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Egyptian Parliament Speaker Saad el-Katani reacts during a brief session of Parliament, the first since the country’s high court ruled the chamber unconstitutional, in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Anonymous / AP)

She sees clutter; he sees treasures

Clutter is a powerful enemy in a busy families’ struggle to stay happy and sane. Few couples realize the importance of dealing with the items until it is way out of control, relationship experts say.

Wall Street Journal

Blog:

Why we need to ditch the clutter

Huffington Post

Sitting less could extend your life

A new study says that if most people spent less than three hours a day sitting, it would add two years to the average life expectancy in this country.

USA TODAY

Limit TV watching to 2 hours to live longer

Telegraph.co.uk

Egyptian parliament meets amid struggle

Egypt’s parliament has met in an open challenge to the generals who dissolved the assembly last month, escalating tensions with the military just 10 days into Mohamed Morsi’s presidency.

Al Jazeera

Egyptian parliament meets despite dissension

CNN

Special section:

Egypt changing

BBC

Bank scandal turns spotlight to regulators

As big banks face the fallout from a global investigation into interest rate manipulation, American and British lawmakers are scrutinizing regulators who failed to take action.

CNBC

Barclays’ Diamond loses $30M payoff

Reuters

Ocean acidity increases due to carbon emissions, researchers say

Extra carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has ended up in the world’s oceans, increasing the acidity of the seas, scientists say. Reducing carbon emissions could help solve the problem.

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Are you upwardly mobile? Probably not

The majority of Americans have higher incomes than their parents, but it is still not enough to move most of them into a higher bracket — especially those at the bottom.

USA TODAY

Elderly Americans losing homes over just a few hundred dollars in back taxes

The elderly and other vulnerable homeowners are losing their homes because they owe as little as a few hundred dollars in back taxes, according to a report from a consumer group.

CBS News

POLITICS

Some Democrats diverge from President Obama on taxes

President Obama’s renewed push to raise taxes on people who make more than $250,000 is facing some strong opposition from Democrats running for Congress.

Politico

Obama advocates for tax cut extension

MSNBC

Campaign donations by text? Not so fast, wireless carriers say

Wireless carriers are balking at a U.S. regulators’ move to allow political donations by text message, a plan that could reshape the campaign finance system by permitting instant contributions.

Reuters

BUSINESS

The death of cash

Tech giants want you to use your phone to pay for everything from gum to train rides, but changing the way Americans pay for stuff is going to be really hard work.

CNNMoney

Jobs too good to be true

In a depressed economy in which traditional jobs are hard to come by, landing a work-from-home job must seem like a real stroke of luck. Unfortunately, it may also be a crime.

The Lexington Herald-Reader

US slow to embrace all-electric vehicles

All-electric vehicles that are to be plugged in overnight are a tough sell with drivers afraid of becoming stranded with few charging stations in operation across the nation.

USA TODAY

A123’s cash burn another black eye for green tech

Chicago Tribune

HEALTH

Vaccine protects even those who skip it

The human papilloma virus vaccine is not only effective in decreasing the rate of high risk types of HPV infections in girls and women, but it may also bestow “herd immunity” in a community at large.

ABC News

Special section:

HPV/genital warts health center

WebMD

High-tech advances may improve diabetics’ lives, studies say

Many people with insulin-dependent diabetes embrace new technologies that promise to make management of their blood sugar levels easier.

HealthDay

Diabetes gadgets to help diabetics

World Health News

ENVIRONMENT

Pompeii-style volcanic ash fall preserved ‘nursery’ of earliest animals

A volcanic eruption around 579 million years ago buried a “nursery” of the earliest-known animals under a deluge of ash, preserving them as fossils in rocks, new research suggests.

ScienceDaily

Feds to reveal cause of Michigan oil spill

Federal investigators are expected to present their findings on the likely cause of a pipeline rupture that spilled more than 800,000 gallons of crude oil into a southwestern Michigan river.

Detroit Free Press

Past 12 months warmest ever for US

The mainland United States has experienced the warmest 12-month period since record keeping began in 1895, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Episcopal Church affirms transgender blessing prayer

The Episcopal General Convention voted decisively to add language to church rules that bars discrimination based on gender identity and expression.

ABC News

Israeli parliament slams German circumcision ban

An Israeli parliamentary committee denounced a ruling in Germany banning ritual circumcision, saying the decision infringes upon religious freedom.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Higher risk of infection in uncircumcised boys

HealthDay

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Encouraging people to come forward

Las Vegas Review Journal

Editorial:

Ali a good choice for the Liberty Medal

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Political cartoons

U.S. News & World Report

Blog (Rebecca Greenfield):

The Internet has been making us crazy for at least 16 years

The Atlantic Wire

Editorial:

Obama should call for new stimulus

Star Tribune

Blog (Brad Tuttle):

Food stamps: more benefit to Big Food than to the poor?

(TIME)

Moneyland

Column (Annie Murphy Paul):

We should follow those who finish 2nd, not 1st

TIME

Column (John Sweeney):

This is what happens when Scientologists come after you.

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Bowling, mentorship gives teens community, shot at college

Teens once on a rocky path find fun, friendship and hope in a Columbus, Ohio alley run by a pro bowler.

Columbus Dispatch

San Francisco hopes to curb panhandling with puppies

San Francisco has long struggled to find a solution to the throngs of panhandlers peddling for food and cash on its streets.

The Atlantic

Blind beauty queen aims for Miss Florida

When Connor Boss looks out into the crowd as she competes in the Miss Florida USA pageant, she will see audience members only as a blur.

ABC News

WORLD

South Sudan confronts woes on anniversary of independence