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Abdihakin Omar, 3, a malnourished child from southern Somalia, sits in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. Somalia’s 20-year-old civil war is partly to blame for turning the drought in the Horn of Africa into a famine. (Photo by Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP)

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For some same-sex couples, fight goes on to marry

While many same-sex couples in New York plan to tie the knot, there are still those who will not be able to benefit from the state’s new marriage law.

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MSNBC

Foreign nations push into space

As NASA retreats from an ambitious human spaceflight program for the foreseeable future, foreign countries are moving ahead with their own multibillion-dollar plans to go into space.

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Los Angeles Times

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Economic impact of final US shuttle mission

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Al Jazeera

Somali rebels ban UN food agency

Islamist rebels in Somalia — who control the parts of the country where famine was declared this week — have said that aid agencies they expelled from those areas last year cannot return.

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Reuters

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East Africa hunger crisis

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BBC

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UN to airlift food to famine-hit Somalia

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Guardian

Report: US is prepping subpoenas for News Corp.

The Justice Department is readying subpoenas as part of a probe into allegations that News Corp. attempted to hack into phones of Sept. 11 victims.

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Wall Street Journal

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Breaking cell phone security codes easy

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ABC News

Special section:

Hacking scandal updates

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Telegraph.co.uk

Cyber threat will force Pentagon to buy computers faster and change culture

The Pentagon appears to be gearing up for a cyber war, purchasing new computers with the speed and efficiency that would make Google proud.

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ABC News

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Hackers might not be so anonymous

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

States have cut programs that help the poor cool their homes

Many states hit hardest by heat wave have drastically cut or entirely eliminated programs that help poor people pay their electric bills, forcing thousands to go without air conditioning.

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Columbia Missourian

Will America’s genius for invention endure and survive the recession?

A record number of new inventions are expected to be processed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2011, in spite of concerns that funding for scientific research has slowed due to the recession.

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BBC

POLITICS

Michigan lawmakers attack White House’s 56 mpg proposal

Michigan lawmakers sent a scathing letter to President Barack Obama directly criticizing the 56 mpg fuel economy target by 2025 the White House wants.

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Detroit Free Press

US debt talks begin critical phase

Efforts to avoid an unprecedented U.S. default enter crunch time, with President Barack Obama and top lawmakers engaged in a sometimes chaotic drive to strike a sweeping deficit-reduction deal.

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Reuters

From the frying pan and into the fire on the debt debate

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(ABC News)

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BUSINESS

Government’s sale of Chrysler stake to Fiat is now closed

The government’s shares amounted to 6 percent of Chrysler. The closing means Fiat now has achieved its long-awaited goal of becoming the majority owner in the Auburn Hills automaker.

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Detroit Free Press

Issa blasts Treasury’s exit from Chrysler

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(The Hill)

On The Money

Microsoft net rises 30 percent despite Windows decline

Microsoft Corp. posted a 30 percent gain in quarterly profit despite a slight decline in sales of Windows operating-system software, thanks to increased demand for its business technology and X-Box.

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MarketWatch

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Irish political classes lose their fear of the Catholic church

In Ireland the political classes have also lost their fear, namely of the once almighty Roman Catholic church.

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Guardian

China-sponsored Catholic Church makes plans to ordain more bishops

China’s state-backed Catholic Church has said that it plans to ordain more bishops. This is a move that could further inflame tensions between the Roman Catholic Church and Beijing.

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Reuters

EDUCATION

6 IPS schools one step closer to takeover by state

Six Indianapolis Public Schools stepped toward becoming the first schools in Indiana to be taken over by the state for poor performance and turned over to be run by private companies or nonprofits.

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Indianapolis Star

Why a good teacher decided to quit

This is Linda DeRegnaucourt’s last summer off from teaching at her Florida school. When school starts in August, it will be her last year to think about high school classes, advanced placement tests and calculus.

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CNN

Memphis, Tenn. schools’ opening delayed in budget fight

The Memphis mayor’s announcement that the city won’t be able to immediately pay $55 million in budgeted money has intensified a long-running funding fight and delayed the start of classes.

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Forests’ clean-air role is much bigger than anyone knew

A paper recently published by two Newtown Square foresters and an international cadre of colleagues has upped the importance of forests considerably.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Heat wave: Is the power grid able to handle it?

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Christian Science Monitor

The origins of the heat index and why it’s important in weather forecasting

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(Washington Post)

Capital Weather Gang

Stubborn heat wave has taken over most of the US

The heat wave that has gripped two-thirds of the nation continued with triple-digit temperatures scorching parts of the Midwest and East coast.

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CBS News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (J.R. Labbe):

Space program possible because of Americans who risk it all

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McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Chuck Raasch):

What the government shutdown took from Minnesotans

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USA TODAY

Column (Daniel J. Popeo):

Why government can’t cure what ails us

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Washington Examiner

Blog (Dave Niose):

As religion fades, will Atheism be enough?

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(Psychology Today)

Our Humanity, Naturally

Column (John B. Judis):

Amazon.com: Terrible corporate citizen

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The New Republic

Column (Issac Bailey):

Our Founding Fathers were men, not gods

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McClatchy Newspapers

Blog (Helienne Lindvall):

Behind the music: Should the music industry put digital first?

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(Guardian)

Music Blog

Column (Dan Murphy):

Gadhafi could step down and stay? That’s not going to happen

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Surviving after a double-lung transplant: ‘Life is good’

Howell Graham underwent a risky operation — in 1990, he had a double lung transplant. And today, Howell, 49, is one of the longest-surviving recipients of that type of surgery.

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NPR

Nation reaches out to Texas kids orphaned in crash

A collision on a remote stretch of a West Texas highway that orphaned three children has galvanized responses from nationwide as people send comforting words and raise money for the children.

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Flying hospitals speed up the return of injured troops

Critical care flights are part of a big evolution in getting wounded troops back to the U.S. This process, which took about three weeks during the Vietnam war, can now take as little as three days.

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Marine Corps Times

WORLD

Majority of US Jews support Mideast peace plan based on 1967 borders

A recent poll shows just over half of American Jews support a peace plan based on Isreal’s 1967 borders.

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Haaretz

Amnesty International: Saudi terror law ‘would strangle protest’

A secret new anti-terror law being drawn up by the Saudi authorities would “strangle peaceful protest,” Amnesty International has said.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Think you’ve opted out online? Better think again

A new study has found many online advertising companies continue to follow people’s Web activity even after users have opted out of tracking.

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San Jose Mercury News

America’s soybean king: Can Kip Cullers solve world hunger?

Kip Cullers barely made it through high school — his words — and never took biology or chemistry. But he’s become arguably the globe’s leading authority on soybean genetics.

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TIME

The art of eye making

Christie Erickson is an ocularist, or trained technician who makes prosthetic eyes. While some call it a skill, Erickson says recreating “emotions” in a person’s eye is an art.

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CNN

HEALTH

Exercising good judgment during the massive heat wave

Experts strongly recommend that most people move their workouts indoors, although elite and endurance athletes can survive exercising in conditions more suited for a sauna.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Male infertility often caused when female immune system kills sperm

A common gene mutation that causes sperm to fall prey to the female immune system on its journey to the egg may be the main reason for infertility in men worldwide, a study suggests.

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Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Piano prodigy shows off his grown-up talent with Hilton gig

Ethan Bortnick is too young to attend a lot of shows, but he’s old enough to headline one. The 10-year-old piano prodigy will play a two-night set at the Hilton.

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A Tribe Called Quest: the rise and fall of a legendary group

Pioneering hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest hit the right musical balance starting in 1990, releasing three albums widely acknowledged by hip-hop fans to be among the best ever.

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NPR

Lucian Freud’s life and work

Lucian Freud, a towering and uncompromising figure in the art world for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 88.

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Toronto Star

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The works of Lucian Freud

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Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

NFL owners vote 31-0 to approve 10-year labor deal, await players’ action

NFL owners approved a 10-year labor agreement that will allow the U.S.’s richest and most watched sports league to reopen for business after a four-month shutdown.

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Bloomberg

Lincecum loses matchup of aces as LA wins 1-0

Major-league records are easy to check. A few taps of the keyboard revealed that Tim Lincecum had not lost a 1-0 game in the majors before the Dodgers got him.

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San Francisco Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Wake Forest University baseball coach donates a kidney to player

Coach Tom Walter donated one of his kidneys to Kevin Jordan, a Wake Forest outfielder talented enough to be drafted by the Yankees last year, but sick enough to wonder if he would ever play again.

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Horses exercise on a walking machine in in Shakopee, Minn. (Photo by Genevieve Ross / AP)

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