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Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson works with the rigging as she sails past the finish line at the entrance to Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia, capping off a nearly 23,000 nautical mile voyage that many thought she wouldn't survive. (Photo by Rob Griffith / AP)

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Australian teen completes round-the-world sail

A 16-year-old Australian who spent seven months at sea sailed across the finish line of her round-the-world journey, becoming the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo, nonstop and unassisted.

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Emotions rise as Jessica Watson returns

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Sydney Morning Herald

Study: White and black children biased toward lighter skin

Nearly 60 years after American schools were desegregated, white children have an overwhelming white bias, and black children also have a bias toward white, according to a new study commissioned by CNN.

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CNN

Bangkok conflict erupts in gunfire

Troops and anti-government demonstrators battled through the night, intensifying a violent political conflict that erupted in gunfire and turned Bangkok's commercial district into a bloody battlefield.

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BBC

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Thai crisis

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CTV

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

Google admits snooping via WiFi networks

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Huffington Post

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Hospice may no longer be contingent upon halting treatment

The new health law could lead to a major change in Medicare policy allowing patients treatment and hospice care simultaneously.

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MSNBC

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Small businesses challenge Obama's health law

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CBS News

NATION

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

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

POLITICS

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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Obama to end 'cozy' oil relationships

President Barack Obama pledged to end a "cozy relationship" between the oil industry and federal regulators that he said had extended into his own administration.

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BusinessWeek

BUSINESS

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

Stop investments in Iran, insurers told

Nearly 300 insurance companies licensed to do business in California have refused to comply with an order that they stop making new investments in corporations engaged in energy or defense-related work in Iran.

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Hartford Courant

Navy gives Boeing multiyear contract to build F/A-18 jets

The Navy told members of Congress that it will proceed with a multiyear agreement for purchasing Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet, according to U.S. Rep. Todd Akin.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SPORTS

LeBron James' next move will ripple through NBA

Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cavaliers, is preparing to make a desperate appeal to keep LeBron James from leaving his franchise — and Cleveland — in ruins.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Immigration opponents urge fans at Wrigley to back Cubs move to Fla.

In a new twist to the immigrants rights battle ongoing in Arizona, activists were outside of Wrigley Field, saying the Cubs should move their spring training facility out of Arizona.

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Detroit News

Historic collapse as Bruins eliminated

For the Bruins, the season will be remembered for a colossal collapse. They're only the third team in NHL history to lose a series after winning the first three games.

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Hartford Courant

EDUCATION

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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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

Teacher retirements to shake up schools

A day after lawmakers passed teacher retirement reforms, school administrators were calculating district savings and teachers were sizing up their pensions.

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Detroit News

HEALTH

Quality child care leads to smarter teens

The effects of early child care may be more long-lasting than commonly believed, according to a new study.

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WebMD

Food allergies take a toll on families

A debate has broken out over how many people really have food allergies. Whatever the numbers, parents whose children have serious food reactions can attest to both distress and high financial costs.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Law & Order' to cease and desist after 20-year run

The venerable police-courtroom drama "Law & Order" has received the death sentence. NBC announced that the show would end its historic 20-season run.

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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

Preakness outlook bright in light of economy

The Preakness has been run in Baltimore as if each time it might be the last. Now, a rebounding economy, a new marketing strategy and its owner exiting bankruptcy appear to have solidified the race's future.

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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

Turkish leader Erdogan makes 'historic' Greek visit

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made a rare trip to Greece, where he co-chaired the first joint cabinet meeting between the two states.

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Al Jazeera

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

Easter Island mysteries

There are many mysteries about this small island in the southeast Pacific. The biggest ones are about the strange large statutes and how they were moved and the second about how it all ended.

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Environmental News Network

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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Space shuttle Atlantis soars on final voyage

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Toronto Sun

Jupiter loses big belt

Two wide stripes known as the equatorial belts normally circle the huge planet. However, new pictures of Jupiter show that the south equatorial belt has completely faded from view.

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National Geographic

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

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

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

1st lesbian bishop to be consecrated by Anglican church in America

The first lesbian bishop in the Anglican church is scheduled to be consecrated, deepening divisions over homosexuality.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Catholics fight move to deny schooling to children of gays

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CNN

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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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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