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An Iraqi policeman runs his metal detector over the coffin of Hussein Ahmed at a checkpoint as the body arrives for burial in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq. Ahmed was killed amid a wave of bombings in several Iraqi cities that killed and injured dozens. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani / AP)

The Louvre’s latest attraction: Nintendo 3DS

Though you might not expect to see the Louvre’s visitors using Nintendo 3DS gaming consoles as tour guides, the museum is keen to explain the importance of its art using 21st-century gadgets.

The Independent

The legacy of Dick Clark, ‘the fastest follower in the business’

A true original, Dick Clark was one of the first, one of the shrewdest and certainly one of the most enduring entrepreneurs to recognize the tastemaking power of the American teenager.

Rolling Stone

Dick Clark: a photo tribute

TIME

At least 36 killed in wave of Iraq blasts

More than 20 bombs hit cities and towns across Iraq, killing at least 36, wounding more than 100 and raising fears of sectarian strife in a country keen to show it can now maintain security.

Reuters

Deadly morning blasts strike Baghdad

CBS News

Special section:

Struggle for Iraq

BBC

India test launches Agni-V long-range ballistic missile

India has successfully launched a long-range missile able to carry a nuclear warhead, officials say. The Agni-V was launched from a site off India’s east coast and took 20 minutes to hit its target.

BBC

Mixed views over missile success

Sydney Morning Herald

3 Secret Service officials out as new details emerge in prostitution scandal

Three Secret Service officials are out of their jobs as new details emerged in the investigation of the prostitution scandal that is roiling the agency.

USA TODAY

Secret Service tries to quell furor over scandal

Santa Cruz Sentinel

NATION

US apologizes for photos

The U.S. has voiced regrets for photos showing American troops posing with bodies of Afghan insurgents. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has called them a violation of America’s “core values.”

CBC News

BP oil spill settlement: Justice may come to 100,000 Gulf Coast victims

BP and a committee representing more than 100,000 plaintiffs have agreed on a blueprint to settle billions of dollars in unresolved economic, property and medical damage claims.

Christian Science Monitor

Gulf seafood deformities alarm scientists

Al Jazeera

Report estimates 8 million children affected by foreclosures

Five years into the foreclosure crisis, an estimated 2.3 million children have lived in homes lost to foreclosure, according to a report from First Focus, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group.

USA TODAY

Blog:

Inside the foreclosure factory

(Msnbc.com)

Economy Watch

POLITICS

Kim Jong Un to George W. Bush: why the world still has hereditary rulers

Although hereditary monarchies have dwindled to a only few states, the bequeathing of political power from parent to son or daughter is a remarkably ubiquitous phenomenon.

The Atlantic

Romney trades charges with Obama on economy

In dueling swing-state speeches — Obama’s in Elyria, Ohio, and Romney’s in Charlotte, North Carolina — the president and his Republican challenger are sharpening their messages.

Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Citigroup investors give thumbs down to executive pay

Citigroup has become the first Wall Street bank to get a thumbs down from shareholders over outsized executive pay.

CBS News

Citigroup shareholders revolt over Pandit’s pay

BusinessWeek

Competition cuts down Medicare fraud, report says

A yearlong experiment with competitive bidding for power wheelchairs and other personal medical equipment produced $200 million in savings for Medicare, government officials said.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

‘Bad Religion’ — when American faith transcended differences

Ross Douthat’s book about contemporary American Christianity is making waves. His analyses of “left-wing” and “right-wing” Christians are hitting close to home for many readers.

New York Times

Vatican cracks down on American nuns

The Vatican has launched a crackdown on the umbrella group that represents most U.S. Catholic nuns, saying that the group does not speak out against gay marriage, abortion and women’s ordination.

Religion News Service

Vatican says US nuns group is undermining Catholic teaching

Detroit News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Naples museum burns art works in protest of budget cuts

A museum chief in Naples has begun torching contemporary works of art in protest of budget cuts that have hit Italy’s cultural institutes particularly hard.

The Independent

Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2012

They are the people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world. Meet the breakouts, pioneers, moguls, leaders and icons who make up this year’s “Time 100.”

TIME

HEALTH

Scientists hail breakthrough in breast cancer research

A recent study done by researchers in the U.K. and Canada has shown that all the different ways that cells change when they become cancerous can be grouped into 10 different categories.

BBC

Breakthrough in breast cancer screening after Cancer Research UK report

YouTube

Can Russia kick heroin?

A huge population of addicts and a growing HIV epidemic have failed to persuade Russia to face up to its drug problem. But now an unofficial band of volunteers are trying to fill the gap.

The Independent

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Sarrah Le Marquand):

Television helps our better natures find their voice

The Telegraph

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Is Obama’s blackness increasing America’s redness?

PlanetSave.com

Editorial:

Colleges must do their part on costs

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (John S. Graczyk):

Protecting America from cyber attacks

Denver Post

Column (James Ledbetter):

Let us stop talking about a ‘double-dip’ recession

Reuters

Column (Cecillia Wang):

Will Americans tolerate laws that encourage racial profiling?

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Margret Carlson):

The war on women takes a turn for the worse

Bloomberg

Editorial:

Americas summit: A worthy meeting concludes with uncertain results

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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GOOD NEWS

474-year-old painting stolen by Nazis given to owner’s heirs

A painting worth millions that was taken by the Nazis in World War II has been returned to the heirs of its original Jewish owner by U.S. officials.

Msnbc.com

Breaking bread with fellow wounded veterans after war

More than 45,000 American men and women have been wounded in 10 years of fighting. But there are stops along the road to recovery, which include something as simple as a dinner with friends.

CBS News

Man with 1 arm set to climb Everest

For most of us, climbing Mount Everest with two arms would be an accomplishment. Jaco van Gass is doing it with only one.

TIME

WORLD

Admitted Norway killer Breivik wanted to slay prime minister