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Israeli police detain a Palestinian demonstrator during a protest in Jerusalem as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by Bernat Armangue / AP)

Future of cooking: healthier and higher-tech

Food will not just feed you in 30 years. It will make you feel better and have less junk in it, says chef Cat Cora, who was recently inducted into the American Academy of Chefs Culinary Hall of Fame.

USA TODAY

Rice gene a boon for global food supply

Reuters

Rural America is fatter than urban America

City slickers are slimmer than their country counterparts, according to a new study that suggests rural obesity is a bigger problem than we realized.

ABC News

NYC bans large-sized sugary drinks at restaurants

Salt Lake Tribune

US embassies tighten security in Middle East

United States embassies and consulates across the Middle East keep security forces at the ready as Muslims protest across the region.

CNN

Pope appeals for peace in Lebanon visit

Houston Chronicle

Obama orders protection of Americans abroad

Telegraph.co.uk

Blog:

Rage against film spreads to Africa

(CNN)

This Just In

Telephoned bomb threats send 3 campuses scrambling

A bomb threat phoned in to the University of Texas at Austin campus sent thousands of people streaming off campus as administrators warned students and faculty to “get as far away as possible.”

Houston Chronicle

No deal in Chicago as strike drags on

Chicago students marked a week out of classes as hopes of an imminent end to a teachers’ strike proved optimistic and tedious negotiations over education reforms dragged on.

Reuters

NATION

Discouraged in the hunt for a job, many have stopped looking

In normal times, the labor force would be growing. But these are not normal times, and the labor force is actually smaller than it was four years ago, meaning millions of people who should be there aren’t.

NPR

More than 20 million saved from poverty

Federal lifeline programs have helped keep millions out of poverty, U.S. Census data shows, with Social Security payments lifting 21.4 million people over the poverty line in 2011.

CNN

Mortgage help from Uncle Sam

Reuters

Blog:

Boomers spending less on leisure, more on mortgage interest, adult kids

(AARP)

AARP Blog

TSA’s chat-downs being examined amid racial-profiling charges

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has hired a consultant and will alter performance measures to deter the chat-down practice following complaints of racial profiling.

Bloomberg

POLITICS

China commentary slams Romney’s ‘foolish’ China-bashing

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s attacks on China and promise to name the country a currency manipulator if elected are foolish and hypocritical, China’s official Xinhua news agency said.

Reuters

House super PAC puts $1M into key races

The YG Action Fund, a Republican focused super PAC, dumped a fresh $1 million into television advertising for House races in the South and Pennsylvania.

Politico

Congress takes 1st step to avert a government shutdown

Congress’s failure to pass FY 2013 spending bills set up a stark choice for conservatives: Punt the unfinished spending bills to new Congress or face a “fiscal cliff” in a lame-duck session.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Bernanke: open-ended battle for jobs eclipses inflation concerns

Bernanke for the first time pledged that the Federal Reserve will buy bonds until the economy gets closer to his goals, cementing his place as the Fed’s most innovative chairman.

San Francisco Chronicle

Bain Capital, private equity firms accused of price-fixing in lawsuit

According to heavily-redacted court documents, former shareholders of the giant hospital-management firm HCA have formally accused Bain Capital and several other private equity firms of fixing prices.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Development must be less about growth, more about wellbeing

People and their wellbeing need to be at the center of development, with less emphasis on economic growth, according to a new report.

Guardian

Elephant slaughter funds African conflicts

New players have entered the business of African ivory, and they are more brutal than the average poacher. Heavily armed militia members and rebels mow down the animals to finance their wars.

Spiegel International

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

3D printers bring high-tech manufacturing to the home

3D printers that make objects from a digital model by laying down layers of material aren’t new. But printer makers are now turning their attention to the consumer market.

Reuters

3D prints bring the lab to your backyard

Popular Mechanics

Passwords could be replaced with the wave of your hand

Passwords for online banking, social networks and email could be replaced with the wave of a hand if prototype technology developed by Intel makes it to tablets and laptops.

The Age

Human echolocation: using clicks to navigate the world

Daniel Kish has perfected a form of human echolocation, using reflected sound waves to build a mental picture of the world.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Are all psychotherapies created equal?

People often assume that the brand of therapy offered is irrelevant to the effectiveness of treatment. Psychologists do not agree on whether the “school” of therapy predicts its effectiveness.

Scientific American

Tailgates boost spirit at Ohio high schools

Tailgating at high school games is not a new phenomenon. But the practice now seems better-organized, with many schools having introduced parent-led or booster-hosted pre-game parties.

Columbus Dispatch

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Tom Laskawy):

Drought-tolerant seeds: insurance policy for farmers or a big gamble?

Grist

Blog (Judith Warner):

The denial of mental illness is alive and well

(TIME)

Ideas

Column (Chrissie Wellington):

Race day tips from an Ironman champ

CNN

Editorial:

US must remain ally of pro-democracy forces in the Middle East

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Maria Elena Fernandez):

Does ‘Celebrity Rehab’ help or hurt?

Daily Beast

Column (Mary Elizabeth Williams):

Should a teacher breast-feed in class?

Salon

Column (Richard Florida):

A class-ridden America

USA TODAY

Column (Andrew Cohen):

Corporations can speak, but people cannot vote?

The Atlantic

Column (John Thelin):

Talkin‘ ’bout my generation

Inside Higher Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Regenerative medicine helps rebuild wounded warriors

An experimental treatment has tricked wounded Marine sergeant Ron Strang’s body into regenerating itself, and now Strang can walk — even run — without help.

ABC News

Man saves same strangers twice

The same stranger came to the aid of a man and his son during two completely different emergencies at different places, eight years apart.

FOX8 News

Nigeria‘s Okonjo-Iweala seeks reform without the ’godfathers’

Western nations and international agencies admire the reform efforts of Nigeria’s new finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Educated Russians often lured to leave