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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media at the Federal Courthouse in Chicago. Blagojevich has been convicted of 17 of the 20 charges against him, including all 11 charges related to his attempt to sell or trade a vacated Senate seat. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato / AP)

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A Texas town is beating the worst drought in a generation

Sound water management has put the border town of El Paso, Texas on the Rio Grande leagues ahead of its neighbors. But robust growth rates mean local farmers and ranchers are still losing out.

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Guardian

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US drought monitor

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln

California ban on sale of ‘violent’ video games to children rejected

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a California law that would have banned selling “violent” video games to children, a case balancing free speech rights with consumer protection.

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CNN

Blagojevich found guilty on 17 counts

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty of 17 out of 20 federal corruption charges — including all charges tied to allegations of trying to trade an appointment to fill the U.S. Senate seat.

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Chicago Sun-Times

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The Blagojevich saga

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Jury convicts ex-Gov. Blagojevich at retrial

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Yahoo! News

Thousands flee as fire nears NM town, nuke lab

Hundreds of cars clogged roads leading out of Los Alamos, N.M., as a wildfire spread to within one mile of the nation’s preeminent nuclear weapons facility and destroyed 30 structures.

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Wildfire spreads near NM lab

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Reuters

NM wildfires threaten DOE laboratory

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E2 Wire

Human errors fuel hacking

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ran a test to see how hard it was for hackers to corrupt workers and gain access to computer systems. Not very hard, it turned out.

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Bloomberg

NATION

Public libraries fight to stay relevant in digital age

Already facing tight budgets, public libraries are also contending with a cultural shift from traditional stacks of books to digital devices. But far from fighting the digital revolution, libraries are joining it.

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Christian Science Monitor

Mental health problems from Iraq and Afghanistan wars will be long-lived

As the war on terror in Afghanistan winds down and some 33,000 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen return in the next year, the psychological issues that veterans face back home are likely to increase.

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Scientific American

POLITICS

Controversial immigration program spurs federal-state spat

States trying to opt out of the immigration-status checking program Secure Communities may be in for a rude surprise: Immigration and Customs Enforcement says opting out is technically not possible.

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U.S. News & World Report

Obama enters into negotiations on deficit; GOP, Democrats harden stance

President Barack Obama plunged into deadlocked negotiations to cut government deficits and raise the nation’s debt limit.

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Star Tribune

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Revenue vs. cuts in debt debate

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Politico

BUSINESS

Nike shares jump after big earnings beat

Nike shares jumped as the company blew past expectations for earnings and revenue. The maker of the sports gear reported its earnings rose to $1.24 a share in its fiscal fourth quarter.

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CNBC

Citi: Millions stolen in May hack attack

Citigroup acknowledged that a hack attack stole millions of dollars from customers’ credit card accounts.

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CNNMoney

EDUCATION

What happens when charter schools fail?

Charter schools are taxpayer-funded schools that are overseen by their own independent boards. Because of their independence, they are allowed to do things that public schools cannot do.

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NPR

Cars not welcome here

With virtually every college’s stated commitment to sustainability and (perhaps not unrelated) parking crisis, reducing the number of students who bring cars to campus is desirable to many.

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Inside Higher Ed

HEALTH

Inside the world of pet psychologists

In dog and cat therapy, vets have to examine the pet while also taking into account the subjective way their masters see them; in other words, the masters’ distorting prisms.

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TIME

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Pets

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Psychology Today

Dancing docs go viral with infectious beat on ‘Pump It’ video

The dancing docs of Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, Calif., are using a video with an infectious beat to remind colleagues to maintain life-saving hygiene.

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SPORTS

Dodgers file for bankruptcy protection

The Dodgers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court, citing Commissioner Bud Selig’s decision not to approve a media contract and triggering the start of legal proceedings.

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MLB.com

Kurt Busch gets 1st road win, dominates Calif.’s Sonoma

Busch dominated the second half of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, Calif., as Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were victimized by contact during another rough-and-tumble race.

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USA TODAY

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Victory lane: Kurt Busch

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Sports Illustrated

Basketball coach John Calipari’s new contract worth $36.5M

University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari agreed to a contract extension worth $36.5 million over the next eight years, the school announced.

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GOOD NEWS

Imagine Children’s Museum to expand

A major expansion of the Imagine Children’s Museum is about to get under way. After a monthlong campaign, the nonprofit has reached its fundraising goal of five million dollars.

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Daily Herald

Life expectancy improves drastically for Type 1 diabetics

Advances in diabetes care have nearly eliminated the difference in life expectancy between people with Type 1 diabetes and the general population, according to new research.

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USA TODAY

Columbus, Ohio, anesthetist helps the sick in Africa

The Africa Mercy is a private floating hospital where volunteer medical workers provide free care. One of them was James Steen, a nurse anesthetist from Columbus, Ohio.

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Columbus Dispatch

WORLD

Victims eye closure as ex-Khmer Rouge leaders stand trial

Led by the late Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge was responsible for the deaths of millions of ordinary Cambodians during a four-year reign of terror that was eventually halted in 1979 by invading Vietnamese forces.

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CNN

The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Moammar Gadhafi

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Libyan leader Gadhafi and two of his confidants for crimes against humanity committed against opponents of his regime.

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Al Jazeera

Absence of Hugo Chavez sparks speculation about his health

There is growing uncertainty in Venezuela over President Hugo Chavez’s health, two weeks after he underwent an operation in Cuba.

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BBC

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Factbox: Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Asteroid buzzes Earth in close shave

An asteroid the size of a tour bus zipped by Earth in a flyby so close that the space rock was nearer to the planet than some satellites.

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SPACE.com

Wikipedia promises to WikiLove its editors after survey

A 2011 survey revealed that 69 percent of Wikipedia’s editors contribute less after feeling they have been “looked down on,” but 78 percent said that they would edit more with a bit of appreciation.

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Wired UK

ENVIRONMENT

Waste heat converted to electricity using new alloy

A new alloy that converts heat directly into electricity could potentially be used to capture waste heat from a car’s exhaust to produce electricity and charge the battery in a hybrid car.

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ScienceDaily

A project creates art by turning sand and sun into 3-D-printed glass

Markus Kayser’s Solar Sinter project takes the desert’s two most abundant resources and puts them to work manufacturing glass objects. Concentrated sunlight melts sand in patterns and forms.

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Popular Science

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Polish government asks Vatican to censure outspoken priest

Poland’s government has asked the Vatican to censure a radical and influential Polish priest after he described Poland as uncivilized and governed by a “totalitarian” regime.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Akin comments draw criticism from religious leaders

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin is catching flak from some Missouri religious leaders for saying last week that “at the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God.”

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Pa. church‘s ‘Bible Challenge’ gives readers something to talk about

When the rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Whitemarsh, Pa., invited his congregants to join him in reading the Bible cover to cover in a year, the response surprised him.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Do we eat better during the summer?

The rainbow of berries, leafy greens and melons at the farmers market may make it seem as if we subsist on fruits and vegetables in summer.

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Star Tribune

OSS and CIA ‘spy girls’ find each other in late retirement

Doris Bohrer and Elizabeth “Betty” McIntosh met two years ago in a Virginia retirement community. As their friendship developed, they realized they had both served as spies.

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Washington Post

Lost in time: Virginia’s forgotten communities once thrived

Two women have found their own ways of preserving the histories of Virginia’s smallest forgotten towns, from opening a restaurant to publishing a book.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Nobel Peace Prize winner finds spiritual values in planting trees

Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, who founded the Green Belt Movement, says spiritual values are the key to healing ourselves and our environment.

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Christian Science Monitor

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An Afghan man holds a hand fan while sitting in a mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen / AP)

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