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Daisy Zaines, 8, cools off in a fountain in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Rick Bowmer / AP)

The man with a whole lotta talent

Robert Plant is back to his bluesy roots as his latest project gears up to close the Womad festival. It seems he’s happy to put his rock god days as lead singer of Led Zeppelin behind him.

The Independent

Robert Plant & the Band of Joy — ‘Gallows Pole’ video premiere

Spinner

Indianapolis schools embrace technology with iPads

The move for Cathedral High School, Indianapolis, Ind., to require its students to purchase iPads is the culmination of four years of upgrading the school’s wireless networks and classroom technology.

San Francisco Chronicle

Extreme heat roasts the Western US

Another blast-furnace day awaits the U.S. desert Southwest, the second day of an excessive heat warning for the region.

CNN

Severe heat wave

ABC News

House GOP readies for vote on health care law repeal

House members avoided discussing replacement options and mobilized for a vote to repeal the health care law that stands as President Barack Obama’s signature domestic accomplishment.

USA TODAY

Repealing health law main focus of Republicans

BusinessWeek

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GOP still a bit fuzzy on health reform

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Washington Insider

FDA finalizes maker-sponsored painkiller education plan

Companies that manufacture powerful, long-acting opioid painkillers will have to sponsor education programs about how to appropriately prescribe their drugs, according to the FDA.

ABC News

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A girl uses a brush dipped in water to practice Chinese calligraphy at a park in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko / AP)	A fisherman works on fish traps at sunset in Malkiya village, Bahrain, on the Persian Gulf coast. (Photo by Hasan Jamali / AP)	Wooden dories are docked and strung on mooring lines at Lowell’s Boat Shop in Amesbury, Mass. (Photo by Charles Krupa / AP)

NATION

Too little mental health care for boomers

Getting older doesn’t just mean a risk for physical ailments like heart disease and bum knees. A new report finds that as many as one in five seniors has a mental health or substance abuse problem.

Daily Herald

Mississippi’s only abortion clinic fights to stay open amid onslaught of protest

The Jackson Women’s Health Organization will soon learn if it has won a court battle to stay open in the latest volley in Mississippi’s political and cultural debate over abortion.

Guardian

Mississippi representative: Abortion clinic regulation protects women

NPR

BUSINESS

J.C. Penney cuts another 350 HQ jobs

J.C. Penney & Co. laid off more than 350 corporate employees at its Plano headquarters, bringing the number of employees laid off at the Plano office to more than 950 since April.

Dallas Business Journal

Fast food’s new mantra: Remodel and they will come (and spend)

Wendy’s and McDonald’s have begun employing a straightforward strategy to increase the likelihood that customers will dine in — just make the restaurant look really nice, inside and out.

TIME

Iowa futures broker forged bank records for more than 2 years

Russell Wasendorf Sr., the sole owner of broker Peregrine Financial Group Inc., intercepted and forged bank documents for more than two years to cover hundreds of millions in missing money.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change boosts odds of extreme weather conditions

Severe droughts, floods and heat waves rocked the world last year as greenhouse gas levels climbed, boosting the odds of some extreme weather events, according to a recent study.

Google News

Harness the sun: 4 solar panel benefits the eco-minded should know

As energy demand worldwide increases, alternative energy sources such as solar power continue to gain popularity.

PlanetSave.com

US sued by environmental groups over Shell oil spill plan

About a dozen environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s decision to sign off on Shell’s plans for cleaning up any oil spilled during Arctic drilling over the next two summers.

Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

Lance’s associates get lifetime bans

Three associates of Lance Armstrong have received lifetime bans for doping violations, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has recently announced.

FOXSports

Giants lead the way in NL’s 8-0 win against AL in the 2012 All-Star Game

San Francisco Giants’ Pablo Sandoval hit a three-run triple, Melkey Cabrera hit a homer and a single and was named the game’s most valuable player, and Matt Cain was the winning pitcher.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pastors’ concerns for others may harm their own health

Most members of the clergy are taught to put the physical and spiritual needs of others first, but that self-denial may be harmful to their own health, according to a new Duke University study.

Religion News Service

Vatican blames global market decline for $19M deficit

Vatican officials blamed a record loss of $19 million in 2011 on the “negative trend of global financial markets, which made it impossible to achieve the goals laid down in the budget.”

USA TODAY

EDUCATION

Why school plays make a difference

For most people, it’s in the school nativity. Playing an Oompa Loompa in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” might not be an ideal first acting role, but everyone remembers their first time on stage.

Guardian

School is too easy, students report

Millions of kids simply don’t find school very challenging, a new analysis of federal survey data suggests. The report could spark a debate about new academic standards.

USA TODAY

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The Daily Quote

“Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.”

Jacques Barzun

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Obama on Romney’s overseas accounts

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Corbett should stand up for state and take Medicaid expansion

Philadelphia Inquirer

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4 ways the Internet could go down

CNN

Column (Margaret Wente):

Is air conditioning a sign of weakness?

Globeandmail.com

Column (John M. Crisp):

Youth more driven to text than to drive

NorthJersey.com

Blog (Liz Smith):

Rest in peace? Not for Natalie, Diana or Marilyn

Huffington Post

Column (Mitt Romney):

Repeal Obamacare to make way for real health care reform

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Jacob Sullum):

Violence is not victory

Creators Syndicate

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Washington Post

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Boston Globe

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GOOD NEWS

Homeless couple finds thousands of dollars, turns it in

A homeless Brazilian couple that lives under the bridges of Sao Paulo found a garbage bag filled with $10,000 on a sidewalk — and promptly turned it to the police.

Emirates247

Seeing vacant lots as a community asset

In many U.S. neighborhoods, people are turning vacant lots into parks, gardens, playgrounds and more.

Christian Science Monitor

A fashionista’s India dream: Indrani changes the fate of forgotten girls

Model and photographer Indrani spent her childhood in a 300-room palace in India. She’s turned that ancestral home into a school — and is fighting to give girls a better future.

Daily Beast

WORLD

The search for photos of China’s past