- Gambian President Yahya Jammeh says the small African nation will execute all of its death row inmates by the end of the year, including several human rights activists.
- A Yale University study shows that teens who abuse alcohol or tobacco are are twice as likely to try opiates and other hard drugs than marijuana smokers.
- Egypt's Morsi government is asking the IMF for $4.8 billion in loans to stop the country's economy from "freefall" as tourism and investment has all but vanished.
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will be in Iran's capital next week, but the summit has drawn strong criticism from Israel while the US is taking a wait and see approach.
- The latest robot revolution: bots made of inflatable, lightweight parts that are interchangeable and portable, and DARPA is all over it.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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