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Crews work to clean up oil washed ashore at Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to wash ashore along the Florida panhandle. (Photo by Michael Spooneybarger / AP)

Hospital food gets a push down the organic aisle

The local and organic food movement is spreading to an area not commonly associated with freshness, or even taste: hospital kitchens. Advocates say higher-quality produce will help patients.

NPR

Remains of 64 victims of Mexican drug war found in mine

Authorities have discovered the remains of 64 victims of a drug war at a Mexico mine site. The site was described by a criminologist as "a quicksand, but filled with bodies."

MSNBC

Federal officials halt sand dredging in La.

Federal authorities have ordered Louisiana to stop dredging east of the Mississippi River, where sand from the Gulf bottom is being gathered to build barriers against encroaching oil, Gov. Bobby Jindal said.

BusinessWeek

BP pursuing risky Alaska drilling

New York Times

Gulf spill live video

MSNBC

Vatican Secret Archives has mixed tales

Between Angels & Demons and a long-running dispute over still-sealed World War II-era records, Vatican officials clearly felt some need to provide a glimpse of the archives to the public.

USA TODAY

Recession sends some parents to raid their children's credit

At 21, Michelle Gurule believes she's among a frightening number of young adults whose credit was trashed by parents who used their children's identity to acquire credit, loans or services.

Denver Post

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CNN Poll: uptick in economic optimism

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Political Ticker

NATION

Evacuated residents allowed to return to homes in Ariz.

Evacuated residents living on the edge of the 14,000-acre fire burning about five miles north of Flagstaff have been given the green light to return to their homes.

USA TODAY

Safety agency faulted for limiting oversight of US coal mines

The U.S. mine safety regulator has failed to subject mines with repeated violations to the "enhanced oversight" required when an operator shows disregard for miner health, the Labor Department reported.

BusinessWeek

POLITICS

Obama relieves McChrystal of his duties

President Barack Obama removed Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal from his position as the top commander in Afghanistan and tapped Gen. David H. Petraeus to lead the war effort there.

New York Times

Gen. Petraeus takes over in Afghanistan

Christian Science Monitor

The rise and fall of Gen. McChrystal

TIME

Gillard takes Australian helm: 'The government was losing its way'

Australia's Labor Party has elected Julia Gillard as the new prime minister, making her the nation's first woman in that position, a party spokesman said.

CNN

HEALTH

Stem cells reverse blindness by burns

Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells.

Houston Chronicle

US health care ranks low

Despite having the costliest health care system in the world, the United States is last or next-to-last in quality, efficiency and access to care.

HealthDay

White House explains latest health care moves

YouTube

Caring for sick spouse may be good for you, says study

Contrary to earlier studies, new research claims that caretakers who look after sick spouses or the elderly may be doing good to themselves too.

Times of India

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Time' magazine: the last of the big newsweeklies

The decision by the corporate owner of Newsweek to put the magazine up for sale has once more raised the question in journalism circles as to whether there's a role, or future, for newsweekly magazines.

NPR

The legal fight over beach access

Summer is high season for fights over beach access, and the Supreme Court ventured into those choppy waters with a major ruling in a Florida beach case.

TIME

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

India's diverse faiths

India is the world's largest democracy and home to a multitude of faiths. British journalist William Dalrymple, who has lived in India for the last 25 years, surveys the subcontinent's rich religious topography.

NPR

Mormon influence, imagery runs deep through 'Twilight'

As the film’s "Twi-hard" fans get ready for the third "Twilight" installment, "Eclipse," few are likely to recognize the religious references in the film based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer, herself a Mormon.

Religion News Service

ENVIRONMENT

US inclined to keep lake dry over debts

For a second straight summer, a once-scenic mountain lake in Nevada — acquired by the federal government for $46 million in 2008 for public recreation — will remain drained and its future in limbo.

USA TODAY

Whaling 'peace deal' falls apart

Attempts to find a compromise between whaling nations and their opponents at the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) annual meeting have failed.

BBC

Nations fail to agree on whale hunt

Seattle Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

The derivatives endgame

New York Times

Column (Barry Garelick):

The common core math standards: When understanding is overrated

EducationNews.org

Column (Mohammad Ilyas Dayee):

Child's execution an outrage

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Enraged customers fuel disturbing trend

USA TODAY

Column (Mark Morford):

The rise of hugely insufferable women

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Eliot Spitzer):

The incentives catastrophe

Slate

Column (Robert Grenier):

McChrystal's fatal error

Al Jazeera

Column (Froma Harrop):

Future is bright in US for electric car revolution

Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Death row inmate can prove innocence

A man convicted of murder nearly two decades ago will get a chance to present his claim of innocence in a federal court.

NPR

Amazing journey for newest US citizen

One of America's newest citizens can't hear or talk. He can't read or write and never spent a single day in school. On top of all that, he jumped the border illegally as a kid and never went back to Mexico.

San Jose Mercury News

Denver, Goodwill help teens train for and find summer jobs

To make it easier for some Denver area teens, Goodwill Industries and the city of Denver have teamed to offer summer job and skills training for 400 at-risk youths.

Denver Post

WORLD

Hundreds missing in Brazilian flood

Torrential waters flattened a small town as floods raged through two states in northeastern Brazil. The death toll is expected to surpass 44 as rescuers search for hundreds of people reported missing.

CNN

Race to help Brazil's flood victims

YouTube

Canada earthquake shakes buildings in Toronto, Ottawa

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake in Canada shook office towers in Toronto and Montreal, interrupted train service and forced lawmakers and government workers in Ottawa from their buildings.

San Francisco Chronicle

Israeli minister assures US on more goods for Gaza

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak promised more goods will enter the Gaza Strip after Israel's decision to ease its blockade of the Palestinian enclave, the U.S. State Department said.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Fed signals rates will remain low

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold at a record low near-zero for the 18th straight month and said the European debt crisis was negatively impacting the recovery.

MarketWatch

Bank bill talks center on bank trading limits

Houston Chronicle

Judge sides with Google over YouTube

A federal judge sided with Google in a $1 billion copyright lawsuit filed by media company Viacom over YouTube videos, saying the service promptly removed illegal materials.

Houston Chronicle

Apple now, Google later

InformationWeek

New home sales at record low

Sales of new homes dropped a record 32.7 percent in May to the lowest level in at least four decades as the boost from a popular tax credit faded.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Success in NYC's 'small schools'

A study of New York City high schools has found that students are more academically successful in smaller, more personal high schools that they choose for themselves than in larger, more traditional schools.

Education Week

Board OKs LAUSD budget with thousands of layoffs

Despite the pleas and protests of hundreds of employees, Los Angeles Unified School District officials approved a 2010-11 budget that includes thousands of layoffs of teachers, custodians and other staff.

EducationNews.org

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

World's largest dinosaur graveyard linked to mass death

Scientists have revealed what may be the world's largest dinosaur graveyard. The dinosaurs may have been part of a mass die-off resulting from a monster storm, comparable to today's hurricanes.

LiveScience

'Shocking' superstorm seen on exoplanet a 1st

Record-breaking supersonic winds are blasting through the atmosphere of the hot gas giant, which orbits a distant star.

National Geographic

SPORTS

Wimbeldon's longest ever tennis match

When dusk halted their match, John Isner of the U.S. and Nicolas Mahut had been playing for 10 hours and were tied 59-59 in games in the final set.

Orlando Sentinel

Donovan's stoppage-time goal wins Group C for the USA

The game began with plenty of tension. The dramatic background was clear: Win and the USA would advance to the next round of the World Cup. Lose, and go home.

USA TODAY

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