August 3, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Syrian army is unprepared for civil war; attack helicopters are faltering, tanks are being commandeered.
- Seeking to avoid repeat of Iraq failures, U.S. focuses on Syrian day-after strategy, future leaders.
- War is not all trauma, but it's near-impossible to encourage soldiers to tease out fond moments.
- Al Jazeera close to distorting news, lowering journalistic standards to support anti-Syria backers.
- U.S. would prefer to not pass control of the internet over to the UN.
- With bullies and victims skilled at hiding social media from from adults, scientists turn to it for research.
- Comedian Rob Delaney is Mitt Romney's Twitter nemesis, an effective one-man Super PAC.
- Genetic manipulation by athletes will be difficult to detect, but offers great hope for patients too.
- Comedian Dave Hill tries Olympic sports—gymnastics, rowing, dressage—with professional coaching.
- DJ invents music software plug-in to enable translation of Eastern rhythms and melodies.
- Box-office stats and critical ratings of every James Bond film.
