March 7, 2013 (San Diego’s East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

NATIONAL

• Carrier cancellation heats up sequester fight as cuts take effect (The Hill)
• But what do the cuts mean for me? A sequester FAQ for the rest of us (Slate) 
• Goal to cut deficit by $4 trillion in reach (Sacramento Bee) 
• Sequester puts more cancer patients at risk of dying, researchers say  (Daily Beast) 
• Military foreclosure rates raise concerns (U-T San Diego, based on New York Times story) 
• DHS freed over 2,000 immigrants since February (Sacramento Bee) 
• Military draft registration: Goodbye to the draft board? (Christian Science Monitor) 
• Democrats turn to FCC to reveal secret donors behind political ads (The Hill) 
• Birds May Use 'Sound Maps' To Navigate Huge Distances (NPR) 

INTERNATIONAL 

• Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez dies (CNN) 
• Mexican president warns party over graft: No one is untouchable (Reuters) 
• The Holocaust just got more shocking (New York Times) 
• Afghan Government Bans Some American Forces For Links To Killings And Torture (NPR) 
• In Depressed Spain, ATMs That Dispense Free Cash (NPR) 
• Assad forces take Aleppo village, reopening supply line (Reuters) 
• Volcanic eruptions might lessen greenhouse effects (CS Monitor) 

HEALTH/SCIENCE 

• MIT Invents A Machine That Can Look At Batman's Face And See His Heart Beating (NPR – fascinating video) 
• Doctors report first cure of HIV in a child (USA Today) 
• New drug doubles risk of pancreatitis (Ivanhoe Newswire)

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January 24, 2013 (San Diego’s East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

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U.S.

• House approves debt limit extension, presses Senate to pass budget (The Hill)
• Pentagon lifting ban on women in combat, opening new opportunities (Christian Science Monitor)
• Women in combat: Will they have to register for the draft? (Christian Science Monitor)
• TSA removing virtual strip search body scanners (CNN)
• OPEC forecasts record US oil supply growth in 2013 (Christian Science Monitor)
• How Older Parenthood Will Upend American Society (New Republic)

WORLD

• North Korea to target U.S. with nuclear, rocket tests (Reuters)
• Idle No More movement sweeps Canada and beyond as aboriginals say enough is enough  (Indian Country Today)
• Syrian opposition leaders fail to form government (Reuters)
• Algerian hostage-takers threaten further attacks (Jerusalem Post)
• Jakarta, Indonesia's megacity of 10 million, is under water (+video) (Christian Science Monitor)
• Egypt opposition leader aims to break Islamist dominance (Reuters)
• Blast, drone kill 13 al Qaeda-linked militants  in Yemen (Reuters)
• Raised on Hatred (New York Times)

HEALTH/SCIENCE

• Algae Fuel Could Help Solve The Navy’s Oil Dependence  (KPBS)
• It's Legal For Some Insurers To Discriminate Based On Genes (NPR)
• Warnings from a flabby mouse [strong link between endocrine disruptors and obesity] (NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof)
• TA researchers: Genome can reveal surname (Jerusalem Post)

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