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President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The Chinese president has now arrived in Washington for a high-profile meeting with President Barack Obama. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

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Radiometer finds sources of forest fires

Forest fires usually spread out of control very quickly. But a new radiometric sensor can pinpoint the heart of the flames, even when visibility is limited.

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ScienceDaily

Practical issues of renewable energy

Worldwide production of the rare earth mineral neodymium would have to quintuple to supply the millions of wind turbines needed to power a 100 percent renewable future, two researchers say.

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National Geographic

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Possibilities for renewable energy

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CNN

Chinese president in high-profile US visit

Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Washington for a high-profile meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss trade, currency and a host of other issues, including North Korea.

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Energy a key area of cooperation with China

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TIME

Democrats seek redo of health care pitch

Supporters of health care reform are hoping to use the GOP repeal effort this week to defend and explain the law, using a unified voice and a personal touch.

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Politico

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As House debates, study finds 129 million Americans have pre-existing conditions

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AOL News

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Health care policy

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‘I wake up screaming’: a Gitmo nightmare

It has been two years since Saad Iqbal Madni left Guantanamo Bay. After six and a half years of imprisonment, he was released without being convicted and without an explanation.

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MSNBC

NATION

Gabrielle Giffords’ husband on her recovery, their relationship

Astronaut Capt. Mark Kelly opens up about his wife Gabrielle Giffords’ recovery and the Tucson shooting that injured her and killed six people.

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Giffords’ case offers insight on mysteries of the ‘changeable’ brain

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PBS

Flooding hits Pacific Northwest

A number of residents in Oregon are still stranded after heavy rains and rising waters caused landslides and washed away roads, said authorities.

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CNN

Bank admits to overcharging on military family mortgages

One of the nation’s biggest banks — JP Morgan Chase — admits it has overcharged several thousand military families for their mortgages, including families of troops fighting in Afghanistan.

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Father seeks answers to son’s role in Afghanistan

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NPR

POLITICS

Reince Priebus’s tea party tightrope

Reince Priebus faces many challenges in taking over the Republican National Committee, but among the trickiest will be building support from the anti-establishment tea party.

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Politico

With House repeal vote set, opposition to health care law softens

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Mike Pence urged to enter race for president in 2012

An independent campaign to draw GOP Rep. Mike Pence into the 2012 presidential race is under way, with a veteran of the Reagan White House launching a petition drive urging him to enter the primary contests.

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EDUCATION

1st 2 years of college show small gains

Nearly half of the nation’s undergraduates show almost no gains in learning in their first two years of college, in large part because colleges don’t make academics a priority.

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USA TODAY

‘Girl Talk’ youth program counters school bullying with mentoring

As a teen, Haley Kilpatrick felt the sting of school bullying herself. She started the youth program “Girl Talk” to stand up to it.

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Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Helping schoolchildren learn the ‘sustainability game’

An African field trip has inspired students and academics from the University of Leicester to develop a unique game to help children learn about sustainable living.

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ScienceDaily

Special section:

Paying to pollute

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MSNBC

India plans Asian tidal power first

The Indian state of Gujurat is planning to host Asia’s first commercial-scale tidal power station.

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BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

King James Bible: How it changed the way we speak

No other book, or indeed any piece of culture, seems to have influenced the English language as much as the King James Bible. Its turns of phrase have permeated the everyday language of English speakers.

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BBC

Sikhs protest visa for Indian politician with tainted human rights record

The World Sikh Organization of Canada is protesting government plans to host an Indian politician implicated in the massacre of more than 1,000 Muslim citizens in 2002 and barred from the U.S. in 2005.

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MSNBC

SPORTS

Favre files NFL retirement papers

Don’t believe Brett Favre is finally done? Well, NFL’s all-time leader of almost every major passing mark has at least filled out the forms.

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Sports Illustrated

NASCAR might change points system

Officials are considering changing the way NASCAR awards points in its three national series by possibly switching to a system that would award 43 points to the winner of a race.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Honest debate about health care reform would be welcome

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San Jose Mercury News

Column (Michael O’Hanlon):

Why defense cuts can help America

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USA TODAY

Blog (Adoree Durayappah):

Posture, your key to success and well being

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(Psychology Today)

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Udall’s seating plan has legs

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Denver Post

Electronic recycling is a smash hit

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Blog (Debra D. Bass):

Are best/worst lists killing red carpet fashion?

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(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Deb's Style File

Column (George Will):

Americans lack self-control

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Detroit News

Immortal words of Rev. King from Birmingham Jail ring down through the years

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GOOD NEWS

Against the odds: Georgia man doesn’t let disability hold him back

As soon as Spann Cordle spots customers, he wheels himself over and asks if they need any help. Sometimes he points them to the right DVD or tells them where they can find CD players.

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Chattanooga Times Free Press

Retiree volunteers lend a hand to refugees in Fargo

In the past decade, volunteers have taught refugees how to speak English, how to drive — or they have simply visited those without a car or job who may feel isolated.

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NPR

Ancient temple stitched back together

A 1,250-year-old temple in southern India was saved from collapse using “granite stitching.” The historic monument was in serious danger of destruction when repaired by conservationists.

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BBC

WORLD

Tunisia ministers quit new government

Four ministers have withdrawn from Tunisia’s new national unity government. Three from the opposition General Union of Tunisian Workers were joined by Health Minister Mustafa ben Jaafar.

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Tunisian anger at ‘unity government’

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Al Jazeera

Indictment filed in killing of Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri

A U.N. tribunal filed the first indictment in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, touching off a process many fear could ignite new bloodshed.

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Fresno Bee

BUSINESS

Apple’s Cook faces product development challenge, foe in Google

Tim Cook, stepping in for his boss Steve Jobs for the third time in seven years, faces the challenge of keeping up Apple Inc.’s product development while competing with Google.

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Bloomberg

Google rivals questioned by EU on Internet search competition

European regulators investigating Google Inc.’s business practices asked its smaller rivals whether they were prevented from competing more broadly with the world’s largest search engine.

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Bloomberg

Study: US med-tech industry losing edge

The innovative edge that brought the U.S. medical technology industry to global dominance may be slipping, according to a study.

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Star Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study: Video games can hook children

A new study bolsters the argument that video games can be addictive for children, and even suggests that the addiction can affect their depression and anxiety levels.

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Star Tribune

Pterosaurs 10 times heavier than birds

Today’s heaviest flying bird, the 48-pound Kori Bustard, was a lightweight compared to dinosaur-era flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, according to a new study.

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HEALTH

Errors can lead surgeons to suicide

A study suggests medical errors, job burnout and depression lead surgeons to contemplate suicide at higher rates than the general public, and they’re much less likely to seek help.

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Depression on the rise in college students

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NPR

No thanks, I’m allergic: Food allergies more common than you think

An estimated 2.5 percent of Americans — 7.5 million people — have at least one food allergy, according to research conducted by Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Are your genes choosing your friends?

Three scientists, in a new study released in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, say they‘ve found evidence that people’s friendships are influenced by certain genes.

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ABC News

Don’t own a smart phone? Read this before you buy

If you’ve never bought one, the process can be confusing. There are scores of models from four major U.S. carriers, all running different operating systems. Where do you begin?

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Monkeys clarify how brain sees things

Neuroscientists have used a disruptive trick to show how the brain recognizes objects under changing conditions.

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Members of Pakistani amateur wrestling team warm up for a bout at Karachi’s seashore in Pakistan. (Photo by Shakil Adil / AP)

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