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Two Lebanese election workers count votes after the close of their polling station at the end of the election day in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Photo by Nasser Nasser / AP)

North Korea convicts 2 US journalists

North Korea's top court convicted two American journalists and sentenced them to 12 years in a prison, intensifying the reclusive nation's U.S. confrontation.

CBS News

Clinton says interdiction possible for N Korea

Guardian

N Korea may be added to terrorist list

Congressional Quarterly

Lax oversight of wartime contracting, panel finds

The Defense Department has failed to provide adequate oversight over tens of billions of dollars in contracts to support military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Examiner

Lebanon elects pro-west alliance as Hezbollah challenge fails

Lebanon’s pro-Western coalition claimed an election victory over the Iranian-backed Hezbollah bloc that may help President Barack Obama reinvigorate peace efforts in the Middle East.

Bloomberg

Crucial choice for the Lebanese

Russia Today

Supreme Court asked to delay Chrysler sale to Fiat

Indiana pension funds and consumer groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the sale of bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led by Italian carmaker Fiat SpA.

Reuters

Chrysler dealers scramble to unload vehicles

San Jose Mercury News

Conservatives score victories in EU parliament voting

Conservatives scored wins in some of Europe's largest economies as voters punished left-leaning parties in European parliament elections in France, Germany and other nations.

San Francisco Chronicle

European voters punish the left

BBC

NATION

Obamas tour Paris as president ends trip

President Barack Obama spent a few hours as a tourist, seeing Paris with his wife and two young girls after his trip from the Middle East to Germany and finally to the beaches of Normandy.

Associated Press

Obama's trip: the past and the future

CBS News

Rangel seeks federal probe into New York friendly-fire police deaths

Rep. Charles Rangel said he is satisfied with the steps New York police are taking in response to the death of Officer Omar Edwards, but renewed his call for a federal investigation into the police friendly fire.

CNN

Officer Omar Edwards funeral

Newsday

POLITICS

Top US lawyers were overruled on 'torture' of terror suspects

Senior U.S. Justice Department lawyers in 2005 sought to limit tough interrogation tactics against terror suspects but were overruled, the New York Times reported.

The Australian

Trial set to begin for ex-Rep. Jefferson

Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson is set to go on trial on federal bribery and corruption charges. A Democrat from Louisiana, his case is best known for the $90,000 the FBI retrieved from his freezer four years ago.

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China to require software to block sites

China's government wants all PCs sold in the country from July 1 to be loaded with software that blocks certain websites.

Reuters

The spy in your hand

Your cell phone may be eavesdropping. Thanks to recent developments in "spy phone" software, a do-it-yourself spook can now wirelessly transfer a wiretapping program to any mobile phone.

Newsweek

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Kris Allen officially signed to 19/Jive

"American Idol" season 8 champ Kris Allen has been signed by 19 Recordings, and his debut album will be slotted for a late fall release, the companies announced.

Entertainment Weekly

Carradine's family asks for FBI's help

The FBI has offered its assistance to Thai authorities investigating the recent death of actor David Carradine.

People

EDUCATION

The AP for All Formula

Students channeled into AP work harder in high school, and if they graduate still determined not to go to college, they will discover that those AP skills are just what they need to get the best available jobs.

EducationNews.org

Military-backed public schools on the rise despite protests

The U.S. Marine Corps is wooing public school districts across the country, expanding a network of military academies that has grown steadily despite criticism that it's a recruiting ploy.

NY Daily News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Bishop appears headed for defeat

The election of an Episcopal bishop in Michigan who has practiced Buddhist meditation and changed traditional church prayers appears headed for defeat, according to an unofficial tally.

Religion News Service

US' 1st black, female Rabbi ordained

Alysa Stanton was formally ordained, having completed seven years of rabbinical training at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion and becoming America's first black, female Rabbi.

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Reality TV trauma

Fort Worth Business Press

Blog (Andrew Sullivan):

NYT's continuing slide on torture

The Atlantic

Column:

Tent cities are sign of homeless neglect

The Nation

Column:

Is GM the new Amtrak?

The Daily Beast

Editorial:

Banning bomb materials and bomb tests

Economist

Blog:

Pakistan's refugee crisis

Huffington Post

Column (Bradford Plumer):

A power struggle

The New Republic

Column (Jay Ambrose):

Side effects of 'greenie' alarmism

RealClearPolitics

Editorial:

Con games and stimulus cash

Las Vegas Review Journal

Column:

Sotomayer meant what she said

Weekly Standard

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GOOD NEWS

More firms seek public's help in deciding where to donate

"50 States for Good" is an example of a newer corporate trend that allows customers to determine where charitable contributions go.

USA TODAY

Special Olympians go for the joy

Maryland Special Olympics Summer Games is expected to draw about 1,200 competitors ages 8 and up, in a variety of sports, including bocce, track and field, cheerleading, softball and swimming.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

Search teams find 17 Air France bodies

The total number of bodies recovered of people on board Air France Flight 447 which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last week has risen to 17.

Al Jazeera

Pakistani tribesmen attack Taliban

Pakistani tribesmen, enraged by a suicide bombing of a mosque in their district, organized a traditional militia and attacked Taliban extremists.

McClatchy

BUSINESS

World airlines seen losing $9 billion

The world's airlines will collectively lose $9 billion in 2009 with revenues to shrink by $80 billion from a year ago, as the economic crisis saps air travel and cargo demand, a key industry body warned.

BusinessWeek

Retail sales rose on auto demand

Sales at U.S. retailers probably rose in May for the first time in three months as demand for automobiles picked up, economists said in a government report.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Obama's health-care plan would include a government option

President Obama wants a health reform bill that covers all Americans on his desk by August, reaching for a goal that has eluded presidents for decades — in a single summer.

ABC News

Pros and cons of taxing health benefits

NPR

Stents no better than drugs in diabetics

Diabetics with stable heart disease do just as well taking drugs alone as getting quick angioplasty surgery to open blocked heart arteries, U.S. researchers said.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Rainforest conflict in Peru turns bloody

Peruvian Special Forces staged a violent raid on a group of indigenous people who were sleeping at a road blockade outside of Bagua in northern Peru.

Environment News Service

Think again about 'green' transport

If you prefer to take public transportation, faithful to the belief that it is better for the planet, you may be in for a surprise.

Yahoo! News

SPORTS

Report: Favre intends a comeback

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has undergone shoulder surgery with the intention for a NFL comeback, according to sources.

Boston Herald

Lakers lead NBA Finals 2-0

Pau Gasol scored seven points in overtime and Kobe Bryant finished with 29 as the Lakers survived with a 101-96 win over the Magic.

Sporting News

Highlights of the night

ESPN

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