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Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. (Photo by Susan Walsh / AP)

Feinstein: Cheney and alleged secret CIA program 'a problem'

CIA Director Leon Panetta testified to a congressional committee that he was told former Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the intelligence agency to withhold information from Congress.

CNN

What did the CIA lie about?

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Dems turning CIA into 'whipping boy'

Politico

Community colleges: Can they help save the US economy?

Community college graduates earn up to 30 percent more than high school grads which helps state and local governments reap a 16 percent return on every dollar they invest in community colleges.

TIME

Bleak economy squeezes community colleges

NPR

For Obama, failure not an option

With the economy struggling and his poll numbers dipping, the president who made "change" his campaign mantra cannot afford to come up empty on health care, his top legislative priority.

Reuters

Stage set for Sotomayor

When the curtain rises on Sotomayor's nomination to become the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice, a large cast of players will be ready to explore themes ranging from the legal to the personal.

FOX News

Judging Sotomayor

Reuters

Iraq military chief predicts more attacks

The Iraqi military predicts insurgent attacks, though declining, could continue for a few years, aiding the prospect of militant violence after the scheduled withdrawal of all U.S. troops after 2011.

MSNBC

Wash. officer's children recant sex abuse stories 20 years later

Former police officer Clyde Ray Spencer spent nearly 20 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually molesting his son and daughter.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NATION

Talks intensify over Calif.'s deficit

Against a backdrop of IOUs and expanding government furloughs, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders expressed optimism that they were moving toward a compromise.

ABC News

100 years on, the NAACP notes its accomplishments and challenges

As the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People celebrates its centennial, racism and economic inequities still plague pockets of the U.S.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

FEC reports show Crist is man to beat

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) will hold a significant advantage over his rivals for the open Senate seat in 2010, according to early fundraising announcements.

The Hill

Retiring Gov. Palin pummeled with more ethics complaints

Just days after Palin made her bombshell resignation announcement, another two ethics complaints were filed against her, bringing the total number of such complaints to 19.

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Bruno' tops the box office

A gay Austrian's dream to become "uber-famous" comes true as Sacha Baron Cohen's new mockumentary "Bruno" tops the box office according to early estimates.

Entertainment Weekly

Poverty tours travel a fine line

While good for local economies from the favelas of Rio to the townships of Cape Town, tourism can be a mixed bag for the local people, damaging the environment and threatening the authenticity of culture.

Christian Science Monitor

Kempner says 'Yoo-Hoo' to unsung heroine in new film

In Kempner's new film, "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg," Gertrude Berg takes center stage as the film tracks the rise of one of America's most underrated creative forces.

NPR

HEALTH

Calif. Central Valley disconnect: rich land, poor nutrition

California's Central Valley produces many of the fruits and vegetables consumed in America. It is also one of the poorest areas of the country.

NPR

Lifting the veil on hospital care

You can now learn how often hospitals lose patients as customers and how often they get them back after less than a month, because of complications and mistakes.

The News & Observer

EDUCATION

This year, school’s in for summer

Sue Benn, a Buffalo seventh-grader, is attending summer school not because she has to, but because she wants to.

Buffalo News

Summer school cuts disadvantage students

ABC News

Control of lagging Detroit schools given to private sector

Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb announced that he has hired four educational management companies to turn around 17 of the worst-performing high schools in the district.

EducationNews.org

Bankruptcy not only option for DPS

Detroit News

SPORTS

Stars will be present even before the All-Star Game

There is no bigger sporting event this week than the 80th annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Examiner

Special section:

All-Star rosters

MLB.com

Web gems

ESPN

Logano gambles, shuns tires to win Nationwide race at Chicagoland

Joey Logano won the Nationwide race at Chicagoland Speedway for his third win of the season and continues to live up to his billing as one of NASCAR's rising stars.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Homeless reconnect to society, jobs, shelter via soccer team

Less than a year ago, most of the players on Sara Silvennoinen's soccer team were sleeping on the streets, or in nearby woods, or at the city's homeless shelter.

Detroit Free Press

Drug might restore sense of smell

A drug once used to treat asthma and other respiratory conditions shows promise in restoring a sense of smell to those who have lost that precious ability.

ABC News

WORLD

Urumqi bans illegal public assembly

A city in China's far west that has recently witnessed deadly protests has banned public assembly without police approval, state media reported.

CNN

Honduras lifts overnight curfew

The interim government in Honduras has lifted the overnight curfew that has been in place since the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya two weeks ago.

BBC

BUSINESS

Goldman Sachs bankers defy gloom with bonus bonanza

Goldman is expected to reveal second-quarter profits of $2 billion, after raking in fees from share and bond issues around the world.

Times Online

Obama wants financial behemoths to plan for their own demise

TribLIVE

Singapore probably emerged from recession on production gains

Singapore’s economy probably expanded for the first time in five quarters as a rebound in manufacturing helped the Southeast Asian nation emerge from its worst recession since 1965.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Solar-powered car tests technology in record-breaking Arctic journey

Despite his passion, inventor Marcelo da Luz never imagined he would one day break the world record, driving his silver, sun-powered saucer to the Arctic Circle.

ABC News

Endeavour finally fueled for launch

NASA managers cleared the shuttle Endeavour for launch after a 24-hour delay to make sure launch pad lightning strikes caused no damage to critical systems.

CNET News

ENVIRONMENT

Report predicts even hotter Southeast in decades to come

Due to global warming, the Southeast is likely to see twice as many days a year with temperatures hitting the 90 degree mark or hotter, according to a report.

macon.com

Seeds saved in Norway vault

In a cavern under a remote Arctic mountain, Norway will soon begin squirrelling away the world's crop seeds in case of disaster.

Globeandmail.com

Declining Aral Sea

Once the world's fourth-largest inland body of water, new images highlight the dramatic retreat of the Aral Sea’s shoreline from 2006 to 2009.

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Buddhist church honors ancestors

Once a week for seven months, members of the Tacoma, Wash., Fuji Taiko group met at their Buddhist temple to practice their bachi sticks and taiko drums so they could perform songs to honor ancestors.

The News Tribune

Catholicism as antidote to capitalism

The collapse of Communism in the East two decades ago did not provide much of an opening for the Catholic Church to influence economic policy, but perhaps the near-collapse of Western capitalism will.

New York Times

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