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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, after a press conference in Istanbul. Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkey to take part in international conference on peace regulation in Asia. (Photo by Ibrahim Usta / AP)

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Job openings rise to highest level in 16 months despite reports

Job openings jumped in April to the highest level in 16 months, a sign that hiring by private employers is healthy despite disappointing job reports.

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Yahoo! News

Oil spills escalated in this decade

The number of spills from offshore oil rigs and pipelines in U.S. waters more than quadrupled this decade, a trend that could have served as a warning for the massive leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

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USA TODAY

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Oil spill's erratic geography fuels angst

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CBS News

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Obama 'would have fired BP chief'‎

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BBC

Russia, Turkey and Iran meet, posing test for US

Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran convened at a security summit meeting in Istanbul in a display of regional power that appeared to be calculated to test the U.S.

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UN set to vote on Iran sanctions

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Al Jazeera

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New sanctions against Iran?

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CNN

Democrats, Republicans face angry and unpredictable electorate

Anxious incumbents made their final pitch to primary voters, mindful that they could be the next to fall in an unpredictable election year that has claimed several veteran lawmakers.

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MSNBC

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Hot races 2010: interactive map

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America's frustration index

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ABC News

US behind Libya in Global Peace Index

The 2010 Global Peace Index is an attempt to quantify which countries are the most secure. New Zealand is No. 1, Iraq is last, and the U.S. is in the middle.

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

US soldier arrested over Iraq video

A U.S. soldier serving in Iraq has been arrested for allegedly leaking a classified combat video to a whistleblower website, Wikileaks, last year.

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Al Jazeera

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10 foreign troops killed in Afghanistan

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Guardian

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US military detains soldier linked to Iraq video

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YouTube

1 killed in Texas gas explosion

A large natural gas line in north Texas erupted after utility workers accidentally hit the line, sending a column of fire into the air and leaving one worker missing hours after the blast, officials said.

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MSNBC

Counting on medicaid money, states face fiscal shortfalls

At least 30 states will have to close larger-than-anticipated shortfalls in the coming fiscal year unless Congress passes a six-month extension of increased federal spending on Medicaid.

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POLITICS

Spending fears threaten Dem agenda

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heard gripes from members not happy about having to vote on a big spending measure at a time when many voters think government growth and deficits are out of control.

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Politico

Helen Thomas retires after Israel flap

Longtime Washington journalist Helen Thomas abruptly retired as a columnist for Hearst News Service following remarks she made about Israel that were denounced by the White House and her colleagues.

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San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Small businesses turn more optimistic

U.S. small businesses are slightly more optimistic about their economic outlook than they have been in the last two years but are still not ready to expand staffs and boost capital spending.

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CNBC

Airlines halt 3-year slide in consumer-satisfaction ratings

North American airlines ended three years of declining customer-satisfaction ratings as fares dropped, more flights arrived on time and fewer bags were lost, according to a J.D. Power & Associates survey.

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BusinessWeek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Entrepreneurs enter space race

Four years from now, a Nevada company plans to launch modules to be assembled into the solar system’s first private space station — allowing paying customers to arrive a year later.

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Earth and moon formed later than thought

The collision that formed the Earth and moon is now believed to have happened up to 150 million years after the formation of the solar system.

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ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

Clearing Haiti's streets of rubbish means clearing crime too

Piles of concrete rubble from destroyed buildings block the streets and turn the twisting, congested roads into a nightmare of honking horns and exhaust fumes.

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Environment News Service

The gowns are green — philosophically

Animo Venice Charter High School is among a number of campuses that are adopting environmentally friendly graduation garb made from either renewable wood fibers or recycled plastic bottles.

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Los Angeles Times

Denver has busted the urban farming’s yuppie stereotype

This year the nonprofit Denver Urban Gardens will support the construction of its 100th community garden. The gardens are a kaleidoscope of ages, ethnicities, socio-economic strata and motivations.

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Grist

SPORTS

Colts expect to re-sign Manning

Bill Polian is ready to make a deal with Peyton Manning, but getting it done in this labor market could still make it tricky.

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ESPN

Fullerton rallies, beats U to win regional

The top-seeded Cal State Titans proved too tough, as a 4-2 lead through three innings wasn't nearly enough for the Gophers of the University of Minnesota.

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GOOD NEWS

Gates Foundation gives $1.5 billion for women's health

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $1.5 billion in a joint push with the U.N. to improve the health of women.

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Reuters

Auction Napa Valley loosens up

Wine Country's biggest annual charity event celebrated its 30th anniversary over the weekend with a haul of $8.51 million, a good rebound from 2009's $5.7 million.

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San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Global jitters as Britain, Germany announce severe spending cuts

Europe's debt crisis sent more shockwaves around the world as Britain's new prime minister announced drastic cutbacks in government spending and Germany went ahead with its own austerity plans.

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Los Angeles Times

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Spanish public sector on strike against austerity plan

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BBC

Asia battles superstition to boost births

The Year of the Tiger may be the year of empty nurseries in Asia. Nations in Asia are witnessing record low birthrates due to a long held superstition that Tigers bring harm to their families.

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USA TODAY

Can Japan's new leader stay the course?

As soon as Naoto Kan was picked to be Japan's prime minister, "Yes We Kan" T-shirts went on sale online. Voters, however, may be wary of buying one without proof that he will stay the course.

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Reuters

HEALTH

Nurses go on offensive against 14 Twin Cities hospitals

With two days to go before a planned strike, the Minnesota Nurses Association is going public with stories of alleged poor patient care to back its assertion that Twin Cities hospitals are understaffed.

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Star Tribune

Medical overtreatment makes us sicker

Anywhere from one-fifth to nearly one-third of the tests and treatments we get are estimated to be unnecessary, and avoidable care is costly in more ways than the bill.

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CBS News

EDUCATION

'Don't make excuses,' Obama tells Kalamazoo grads

If the cheers for the Kalamazoo Central High graduates as they entered the arena were loud, the uproar that ensued when President Barack Obama walked onto the stage was deafening.

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Detroit Free Press

Duke, other colleges on sale

Parents of students planning to attend expensive private colleges can lock in big discounts if they can scrape together a few extra thousand dollars by June 30th.

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U.S. News & World Report

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Kitchenettes for frugal Vegas visitors

Las Vegas hotel rooms may soon be known for their new kitchens — places where visitors can avoid the town’s staggering array of high-priced restaurants.

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New vending machines fulfills more than food cravings

Vending machines aren’t just for soda and snacks anymore. Now sophisticated models with touch screens offer instant gratification for more expensive treats.

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Kansas City Star

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Letter from priests' lovers reignites celibacy debate

In an unprecedented move, a group of Italian women who have had relationships with priests wrote an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI, saying that priests need to love and be loved.

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NPR

Protestant pastor on the job hunt? Good luck in this market

Too many preachers, too many small churches and a bad economy make this one of the worst job markets for Protestant ministers in decades.

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USA TODAY

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Well-being is related to having more substantive conversations

Is a happy life filled with trivial chatter or reflective and profound conversations? Psychologists investigated whether happy and unhappy people differ in the types of conversations they have.

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Cyclists pass Leman Lake during the second stage of the 62nd Dauphine Libere cycling race between the towns of Evian and Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, French Alps. (Photo by Laurent Cipriani / AP)

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