(no subject)

What You Should Know About What’s Happening in Iraq Right Now

http://ti.me/1kGeVGx

Patient sings through surgery to save voice

http://bbc.in/1iB4MLA

Dozens of extremists attacked a Kenyan coastal town for hours, killing those who couldn’t answer questions about Islam and those who didn’t know the Somali language, officials and witnesses said Monday. At least 48 people were killed and two hotels were set on fire.

http://bit.ly/1p87DBd
http://bbc.in/1q3U1Xl

Islamic militants early Monday captured the northwestern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, considered by the insurgents to be key in a plan to create an Islamic state spanning Iraq and Syria, residents said.

http://usat.ly/1n3MgfW

US pushing local cops to stay mum on surveillance

http://bit.ly/SNkZGq

Researchers Hope ‘Super Bananas’ Will Combat Vitamin A Deficiency

http://ti.me/1p88imf

An Android hack allows users to put decoy data on a smartphone

http://bit.ly/1uxFTpn

Erotica Written By Someone With An Appropriate Sense of Privacy

http://bit.ly/1i0NrRd

What kills more people than HIV, malaria and tuberculosis every year? Air pollution. Tack on fouled water and poisoning by toxic waste and pollution killed 8.4 million people in 2012—or nearly three times as many people as those three diseases. Combined.

http://bit.ly/1ls92CT

Fusion Experiment Breakthrough

In a first, the fuel released more energy than it absorbed

http://bit.ly/1pAxAv1

Russia on Monday cut gas supplies to Ukraine as a payment deadline passed and negotiators failed to reach a deal on gas prices and unpaid bills amid continued fighting in eastern Ukraine.

http://usat.ly/1y8wLfx

Obama faces new test on ending America's wars

http://nwsdy.li/UFwUrH

Starbucks employees nationwide will be eligible for a free college education through Arizona State University's online program beginning this fall.

http://usat.ly/1qV6Fro

Burundi's football-loving president is rumoured to be standing for a controversial third term, despite the two-term limit in the current constitution. It's one factor contributing to mounting tensions in the nation, where it now seems a morning jog could result in life imprisonment.

http://bbc.in/1p89m9H

Thousands of German POWs held captive in England during World War II were bugged by "secret listeners" who were themselves German refugees, working for the British. Historian Helen Fry and one of the last surviving listeners explain how the prisoners were lulled into divulging secrets of the Nazi war machine.

http://bbc.in/1lrCpPO

Photos of Alaska: Then And Now. This is A Get Ready to Be Shocked When You See What it Looks Like Now.

http://bit.ly/1y8yiC9

Arctic warming linked to fewer European and US cold weather extremes, study shows

http://bit.ly/1y8yJfG

How corporations became people you can't sue.

http://bit.ly/1lsaCVh

'We'll Get You': An Albanian Boy's Life Ruined by Blood Feuds

http://bit.ly/1lsbxVR

Putin to Russia: We Will Bury Ourselves

http://bit.ly/1qknCOp

New research shows the mere fact of being poor can affect kids' brains, making it difficult for them to succeed in school.

http://bit.ly/U2mBgK

3 Sri Lankan Muslims Killed in Attack by Buddhists

http://abcn.ws/1q420n9

Sri Lanka extends curfew after anti-Muslim violence

http://bit.ly/UFBm9V