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In this file photo, student Chris Clark works with classmates on a new art center in Greensburg, Kan., featuring recycled lumber and other eviroment-friendly features as part of the town's plan to rebuild in a green manner. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

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Town rebuilds green after tornado

Three years ago, a tornado destroyed Greensburg, Kan., leaving 90 percent of the population homeless and 11 people dead. But the residents came together to rebuild a new environmentally friendly town.

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NPR

Special section:

The Greening of Greensburg

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Sundance Channel

In hard times, EU farm subsidies roll on

As the E.U. releases details of who earned agricultural subsidies — and how much they got — critics question whether the system is sustainable in this time of debt.

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TIME

Bank failure tally grows to 72 for 2010

State regulators shuttered banks in Illinois, Missouri, Georgia and Michigan, including a 23-branch bank that failed despite having received help from the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program.

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Wall Street Journal

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Sweeping bank reform moves in for final vote

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MarketWatch

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Senate votes, Visa and MasterCard fall

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BusinessWeek

NASA space shuttle Atlantis launches on final mission

NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its final scheduled journey after almost a quarter-century of missions.

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BusinessWeek

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Twittering shuttle fans see off Atlantis

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MSNBC

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Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off

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CNN

Google 'mistakenly' got wireless data

Google Inc. said its fleet of cars responsible for photographing streets around the world have for several years accidentally collected personal information sent by consumers over wireless networks.

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Reuters

NATION

Locavore craze boosts fishing industry

From Alaskan wild king salmon to Maine lobsters, local fisheries have survived, due for the most part to a new appreciation for local, sustainable food sources.

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MSNBC

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Obama to end 'cozy' oil relationships

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BusinessWeek

US OKs killing of cleric, causes unease

The Obama administration’s decision to authorize the killing by the CIA of a terrorism suspect who is an American citizen has set off a debate over the legal and political limits of drone missile strikes.

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POLITICS

Schwarzenegger compares Calif. woes to eurozone economies

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger compared the state's predicament to that of weaker eurozone economies and called for scrapping the state welfare system to close a $19.1 billion budget gap.

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Reuters

Palin: Obama would ban guns if he could

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said during a speech that President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies would ban guns and ammunition if they could get away with it.

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CBS News

BUSINESS

Waddell is mystery trader in plunge crisis

A big mystery seller of futures contracts during the recent market meltdown was not a hedge fund or a high frequency trader as many have suspected, but money manager Waddell & Reed Financial Inc.

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Reuters

Stocks slump on concern about growth; euro, crude oil decline

Stocks fell around the world on concern that Europe’s debt crisis will limit growth and earnings. The euro fell below $1.25, oil retreated for a fourth day and bonds rallied.

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Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

EPA acts against big plants' pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency moved to more tightly control air pollution from large power plants, factories, and oil refineries, a step to limit emissions widely blamed for global warming.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

UN climate panel review begins after skeptics flag mistakes

A team has begun a review of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change after the Nobel-prize winning body was criticized for errors on melting Himalayan glaciers and flooding.

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Bloomberg

Toxic landfill cleaned, firm says

The company that runs the Central California landfill where nearby residents complain that toxins have caused a number of birth defects said it has cleaned contaminated areas cited by investigators.

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San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Dalai Lama urges global, personal peace

The Dalai Lama, giving his first public talk in Indianapolis since 1999, said America has the potential to lead the world in the right direction if it is only willing to think globally.

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Indianapolis Star

Vt. church abuse settlement tops $20M

Vermont's Catholic Church agreed to pay more than $20 million to settle almost 30 outstanding priest misconduct lawsuits against it.

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Muslim designers mix hijab with fashions

Fashion is all about experimenting with looks and attracting attention. The Islamic headscarf, or hijab, is exactly the opposite. It's about modesty and attracting as little attention as possible.

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BBC

HEALTH

Small businesses challenge Obama's health law

The nation's most influential small business lobby is joining a court challenge to the health care overhaul, arguing that Americans cannot be required under the Constitution to obtain insurance coverage.

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CBS News

Mental care stays are up in military

Mental health disorders caused more hospitalizations among U.S. troops in 2009 than any other reason. This historic high reflects the growing toll of nearly nine years of war.

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USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Rolling Stones revisit 'Exile on Main St.'

Keith Richards remembers the period in the early 1970s when the Rolling Stones were working on “Exile on Main St.” as a fairly down time. The parts he remembers at all, that is.

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Detroit Free Press

A new interpretation of 'Robin Hood'? That's so 14th century

Makers of the new 'Robin Hood' film are touting it as 'authentic.' But no one knows what the real Robin Hood was like — if he existed at all.

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

'Surfing makes me feel like I'm flying'

Dana Cummings lost a leg in a car crash. He then helped create the Association of Amputee Surfers. The nonprofit organization helps teach people with disabilities how to surf — for free.

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CNN

Minn. boy bets big on solar power

David Gelbaum, a former hedge fund manager, has quietly invested $500 million in clean-tech companies and donated nearly as much to environmental causes.

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Star Tribune

WORLD

Deadly demonstrations erupt in Bangkok

Thai forces in Bangkok have fired live rounds after surrounding a protesters' camp amid clashes that left at least eight people dead. The demonstrators want the prime minister to resign.

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BBC

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Troops advance on protesters in Thailand

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Guardian

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Thai protests turn violent

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Reuters

US efforts in Kandahar, barely begun, already are faltering

Although it's just beginning, the U.S.-led effort to pacify the Taliban's spiritual capital in southern Afghanistan already appears to be faltering.

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McClatchy Newspapers

McChrystal on Afghanistan

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PBS

India 'diverts funds for poor to pay for Delhi games'

Tens of millions of dollars have been diverted in India from schemes to fight poverty and used to fund Delhi's Commonwealth Games, a report says.

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BBC

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Coming of age in India

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NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Happy 50th birthday to the laser

It was dismissed by some scientists as "a solution looking for a problem." But when the first working laser was rolled out 50 years ago it didn't take long for the hyper-focused beams of light to find work.

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CNN

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'Star Wars' meets reality? Military tests lasers

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USA TODAY

Anti-aging secrets in girl's genes?

A 17-year-old girl, who is the size of an infant, is giving scientists insights into aging that some say could eventually lead to extraordinarily long life spans of hundreds of years or more.

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The proof is in the proteins: universal common ancestor for all life

One researcher put the biological assumption of a single common ancestor to the test and found that advanced genetic analysis and sophisticated statistics back up Darwin's proposition.

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Scientific American

SPORTS

Celtics dump LeBron, Cavs to reach Eastern finals in 6 games

The Boston Celtics sent LeBron James and the Cavaliers back to Cleveland to admire all of their regular-season accomplishments and ponder their future.

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USA TODAY

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LeBron begins free agency journey

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ESPN

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Future cloudy for LeBron, Mike Brown

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CBS News

Former Pistons assistant Mike Woodson fired by Hawks

Mike Woodson, a former Detroit Pistons assistant under Larry Brown, was informed by the team’s general manager and a former Pistons executive that his contract won’t be renewed.

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Detroit Free Press

EDUCATION

Congratulations, class of 2010. Hired yet?

In a still-tight job market, college graduates have their sights set on more education and opportunities abroad. Demand is up for statistics, finance, and accounting majors.

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Christian Science Monitor

Education rises among all Americans

Americans across major racial and ethnic groups became better educated over the past decade, a new analysis of U.S. census data finds.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Scenes from a counter-revolution

The growing power of the Tea Party movement will make it hard for Republicans to compromise with the president.

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Economist

Photo of the Day

The massive crater of Mount St. Helens and the lava dome that grew in it several years earlier is seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument near Toutle, Wash. (Photo by Elaine Thompson / AP)

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