Burn, Bury Or Scorch? Why Destroying Syria's Chemical Weapons Is Hard Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Burn, Bury Or Scorch? Why Destroying Syria's Chemical Weapons Is Hard The ingredients used to make chemical weapons aren't environmentally friendly, and until recently the process of disposing of those weapons wasn't either. New rules make disposal safer, but are also a major stumbling block to the dismantling of Syria's stockpiles. Read this story FAA Says Fliers Can Safely Use Most Electronics The decision means that soon fliers won't have to turn off their e-books, tablets and other devices during some parts of their flights. Still not OK: using cellphones to make calls. Read this story A Marine Controversy In Afghanistan Takes A New Twist Several Marines were disciplined after a videotape surfaced showing them urinating on dead Taliban members in Afghanistan in 2011. The case seemed to be over, but now there are allegations that the top Marine officer, Gen. James Amos, intervened in an attempt to get a harsher punishment. Read this story No More Guns For Neighborhood Watch In Sanford, Fla. Police in the city where the shooting death of Trayvon Martin ignited a national debate want to reinforce a rule that neighborhood watch volunteers such as George Zimmerman should not be armed. Read this story Big Papi, Worst-To-First, 1918: Your World Series Must-Knows The Boston Red Sox are world champions after beating the St. Louis Cardinals. Here's a cheat sheet about the World Series. Read this story more news stories

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