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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center right, casts her vote after the final parliament debate of a $1 trillion eurozone rescue package in Berlin. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / AP)

Oil spill oozes into mouth of Mississippi marshes

The spectacle many feared finally began unfolding as gooey, rust-colored oil washed into the marshes at the mouth of the Mississippi for the first time, stoking public anger with both BP and the government.

CBS News

Conflict of interest worries raised in spill tests

New York Times

Oil slick reaches stream toward Fla.

ABC News

Study: uninsured vs. insured

A family with private health insurance is just as likely to use the emergency room as people without insurance.

USA TODAY

German lawmakers back $1 trillion euro aid package

German lawmakers backed a $1 trillion safety net to stabilize the euro, but world stocks slid further on fears Europe's debt crisis and tougher financial regulation will choke economic recovery.

Reuters

Investors flee the markets

Globeandmail.com

Crisis fuels rise in violence

Spiegel International

Custom bikes let commuters ride in style

Thousands of bicyclists will hit the road as part of National Bike to Work Day. But not all "commuter" bikes are equal. In fact, some are hand-built — and with a rider's particular route to work in mind.

NPR

Blog:

How much can you save by biking to work?

TIME

Disabled athletes defy an unaccommodating city

Russia’s Paralympic team has come to dominate high-level international competitions over the years, even as the fortunes of Russia’s main national team have steadily declined.

New York Times

NATION

US judges can't hear detainees' bid from Afghanistan base

Detainees at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their imprisonment the way detainees in Guantanamo Bay have, a federal appeals court ruled.

Star Tribune

Top intelligence adviser resigns

President Barack Obama's top intelligence adviser, Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair, announced his resignation. His office oversees 17 agencies of the U.S. intelligence community.

CNN

Calderon urges US to reinstate assault weapons ban

Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged Congress to reinstate a ban on assault weapons to help cut cross-border gun smuggling and reduce drug gang violence for its southern neighbor.

Reuters

POLITICS

Senate passes Wall Street regulation bill

The legislation passed by the Senate would reshape the U.S. financial industry and its regulators with a sweep unseen since the aftermath of the Great Depression.

BusinessWeek

Special section:

Key amendments to bill

New York Times

Sweeping financial overhaul passed

NPR

Prominent businesswomen lead the pack in 2010 elections

Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina and Linda McMahon are three women shaking things up in the 2010 elections.

U.S. News & World Report

Special section:

Elections 2010

San Jose Mercury News

Paul tries to defuse controversy over discriminatory remarks

Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky labored to explain remarks suggesting businesses be allowed to deny service to blacks without fear of federal interference.

Tampa Tribune

HEALTH

Scientists detect ovarian cancer earlier

Researchers demonstrated a promising new way to detect ovarian cancer early, a long-sought tool in the battle against the disease known as "the silent killer."

Houston Chronicle

Women who drink 6 coffees a day may have smaller babies

Pregnant women who drink six cups of coffee every day may have smaller babies than women who consume less caffeine, according to a Dutch study.

Reuters

Yoga can improve sleep for cancer survivors

Yoga classes can help cancer survivors who have sleeping problems after they've finished treatment rest easy.

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New telescopes could revolutionize astronomy, but at what price?

The case for adding new ground-based telescopes is compelling, astronomy experts say. But they cost $700 million to $1 billion apiece just to build.

Christian Science Monitor

Expanded animal hospital opens in Calif.

The Molina Animal Care Center gives the aquarium a 14,000 square-foot hospital, new space, new technology and a new audience.

PhysOrg

Scientists reach milestone on way to artificial life

Scientists are reporting that they have made a living cell from DNA that was originally synthesized in a lab. The result is an important, and some would say troubling step on the road to creating life in the lab.

NPR

Q-and-A: synthetic life

Discovery News

ENVIRONMENT

Obama to push for tough new fuel rules

President Barack Obama will launch a drive to set fuel economy standards through 2025, ordering federal agencies to work together on tougher rules for cars, trucks and commercial vehicles.

Detroit Free Press

Geoengineering doesn't work as well as natural processes

Blooms of algae created by pumping nutrients into the ocean can suck up at least ten times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than was previously thought.

Environmental News Network

SPORTS

Lance Armstrong injured in cycling crash, hours after denying doping allegations

Cyclist Lance Armstrong denied allegations by his former teammate Floyd Landis that he used performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong was later involved in a crash during the race and taken to a hospital.

ABC News

Armstrong says he has nothing to hide

ESPN

A very good day for Jason Day at Nelson

Jason Day was thinking about withdrawing from the Byron Nelson Championship. He ended up toughing it out, and "it was probably a good idea," he said with a smile.

Sporting News

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GOOD NEWS

Scrumdog millionaire: from Indian village to rugby pitches of England

Sailen Tudu, 20, was spotted playing rugby barefoot in Calcutta and has won a scholarship to a college in Gloucestershire renowned for its sporting prowess.

Guardian

$325 million funding initiative for high-performing charter schools

JPMorgan Chase announced a $325 million initiative to support the growth of high-performing U.S. charter schools in today’s challenging credit environment.

PNNOnline

WORLD

Clinton: North Korea must face consequences over sinking

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that North Korea must face consequences over the alleged sinking of a South Korean warship which has stoked tensions in the divided peninsula.

CNN

Thailand protests: Abhisit Vejjajiva pledges reconciliation as clear-up starts

Thailand's leader promised an independent inquiry into "all events" surrounding the Red Shirt protests and called for reconciliation to heal political divisions that led to widespread violence with 83 dead.

Guardian

BUSINESS

Calif. institute formed to certify safety of consumer products

California's crackdown on harmful materials in consumer products is gaining a new tool: a nonprofit institute that plans to help manufacturers come up with safer alternatives.

Wall Street Journal

Toyota to acquire stake in Tesla Motors

Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest automaker, is acquiring a $50 million stake in Tesla Motors Inc. and will develop electric vehicles with the California company.

BusinessWeek

NUMMI timeline

San Jose Mercury News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

U2’s Bono has emergency surgery

U2 lead singer Bono had emergency surgery on his back in a Munich hospital after being injured while preparing for the next leg of a world tour, the first date of which has been postponed.

MSNBC

Wherefore art thou Juliet?

The "Juliet Club," a 15-strong group of secretaries, responds to the 6,000 letters that arrive each year, seeking advice from Miss Capulet on everything from first kisses to abortion and adultery.

Times Online

Police: Thief steals Picasso, Matisse from Paris museum

A lone thief stole five paintings worth a total of half a billion euros, including works by Picasso and Matisse, in a brazen overnight heist from a Paris modern art museum, police and prosecutors said.

Star Tribune

EDUCATION

Oxford students who take socially useful jobs could get free tuition

Students at Oxford could be exempt from fees if they later go into "socially useful" jobs, under a blueprint to be considered by the university.

The Independent

Schools, students sue state on funding

More than 60 children and nine school districts across California filed a historic lawsuit, arguing that elected officials have failed in their constitutional obligation to support public schools.

San Francisco Chronicle

Detroit Public School students at bottom of national test

Detroit Public Schools fourth- and eighth-graders performed worst in the nation on a national reading test according to new results.

Detroit News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Answer to gang life faces hard times

In Los Angeles, generations of ex-gang members have found jobs and new lives, thanks to Homeboy Industries. But the organization is in a financial crisis that could spell its end.

NPR

'Marxist' Dalai Lama criticizes capitalism

The Dalai Lama has criticized capitalism calling himself a Marxist, on a four day trip to New York. The Tibetan spiritual leader said Marxism has "moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits."

Telegraph.co.uk

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