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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Biologist Lorna Patrick reaches into a sea turtle nest to harvest eggs from the sand in Port St. Joe, Fla. U.S. Fish and Wildlife and other authorities are relocating thousands of sea turtle eggs to a warehouse on the East coast of Florida in an effort to save them. (Photo by Dave Martin / AP)

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Long road for Afghanistan's security forces

Control of the most dangerous region of Afghanistan for foreign troops is being handed over from British to U.S. forces, but Afghan soldiers are being trained to take on the same kind of challenges in the future.

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BBC

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.

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Bloomberg

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Weekly address: Help for vets with PTSD

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Saving nature's unborn from Gulf oil disaster

One by one, with a hand as steady as a surgeon's, Lorna Patrick removes eggs from a sea turtle's nest on a Florida beach.

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CNN

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Gulf oil leak could be contained using new cap

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Lessons from the BP oil spill

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Christian Science Monitor

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70,000 turtle eggs being moved far from oil

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YouTube

Wall St. hiring in anticipation of an economic recovery

While much of the country remains fixated on the bleak employment picture, hiring is beginning to pick up in the place that led the economy into recession — Wall Street.

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Labor ups the pressure on GOP centrists ahead of July session

The nation’s leading public-sector employees union will launch a newspaper advertising campaign to pressure centrist Senate Republicans to support increased federal aid to states.

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The Hill

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After recess, senators face a stalemate

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NATION

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.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Oaklanders peacefully discuss verdict

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San Francisco Chronicle

Report: Audits mark immigration crackdown

The government is taking a new approach in its effort to crack down on illegal workers by quietly auditing the records of companies suspected of hiring undocumented immigrants.

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Reuters

POLITICS

Obama's Israel policy could loom large as midterm election issue

As the Obama administration tries to mend its strained ties with Israel, strategists say U.S. policy on the Jewish state could influence several battleground House and Senate races this fall.

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The Hill

Finish in sight for financial overhaul

The Senate is working to secure the final votes needed to pass legislation that would impose the most sweeping rules on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Special election cleared to fill Byrd's seat

West Virginia voters may hold a special election to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd after the state's top lawyer said that "the people's right to vote" trumps an unclear election law.

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ABC News

Byrd replacement could come soon

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FOX News

ENVIRONMENT

US farmers can't meet booming corn demand from ethanol makers

Exporters, livestock feeders and ethanol makers are going through the U.S. corn stockpile faster than farmers can grow the crops, the government said.

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Environmental News Network

Corn supplies decrease on lower production

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agweb.com

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.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Researchers use robot to determine how human strangers develop trust

What can a wide-eyed, talking robot teach us about trust? A lot, according to Northeastern psychology professor David DeSteno.

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ScienceDaily

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.

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Popular Science

Fireflies blink in sync to send a clear message

Fireflies exhibit synchronous flashing, in which large groups produce repeated flashes in unison — sometimes lighting up a whole forest at once.

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ScienceDaily

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

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.

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CBS News

Asia’s chess factory

In Vietnam, children as young as four who do well in tournaments receive salaries, chess instruction and prizes for winning.

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Christian Science Monitor

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.

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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.

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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.

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Bloomberg

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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.

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FOX News

Lifting World Cup is boyhood dream of Van Bronckhorst

As a veteran with only one more game left in his legs, Netherlands captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst wants to live the boyhood dream of tens of millions of kids: lifting the World Cup.

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USA TODAY

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.

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WORLD

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.

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CBS News

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Support for woman sentenced to stoning

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CNN

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.

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CBC News

Massacre memorial to rebuke UN

Phillip Ruch's monument to Srebrenica is a huge jumble of worn shoes, more than 16,000 of them, each pair representing a victim of Europe's worst massacre since World War II.

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BUSINESS

The end of the free Internet?

Free introductory offers are a business staple. But as a long-term strategy, "free" doesn't make much sense.

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ABC News

Bank of America says $10.7 billion of trades wrongly classified

Bank of America Corp., the largest U.S. bank by assets, said it wrongly classified $10.7 billion of short-term repurchase and lending transactions as sales.

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Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Calif. schools seek Hollywood deals to raise cash

In an era of yawning budget deficits and teacher layoffs, schools in the Los Angeles area are looking at a nontraditional source for some extra cash — Hollywood.

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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.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

New Jersey to charge for summer school

Local school districts in New Jersey would be allowed to charge for remedial summer classes under a bill suggested by Glassboro school officials.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

SPORTS

38-year-old legs don't betray Armstrong

France's Sylvain Chavanel won the seventh stage of the Tour de France and regained the overall lead. The race entered the mountains and the major title contenders finished together.

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NBCSports

Phillies score 6 in 9th, win on Howard's walk-off homer

Greg Dobbs sparked the ninth-inning rally with a three-run homer. Cody Ransom sent the Phillies and their stay-to-the-end fans into a delirious frenzy with a two-run shot that brought them back from a 7-1 deficit.

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CBSSports

Head referee: 96 percent of calls correct

Despite complaints about game-changing mistakes and FIFA's agreement to revisit how technology can help officials, the head of refereeing says that the World Cup has been a success.

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church brings N.M. village together

Hundreds of parishioners gathered to plaster the thick walls of the San Francisco de Asis Church with a fresh coat of mud so that the community's symbol of faith will be able to weather another year.

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MSNBC

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.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Death row cases decline in 2009

Prosecutors sought the death penalty less often in 2009. Fewer death sentences were handed down, making it the year with the fewest people sent to death row since the death penalty was reinstated.

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NPR

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A general view of Lluis Companys Stadium, where 2010 Barcelona European Athletics is scheduled to be held during the Meeting Ciutat de Barcelona athletics event in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos / AP)

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