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Artist Rob Longley, a summer resident in Provincetown, Mass., for 36 years, uses a pallet knife to apply paint to a canvas on the street, in Provincetown, Mass., during the summer art colony in the small town at the far tip of Cape Cod. (Photo by Steven Senne / AP)

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Provincetown art colony: Light, water and art meet

Summer art colonies are permissive places where artists can let down their hair, paint or write with less worry about critics, and socialize with like-minded people; however, not in Provincetown, Mass.

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Christian Science Monitor

AMR splits record order between Airbus, Boeing in deal

American Airlines’ parent AMR Corp. (AMR) is counting on savings from 460 new, fuel-efficient jets and $13 billion in planemaker financing as the third-largest U.S. carrier struggles with losses.

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Bloomberg

Fuel efficiency drives American Airlines

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Autopia

US debt downgrade may now be inevitable

As the stalemate over debt talks dragged on, Congress and the White House may have passed the point of no return in avoiding a U.S. government debt downgrade.

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MSNBC

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The debt ceiling explained

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Reuters

Heat wave moves toward Northeast

A blistering, eastern-moving band of heat hovering over the Plains and southern U.S. has killed two dozen people, and forecasters expect it to scorch the Northeast.

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National WeatherService

TSA making body scans less intimate

In a move to address privacy concerns, the Transportation Security Administration will eliminate passenger-specific images from its body scans, the agency announced.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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New technology will enhance privacy on body scanners, TSA says

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NATION

First lady has teams up with grocers nationwide to highlight nutritious foods

A collection of retail heavyweights will join first lady Michelle Obama’s campaign to bring fresh fruits, vegetables and other nutritious foods to the USA’s “food deserts.”

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USA TODAY

Alabama is still collecting tax for Confederate vets

The last of over 60,000 Confederate veterans who returned to Alabama after the Civil War died generations ago, yet residents are still paying a tax that supported them.

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Number of people arrested reaches 14 in hacking operation

The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI said 14 people have been arrested as part of an ongoing operation targeting the notorious hacking collective known as Anonymous.

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CNN

POLITICS

Minnesota is now set to end 19-day government shutdown

The Minnesota legislature approved the last of a dozen bills in a special session needed to complete a budget deal and end a state government shutdown now nearly three weeks old.

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MSNBC

GOP candidates debate on Twitter: What could they say in 140 characters?

The first-ever presidential Twitter debate unfurled in rapid-fire style with six Republican candidates proving they can “talk 2 u” in abbreviations almost as well as a text-savvy teen.

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Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Small business program misses the mark

In much of the country, small businesses are sitting on their hands, nervous about the future, and uninterested in taking on more debt.

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CNNMoney

Investors pay big for dot-com stocks

Just 11 years after the dot-com bust, one of the biggest periods of wealth destruction ever on Wall Street, investors are paying rich prices for newly minted Internet stocks again.

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USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Ireland denounces Vatican role in abuse cover-ups

The Vatican encouraged Catholic bishops not to tell police about suspected pedophile priests and flouted Irish law, according to Ireland’s lawmakers.

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Idaho Statesman

In Kentucky’s governor’s race, religion isn’t an issue

All three campaigns for Kentucky’s governor and lieutenant governor say none should try to make an issue of any opponent’s religious affiliation.

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McClatchy Newspapers

EDUCATION

Generational knowledge

The panel held at the annual gathering of the Institute for Computer Policy and Law (ICPL), Cornell University, aimed to bridge the generational gap between students and college officials regarding social media.

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Inside Higher Ed

Teachers union sues to block effort to spend tax money on religious groups

A proposed constitutional amendment that aims to end a century-old state ban on aid to religious institutions was challenged in court by Florida’s teachers union and several religious leaders.

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Orlando Sentinel

ENVIRONMENT

Climate bill mounts as the dash for gas speeds up

The accelerating dash for natural gas risks a bitter backlash as the environmental cost of exploiting new shale deposits and of transporting it in liquid form spoil its credentials as the greenest fossil fuel.

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Reuters

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After-effects of climate bill’s failure

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National Journal

Kenyan president burns ivory to highlight poaching deaths

Kenya’s president has set fire to more than five tons of elephant ivory worth $16 million to draw attention to poaching deaths.

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Guardian

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Pittsburgh zoo helps rescue 3 African elephants

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Saving the elephant

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GOOD NEWS

Pittsburgh medical institute received a $67M grant to expand its work

A University of Pittsburgh institute has received a $67.3 million grant from the National Institute of Health to expand its work over the next five years.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Report: Women should get free prescription birth control

A new report for the U.S. government recommends that women receive free prescription birth control as part of services under the Affordable Care Act.

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Medical News Today

Bahamas bans commercial shark fishing

Marine conservationists across the world have expressed their approval following a decision by the government of the Bahamas to prohibit commercial shark fishing in the nation’s waters.

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WORLD

UK’s PM takes heat over links to hacking

Prime Minister David Cameron emphatically denied claims that his staff tried to stop an inquiry into phone hacking and police bribery at the News of the World.

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CBS News

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Guardian

Japan’s nuclear crisis: Fukushima plant stability in sight?

Even as Japan’s embattled prime minister urged Japan to phase out nuclear power, engineers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant had reason for cautious optimism.

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Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Computers understand hand-waving descriptions from gestures

A system called Data Miming can recognize objects from gestures without the user having to memorize a “vocabulary” of movements.

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Michigan astronauts: US lost in space

While private industry races to fill the void, the U.S. will pay Russia to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

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Detroit News

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So you want to be an astronaut

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NPR

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Hubble telescope ‘time machine?’

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SPACE.com

HEALTH

Obesity rate 30 percent in 12 US states

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who base their information on a 2010 survey, say 12 states now have obesity rates of 30 percent and higher.

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Medical News Today

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Best and worst appetizers for you

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WebMD

Many restaurant calorie counts are not always accurate

About 20 percent of meals tested by scientists pack at least 100 more calories than indicated on the menu, a study finds. Some foods are off by as much as 225 calories.

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Los Angeles Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

San Diego Comic-Con kicks off with fans, flicks and costumes

Comic-Con is a the pop-culture convention which annually draws thousands of costumed fans to San Diego.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Larry David talks about dating post-divorce, ‘Seinfeld’ and wealth

In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Larry David says he’s not usually an easy profile subject: “There’s nothing that reflects me,” he says. “I’m unreflectable!”

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America’s attack on lemonade stands

If lemonade stands are symbols of the American dream, and if lemonade stands are under attack in the U.S., then the American dream is under attack.

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NPR

SPORTS

Source: No NCAA plans for fraud inquiry

The NCAA has no intention at present of opening a formal probe into whether a number of high-profile basketball and football coaches and other NCAA officials were defrauded.

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ESPN

Yao tells packed press conference in Shanghai he is retiring from NBA

The NBA’s version of the Ming Dynasty is done. After helping pro basketball gain a foothold in the world’s most populous market, Chinese star Yao Ming has retired.

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Sports Illustrated

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Study vindicates 30-year-old UCSF fetal spine surgery

Thirty years after UCSF doctors performed the world’s first fetal surgery, researchers have the first hard evidence that the surgery works and that the benefits to newborns can outweigh the risks to moms.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Italy’s Linda Cerruti competes at the FINA 2011 Swimming World Championships in Shanghai. (Photo by Wong Maye-E / AP)

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