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In this file photo, Gabriella Savio, parent of a student, left, and Irene Wilkes, a former reading specialist at Starter Elementary School, attend a District of Columbia City Council hearing on the dismissal of school employees in Washington. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin / AP)

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DC teachers get pink slip

D.C.'s public school system will fire more than 200 employees for poor performance, and is putting another 700 employees on notice they will be fired if their performance doesn't improve.

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CBS News

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241 teachers fired in DC

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MSNBC

Earthquakes strike Philippines Moro Gulf, Indonesia’s Sumatra

Eight earthquakes struck the Moro Gulf off Mindanao island in the southern Philippines and one rocked the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Three of the quakes in the Moro Gulf were more than magnitude seven.

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Bloomberg

BP oil spill: vessels return to site

Ships involved in the effort to secure BP's blown-out oil well are preparing to resume work after a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico weakened.

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BBC

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Storm warning in Gulf could be dropped

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CNN

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Hurricane tracker

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MSNBC

US stocks rally, almost erasing 2010 loss for Dow's industrial average

U.S. stocks rose, almost wiping out the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 2010 loss, after better-than-estimated earnings at companies from UPS to Apple and Ford Motor.

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Bloomberg

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US week ahead: earnings, economic reports

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MarketWatch

Important and overlooked from Vienna’s AIDS conference

At the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna, there were 248 sessions and 6,238 abstracts presented. Here are the most important developments, and the most overlooked

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Globeandmail.com

NATION

Some insurers stop coverage for kids

Some major health insurance companies will no longer issue certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, state officials said.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Gen. McChrystal retires in ceremony

Gen. Stanley McChrystal left behind legions of admirers and the prospect his reputation as a ferocious fighter would one day eclipse the costly comments that appeared in Rolling Stone.

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Houston Chronicle

Alarm on doomed rig not fully turned on

The emergency alarm on the Deepwater Horizon was not fully activated on the day the oil rig caught fire and exploded, a rig worker told a government panel investigating the accident.

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Oil rig engineer: Alarm was 'inhibited'

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CNN

POLITICS

US trims 2010 deficit forecast, economy faces headwinds

The Obama administration warned the U.S. economy had encountered "strong headwinds" and the country's fiscal challenge remained grave, but it lowered an estimate for the budget deficit.

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Reuters

Rangel proceeding worries Dems and puzzles ethics experts

The timing of Rep. Charles Rangel’s (D-N.Y.) public House ethics trial has many House Democrats panicked while leaving ethics watchdogs puzzled.

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The Hill

Pay czar: 17 banks overpaid execs

The Treasury Department's pay czar said that 17 banks gave their top executives $1.6 billion in payments while they were receiving taxpayer-funded bailouts.

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CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Many pathogenic fungi use the same entrance to invade host cells

Like a burglar with a universal lock pick, many deadly pathogens use the same protein to gain access to the cells of a potential host, researchers have discovered.

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Scientific American

ToneCheck scans e-mail for emotions and red flags

Lymbix Inc. launched ToneCheck, a program that plugs into the popular e-mail software Microsoft Outlook.

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ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Human urine is shown to be an effective agricultural fertilizer

Researchers say our liquid waste not only promotes plant growth as well as industrial mineral fertilizers, but also would save energy used on sewage treatment.

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Scientific American

Climate change may help hibernating animals hulk out

Climate change seems to supersize at least one animal species. A study of the yellow-bellied marmot shows that the animals are growing not only in number, but in size.

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Ars Technica

HEALTH

How a heat wave affects the body

Some might like it hot, but an expert from the CDC explains how heat kills and why fans are worthless in the face of truly high temps.

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Scientific American

Thyroid autoantibodies provide clues to placental abruption

Pregnant women with higher levels of certain thyroid autoantibodies have an increased likelihood of developing placental abruption, researchers found.

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SPORTS

Barry Bonds likely to go to trial in March

Barry Bonds is likely to stand trial in March on perjury charges in the BALCO steroids case, as prosecutors moved forward.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Barry Bonds statistics and history

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Baseball-reference.com

Alberto Contador on verge of Tour de France 2010 title after stage 19

The tussle for the 2010 Tour de France title is set to end in Alberto Contador's favour after the defending champion increased his advantage in the penultimate stage.

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Guardian

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Tour de France: stage 19

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Universal Sports

Yanks not including Chamberlain in proposed Haren trade discussions

The Yankees have balked at including Joba Chamberlain in the proposed deal for Dan Haren, but talks are continuing with the Diamondbacks.

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Sports Illustrated

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GOOD NEWS

Build-A-Bear Inc. rewards young founders of non-profits

Ashlee Smith was the youngest of 10 “Huggable Heroes” invited to the Build-A-Bear leadership workshop. A $7,500 scholarship goes to the kids selected and $2,500 to the charity of their choice.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Hawaii, SPCA cares for pets gathered during homeless sweep

In addition to 73 cats, dogs, puppies and kittens rounded up during the city's homeless sweep, 18 more animals were taken in by the Oahu Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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Honolulu Star Bulletin

WORLD

British government plans to decentralize national health care

Britain's new coalition government has proposed what would be the most radical reorganization of the National Health Service since its inception in 1948.

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North Korea vows nuclear response to military drills

North Korea vowed to respond with “powerful nuclear deterrence” to joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises poised to begin, saying the drills are a provocation that would prompt "retaliatory sacred war."

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ABC News

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Q&A: inter-Korean crisis

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BBC

US missiles kill suspected militants

U.S. missiles hit a suspected militant hide-out, killing 16 insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border, intelligence officials said.

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USA TODAY

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US military curbs 'reduce' Afghan attacks in some areas

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BBC

BUSINESS

Wal-Mart's new smart tags on men's clothes worry privacy experts

Wal-Mart is putting electronic identification tags on clothing like jeans as the retailer tries to gain more control of its inventory. But the move is raising eyebrows among privacy experts.

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Houston Chronicle

7 European banks fail stress test

The results of the European bank stress tests are in and, at first glance, the numbers look better than expected, leading some to consider whether everything's coming up roses for markets.

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CBS News

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Most European banks pass stress test

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EDUCATION

US behind in college graduation race

The U.S. is falling farther and farther behind other countries in the proportion of adults with a college education. The decline could have devastating economic and social consequences.

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NPR

Proposed federal rules target for-profit college programs

The Education Department proposed regulations cutting off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don't earn enough after graduation to repay them.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Airline sued for $5 million over bag fee

Lots of fliers hate paying for checked bags, but one air traveler was so frustrated by the fee and a lost bag that she's taking an airline to court.

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CNN

The shaman from Sullivan street

The seekers come — truck driver, teacher, publicist, South American immigrants who have heard of an Anglo fluent in their ancestral ways. They ask for help from Itzhak Beery, an adman turned shaman.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Young evangelical writer: 'Move on' from evolution-creationism debate

Rachel Evans of Dayton, Tenn., is part of a movement of mostly Protestant writers and scientists trying to reconcile the conflict between faith and science.

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USA TODAY

Italian church says gay priests should not lead 'double life,' or leave priesthood

The Catholic Church in Italy, still reeling from the clerical sex abuse scandal, lashed out at gay priests who are leading a double life, urging them to come out of the closet and leave the priesthood.

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Star Tribune

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

India has made education a right, but will Indian girls be able to go?

The Right to Education Act makes it a law that no one can stop a child from attending school, but it does not protect the children from being taken out of school for agricultural or house work.

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TIME

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Greek actress Ino Menegaki, playing the role of high priestess, lights the flame at Ancient Olympia, where the Olympics were born. The flame will burn at the Aug. 14-26 Singapore inaugural Youth Olympic Games. (Photo by Dimitri Messinis / AP)

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