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GOOD NEWS

There is a special New Jersey zoo for older, exploited and abused animals

John Bergmann manages Popcorn Park, a special zoo in New Jersey that gives a home to distressed wildlife and exotic and domesticated animals.

Christian Science Monitor

NBA star shaves head to support breast cancer awareness

Kevin Love, the Minnesota Timberwolves star and Olympic gold medal winner, decided to shave his head to show solidarity with women who lose their hair to chemotherapy.

CBS News

Indian rickshaw-puller’s baby ‘stable’

The condition of a 1-month-old Indian girl, whose rickshaw-puller father was forced to take her to work when her mother died, is improving, doctors say.

BBC

WORLD

Is China building museums too fast?

The new speed record for setting up a major contemporary art museum belongs to the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, opening in a former power plant.

Globeandmail.com

In Myanmar’s volatile west, sectarian violence worsens

Hundreds of homes burned and gunfire rang out as sectarian violence raged for a fifth day between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar, pushing the death toll to nearly 60.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Write my essay, please!

These days, students can hire online companies to do all their coursework, from papers to final exams. Is this legal?

The Atlantic

Teaching, stress, adjuncts

Full-time faculty members at four-year colleges are spending less time on teaching than they used to, according to a national study released by the Higher Education Research Institute.

Inside Higher Ed

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1878 Edison audio unveiled

It is scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds, and features the world’s first recorded blooper. The modern masses can now listen to what experts say is the oldest playable recording of an American voice.

Star Tribune

Oldest recording gets digital treatment

Sydney Morning Herald

Give social networks fake details, advises web security official

A senior British government official has sparked anger by advising Internet users to give fake details to websites to protect their security.

BBC

Geography of the digital revolution

Economist

HEALTH

Energy drinks are targeting your kids behind your back

Reports surfaced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating a heart attack and five deaths “associated” with the highly caffeinated Monster Energy Drink.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Breath-holding tots terrify parents

When 3-year-old Rozalynn Cevetto has at least two things wrong — she is hungry, tired, hurt or just not getting her way, she looks as if she is going to cry but never takes the “big breath.”

ABC News

Meningitis outbreak spreads to 18 states with South Carolina case

The deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis tied to tainted steroid medications from a Massachusetts company has expanded to 18 states with South Carolina reporting its first probable case of the disease.

Reuters

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Why do some presidents leave a mark?

Which presidents left a mark? Historians may know what James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson did, but most Americans only remember the guy who came between them: Abraham Lincoln.

NPR

Photo archive of Abraham Lincoln

TIME

What is the big deal with 3-D printing?

Does 3-D printing really mark the advent of a “new industrial revolution”? Will Dean heads to the first-ever 3-D printing consumer trade show to find out if the hype is right.

The Independent

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