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Farmer Aries Haygood pulls out a freshly planted onion whose roots aren’t grabbing hold because the powdery soil is too dry on the farm in Lyons, Ga. Farmers across the U.S. are contending with the damaging effects caused by a drought. (Photo by David Goldman / AP)

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The cost of mental health programs for soldiers is high

A 4-year-old Pentagon effort to improve psychological health services across the military is spending tens of millions without providing a clear picture of how the money is used, according to a new report.

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The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Women veterans’ health issues get attention

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Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Army on brink of new ways to fight pain

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Marine Corps Times

Social networks: thinking of the children

As more and more children under 13 are logging onto social networking sites, parents are faced with the challenge of finding ways to make the digital world a safe place for their children.

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NPR

Drought in 14 states can mean disaster

The pain has spread across 14 states, from Florida, where severe water restrictions are in place, to Arizona, where ranchers are forced to sell off entire herds of cattle because they can’t feed them.

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5 worst heat waves of past 30 years

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Christian Science Monitor

Dangerously dry weather

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US Embassy stormed in Damascus

Supporters of the Syrian government pelted the U.S. Embassy with rocks and smashed windows a day after the U.S. ambassador delivered a rebuke to the Syrian government on Facebook.

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Washington Post

Syria’s failure to protect US Embassy

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The Two-Way

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Syrian opposition figure triggers debate

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Al Jazeera

Why Republicans are fighting to save the 30-cent light bulb

House Republicans are attempting to repeal energy-efficiency standards that would phase out the least efficient, and least expensive, incandescent light bulbs.

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Raging wildfires: Climate changes to blame for record season?

Many scientists suggest that climate changes could be causing certain kinds of wildfires for which the West’s forests are not well adapted.

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Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Your risk for wildfires

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The Weather Channel

Phone hacking targeted 9/11 victims?

More allegations surfaced in the News of the World phone hacking scandal, including a report that a former New York City police officer was contacted to provide private phone data of 9/11 victims.

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CBC News

POLITICS

Bipartisan debt ceiling talks to resume

As the deadline for Congress to raise the debt ceiling creeps steadily closer, a deal to cut the size of government in exchange for raising that debt limit seems as far away as ever.

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NPR

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Debt debate timeline

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Reuters

The presidential planner: another day, another deficit meeting

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ABC News

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Presidential news conference

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CBS News

Poll: A pox on both your houses

The latest opinion poll conducted indicated that a majority of voters believe both parties are motivated more by their search for partisan advantage than a desire to enact good policy.

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The Hill

BUSINESS

The ‘snicker factor’ aside, hemp is serious business outside US

American farmers are prohibited from growing hemp. That leaves farmers in Canada — where it’s been a legal crop since 1998 — free to tap the growing U.S. interest in hemp-based products.

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Globeandmail.com

Want a free credit score? Get rejected

Starting later this month, lenders and creditors who deny an application for a loan or credit card will be required to disclose the credit score and other decision factors.

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CNNMoney

HEALTH

A lack of education fuels HIV epidemic in the South

Many people regarded HIV/AIDS as chiefly a problem of gay enclaves in big cities. But a new county-level map of HIV infection data shows how HIV also has become entrenched in America’s heartland.

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USA TODAY

Dengue fever cut in the Philippines

A trap that uses an extract from black pepper to kill mosquito eggs and larvae has dramatically cut rates of dengue fever in areas of the Philippines where it has been tested, say its developers.

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Science and Development Network

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Archdiocese moves to teach workers how to report child sexual abuse

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has launched a program to teach employees and church volunteers about Pennsylvania’s child-protection laws.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

American Jew refused entry to Israel on suspicion of converting to Islam

Two years after participating in a Taglit-Birthright tour, Harald Fuller-Bennett was denied entry into Israel. The Shin Bet claimed he had links to terrorists and suspected him of no longer being Jewish.

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Haaretz

SPORTS

Ryu captures US Women’s Open

Fighting her way into a tie at the end of 72 holes and then shutting the door on her rival, South Korean So Yeon Ryu won the U.S. Women’s Open, defeating Hee Kyung Seo by three shots in a three-hole playoff.

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Golf.com

Baseball game travels back to 1860s

The Ohio Village Muffins — a team sponsored by the Ohio Historical Society and made up of history buffs and baseball lovers — has been teaching people about baseball heritage since 1981.

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Columbus Dispatch

Little time for US women’s soccer team to recover before facing France

The U.S. women have their quickest turnaround yet at the World Cup, with just two days to prepare for their semifinal against France after the physically and emotionally draining epic against Brazil.

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Times Union

Columns And Op-Ed

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Physician, heal the system

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Scientific American

Column (Ehab Kotb):

Revolution leaving much of Egypt behind

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McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Jim Litke):

If US can’t love soccer after this, it never will

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Cartoons of the day

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USA TODAY

Blog (Bill Mayville):

Agency finds guest workers for jobs Americans won’t do

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Opinion Blog

Video (Scott Steinberg):

Internet service providers vs. music and movie pirates: Who wins?

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Column (E.J. Dionne):

America’s obsession with the death penalty strains nation’s morals

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Blog (Anne Applebaum):

A very British scandal

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Foreigners (Slate)

Column (Mitch Albom):

The final frontier will have to wait

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Detroit Free Press

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GOOD NEWS

Donations to Missouri charities above national average in 2010

Key nonprofit organizations in mid-Missouri have bucked national trends recently in charitable donations.

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Columbia Missourian

Once endangered, eagle population soaring in Mich., US

Since they were removed from the endangered species list, bald eagles have flourished in Michigan and across the United States. In fact, their population surge has happened almost too quickly.

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Detroit News

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What caused the decline of the bald eagle population in North America?

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Discovery Channel

Childhood tumor patients ride for charity

Ten children who survived brain tumors sat in side cars in Overland Park, Kansas, as about 200 motorcyclists rode near the town to raise money for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.

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Kansas City Star

WORLD

UN has declared Somalia the ‘worst humanitarian disaster’

The head of the United Nations refugee agency has described the situation in drought-hit Somalia as the “worst humanitarian disaster” in the world.

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Al Jazeera

Africa drought rips families apart, brings strangers together

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World Blog

Pakistan holds doctor who tried to collect bin Laden DNA

Pakistani authorities have jailed a doctor who helped the CIA by creating an elaborate plot to get DNA samples of Osama bin Laden’s family.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Volga river boat sinking: Rescuers give up hope of finding more survivors

Divers searching the wreck of a Russian Volga river boat reportedly saw more than one hundred corpses trapped inside the pleasure craft when they recovered eight bodies.

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Guardian

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Divers search for bodies from sunken Russian tourist boat

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Telegraph.co.uk

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA astronauts trial urine sports drink

The crew of Atlantis, the final mission of the U.S. space shuttle program, are testing a urine recycling system developed by NASA that is capable of turning astronauts’ pee into a tasty sports drink.

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The Age

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NASA’s next target: this asteroid

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CNN

‘Humanized’ mice to aid drug testing

MIT researchers have developed an artificial liver that can be transplanted into mice, allowing them to metabolize drugs as if they were human beings. This could foster more accurate drug testing.

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LiveScience

EDUCATION

Wikipedia aims higher

The United States’ foremost custodian of public records had advice for professors whose colleagues still turn up their noses at Wikipedia.

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Inside Higher Ed

Higher folic acid levels in teens tied to academic success

Teens who have high levels of folic acid appear to do better in school than those with lower levels, Swedish researchers say.

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HealthDay

ENVIRONMENT

A year later, Gulf Coast still coming to terms with oil spill

The Gulf Coast is on the rebound a year after the BP oil spill wreaked havoc on the economy, environment and psyche. Yet the relief felt a year ago is tempered by anxiety over the future.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Green star over China

China gets ridiculed by the West for its environmental record, and much of that criticism is well-deserved. But when it comes to high-speed rail, China can look down its nose at everyone else.

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Earth Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Do cities drive us crazy?

Studies have shown that you are more likely to suffer from mental illness if you live in a city, but scientists can’t agree on why.

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Grist

Long-married boomers cutting the knot

A quarter of all divorces are by couples wed 20 years or more. Experts say the growing number of “gray divorces” often end more with a whimper than a bang.

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Star Tribune

‘Mamma’: Sino the times?

It’s the first time a major contempo tuner like “Mamma Mia!” has been staged by a local company in a new Chinese-language translation under the direction of the same team that put on the musical in London.

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Variety

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

At an end-of-the-line prison, an unlikely escape through Vipassana

Deep in the Bible Belt, an ancient Eastern practice is taking root in the unlikeliest of places: Alabama’s highest-security prison.

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NPR

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A vendor selling masks crafted from wood looks from his shop window in Katmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha / AP)

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