others

As part of a Forest Service effort to return Sierra forests to their pre-settlement glory, many conifers are designated for logging to help the aspen, a species officials say is in danger.

McClatchy Newspapers

Butterflies spreading north as climates change around them

According to a new study, over the past 19 years, a warming climate has been reshaping Massachusetts butterfly communities.

Harvard Gazette

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Marc Dion):

What color is your chain?

Creators Syndicate

Column (Deborah Kendrick):

Still feel Olympic? Games aren’t over

Columbus Dispatch

Column (Sarah Ditum):

Message to Catwoman: High heels may hobble your future career prospects

Guardian

Column (Curtis Hubbard):

The political battle of boycotting businesses

Denver Post

Editorial:

Japan-China island clash: peace in a common history

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Hope for a peaceful Eid

The Nation

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Flee speech

Houston Chronicle

Column (Jeff Putthoff):

Killings that don’t make the news

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

After 30 years, heart transplant pioneer beats the odds

Jeff Wierenga was 25 years old when he got the news few people that age ever hear: He needed a heart transplant. Now 55, Wierenga is one of the longest-living heart transplant patients in the U.S.

Detroit Free Press

Wounded war veteran receives new home from nonprofit, Kid Rock

A wounded war veteran and his wife looking for a new house in Michigan were in for a surprise when they walked into a model home and found their friends, family and Kid Rock waiting inside.

FOX News

Rwanda: New efforts to promote reading

The Ministry of Education and Rwanda Education Board recently launched an initiative dubbed “Rwanda Reads.”

allAfrica.com

WORLD

Japan activists land, raise flags on isle