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| | New Pope is First Ever From South America |
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Not since Columbus sailed to the New World has the Catholic Church had a pope who was not from Europe. On Wednesday, the cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina to lead the Church, reflecting the fact that a majority of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics live in the global South.
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| | Is Gun Violence a Matter of Public Health? |
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After recent mass shootings, debate over gun violence has focused on law enforcement and crime. However, with 30,000 people dying each year from gun shots, organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are advocating a new approach to the problem, saying that framing gun violence as a public health issue may have the best chance at reducing gun deaths.
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| | Kenyans Vote in Tense Presidential Elections |
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Millions of Kenyans stood in long lines March 4 to vote in the country’s first presidential election in six years with memories of the violence that followed the last vote.
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When 85-year-old Pope Benedict XVI announced on Feb. 11 that he was stepping down from the papacy, the leaders of the Catholic Church became tasked to do what had never been done in the modern era: select a successor to a living pope.
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| | Sequestration Is Happening, But Effects Are Unclear |
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The government in Washington is about to go into “sequestration,” a series of automatic budget cuts that will affect everything from national parks to Head Start education programs, to military orders for fighter jets.
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| | The Science of Stress: How Well Do You Test? |
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How well a person handles competition and stressful test-taking environments can be traced to his or her biology and a certain gene called the COMT gene, according to new research.
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| | Young Actors Achieve Big at the Oscars |
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Each year, the Academy Awards celebrate the best films and documentaries with categories ranging from acting, directing and screenwriting, to costumes and special effects.
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I think we've been witnessing violence for years, whether in reality through the media or through video games, and I don't think that's a first-hand effect.
