A criminal investigator holds a cotton swab and a glass tube for collecting a DNA sample.

Swabbing suspects

Supreme Court |  The high court hears a challenge to law enforcement DNA collection as a means to solve past crimes

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Wild eye
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Wild eye

Technology |  Drones take to the skies to hunt illegal hunters

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Unlikely additives
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Unlikely additives

Science |  Nanoscale ingredients have made their way into foods, though the health effects are poorly understood

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/unlikely_additives]

LeRoy Carhart poses for a portrait at last month's Sundance Film Festival.

Cause of death

Abortion |  Maryland officials say a 29-year-old woman died of massive bleeding following a late-term abortion performed by LeRoy Carhart

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President Obama sits in a Chevy Volt during LG Chem's 2010 groundbreaking ceremony in Holland, Mich.

Paid to play

Energy |  Idle workers at an electric car battery factory receive wages funded by federal stimulus dollars

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Pro-life activists gather outside LeRroy Carhart's abortion facility in Germantown, Maryland.

Botched late-term abortion leaves mother dead

Abortion |  Operation Rescue reports a 29-year-old woman died Thursday after Maryland abortionist LeRoy Carhart botched her third-trimester abortion. Citing an anonymous…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/botched_late_term_abortion_leaves_mother_dead]

A view of the bottom of Lake Whillans

Life under ice

Science |  Scientists drilling 2,600 feet through the Antarctic continent's ice cap say they've found, for the first time, creatures living beneath. If confirmed, the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/life_under_ice]

Shot down
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Shot down

Technology |  ‘Smart gun’ safety options haven’t appealed to manufacturers or buyers

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DUTCH TREAT: Smokestacks in the Netherlands
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Dispensing with protocol

Science |  The UN’s global warming treaty hasn’t reduced much carbon in 16 years

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/dispensing_with_protocol]

Kori Cioca, of Wilmington, Ohio, speaks about how she was raped while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard.

Military manhandles sexual assault victims

Military |  Just one week after the Pentagon announced it would expand integration of women in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, a new report has found the military…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/military_manhandles_sexual_assault_victims]

Kenneth Miller, right, walks with his wife to federal court

Mennonite pastor refuses to be a 'rat'

Law |  The Amish Mennonite pastor who helped a woman and her daughter flee from Virginia to Nicaragua during a 2009 custody battle has refused to testify against…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/mennonite_pastor_refuses_to_be_a_rat]

“A REGULAR DISASTER”: A cow walks on a dried-up pond in a drought-ravaged pasture near Eads, Colo.
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Dry counties

Weather |  Crops and cattle hang in the balance as drought in the Great Plains extends into winter

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/dry_counties]

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