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A rig burns oil and gas near the Discoverer Enterprise, left, at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. (Photo by Charlie Neibergall, Pool / AP)

Jaden's Law will raise awareness of need for minority bone marrow donors

In 2007, 3-year-old Jaden Hilton lost his battle with leukemia. He needed a bone-marrow transfer to survive. Because of the scarcity of registered donors for minorities, he died.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Texas judicial panel hears complaint against Keller

The case of the top criminal court judge in Texas went to a disciplinary commission, whose members expressed exasperation that a man could be executed because lawyers and judges "dropped the ball."

Dallas Morning News

Keller fights to keep job

YouTube

BP CEO Tony Hayward attends glitzy yacht race

Just when it seemed Gulf residents couldn't get any more outraged about the massive oil spill, word came that BP's CEO was taking time off to attend a glitzy yacht race in England.

Christian Science Monitor

Divided loyalties: oil-state politicians and BP

New York Times

Gulf outraged over BP CEO's yacht weekend

USA TODAY

Obama welcomes China's move towards flexible yuan

President Barack Obama has welcomed China's announcement that it will allow the exchange rate of its currency, the yuan, to become more flexible.

BBC

Geithner calls for follow-up to decision

BusinessWeek

RI school to reverse hat ban

The superintendent of a Rhode Island school district that banned a second-grader's hat because it displayed toy soldiers with guns said he will work to change the policy.

Austin American-Statesman

NATION

US considers partial lifting of ban on Gitmo transfers to Yemen

The Obama administration said it may partially lift a suspension of transfers of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, due to "overwhelming" evidence of unlawfully detaining a Yemeni for eight years.

Washington Post

Storms nail Midwest, kill 1

Severe thunderstorms sweeping through the Midwest have killed a motorist in Michigan, shattered windows in an iconic Chicago skyscraper and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people.

ABC News

Tornadoes strike US Midwest

BBC

California sees increase in whooping cough cases

California health officials say there's an increase in cases of whooping cough, which is believed to have killed five people in the past few months.

CNN

POLITICS

Can the GOP compete again in Calif.?

Carly Fiorina versus Barbara Boxer and Meg Whitman versus Jerry Brown will be two of the most highly watched political showdowns in the country from now until November.

ABC News

Record number of Indian candidates seeking office

Meet Reshma, Surya, Manan, Raj, Ami, Ravi, Nimrata and Kamala — a new wave of Indian-American politicians. At least eight children of Indian immigrants are running for office, the most ever.

ABC News

Gov. Paterson proposes a $1.60 per-pack increase on cigarettes

Gov. Paterson gave the legislature another take-it-or-leave-it proposal — this time over a whopping hike in cigarette taxes.

NY Daily News

HEALTH

Body-image distortion predicts onset of unsafe weight-loss behaviors

Normal weight and underweight teenage girls who falsely believe they are overweight are at significantly greater risk of succumbing to unsafe weight-loss behaviors.

Medical News Today

Rheumatoid arthritis patients face double the risk of suffering heart attack

Rheumatoid arthritis patients face a two-fold increased risk of suffering a heart attack versus the general population, which is comparable to the increased heart risks seen in diabetes patients

ScienceDaily

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

A wedding fit for a princess

Sweden's four-day royal wedding celebration reached its peak when Crown Princess Victoria married commoner Daniel Westling at Stockholm Cathedral.

CNN

Princess Victoria of Sweden's marriage a crossroads for royalty

Christian Science Monitor

Unlocking NYC: These keys to the city actually work

Bestowing ceremonial keys on heroes is something mayors generally do. But what if everyone could have a key to the city?

NPR

Keys to the city exchanged

YouTube

Lennon lyrics fetch $1.2 million at NYC auction

John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to the final song on a classic Beatles album were purchased by a collector for $1.2 million.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Gulf Coast residents battle to clean up oil

Residents of the Gulf Coast battled to save their beaches as BP PLC shut down one of its two systems siphoning oil spewing from a ruptured deep-sea well in the Gulf of Mexico.

Reuters

Lizard that outlived dinosaurs may go extinct from climate change

A 200-million-year-old lizard, the three-eyed Tuatara, may go extinct due to climate change, scientists warn. The problem is that climate change is reportedly turning the whole species into males.

PlanetSave.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Mass enters iPad age

An Italian priest has developed an application that will let priests celebrate Mass with an iPad on the altar instead of the regular Roman missal.

The Age

Hats-off to Episcopal bishop is a snub

In a public snub that’s being dubbed “mitergate,” Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was told not to wear her miter — a tall, triangular hat — during services in London.

Religion News Service

Storied stone taken away

The so-called healing stone of Wahiawa, venerated for more than 20 years by a Honolulu Hindu group, was removed from its display platform by Hawaiian nationalists.

Star Advertiser

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Gary Bauer):

The abortion debate

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (John Foley):

China's currency reform

Reuters

Column (Clancy Sigal):

Liberal critics find their voice

Guardian

Blog (Steve Benen):

GOP 'shakedown' talking point

(Washington Monthly)

Political Animal

Column (David Sirota):

Trillions in mineral wealth

AlterNet

Blog (Chris Matyszczyk):

FIFA won't let ref explain call

CBS News

Blog (Nicholas Carlson):

You'll never pay for Facebook

(CNN)

Silicon Alley Insider

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On whether Democrats made a mistake

(Guardian)

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GOOD NEWS

International helping babies breathe course teaches newborn resuscitation

It's been called the most dangerous minute of the most dangerous day of a person's life. For 829,000 babies each year, it's the beginning of the end.

Washington Post

Stem cells restore vision to injured

Patients blinded by chemical burns regained their vision after healthy stem cells were extracted from their eyes and reimplanted, according to researchers.

News Tribune

WORLD

Next for Afghanistan: the curse of plenty

Afghanistan's underground treasure “will be good for the warlords and good for China, but not good for Afghans or the U.S.,” Professor Michael Klare predicted.

New York Times

UN: Afghan violence on the rise

Al Jazeera

US buys Russian choppers for Afghan

MSNBC

Baghdad behind shatterproof glass

A slew of new restaurants have opened in Baghdad, offering a much needed respite for a city bereft of nighttime destinations.

New York Times

Deadly protest in Iraq

CNN

BUSINESS

Banks conjure up new ways to charge

Good news: New federal rules should cut down on unexpected overdraft fees. The bad news is that banks are starting to design new fees to help make up for the lucrative surcharges they might lose.

McClatchy Newspapers

Nev. bank shut, 83rd failure this year

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over Nevada Security Bank, based in Reno, with $480.3 million in assets and $479.8 million in deposits.

CBS News

EDUCATION

Minn. law causes charter sponsors to think twice

Though seen as a national model, a law putting new demands on charter sponsors is prompting some districts to consider getting out of the charter-authorizing business.

EducationNews.org

PCs hurt students' grades

A Duke University study says North Carolina middle school students' test scores dropped after they got computers, suggesting they spent more time playing "The Sims" than working math problems.

News Observer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Orangutans' unspoken language

Orangutans communicate intelligently using an unspoken language of gestures, research has shown.

Times of Malta

Adults out-text teens while driving

Adults are more likely than teenagers to send or read text messages while driving a vehicle, a study by the Pew Research Center found.

BusinessWeek

Facebook users 'defriending'

The surge in "defriending" appears to be linked to attempts by social network users to control more strictly who has access to their personal pages online.

Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

Mixed emotions on Manny's return

Watching Manny Ramirez take batting practice at Fenway Park was like taking a trip down memory lane.

Sports Illustrated

Manny goes 1 for 5 in Fenway return

MLB.com

Report: Coulibaly to get FIFA review

Malian referee Koman Coulibaly, criticized for disallowing a potentially U.S.-winning goal off a free kick in U.S.-Slovenia World Cup clash, may be dropped by FIFA.

ESPN

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