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    Top Stories: Though Islamic extremists destroyed some of Timbuktu's artifacts, the country's treasures have survived with the "habit of Timbuktu’s families of hiding away their valuable relics whenever danger is near, burying them deep in the desert." 

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    World: An Israeli attack in Syria damaged the country's research center for biological and chemical weapons. 

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    U.S.: Sonia Sotomayor's release of her memoir "suggests that she has broader ambitions than her colleagues, to play a larger and more personal role on the public stage." 

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    New York: Christmas trees are being used to help build up the dunes Hurricane Sandy destroyed. 

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    Media & Advertising: The upcoming months are a test for Legendary Entertainment and the man behind it, Thomas Tull. 

    Technology: The University of Waterloo in Ontario had once been a feeder for BlackBerry (formerly Research in Motion), but now students are heading for some of the other big tech companies or creating their own startups. 

    Sports: Though Joe Flacco has "rarely been seen as a member of the N.F.L.’s coterie of top quarterbacks," now his membership in those ranks is undeniable. 

    Opinion: Emily Anthes on how technological advances "are reshaping our relationships with other species." 

    Books: The man who created The Cat in the Hat, Theodor Seuss Geisel, was a hat-lover, and a traveling exhibition will display his collection.  

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    • Kim and Kanye's Baby Name Is Not That Strange

      It's being reported that rapper Kanye West and his reality star girlfriend Kim Kardashian have named their brand-new baby, born this weekend, Kaidence Donda West. Donda was Kanye's late mother's name, so that makes sense, but, um, Kaidence? What's going on with Kaidence?

    • CBO: About 8 million would gain legal status under Senate immigration bill

      WASHINGTON (AP) — CBO: About 8 million would gain legal status under Senate immigration bill .

    • Man charged with tossing wife off cruise ship

      SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy.

    • Justin Bieber Maybe Shouldn't Drive Cars Anymore

      Oh lord. Another day, another incident involving teen menace Justin Bieber and one of his expensive vroom-vrooms. It seems that Justin Bieber was involved in a traffic incident last night that had police questioning him about a possible a hit-and-run situation. Justin was leaving the Laugh Factory last night in his Ferrari and apparently hit a dude who was standing in the street. Bieber didn't stop to check on him, leading police to think it might have been a hit-and-run. ...

    • Can fetuses masturbate?

      To rally support for his anti-abortion bill, Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas tells Congress that fetuses can feel pleasure

    • GOP Congressman Wants to Ban Abortion to Save Masturbating Fetuses

      In a preview of the many pronouncements to come on the floor of Congress as the House debates a legislative ban on all abortions after 20 weeks, allow us to introduce you to Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas), who believes that abortion should be banned earlier than the Supreme Court says it should because, in part, he knows fetuses feel pain. He knows this because he says he's seen male fetuses begin masturbating in the womb around 15 weeks into a pregnancy.

    • Rick Perry Goes to War Against Connecticut

      Rick Perry, the Texas governor and 2012 "oops" presidential candidate, is spending the beginning of this week in Connecticut. Perry, as the governor of Texas, has little on-its-face reason to be in Connecticut. Except, of course, for one: Texas's unemployment rate, which at 6.4 percent in April is significantly lower than the national average, is still not quite ideal. Perry wants to bring jobs to his state. And, as he sees it, some of those jobs could come from Connecticut.

    • Edward Snowden wants everyone to stop talking about his girlfriend [PHOTOS]

      Alleged National Security Administration whistle-blower Edward Snowden would like for everyone to stop talking about his hot girlfriend, thank you very much. (RELATED: Here is the NSA whistle blower’s alleged girlfriend)

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