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Passengers queue in front of the counters in a terminal of the Frankfurt airport, central Germany. Germany's aviation authority broke the flight deadlock, granting Lufthansa an exemption to fly 50 long-haul planes carrying 15,000 passengers back home. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)

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To raise funds, nonprofits find social media present new challenges

Charities are always looking for new ways to raise funds, and for some, reaching out electronically with social media tools like Twitter and Facebook is a perfect match.

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NPR

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Microsoft tops social-media survey

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Reuters

Ecologists fight to save pink dolphins

Conservationists in Hong Kong are acting to save the city's natural heritage, including a pink dolphin population that swims in the brackish waters to the north.

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Christian Science Monitor

Britain opens airspace; travel crisis ebbs

After six days of mostly closed skies, Britain abruptly lifted a ban on flights as thousands of stranded passengers made their way home after Europe's worst peacetime transportation crisis.

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Britain's airports reopen

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Homeward bound at last

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BBC

Divorce dilemma: Texas attorney general says gays can't get divorce

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is appealing the divorce of a same-sex couple married in Mass., saying protecting traditional marriage means doing the same for divorce.

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Houston Chronicle

Gay rights activitsts protest at White House

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The Hill

Supreme Court strikes down law banning dogfight videos

The Supreme Court has struck down a federal law to stop the sale of videos showing acts of animal cruelty, claiming an unconstitutional violation of free speech.

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CNN

NATION

Shuttle lands in Fla. after weather delay

After spending an extra day in orbit, the seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery landed safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Discovery lands

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MSNBC

Drug firm to transform Flint auto plant, bring in 1,000 jobs

A huge, twice-abandoned General Motors complex will soon be home to a fast-growing pharmaceutical company that vows to create over 1,000 jobs in five years.

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Detroit Free Press

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Flint's Diplomat Pharmacy to expand, add jobs

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WJRT

Civil rights activist Dorothy Height dies

Dorothy Height, a longtime leader of the U.S. civil rights movement and the chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women, died in Washington.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

As Senate debates climate bill, House ponders options

A compromise on climate change that narrowly passed in the House has been stuck in the Senate for almost a year.

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Energy debate grows divisive

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The Hill

Debate tests members' financial IQs

The trouble with the financial regulatory reform debate: The arcane terminology of the financial world can be daunting. Insiders have to stretch to find metaphors that make sense to the rest of us.

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Politico

HEALTH

School lunches a national security threat?

School lunches have been called many things in the past, but a group of retired military officers are giving them a new label: national security threat.

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MSNBC

Under threat, women bond, men withdraw

A new study suggests that stress boosts women's awareness of emotions but has an antisocial influence in men.

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Scientific American

Medicine men heal and offer role models

At the center of modern medicine on the 27,000 square-mile Navajo Nation, it's not unusual to see native medicine men healing the sick.

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Star Tribune

EDUCATION

Education Department nixes Bush-era policy on Title IX compliance

The U.S. Department of Education has withdrawn a controversial 2005 policy that allows colleges to comply with a key federal gender-equity law.

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Chronicle of Higher Education

Education secretary ponders how to keep Hispanics in college

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that he wanted his department to help cut dropout rates and boost college enrollment for Hispanic Americans.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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National Hispanic University sold to for-profit chain of colleges

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San Jose Mercury News

New castles bring back medieval memories for students

Ozark Medieval Fortress, a 20-year-long work-in-progress, will serve as an outdoor classroom where students experience living history and learn about architecture, geometry, economics and geology.

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USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Navy develops battery that runs on mud

According to Peter Vietti of the Office of Naval Research, the microbial fuel cell is a device "that could revolutionize naval energy use by converting decomposed marine organisms into electricity."

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Denver's street-smart bike planner

Emily Kreisa doesn't just walk her talk. She rides it, too. The 27-year-old bike commuter is guiding the handlebars in Denver's effort to become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the nation.

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Denver Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Supreme Court to hear arguments on campus Christian group exclusions

In a case that pits nondiscrimination policies against freedom of religion, the Supreme Court is grappling with whether universities can deny recognition to Christian groups that refuse to let non-Christians join.

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Star Tribune

Indonesia upholds controversial blasphemy law as constitutional

After months of hearings and protests from both sides, Indonesia’s Constitutional Court ruled that a 45-year-old law banning religious blasphemy was constitutional and would remain on the books.

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GOOD NEWS

Service dogs, people with special needs get spotlight in PBS documentary

Amber sleeps beside Aiden Young, a joyful end to the day shared by millions of other kids and dogs. But this golden retriever also does complicated tasks most children can do for themselves.

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USA TODAY

Counseling program breaks torture's grip

Portland's Refugee Resettlement Services helps refugees heal from past traumas and start afresh.

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Portland Press Herald

WORLD

US warns Syria on weapons transfers

The U.S. has summoned Syria's most senior diplomat to review its "provocative behavior" concerning the potential transfer of weapons to Hezbollah.

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BBC

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Iranian missiles may reach US by 2015

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Iran, Israel, nuclear ambition, and Obama

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ABC News

China plans day of mourning

China will suspend all public entertainment and lower flags to half staff as the nation mourns the 2,039 people killed in the 6.9-magnitude earthquake, according to Chinese media.

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CNN

BUSINESS

Recession adds to appeal of temporary, short-term jobs

The nature of work is becoming more temporary, with workers increasingly functioning as free agents and no longer being governed by traditional long-term employer-employee relationships.

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Goldman tops forecast with $3.46 billion

Beset by accusations of securities fraud, Goldman Sachs nevertheless showed that it was still very good at making money.

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Goldman Sachs reports profit amid charges

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ABC News

Medical marijuana businesses skyrocket

It's been 10 years since Colorado voted to allow the use and sale of medical marijuana. But in the past six months, the number of patients and dispensaries has completely skyrocketed.

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USA TODAY

Special section:

Marijuana and money

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CNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventors pitch in to improve bio-security

A team of scientists believe they have developed a system to identify unknown pathogens, and any drug resistance they might have, in as little as six hours.

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Pa. network to improve Calif. Web access

To access a website in California, you have to wait until the connection carries to a high-speed hub in Pittsburgh. The PennREN network would speed up the trip.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

SPORTS

Colo. Rockies president found dead

Colorado Rockies President Keli McGregor was found dead in a Salt Lake City, Utah, hotel, police said.

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Denver Post

LeBron James won't let Cavaliers lose

The Cavaliers have an impressive list of former All-Stars. But when there's trouble in a playoff game, it still is quite an advantage to have the MVP on the roster.

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Plain Dealer

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Patient raps for Parkinson's awareness

Sharon Kha, a former university vice president diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, has hit the YouTube music scene by rapping about her condition.

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ABC News

100 years later, Twain's work still powerful

The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, which, like Twain himself, has a boom-and-bust history, crowns him "America's favorite writer."

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USA TODAY

Teen texting soars, social skills suffer

Cell phones have become a vital social tool and texting the preferred mode of communication, a new poll indicates.

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Kids less happy as they're more plugged into TV, music, Web?

A new survey finds, heavy media users, are more likely to have bad grades, be often sad or unhappy and twice as likely to get into trouble.

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India prepares for the 2010 Commonwealth Games as a firefighter jumps though a circle of fire during a mock drill in New Delhi. (Photo by Mustafa Quraishi / AP)

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