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A young unidentified boy watches the girl next to him as her hair is blown up by President Barack Obama's helicopter as it took off at the White House in Washington, as the president left for a trip to Raleigh, N.C. to speak on health care. (Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP)

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Health care progress reported

After weeks of turmoil, House Democrats reached a shaky peace with the party's rebellious rank-and-file conservatives and cleared the way for a vote in September on sweeping U.S. health care legislation.

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Obama: ‘beginning of the end’ for recession

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Bloomberg

Gates: Iraq withdrawal could speed up

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that he sees "some chance of a modest acceleration" in the pace of U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.

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CBS News

Microsoft, Yahoo agree on search deal

Microsoft has finally roped Yahoo into an Internet search partnership, capping a convoluted pursuit that dragged on for years and finally setting the stage for the rivals to challenge Google's dominance.

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CNBC

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Boo hoo for Yahoo!

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Forbes

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Tech: Gearing up for a comeback

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Microsoft, Yahoo announce search deal

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MSNBC

Pregnancy raises swine flu death risk

Pregnant women, even if they are healthy, are at high risk of hospitalization and death from H1N1 swine flu, the CDC reports.

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WebMD

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H1N1 pregnancy death risk

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YouTube

Mount Rushmore to get laser treatment

Crews from Scotland and California will shoot laser beams at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial as part of a project to create a digital three-dimensional model of the iconic mountain carving from all angles.

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USA TODAY

NATION

Northwest heat wave sets records

Brutal temperatures are predicted for the Seattle area as a record heat wave afflicting the Pacific Northwest continues, according to the National Weather Service.

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CBS News

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Heat wave puts pressure on forecasters

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Water danger escalates as temperatures soar

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KING5

Home price declines slow

Local and national home price declines slowed for the fourth straight month in May, further evidence that the real estate sector may be finding its footing.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Housing hope

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Reuters

POLITICS

Backlash: Democratic dangers mount

Democrats confront a perilous 2010 signaled by troublesome signs of President Obama’s political mortality, the plunging popularity of many governors and rising disquiet among many House Democrats.

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Politico

Senators to introduce nationwide ban on texting while driving

Democratic senators will introduce legislation to impose a nationwide ban on sending text messages while driving.

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The Hill

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

13 books make Man Booker longlist

Thirteen books have made it onto the longlist for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, up from the usual 12, in what judges described as one of the strongest fields in recent years.

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Reuters

Handling big winnings from lottery, casinos and game shows takes smarts

Aubrey Boyce is a lucky duck. By the time New York's freshly minted Mr. Moneybags claimed his Mega Millions jackpot, he'd already made all the right moves.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Twitter's new home page: information, not status updates

The micro-blogging service unveiled its revamped home page, which doesn't change anything for people who are already using Twitter, it's just a different look and feel for twitter.com if you haven't logged in.

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CNET News

Twitter redesigns home page

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PC World

Genome engineering goes high speed

A new genetic engineering technique could make it as easy to rewrite a genome as it is to read it.

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Wired

EDUCATION

'Race to top' guidelines stress test data

The Department of Education’s proposed guidelines provide that any state hoping to land a grant must allow student test scores to be used in decisions about teacher compensation and evaluation.

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Feds contributed little to schools in 2007

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Sallie Mae suffers revenue losses from economy and federal loan reforms

Sallie Mae, the largest private funding source for student loans, is under fire both from the recession and political reforms in student lending.

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Diverse

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Women police officers issued hijab

British police have begun to equip female officers with a uniform issue hijab to wear when they enter a mosque.

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Times Online

Texas curriculum review sparks debate about religion

The religious-based social studies debate in Texas has dominated a broader discussion about the schools' curriculum, now under review by officials hoping to improve the nation's second-largest school system.

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GOOD NEWS

Hostages freed in Nigerian city

Nigerian police have freed about 100 women and children being held by a radical Islamist sect in a building in the northern city of Maiduguri.

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BBC

Council awards student-led service-learning projects

Five students will each receive $2,000 from Youth Service America’s (YSA) Dollars for Change grant.

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WORLD

Car bomb in Spain injures 60

A powerful car bomb that authorities blamed on the violent Basque separatist group ETA exploded outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens.

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ETA blamed for massive blast

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US and China vow closer ties

China and the United States have wrapped up talks pledging closer cooperation to revive the global economy and increased efforts to rein in the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea.

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Al Jazeera

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Sen. Brown on US - China relations

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BUSINESS

Clash over blame for oil price spikes

Financial regulators are set to clash over the role of futures traders in major swings in the oil price as the U.S. commodities watchdog gets ready to clamp down on "excessive speculation."

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The Independent

Madoff: I can't believe I got away with it

In his first prison interview, Bernie Madoff said he couldn't believe he got away with his Ponzi scheme for so long.

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ABC News

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Getting the best behind bars

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San Francisco Examiner

ENVIRONMENT

Toxic pollen, nectar could sting bees

Selenium, a potent toxin, is showing up in alarming concentrations in the pollen and nectar of two plants common in California's Central Valley, according to a new study.

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Beach pollution still nationwide problem

Raw sewage and other pollution continued to foul American beaches in 2008. For the fourth year in a row, more than 20,000 beach closing days were reported in the United States.

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SPORTS

90 years later, experts still unraveling Black Sox mystery

While it may not generate the instant buzz of the latest Pete Rose speculation, baseball's ultimate gambling scandal has researchers and aficionados reinvigorated as it approaches its 90th anniversary.

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USA TODAY

Manager rules out Schumacher return

Michael Schumacher’s manager Willi Weber has moved quickly to deny speculation that the German driver could return to Formula 1 as a replacement for Felipe Massa.

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HEALTH

Bipartisan group eyes $35 billion Medicare cuts

A bipartisan group of senators agreed tentatively on a plan to squeeze an additional $35 billion out of Medicare, a step toward President Barack Obama's goal of curbing health care spending.

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CBS News

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Congress closer to health care reform bill

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MSNBC

Lung reduction improves quality of life

Lung volume reduction surgery can prolong and improve the quality of life for patients with severe emphysema, according to the first head-to-head study comparing the surgery to nonsurgical medical care.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Injured soldier finishes marathon

An Army officer injured in Iraq was presented with a medal by Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave after taking two grueling weeks to complete the London Marathon on crutches.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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A Regimental Sergeant Major lines up soldiers of the Grenadier Guard's Nijmegen Company on Horse Guards parade in London. (Photo by Sgt. Ian Houlding, Ministry of Defence in London / AP)

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