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Calif. spectators watch whales off the coast of southern California. Endangered blue whales, the world’s largest animals, are being seen in droves off the northern California coast, lured by an abundance of their favorite food - shrimp-like creatures known as krill. (Photo by Captain David Anderson’s Dolphin and Whale Safari / AP)

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Whale-watchers’ delight

Longtime observers say they’ve seen a sharp increase in endangered blue and humpback whales feeding near California shores, where they spend the spring and summer.

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CBS News

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Humpback whales sighted near Calif. coast

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ABC News

Don’t get mad, get creative

A study by a Johns Hopkins University business professor finds that social rejection can inspire imaginative thinking, particularly in individuals with a strong sense of their own independence.

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ScienceDaily

US drought causes grains bull market

Commodities are poised to enter a bull market led by surging grain futures amid the worst U.S. drought in half a century.

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BusinessWeek

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UN calls on nations to adopt drought policies

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NPR

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US horse rescues overwhelmed as hay prices rise in drought and more people abandon animals

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Drought: Farmers coming up dry

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The Weather Channel

Iran unveils upgraded ballistic missile

Iran has announced a new version of a short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the Fateh-110 or Conqueror.

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BBC

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Iran looks to Armenia to skirt bank sanctions

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Reuters

South Korea to resume Iranian oil imports next month

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Macon Telegraph

US Army battling racists within its own ranks

They call it “rahowa” — short for racial holy war — and they are preparing for it by joining the ranks of the world’s fiercest fighting machine, the U.S. military.

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Reuters

NATION

End of strike at Caterpillar a blow to US labor movement

Machinists striking against Caterpillar have voted to accept a new labor contract that calls for concessions. It’s not much to cheer for manufacturing workers, analysts say.

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Christian Science Monitor

Diana Nyad abandons swim

Diana Nyad ended her bid to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida due to jellyfish stings and a storm that took her off course.

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USA TODAY

About half of doctors say they’re burned out by workload

About 1 in 2 doctors is burned out, showing signs of emotional exhaustion and little interest in work as patient loads increase, U.S. researchers found.

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Bloomberg

POLITICS

Romney battles Obama for cash advantage

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has almost $60 million more in the bank than President Barack Obama, but campaign finance experts say it is too soon to assume that means a political advantage.

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Reuters

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Bad polls and Romney’s cash

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The New Republic

Akin defies mounting calls to withdraw from Senate race

Rep. Todd Akin said he will stay in the Senate race to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill despite mounting calls from across the political spectrum for him to withdraw over his incendiary comments.

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CNN

Rep. Todd Akin’s controversial quote

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ProPublica: Officials Say the Darndest Things

California law barring parents from ‘curing’ gay kids moves ahead

A new law that prohibits California parents from trying to “cure” minors’ same-sex attraction will soon pass from legislature to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk.

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Digital Journal

BUSINESS

Best Buy 2Q profit drops 90 percent

Best Buy reported a 90 percent drop in net income during the second quarter, dragged down by restructuring charges and weak sales.

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USA TODAY

Fast-food giants try to cut the ‘guilty,’ leave the ‘pleasure’

Many fast-food joints have launched a new, nutritional arms race: trying to out-healthy one another. But will these heart-happy changes risk losing core customers?

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NBCNews.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Does megachurch ‘high’ explain the success of the church?

A study posits that worship services at megachurches can trigger feelings of transcendence and changes in brain chemistry — a spiritual “high” that keeps congregants coming back for more.

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Religion News Service

Research links charity to religion

A study by the Chronicle of Philanthropy found that residents in states where religious participation is higher gave the greatest percentage of their discretionary income to charity.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hundreds of new planets — what do they mean for us?

New telescopes are discovering new planets on an almost daily basis — and what they uncover could change our world.

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Smithsonian Magazine

Meteor dust boosts night-shining clouds

Mysterious night-shining clouds and trails of smoke left by meteors share an intimate link, a new study says.

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National Geographic

New NASA mission to take 1st look deep inside Mars

NASA has announced a new mission, which will see another robot sent to the red planet in 2016. The new mission, named InSight, will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars.

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RTT News

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NASA InSight mission to Mars

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SPACE.com

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic sea ice set to hit record low

Arctic sea ice looks set to hit a record low by the end of the month, according to satellite data.

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BBC

Shanghai faces big flood risk

Among nine major cities built on river deltas around the world, Shanghai is the most vulnerable to destruction from serious flooding, a new study found.

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LiveScience

Columns And Op-Ed

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Defense cuts we cannot afford to continue

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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A riot in Russia

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NPR

Safer conduct for city schools

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Hostile fire: US troops should not have to fear Afghan trainees

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Blog (Robert Creamer):

Romney fails when it comes to “the vision thing”

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The Blog

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Death penalty opponents’ unlikely allies

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Salon

Column (Kay McDonald):

Paying more for food? Blame the ethanol mandate

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CNN

Blog (Laura Helmuth):

Akin’s ‘legitimate rape’ comment not a misstatement, but worldview

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GOOD NEWS

Fort Zumwalt’s 1st homegrown teachers begin their careers

Robin Aston and Kelsie Kestler share the distinction of being the first graduates of the Fort Zumwalt School District’s “Grow Your Own Teacher" program.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Girl raises $30K from lemonade stand

A young entrepreneur has already earned more than $30,000 at her makeshift business, which she appropriately dubbed “Make-A-Stand! Lemonade: The Sweet Taste of Freedom.”

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Huffington Post

Food waste from Starbucks turned into useful products

New research findings offer a small, albeit promising, breakthrough in addressing the vexing issue of waste.

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Scientific American

WORLD

Rising insider attacks imperil US strategy in Afghanistan

President Barack Obama declared he is sticking to his war strategy of using U.S. troops to advise and mentor Afghan forces, even as an increasing number of Americans are being gunned down.

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Boston.com

Top US general’s aircraft hit by rocket-fire in Afghanistan

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NBCNews.com

Ethiopia’s longtime ruler dead at 57

Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s longtime ruler, who held tight control over the East African country but was a major U.S counter-terrorism ally, died after not being seen in public for weeks.

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CBS News

In Mexico’s murder city, the war appears to be over

Many take credit for the drop in Mexico killings, but one drug cartel’s victory in a turf battle could be responsible.

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Washington Post

Patrolling the US-Mexico border

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Washington Post

EDUCATION

‘Undroppable’ puts focus on at-risk high school students

An estimated 1.2 million American high school students fail to graduate each year. A new documentary, “Undroppable,” is part of a social media campaign to raise awareness of the issue.

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USA TODAY

College students: high in self-confidence but low in basic work skills

For today’s college students — facing a tough economy and diminishing prospects — the goal of education is earning power, according to a new national study.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Inside a ‘genius school,’ 1948

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TIME

HEALTH

Could antibiotics make your baby fat?

Giving your baby antibiotics too early may increase their chances of being overweight in childhood, new research suggests. This effect on the child’s body mass appears to be dependent upon timing.

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ABC News

California lawmakers weigh boosting school-age vaccines

As children return to their classrooms, California lawmakers are debating a bill that aims to boost the number of kids who go to school with all of their shots.

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USA TODAY

SPORTS

Roger Clemens returning to baseball

When Roger Clemens pitches for the Sugar Land Skeeters, it will be the first time the 50-year-old has taken the mound in almost five years.

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Clemens isn’t 1st older athlete to compete

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Judge dismisses Armstrong suit against anti-doping group

A U.S. federal judge dismissed Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong’s effort to block a probe into whether the retired cycling champ cheated by using performance-enhancing drugs.

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Orlando Sentinel

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Holograms present celebs with new afterlife issues

When Tupac Shakur rose from the stage in the California desert, it was not only a jaw-dropping resurrection but also the beginning of a new form of live entertainment.

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Associated Press

Fox studio to distribute Dreamworks Animation films

20th Century Fox movie studio will distribute animated feature films from “Kung Fu Panda” maker Dreamworks Animation for the next five years, the studios announced.

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Reuters

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The new American localism

You can talk about the global village, a mobile society and the World Wide Web all you want, but we are local folks. Many in our country are turning to local markets these days: food, finance, news, charity.

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NPR

Photo of the Day

A young man from Spain sits in his tent at the Campus Party Europe technology festival inside a hanger of former airport Tempelhof in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / AP)

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