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When Social Sharing Goes Wrong: Regretting The Facebook Post

Enlarge image i A model poses for photos next to a life-size makeshift Facebook browser in the Philippines. Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images A model poses for photos next to a life-size makeshift Facebook browser in the Philippines. Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images We’ve been following the case of Justin Carter, the Texas teen who’s been jailed near San […]

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Britons Bask In A Summer Of Good News

Enlarge image i Britain’s Andy Murray celebrates after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia at Wimbledon on Sunday in London, England. Murray was the first British man to win Wimbledon in 77 years. Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Britain’s Andy Murray celebrates after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia at Wimbledon on Sunday in London, England. Murray was the

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L.A. Residents Get Paid To Cut Lawns — Permanently

Enlarge image i Homeowners can receive up to $4,000 for replacing their lawns with less thirsty plantings, in a rebate program run by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. iStock Homeowners can receive up to $4,000 for replacing their lawns with less thirsty plantings, in a rebate program run by the Los Angeles

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Quebec Town Still Ablaze After Runaway Train Explosion

Enlarge image i Firefighters douse blazes after a freight train loaded with oil derailed in Lac-Megantic in Canada’s Quebec province on Saturday. Francois Laplante-Delagrave/AFP/Getty Images Firefighters douse blazes after a freight train loaded with oil derailed in Lac-Megantic in Canada’s Quebec province on Saturday. Francois Laplante-Delagrave/AFP/Getty Images The death toll has risen to three after

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ElBaradei’s PM Withdrawal Underlines Egyptian Uncertainty

Enlarge image i A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi stands guard at a barricade near Cairo University, where protesters have installed their camp in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday. Manu Brabo/AP A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi stands guard at a barricade near Cairo University, where protesters have installed

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S.F. Crash-Landing: Two Chinese Students Died On Airliner

An investigation has begun into Saturday’s crash-landing of a South Korean airliner at San Francisco’s airport, which left two passengers dead and dozens more injured. Two teenage girls from China were killed, the airline says. The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 had begun its trip in Shanghai, adding more passengers in South Korea, reports China’s Xinhua

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Remembering Birmingham’s ‘Dynamite Hill’ Neighborhood

Enlarge image i Three civil rights workers stand guard in front NAACP attorney Arthur Shores’ house in Sept. 1963. The house was blasted by dynamite the night before. AP Three civil rights workers stand guard in front NAACP attorney Arthur Shores’ house in Sept. 1963. The house was blasted by dynamite the night before. AP

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Growing The Latest In 16th-Century Medicine

Enlarge image i The Italian Renaissance garden is inspired by a garden at Padua, created in 1645. Margot Adler/NPR The Italian Renaissance garden is inspired by a garden at Padua, created in 1645. Margot Adler/NPR The Renaissance Garden at the New York Botanical Garden, a recreation of a 16th-century medicinal garden, is so lush and

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With Bullets Scarce, More Shooters Make Their Own

Enlarge image i Since the Newtown school shooting in December, gun stores nationwide have had difficulty keeping ammunition, like these .223-caliber rifle bullets, in stock. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Since the Newtown school shooting in December, gun stores nationwide have had difficulty keeping ammunition, like these .223-caliber rifle bullets, in stock. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Gun stores

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NSA’s Reach Leads To Calls For Updated Eavesdropping Laws

Enlarge image i National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade, Md. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade, Md. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The continuing leak of classified information by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has renewed a debate about the U.S. government’s power to reach secretly into the personal lives of its

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Whose Term Was It? A Look Back At The Supreme Court

Enlarge image i Chief Justice John G. Roberts (left) and Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Chief Justice John G. Roberts (left) and Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP It would not be an exaggeration to call the recently completed Supreme Court term a lollapalooza. Day-by-day on the last week of

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Are Things Too Cozy In London’s ‘City’ Within A City?

Enlarge image i Skyscrapers in the City of London, the heart of the financial district, are reshaping the skyline. Dan Bobkoff/NPR Skyscrapers in the City of London, the heart of the financial district, are reshaping the skyline. Dan Bobkoff/NPR For at least a millennium, the heart of Britain’s commercial and financial industries has been the

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