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Chinese boy gets implants after eyes gouged out

A 6-year-old Chinese boy whose eyes were gouged out received implants Tuesday at a hospital in southern China owned by a Hong Kong doctor who offered the operation after learning about the brutal attack.

 
Obama sees chance for diplomatic solution in Syria

Pushing military might and raising hopes it won’t be needed, President Barack Obama threw his support Tuesday behind a plan for U.N. Security Council talks aimed at securing Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles. In Congress, more opposition to military action emerged.

Aging U.S. up against crisis in cancer care

Baby boomers are entering the years when they’re most prone to tumors, and doctors are having a hard time keeping up with complex new treatments, government advisers reported Tuesday. The combination poses a serious problem.

 
iPad video could be key in George Zimmerman case

Police investigating a domestic dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife said Tuesday that video from her broken iPad may be crucial evidence in determining whether any charges are filed.

Big student debt in unexpected places

Don’t let the big price tags nix an application to Harvard or Yale. The average student receiving financial aid on those campuses paid about a quarter of the public sticker price and most graduates leave their ivy-covered quads with smaller debts than peers who attended less prestigious schools.

Feds detail previously secret spying abuses from 2009

Federal officials on Tuesday released previously classified documents showing misuse of a domestic spying program in 2009 that went too far in collecting domestic phone data and then mislead a secret spy court.

 
Solar boat reaches Paris after crossing Atlantic

The world’s largest solar-powered boat has docked on the banks of the Seine River, its final port of call after a three-month voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to study how the Gulf Stream and climate change could influence each other.

 
‘Insensitive’ 9-11 special retracted by Wisconsin golf club

A Wisconsin golf course owner who advertised nine holes of golf for $9.11 to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks apologized Tuesday but said he would keep the club open despite a backlash that included death threats.