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Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson poses as he leaves New Scotland Yard in London. London’s police chief has quit over his links to a former News of the World editor caught up in the phone hacking scandal. (Photo by Sang Tan / AP)

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In Texas, jailbreaks are not always like the movies

Though a favorite plot device on television and in movies, jailbreaks are fairly rare, and at county lockups in Texas successful escapes are even rarer.

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The Texas Tribune

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Notorious prison escapes

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LIFE

Universities or visa mills?

A Bay Area News Group investigation has found that thousands of foreign students enrolled in schools in the U.S. are being lured by unaccredited universities that promise help getting a prized student visa.

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San Jose Mercury News

News Corp. scandal, police chief resigns

London police commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson abruptly resigned amid claims that Scotland Yard itself had been involved in the hacking scandal.

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TIME

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Brooks arrested in hacking scandal

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Reuters

Live updates — phone-hacking scandal

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(Guardian)

News Blog

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Rebekah Brooks in pictures

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Telegraph.co.uk

Changes to ocean expected to damage shellfish around world

Massive global greenhouse gas pollution is changing the chemistry of the world‘s oceans so much that scientists now predict it could severely damage shellfish populations and dependent nations.

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CNN

Japan wins Women’s World Cup

Japan has won the Women’s World Cup, stunning the United States 3-1 in a penalty shootout after coming from behind twice in a 2-2 tie.

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NBCSports

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US women’s World Cup team

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Sports Illustrated

NATION

Heat wave has plunged much of the US into a deep fryer

Fiery reds and oranges nearly covered the United States on meteorologist maps as a massive heat wave hit hard in much of the country in recent days.

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Reuters

‘Carmageddon’ curbed as 405 freeway reopens in LA

The event that many feared would be the “Carmageddon” of epic traffic jams cruised calmly toward a finish, with bridge work on the Los Angeles roadway completed 16 hours ahead of schedule.

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CBC News

POLITICS

Richard Cordray to lead CFPB

President Barack Obama has selected former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to lead the embattled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Politico

Obama pushes US debt deal, spurns Republican plan

While President Barack Obama publicly presses congressional leaders for a multi-trillion-dollar agreement in deficit-cutting talks he said we are “running out of time."

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Bloomberg

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Opposition to McConnell fallback plan grows among GOP senators

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The Hill

How debt ceiling could hit your finances

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BUSINESS

Number of college-affiliated credit card sign-ups drops

The number of credit cards issued through colleges and alumni associations declined 17 percent last year, according to a survey released by the Federal Reserve.

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USA TODAY

Retailers are not going to wait for their back-to-school boost

For retailers, it’s the second “most wonderful time of the year” next to the holiday shopping season. But analysts say low consumer confidence means spending this summer will probably be lackluster.

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NPR

EDUCATION

UC Berkeley asks incoming students to say more than ‘hello’

5,800 University of California, Berkeley freshmen and transfer students are asked to record their voices and accents, which will be mapped and compared to other students’ samples.

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Los Angeles Times

Fairly or not, spikes in test scores haunt some schools

Bucks County District: Get a proficient score or better on the 11th-grade PSSA exams, or face remedial instruction and a senior-year retest. Failing that, no diploma.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The great faith divide? Churches debate same-sex marriage

After same-sex marriage becomes legal, gay priests with partners in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island must head to the altar. Their bishop set a nine-month deadline for them to marry.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Vatican excommunicates Chinese bishop appointed by Beijing

The Vatican has excommunicated a Chinese bishop appointed without its authority while condemning the authorities for forcing four bishops loyal to Rome to attend his ordination.

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Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

Changing a city by promoting environmental initiatives

In booming cities, old industrial sites, railyards, shipyards and decommissioned military bases are frequently among the last large empty spaces ripe for infill.

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Grist

The extinct species back from the dead and causing mayhem

Centuries ago they roamed Britain freely until they were hunted to extinction. So a campaign to reintroduce species such as beavers, wolves and bears to the wild may seem like a just crusade.

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Guardian

SPORTS

Darren Clarke claims Open glory

So much for having his best days behind him, Darren Clarke became the oldest British Open golf champion since 1967 and sparked yet another party across Northern Ireland.

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NFL labor sides to meet in New York; deal apparently imminent

After four months of mostly posturing and suddenly motivated by potentially losing hundreds of millions in revenue from canceled preseason games, owners and players are in near agreement.

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USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (David Africa):

Nelson Mandela: From prisoner to president

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Al Jazeera

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US women’s soccer team converting men, too

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Detroit Free Press

Blog (Todd Gitlin):

Where have all the war protesters gone?

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(Salon)

War Room

Column (Marc Dion):

Real athletes use steroids

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Creators Syndicate

Frank Sinatra’s lesson in loyalty

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CNN

Blog (Patrick Wanis):

Casey Anthony and the challenge of forgiveness

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Belief Blog

Column (Sam Skolnic):

What our gambling problem is really costing us

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Salon

US should cut aid to Pakistan for its ‘War of Terror’ on women

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Graduates cleaning up trash nationwide hit St. Louis to help effort

In March 2010, four recent college graduates set out from Maryland on a cross-country walk aimed at increasing awareness about sustainable living.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Determine your true giving capacity

In 2010, Americans contributed about 2 percent to 3 percent of their net incomes to charitable causes. With government services shrinking and demands upon nonprofits rising, is this enough?

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Denver Post

Therapy dogs make the rounds in more health care settings

Dr. Jack is a therapy dog, just one class in the corps of canine health care “professionals” known as assistance dogs. And, like service dogs, therapy dogs are put to work more and more these days.

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WORLD

Islamic movement lets aid back into Somalia as UN delivers

The U.N. has begun delivering aid to areas of Somalia controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants — a testament to the severity of the drought devastating East Africa.

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Al Jazeera

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Somalia drought: UN delivers aid

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BBC

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Somalia famine: how you can help

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ABC News

Afghanistan: Bamiyan province handed to local forces

NATO has handed over control of the central Afghan province of Bamiyan to Afghan security forces.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The truth about Asian carp

Officials say the electric fence at the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is working for now to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.

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Detroit Free Press

Not all hybrids are a green bargain

Before you expect a hybrid to soften the blow to your gas budget consider new findings showing that many don’t save consumers as much money as they might expect.

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MSNBC

NASA spacecraft enters orbit around asteroid Vesta: a space first

An unmanned NASA probe made history 117 million miles from Earth when it arrived at the huge asteroid Vesta, making it the first spacecraft ever to orbit an object in the solar system’s asteroid belt.

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Scientific American

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Confirmed! Dawn is orbiting asteroid Vesta

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HEALTH

Falls linked to early Alzheimer’s disease

Older people whose brain scans showed signs of amyloid — an early indicator of Alzheimer‘s disease — but who were otherwise healthy, had twice the risk of falls as people without it, found a study.

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USA TODAY

Special section:

Alzheimer’s disease

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WebMD

Binge drinking damages teenage girls‘ brains more than boys’

Teenage girls who binge-drink have a higher risk of long-term harm to the brain compared to boys of the same age, researchers reported.

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Medical News Today

Scientists find ‘better way’ to grow adult stem cells

A new plastic surface which overcomes the difficulties associated with growing adult stem cells has been developed, according to scientists.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Harry Potter takes down Batman with $168.6M weekend at box office

The boy wizard has vanquished the dark knight and a band of pirates with a record-setting magic act at both the domestic and international box office.

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CNBC

Making cutting-edge animation on a homestead ranch

With the help of friends, Isaiah Saxon has transformed land in Aptos, Calif. into a space where they build their own houses, grow organic vegetables and even produce digital animation.

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Raising hope in Sudan by boosting crops and women’s rights

As Sudan heads toward independence, Driuni Jakani started his own community-based organization. Their mission is threefold: to support peace, agriculture and gender equality.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Children play at a fountain in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong / AP)

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