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Riots In Sweden. That's Right. Sweden()  

Swedish firemen extinguish a burning car Tuesday after youths rioted for a third night in a row in the suburbs of Stockholm. The unrest began after police said they shot dead a 69-year-old man wielding a machete in an immigrant neighborhood.

May 22, 2013 Sweden has a global reputation as a smoothly run, harmonious nation. But following the death of an immigrant, three nights of rioting have prompted some soul-searching.

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Shots - Health News

Fifteen Years After A Vaccine Scare, A Measles Epidemic()  

Luke Tanner, 7, gets vaccinated for measles at a clinic near Swansea, Wales, in April. Wales is at the center of a measles outbreak that has been linked to one death.

May 22, 2013 A measles epidemic in Wales that has infected more than 1,000 people is the fallout from a fraudulent paper linking the vaccine and autism published almost 15 years ago, health officials say. Many of the children and teenagers sick with measles were never vaccinated.

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The Salt

How Genomics Solved The Mystery Of Ireland's Great Famine()  

This illustration from 1846 shows a starving boy and girl raking the ground for potatoes during the Irish Potato Famine, which began in the 1840s.

May 22, 2013 Although scientists have known that a funguslike organism caused the potato blight that triggered the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, they didn't know which strain was the culprit. But they do now, thanks to the genes in some 19th century potato samples.

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Planet Money

Why Apple (And Lots Of Other Companies) Wound Up In Ireland()  

Apple

May 22, 2013 It goes back to a single page in a report written decades ago by U.S. consultants, and funded by the U.S. State Department.

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