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Over the weekend, Yahoo announced it would buy employees the smartphone of their choice as long as it is not a BlackBerry. It will pick up the tab --- with a data plan — for the brand new iPhone 5 and the yet-to-be-released Windows Phone 8.

Attacks in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours that killed four U.S. soldiers and as many as eight Afghan women and girls are raising tensions between the NATO-led coalition and the Afghan government. U.S. officials also acknowledged over the weekend that a separate Taliban attack on a British base used by U.S. Marines inflicted far more damage than originally revealed.

"Something has gone wrong in the Muslim world," says the author of The Satanic Verses, who has been marked by a "death sentence" for more than two decades. The latest anti-American protests, which spread to Kabul today, are evidence of that in his view.

The airport is looking for 25 grazing animals to clear out overgrown bushes surrounding the airport, according to a report in the Sun Times. Those bushes attract birds which are dangerous to aircraft.

Buckingham Palace is doing what it can to stop further publication of the photos, taken while the woman who some day may be queen was vacationing with Prince William. But they continue to show up in gossip rags.

The cases — charging that China unfairly subsidizes auto parts and slaps high duties on U.S.-made cars — come as Republican rival Mitt Romney argues that President Obama has let too many jobs go overseas.

Also: Chicago teachers' strike continues; Buckingham Palace takes legal action over topless photos of Kate; Occupy movement marks one-year anniversary; new iPhone sets sales record.

Experts tell us the passwords for our myriad accounts and devices should be long, and contain numbers, letters and symbols, and not include personal information. Oh, and you're supposed to remember them all, too. In The Atlantic, Rachel Swaby argues the system is unsustainable and offers a solution.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is in Beijing but the visit is being overshadowed by China's confrontation with Japan over disputed islands. During a meeting with Panetta, China's defense minister said it reserves the right to use force against Japan, though he hopes the dispute can be solved through negotiation.

"Green on blue" attacks have continued. And today, a suicide bomber killed at least 12 people — a militant group said the attack was to avenge the anti-Islam video Innocence of Muslims. NATO says it is reducing coalition troops' vulnerability.