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David Plouffe, White House Senior Adviser, is interviewed on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Plouffe said President Barack Obama will lay out new plans to reduce the federal deficit in part by seeking cuts to government programs for seniors and the poor. (Photo by William B. Plowman / NBC / AP)

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1st man in space: a 50-year-old feat

It was the Soviet Union’s own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. It happened 50 years ago, when Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Federal judge blocks deal on protections for wolves

A federal judge denied a proposed agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and conservation groups to lift endangered species protections for wolves.

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USA TODAY

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Idaho prepares for ‘wolf disaster’

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ABC News

White House: Obama to lay out spending plan

Obama will lay out new plans to reduce the federal deficit in part by seeking cuts to government programs for seniors and the poor, a top political adviser said.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Boehner: No chance for ‘clean’ bill on debt limit

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CBS News

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Budget details slow to emerge

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NPR

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Trillion-dollar budget fight

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ABC News

NYSE Euronext’s board backs Deutsche Boerse takeover

NYSE Euronext’s board affirmed its commitment to a merger with Deutsche Boerse AG, spurning an unsolicited offer from Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and IntercontinentalExchange Inc.

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Bloomberg

’Let’s talk about sex’ — and what American teenagers don’t know about it

Sobering stats are presented in “Let’s Talk About Sex,” a documentary airing on TLC. Director James Houston is a photographer who came to the U.S. and was aghast at our screwed-up sexual culture.

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Grist

NATION

This year’s paychecks can’t keep up with rising prices

While many retail prices are moving up, workers’ wages are remaining flat. The mismatch between rising prices and stagnant wages is putting a squeeze on workers this year.

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NPR

Female veteran fights an invisible injury

Angel Harris returned from Afghanistan pregnant and — like thousands of others — with a case of PTSD. The military has only recently begun to offer women the same PTSD benefits as men.

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Destroying booby-trapped towns to save them

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San Jose Mercury News

Iowa county declared disaster area after wave of tornadoes

Emergency crews sifted through the wreckage left behind by a wave of tornadoes that swept across Iowa. Gov. Terry E. Branstad issued a disaster proclamation in Monona County.

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CNN

POLITICS

Obama signs short-term funding

President Barack Obama signed a short-term extension after Democrats and Republicans narrowly averted a government shutdown by agreeing on the measure and a budget deal.

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CNN

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Colo. mom shocked to hear Obama quote her e-mail on TV

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USA TODAY

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The GOP’s winning streak

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Politico

‘Long dance’ that ended in a deal to avoid a government shutdown

House Speaker John Boehner spent more than an hour meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office, inching toward a deal to avert a shutdown.

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Politico

Ryan defends plan for fundamental Medicare redesign

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., defended his plan to redesign the federal government’s health insurance plans on “Meet the Press,” saying it was necessary to avert a sovereign debt crisis.

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MSNBC

HEALTH

Fast food takes a stab at healthy

Hardee’s, which has built a testosterone-rich image around serving “young, hungry guys” an ever bigger thickburger, became the first major fast food chain to roll out a turkey burger.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Is your house making you fat?

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U.S. News & World Report

Focusing on partner’s physical attributes may ruin relationship

Concentrating on your partners’ physical attractiveness may make you less happy in relationships, according to a new study.

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ENVIRONMENT

Microbes may produce marketable methane gas from old coal

New scientific research has a pair of energy companies betting that the future of the U.S. natural gas industry lies in persuading microscopic bugs to treat old coal deposits like all-you-can eat buffets.

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USA TODAY

‘Naked’ penguins baffle experts

Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Washington, and other groups are grappling with a wildlife mystery: why are some penguin chicks losing their feathers?

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ScienceDaily

Cities ill-prepared for climate change

There is a widespread short-term focus in policy that is pushing action firmly to the back-seat and cities are some of the most vulnerable locations facing up to ongoing extreme weather events.

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Earth Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Beijing police halt unapproved church service, detain dozens of worshippers

Beijing police detained dozens of worshippers from an unapproved Christian church who were trying to hold religious services in public after they were evicted from their usual place of worship.

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Star Tribune

Prodigal parishioners return to church

The Boston Archdiocese’s largest effort in a generation to reach lapsed Catholics is drawing wandering souls back to the church’s open arms, but the biggest obstacle could be keeping them.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Globe Poster: an illustrated history of American music

The company launched over a card game in Philadelphia 1929. The founder placed the company by folding a map of the United States and discovering Baltimore was the midpoint on the East Coast.

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NPR

A new dog walker for Bella

Professional dog walking is one of the U.K.’s fastest-growing jobs. Thousands of people now offer a service that appears to be caring, but which can also have a murkier side.

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Daily Mail

Columns And Op-Ed

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Can Obama win back the West?

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Denver Post

Blog (John Nichols):

No shutdown, but certainly a lot of sellouts

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(The Nation)

The Beat

Column (Mark Shields):

Words of the war that made me weep

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Creators Syndicate

Video (Ana Compain-Romero):

Should medical records indicate sexual orientation?

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AOL News

Column (Jeff Zeleny):

In budget deal, signs of Obama’s path to the middle

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Blog (Eric Sherman, LCSW):

Fat stigma: How it works, how it hurts

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(Psychology Today)

Couch Meets World

When pure profit drives drugmakers, you pay

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USA TODAY

Pass the bottle − and pay up

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Las Vegas Review Journal

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GOOD NEWS

Changing faces, gaining diversity

In an elementary school perched atop a Worcester hill, Elizabeth Iandoli’s classroom is a microcosm of the world. And in this classroom, the students are learning English.

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Telegram & Gazette

11-year-old bird artist releases book

In the last 12 months, 11-year-old Olivia Bouler has: cleaned up a Gulf Coast beach with the Jonas Brothers, appeared on the “Today” show and written a new book, “Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf.”

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AOL News

Philadelphia boy honored for heroism in house fire

When a fire broke out in his family’s home, Darrell Scott recalled what he had learned in the Junior Fire Patrol program at his school, then sprang to action — saving the lives of 11 family members.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

China posts quarterly trade deficit

For the first time in seven years, China reported a quarterly trade deficit, as imports soared to an all-time high.

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CNNMoney

African leaders head to Tripoli talks

A team of African leaders is on its way to Libya to try to negotiate a ceasefire between rebel forces and those loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi.

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BBC

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Fresh violence erupts in Syria

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BUSINESS

Shutdown averted, retail and inflation next in focus

There isn’t any data due to be released, not because of the Congressional budget fight that nearly locked out the government’s statisticians, but simply because of the calendar.

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MarketWatch

Retail sales probably rose on job gains

U.S. retail sales probably climbed, indicating an improving labor market is helping Americans cope with rising gasoline prices, economists said before a report.

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Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

How smartphone apps are improving public transit

Smartphone apps may be the key to getting people onto mass transit. A study of commuters found people are more willing to ride the bus or train when they can manage their commutes effectively.

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ABC News

Special section:

Mobile tech

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What actually happens if you get sucked out of a plane?

Last week’s airline accident brings to mind the TV show “Lost,” where an airplane breaks in half, and passengers are sucked out.

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Cosmic fireworks erupt as a new black hole swallows star

A mysterious cosmic blast in the constellation Draco has astronomers scrambling to try to understand its cause, so unlike is it to anything ever observed before.

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Birth of a black hole

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PBS

EDUCATION

Tuition limits: will they work?

Capping increases could protect students, hurt schools. Republican leaders say they are protecting students; others warn of unintended consequences.

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Star Tribune

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How to slash your tuition costs: spend some time at community college

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AOL News

School apologizes for classroom ‘auction’ of black elementary students

School bosses have apologized for a controversial classroom lesson involving the mock auction of black students Norfolk, Virginia.

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Daily Mail

SPORTS

Tiger charges into lead with brilliant front 9

Woods made a stunning front-nine charge on the first day of the Masters, making the turn with a 5-under 31 to tie for the lead with Rory McIlroy and Charl Schwartzel.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Special section:

The Masters leaderboard

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Houston Chronicle

Panthers fire coach

The Panthers fired Peter DeBoer one day after the team finished its 10th straight season without a playoff appearance.

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Globeandmail.com

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

A musical innovation

Most great piano music comes from the middle of the keyboard — only rarely do the players venture onto the keys at the top of the keyboard or bass notes at the bottom.

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NPR

Photo of the Day

Competitors jump into Sydney Harbour to start the swim leg during the first round of the women’s ITU triathlon world championships in Sydney. (Photo by Rick Rycroft / AP)

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