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A group of friends with various connections to the deceased and wounded gather at a prayer vigil outside the Aurora Municipal Center in Aurora, Colo. The vigil was held to remember the dead and injured in the shooting rampage at a movie theater in in Aurora. (Photo by Barry Gutierrez / AP)

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Ramadan and the Olympics: to fast or not to fast?

As the Olympic Games coincide with the Islamic holy month, many participating Muslim athletes face a very difficult choice: To fast or not to fast?

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Guardian

Apple heads into choppy waters as new iPhone awaited

Apple Inc. faces an unusual phenomenon when reporting earnings this time around: low expectations. Few are expecting the world’s most valuable technology company to deliver a bumper quarter once more.

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Reuters

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Samsung and Apple global patent fight moves to Australia trial

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Bloomberg

Colo. shooting spree: a day of tears for victims

Two days after a shooting rampage killed 12 people and wounded 58 in a movie theater, President Obama flew in to praise victims and survivors.

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Washington Post

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In the wake of another mass shooting, a question: Why Colorado?

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San Jose Mercury News

The gun ownership and gun homicides murder map of the world

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Guardian

The brains behind the super humans

The Wellcome Foundation’s exhibition “Superhuman: Exploring Human Enhancement from 600BCE to 2050” explores the search to increase the prowess of our mortal being.

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The Independent

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Fat can affect brain’s perception of flavor

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Smacking linked to mental disorders

Moves to criminalize smacking may gain traction after a new study found a direct link between the physical punishment of children and adult onset of mental illness.

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The Age

Children in foster-care develop resilience through compassion

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Science Blog

NATION

Joe Paterno statue taken down

The Joe Paterno statue was removed from its pedestal outside Beaver Stadium, and it will be stored in an unnamed “secure location,” Penn State president Rodney Erickson announced.

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ESPN

Penn State football program to be hit with major sanctions by NCAA

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Dennis Dodd

US poverty on track to rise to highest since the 1960s

The ranks of America’s poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty amid a weak economy and a fraying government safety net.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Young adults, Depression-era seniors reflect on economic blows

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

US Afghan withdrawal halfway done

This year’s pullout of 23,000 American troops from Afghanistan is at the halfway mark, U.S. Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces, said.

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Salt Lake Tribune

POLITICS

George W. Bush’s new cause: AIDS

George W. Bush’s The Bush Institute houses a variety of programs under the broad headings of global health, education reform, economic growth and advancing human freedom.

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Daily Beast

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George W. Bush helps battle cancer in Africa

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YouTube

Supreme Court politics in 2012 election

President Obama lost a potential campaign attack line when the Supreme Court upheld his health care law, but the Court still serves as one of his best tools for raising money and waking up his base.

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Politico

BUSINESS

Slower global growth reflects close economic links

The global economy is in the worst shape since the dark days of 2009. Six of the 17 countries that use the euro currency are in recession, and the U.S. economy is struggling again.

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CBS News

Bank closures in 3 states bring 2012 failure total to 37

Regulators closed two small banks in Georgia, one in Florida and one in Kansas, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 37.

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Oklahoman

Coke’s iconic bottle

Coke calls it “the contour bottle.” Andy Warhol called it art. Everyone talks about bottling success, but Coke actually did it.

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CBS News

EDUCATION

Education advocates look to strengthen laws against teacher assaults

Often assaults go unreported as some teachers are too embarrassed or are reluctant to get a student in trouble. And sometimes, teachers say, administrators dissuade teachers from reporting assaults.

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The (Columbus, Ind.) Republic

Paid interns help nonprofits

In Amherst, Mass., Amherst College’s internships provide experience that could help in a job search and pay up to $3,500, depending on whether students live at home or travel abroad.

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BusinessWeek

HEALTH

HIV patients show varied characteristics

Among people with HIV in the U.S., those born outside the country are more likely than U.S.-born patients to have acquired HIV through heterosexual sex.

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HealthDay

Thumb sucking is a hard habit to break

Those who don’t or can’t quit thumb sucking find it embarrassing, disfiguring and expensive. Fixing the effects of a prolonged sucking habit often requires a full mouth of braces.

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Star Tribune

SPORTS

Wiggins becomes Britain’s 1st Tour de France winner

Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France when he claimed the 99th edition of the cycling race.

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Reuters

Ernie Els rallies to win British Open

Ernie Els felt something special could happen at the Open Championship, and it did, following a collapse by Adam Scott that no one saw coming.

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Ramadan arrives amid high heat and political transition in Arab world

This year’s Ramadan holy month may prove to be the toughest in decades — and not just because it falls when the heat is at its highest and the days are particularly long.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Ramadan observers to bear hottest season

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San Francisco Chronicle

Kadima splinter faction to join coalition

Members of the Kadima party said that they would gather a group of seven Knesset members to join Netanyahu’s government, under the authority of former minister Tzachi Hanegbi.

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GOOD NEWS

Peruvian marathoner gets to the Olympics on borrowed shoes

Marathoner Gladys Tejeda, who grew up in a poor family in the mountains of Peru, will represent her country in London, even though just four years ago she had never heard of the Olympics.

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Christian Science Monitor

Awesome experiences can make us nicer people, study suggests

Regular “awesome” experiences may improve mental health and make us nicer. New findings suggest “awe therapy” can help overcome the stressful effects of fast-paced modern life.

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Scotsman

Michigan’s Family Fun Ride supports Habitat for Humanity

The Rush for the Brush-Family Fun Ride is a bike-a-thon to benefit Habitat for Humanity’s “A Brush with Kindness.” The event will help the poor, disabled, elderly and veterans.

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Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Heavy rains in Beijing kill 37

The Chinese capital’s heaviest rainstorm in six decades killed at least 37 people, flooded streets and stranded 80,000 people at the main airport, state media and the government have said.

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Reuters

‘Honor dead by celebrating life,’ Norway PM urges after massacre

A year after Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in Norway, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg urged Norwegians to “honor the dead by celebrating life.”

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Problems with Google Nexus 7 display

Google’s Nexus 7 has been flying off the shelves, but not everyone is satisfied with the user experience. The culprit? Some say problems have cropped up with the tablet’s display.

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PC World

Fear of potential drone GPS hacking raised by Congress

Members of Congress raised concerns over the potential security risks posed by the jamming of unmanned aerial systems and the potential use of drones by terrorists.

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Ars Technica

Hope glimmers on Space Coast, 1 year after shuttle shutdown

A year after NASA ended the space shuttle program, which crippled communities around Cape Canaveral, private spaceflight and other ventures are starting to fill the void.

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NBCNews.com

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How to watch asteroid fly by Earth online

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SPACE.com

ENVIRONMENT

Lobstermen are finding more odd colors in their catch

When a 100-pound shipment of lobsters arrived at Bill Sarro’s seafood shop last month, it contained a surprise — six orange crustaceans that have been said to be a 1-in-10-million oddity.

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Yahoo! News

Dolphin mass deaths in Gulf of Mexico

The BP oil spill, the largest ever oil spill on open water, contributed significantly to the historically high number of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico, says a two-year scientific study.

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Save the deer — for hunters

Animal welfare groups in Australia say hunters are behind a mysterious campaign to stop the poisoning of feral deer in national parks: It will reduce the number of animals they can shoot.

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The Age

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Will anyone really miss the box office?

A Warner Bros. executive emailed a fact sheet about “The Dark Knight Rises” to Hollywood reporters that ended with two hopeful syllables for the film’s box-office prospects: “Ka ching.”

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U.S. News & World Report

Pennsylvania cooperative is creative haven for young writers and artists

The Cyberpunk Apocalypse, in Pittsburgh, offers a visiting writers residency program, which allows one writer per month to live at the house for free while completing a creative project.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

See 1, want 1: What are the roots of ‘baby fever’?

If the sight of baby shoes at the store gets you longing for an infant of your own, rest easy: You probably have baby fever.

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Photo of the Day

In this photo provided by LOCOG, Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses with the Olympic Flame on top of a London Eye pod on the Torch Relay leg through London. (Photo by LOCOG / Lewis Whyld / AP)

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