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In this 1992 file photo, Rodney King speaks to the press at a Los Angeles news conference. King, whose 1991 videotaped beating by L.A. police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in U.S. history, has died, his publicist said. (Photo by David Longstreath / AP)

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Fathers more involved in kids’ lives than before

Whether from within the home or outside it, by choice or by circumstance, men are reinventing what it means to be a dad.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Humble history of Father’s Day

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National Geographic

Drones, computers new weapons of US shadow wars

After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. It’s war in the shadows, with the U.S. public largely in the dark.

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Daily Herald

Rodney King, key figure in LA riots, found dead at 47

Rodney King, the motorist whose videotaped 1991 beating by white police officers helped spark the L.A. riots, was found dead in the swimming pool of his home in Rialto, Calif. He was 47.

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USA TODAY

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LA riots: how 1992 changed the police

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BBC

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LA riots: 20 years later

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Los Angeles Times

Pro-bailout party wins in Greece

Greece’s pro-European New Democracy party finished first in critical parliamentary elections, reassuring European partners that Greece will repay its debts.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Greek election may decide future in eurozone

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CBS News

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Economist

In Afghanistan, a mother bravely campaigns for president

Fawzia Koofi, the first female elected to Afghanistan’s Parliament, is campaigning for the presidency. The country’s presidential election is slated for 2014.

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CNN

NATION

Disabled veterans increasingly cheated by fund managers

They survived the Nazis, the Viet Cong and the Taliban. But hundreds of mentally disabled veterans suffered new wounds when the country they served put their checkbooks in the hands of scoundrels.

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San Francisco Chronicle

How the end of slavery led to starvation and death for millions of black Americans

In the brutal chaos that followed the Civil War, life after emancipation was harsh and often short. Hundreds of thousands of freed slaves died from disease and hunger after being liberated.

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Guardian

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The voices of slavery

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PBS

POLITICS

Race matters: why Gallup Poll finds less support for President Obama

With the presidential race shifting into high gear, politicians, journalists and the public are scrutinizing each new poll, with every small swing in one direction or another elevated to outsized importance.

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Huffington Post

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Obama’s battleground states with white voters

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MSNBC

Alaskan forest sparks battle over logging

Environmental advocates readied for battle in Congress over what they maintain is an erosion of protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, called the crown jewel of the U.S. forest system.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Solar boom in Japan creates $9.6B market

Japan is poised to overtake Germany and Italy to become the world’s second-biggest market for solar power as incentives drive sales for equipment makers.

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Bloomberg

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Rio+20 deal weakens on energy, water pledges

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BBC

Cropland prices sow fortune and worry

The agriculture industry is riding high, leading to a wave of expansion and driving up the cost of cropland. Ever-new record prices raise worries that the bubble is about to burst.

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Star Tribune

US drivers turn to smaller, better engines

Back when gas was cheap, Americans bought cars with V-8 engines and acceleration was all that mattered. Now, the motors that move the nation’s cars and trucks are shrinking.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

EDUCATION

Title IX’s 40th year: Has the playing field been evened?

This month marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX, federal legislation signed into law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. But it was years later before the wheels of equality were set in motion.

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Opportunities abounded for women after landmark Title IX legislation

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Desert Sun

Homeless man sues Valencia, Full Sail for free education

James Ross is suing Valencia College and Full Sail University under an obscure provision of Florida law that may permit free education.

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Orlando Sentinel

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

After 25 years, Blues Traveler gets by with a little help from its friends

Blues Traveler, which cracked pop music’s Top 10 charts in the 1990s, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a barnstorm tour of state fairs, summer music festivals, amphitheaters and pavilions.

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McClatchy Newspapers

When Chomsky wept

I had an unusual experience 42 years ago. I became friendly with a guy named Noam Chomsky. I came to know him as a human being before I was aware of his fame and impact.

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Salon

Who invented email? Ask Noam Chomsky

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Enterprise

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Southern Baptists poised to elect New Orleans pastor as 1st black president

The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. is poised to elect the first black president in its 167-year history, marking the group’s efforts to distance itself from its racist past and become more diverse.

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Guardian

Pope to Irish: child abuse by clergy a ‘mystery’ that shook faith

Pope Benedict XVI told Irish Catholics it is a mystery why priests and other clergy abused children entrusted in their care, undermining faith in the church in an “appalling” way.

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The secret gay agenda

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CNN

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We do not need more scientists — we need better ones

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Slate

Column (Elizabeth Mosier):

Making history, 1 word at a time

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (William Bradley):

The Enlightenment divides American politics

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The Blog

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Honey, I left the baby on the roof at the pub

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The Age

Column (Tom Horner):

Supreme Court won’t have last word on health reform

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Star Tribune

Compassionate immigration policy

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Denver Post

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An attack on women — and democracy

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Detroit Free Press

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GOOD NEWS

Elevate Detroit marks 5th year of feeding the homeless

At a street-corner park in Detroit’s Cass Corridor, about 20 volunteers gathered to mark their fifth year of hauling a grill into the neighborhood each weekend and sharing a meal with all who are hungry.

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Detroit Free Press

Mother cat takes bullet for her kittens

They say a mother would do anything for her children. For proof, look no further to Cindy, a mother cat in Sante Fe, Calif., who literally took a bullet for her kittens.

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Huffington Post

Scottish scientists discover super barley secret that could feed the world

Scottish scientists have made a world-first breakthrough that could help feed the world by developing a “next generation” barley seed which inherits disease-resistant qualities from its parent plant.

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Scotsman

WORLD

Egypt’s choice leaves voters out of sorts

Egyptians have voted in a presidential runoff that pits the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate against the last prime minister appointed by deposed president Hosni Mubarak.

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Al Jazeera

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Egyptians go to the polls

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Guardian

Syria: Homs ‘shelling intensifies’

The central Syrian city of Homs has reportedly come under heavy attack in recent days and some have warned that civilians are trapped without access to essential supplies.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic vegetation growing taller in response to warming

New research shows that recent years’ warming in the Arctic has caused local changes in vegetation. Most plants in the Arctic have grown taller, and the proportion of bare ground has decreased.

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Environmental News Network

California supporters struggle to buy time for endangered state parks

Supporters across the state are trying to find ways to keep 70 treasured natural and historic sites accessible to the public before their scheduled closure next month.

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McClatchy Newspapers

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study: dads happier than childless peers

Whether they stay at home with their kids or assume a more traditional fatherly role, new research hints that dads are an uber happy bunch.

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Huffington Post

Hit app heads for TV

They are often dismissed as time-wasting fads, but as one hit game is set to become a television show, there are signs that apps are coming of age.

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The Independent

HEALTH

Virus kills cancer by hitching a ride on blood cells

When a cancer-killing virus is injected in the bloodstream it hitches a ride on blood cells and evades attack from the immune system, allowing it to reach cancer tumors and start destroying cancer cells.

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Medical News Today

War on drugs moves to the pharmacy

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has beefed up its efforts to block the diversion of prescription drugs to the black market, using techniques such as wire taps and informants.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Furyk, McDowell lead US Open

If Tiger Woods is to win his 15th major championship, he will have to do something he hasn’t done in the previous 14 — come from behind.

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ESPN

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2012 US Open at Olympic Club

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Golf.com

Kevin Durant, LeBron James living up to Finals hype

Two of the league’s most exciting teams and the world’s two best basketball players have generated remarkable interest. Through the first two games, this is the most watched Finals ever.

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USA TODAY

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Coupon clipper amasses $1,400 donation for shelters

Kate Rachel has joined the coupon clipping craze — but her story has a twist. Instead of using coupons to reduce the cost of her groceries, Rachel, 31, is clipping and shopping for a cause.

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Chicago Sun-Times

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A Pakistani girl walks on a parched portion of the Rawal Lake on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Photo by Anjum Naveed / AP)

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