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Protestors stand behind BP CEO Tony Hayward, as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington to testify before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill. (Photo by Haraz N. Ghanbari / AP)

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New dietary guidelines restrict salt, sugar and saturated fats

The Department of Agriculture issued new guidelines for improving the nation's diet, but the main recommendations are steps many largely avoid — cutting back on salt, sugar and saturated fats.

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Los Angeles Times

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Genes make it hard for some to give up salt

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Should a child really have a best friend?

The childhood "best friend" has long been romanticized in pop culture. But increasingly, educators and other professionals are asking why it is so important.

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Congress tells Hayward BP ignored dangers

Congressman Waxman said in his opening remarks that BP had "cut corner after corner" in order to save money, which led to the explosion and fire on board the Deepwater Horizon.

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BBC

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In Nigeria, oil spills are a longtime scourge

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Will BP survive long enough to make it right?

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MSNBC

Israel eases Gaza blockade

Israel says it will allow construction materials into Gaza for civilian projects only. In response to international pressure, Israel will ease the Gaza blockade on food, toys and kitchen utensils.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Israel easing Gaza land blockade

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In Utah, execution evokes eras past

The firing squad, a Utah way of death that began in pioneer days and lingered after other states adopted cleaner means of execution, is back.

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Inmate set to die by firing squad asks high court to stay execution

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CNN

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A history of US executions

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Newsweek

NATION

Suicide rivals the battlefield in US military

Nearly as many American troops have committed suicide this year as have been killed in combat in Afghanistan. Alarmed at this rate, the Army has begun investigating its suicide prevention programs.

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NPR

Gay-marriage battle heads for the judge

Lawyers for two gay couples attempt to persuade a federal judge to be the first to rule that the U.S. Constitution guarantees gays and lesbians the right to marry.

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TIME

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Prop. 8 trial closing arguments

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San Jose Mercury News

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Closing arguments made in Prop 8 court fight

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POLITICS

Tea party readies for harsh scrutiny

Big-time publishing houses, documentary filmmakers and academia are now promising to make sense of the tea party in a series of books, conferences and documentaries.

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Politico

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Tea party backs Palin-favored candidate over Murkowski in Alaska

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NPR

NRA exemption in campaign bill opposed by interest groups

Forty-five public interest groups expressed opposition to a Democratic bill requiring greater disclosure in campaign financing, saying an exemption for the powerful National Rifle Association was unjust.

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Reuters

HEALTH

AMA condemns insurance 'purging'

The American Medical Association has decided on a policy against "purging," a practice that includes charging certain subscribers much higher premiums as a way to get them off the subscriber rolls.

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ABC News

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State to review rate hikes of 4 health insurers

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San Jose Mercury News

Investment in workforce announced

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Healthwatch

Cell phone users to get radiation warning

San Francisco, Calif., likely will become the first U.S. city to require cell phone companies to disclose how much radiation their gadgets emit.

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CNN

FDA: 'Female Viagra' falls short

Federal health regulators said the first pill designed to boost the female sex drive failed to make an impact on libido in two studies.

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TIME

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Man's voice reveals his fighting ability

In the animal kingdom, a male's vocalizations are sometimes tied to actual physical strength. Human men also turn out to fit that phenomenon perfectly.

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Reclaiming causes of a filmmaking rebel

The widow of Nicholas Ray, the director of "Rebel Without a Cause," is reclaiming one of his lost, unfinished works.

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ENVIRONMENT

US lawns getting an eco-makeover

From coast to coast, eco-concerned homeowners are ripping out their manicured, chemically-treated lawns and replacing them with organic food gardens, native flowers and sometimes, just rocks.

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Environmental News Network

Rainfall impacts of climate warming to persist decades after CO2's decline

Impacts of man-made greenhouse warming on rainfall would endure long after temperatures fell, a study suggests.

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BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Southern Baptists' budget vote shapes new evangelism approach

As the older hard-line conservatives fade into the background, a new group of leaders is jostling over the priorities of the country's largest Protestant denomination.

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USA TODAY

Abortion puts strain on religious-government aid coalition

It took Dr. Hanna Klaus four years and $1.6 million in federal funding, but she and her team have preached abstinence to more than 23,000 African teenagers.

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Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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Can anyone explain how Alvin Greene actually won?

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Newsweek

Blog (Dan Nolan):

Dubai's property bubble

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The Business Blog

Column (Rick Santorum):

The elephant in the room: Health reform fog is lifting

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Buddha sculpture proves to be a graffiti magnet

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San Francisco Chronicle

Column (David Pogue):

A bold phone fades a bit in the details

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Column (Bradford Plumer):

Oh, the humanity

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The New Republic

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End the drug war

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Creators Syndicate

BP must pay

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Nonprofit gym helps low-income community get fit

In many low-income neighborhoods, obesity and diabetes are huge problems. Indoor gyms are often too few and too expensive. Healthworks, a nonprofit fitness center in Boston, is trying to change that.

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NPR

High school students rewarded for resiliency, compassion, leadership

There is one award that honors students who have persevered through different kinds of obstacles to make it to graduation day, and who have demonstrated admirable strength of character.

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Mansfield Today

WORLD

US troops charged in Afghan deaths

Five U.S. soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder over the killings of three Afghan civilians in the province of Kandahar earlier this year, the U.S. army has said.

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Al Jazeera

Spanish auction brings strong demand

The Spanish government sold $4.3 billion of bonds, the maximum set for the auction, easing investor worries that the country will struggle to make ends meet without outside help.

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Flash floods hit southern France

Up to 15 people have been killed by flash floods in south-eastern France, officials say. A number of others were reported missing after torrential rain hit the mountains above the Cote D'Azur region.

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BBC

BUSINESS

The other US energy crisis: lack of R&D

Government R&D spending on energy has been scarce, which helps explain why the world is still getting its energy by punching holes in the sea floor rather than from safer, renewable sources such as the sun.

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BusinessWeek

Jobless claims in US unexpectedly rise

The number of Americans seeking jobless benefits last week unexpectedly rose to a one-month high, indicating that firings remain elevated even as the U.S. economy begins to grow.

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Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Airport scanners take on mummies

Swiss and German scientists have experimented with using airport body scanners for a less controversial purpose — screening ancient mummies.

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'God particle' may be 5 distinct particles

The "God particle" may actually be five distinct particles, evidence from a new atom-smashing experiment suggests.

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National Geographic

EDUCATION

Record number of college enrollments

The nation's colleges are attracting record numbers of new students as more Hispanics finish high school and young adults opt to pursue higher education rather than languish in a weak job market.

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CBS News

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US kids facing summer of hunger

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AOL News

Chicago schools to have 35 per class

Chicago School Board members tackled their worst fiscal crisis since Mayor Daley's 1995 school takeover by granting school officials the power to raise class sizes to up to 35 students for the next two years.

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Chicago Sun-Times

State to set new degree of difficulty for graduating from high school

New York City Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch noted that three-quarters of city high school graduates entering city community colleges fail entrance exams.

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SPORTS

Pac-10 invites Utah as 12th member

Utah is poised to become the 12th member of the Pac-10, as the conference quickly pivoted to invite the Utes after being turned down by Texas and four other members of the Big 12.

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ESPN

2012 All-Star Game to be at Kansas City

Bereft of baseball pageantry for decades, Kansas City will finally get to see the game's best and brightest up close.

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Sports Illustrated

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2012 MLB All-Star Game announcement at Kauffman Stadium

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Kansas City Star

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Internet restrictions curtail human rights, says US

Many governments have used the Internet to curtail freedom of expression at home, the U.S. Department of State says in its latest annual human rights report.

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BBC

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Residents pass a billboard picturing Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of late President Lech Kaczynski killed in a plane crash, in Warsaw, Poland. The billboard reads "Poland is most important." (Photo by David Josek / AP)

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