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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal flies over small islands in Baritaria Bay to check on the effort to protect the marsh from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Photo by Chuck Cook / AP)

Iran to review woman's stoning sentence over adultery

Iran's human rights official said the death by stoning sentence for a 43-year-old woman convicted of adultery is under review.

CBS News

Calif. legislators' effort to prevent student DNA testing could come too late

State legislators have lined up a bill aimed at preventing the University of California, Berkeley, from executing a program that asks students to participate in genetic testing as part of an orientation program.

Scientific American

Mehserle apologizes; Grant family unimpressed and angered

While the jury was deliberating his fate, former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle crafted a handwritten statement in which he apologized for the first time for shooting Oscar Grant.

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog:

Oaklanders peacefully discuss verdict

San Francisco Chronicle

BP is ready to put tighter cap on runaway well

BP will begin replacing the cap on its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico with a tighter-sealing one meant to collect more oil, the leader of the federal response effort said.

New York Times

Energy experts: 'It's very hard to lower our oil use'

MSNBC

Deaths from bombings in Pakistan jump to 102

Two suicide bombers killed 102 people and didn't discriminate among their victims. The attack also wounded 168 people in the village of Yakaghund.

Star Tribune

Scores die in Pakistan bombing

MSNBC

CIA's Panetta, Russian spy chief negotiated swap

CIA director Leon Panetta and Russia's spy chief, Mikhail Fradkov, worked out the largest spy swap since the Cold War in just a few days, a U.S. official says.

CBS News

Spy swap: the boy they left behind

ABC News

Obama to ease policy for US veterans seeking stress-disorder benefits

President Barack Obama said the government will make it easier for thousands of U.S. veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder to obtain benefits.

Bloomberg

NATION

Inmate population drops

After peaking at about 4,000 inmates in late 2007, Rhode Island's prison population is now around 3,300. It's an improbable position for the state, whose prison population was projected to grow.

Christian Science Monitor

Prison count 2010: State population declines for the first time in 38 years

Pew Research Center

Economy in US to cool as consumers spend less, survey shows

Economists trimmed their U.S. growth forecasts through the middle of next year, though not enough to show the recovery is in danger of faltering.

Bloomberg

Boeing joins military mega project race

U.S. aerospace giant Boeing submitted its bid for a $40 billion U.S. military contract, joining battle with its rival Airbus.

The Age

POLITICS

Proposition 8 could have larger effect

The battle over same-sex marriage intensified after a federal judge ruled the 1996 law that forbids the federal government from recognizing gay marriages as unconstitutional.

Washington Post

Inglis: GOP engages in 'demagoguery'

Too many Republican leaders are acquiescing to demagoguery that threatens the party's long-term credibility, says a veteran GOP House member who lost in South Carolina's primary last month.

CBS News

Google downplays claim it may have breached lawmakers' home networks

Google Inc. is playing down claims that it may have accidentally breached personal Wi-Fi networks at the homes of several members of Congress, including some working on national security issues.

Computerworld

ENVIRONMENT

Maryland seeks $1.2 million for violations

The Maryland Department of the Environment says it is seeking $1.2 million in fines for violations including stormwater violations at a Baltimore sugar plant and lead paint violations at Baltimore properties.

Baltimore Sun

Total solar eclipse Sunday, most remote of the century?

On Sunday the moon's shadow will sweep across Earth during one of the most remote total solar eclipses of the century.

National Geographic

Solar eclipse: still powerful in popular mythology

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Sophisticated mathematical model predicts Spain will win World Cup Final

A pair of London mathematicians say they're confident Spain will win the World Cup final. It's not just a prediction — it's science.

It may be time for a virtual shopping spree. Facebook announced that it will be shutting down the three-year-old Facebook Gifts in order to focus on other projects.

PC World

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

CNN fires editor for tweet

CNN has fired a senior editor for Middle East news after she published a Twitter message that said she respected a Lebanese Shia cleric branded a terrorist by the United States.

Telegraph.co.uk

Chubby Checker: 50 years of "The Twist"

Fifty years after the release of the hip-swiveling tune "The Twist," the man who made it famous celebrated the occasion in his hometown.

CBS News

Spielberg, Lucas celebrate Rockwell's iconic America

What do painter Norman Rockwell, and filmmakers George Lucas and Steven Spielberg all have in common? All are commercial artists.

NPR

HEALTH

Advance in quest for HIV vaccine

U.S. scientists say they have discovered three powerful antibodies, the strongest of which neutralizes 91 percent of HIV strains, more than any AIDS antibody yet discovered.

Wall Street Journal

Ex-regulator said to testify GlaxoSmithKline withheld study

A former U.S. Food and Drug Administration official said GlaxoSmithKline PLC withheld from regulators a study showing its Avandia diabetes drug may cause heart attacks.

Bloomberg

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Lara Rozen):

Spooky swap

Politico

Column (Robert Reich):

The vanishing American consumer and the coming trade war

Huffington Post

Column (David Sirota):

Are low taxes exacerbating the recession?

Salon

Blog (Mary Williams):

Why can't 'career women' just be women?

(Salon)

Broadsheet

Column (Tim Goodman):

Good viewing means one tough year for Emmys

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Sam Fulwood):

LeBron shouldn't define Cleveland sports

Huffington Post

Column (Stephen M. Walt):

Foreign policy: Twitter firing was a mistake for CNN

NPR

Editorial:

Unavoidable subject

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Thousands to meet "Hugging Saint"

People lined up in Alexandria just for a hug. Many wept and many felt changed. They call her Amma, the hugging saint.

FOX News

Teen turns act of compassion into opportunity for Girls' Soccer team

On a soccer field inside ESPN’s Wide World of Sports, 19 Haitian soccer players link arms in a huddle, singing, clapping and dancing together.

ABC News

WORLD

Civilian clashes with UN soldiers rise in Lebanon's Hezbollah heartland

Civilians in Qabirkha, Lebanon, where many support Hezbollah, attacked French soldiers with the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission. The U.N. Security Council is expected to discuss the rising tensions.

Christian Science Monitor

Former Colombian hostage wants $6.7 million

Former politician Ingrid Betancourt is asking the Colombian government to pay her $6.7 million for damages she suffered as a hostage of leftist rebels.

CBC News

BUSINESS

WikiLeaks founder to make 1st public appearance since Apache footage

The founder of WikiLeaks, the online platform for whistleblowers, is planning to make his first public appearance in Britain since publication of video footage of an Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad.

The Independent

Special section:

WikiLeaks

Guardian

Google wins permission to keep website in China

Google said Beijing has renewed the license it needs to continue operating in China, securing the search giant's foothold in the world's biggest Internet market despite tensions over censorship.

Baltimore Sun

US Treasury releases China currency report

BBC

EDUCATION

Congress needs to act on school money

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged Congress to act soon to increase education funding because cash-strapped states can't wait until the fall to determine if they must lay off thousands of teachers.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Investment funds stir controversy over recruiting by for-profit colleges

Hedge funds that have taken short financial positions on the stocks of for-profit colleges, may be working behind the scenes to provoke a regulatory crackdown against the schools.

ProPublica

SPORTS

Yankees on brink of landing Cliff Lee

New York may have a consolation prize in the LeBron James sweepstakes — Cliff Lee, CBSSports.com reports.

CBSSports

Yanks pursuing Lee

ESPN

Miami lands 'King' James; LeBron jets in for celebration

The Heat completed the most impressive free agent haul in NBA history as two-time MVP LeBron James said he will sign with Miami. The Heat later traded Michael Beasley to the Timberwolves.

Miami Herald

Cavs fans burn LeBron jerseys

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Religious leaders call BP oil spill a sin

Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders from around the U.S. cruised through the oil-fouled upper reaches of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, and some said the BP oil spill looks like a sin.

Press Telegram

Jindal signs bill to let guns in churches

Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal has agreed to allow concealed handguns inside Louisiana’s churches, mosques and synagogues.

Indian Express

Presbyterians won't reconsider same-sex marriage vote

A split decision from Presbyterian leaders on two gay-friendly measures guarantees even more debate among the U.S. church's members on an issue they've been divided over for years.

Star Tribune

DOJ reviews Mass. rulings on gay marriage ban

Bradenton Herald

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