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Marine Cpl. Patrick LeBlanc and his wife Kimberly of Greensboro, N.C., visit the gravesite of Patrick's platoon commander, Marine 2nd Lt. John Thomas Wroblewski, at Arlington National Cemetery's section 60 in Arlington, Va. (Photo by Haraz N. Ghanbari / AP)

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Arlington mementos are in Army's care

For the first time, the Army, which runs Arlington National Cemetery, is collecting items left on graves, cataloging them according to what grave they were left on and storing them for posterity.

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Memorial Day tributes

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Mayas mastered rubber before Goodyear

Hundreds and perhaps even thousands of years before Charles Goodyear discovered the vulcanization process that made commercial rubber viable, Mesoamerican peoples were carrying out a similar process.

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Los Angeles Times

Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship

More than 10 people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army says.

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BBC

Israel attacks Gaza flotilla

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Guardian

Gulf warned oil may leak until August

As BP shifted from the "top kill" effort to its latest fallback plan to stop oil gushing from one of its Gulf wells, the Obama administration, the company and scientists conceded it may continue until August.

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Underwater robot sent to study spill

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Gulf coast reactions

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Houston Chronicle

Farmers take on border fight with US

The government plans to seize a farmer's land to build a $5 million border post on a quiet country road. The community is fiercely opposed, and DHS is under fire for projects that some say aren't needed.

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NATION

Radioactive leak found at Vt. nuke plant

A new leak of radioactive material has been found and fixed at the troubled Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, officials said.

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Des Moines Register

Builder's secret: bad Chinese drywall

A leading homebuilder learned that the Chinese-manufactured drywall it had installed was emitting foul odors, according to documents obtained by the Herald-Tribune and ProPublica.

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Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Some Chinese drywall cases settled

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POLITICS

Summer blockbusters: issues that could upend the summer

While voters may not completely tune in to the midterm election until after the Labor Day holiday, here are eight possible issues this summer that could play a role in reshaping the November landscape.

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Politico

House ponders just when to wind down unemployment benefits

The House has extended unemployment insurance approximately three times this year, but discussions have begun on how to wind down the benefit.

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The Hill

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US payrolls climb for 5th straight month

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Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Fujitsu aims for $1 billion in sales of supercomputers by 2015

Fujitsu Ltd. said supercomputers will become a billion-dollar business for the company within five years, challenging products made by Hewlett-Packard Co. and International Business Machines Corp.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Feds close 5 banks in 3 states

Regulators shut down three banks in Florida and one each in Nevada and California, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 78.

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Buffalo News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Church to picket rocker Dio's memorial

A public memorial service for heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio is planned, with members of the Westboro Baptist Church saying they will picket the ceremony.

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CNN

It's tough to keep your online rep intact

There are emerging dangers in social networking, as these widening webs enable friends, family and associates to reveal information or opinions that one would rather have kept private.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New plant eating dinosaur discovered

The new dinosaur was discovered in a bone-bed on private land located along the Milk River in North Central Montana.

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ScienceDaily

From Californians’ DNA, a genome project

Ruth Young is one of more than 130,000 members of Kaiser Permanente in Northern California who have volunteered to have their DNA scanned by machines as part of the largest study of its kind ever.

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Computer program recognizes sarcasm

Researchers have developed a computer program that can identify sarcasm in online communities with an accuracy rate of about 80 percent.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Future pope refused defrocking of convicted priest

The future Pope Benedict XVI refused to defrock an American priest who confessed to molesting numerous children and even served prison time for it, simply because the cleric wouldn’t agree to the discipline.

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What happens when the Dalai Lama dies?

As the man at the center of the Tibetan exile movement approaches his 75th birthday, the question has become impossible to escape: What happens after the Dalai Lama dies?

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USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Coastal birds carry toxic metals inland

A collaborative research team led by Queen's University biologists has found that potent metals like mercury and lead, ingested by Arctic seabirds, end up in the sediment of polar ponds.

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ScienceDaily

Farmers flood fields for birds and profit

Dave Hedlin has taken part in an experiment that contradicts everything he's known about farming: He will flood about 20 acres to provide habitat for shorebirds, in hopes of more productive farmland.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Friends tell tales for ailing storyteller

Opalanga Pugh spent more than 20 years as a professional storyteller. Now it is her friends who gather to tell stories of her, seeking to raise her spirits while she battles cancer.

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Denver Post

Facebook app honors fallen soldiers

A new Facebook application is designed to honor fallen soldiers and also remind us of the importance of Memorial Day.

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Cancer patients see hope in drug salvage initiative

Scores of cancer patients are being given fresh hope as part of a pioneering project to rescue potentially life-saving medicines from drug company vaults.

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The Independent

WORLD

Tropical storm kills 96 in Central America

The remnants of Tropical Storm Agatha dumped more rain across Central America after killing at least 96 people in the region, sparking fears of further mudslides.

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Reuters

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Landslides, flooding kill dozens in Guatemala

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Death toll from Agatha rises

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BBC

US plans to aid South Korea with naval defense plan

Surprised by how easily a South Korean warship was sunk by a North Korean torpedo fired from a submarine, U.S. officials are planning a program to plug major gaps in the South’s naval defenses.

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HEALTH

Where did the flu go? It's hiding

With spring and summer, the flu seems to die out. But it's just gone into hiding, a new study finds.

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LiveScience

School-based nurse practitioners keep kids in class

Nurse practitioners can write prescriptions, diagnose conditions and serve as primary-care providers, the closest thing some children have to a family doctor.

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Indianapolis Star

Acupuncture's painkilling secret

Newly published research indicates that acupuncture needles cause tissue damage that stimulate cells to produce adenosine, an anti-inflammatory chemical.

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Guardian

SPORTS

Dario Franchitti wins Indy 500

After having the dominant car and the perfect game plan, Dario Franchitti needed more to win his second Indianapolis 500.

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2010 Indy 500 finishing order

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Indianapolis Star

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Indianapolis motor speedway timeline

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ESPN

Tomas Kopecky goal gives Blackhawks Game 1 win

The Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers waged a Stanley Cup opener that was a wild and sloppy, high-scoring, up-and-down game with five lead changes and a winning goal from an unlikely hero.

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EDUCATION

Community colleges to get more funds

President Barack Obama has highlighted his support for the green-tech industry, but for out-of-work Californians, the more important initiative is the plan to give community colleges $2 billion in funds.

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EducationNews.org

God enters Ind. graduation

Commencement at a central Indiana high school that was the subject of a lawsuit by its valedictorian over a graduation prayer has taken place without students or staff praying aloud.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Polite or panicky may depend on how much time there is to react

Comparing who survived two of history's most famous sinkings — the Titanic and the Lusitania — indicates sharply different behavior on the two doomed vessels.

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MSNBC

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A woman stands on the Chinese river banks to overlook the North Korean side across the river in Dandong in northeastern China's Liaoning province. (Photo by Ng Han Guan / AP)

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