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Robert Joseph, 64, rides his ATV as smoke plumes from the Wallow fire fill the sky in Luna, N.M. Firefighters worked furiously to save a line of mountain communities Arizona from a gigantic blaze that has forced thousands of people from their homes. (Photo by Jae C. Hong / AP)

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Why is Greensboro, NC so racially tense after 50 years?

Despite a changing population and opportunities to learn from its history, racial tensions haven’t disappeared in Greensboro, N.C., longtime residents say.

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CNN

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NAACP to investigate racism charges at high school in Greensboro, NC

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Greensboro News-Record

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The Greensboro 4

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PBS

Research facilities in America anticipate budget gloom

As U.S. federal agencies prepare for lean times ahead, concern is growing at some of the centralized, multimillion-dollar facilities supported by the National Science Foundation.

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Nature

Ariz. wildfire threatens mountain towns

Dry, windy conditions whipped flames and spread dense smoke across several states as a massive Arizona wildfire grew to more than 350 square miles and threatened mountain communities.

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USA TODAY

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Recent wildfire becomes 2nd-largest in Arizona history

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NPR

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Ariz. wildfire disrupts flights, threatens air quality in NM

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CNN

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Long days, rough lives for firefighters

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The Weather Channel

Obama: Recovery ‘uneven,’ but no double-dip recession

President Barack Obama said that he is “not concerned about a double-dip recession,” but he is dissatisfied that the economic recovery has either slowed down or stalled.

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The Hill

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Job openings fall 1st time in 3 months

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Bloomberg

Walk away from your mortgage? Time to get ‘ruthless’

Should you keep paying your mortgage on a home that’s dwindling in value? No way, say an increasing number of underwater homeowners who are voluntarily choosing to “walk away” from their home loans.

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CNNMoney

NATION

Unfinished business as US troop drawdown in Afghanistan nears

The United States is set to begin drawing down more than 100,000 troops from Afghanistan, but questions persist as to whether the nearly 10-year-old war has accomplished its main objective.

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CBS News

Is the future of nuclear power in minireactors?

For the past 20 years, new nuclear plants have been too expensive to build. Now engineers are trying to revive the industry by thinking small.

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NPR

Light earthquake rattles St. Louis region

A light earthquake rattled the St. Louis region. Scientists examining data at the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., said the quake had a magnitude of 3.9.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

POLITICS

Health care costs threaten US military

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that pension and health care costs are eating the U.S. military alive. And the Pentagon predicts that the cost of taking care of its troops and retirees will keep growing.

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NPR

Poll: Romney and Palin see boost; Obama is very vulnerable

An announcement bump for Mitt Romney and a bus-tour boost for Sarah Palin put them on top for the Republican presidential nomination. However, their broader prospects for election look vastly different.

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ABC News

BUSINESS

GM failure to match Ford profit troubles several investors

General Motors is trading 13 percent below its $33 price. Chief Executive Officer Akerson has yet to show investors that GM can match the profits of Ford, which made 36 percent more money in the first quarter.

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Bloomberg

Timothy Geithner tells banks to accept new rules

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told U.S. banks to accept new financial regulations instead of asking Congress to weaken them.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Skip senior year, go right to college

The Indiana legislature launched a plan that allows high school students who complete their core requirements by the end of their junior year to skip their senior year and go straight to college.

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Indianapolis Star

Thank you for the scholarship

Before scholarship recipients at Barton College in North Carolina receive money for the spring semester, the advancement office attempts to get them to write thank-you notes.

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Inside Higher Ed

Ohio graduation test keeps thousands from cap, gown

Thousands of Ohio high school seniors have been tripped up this year by a state test that measures whether they have learned up to 10th-grade material.

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Columbus Dispatch

HEALTH

Beware, a big headache is coming

A migraine is among the most debilitating conditions in medicine — a blinding, throbbing pain that typically lasts between four and 72 hours. There is no cure.

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Wall Street Journal

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Surprising migraine triggers

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WebMD

Bankruptcy rates among cancer patients increase along with survival time

An analysis linking federal bankruptcy court records to cancer registry data from nearly 232,000 adult cancer cases in western Washington during a 14-year period has found a hidden cost to survival.

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Medical News Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Santa Monica effort to ban circumcision has been dropped

A measure to ban circumcision will not be going before voters in Santa Monica, Calif. Proponent Jena Troutman is abandoning her effort after it came under fire from several Jewish groups.

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ABC News

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

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Americans rated funniest in global poll

The Germans have been voted the world’s “least funny nationality” in a global poll, which names Americans the funniest overall and the Spanish the most amusing Europeans.

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Reuters

US plans fast-track security checks for low-risk frequent flyers

Airline passengers in the U.S. could be handed a shortcut through security checks under a government plan to give favorable treatment to low-risk travellers.

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Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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Is it illegal to be a pig? Ask John Edwards

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Politico

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What does it mean when a politician takes full responsibility?

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Monkey See

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Evaluating the real risks of fracking and cellphones

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TIME

US workers pawns in debt ceiling game

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The Platform (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog (Eliot Van Buskirk):

Apple’s music iCloud is nice, not revolutionary

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Epicenter

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Is bipartisan coalition emerging to oppose National Security State?

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Salon

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It’s me, Sarah Palin

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GOOD NEWS

Big pharmacuetical company slashes rota vaccine prices for poor

Bill Gates laid out his vision for the impact that broadening access to vaccines can have on the world. Now, GlaxoSmithKline will cut its rotavirus vaccine price by 95 percent for sale to the poorest countries.

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Medical News Today

Online charity provides millions to classroom teachers

On an online charity site, teachers make heartfelt pleas for classroom projects they wish could be funded. Then generous donors in cyberspace fulfill their wishes.

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San Jose Mercury News

Meditation helps homeless kids

Thousands of adults and children live on Southern California streets. Filmmaker David Lynch and his wife, Emily, are confident traumatized kids could benefit from transcendental meditation.

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MSNBC

WORLD

Chile and Argentina monitor volcano ash cloud trail

Chilean authorities have expanded the evacuation area around a volcano range. Officials say there is a danger of flash floods caused by rivers being clogged with volcanic grit.

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BBC

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Puyehue volcano erupts spectacularly in Chile

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ABC News

Japan admits being unprepared for nuclear disaster

Japan admitted it was unprepared for a nuclear accident like the tsunami-caused Fukushima disaster and said damage to the reactors and radiation leakage were worse than it previously thought.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

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Japan doubles Fukushima nuclear plant radiation leak estimate

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BBC

Tribal fighters take over major city in Yemen, eyewitnesses say

Tribal fighters took control of a top Yemeni city, Taiz, a setback for an embattled government whose injured president is confined to a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

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CNN

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Sources: Yemen leader hurt worse than thought

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CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The PC is dead, long live the PC

At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, the company declared that we are living in a “post-PC world” and we must free all data from the confines of the hardware where it lives.

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BBC

Jobs to PC: ‘You’re busted!’ and other notes from the OS wars

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Epicenter

Platform to plan a more efficient future, coming to a city near you

IBM is rolling out a data analysis software platform that can be adapted to any city, allowing municipal leaders to synthesize and mine reams of data that could help a city run more efficiently.

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Popular Science

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

ENVIRONMENT

1 of world’s greatest birds now critically endangered

The great Indian bustard has been uplisted to “critically endangered,” the highest level of threat. Hunting, disturbance, habitat loss and fragmentation have reduced the species.

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Environment News Service

E. coli outbreak poses questions for organic farming

The warm, watery growing environment suspected as the source of a deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany may produce nutritious bean sprouts, but is also an ideal breeding ground for the bacteria.

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Reuters

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10 pivotal food safety scares

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TIME

SPORTS

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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SportsMoney

Serena Williams’ Wimbledon odds shorten after news of Eastbourne return

With the exception of boxing, it is hard to think of another sport where one could take a year off and immediately be considered the favorite to win.

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Guardian

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

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Serbian fans cheer after a flare was lit during a friendly soccer match against Australia in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Andrew Brownbill / AP)

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