Atom Smasher Will Help Reveal ‘the Beginning’ (ap)
AP – The world’s largest atom smasher threw together minuscule particles racing at unheard of speeds in conditions simulating those just after the Big Bang — a success that kick-started a megabillion-dollar experiment that could one day explain how the universe began. Read more
Vatican Offers 3 Reasons It’s Not Liable For Abuse (ap)
AP – Dragged deeper than ever into the clerical sex abuse scandal, the Vatican is launching a legal defense that it hopes will shield the pope from a lawsuit in Kentucky seeking to have him answer attorneys’ questions under oath. Read more
Putin Talks Tough After Moscow Subway Bombings (ap)
AP – The old Vladimir Putin is back, confronting a terrorist attack in Moscow by using the same kind of coarse and colorful language that helped him win the presidency a decade ago. Read more
Uk Lawmakers Delay Reform Of Tough Libel Laws (ap)
AP – Freedom of speech campaigners accused British lawmakers Tuesday of blocking attempts to reform the country’s notoriously tough libel laws. Read more
Giving Up The Search For Haiti’s Last Lost American (time.com)
Time.com – After more than two months, a U.S. military team gives up the search for the body of six-year old Lodz Annoule Read more