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Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya donate money into an umbrella for their cause during a protest near the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa. Honduras' interim leader, Roberto Micheletti, warned that the only way ousted President Zelaya will return to office is through a foreign invasion. (Photo by Esteban Felix / AP)

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New college-loan plan: Pay back based on what you earn

The goal of an income-based repayment plan is to prevent payments on federal student loans from exceeding 15 percent of a borrower's disposable income above 150 percent of the poverty level.

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TIME

Actor Karl Malden dies at 97

Karl Malden, the award-winning actor perhaps best remembered for his role as Detective Lt. Mike Stone on the '70s TV series "The Streets of San Francisco," has died of natural causes.

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Entertainment Weekly

Honduras faces ultimatum over coup

Coup leaders in Honduras have been given three days to restore deposed President Manuel Zelaya to power, or face suspension from the Organization of American States.

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Al Jazeera

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Coup tests waning US clout in Latin America

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Christian Science Monitor

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Clinton reacts to Honduras

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CBS News

Iran 'frees more British staff'

Three more Iranian British embassy staff have been released by the authorities in Tehran, Iran's state-run Press TV reports.

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BBC

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Iran frees some UK embassy staff

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Reuters

Kennedy seeks plan that finances itself

Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s committee will propose creating a government-backed alternative to private insurance designed to pay for itself after getting federal start-up money.

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Bloomberg

NATION

Cuts, tax hikes, stimulus help most states avert 'doomsday' crises

States will start their new budget year reeling from the recession, but sparing most citizens from painful cuts in education and health care.

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USA TODAY

Gates wants to relax gay expulsion rules

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he wants to make the law prohibiting gays from serving openly in the armed forces "more humane" until Congress eventually repeals it.

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MSNBC

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Gay Iraq veteran forced to leave service

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CNN

City populations bounce back

The housing crisis and economic downturn that have forced many Americans to stay put are boosting older cities where population had been shrinking or was stagnant, according to Census estimates.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Democrat Franken wins protracted Minn. Senate race

Al Franken refused his rival's calls for an election night concession last November, choosing instead to begin vote counting and courtroom haggling that ultimately landed him a seat in the U.S. Senate.

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Examiner

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Franken wins Senate seat

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CBS News

Court opens door to possibility of corporate political spending

Campaign finance watchdogs are concerned that a little-seen order issued on the Supreme Court’s final day could lead to tens of millions of corporate dollars being spent on television advertising.

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The Hill

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Rulings loom on campaign funds, civil rights

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San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

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.

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NBC News Bay Area

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Jackson left custody of kids to his mother

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'Ragtime' confirms Broadway stay

The revival of musical "Ragtime" has confirmed its Broadway berth at the Neil Simon Theater, where the new staging of the 1998 tuner will open in November.

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Variety

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

GPS for autos starting to get 'smarter'

Like Dustin Hoffman’s Rain Man, today’s GPS navigation systems are fonts of detailed data that can sometimes be maddeningly challenging in the real world.

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MSNBC

China delays requirement of Web-filtering software on PCs

Under pressure from the United States, the Chinese government has delayed a mandate that would require all new personal computers to be loaded with Web-filtering software.

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San Jose Mercury News

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China's filter may make PCs vulnerable

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Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

ExxonMobil continuing to fund climate skeptic groups, records show

ExxonMobil is continuing to fund lobby groups that question the reality of global warming, despite a pledge to cut support for such climate change denial, new analysis shows.

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Guardian

BP's spin doctors can now breathe easy

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Sydney Morning Herald

Winemakers tackle their carbon footprint

Far-flung producers are doing something about the wine industry’s biggest environmental liability: the amount of climate-changing fossil fuel involved in shipping bottles half a world away.

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E Magazine

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

1st Zen monk ordained in Victoria

When Doshu Lars Rogers was diagnosed with leukemia, he didn’t ask “why me?” Rogers has practiced Zen Buddhism since 1975, and said it taught him to be “present” with his disease.

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Church-state divide looms for Episcopalians on gay marriage

Episcopal bishops from the six states that have legalized same-sex marriage are requesting permission to adapt their church’s venerable prayer book for use at same-sex weddings.

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Religion News Service

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GOOD NEWS

Fla. A&M program aids area farms

FAMU's goal is to assist farmers and urban farmers with organic methods. The program offers access to "knowledge about sustainable agriculture production and management systems."

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Tallahassee Democrat

Neighborly front porches coming back

A front porch is more than a shelter from the elements. It's a friendly face on a home, a comfortable bridge between our private lives and public selves. And by its very presence, it conveys neighborliness.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Yemen plane's black box located

One of the black box flight recorders from the Yemeni plane that crashed in the Indian Ocean has been located, a French official has said.

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BBC

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Teen survivor of Yemeni jet crash 'doing well'

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Houston Chronicle

Powerful quake hits near Greek island

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit near the Greek island of Crete, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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CNN

North Korean ship under US scrutiny changes course

A North Korean ship under scrutiny by the U.S. Navy has changed course and has headed back the way it came, U.S. officials said.

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Special section:

Fast facts on North Korea

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CBS News

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South Korea's coast guard on high alert

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Wal-Mart comes out in favor of health care employer mandate

Wal-Mart joined with a large union and a liberal think tank to endorse the idea of an employer mandate in health care reform, setting the major retailer apart from most other businesses.

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CBS News

Jobs data offers hints of improvement

Wall Street started the third quarter on the right foot, after mildly encouraging data on the labor market pushed U.S. stocks higher.

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Forbes

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Auto sales show signs of stability

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Reuters

HEALTH

California chain restaurants must post calorie counts

The new law is expected to affect about 17,000 of the state's 80,000 restaurants, many of them fast-food outlets that initially resisted the change, but later began posting the information voluntarily.

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San Jose Mercury News

Mississippi most obese state in US

Mississippi is still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.

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Sarasota Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Nurturing a love of math, sciences

Experts are becoming increasingly concerned that the United States doesn't produce enough teachers for science, technology, engineering and math.

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EducationNews.org

Alumni to pay $6 million for college

Antioch University agreed to transfer the campus of financially strapped Antioch College to an alumni group that plans to turn it into an independent school.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Women's football is growing in US

It has been a men's sport for decades. These days, however, women in the United States can play professional tackle football in a 41-team league.

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Voice of America

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Calif. Quake: professional tackle football

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YouTube

Construction set for Marlins stadium

Construction crews arrived at the former Orange Bowl site to begin preparations for the Marlins' long-awaited 37,000-seat retractable-roof stadium.

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Associated Press

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Financing deal approved for Marlins' stadium

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Communities print their own currency to keep cash flowing

Workers with dwindling wages are paying for groceries, yoga classes and fuel with locally printed currencies such as Detroit Cheers, Ithaca Hours in New York or Plenty in North Carolina.

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Photo of the Day

Bulgarians meet the first July sunrise at the Black Sea coast near the village of Asparuhovo east of the capital Sofia. (Photo by Petar Petrov / AP)

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