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This photo shows Holly Freishtat, Baltimore's recently hired food policy director, as she walks through an urban grocery store in Baltimore. The city is one of the first in the country with a paid "food czar." (Photo by Steve Ruark / AP)

Food czar hopes to change the way Baltimore eats

The city of Baltimore recently hired a food policy coordinator, making the city one of the first in the country with a paid "food czar." Her directive: get more healthy food on the tables of the people who need it.

Salon

A super shift in grocery habits

Star Tribune

Postal Service woes: 1st-class stamps may climb to 46 cents

Beset by a massive budget deficit, reduced volume of mail, and rising health-care costs, the U.S. Postal Service has proposed raising postage rates again in 2011.

Christian Science Monitor

Soldier charged over leaked video

The U.S. military said it had charged a soldier in connection with the leak of a classified video showing a 2007 helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Iraq, including two Reuters journalists.

Reuters

US allegedly fires on unarmed reporters

The Australian

Stocks rally, Dow surges back above 10,000 on European bank news

Stocks surged, sending U.S. benchmark indexes up the most since May, while growth in American retail sales bolstered optimism in the earnings season.

Bloomberg

Market rebound: What led the rally?

CNBC

Early humans ventured far north

Researchers on England's North Sea coast have uncovered flint tools dated to at least 780,000 years ago. The discovery suggests early humans adapted better to cold climates than previously thought.

Science

The 1st Britons

Nature

NATION

Hawaii Governor vetoes civil-unions bill

The governor of the Aloha State vetoed a controversial measure that would allow same-sex and unwed heterosexual couples the same protections under the law that married couples have.

TIME

Obama asks court to reinstate ban on deepwater drilling

The Obama administration has asked a federal court in Louisiana to reinstate the ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the moratorium was a rational response to the BP oil spill.

New York Times

Gulf awash in 27,000 abandoned wells

MSNBC

POLITICS

Republicans face internal divide on changes to immigration

Some prominent conservatives are speaking out in favor of the kind of comprehensive immigration bill that many Republicans oppose — one that would include border security and then a path to citizenship.

NPR

US federal action against Ariz.

YouTube

Schwarzenegger asks court to force official to cut worker pay

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration asked a judge to force the state controller to slash the pay of almost 200,000 state workers to the minimum wage until a budget is passed.

BusinessWeek

ENVIRONMENT

Heat wave puts spotlight on lack of green space, researcher says

On a rooftop high above New York City, the temperature hovers around 180 degrees. A professor from Columbia University says more vegetation would help stop urban areas from becoming overheated.

CBS News

Philadelphia's heat hits record-breaking highs

ABC News

Flowers face extinction – many before they are even discovered

Scientists say human activity could spell end for a quarter of all flowering plants, with a huge impact on the food chain.

Guardian

'Extinct' fern found clinging to volcano

Discovery News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The anatomy of an e-mail hack

Messages from out-of-touch friends and headlines from sporting events look innocent enough when they arrive in email form. If only inboxes came with a warning label.

ABC News

Apple blocks app developer

Apple said that it had banished a developer and his applications from the company’s online store after he breached the accounts of users and engaged in fraudulent purchases.

New York Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Rolling Stone writer lands book deal on the war in Afghanistan

The Rolling Stone writer, Michael Hastings, whose story helped bring down Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who was fired from his job as commander of the Afghanistan war, has a book deal.

Forbes

Netflix to stream 1st-run Relativity films

Netflix Inc. will stream first-run films online months after their release on DVD under an accord with Relativity Media LLC that bypasses pay-TV services such as HBO and Showtime.

San Francisco Chronicle

More stars drop out of Jerusalem film festival, organizers say

Organizers of the Jerusalem Film Festival said Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman will not participate, joining a growing number of artists and performers who have dropped their trips to Israel in recent weeks.

New York Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Priest 'stole $1.3 million from church to pay for male escorts'

A Roman Catholic priest has been charged with stealing $1.3 million in church money over seven years to use for male escorts, expensive clothing and luxury hotels and restaurants.

The Independent

NJ town picks Muslim for mayor, Orthodox Jew as deputy

Teaneck, N.J., a town described as "progressive and multicultural," once again has forged a new path, selecting a practicing Muslim as mayor — and a devout Orthodox Jew to be his deputy.

ABC News

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GOOD NEWS

Photographer helps pets get adopted

Photographer Mary Swift uses her instincts to capture personalities of animals up for adoption, and so far it seems to have worked.

Baltimore Sun

NJ camp inspires girls to think big

The Alice Paul Institute's Girlblazers, named after the drafter of the Equal Rights Amendment, is a weeklong program that inspires girls to stand up for their beliefs and work toward goals.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Calif. nonprofit clinics to offer dental care

The Effort, a Sacramento, Calif., nonprofit that operates 10 clinics throughout the county, is adding dental services at two of its locations.

Sacramento Bee

WORLD

Russia seeks spy swap for agents in US

In an espionage drama worthy of the Cold War, Russia wants a spy swap to repatriate suspected agents arrested in the United States last month, a lawyer involved in the affair said.

Reuters

Nuclear secrets thief to be pawn in spy swap

YouTube

Suicide bomber kills Iraqi Shia pilgrims

At least 35 people have been killed and 100 wounded in a series of bomb attacks on Shia pilgrims making their way to a shrine in northern Baghdad, police say.

BBC

Afghan soldiers killed by NATO troops' 'friendly fire'

Gen. David H. Petraeus marked an early and unwelcome milestone in his tenure as commander of Western forces here: apologizing after his troops accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers.

Los Angeles Times

Soldiers come home to fight unemployment

CNN

Under fire, the fight heats up in Afghanistan

NPR

BUSINESS

BP comfortable with Abu Dhabi stake

CEO Tony Hayward would be comfortable with the emirate holding a tenth of the oil giant that's battling to contain the worst oil spill in U.S. history, according to Zaywa Dow Jones.

MarketWatch

Oil trades near $72 on forecast supply drop, Europe optimism

Oil traded near $72 a barrel in New York after rising on forecasts that crude supplies in the U.S. declined, and optimism that fuel demand will increase amid signs of improvement in Europe’s banking system.

BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Obama, Democrats at odds over education reform funding

The White House is locked in a standoff with Democratic leaders in Congress over funding for school reforms, as deficit concerns and Afghanistan war politics collide with an education priority.

ABC News

Fail test, pass grade?

One in five metro Atlanta third, fifth and eighth-graders failed the math section of Georgia's statewide standarized test, but that doesn't necessarily mean they will be held back.

EducationNews.org

SPORTS

World Cup 2010: Germany was beaten by best team in the world, says Löw

Spain was hailed as champion-in-waiting by their defeated opponents after Vicente del Bosque's team smoothed their passage to a first World Cup final with victory over Germany.

Guardian

Soccer City site is historic anti-apartheid venue

Charlotte Observer

Puyol the hero as Spain wins 1-0

ESPN

Petacchi wins 4th stage of Tour, with Armstrong finishing safely in pack

Alessandro Petacchi of Italy won the fourth stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint, with Lance Armstrong and other contenders for the overall title finishing safely in the pack.

Star Tribune

HEALTH

Your brain is hardwired to desire fattening foods

Your brain, not your stomach, is what makes you desire sugary, fatty splurges such as brownies and french fries.

MSNBC

Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop

Heart attack death rates have dropped markedly in U.S. hospitals, according to an analysis of new Medicare data.

USA TODAY

ICU deaths more likely on weekends

BusinessWeek

Domestic medical travel is taking off for surgery deals

Forget about traveling to Thailand or India for low-cost surgery. More employers and insurers are offering financial incentives to encourage workers to consider "domestic medical travel."

USA TODAY

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