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This photo shows the Fontenelle Fire burning in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyo. U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Mary Cernicek said the Fontenelle Fire — the first major wildfire of the season in western Wyoming — grew from about 300 acres to 2,000 acres in one day due to strong winds. (Photo by U.S. Forest Service / AP)

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Changing American values

Americans say they are more open-minded than their parents. Among the issues that rate more morally acceptable now than a decade ago: homosexuality, human cloning and having a child out of wedlock.

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The Atlantic

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Belief in hell helps keep society safe

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LiveScience

BCS gets boot in favor of 4-team playoff

The best way to determine a major college football champion seemed obvious to many for so long. Just have a playoff. Now the people in charge of making that decision are on board, too.

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Houston Chronicle

‘Monster’ Colorado fire doubles in size

After jumping fire lines, the towering blaze has now burned 24 square miles and an undetermined number of homes, and a forecast for thunderstorms could mean unpredictable winds.

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Msnbc.com

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Obama to visit Colorado to review damage following wildfire

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USA TODAY

Atkins diets may increase risk of heart disease, study shows

Ever try the Atkins diet? Diets low in carbohydrates and high in proteins may increase the risk of heart disease, according to a new study published in the journal BMJ.

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ABC News

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Cardiovascular risk with Atkins-style diets

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ScienceDaily

Elizabeth shakes hands with IRA chief, continues peace process

Queen Elizabeth’s meeting Martin McGuiness, the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, comes 14 years after the Irish Republican Army ended its war against British rule.

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Reuters

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The Northern Ireland peace process

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BBC

NATION

Debby aftermath: flooded homes, busted roads and lots of cleaning up

Tropical Depression Debby still poses a flooding and tornado threat as it heads toward the Atlantic, but some Florida communities have started the long process of drying out and cleaning up.

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Msnbc.com

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Debby’s destructive wake

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The Weather Channel

Texas might become the next immigration law battleground

In a state where lawmakers have proposed requiring presidential candidates to prove their citizenship, state lawmakers are eager to propose new immigration-related bills.

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McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Speaker Boehner says contempt vote on Holder will proceed

A vote on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents involving the failed Fast and Furious weapons operation will proceed, Speaker John Boehner says.

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CNN

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Why NRA wants Congress to vote Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt

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Christian Science Monitor

Provision of Arizona law upheld by Supreme Court leads to confusion, anxiety

Across Arizona, the law’s “show me your papers” provision has created confusion and anxiety and moved Latinos to ask an overriding question: Will we be singled out because of how we look?

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EDUCATION

For-profit schools could lose their federal student aid

Former students in career-training programs at dozens of for-profit institutions have had so much trouble paying off their loans that the schools’ access to student aid is in jeopardy.

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Idaho Statesman

Rebuilding Mr. Jefferson’s University

The University of Virginia has recently raised questions about its ability to tackle the challenges facing all public research universities and has brought to light some of the university’s significant shortcomings.

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Inside Higher Ed

ENVIRONMENT

Wealth gap curbs Rio goals

Brazil‘s extravagant wealth rings Rio’s luxurious beaches, while poverty looks on from across the surrounding hills. Such inequality is symbolic of the challenge humanity faces on a global scale.

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Nature

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How G-20 nations stack up in renewable energy

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SmartPlanet

Exxon’s CEO: Climate and energy fears are largely overblown

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says fears about climate change, drilling and energy dependence are overblown.

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Idaho Statesman

HEALTH

Drinking moderate amounts of coffee cuts heart failure risk

While current American Heart Association heart failure prevention guidelines warn against habitual coffee consumption, some studies propose a protective benefit, and still others find no association at all.

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2 cups of coffee per day may decrease odds of developing heart failure

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(CBS News)

Health Pop

Addiction treatment in America not based on science

Unlike most known diseases, the treatment of addiction is not based on scientific evidence, nor is it required to be provided by people with medical education, according to a new report.

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TIME

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Nora Ephron, director, dies at age 71

Movie fans and movie stars are mourning the death of screenwriter, director and essayist Nora Ephron, who succumbed to pneumonia after a battle with leukemia.

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Special section:

Nora Ephron: 1941-2012

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USA TODAY

Triumph in the jaws of disaster

It is that moment in a gig that musicians dread. The guitar lead has broken; the monitors are not giving off a sound. But it does not have to be like that.

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The Independent

Columns And Op-Ed

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High-speed rail needs cash now

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San Francisco Examiner

A rise in violence needs a better response: more police officers

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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The Supreme Court’s collateral damage

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Salon

Blog (Nigam Arora):

Why Facebook forcing its email on you is brilliant

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(Forbes)

Great Speculations

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Ending the ‘cold war’ between Turkey and Israel

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Ericka Christakis):

The school-bus bullies: Are adults to blame too?

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TIME

Column (Dick Yarbrough):

It is not the menu, it is the men

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The Asian-American dilemma

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GOOD NEWS

Hero dog saves toddler from drowning

A dog has been hailed a “hero” after he saved a Michigan toddler from drowning in his family swimming pool.

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Huffington Post

Man behind secret $2M donation is revealed months later

A mystery for 4,000 families was at last solved when casino mogul Steve Wynn made it known that he had made the anonymous donation to the United Way of Southern Nevada.

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ABC News

Hero who saved baby from subway tracks gets new gig after a year without a job

The unemployed hero who plucked a baby from the subway tracks in Brooklyn was reunited with the tot — right after getting a new job.

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WORLD

Syria’s Assad faces growing rebel and foreign threats

With a high-profile attack on a government TV station, escalating fighting and talk of increasing covert foreign support, Syria’s rebels are bringing the fight closer to Bashar Al Assad.

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Reuters

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Guardian

Egypt’s Mursi to name deputies including woman, Christian

Egypt’s Islamist president-elect set his sights on naming a woman and a Christian among his deputies, seeking to heal the rifts that polarized the country after last year’s revolt.

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BusinessWeek

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Egypt in transition

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Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

News Corp considering split

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has confirmed that it is considering splitting itself in two. The media giant said it was exploring the creation of “two distinct publicly traded companies.”

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BBC

A softer approach to online piracy

The entertainment industry’s ongoing battle with digital pirates will enter a new chapter as music and movie companies take a different approach to dealing with widespread copyright infringement.

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TIME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mars mission gets update

NASA officials offered a surprise announcement, saying they have adjusted the path of the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, set to land on Mars this year.

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Making human organs on a chip

Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have created an organ on a chip — a device the size of a thumb drive containing living cells — that mimics the behavior of a human organ.

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BusinessWeek

Twisted beams of light can transmit up to 2.56 terabits of data per second

A new system of data transmission using twisted beams of light at ultra-high speeds has been developed by a team of researchers from the U.S., China, Israel and Pakistan.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Famed Crystal Cathedral to become Catholic church

The Diocese of Orange re-baptized the church Christ Cathedral and plans to turn the Protestant landmark into its spiritual and administrative headquarters.

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ABC News

Jewish groups condemn court’s decision that circumcision is grievous bodily harm

A German court has ruled that circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm, in a landmark decision condemned by the Jewish community.

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Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

Wimbledon 2012: Roger Federer sweeps past Italy’s Fabio Fognini

Before dismantling the injury-cursed Italian Fabio Fognini in straight sets, six-time champion Roger Federer bowed for Prince Charles, who was present for the first time since 1970.

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Guardian

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Serena all business in Wimbledon win

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Sports Illustrated

Pacers part ways with Larry Bird

The Indiana Pacers have parted ways with Larry Bird. Owner Herb Simon announced the move one day before the NBA draft; Bird will stay on for the draft.

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San Francisco Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Supercomputer may predict revolution

Feeding a supercomputer with news stories could help predict major world events in a manner similar to weather forecasting.

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BBC

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A Cambodian man puts his cow to pasture in a paddy field at Baray village, Kampong Thom province, about 120 kilometers north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Heng Sinith / AP)

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