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Smoke rises over the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Luna, N.M. Firefighters worked furiously to save a line of mountain communities in eastern Arizona from a gigantic blaze that cast a smoky haze over states as far away as Iowa. (Photo by Jae C. Hong / AP)

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What to watch for at this year’s E3

The Electronic Entertainment Expo has begun in Los Angeles, where hundreds of showcasers are hoping E3 will launch them toward digital success.

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CNN

Special section:

E3 2011

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G4TV.com

USC stripped of 2004 BCS national championship title

The Bowl Championship Series stripped the Southern California Trojans of their 2004 title, leaving that season without a BCS champion.

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CBSSports

Should the BCS be subject to antitrust litigation?

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(Forbes)

SportsMoney

Eastern Ariz. fire burns 350 square miles

A wildfire that has charred over 350 square miles in eastern Ariz. raged out of control for a ninth day as it forced the evacuation of a third town, nearing populated areas along the N.M. border.

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Reuters

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People in path of fire can only watch and wait

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KTAR

National wildfire tracker

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Denver Post

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Arizona wildfires

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USA TODAY

ICloud blankets Apple’s ecosystem

At the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple emphasized the post-PC experience and new developments aimed at taking the stand-alone personal computer a day closer to obsolescence.

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A look at iOS 5

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CNET News

Spat over new Boeing plant sparks political firestorm

A feud over Boeing’s decision to assemble some of its 787 jetliners at a new, nonunion facility in S.C. has mushroomed into a fight over the future of the National Labor Relations Board.

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MSNBC

NATION

Iowa floodwall expected to fully breach

Sandbags dropped on a faltering Missouri River levee have temporarily fortified the floodwall and given Army engineers more time to construct a secondary barrier to protect a threatened Iowa community.

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TIME

After fighting for his country, Iraq vet fights for a job

Eric Smith calls himself one of the lucky ones, returning home from the war in Iraq in 2008 with two arms and two legs. But his luck has yet to produce a full-time job.

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McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Nobel laureate Diamond withdraws Fed nomination amid Republican opposition

Nobel laureate Peter Diamond, nominated three times by President Barack Obama to serve on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, withdrew his nomination in the face of Republican opposition.

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Bloomberg

Federal Reserve board nominee withdraws, blasts confirmation process

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(The Hill)

On the Money

Why House conservatives are offering fresh plan on federal debt

With Rep. Paul Ryan’s ambitious budget plan faltering and hopes for a bipartisan deal waning, Republicans are launching a third front in their bid to remake the culture of spending in Washington.

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Christian Science Monitor

Democrats stay quiet on Medicaid

With budget negotiations on the debt limit underway, health care insiders think Democrats won’t budge on Medicare. Kathy Hochul’s upset win in New York’s 26th Congressional District is Exhibit A.

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Politico

BUSINESS

Dollar adds to gains on Juncker’s negative euro comment

The dollar extended gains against the euro after Jean-Claude Juncker, who heads a team of eurozone finance ministers, said the euro is overvalued and the region needs a better exchange rate policy.

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MarketWatch

What Charlotte learned ‘when the world flipped’

When residents of the city nicknamed “Banktown” talk about the whipsaw economic changes of the past decade, they often refer to “before” and “after.” The “before” was Charlotte, N.C., in 2007.

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CNN

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Look homeward, jobless children

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Bellingham Herald

Oil falls for a 2nd day on signs slowing US economy may crimp demand

Oil dropped for a second day in New York, extending last week’s 0.4 percent decline, on signs of a slowdown in demand as OPEC ministers arrived in Vienna to discuss production quotas.

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

Ostracism causes long-lasting pain

Ostracism or exclusion may not leave external scars, but it can cause pain that often is deeper and lasts longer than a physical injury, according to a Purdue University expert.

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ScienceDaily

Meditation heals military vets with PTSD

Preliminary research suggests that transcendental meditation can be helpful in relieving symptoms of PTSD among combat veterans.

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ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Louisiana House approves Ten Commandments monument

The Louisiana House of Representatives voted to approve placing a Ten Commandments monument on the state capitol grounds in Baton Rouge.

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Reuters

US Episcopal parish 1st to join Catholic Church under joint conversion plan

A Maryland Episcopal parish will be the first in the U.S. to join the Roman Catholic Church under a new conversion process created by Pope Benedict XVI, leaders of both church groups announced.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Are we in denial about loud music and hearing loss?

More than 20 years after The Who’s Pete Townshend announced his hearing loss from loud music, awareness is higher but the problem lingers.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Causes and symptoms of severe hearing loss

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WebMD

The Wright stuff

The Cooke House, designed by the visionary and eccentric architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is for sale. It’s only the second time since it was finished 51 years ago that the house will change hands.

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Virginian-Pilot

Special section:

Frank Lloyd Wright’s legacy

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Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Blog (Eliot Van Buskirk):

Apple’s music iCloud is nice, not revolutionary

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(Wired)

Epicenter

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

Is bipartisan coalition emerging to oppose National Security State?

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Salon

Cartoon (Jim Morin):

It’s me, Sarah Palin

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McClatchy Newspapers

Audio (Michel Martin):

So-called reality shows not so harmless

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NPR

Blog (David Weigel):

Why no one will ever be confirmed, ever

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(Slate)

Weigel

Column (Vincent Marconi):

AIDS brings out best, worst in us

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CNN

Food pyramid now a food plate. Wow.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hitting the ceiling

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Telegram & Gazette

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GOOD NEWS

A new way to measure human rights may revolutionize global advocacy

The Index of Social and Economic Rights Fulfillment, a new way to measure human rights in a country, may provide a more accurate assessment of a country’s human rights effort.

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Christian Science Monitor

Researchers discover new process to cultivate adult blood cells

The co-founders of Taiga Biotechnologies Inc. have developed a method in which they use their proprietary blood stem cell lines from cord blood to generate mature, adult red blood cells in the lab in 14 days.

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Denver Post

Ready to clean up with a green business

To Philadelphia — a city that already offers food delivery, recycling pickup and even police protection by bicycle — Gabriel Mandujano has introduced a pedal-powered laundry service.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Yemen opposition backs power transfer

Yemen’s main opposition coalition says it will accept a transfer of power to the vice president after President Ali Abdullah Saleh leaves for Saudi Arabia.

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BBC

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Tenuous truce in Yemen amid uncertainty

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Al Jazeera

Special section:

Saleh’s 33-year rule in Yemen

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Reuters

Portugal election: Socialists admit defeat

Portugal’s governing Socialist Party has admitted defeat in the general election. Socialist leader Jose Socrates said he accepted responsibility for the defeat and resigned as head of his party.

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BBC

EDUCATION

An interview with Jonathan Simkin, CEO of SwoopThat.com

SwoopThat.com is a website developed by recent college grads and current students with one goal in mind: saving current students both time and money when purchasing textbooks.

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EducationNews.org

Study finds sudden insights key to learning words

Parents and teachers often use flashcards and picture books to teach children words, but a new study suggests that understanding basic words may come from an initial insight more than repetition.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Firms weary of reporting cyberattacks

Wary of alarming customers, many firms never report the kind of cyber attacks suffered by Sony, Google and others — and as long as the stigma holds, tackling the growing problem may prove impossible.

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Reuters

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Boeing target of continuous cyberattack

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IndustryWeek

Electric-powered radio control planes are taking off

Lightweight, rechargeable batteries have become increasingly popular with model aviation buffs who want an alternative to traditional fuel-powered models.

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Los Angeles Times

ENVIRONMENT

Madagascar’s creatures threatened

From giant palms to mouse-sized lemurs, unique plants and animals are threatened on Madagascar as violence drags on following 2009 coup.

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Palm Beach Post

Arctic wars and change

The Arctic Ocean is a vast frozen sea bordered by Russia, Canada, Denmark and Norway. It has been explored but its potential for mineral deposits, oil and gas deposits is not known clearly.

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Environmental News Network

SPORTS

Boston Bruins stand up for Horton, beat Vancouver Canucks 8-1

The Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 8-1 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals, proving emphatically that two heartbreaking losses in Vancouver weren’t going to floor them.

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Bruins’ Horton hospitalized after collision

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(CBSSports)

Dirk Nowitzki’s late charge comes 1 shot short as Heat take 2-1 Finals lead

Dwyane Wade kept soaring and scoring, doing everything he could to get the Miami Heat a crucial win toward an NBA title. Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem provided the final push to seal the key victory.

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ESPN

NBA Finals: Miami endures, wins Game 3 to take a 2-1 series

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(NBCSports)

ProBasketball Talk

Singh no-show for US Open qualifying, majors streak in jeopardy

Vijay Singh has failed to show up for his tee time in a U.S. Open qualifier. It’s likely his streak of playing in every major championship for the last 17 years is about to end.

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CBSSports

Special section:

Vijay Singh

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Golf

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

King James Bible: How it changed the way we speak

No other book 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

Photo of the Day

A boy is launched on an amusement ride during a traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Wally Santana / AP)

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