The war against the 'gay cure'

The Brief Tuesday, June 24th 2014

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1. The New Campaign to End Gay Conversion Therapy
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A new campaign called #BornPerfect launches Tuesday with a push to end the highly charged practice of "conversion therapy," which perpetuates the notion homosexuality is something that can be corrected. "It was pretty much mental torture," one person who underwent it tells TIME

2. The Government's Scary New Anti-Smoking Campaign
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released the latest set of its heart-wrenching graphic ads—"Tips from Former Smokers"—to encourage America's 42 million smokers to kick the habit

3. Mississippi's GOP Battle Comes to a Head Today
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The runoff vote today between Sen. Thad Cochran and State Sen. Chris McDaniel is a microcosm of the internal feud within the Republican Party

4. This Is Why Your Local Cops Might Own a Tank
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A new report finds that police departments across the U.S. are becoming excessively and dangerously militarized, with guns, equipment and even vehicles formerly used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan

5. Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year With 'Selfie'
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NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will complete its first Martian year—the equivalent of 687 Earth days—on the Red Planet on June 24 and, in true form, took a 'selfie' to commemorate the occasion and its year of groundbreaking findings during that time

6. Kerry Returns to Iraq, Seeks Kurds' Support
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The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is hoping that support from Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani will force Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to cede more power to Iraq's Sunni and Kurdish minorities, and in turn, soothe anger directed at Baghdad

7. Brazil, Mexico Advance to World Cup's Knockout Stage
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Brazil relied on Neymar for two early goals to beat Cameroon 4-1 Monday and reach the World Cup's knockout stage. Mexico, with everything to play for, came through with three goals in a 10-minute spurt of excitement late in the game against Croatia to win 3-1

8. FBI Recovers 168 Children From Sex Trafficking Rings Across the U.S.
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The FBI arrested 281 pimps in a weeklong child-prostitution sting operation carried out across the U.S. in 106 cities across 54 FBI divisions. Initial targets have typically included casinos, truck stops and websites advertising escort and dating services

9. Outrage Follows Egypt's Sentencing of 3 Al-Jazeera Journalists
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The unprecedented trial of Al-Jazeera journalists on terror charges has fueled accusations that it was politically motivated. The Gulf nation Qatar, which was a close ally of Morsi and is held in deep antipathy by the Egyptian government, owns the network

10. Aid Group Says Ebola Outbreak Is 'Out of Control'
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, the medical aid organization treating Ebola patients in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, said that it has reached its limit of what staffers can do to fight the virus as it spreads and was no longer able to send teams to sites of new outbreaks

11. These Are the Highest-Grossing Movies of the Year (So Far)
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The Lego Movie is the highest-grossing domestic box office release of the year so far — though Captain America: The Winter Soldier didn't go down without a fight. To dominate the box office, it seems a movie needs two things: spandex and a sequel

12. Prince Wrote a Song About an Internet Meme
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The artist formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince may be trolling us with the song that riffs on #ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin, a meme that is typically paired with awkward photos of couples. The song will appear on his first new album since 2009

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