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‘Sweetest’ repeat as Lakers beat Celts for title

The Lakers have won their 16th NBA championship after dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Celtics 83-79 in Game 7 of the NBA finals.

NBCSports

Breaking down the Lakers' game 7 win

ESPN

Obama gets high marks abroad

Struggling at home, President Barack Obama has maintained much of his high popularity abroad after more than a year in office, a new global survey has found.

New York Times

Senate rejects jobless benefits bill

The Senate effectively rejected a slimmed-down package of jobless benefits and state aid, rebuffing President Barack Obama's call for urgent action to bolster the economic recovery.

Washington Post

Blog:

Why the jobs bills failed

(The Atlantic)

Atlantic Wire

Israel's partial easing of Gaza blockade dismissed as inadequate

Israel's decision to allow a partial easing of the blockade of Gaza was given a cool response by the international community, while Palestinians demanded the blockade be lifted completely.

Guardian

Blog:

Pro-Palestinian Turkish aid group plans another Gaza flotilla

Philanthropy Today

(The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Retirement: 67 is the new 55

Looking forward to retirement? You may have to wait a bit longer. A combination of financial pressures and aging populations is forcing U.S. states and European countries to raise their official retirement ages.

NPR

NATION

The other financial crisis

For the first time in four decades of collecting data, the National Governors Association reports that total state spending has dropped for two years in a row.

TIME

No privacy for state-issued messaging devices, justices rule

Public employees who send personal messages on their state-issued communication devices do not enjoy a "reasonable expectation" of privacy, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.

CNN

Ads are latest weapon to scare off layoffs

The Sacramento County, Calif., sheriff's deputies union is using ads in a bid to avert more layoffs. They include a photo of a child with an adult's hand over its mouth and the words, "Your child could be at risk!"

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Blagojevich tapes unearth his methods

FBI recordings of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich's phone calls are giving jurors in his federal corruption trial — and anyone else who wants to listen online — glimpses into how he operated.

USA TODAY

Clinton comment on immigration law riles Ariz. governor

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said she's angry over comments made by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that the Obama administration will sue the state over its new immigration law.

Examiner

HEALTH

Male menopause symptoms identified

European researchers have identified the symptoms of late-onset hypogonadism, also termed "male menopause."

Medical News Today

Mediterranean diet helps heart function

The Mediterranean diet is associated with higher heart rate variability, researchers have found.

MedPage Today

Veterans travel farther for surgery with new policy

A new rating system now restricts the types of surgery performed at certain Veterans Affairs facilities in five states. The new policy will prompt some veterans to travel farther to reach other VA facilities.

NPR

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The cult of the celebrity chef goes global

It's been a few decades since we started turning cooks into stars, and still the phenomenon continues to grow.

TIME

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.

Discovery News

ENVIRONMENT

Zoological society scientists monitor dolphins in spill's way

The Sarasota Bay bottlenose dolphins along Florida's central western coast glide through blue-green waters above sugar-white sands and swaying meadows of seagrass.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Israel’s ultra-orthodox protest ruling

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets to accompany parents who were on their way to prison after refusing to comply with a ruling against ethnic segregation in their children’s school.

New York Times

Christians expelled, Morocco and US spar over religious freedom

After Morocco deported nearly 100 Christian foreigners, the U.S. Congress and Morocco are sparring over religious freedom, with both countries opening investigations that could strain relations between them.

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Max Fisher):

Inspired by wikileaks, Iceland aims to become reporter haven

The Atlantic

Column (Kathleen Pender):

Federal and state benefits for unemployment may end

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Gail Collins):

Obama bores his way to achievement

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Ruben Navarrette Jr.):

Ariz. citizenship bill targets children

CNN

Editorial:

US needs to push forward on free trade

San Francisco Chronicle

Video:

Internet stars for Internet freedom

YouTube

Blog (Maia Szalavitz):

Empathy and the Internet: ways to limit problematic technology use

Huffington Post

Column (Nick Summers):

Can anyone explain how Alvin Greene actually won?

Newsweek

Blog (Dan Nolan):

Dubai's property bubble

(Al Jazeera)

The Business Blog

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GOOD NEWS

Houston centenarians celebrate, and reflect on 100 years

They've dodged disease and beaten life expectancy odds. Now, 19 of the Houston area's oldest residents reflect on longevity.

Houston Chronicle

'Career closet' helps disadvantaged women dress for success

Since 1992, the nonprofit has been dressing disadvantaged women in clothes donated by working women. Clients, referred by local agencies, can choose a week's worth of professional clothing.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

EU joins US in widening Iran sanctions, draws Russian rebuke

The governments of the European Union strengthened sanctions against Iran, following the U.S. with measures that break the united front against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

BusinessWeek

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.

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.

New York Times

BUSINESS

Detroit 3 surpass foreign brands

The results show that domestic automakers are not just closing the quality gap on their foreign rivals but are actually surpassing them in some cases, especially at Ford.

Detroit Free Press

Auto survey shows big win for domestics

CNBC

Communications regulators move forward with broadband rules

U.S. communications authorities took a small but significant step toward regulating high-speed Internet in a bid to reclaim oversight, setting the stage for an eventual showdown with industry heavyweights.

Reuters

FAQ: the '3rd way' legal approach

Broadband.gov

EU leaders raise pressure for global levy on banks

European Union leaders backed a call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for a levy on banks, but divisions remained over how and when to impose it.

Reuters

Gold to jump to record as currencies shunned

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Major foundation gets set to open a charter school

One of the nation’s largest private foundations has been authorized to run its own charter school, which it plans to open in fall 2011.

Education Week

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.

NY Daily News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

'Clickjackers' spreading corrupted Facebook 'Like' buttons

Cybercriminals have begun spreading corrupted Facebook "Like" buttons inside the popular social network.

Arizona Republic

Converting oil to natural gas

Some bacteria destroy oil. Might those bacteria lead oil companies to change their methods of harvesting the energy of the oil while reducing the carbon dioxide?

ScienceDaily

Insights into ocean floor activity

The study reveals that when continental plates break apart there is not always a corresponding volcanic eruption on the ocean floor.

PlanetSave.com

SPORTS

Tough opening day at Pebble Beach

Opening day at Pebble Beach looks just as tough as it did 10 years ago for the U.S. Open. Only now it doesn't have Tiger Woods pushing it around.

CBS News

US Open opening round

San Jose Mercury News

Higuain emulates Batistuta with hat trick at World Cup

Gonzalo Higuain scored Argentina's first hat trick at a World Cup in 16 years, leading his team to a 4-1 victory over South Korea to steal the spotlight from Lionel Messi.

USA TODAY

World Cup 2010: a satellite tour of the 32 competing nations

Discovery News

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