* Legal advisors to White House question using lethal force against non-senior militants. * Ban Ki-moon's unusually strong Syria rhetoric suggests international measures—even sanctions. * In Bahrain, clashes begin after sundown most nights, following apartheid-like repression. * Slender electoral win by Danish left bucks Europe's rightward
* Billionaire Tea Party brothers want to make voting harder for Democrats. * Related: Tea Party Ipsum * Riding China's fastest, newest, superlative-est train. * China grabs half the spots on a list of the world's 10 largest employers. * Chairman Mao's calisthenics updated with new, competitive "
* Arizona boycotters unsure whether the campaign should be on or off, particularly since the immigration law failed. * Denmark set to elect left-wing government, first female PM today, hoping to shed anti-immigrant reputation. * Peru's best-known musician, also its first black cabinet minister, works to end discrimination.
* Putin in action: looking at leopards, arm-wrestling, etc. * Psychologist Daniel Kahneman on how posters influence generosity and the impact of "vomit." * Carrots' orange color began as a Dutch political tactic. * Doctors observe characters in famous paintings, diagnose them with STDs, rare diseases. * Mysterious "menotoxin"
* Despite Ahmadinejad's promises of release, fate of U.S. hikers still rests with Iran's judiciary. * After five years of incarceration, Chinese dissident describes treatment "beyond people's imagination." * Mother of victim in London's 7/7 bombings suing News Corp over phone
* Mosquitoes and other pests can now be engineered to exterminate themselves. * Forget hurricanes—the East Coast is in for longest, strongest allergy season on record. * How faulty memory, alleged wrongful conviction, and a subpoena battle drove away Northwestern's star prof. * Welcome to college and sorry to burst your
* In his first public address, Libya's interim leader asks rebels to shun anger and forgive. * Though still invisible in leadership, Libyan women are eager to maintain influence, respect gained during revolution. * Obama proposes to finance his job bill by ending some tax breaks for oil companies, the rich.
* Supercomputer looks backwards at news articles, predicts Arab Spring, bin Laden's location. * Viewing Contagion as an argument for big government in times of crisis. * Contagion consulting epidemiologist on the reality of Soderbergh's fictional bug. * Researchers discover young bats learn to hunt by eavesdropping on experienced bats&
* How to end the 9/11 era and beat terrorism: Secure nukes and refuse to be terrorized. * To help the dying cope with the reality of death, dignity therapists ask them to tell a story of their life. * It's a strange assumption that novelists good at storytelling are
* Libyan rebels' assault on remaining loyalist strongholds meets heavy resistance, slows. * Increasingly desperate, Syrian protestors take to the streets to ask for international intervention. * Syrian soldiers executed for refusing to fire on protestors—defectors increase, but no senior officers. * Guatemalans grudgingly embrace once-vicious military due to powerful drug
