Arts, Briefly (New York Times)
Colm Toibin wins a big prize, Michigan Senate favors "truth in music," Getty Book deal reported and more culture news.

Humans' survival at peril, says scientist (The Columbus Dispatch)
HONG KONG The survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there s an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy Earth, world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking said yesterday.

Living at Gaza's edge grows perilous, again (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Israeli town Sderot has been hit by dozens of Palestinian rockets over the past week.