* Enormous turnout for Kenya's elections; process seen as smooth, though six police officers were killed. * Scientists believe girl born with HIV is the first child and only the second person known to have been cured. * India's Muslim population is steadily growing, and steadily falling behind the
* The sequester looks here to stay, and may possibly take several months to negotiate. * Study finds fewer people are “very concerned” about various environmental issues than at any point in the last 20 years. * Reported death of al-Qaeda leader Mohktar Belmohktar represents a major blow to terrorist operations in
* World Health Organization says people living near the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant have an increased risk of cancer. * In Bangladesh, street brawl over court decision to hang Islamic fundamentalist leader leaves 32 dead. * A poem for citizen Ratzinger, in the wake of the VatiLeaks scandal: "Everyone Popes." * Open
* Lawmakers head home feeling confident nothing will get done when Boehner visits Obama in the White House. * Tank brokers estimate there are several hundred to 1,000 private tank owners in the U.S. * North Korea uses its own method of scoring basketball—e.g., eight points for a basket
* Beppe Grillo, whose movement now holds the balance of power in Italy's parliament, rules out a coalition with the center-left. * Only half of Americans believe the U.S. is the no. 1 military power in the world. * South African paper The Daily Sun publishes amateur footage of
* Dozens of U.S. companies, including Apple, Facebook, eBay, and Intel back same-sex marriage. * In addition to a photograph and fingerprinting, [should arrestees] be required to open up for an oral swab? * A beer monopoly may be imminent, and it's perfectly legal. * "Harlem Shake" reaches
* Coastal Carolina University is on lockdown after a student was shot and killed this morning. * A harrowing, interactive chart of the more than 2,300 people who have been killed by guns in America since Newtown. * Kerry defends free speech to German press: "In America, you have a right
* For more than a year, [Democrats] subjected Koop to the kind of horrific nomination battle we have practically come to consider normal. * U.S. Dept. of Transportation orders shutdown of the East Coast Chinatown bus system. * An in-depth profile of Fauja Singh, the world's oldest marathoner. * From
* Dozens of prominent Republicans...have signed a legal brief arguing that gay people have a constitutional right to marry. * What really happened to William Sparkman Jr., the census worker whose body was found hanged in a Kentucky cemetery in 2009. * With a local economy that continues to spiral downward, a
* In talking to Seth about his sense of humor, I asked him about his penchant for making fun of those not like him. * Iran slams Argo Oscar win, calling it an "advertisement for the CIA." * Nine years after a group of Brits tried to swing Ohio in his
