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Attorney Eric Larson, left, and Kelly Jameson of the St Paul Port Authority listen to a question as they petition to dredge the port so that shipping can continue in lieu of a govenrment shutdown in Minnesota. (Photo by Richard Sennott / AP)

US quietly halts youth exchange scholarship for Afghan students

One program brought hundreds of Afghan high school students to small communities in the U.S. beginning in 2004. But this year, the U.S. has quietly suspended the popular youth exchange.

NPR

US border cities prove havens from Mexico’s drug violence

The picture painted of America’s southwestern border portrays drug violence decimating northern Mexico and spilling onto U.S. soil. But a study finds a decrease in violent crime along the border.

USA TODAY

Mexican authorities find marijuana plantation

CNN

Deal reached to end Minnesota shutdown

The Minnesota legislature’s two Republican leaders emerged with Gov. Mark Dayton after a three-hour meeting to announce that they’ve reached a framework to resolve the 14-day impasse.

Politico

Minnesota governor proposes end to shutdown – but will Republicans bite?

Christian Science Monitor

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Dayton, GOP leaders have reached a deal to end government shutdown

(Star Tribune)

Hot Dish Politics

News Corp. executive resigns amid phone-hacking scandal

Rebekah Brooks resigned as chief executive of News Corp.’s British newspaper unit, yielding to political and investor pressure over a phone hacking scandal undermining a media empire.

MSNBC

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Live coverage of phone-hacking scandal

(Guardian)

News Blog

Commercial planes collided with each other in Boston

Authorities are investigating the collision of two commercial passenger aircraft on a runway at Boston’s Logan International Airport. One minor injury was reported.

ABC News

NATION

California becomes 1st state to mandate gay history in curriculum

California became the first state to require that school districts include in their social studies lessons the contributions of lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender people.

Christian Science Monitor

LA freeway closes, businesses look to cash in on ‘Carmageddon’

Business owners touted promotions aimed at cashing in on the upcoming closure of part of heavily traveled Interstate 405.

USA TODAY

Carmaggedon: LA braces for I-405 closing

ABC News

Keepin’ it cool: How the air conditioner made modern America

We think of air conditioners as a machine that cools the air around us. But this machine hasn’t just cooled our rooms — it’s changed where we live and what our houses look like.

The Atlantic

POLITICS

A user’s guide to the budget battles

Budget battles involving Republicans, Democrats and President Obama have become so frequent that they may sound like one big shouting match. But there actually are three separate debates.

NPR

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Debt ceiling debacle: Who gets paid first?

(CBS News)

Long View

Standard & Poor’s sees a 50 percent chance of downgrade for US credit rating

Standard & Poor’s says there’s a 50 percent chance it will downgrade the credit rating for U.S. debt in the next 90 days.

(The Hill)

On the Money

BUSINESS

America’s fastest growing millionaire cities spread across the nation

While Silicon Valley basks in the golden glow of the wealth spotlight, Houston, Texas, is quietly minting new millionaires more quietly, but also at a fast pace.

Forbes

Google shares jump 10 percent after blowout earnings report

Google shares jumped after-hours after the search giant delivered a blowout quarter, beating on both earnings and revenue.

CNBC

Foreclosure delays are likely to hold off housing rebound

Foreclosure delays are likely to bring reprieves to financially troubled homeowners, but they threaten to further postpone the U.S. housing market’s recovery, a new report shows.

USA TODAY

Foreclosures plunge in first half of 2011

CNNMoney

EDUCATION

Feeding kids when parents, schools can’t

For many, summer means vacation, sports or time to relax, but not for millions of kids living in poverty in the United States. There are few camps or beach trips for them, and sometimes not even three meals a day.

CNN

Principals’ job reviews getting a different fresh look

Highly effective principals are mentioned in the same breath with good teachers as an essential ingredient for improving schools.

Education Week

How the recession re-sorted freshmen

A new study largely confirms what anecdotal reports had anticipated about national college enrollment patterns during the economic downturn.

Inside Higher Ed

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Atheists: Texas prayer day harmful

A group of atheists and agnostics filed a federal lawsuit to stop an evangelical Christian prayer event, which is endorsed by Texas’ governor.

USA TODAY

Religious community publicly backs embattled Sr. Elizabeth Johnson

The U.S. federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph publicly backed embattled member Elizabeth Johnson whose book “Quest for the Living God” was criticized by the U.S. bishops’ conference doctrine committee.

National Catholic Reporter

SPORTS

TNT makes Shaquille O’Neal hiring official

Shaquille O’Neal, recently retired from the NBA, has signed a multi-year deal to join TNT’s NBA broadcast crew, Turner Sports.

Sporting News

Judge declares mistrial in Roger Clemens steroids case

The judge declared a mistrial in baseball star Roger Clemens’ perjury trial after prosecutors showed jurors evidence that he had ruled would be out of bounds.

San Jose Mercury News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Andrew Leonard):

Eric Cantor: The most dangerous whiner in America

(Salon)

How the World Works

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Why are credit ratings so inflated?

Slate

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Obama administration labor rule changes unfair to employers

Detroit News

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Political wizardry

Christian Science Monitor

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Obama losing patience as Republicans panic

Creators Syndicate

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Protecting land and water

Salt Lake Tribune

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The new Harry Potter movie and Rupert Murdoch

Detroit Free Press

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It’s all in the mind

(Earth Times)

Green Opinions

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GOOD NEWS

Scientists have discovered lost toad in Malaysian jungle

Scientists have rediscovered a spindly-legged toad species almost 90 years after it was last sighted in Malaysia’s Borneo jungle, an environmental group said.

Yahoo! News

Daily pill can prevent HIV infection

Groundbreaking studies suggest tablets could help partners of people with HIV protect themselves — secretly, if necessary.

Guardian

Afghanistan home to healthy population of snow leopards

Good news from the Wildlife Conservation Society which has reported that a healthy population of snow leopards have been discovered living in the mountainous regions of Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor.

PlanetSave.com

WORLD

Afghan civilian deaths rise, Apache helicopters to blame

The United Nations reported the war “brought increasingly grim impacts and a bleak outlook for Afghan civilians.”

PBS

As US wars are winding down, drones are gaining new prominence

Reuters

South Sudan admitted to United Nations as 193rd member

The General Assembly admitted South Sudan as the 193rd member of the United Nations, sealing the new African country’s independence after decades of conflict.

Reuters

South Sudan gains UN membership

Al Jazeera

Israelis, Palestinians to march in support of Palestinian independence

Organizers say thousands expected to take part in “March for Independence,” the first such Jewish-Arab event to occur in 20 years.

Haaretz

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Soft memory device opens door to new biocompatible electronics

Researchers from North Carolina State University developed a soft memory device that functions well in wet environments, opening the door to a new generation of biocompatible electronics.

ScienceDaily

Happy birthday, Neptune — 165 years in the making

For Neptune, discovered in 1846, a single orbit takes a bit less than 165 Earth years — and the planet has now completed exactly one of those Neptunian years since it was first spotted.

TIME

One Neptune orbit of the sun, 165 years of Earth history

SPACE.com

HEALTH

42 percent of people will get cancer says leading UK health charity

Forty-two percent of people in the U.K. will get cancer, says a leading U.K. health charity that also concludes while people are living longer with cancer, they are not necessarily living well.

Medical News Today

Chemicals found in household products linked to thyroid hormone disruption

Phthalates and Bisphenol A (BPA) are chemicals that are commonly found in household products and being common in places that people live and eat, they will eventually make their way into the body.

Environmental News Network

ENVIRONMENT

On thin ice

The Arctic is warming so fast that by 2050 it may be largely ice free in summer. Without their frozen hunting platform, how will polar bears survive?

National Geographic

Lost landscape discovered off the Scottish coast

Geologists have discovered a vast new landscape that rose above the north Atlantic waves about 56 million years ago.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Ancient Egypt’s embalmed animals are coming back in favor

Egypt’s animal mummies are getting serious attention from Egyptologists. The Brooklyn Museum plans to mount a new exhibit of its collection.

Jerusalem Post

Spotify launches in the US, how to get it

As promised, online music service Spotify is officially launching in the U.S. with two paid options in addition to an invite-only free version.

PC Mag

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