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Pakistani police officers close the gates of the district jail, where five young American men from the Washington, D.C. area who were arrested in Pakistan in December, are being held in Sargodha. (Photo by Dita Alangkara / AP)

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

Truckers on a roll: freight business seeing a climb

If it seems like there are more trucks on the road these days, there are. Tavio Headley, an economist with the American Trucking Associations, says freight traffic has climbed steadily since late last year.

NPR

Truckers report high optimism

Refrigerated Transporter

Five US men convicted in Pakistan of 'terror plot'

Five Americans have each been sentenced to 10 years in jail by a court in Pakistan after being found guilty of terrorism charges. The men said they wanted to go to Afghanistan for charity work.

BBC

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CBS News

Unmanned drone to patrol Texas border

The Obama administration announced that it will station an aerial drone in Texas as part of its stepped-up surveillance of criminal trafficking along the Mexican border.

MSNBC

US considered nuclear strike on North Korea

The U.S. studied a plan for a nuclear strike on North Korea in 1969 but advisers to president Richard Nixon said it was best to remain calm.

The Australian

Hedging millionaires buy jets, art, bling, give less to charity

Almost 30 percent of the world’s millionaires withdrew their assets or left wealth-management firms in 2008. More investors began adding art, coins, wine and antiques to their portfolios.

Bloomberg

NATION

America's most recession-proof cities

The "Keep Austin Weird" campaign must have worked, because the Texas capital is among the country's oddball cities that bucked the downturn.

CNNMoney

Setback for administration on drilling curb

A U.S. judge refused to put on hold his decision that blocked the Obama administration from enforcing its six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

MSNBC

Gulf spill live video

MSNBC

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 welcomes Medvedev

The Obama administration is showcasing what it sees as one of its main foreign policy successes — warmer relations with Russia — as it welcomes President Dmitry Medvedev to the White House.

MSNBC

Afghan strategy 'not changing' after McChrystal fired

U.S. and NATO strategy in Afghanistan will not be affected by the sacking of the top U.S. military commander there, U.S. President Barack Obama has said.

BBC

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

Julia Gillard breaks from Kevin Rudd past

The Australian

HEALTH

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

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

Have we met before? Women and gay men most apt to know

Research from York University in Toronto has added a wrinkle to existing wisdom. It's not just women whose brains are so nimble, the investigators have determined, it's gay men too.

TIME

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

Ansel Adams work fetches $722K in photo auction

A historic sale of works by some of the biggest names in 20th-century photography set records during a two-day auction of iconic images.

Christian Science Monitor

Never-before-seen Michael Jackson photos up for auction

Never-before-seen portraits of Michael Jackson shot by French photographer Arno Bani in 1999 will hit the block this October at the Pierre Berge Associes auction house.

Rolling Stone

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

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

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

Carp found near Lake Mich.

An Asian carp was found beyond electric barriers meant to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes, prompting renewed calls for action to block their advance.

Google News

GE to invest $10 billion by 2015 under Immelt's 'Ecomagination' program

General Electric Co. will invest $10 billion in environmentally friendly products by 2015 under Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt’s "Ecomagination" program.

Bloomberg

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

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GOOD NEWS

Promise seen in new method for detecting Alzheimer’s

Dr. Daniel Skovronsky may have overcome one of the biggest obstacles in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. He had found a dye and a brain scan that can show the plaque building up in people with the disease.

New York Times

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

WORLD

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

Thousands of striking French workers hold nationwide protests

In a depressed and increasingly sour political atmosphere, hundreds of thousands of striking French workers took to the streets in protests to complain of government callousness.

Washington Post

Police raid Belgian Catholic HQ

Police have raided the headquarters of the Belgian Catholic church over allegations of child sex abuse.

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Taxpayer-owned Fannie Mae attacks struggling homeowners

Taxpayer-owned mortgage giant Fannie Mae is targeting families by going after struggling homeowners who strategically default on their mortgage, the firm announced.

Huffington Post

US 30-year mortgage rates slide to record low, Freddie Mac says

Bloomberg

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

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

EDUCATION

Community colleges cutting back on open access

With states slashing budgets, many two-year colleges have cut courses and faculty, leaving them unable to handle an influx of students.

New York Times

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

At Wimbledon, American Isner wins longest tennis match on record, 70-68

The three-day Wimbledon contest is finally over, with American John Isner taking the fifth set 70-68 to beat France's Nichoas Mahut in the longest tennis match on record.

USA TODAY

Battle at Wimbledon: What are the health risks?

AOL News

Slovakia 3, Italy 2: Defending World Cup champions sent home

Defending champion Italy was eliminated from the World Cup with a humbling 3-2 loss to Slovakia, which advanced.

Sports Illustrated

France back from disastrous World Cup

ESPN

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