Scientists have for the first time homed in on several gene mutations that they say sharply increase the chances of autism, and have found that the risk increases with the age of the parents, particularly the father.

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Scientists Link Rare Gene Mutations to Heightened Risk of Autism

MADISON, Wis. — Every day at the cutting and sewing business he runs with his father, Ross Brown listened to Glenn Beck rail on the radio against Big Government, Big Labor and Big Money. In his years of middays with Beck, Brown had morphed from apolitical adolescence to college student with his own talk show on the campus radio station and on to businessman with 15 employees and not enough money to offer them health insurance. Read full article > >

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recall sharpens fight over money in politics

When we’re mature, responsible and hard-working all week, we need something to help release our frustrations. Civilization and discontent, they go hand in hand, right? We want to sack the quarterback, then do a savage dance. I’m not talking about a bunch of nuts. I mean my father, my son and I over the past 75 years, one generation after another rooting for the NFL. Read full article > >

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NFL bounty scandal forces everyone to confront sport’s violent appeal

“One exposure on a roll of 36 exposures,” Stan Stearns marveled decades later. The young news photographer, in one instinctive click, captured one of the most poignant and reproduced images of the past half-century: little John F. Kennedy Jr., grief-stricken, saluting his father’s coffin as it rolled by on a caisson. Read full article > >

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Stan Stearns dies; captured immortal image at JFK’s funeral

“The Wings of Ikarus Jackson,” onstage at the Kennedy Center through Thursday, is based on Christopher Myers’s picture book “ Wings .” “Wings” inverts the original Greek myth of Icarus, the boy who flew with wings his father crafted from feathers and wax. When Icarus soared too close to the sun, the wax melted, and he fell into the sea and drowned. Read full article > >

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Backstage: ‘The Wings of Ikarus Jackson’

“The Wings of Ikarus Jackson,” onstage at the Kennedy Center through Thursday, is based on Christopher Myers’s picture book “ Wings .” “Wings” inverts the original Greek myth of Icarus, the boy who flew with wings his father crafted from feathers and wax. When Icarus soared too close to the sun, the wax melted, and he fell into the sea and drowned. Read full article > >

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Backstage: ‘The Wings of Ikarus Jackson’

Says Newt’s upheld his father’s legacy.

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Reagan’s Son Defends Gingrich

As her father catnapped at her side, Deanna Torstenson’s heart pounded and her body trembled. She fixed her eyes on the tiny airplane moving across a video screen on the seat back in front of her. Slowly it approached Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Soon, for the first time, she would set eyes on the woman who had given birth to her. Read full article > >

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Born abroad, adopted teens find home in multiple lands

The most powerful undergrad in America? Rep. Kristi Noem , who just completed coursework for a political science degree and will officially graduate from South Dakota State University in May. Noem, 40, dropped out of college when she was 22 to run the family farm after her father died. She took courses here and there but life — marriage, kids, business, politics — kept her from finishing until now. Read full article > >

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Rep. Kristi Noem, America’s most powerful undergrad, on track to get college degree

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea announced Saturday that Kim Jong Eun has been officially named supreme commander of the military, further strengthening his authority after the death of his father, longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Officials and state media have bestowed on Kim Jong Eun, who is in his late 20s, a string of titles as North Korea’s elite rally around him in the wake of his father’s death this month after 17 years in power. Read full article > >

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North Korea officially names Kim Jong Eun supreme commander of its 1.2 million-strong military

The new leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, is formally named supreme commander of the country’s army, state media say, days after his father’s funeral.

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Kim Jong-un named army commander

In televised images, Kim Jong-un, the successor to North Korea’s throne, was seen walking along his father’s hearse in a funeral procession watched closely for clues about the future of the regime in Pyongyang.

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For Kim Jong-il’s Funeral in North Korea, Mourners Line Pyongyang’s Streets

North Korea’s next leader is leading a funeral procession for his father Kim Jong-il through Pyongyang’s snow-covered streets.

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North Korean Heir Leads Funeral of Kim Jong-il

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea identified Kim Jong Il’s son as head of a top ruling party body Monday, a post that gives him authority over political matters in addition to the military control attributed to him in recent days. Kim Jong Eun has rapidly gained prominence since the death of his father on Dec. 17, with the state media showering new titles on him almost daily. Read full article > >

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Kim Jong Eun named head of key Workers’ Party committee as North Korea succession gains momentum

After her father’s disinheritance, a daughter finds what her father didn’t mean to leave behind: the gift of clarity.

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