As the American public continues to learn details of the Secret Service scandal -- and you can bet the coverage will not soon die down -- Obama has an opportunity to turn this scandal to everyone's advantage.

CNN: What Obama should do after the Secret Service scandal

So I noticed in the Twitter traffic that when this first hit, when this first kind of hit Twitter, there was all kinds of, you know, concern, gasps, worry, fear, etcetera, and then when the details started to trickle out about the fact that this was sort of black on black violence, the interest - especially on Twitter - started to die down.

NPR: Could The President's Week Get Any Worse?

Any hope that Mr Nazarbayev had that the move to Austria would isolate Mr Aliyev from domestic politics was dashed, however, as the allegations against his son-in-law refused to die down.

ECONOMIST: Nursultan Nazarbayev won��t tolerate rivals

As in 1988, when thousands did die as an anti-government uprising was put down, there was international outrage, followed by fresh sanctions last autumn.

ECONOMIST: The hopes kindled by the saffron revolution have faded fast

Anti-government agitation is likely to die down, at least for a time.

ECONOMIST: Algeria

Though the world won't quite meet the goal, we've still made great progress: The number of children under 5 years old who die world-wide fell to 6.9 million in 2011, down from 12 million in 1990 (despite a growing global population).

WSJ: Bill Gates on the Importance of Measurement

After reading his new compendium of commentaries, The Gospel According to Stephen, I sat down with the author of the best-sellers Die Broke and Live Rich and father of author Michael Pollan and actress Tracy Pollan to hear his latest advice about keeping your job or finding a new one in your 40s, 50s and 60s.

FORBES: Unconventional Career Advice You Need to Hear

As the newly appointed head of one of Iran's all-important councils (the Council of Expediency), his influence is unlikely to die down.

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