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Pastor John Ennis, from Columbus, Ohio, walks away after looking at a car that landed in a swimming pool and helping a resident of a devastated Joplin, Mo., neighborhood salvage items. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

Welcome to the Anthropocene age

What geologists choose to call a period of history normally matters little to the rest of mankind. The Anthropocene is different.

Economist

Special section:

Enter the Anthropocene

National Geographic

PayPal sues Google over smartphone payment service

After Google unveiled its tap-to-pay technology on a smartphone equipped with its Android software, PayPal struck back with a lawsuit alleging the service is the by-product of intellectual theft.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Google app lets you tap to pay with smartphone

USA TODAY

Joplin tornado leaves hundreds still missing

Nearly 100 hours after the deadliest tornado in the United States in 64 years, Mo. officials are still trying to find 232 people unaccounted for.

Reuters

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Severe weather tracker

The Weather Channel

Mo. officials release list of missing

YouTube

G-8 leaders support historic revolts in the Arab world

Group of Eight leaders promised to support new Arab democracies, according to a statement they were due to release following a meeting in the northern French resort town of Deauville.

MSNBC

President Obama: US, France resolved to ‘finish job’ in Libya

BBC

Patriot Act provisions extended

Congress passed a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.

CBS News

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President Obama uses ‘autopen’ to sign extension for Patriot Act

(ABC News)

The Note

NATION

Morganza Spillway flood gates closing

Not as much Mississippi River floodwater is entering La.’s Atchafalaya Basin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started closing gates on the Morganza Spillway, leaving only 14 of its 125 gates open.

USA TODAY

Sheriff’s deputy, 2 others arrested in Ariz. human trafficking bust

Authorities in Ariz. have arrested three employees of a sheriff’s office known for its tough stand on illegal immigration, accusing them of aiding cross-border human traffickers and drug smugglers.

CNN

US government promotes citizenship in ad campaign

Houston Chronicle

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Supreme Court backs Ariz. business immigration law

(MSNBC)

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POLITICS

Wis. judge invalidates law curbing unions, fight isn’t over yet

A Wis. circuit court judge has invalidated a controversial law designed to limit the power of public sector unions in the state, legislation which prompted massive protests earlier this year.

Christian Science Monitor

Democrats see Hochul’s win as evidence they can take back House

An unexpected win in a New York GOP stronghold has Democrats believing they now have a winning strategy to retake the U.S. House in 2012.

NY Daily News

House Republicans cope with NY-26 fallout

Politico

Clash escalates over sentence reductions for inmates

Majority Democrats had “mischaracterized” a bill they pushed through over Republican objections to establish a “risk-reduction” program for prison inmates, said House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero.

Hartford Courant

How yoga can help California’s prisons

TIME

BUSINESS

A post-Fukushima rebound for Toshiba

After the Mar. 11 earthquake and tsunami, few Japanese companies were in worse shape than Toshiba. Since then, Toshiba’s stock has shown surprising resilience.

BusinessWeek

Facebook founder Zuckerberg tells G-8 summit: Don’t regulate the Web

Leading Internet figures have warned world political leaders against trying to regulate the Web, telling them to leave alone a process that has flourished without government interference.

Guardian

The G-8 and the economic realities

CBS News

SPORTS

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade lead charge as Heat eliminate Bulls

LeBron James scored 28 points and Dwyane Wade added 21 as they led a furious rally in the final minutes as the Miami Heat eliminated the Chicago Bulls 83-80 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Houston Chronicle

Posey may be out for year, but prognosis is good

The San Francisco Giants will not downplay the significance of losing a catcher who became the National League’s Rookie of the Year in 2010.

San Francisco Chronicle

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Post-game Giants, Posey injury update: ‘This is more of a football-type injury’

(San Jose Mercury News)

Talking Points

Gay sports community buoyed by unprecedented support

This year might turn out to be a watershed year for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in athletics, some sports experts say.

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Early bonds predict ability to commit

The ability to commit to a romantic partner may be more rooted in adolescence than previously thought.

Discovery News

Freedom Riders reunite after 50 years

Fifty years after the so-called Freedom Riders risked their lives to break desegregation laws on the U.S. transport system, the veteran activists have reunited to inspire a new generation.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Adventists in Calif. city lose their Sunday mail delivery

Postal carrier Ruth Gomez had prayed and waited for five years to be transferred to the Loma Linda Post Office so that she could finally put to rest the conflicts between her faith and her job.

Religion News Service

Court denies Ill. diocese’s appeal in priest sex abuse case

The Illinois Supreme Court denied a request to hear an appeal by the Diocese of Belleville involving a $5 million civil jury award in a sexual abuse case against a Roman Catholic priest.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

What is the culprit behind flooding and tornado tragedies?

USA TODAY

Editorial:

Open border to trouble

Boston Herald

Cartoon (Joe Heller):

Editorial cartoon

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Andrew Leonard):

Orrin Hatch’s tough love for losers

(Salon)

How the World Works

Column (Steven King and Nathan A. Sales):

Patriot Act fits tea party standards

Politico

Column (Roger Simon):

The Republican death grip

Creators Syndicate

Column (Erick Wong):

‘Dirt 3,’ ‘MotorStorm Apocalypse’

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Maya Angelou):

Humanity shines in time of disaster

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

SEAL’s canine commando piques interest in war dogs

Life after the military is looking brighter than ever for America’s four-legged veterans since one of their own helped in the mission to kill Osama bin Laden.

San Francisco Examiner

Fighting hunger in remote parts of Haiti

There’s a little more hope for the hungry children of Haiti due to the efforts of the Baptist Haiti Mission, which tracks down hungry children in remote areas of the country and feeds them.

Telegram & Gazette

WORLD

Hundreds flee drug violence and homes in Mexico

Ghost towns are nothing new in Mexico. But now a force beyond mere economics is causing Mexicans to shutter their windows and flee: drug violence.

Christian Science Monitor

Using ultralight planes to drop drugs

NPR

Ratko Mladic in Serbian court following his capture

Ratko Mladic — the former Bosnian Serb general who was arrested after being on the run for 16 years for alleged war crimes — has appeared at a closed session in a Belgrade court.

Al Jazeera

Ret. Admiral: ‘Mladic was a butcher’

YouTube

HEALTH

Chicago 6th-worst in US for allergies

A major new study ranks Chicago the sixth-worst big city in the nation for allergies. The study also found that allergies generally are on the rise, with ragweed and molds the biggest culprits.

Chicago Sun-Times

Achoo! 12 worst cities for allergy sufferers

CBS News

Can a test really tell who has psychopathic tendencies?

PCL-R, or Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, is a test designed to measure whether someone is a psychopath. Does it really work?

NPR

No cardiac benefit seen in adding niacin to statin

Giving a high dose of niacin to people with heart disease who are already taking a cholesterol-lowering statin does nothing more to prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

US, Russia collaborate on Bering Strait protection, smart grids

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev declared their intention to deepen cooperation to protect nature and natural resources in the cross-boundary Bering Strait region.

Environment News Service

How seafood fraud hurts our oceans, our wallets and our health

Seafood fraud is the practice of misleading consumers about their seafood in order to increase profits.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Pyramid-exploring robot reveals hidden hieroglyphs in Gaza

A robot explorer sent through the Great Pyramid of Giza has begun to unveil some of the secrets behind the pharaonic mausoleum.

Discovery News

Scientists detect moon has same amount of water as Earth

There is water inside the moon — so much, in fact, that in some places it rivals the amount of water found within Earth.

ScienceDaily

The optimism bias

We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures. But both neuroscience and social science suggest that we are more optimistic than realistic.

TIME

EDUCATION

Intervention from on high

When two faculty members disagree about issues related to research, is it right for an administrator to intervene?

Inside Higher Ed

Green schools benefit budgets and students, report says

Green schools are better for students, teachers, the environment — and the bottom line, a report released concludes.

Education Week

Report shows education choices expanding across US

When it comes to education choices — from kindergarten up through college — the decision is no longer simple. Children often choose between public school and the charter school across town.

Modesto Bee

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