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Pat Reynolds of Shreveport, La., takes photos of signs displaying anti-BP sentiments in Grand Isle, La. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident continues to wash ashore on Grand Isle. (Photo by Dave Martin / AP)

Healing honey and the new queen bee(keepers)

Beekeeping classes in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and New York are seeing numbers shift way up as thousands of people take up the hobby.

NPR

With 60 votes in place, Democrats ready to extend jobs money

With a 60th vote that will break a Republican filibuster, Senate Democrats are preparing to restore jobless checks for 2.5 million people whose benefits ran out during a standoff over deficit spending.

ABC News

Obama to Republicans: 'Pass jobless aid'

Reuters

BP considers new plan to permanently seal well

As scientists allayed concerns that BP’s well in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged, the company said it was considering an alternative plan that could permanently seal the gusher sooner.

New York Times

Payout force unlikely partnerships with BP

MSNBC

'Top Secret America' grows out of control

The top-secret world the U.S. government created after the 9/11 attacks has become so large that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or how many programs exist.

Washington Post

Special section:

Central Intelligence Agency

CNN

'Top Secret America's' revelations

CBS News

China is world's top energy consumer

For the first time in more than a century, a country other than the U.S. consumed more energy than any other nation, as China grabbed the top spot last year.

CBC News

World warned energy path unsustainable

Vancouver Sun

NATION

Cyberwarrior shortage renders US susceptible to attack online

There may be no country on the planet more vulnerable to a cyber attack than the U.S., where financial, transportation, telecommunications and military operations are now dependent on data networking.

NPR

Videotaping cops can get you arrested

Arrests for videotaping the police are becoming more common along with the proliferation of portable video cameras. Videos of alleged police misconduct have become hot items on the Internet.

ABC News

HIV AIDS

In US cities, HIV linked more to poverty than race

Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind.

ABC News

Human-rights abuses undermine fight against AIDS, world health body says

Globeandmail.com

British town's attempt to prevent HIV spread

YouTube

World Health Organization: 5.2 million people on AIDS drugs in 2009

The number of people taking crucial AIDS drugs climbed by a record 1.2 million last year to 5.2 million overall, the World Health Organization said.

San Francisco Chronicle

Vaginal gel cuts risk of HIV infection

HealthDay

POLITICS

Spending showdown looms as Reid clears deck for energy reform bill

Senate and House Democrats are headed for a clash over funding for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) races to clear the schedule for energy reform legislation.

The Hill

Biden: Afghan withdrawal may start with 'a couple of thousand troops'

As few as "a couple of thousand" U.S. troops may leave Afghanistan in the first phase of withdrawing forces from there beginning a year from now, Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview.

CNN

HEALTH

Study links test-tube babies with childhood cancer

For the first time, a large study suggests a higher rate of childhood cancer among test-tube babies, but researchers say the reason probably has nothing to do with how the infants were conceived.

CBS News

Hate needles? Flu patch may take sting out of your fears

In what would be a boon for needle-phobes of all ages, researchers have developed a skin patch that vaccinates against the flu and could be available in five years.

Houston Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Mercury in fish puzzles scientists

Fish caught in Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir in central California were found to contain dangerously high levels of methyl mercury, a potent neurotoxin.

San Jose Mercury News

142 wild horses netted in northern Nevada roundup

Federal land managers say they have removed more than 338 wild horses from a northern Nevada range since a judge lifted a temporary restraining order on the emergency rescue roundups.

Reno Gazette-Journal

SPORTS

Jordan: 'No way' I'd have recruited Magic

Michael Jordan confirmed what many suspected: He'd never collude to form super team, how LeBron James and Chris Bosh have joined Dwyane Wade in Miami.

Sporting News

Jordan: James joining Heat reflects new era

ESPN

Sources: Padres' Black to get extension

The San Diego Padres have extended manager Bud Black's contract for three years through the 2013 season, with club options for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Growing number of worshipers make themselves at home

Growing numbers of Coloradans believe the tiny house church, also called a simple church or an organic church, might be the mightier transformer of Christian lives.

Denver Post

Churches making mainstream films to attract souls

Moviemaking churches are venturing into the cineplex to attract souls who might never set foot in a megachurch.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Steve Killelea):

Africa's compelling progress toward peace and prosperity

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (David Corn):

Elizabeth Warren vs. Timothy Geithner: a big decision for Obama

(Politics Daily)

Deep Background

Blog (Glenn Greenwald):

The real US government

(Salon)

Unclaimed Territory

Editorial:

'Kumbaya' it wasn't

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

Time for the commissioner to play ball

Oakland Tribune

Column (Spencer Gafney):

Americans' views on immigration reveal complexities

Houston Chronicle

Blog (Steve Kornacki):

Why is John McCain doing this to himself?

(Salon)

War Room

Column (Don McNay):

Was 'financial reform' really Robin Hood — in reverse?

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Nelson Mandela’s birthday celebrated with good deeds

The so-called "goodwill games" were among activities around the world marking Mandela Day, which falls on Mandela’s July 18 birthday and was conceived as an international day devoted to public service.

Boston Herald

Money from dormant bank accounts used to fund charities

Money from dormant British bank accounts will be used to help fund community work by charities and voluntary groups which would otherwise struggle to secure funding.

MSNBC

NYC becomes more elderly-friendly

As the baby boomer generation nears retirement age, New York's efforts to become a gentler city in which to grow old are born of good intentions as well as an economic strategy.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

Kabul set for largest international conference in 30 years

As many as 70 countries are set to attend a historic conference in the Afghan capital Kabul amid some of the deadliest violence of the war.

BBC

Conference on Kabul's future forces lockdown

YouTube

'Greek militants behind journalist's murder,' police say

Leftist urban guerrillas shot dead a Greek reporter, the first murder of a journalist in Greece in more than 20 years, police said.

The Independent

Turkish court indicts 196 over 'coup plot'

An Istanbul court has indicted 196 people for plotting to overthrow the government, the state news agency says.

BBC

BUSINESS

Economists see recovery at a slow pace

Economists say the U.S. recovery continued during the second quarter with more businesses hiring workers and fewer cutting jobs, but the pace of growth has slowed, a new survey shows.

MSNBC

Halliburton profit jumps

Halliburton Co. reported an 83 percent jump in quarterly profits, helped by strong U.S. onshore drilling, but a ban on deep water activity in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to hurt full-year results.

Reuters

Oakland pot-growing plan worries small bud tenders

After weathering the fear of federal prosecution and competition from drug cartels, California's medical marijuana growers see a new threat to their tenuous existence: the "Wal-Marting" of weed.

San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Grid sets electric cars' green standard

When you drive an electric car in California, you're driving on natural gas, nuclear power, hydropower and coal.

San Francisco Chronicle

Reclusive primate caught on camera for 1st time

Wildlife researchers in Sri Lanka have photographed one of the world's most reclusive primates for the first time.

CNN

EDUCATION

1 in 5 leaving school can't read

Discredited teaching techniques that encourage children to just find things out for themselves rather than being taught are 'alive and kicking' in primary schools.

EducationNews.org

Lower education? Fed plan said to lower bar for Mass. kids

An educational watchdog’s report blasts new national guidelines backed by Massachusetts’ education czar, warning they will lead to the dumbing-down of Bay State students.

Boston Herald

RI school funding formula aims at equity

For the first time in 15 years, Rhode Island has a statewide school funding plan that supporters say will more equitably give money to public schools.

Education Week

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Drinking and positive thinking from Conan O'Brien

Comic, talk-show host and latent motivational speaker Conan O'Brien finally got his due from San Francisco Sketchfest at the Herbst Theatre.

San Francisco Chronicle

Surprising names behind famous works

Which late night TV personality co-wrote "It's Raining Men," and who came up with the State Farm jingle? Who penned Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue"?

CNN

Ancient beer hits stores

Chateau Jiahu is Dogfish Head brewery's recreation of a 9000-year-old Chinese brew based on a recipe reconstructed from a Neolithic burial site.

NPR

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