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Ambassador Maria Ribeiro Viotti of Brazil, left, and Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan of Turkey, confer following a vote to impose sanctions on Iran, inside the United Nations Security Council, New York. The two nations were the only members to vote against sanctions. (Photo by Bebeto Matthews / AP)

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Executioner: Death by firing squad is '100 percent justice'

It's been more than 14 years since guns were last fired in Utah's execution chamber. But they may sound again later this month, reviving a debate about the death penalty and the methods used to carry it out.

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CNN

Cyber-security firms gird for attacks on smart phones

Mobile devices have been mostly spared from cyber-attacks, but security vendors are already positioning themselves in anticipation of a swell in the demand for services in the next couple of years.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Marijuana's black market: Will it stay?

In the last nine months, 65,000 people signed up for Colorado's medical marijuana registry. The booming industry is creating headaches for state regulators, law enforcement and Colorado's drug dealers.

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NPR

UN passes new nuclear sanctions against Iran

The U.N. Security Council passed a new round of sanctions against Iran for its failure to comply with previous resolutions demanding Tehran halt its nuclear enrichment program.

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ABC News

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Ahmadinejad says new UN sanctions merit ‘trash bin’

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Bloomberg

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Iran's aging nuclear facility

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Al Jazeera

Coast Guard: BP to pay compensation

The Coast Guard told BP that it wanted to monitor the process of paying out compensation claims from the country’s worst oil spill, and it pressed the company to come up with a better plan.

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Volunteers needed — just not quite yet

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MSNBC

More quit jobs as economy improves

One sign of better economic times is when more people start finding jobs. Another is when they feel confident enough to quit them.

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USA TODAY

Mystery of Saturn's moons cracked

For decades, researchers have puzzled over the origin of Saturn's baby moons. Now a group of researchers in France and Britain think they have the answer — and it lies in the planet's icy rings.

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Nature

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Rings and moons of Saturn

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Space.com

NATION

Michelle Obama's next childhood obesity target: summer break

As part of her campaign against childhood obesity, Michelle Obama helped launch the "Let’s Read. Let’s Move." program involving exercise, healthy eating and reading during the summer break.

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Christian Science Monitor

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The Goldilocks principle of obesity

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Scientific American

Only a fraction in need file for bankruptcy

Bankruptcy filings could reach 1.7 million this year, says law professor Robert Lawless, but few experts believe that debtors are now gaming the system.

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USA TODAY

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In jail for being in debt

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Star Tribune

POLITICS

Primary election results: Lincoln holds on, GOP women soar

Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln came back from the political grave with a stunning primary victory over Democratic challenger Bill Halter, defeating the lieutenant governor by a thin, single-digit margin.

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Politico

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US midterm elections spending raises questions over special interests

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Guardian

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Primary election results

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Blagojevich on trial — and a state's culture of corruption in the spotlight

The dealmaking former Ill. Governor Rod Blagojevich is accused of could get him 415 years in prison, if he is found guilty on all 24 counts of racketeering, bribery and extortion.

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TIME

GOP stalls nomination for leader of Medicare agency

Dr. Donald Berwick, a mild-mannered Harvard pediatrician who is also the founder of the Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is something of a rock star in health policy circles.

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NPR

BUSINESS

Bernanke says Fed to take necessary steps on growth

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. Central Bank will act as needed to aid economic growth after restarting emergency currency-swaps to help contain Europe’s debt crisis.

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Bloomberg

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European crisis may not harm US

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MSNBC

Small, local grocery stores on the rise

The average American grocery sells 40,000 different items and is a highly organized, complex place. There is little room for mistake — or for serendipity and the Tyler Zahrlis of the world.

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STLtoday.com

Bargaining power grows for striking Chinese workers

Economists say that China’s labor force is growing increasingly bold and that over the past year, periodic strikes in southern China have been resolved quietly or not reported in the media.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

These guys set baseball back 100 years — or more

Pat Massengill, a history professor on most days and an umpire on this day, is welcoming those who wish to see time shoved back more than a century.

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Denver Post

Donations to culture decline 2.4 percent in year after Lehman collapse

Giving to arts and culture in the U.S. in 2009, the second full year after the recession began, fell 2.4 percent from 2008 to $12.3 billion, according to a report published by the Giving USA Foundation.

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Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Water source discovered for desert oasis near Death Valley

About 10,000 gallons of water per minute gush up from the desert floor at an oasis near Death Valley, Nevada.

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LiveScience

Climate change linked to major vegetation shifts worldwide

Vegetation around the world is on the move, and climate change is the culprit, according to a new analysis of global vegetation shifts.

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ScienceDaily

Solar panels lure, kill insects

Why should we care if a green energy spells doom for certain insects? It matters since the bugs are a key part of an important food chain, say scientists.

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SPORTS

Bryant, Fisher lead Lakers to victory

Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Derek Fisher added 16 to lead Los Angeles to a 91-84 victory over the Boston Celtics and give the Lakers a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Strasburg strikes out 14 in majors debut

Stephen Strasburg set a Nationals single-game record for strikeouts, fanning 14 Pittsburgh Pirates over seven innings of a 5-2 victory and taking a curtain call from a crowd of 40,315.

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GOOD NEWS

Urban gardens germinate seeds of better health in Denver

Around the country, activists in the organic, "slow food" and locally grown food movements are planting seeds of fresh food, and better health, in neighborhoods where both can be hard to come by.

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Denver Post

Akamai Foundation awards $45,000 in college scholarships

The Akamai Foundation announced that it has awarded three high school math students with scholarships for their placement in the recent U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad.

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PNNOnline

WORLD

Gunmen burn 50 NATO trucks near Islamabad

Suspected Taliban gunmen in Pakistan set fire to more than 50 trucks carrying supplies for Western forces in Afghanistan, killing at least seven people in the first such attack near the capital, police said.

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MSNBC

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NATO's vulnerable convoys

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Al Jazeera

Mexico angered as teenager shot dead by US border agent

Mexico has demanded a full inquiry after a Mexican teenager died after a U.S. border patrol agent opened fire from the U.S. side of the border.

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BBC

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Mexicans seething over border killing

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India's 2010 census considers taboo question: What's your caste?

India uses quotas to help bottom-caste members get jobs and education. Updating caste data in the 2010 census could help refine the quotas, but critics see it as a regressive step.

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Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

US military still failing to diagnose, treat brain injuries

The military medical system is failing to diagnose brain injuries in troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom receive no treatment for lingering health problems, an investigation has found.

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NPR

Dozens of genetic mutations linked to autism in children discovered

Dozens of rogue genes have been found in more than 1,000 children suffering from autism, researchers found. They said the findings come closer to helping identify the root cause of the disability.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Secondhand smoke may harm mental health, researchers find

Other people's smoke is bad for your lungs and bad for your heart, and new research suggests it could be bad for your mental health, too.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Snakes in mysterious global decline

Snakes may be declining across the world, according to a global study. Researchers examined records for 17 snake populations over the last few decades, and found most had declined markedly.

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BBC

Global mystery: Why are snakes dying off?

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Christian Science Monitor

Many studies great news for mice, not for humans

Scientific studies looking at potential therapies for physical and mental illness sound exciting — until you realize they're in mice.

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CNN

Scientists discovered how crocodiles cross oceans

How did the world's largest living reptile, the saltwater crocodile, reach so many South Pacific islands separated by huge stretches of water despite being a poor swimmer?

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LiveScience

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Theology school promotes studies of different faiths

A rabbi, a minister and an imam walk into a classroom and it's no joke. The Claremont School of Theology has taught Methodist ministers for over a century, but in the fall they'll try a new approach.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Episcopal Church is chastized

Episcopal Church members have been removed from the committees of the Anglican church they were serving on, the latest fallout from the church's consecration of a lesbian bishop.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

EDUCATION

Grading Iowa teachers would take years

A plan to grade Iowa teachers in part by how their students do in classrooms will take up to four years to put in place, a timeline critics say is too slow and threatens federal aid.

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Des Moines Register

Somber graduation for Ohio school ripped apart by tornado

There were tears and hugs for all the wrong reasons when graduating seniors received their diplomas from a high school ripped apart by a tornado last weekend.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The road to redemption

If you're hoping to snare a free ticket using your frequent-flier points, you're much better off being a member of the program at Southwest or Alaska airlines than that of almost any other airline.

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Wall Street Journal

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Kristy Holiday and Deets Finley, both of Houston, do yoga exercises as oil cleanup workers hired by BP pick up oil and tar balls on the beach in Orange Beach, Ala. (Photo by Dave Martin / AP)

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