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Mark Diaz, manager of Schrank's Smoke 'n Gun shop displays several handguns for sale at the store, in Waukegan, Ill., north of Chicago. (Photo by M. Spencer Green / AP)

Amid fears of new restrictions, gun sales surge in US

The recession has put the brakes on all sorts of industries, but the upward spike in gun sales that began about the time President Obama was elected continues.

NPR

Boost in Hawaii defense to counter N Korea

The U.S. says it has deployed anti-missile defenses around Hawaii, following reports that North Korea is preparing to fire its most advanced ballistic missile in that direction to coincide with July 4th.

MSNBC

Hawaii anti-missile system a safeguard

USA TODAY

US ready if N Korea test fires another missile

YouTube

Obama says 'world is watching' Iran

President Obama warned Iran that the "world is watching" after the country's supreme leader told anti-government protesters that they were inviting violence if their massive protests continued.

ABC News

Why Iran's Twitter revolution is unique

Christian Science Monitor

Iran protests: streets of anger

Guardian

Iran's supreme leader in 'power struggle'

Al Jazeera

Jobless pain continues in May

Signs that unemployment pains may be easing in individual U.S. states in April disappeared by May, when jobless rates jumped in 48 states and the District of Columbia, according to new data released.

Reuters

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Rupert Murdoch joins the crowd

Forbes

Hi gramps, here's a printout of my e-mails

Sunnygram is the newest entrant in a field of products trying to bridge the technical divide between those who e-mail and their loved ones who don't.

TIME

NATION

US House impeaches federal judge

The House impeached imprisoned U.S. District Court Judge Samuel B. Kent and sent his case to the Senate for trial. The Senate is expected to quickly convene a trial to cut off the judge’s salary.

Houston Chronicle

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House impeaches imprisoned federal judge

LegalTimes

Pet Airways' passengers to be 4-legged

A solution to some of the anxiety that pet owners suffer when they have to put a furry family member on a plane may be around the corner.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Doctors signal they'll work with Obama

The American Medical Association voted to support "health reform alternatives that are consistent with AMA principles," although the group fell short of specifically supporting a public plan.

Medical News Today

House Dems unveil healthcare reform bill

The Hill

Robinson: Health care is a 'moral' issue

MSNBC

Pelosi hunts votes in hostile climate

Democratic opposition to a controversial climate change bill has House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fishing for votes in the most unfriendly of waters: the Republican caucus.

Politico

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

It's time: Apple's iPhone 3G S debuts

Crowd lines up in New York to be the first to get new version of smartphone, as Apple tries to keep itself in the game.

CNNMoney

The new iPhone 3G S still stylish, now speedy

Computerworld

NASA launches mission to explore the moon for water

NASA has successfully blasted two probes into space on a landmark lunar exploration mission to scout water sources and landing sites in anticipation of sending mankind back to the moon in 2020.

Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Coppola directs again

After going a decade without making a movie, Francis Ford Coppola reinvented himself as a self-financed indie filmmaker and vows he will make a small film about every two years until the end of his life.

San Francisco Chronicle

Ex-Miss California USA threatens to sue

Carrie Prejean's lawyer gave Miss California USA executive director Keith Lewis what he said was a final warning to retract statements made about the former beauty queen or face a defamation lawsuit.

CNN

EDUCATION

Suspend California's high school exit exam, Democrats propose

Amid yet another round of budget negotiations, Democrats made a surprising and controversial proposal this week: Suspend the state's high school exit exam.

San Jose Mercury News

Students often use technology to cheat

Cheating has gone high-tech, with more than a third of the nation's teens saying they use cell phones to boost test scores and at least half using the Internet to cheat, according to a new survey.

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Spooning up with cookie dough — it's tainted love

Nestle USA said that the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating dozens of E. coli illnesses that might be related to eating raw dough.

Star Tribune

Group aims at prostate cancer claims

A consumers group complained to regulators and threatened a lawsuit over what it calls a drug company’s misleading claims that two of its multivitamins reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

WebMD

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Southern Baptists to gather in Kentucky

Southern Baptists leaders are asking followers to put aside squabbles over issues and look inward at a time when the nation's largest Protestant denomination is hoping to stop declining membership.

Yahoo! News

In 'B.C.' comic strip, artist Hart had a heart for God

When cartoonist Johnny Hart died more than two years ago, many feared that his strips of spiritually-probing prehistoric cavemen and talking animals would become extinct.

Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Fred Barnes):

There's no false choice on Iran

Weekly Standard

Editorial:

Healthcare's unhealthy numbers

Houston Chronicle

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Iran's supreme leader stands firm

Guardian

Column (Eric Peters):

Global warming rules put freeze on autos

Detroit News

Column (Rich Lowry):

Obama shows naivete on Iran

RealClearPolitics

Blog (William Galston):

The good and bad news for Democrats

The New Republic

Column:

Healthy Father's Day gifts

Health.com

Column:

Doctors hold key to health care issue

Bloomberg

Column:

Obama has not betrayed gay community

Salon.com

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Patrick Fitzgerald strikes out

McClatchy Newspapers

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GOOD NEWS

Green tea may slow prostate cancer

Men with prostate cancer who consumed polyphenon E — a polyphenol found in green tea — had a significant reduction in biomarkers of cancer progression.

MedPage Today

Toilet training goes high tech

For countless generations, parents have been trying to get toddlers to pee in the toilet. Now, researchers think they have come up with a 21st century solution — electronics.

HealthDay

WORLD

World hunger 'hits 1 billion'

One billion people throughout the world suffer from hunger, a figure which has increased by 100 million because of the global financial crisis, says the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization.

BBC

Pakistan's offensive opens new front

As Pakistan's Army wraps up operations to clear the Taliban from Swat Valley, religious groups with militant ties have set up shop among the war's refugees – and are winning support with truckloads of aid.

Christian Science Monitor

New crisis in Swat as residents run out of food

Guardian

ETA car bomb kills anti-terror chief

The head of a Spanish anti-terrorist unit has been murdered in an ETA car-bomb attack. Chief Inspector Eduardo Puelles García died instantly when a limpet mine attached to his car exploded.

Times Online

Car bomb kills Spanish officer

BBC

BUSINESS

US regulators close 3 small banks

Regulators shut down three banks, pushing this year's tally of failed banks to 40. One bank was in North Carolina, another in Georgia, and the third was in Kansas.

Houston Chronicle

Stanford jailed in alleged $7 billion fraud

Brash Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford was indicted and jailed in Richmond, VA., on charges that his international banking empire was really just a Ponzi scheme built on lies, bluster and bribery.

Associated Press

Stanford faces 375-year sentence after arrest

Times Online

US stocks climb after opening bell

U.S. stocks gained as gains for financial and health-management stocks spilled over from the previous session.

MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

Pacific walrus numbers declining

A partial estimate of Pacific walruses puts their minimum population at a mere 15,164, but researchers admit that the count probably missed some.

RedOrbit

Is the orangutan our closest relative?

These days, there seems little question that our closest relative is the chimpanzee. But could we actually be more closely related to orangutans?

New Scientist

'Cash for clunkers' coming soon

A $1 billion Washington program to give vouchers to consumers who replace old cars with fuel-efficient models is likely to ramp up soon.

CNNMoney

SPORTS

Mickelson opens with 69 at Bethpage

Thousands of spectators maneuvered Bethpage Black's still-muddy pathways for a chance to cheer on Phil Mickelson at the U.S. Open.

Sports Network

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2009 PGA Tour stats

GOLF.com

Manny to play in Albuquerque

Manny Ramirez is expected to resume game action in the Minor Leagues in preparation for his return from a 50-game suspension, but a Dodgers spokesman said that the club wouldn't confirm reports as to when.

ESPN

Manny expected in Minors games

MLB.com

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