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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second right, speaks to flood survivors at a camp during his visit to flood affected areas in Muzaffargarh, central Pakistan. Ban Ki-moon says he has never seen a disaster as bad as the flooding in Pakistan. (Photo by Anjum Naveed / AP)

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The Smithsonian remembers life before the BP oil spill

It'll take years to fully know the effects of the BP oil spill. Thanks to the Smithsonian, we do know what wildlife was like before the 206 million gallons of oil spewed into the water of the Gulf of Mexico.

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NPR

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The oil spill's psychic toll

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TIME

What would Jesus tweet?

Religious groups are trying to harness the power of social media, from a church using Facebook to attract new members to a priest uploading podcasts of sermons and a rabbi sparking blog debates.

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Detroit Free Press

UN chief appeals for aid for Pakistan

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world to provide more aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan as the 20 million people made homeless grew desperate, and new torrents inundated villages.

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Florida Times-Union

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UN chief visits flood-hit Pakistan

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CNN

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Floods ravage Pakistan

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MSNBC

Petraeus: Progress will take time

Progress in Afghanistan only began this spring and needs time to take root, Army Gen. David Petraeus said in comments that were aimed at shoring up American support for the war.

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CBS News

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Petraeus on 'Meet the Press'

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MSNBC

Earth Day group, James Cameron to plant 1 million trees

Earth Day Network is enlisting groups in 15 countries to plant 1 million trees this year with "Avatar" movie director James Cameron and Twentieth Century Fox.

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San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Obama makes mosque a national issue

The controversy surrounding a proposed Islamic center and mosque near the site of the 9/11 attacks has gone from a local issue to a national one, with President Barack Obama smack in the middle.

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USA TODAY

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GOP senator suggests mosque an election issue

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San Francisco Chronicle

Lawmakers take sides on mosque

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Political Ticker

Jobless millions signal death of the American dream for many

The headline jobless figure of 9.5 percent is bad enough but does not begin to convey the problem as it fails to measure those who have stopped looking for work.

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Guardian

Data: hundreds of soldiers with PTSD incorrectly dismissed

At the height of the Iraq war, the Army routinely fired hundreds of soldiers for having a personality disorder when they were more likely suffering from the traumatic stresses of war, data suggests.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' comments irritate Pelosi but won't get him ousted

Robert Gibbs' tart tongue has managed to irritate Nancy Pelosi and enrage the Democratic left wing, but don't look for the White House to slap a muzzle on him.

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John McCain, JD Hayworth pulling no punches in Ariz. race

The all-out battle between Sen. John McCain and former Rep. J.D. Hayworth in this year's Republican primary looks like it will stay bitter to the bitter end.

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Arizona Republic

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Tea Party at Arizona-Mexico border wall

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Yahoo! News

NTSB investigation into Stevens crash moving forward

A pilot who was flying in about the same area as the plane that crashed and killed Sen. Ted Stevens, gave safety investigators what they call their best idea so far of what the weather was like.

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Anchorage Daily News

ENVIRONMENT

Alternative energy: will US lead or follow?

America is still powered by the energy of yesterday. Ninety-five percent of our electricity comes from a network of coal, gas, nuclear and hydroelectric plants.

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CBS News

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Slide show: Green energy

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The Nation

Global warming gets fish moving

Climate change is good for some species of sea fish but bad for others. Rising water temperature on the east coast of Australia has seen up to a third of inshore species moving to where the seas are less chilly.

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Earth Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Space taxis by 2015?

The Boeing Co. plans to be ready to fly commercial space taxis from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station by 2015.

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ABC News

Male and female ability down to socialization

Behavioral differences between the two sexes are not hard-wired at birth but are the result of society's expectations.

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Guardian

SPORTS

Golf’s young guys leaving Tiger behind

For the first time since 2006, Tiger Woods has failed to break 70 in nine consecutive rounds. And for the first time ever he has failed to win a golf tournament in a calendar year, with limited chances remaining.

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NBCSports

Ben Roethlisberger sits in Heinz return

Ben Roethlisberger, wearing a Steelers uniform for the first time since drawing a six-game suspension for his off-field behavior, did not play in the first half of Pittsburgh's exhibition game against Detroit.

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Abandonment of a formal church part of a national trend

What began as a slow drift from denominations in the 1950s and 1960s has become so widespread that as many as 20 percent of American adults see themselves as "spiritual but not religious."

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Florida Times-Union

Letter details possible parish closings in Belleville, Ill.

Belleville Bishop Edward Braxton was forced to explain the mistaken distribution of a letter to diocesan leaders about the possibility of future parish closings.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Columns And Op-Ed

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Tom Brady's fingers are not a concern to coach Bill Belichick

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Borderline dumb

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Newsweek

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Blocking the ground zero mosque is just what the terrorists want

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How Wells Fargo held up debit-card customers

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Hal Crowther):

Will this digital obsession destroy the creativity of future generations?

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Telegraph.co.uk

Column (David Shribman):

Today's Civil War

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Lost in electronica

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Newsweek

Put more bite into dogfight penalties

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Indianapolis Star

Copyright bill needs changes

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The Star

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Why Starbucks will win the Wi-Fi wars

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GOOD NEWS

Free health exams help out about 220 homeless kids

With the help of private donors, volunteers and grants, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless provided eye, dental and hearing exams for 220 children who are currently without a place to call home.

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Denver Post

Volunteers clean up school grounds

Dozens of volunteers are pulling weeds, cutting down brush and raking leaves at Oakland Public Schools.

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KCBS

WORLD

Karzai asks Obama for review of Afghanistan war as civilian deaths rise

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked President Barack Obama to review how the war in Afghanistan is being conducted as civilian deaths continue to rise, Karzai's office said.

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Reuters

Asia pauses to remember the end of World War II

Asia paused to remember Japan's surrender to the allied forces which ended World War II 65 years ago, as the Japanese prime minister apologized for wreaking suffering on the region.

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Japan remembers World War II dead

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Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Russia ban on grain export begins

Russia has imposed a ban on grain exports after a severe drought and a spate of wildfires devastated crops.

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BBC

With eye on teens, retailers turn to popular 'haul' videos

Many retailers are turning to online "haul" videos that feature young women sitting before webcams, sharing with the world everything they bought, or "hauled" home, from the mall.

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NPR

Apple manager charged in kickback plan

A manager at Apple Inc. has been charged in Calif. with taking kickbacks he received after leaking corporate secrets to Asian companies that supplied iPhone and iPod accessories, court documents showed.

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Reuters

HEALTH

'The most difficult, challenging pest problem of our generation'

The American way of life is facing a new threat, one as profound as climate change or pandemic flu: bedbugs.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Painkiller eases emotional pain too

A University of Florida researcher says acetaminophen, an ingredient in the popular over-the-counter pain reliever, may relieve social pain from hurt feelings.

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Medical News Today

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

21st century homesteading

People all across the country and region are keeping bees and raising chickens, gardening and canning.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Former Ore. lumber town tries to reinvent itself as outdoor playground

For decades after World War II, the small town of Oakridge was a booming lumber town. But by the early 1990s, the lumber industry had collapsed.

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NPR

Jazz singer-activist Abbey Lincoln dies

Friend and filmmaker Carol Friedman confirmed that Abbey Lincoln, a jazz singer and songwriter known for her phrasing, emotion and uncompromising style, died in New York at age 80.

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MSNBC

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NPR

EDUCATION

Teen sex in committed relationships not bad for school performance

A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don't have sex.

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Budgets tight, school supplies lists go beyond glue sticks

Schools across the country are beginning the new school year with shrinking budgets and outsized demands for basic supplies. Retailers are cashing in by expanding the back-to-school category like never before.

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Small business owners head back to school for new skills

With the start of the new school year, many small-business owners are about to become students. Some are brand new entrepreneurs who want to learn basics, like how to use accounting software.

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Veterans face a faceless bureaucracy

The Department of Veteran Affairs is struggling to cope with tens of thousands of veterans filing for disability benefits.

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NPR

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Strollers walk through central Athens. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris / AP)

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