* Sloan-Kettering president accused of pilfering groundbreaking cancer research, using it to launch a biotech firm. * Nobel officials face inquiry into whether they've adhered to Alfred Nobel's ideals—case in point, Obama. * The genome of Wall St. traders. * People who speak languages that blur "today&
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* Hundreds killed in Syrian offensive, UN vote later today. * Largest anti-Putin protests yet in Moscow today despite temperatures of -4. * Talking to parents of Russian neo-Nazis * Somalia's famine is over, but it's still enduring its worst crisis in decades. * Keystone oil will be likely
* Planned Parenthood receives nearly $700K in donations after losing Komen funding. * Today Komen announced it will continue funding Planned Parenthood. * Girl Scout cookies politicized after members boycott the organization for accepting a transgendered scout. * Stop saying our wars are over, Mr. President. They’re not. * Mitt Romney falls into the
* Protesters fight with security forces for a second day in Cairo over soccer deaths and slow reforms. * Chart: Facebook is currently bigger than the U.S., smaller than India. * Many economists believe the worst is yet to come; only fringe predictors say corporations will begin spending again soon. * First UK
* Egypt soccer tragedy claims 73 lives; security forces blamed after they disappeared when attacks began. * We're a little late to this, but still: Julian Assange to host show on Kremlin TV. * Stem-cell researchers transform skin cells into brain cells. * Pros and cons of Moon Base Gingrich—residents
* Headlines say Obama is on the rebound, but maybe someone should tell swing voters in up-for-grabs states. * Images of the "Great Successor," Kim Jong Un, looking at things. * Billions and millions expected for employees and friends of Facebook. * Q&A on why the nation'
* Pakistan's foreign minister denies links to the Taliban as reported in a leaked secret Nato report. * Elections for the head of the African Union end in stalemate. * Nature of memory shows that taking notes is a good idea, and we never truly forget an old phone number. * Itemized
* Romney's win in Florida cost him and his Super PAC $19.94 per vote. * I got 99 problems but a non-connected independent-expenditure only committee ain't one. * How far can you go from Trafalgar Square without crossing a road or going over the same place
* Diplomats battle (against Russia) to demand Assad's resignation. * Now's the time to reread Vogue's fluff profile of Assad's wife and family. * Eurozone unemployment ends 2011 at 10.4%, up 751,000 from 2010. * Hungary growing weary of ties to the EU and
