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This photo shows the GlaxoSmithKline offices in London. GlaxoSmithKline LLC will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to disclose important safety information in the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)

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The ordinary, everyday superstars made on YouTube

The Internet has upended traditional rules of celebrity, turning YouTube into what is potentially the most powerful organization in the history of entertainment.

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The Independent

3rd Annual VidCon features huge growth, YouTube upgrades

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SideCar offers ride-sharing with smartphone-based app

SideCar matches up drivers with passengers who need a lift, helping to reduce urban congestion, fight climate change and create a sense of community.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Pitfalls or success in the sharing economy?

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Co.Exist

GlaxoSmithKline settles health care fraud case for $3 billion

The pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline will plead guilty and has agreed to pay $3 billion in the largest settlement of health care fraud in U.S. history, the Justice Department announced.

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CBS News

Fla. gets $56 million in GlaxoSmithKline settlement

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Miami Herald

Millions are still without power amid record heat wave

Residents in the central and eastern U.S. will sweat through another blistering day as power outages from weekend storms continue to plague millions. At least 16 states are under heat advisories.

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CNN

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Heat adds misery to power outage

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Msnbc.com

Gymnastics: young men’s team heads to London Olympics

Jonathan Horton, a two-time medalist at the 2008 Beijing Games, is heading to the Olympics this year with a few rookies, including reigning national champion John Orozco.

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Columbus Dispatch

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Portraits of Team USA 2012

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CBS News

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Olympic trials news and highlights

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Msnbc.com

NATION

Firefighting planes battle wildfires and old age

As wildfires continue to burn in the West, the U.S. Forest Service is going to battle with fewer air tankers. The number of planes that drop retardant on fires has shrunk significantly over the past 12 years.

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NPR

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After 11 years, US Fire Program Analysis system still is not ready

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Denver Post

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Wyoming Air National Guard help in Colorado

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CNN

Midweek July 4th causes muddle, headaches for travelers

For the first time in five years, Independence Day falls on a Wednesday, leaving travelers unsure of when they should celebrate and worrying those who make a living off tourists.

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Salt Lake Tribune

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Retailers see 4th of July spending fizzle

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USA TODAY

Natural gas under cemeteries raises money, moral questions

Loved ones are not the only thing buried in the 122-year-old Lowellville Cemetery in eastern Ohio. Deep underground, locked in ancient shale formations, are lucrative quantities of natural gas.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

POLITICS

More Latinos identifying as Independents

A newly released USA Today/Gallup poll of U.S. Hispanics found 51 percent of Latinos identified themselves as Independents, while 32 percent said they were Democrats and 11 percent Republican.

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NBCLatino

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Half of US Hispanics identify as political independents

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Gallup

Elections: Vice president hopefuls play the name game

The vice-presidential selection process is not merely the act of each nominee picking a running mate. It is also the political equivalent of the Oscars.

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Politico

EDUCATION

Publication: ‘The Leader’s Guide to 21st Century Education’

A new report by Ken Kay and Valerie Greenhill of EdLeader21 outlines seven steps for schools and districts to take to prepare students for the 21st century.

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EducationNews.org

Thousands of veterans failing in latest battlefield: college

Among the approximately 800,000 military veterans now attending colleges in the U.S., an estimated 88 percent drop out of school during their first year, and only 3 percent graduate.

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Msnbc.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Is the hunt for the ‘God Particle’ over?

Scientists in Geneva will gather to hear the latest about the decades-long search for a subatomic particle that could help explain why the objects in our universe actually have weight.

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NPR

Animal study: Type 1 diabetes prevented

Researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute managed to prevent the onset of Type 1 diabetes in genetically susceptible mice, according to a new study.

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Medical News Today

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The global diabetes epidemic, brought to you by global development

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The Atlantic

HEALTH

Study links physical punishment to later mental disorders

Children who are spanked, hit or pushed as a means of discipline may be at an increased risk of mental problems in adulthood, new research suggests.

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USA TODAY

Kids born even a little early have lower school scores, study

Babies born on the early side of full-term may have higher odds of academic delays than those delivered a week or two later, new research finds.

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HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Anderson Cooper comes out as TV’s 1st openly gay anchor

After years of silence on the subject, CNN host Anderson Cooper has spoken out about his sexual orientation, becoming the first major network anchor to identify as gay.

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Forbes

Procrastination rules

Research reveals that more Americans than ever are concerned that they put off work too often — but science suggests it may not be bad.

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Salon

Why you can never, ever find your wallet

Have you ever stashed your wallet in a safe place, only to come up short when you search for it later?

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Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Steve Kornacki):

Obamacare battle moves to the states

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Salon

Column (David Walker):

It is time for real health care reform

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Politico

Why a 3.66 percent interest rate is failing to stimulate the economy

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USA TODAY

Column (Elton John):

Gay rights are human rights

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Guardian

Column (Robert Frichtel):

Marijuana as medicine needs rules to drive by

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Bloomberg

Column (Charles Krauthammer):

Why Roberts ruled as he did

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Foie gras ban is positive move for state, will be openly defied

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San Francisco Examiner

Column (Bob Greene):

Why do we pay politicians for no results?

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CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Motorcyclists in Ace of Hearts Ride to raise money for cancer

Motorcyclists riding in the seventh annual Amelia’s Ace of Hearts Ride in Darlington, Maryland, will raise money for cancer patients and research.

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Msnbc.com

Vet fulfills dying wish

A former chief petty officer in the Navy had just one wish for Father’s Day — to watch his son graduate from Marine Corps boot camp.

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CNN

Olympic fever revs up fitness routines

With the 2012 London Olympics just weeks away, weekend warriors, fitness fanatics and couch potatoes alike will soon be inspired to rev up their routines.

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Reuters

WORLD

Mexico election: How Enrique Peña Nieto won the presidency

Mexico’s President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto took up the centrist mantle of his Institutional Revolutionary Party and managed to outflank rival liberal and conservative parties.

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TIME

Mapping violence in the weeks before Mexico’s election

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InSight

UN talks could finally rein in lawless trade in killing

Virtually every major commodity — from oil to bananas — is regulated by international agreement, but there are no global conventions or treaties prohibiting the arms trade.

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The Independent

Protesters march in Hong Kong as Leung vows to fight poverty

Thousands of protesters took to Hong Kong’s streets in peaceful demonstration hours after incoming Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying pledged to do more to address poverty and boost public housing.

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BusinessWeek

BUSINESS

Airbus confirms its 1st US factory to build A320 jet

European plane manufacturer Airbus has confirmed plans for a $600 million factory in Alabama, marking its first assembly plant in the U.S.

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BBC

Boeing blasts Airbus’ plan to assemble planes in Mobile, Ala.

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al.com

Apple pays $60M in China iPad dispute

Apple has agreed to pay a Chinese company $60 million to settle a dispute over ownership of the iPad name, removing a potential obstacle in the key Chinese market.

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USA TODAY

Apple’s patent absurdity exposed at last

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Barclays Chairman Marcus Agius quits over rate-fixing scandal

Barclays PLC sacrificed Chairman Marcus Agius over an interest rate rigging scandal that has dealt “a devastating blow” to the bank’s reputation.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Ahead of Alaska drilling, Shell practices cleaning up

Royal Dutch Shell could drill several exploratory oil wells into the waters off the north shore of Alaska later this summer. The potential prize is huge, but so is the risk.

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NPR

Japan restarts 1st reactor since the crisis in Fukushima

Protesters shouted and danced at the gate of a nuclear power plant as it restarted, the first to go back online since Japan shut down all of its reactors in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Msnbc.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Germany vows to protect religious traditions after ruling on circumcision

Germany’s foreign minister offered assurances that the country protects religious traditions after a court ruled that circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to bodily harm.

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Israel Holocaust memorial amends text about Vatican

Israel’s national Holocaust memorial has amended its account of Pope Pius XII’s actions during World War II, after the original text upset the Vatican.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Top-seeded Sharapova out at Wimbledon

Top-seeded Maria Sharapova was knocked out of Wimbledon, losing 6-4, 6-3 to Sabine Lisicki in the fourth round, just a month after completing a career Grand Slam at the French Open.

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Sports Illustrated

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Day 7 action at Wimbledon

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Tiger Woods wins at Congressional

Spectators were kept away from the course due to strong storms, but they returned in full force to witness Woods outlasting Bo Van Pelt in a back-nine duel and posing with another trophy.

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ESPN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Popularity of crop swaps is growing

An American subculture is trying to fend off the apocalypse, one heirloom tomato at a time. Crop swaps — meets where people trade their backyard bounty — are sprouting up all over the nation.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Photo of the Day

The pack passes during the 129-mile second stage of the Tour de France cycling race starting in Vise and finishing in Tournai, Belgium. (Photo by Laurent Cipriani / AP)

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