November 20, 2012 at 3:10pm 22 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times

Today’s headlines:

Gaza conflict threatens Obama’s plans for Mideast diplomacy

A ground invasion by Israel could seriously damage the U.S. influence in the region, experts say, still floundering after the ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings.

For O.C. Republicans, party’s immigration stance is a millstone

Orange County, once a GOP stronghold, has faded from red to pink with the emergence of Latino voters, who are repelled by the party’s stand on immigration.

Great apes have midlife crises too, study finds
A study of 336 chimpanzees and 172 orangutans suggests that midlife crises might be driven by biological factors.

Women are increasingly ascending to top posts at aerospace firms

Female engineers, scientists and managers who joined aerospace firms during the Cold War are rising to prominence in an industry long dominated by men.

Column One: An ethics debate over embryos on the cheap

In the cutthroat field of fertility treatments, Dr. Ernest Zeringue sharply cuts costs by creating a single batch of embryos, then divvying it up among several patients. One “horrified” critic calls it the “commodification of children.”

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