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U.S. Marines move in formation through farm fields near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province. (Photo by David Guttenfelder / AP)

N Korea fires short-range missiles

Four missiles were fired from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, a ministry official said. He did not say what types of missiles were launched, but Yonhap news agency said they were ground-to-ship missiles.

CBS News

Senate Dems trim cost of health care bill

Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, and a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies not offering employees coverage.

Examiner

Kennedy seeks plan that finances itself

Bloomberg

Gay sex decriminalized in India

A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act.

BBC

India decriminalizes gay sex

Reuters

US launches major Afghan assault

U.S. forces have launched a major military operation in southern Afghanistan in the first big push to drive the Taliban out of a key stronghold since Barack Obama became president.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan's war within

Reuters

FBI says Saddam's weapons bluff aimed at Iran

Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a threat to Iraq and bluffed having WMDs rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi leader.

Reuters

Supreme Court closes divided term

With the close of the term, and as the words of the court's opinions settle into law books, a picture is emerging of a conservative court on a slow but steady march to the right.

NPR

Supreme Court lets cable company store recorded TV shows

FOX News

Air France jet 'broke on impact'

French investigators trying to find out why an Air France plane crashed in the Atlantic say they believe it broke up on contact with water, not in the air.

BBC

Air France mystery: report on flight 447

MSNBC

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A wildlife officer nurses a seven-month-old baby orangutan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Mark Baker / AP)	A Pakistani girl embroiders in a refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo by Mohammad Sajjad / AP)	Serena Williams returns to Elena Dementieva during their women's singles semifinal at Wimbledon. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)

NATION

Washington Post cancels lobbyist event amid uproar

The Washington Post's Publisher/CEO said she was cancelling a "salon" where for $250,000 attendees could access Obama administration officials, congressmen, and Post reporters and editors.

Politico

12 hospitalized in E. coli beef outbreak

At least 12 people have been hospitalized in connection with a possible E. coli outbreak in beef suspected of having sickened people in nine states, federal health officials said.

Associated Press

Battling a July 4th beef recall

ABC News

Money train: The cost of high-speed rail

President Obama is pouring $13 billion into an ambitious high-speed rail project. Some say it will never make money. Some say it will. And still others say profit is not even the point.

CNNMoney

POLITICS

In Alaska, many pine for the old Palin

The governor is a hot ticket in the Lower 48, but her in-state approval is sagging.

Christian Science Monitor

States begin fiscal year without budgets

States from coast to coast began a new fiscal year with no budget plans and with cash quickly running out, sending some to the brink of shutdown and forcing others to furlough workers and cut services.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Feds could seize California parks

MSNBC

Are Specter’s Senate days numbered?

When Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania joined the Democratic Party two months ago, he was fleeing a tough Republican primary. Now, he may face a tough Democratic primary.

Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Studios ignore niche pics

With the first half of the year in film festivals behind us, it's hard not to notice the nearly complete lack of specialty film pickups by studios.

Variety

No viewing at Neverland

A public viewing of late pop star Michael Jackson will not happen at the singer's former home, Neverland Ranch, the Jackson family announced.

NBC News Bay Area

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Brain cells for socializing

Allman was searching for a peculiar kind of brain cell that he suspects is a key to how the African elephant — like a human being — manages to stay attuned to the ever-shifting nuances of social interplay.

Smithsonian

Tiny robotic assembly lines

The world’s smallest assembly lines may soon be made of DNA strands. Model versions are already at work in a laboratory at New York University, where chemists have “programmed” DNA arms.

scienceline

Tiny nanoparticles may pose big risks; Clemson scientist seeks answers

Clemson University

ENVIRONMENT

Judge overturns Bush administration logging rule

A federal judge has struck down the Bush administration's change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in national forests.

Seattle Times

Latest Exxon decision welcomed by fishermen

Nearly $500 million in interest on punitive damages from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill could be distributed by fall after Exxon decided not to appeal a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Cordova Times

Zone of heavy preciptiation moving north

Research indicates that the equatorial rain band that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people has been creeping north for nearly 300 years, probably due to warming.

Environment News Service

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Nuns in US facing scrutiny by Vatican

The Vatican is quietly conducting two sweeping investigations of American nuns, a development that has startled and dismayed nuns who fear they are the targets of a doctrinal inquisition.

Sarasota Herald Tribune

Texas police use Taser on pastor leading protest in church parking lot

Police in Texas said they used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray on his congregants after the man interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot.

Baltimore Sun

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GOOD NEWS

Help will reach more homeowners

The government will allow more distressed borrowers who owe more than their homes are worth to be eligible for refinancing assistance under an Obama administration housing rescue program.

USA TODAY

Navy vets put war-making training to peaceful use

For the past three months a group of Navy veterans have used skills honed in their military careers to remove practice munitions dropped decades ago at former target ranges.

Martha's Vineyard Times

Farmers market meets physical and social needs

The Newport Farmers Market is open for business for its third year and vendors and customers alike seem pleased with the opportunity to buy and share their fruits, vegetables, plants, and more.