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Job seekers line up at the Skid Row Career Fair held at the Los Angeles Mission in Los Angeles, Calif. Employers hired only 54,000 new workers in May, the fewest in 8 months, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent. (Photo by Damian Dovarganes / AP)

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Summer safety is often overlooked

As school ends for the summer, many folks will be ready to kick back and have some fun. While everyone should enjoy the time off, it’s important to remember to practice safety with any outdoor summer activity.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Summer safety for you and your kids

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WebMD

Glossed over: What became of the 2010 Safe Cosmetics Act?

The FDA has limited say in what cosmetics manufacturers can and cannot put into their products; the cosmetics industry has been regulating itself for decades, and would like to keep it that way.

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Scientific American

Unemployment ticks up to 9.1 percent

The Labor Department report offered startling evidence that the U.S. economy is slowing, hampered by high gas prices and natural disasters in Japan that have hurt U.S. manufacturers.

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Chicago Sun-Times

25 million Americans unemployed or without full-time work

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(NPR)

Planet Money

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Rise of US unemployment

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Wall Street Journal

Mass. residents face the tragic aftermath of tornadoes

Residents of tornado-ravaged towns in western and central Massachusetts faced the arduous tasks of cleaning up and assessing the damage from the twisters that ripped through the region this week.

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Reuters

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Tornadoes slam Mass.

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USA TODAY

Blazing arms depot forces 30,000 to flee

Fire tore through an ammunition depot in the central Russian region of Udmurtia, causing shells to explode all day. More than 28,000 people were evacuated from their homes.

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MSNBC

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Stunning amateur videos of giant arms depot explosions in Russia

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NATION

Jack Kevorkian dies, leaves controversial legacy, no successor

Jack Kevorkian, the enigmatic pathologist known as “Dr. Death” and “Jack the Dripper,” who assisted in more than 130 suicides with his “mercy machine,” leaves a legacy of activism and controversy.

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ABC News

Dear Job Market, thanks for a lousy graduation gift

The recession ended two years ago, but it seems the job market hasn’t gotten the memo. This will be the third year college graduates will enter the workforce facing a high unemployment rate.

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NPR

President Obama’s day: jobs, jobs, jobs

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(USA TODAY)

The Oval

Manhattan district attorney subpoenas Goldman Sachs

In the absence of federal prosecutions over Wall Street’s role in the nation’s financial crisis, the Manhattan district attorney has subpoenaed Goldman Sachs.

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McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

House rebukes Obama for unapproved Libya action

The Republican-controlled House adopted a resolution rebuking President Barack Obama for dispatching U.S. military forces against Libya without congressional approval.

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San Jose Mercury News

Jobs no longer top Washington’s agenda

Heading into another campaign, the question remains the same, and the answers aren’t any closer. While there are plenty of ideas about job creation, political realities make implementation unlikely.

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MSNBC

Geithner cautions GOP: Raise debt or ‘lights out’

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner warned skeptical Republican freshmen it would be “lights out” for the economy if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.

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The Hill

BUSINESS

How big is Microsoft gambling with Windows 8?

Analysts are split over Microsoft Windows 8 and how big the company’s gambling with its operating system cash cow, some saying the bet was for the farm, while others said it was their best move.

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New data: No quick fix for economy

Worries about a loss of momentum in the U.S. economy continue to make stock markets jittery. The markets are responding to data that suggest the U.S. recovery will remain a long, hard slog.

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NPR

HEALTH

Food pyramid out, MyPlate in

Forget about the food pyramid, the government’s standard for healthful eating for two decades. The Obama administration has replaced it with a new icon.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Special section:

MyPlate information

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ChooseMyPlate.gov

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Timeline of food guidelines

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CBS News

Looking for early signs of autism

A technology that monitors electrical activity in the brain could help identify infants who will go on to develop autism, scientists say.

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NPR

WHO: Deadly E. coli is new strain of bacteria, source still unknown

The lethal E. coli bacteria that has left 18 dead and more than 1,500 sick in Europe is a new strain that experts have never seen before, the World Health Organization announced.

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ABC News

E. coli map: How the outbreak has spread

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BBC

SPORTS

Federer ends Djokovic’s streak, will play Nadal in final

Dusk was descending, wind was swirling as Roger Federer stepped to the baseline to serve — one point from returning to the French Open final and ending Novak Djokovic’s 43-match winning streak.

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Houston Chronicle

Adidas agrees to keep sponsoring scandal-hit FIFA

Adidas has agreed to continue sponsoring FIFA despite concerns about the crisis engulfing world soccer’s governing body.

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ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Danish navy moves against Greenpeace, as Arctic tussle moves to courts

The efforts of Greenpeace suffered a setback to halt the drilling for oil, first when its protesters were evicted from the Cairn Energy drilling platform — then the oil company slapped them with a lawsuit.

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Earth Times

Biodegradable products may not be so eco-friendly after all

Biodegradable products are designed to break down relatively quickly and disappear into the natural environment. But these products may not live up to their green image, new research indicates.

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LiveScience

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Christopher Orr):

‘The Tree of Life:’ A beautiful, lyrical mess

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The Atlantic

Blog (Alex Pareene):

Do we really have to take Michele Bachmann ‘seriously’ now?

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(Salon)

War Room

Cartoon (Joel Pett):

Cellphones

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Lexington-Herald Leader

Don’t make students pay

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (Emily Yoffe):

Congrats, Jill Abramson!

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(Slate)

XX Factor

Column (Susan Estrich):

Charter schools: For profit and education

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Creators Syndicate

Germany’s costly decision to give up nuclear power

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (John Chait and Jonathan Cohn):

Chait vs. Cohn: Romney edition

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The New Republic

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GOOD NEWS

Riley‘s ’code lavender’ eases stress of caring for very ill kids

Code Lavender is a non-emergency call for help in dealing with the stress of working with sick and dying children at Riley Hospital for Children in Indiana.

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Indianapolis Star

Born to save sister’s life, she’s ‘glad I am in this family’

It was a case that outraged many 20 years ago: Unable to find a bone marrow donor for their leukemia-stricken daughter, two parents tried to create one by having another child.

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MSNBC

After 20 long rounds, Pa. girl wins National Spelling Bee

In the end, 14-year-old Sukanya Roy, of Scranton, Pa., emerged the victor of the late-night showdown at the Scripps National Spelling Bee — her word: cymotrichous, meaning having wavy hair.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Scenes from the Scripps National Spelling Bee

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PhotoBlog (MSNBC)

WORLD

Rocket wounds Yemen president, escalating the national violence

Yemen’s president was wounded when rebellious tribesmen struck his palace with rockets, targeting him for the first time in a dramatic escalation of fighting that has pushed Yemen toward civil war.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Violence spikes in Yemen

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YouTube

Iraq: Deadly bombing at Tikrit mosque

At least 16 people have been killed and dozens injured in a bomb attack aimed at worshippers at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit.

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BBC

Witness: Alleged Libyan rape victim appears bruised after deportation

A witness who met with Eman al-Obeidy after she was forced back to Libya from Qatar said the alleged rape victim appeared battered and bruised.

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CNN

EDUCATION

‘Turn your zzz’s into A’s’

Did you get a restful sleep last night? If not, and if right now you’re reading this article rather than focusing on work, your time might be better spent on a short nap to boost your focus and productivity.

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Inside Higher Ed

New round of US grants for increased education innovation

The federal government is trying to make it easier to apply for one of its grants for innovative ideas to improve education, but with budget cuts there’s a lot less money to give away this year.

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San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study finds babies perform sophisticated analyses

Over the past two decades, scientists have shown that babies only a few months old have a solid grasp on basic rules of the physical world.

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ScienceDaily

Color red increases speed and strength

What links speed, power and the color red? Hint: It’s not a sports car. It’s your muscles.

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ScienceDaily

Ancient Roman shipwreck may have held giant fish tank

An ancient Roman shipwreck from nearly 2,000 years ago may once have held an aquarium onboard that was capable of carrying live fish, archaeologists suggest.

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LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Weinergate’ reveals perils of tweeting in public eye

The Pew Center for Internet & American Life pointed to a 5 percent bump in Twitter usage since November, which could be bad news for politicians.

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Is America’s love for children waning?

Children, the mainstay of suburbia and residential neighborhoods across the nation for more than a half-century, are fewer and increasingly sparse in many places, according to a recent study.

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USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Boston church weighs major reshuffle

The Boston Archdiocese is considering a radical reshuffling that would unite its 291 parishes into 80 to 120 groups so that each cluster could share resources and clergy.

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5 holy martyrs’ parishioners celebrate Pope John Paul II

Hundreds of Polish parishioners gathered for a mass to honor the beatification of Pope John Paul II, the former leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Hi-tech hub Ra’anana added to Birthright travel itinerary

Each tour of Israel that Birthright-Taglit offers young Diaspora Jews free of charge features a long list of important religious and political sites.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

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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Photo of the Day

Billy, a 25-year-old Asian elephant, drinks from a waterfall at the “Elephants of Asia” exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo. (Photo by Nick Ut / AP)

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