ANTI-ANTI-BULLYING

Christian group accuses anti-bullying event of promoting ‘homosexual agenda’

Bryan Fischer screenshot

The American Family Association emailed members urging them to keep their children out of school during an anti-bullying event organized by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

WENT THERE

Mark Sanford: Obama will ‘throw a lot of spears’ at next debate

Mark Sanford speaks to Fox News

The disgraced former Republican governor of South Carolina on Sunday used a racially-coded term in his prediction that the nation’s first African-American president.

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS

Las Vegas activists try to ‘level the field’ as casino moguls pump up Super PACs

Culinary workers for Obama via Flickr

In the age of the Super Pacs, wealthy gaming tycoons are free to invest millions in Mitt Romney.

NEWTON'S SIBLING?

New comet likely to impress when it passes closest to Earth in December 2013

Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 via Shutterstock

A comet found recently beyond the orbit of Jupiter could well become spectacular late next year and may be a sibling of one of the most celebrated comets of all time.

SOLVING ANCIENT MYSTERIES

Bones under car park hold key to Richard III

Archaeologist Mathew Morris of the University of Leicester poses for pictures, September 2012

Archaeologists and one hopeful relative are anxiously waiting to see if a skeleton dug up from a hole in a car park in Leicester is the remains of the much-maligned King Richard III.

KIDS LIKE DRUGS, HATE DOCTORS

Study reveals ADHD children’s views on drugs, doctors

Boy smells something bad via Shutterstock

New research finds that children with disorder are concerned that doctors do not understand the condition.

Science

Research: High-status people more readily return smiles of low-status people

People who feel powerful are more likely to return smiles of those they see as…

Study: Moon water may come indirectly from the sun

Scientists on Sunday said they had found water molecules in samples of lunar soil, and…

Butterfly pioneer laments threat to species

Chen Wei-shou, the pioneer of Taiwan butterfly research, remembers being spell-bound when as a boy…

‘Love hormone’ eases cravings in alcoholics

Nasally-administered doses of oxytocin, also known as the “love hormone,” have been shown to ease…

Tech News

Bill to lower Internet radio music royalties draws fierce opposition

A push to lower music royalties paid by Internet radio has created political disharmony in…

Israel facing ‘increasing number of cyber attacks’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel was facing an increasing number of cyberattacks,…

Media

Ebooks ‘enhancing erotic literature sales’

Flush with the success of “Fifty Shades of Grey”, erotic literature is increasingly finding ardent…

Neurosurgeon has headache that leads to trip to heaven, sees millions of butterflies: book

Eban Alexander’s quick trip to heaven started with a headache. It was November 2008 and…

World

Judge scraps Brazil’s Amazon dam hearing after fishermen and indigenous people failed to vacate the site

A federal judge has suspended a planned hearing for fishermen and indigenous people occupying a disputed dam in Brazil’s Amazon…

Man dies competing in Hong Kong triathlon

A 27-year-old British man died while competing in a triathlon in Hong Kong at the weekend, police said Monday. Daniel…

‘Soft’ drugs should be decriminalized: UK Drug Policy Commission

MPs must acknowledge that not all drug use is problematic and should consider decriminalising possession of small amounts of controlled…

‘Peeping Tom’ on Japan flight avoids charges: reports

A “peeping Tom” who used a pen-shaped camera to take an upskirt shot of a cabin attendant during a domestic…

Occupy protesters chain themselves to London cathedral

Cathedral authorities accused of colluding with big banks during evensong protest on eve of anniversary of start of Occupy camp…

U.S. News

Self-proclaimed 9/11 ‘mastermind’ Khalid Sheikh Mohammed back at Guantanamo court

The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks and his four co-defendants are due back…

50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, U.S. influence in hemisphere waning

50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, US influence in hemisphere waning It was what many…

Meningitis outbreak surpasses 200 cases in 14 states

Fifteen people have died as a result of the rare form of meningitis as patients…

Florida inmate found fit to be executed despite mental illness

Florida judge rules John Ferguson can be put to death despite US supreme court ruling…

Worker at seafood plant found dead and cooked in an oven

Officials at the Bumble Bee Foods factory announced Saturday that they opened an investigation after…

Skydiver sets record with jump from the edge of space

Felix Baumgartner made history on Sunday as he lept from a capsule more than 24…