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A Jordanian man, a pro-Palestinian activist, hugs his sons as he crosses the Israeli-controlled Allenby Bridge which links Jordan with the West Bank. Dozens of activists detained in the Israeli raid said that they were roughed up and humiliated before Israel deported them. (Photo by Nader Daoud / AP)

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Einstein's brain unlocks some mysteries of the mind

Pathologist Thomas Harvey lost his job and reputation in a quest to unlock the secrets of Einstein's genius. He never found the answer, but his search helped transform our understanding of how the brain works.

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NPR

Cisco helps build prototype for instant, technologically advanced cities

As tens of millions of people across the globe migrate from the countryside to new cities, Cisco Systems is helping build a prototype here for what one developer describes as an instant "city in a box."

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San Jose Mercury News

Israel expels activists after raid on flotilla

Facing rising international pressure to ease its blockade of Gaza, Israel began expelling some of the hundreds of activists it seized in a raid on a flotilla of ships.

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Deported activists claim Israeli mistreatment

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Guardian

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The Gaza flotilla and the aftermath of the raid

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Christian Science Monitor

US opens criminal inquiry into oil spill

The Obama administration said that it had begun civil and criminal investigations into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as the deepening crisis comes to define Obama’s second year in office.

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Oil spill hits Ala., Miss., heading toward Fla.

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CBS News

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Onslaught of oil threatens fragile marshes

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MSNBC

Baseball cards a huge hit again

Baseball cards are back. With the consolidation of the card-making industry to just one licensed vendor, startling sums are again being paid for single cards.

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Denver Post

NATION

'Speak up if you want to remain silent'

The Supreme Court ruled that suspects must explicitly tell police they want to be silent to invoke Miranda protections during criminal interrogations.

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MSNBC

The states with the worst drivers

Worried about getting hit by some careless driver who doesn't know the rules of the road? Well then you might want to steer clear of New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and California.

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ABC News

Democratic candidate seeking to be 1st black Ala. governor loses

U.S. Rep. Artur Davis lost his bid to become Alabama's first black governor in the state's Democratic primary.

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Ala., Miss. and NM primaries

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Examiner

POLITICS

Voters flip on party-switchers

Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Parker Griffith were welcomed with open arms by their new political families in Washington, but when they returned home, voters slammed the door.

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Politico

Democrats see 'big oil' as foil in energy and climate bill debate

Senior Democratic aides are planning a strategy for the energy and climate debate similar to their successful handling of Wall Street reform, in which they used aggressive tactics to pressure the GOP.

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The Hill

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Alabama candidate tries Obama coalition style

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BUSINESS

Prudential abandons bid for AIA

U.K. insurer Prudential has scrapped plans to buy AIA, the Asian business of U.S. insurer AIG. The deal collapsed after Prudential failed to negotiate a lower price for AIA.

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BBC

Dieting for dollars? More workers trying it

How much money would it take to get you to lose some serious weight? $100? $500? At least a third of U.S. companies offer financial incentives to get their employees to lose weight.

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MSNBC

HP plans to cut 9,000 jobs and take $1 billion in costs

Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s largest personal-computer maker, plans to cut about 9,000 jobs and retool its computer-services business to help it compete with International Business Machines Corp.

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BusinessWeek

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Scientists baffled by man who doesn't eat or drink

An 82-year-old man who claims he can survive without food or drink has baffled doctors who did not see him eat or drink anything for more than two weeks.

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ABC News

Movement takes Detroit on its decade anniversary

Movement 2010 wrapped up its 10th anniversary weekend. Hart Plaza once again was transformed into a vibrant techno wonderland as fans descended onto Detroit for three days of beats and bliss.

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Detroit Free Press

SPORTS

In sports history, nothing can rival it

The Celtics and Lakers have met more times to decide a major American sports championship than any two clubs have in any of the four major team sports, and now they are about to play for a 12th time.

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Boston Globe

LeBron tells King in interview that Cavs have edge in free agency

One month from the start of the NBA's free-agency frenzy, LeBron James said he's not close to making any decision.

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EDUCATION

How 'Race to the Top' is recasting education reform in America

As states submit their applications for round two of the Obama administration's "Race to the Top" education grants, several states have taken major actions to try to be more competitive.

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Christian Science Monitor

Judge: No public school graduations to be held at a church

A lawyer says a Connecticut school system will appeal a federal judge's ruling that prohibits the district from holding its two high school graduations at a megachurch.

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USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Seeking heart valve that grows with kids

Dr. Frank Hanley is a pioneer in a form of surgery to repair multiple defects in infant hearts, giving his patients a chance to have a relatively normal childhood.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SLC Mission picnic feeds many in need

The Salt Lake City Mission, a non-denominational Christian church started in 1993, has organized a free picnic during summertime holidays for anyone in need.

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Salt Lake Tribune

WORLD

Japan's prime minister steps down over Okinawa base

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said he was resigning over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa.

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NPR

Giant sinkhole opens in Guatemala City

After a weekend of heavy rain brought on by tropical storm Agatha, a giant sinkhole, which runs some 200 ft. deep, opened in the country’s capital of Guatemala City.

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TIME

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Tropical storm creates giant sinkhole

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HEALTH

Antidepressant use rises among patients

Antidepressants have become the most commonly prescribed medications in the U.S. and are a preferred method of treatment for people battling depression.

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HealthNews

Face blindness program shows promise

Neuroscientist Dr. Joseph DeGutis has created a program that holds real hope for teaching people with the rare disorder known as congenital prosopagnosia to overcome their face-recognition struggles.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

ENVIRONMENT

Wildfires likely to flare in US hot spots

Parts of the desert Southwest, Alaska, northern Great Lakes and Gulf Coast are facing above-normal chances of significant wildfires, a federal agency says.

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USA TODAY

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There's smoke, but where's the fire?

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The Weather Channel

Trafigura accused over toxic waste

Dutch prosecutors have accused multi-national oil trading firm Trafigura of illegally exporting hazardous waste to Ivory Coast in 2006.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Robot fish take over schools, lead real fish to safety

A researcher in New York is building fish robots that infiltrate schools of fish and take them over. The cyberfish could be used to lead fish away from unsafe underwater turbines or other hazards.

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Popular Science

US cigarettes have more cancer agents

U.S. cigarette brands expose smokers to higher levels of cancer-causing agents than brands from three other countries, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in a new study.

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CBS News

Neanderthals entered Britain 40,000 years earlier

British archeologists have found evidence that Neanderthals were living in Britain at the start of the last ice age.

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ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Nun excommunicated after saving a mother's life with abortion

Sister Margaret McBride chose to save the life of a young woman by agreeing to authorize an emergency abortion, a decision that has now forced her out of a job and the Catholic Church.

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ABC News

Young Evangelicals: expanding their social mission

Today's young Evangelicals are socially conscious and controversy-averse. And they are quickly becoming a growth market for secular service organizations like Teach for America.

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TIME

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Judge makes decision in Enfield-ACLU case

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Courier-Journal

'Spiritual but not religious' becoming more common self-identification

An estimated 30 percent of Americans refer to themselves as "spiritual, not religious" according to a 2009 Newsweek poll — up from 24 percent in 2005.

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Statesman

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Helping the youngest readers

"Johns Hopkins Takes Time for Schools" allows the 14,000 employees at Hopkins to take two days of paid leave a year to pursue service opportunities in the school system.

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A blossom covered with raindrops photographed in Lofer, Austrian province of Salzburg. (Photo by Kerstin Joensson / AP)

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