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Accompanied by members of Congress and medical professionals, President Obama delivers remarks on health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP)

Obama calls for swift action on health care

President Barack Obama declined to identify the approach he prefers on health care, but insisted significant reform needs to happen very soon.

ABC News

Family doctors: an endangered breed

CNNMoney

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Health care in America

WTOV9

Iran spurns engagement on nuclear drive, thwarting Obama effort

Iranian leaders are turning inward and rejecting engagement with the West as they blame outsiders for protests, as President Obama’s administration pushes for curbs on Iran’s nuclear program.

Bloomberg

Iranian nuclear chief 'resigns'

BBC

Sotomayor still standing after testimony

The panel's top Republican, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, said he expects a Senate floor vote to come before the August recess. Approval would make Sotomayor the first Hispanic justice on the high court.

CBS News

Sotomayor hits pro-business note in testimony

Bloomberg

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Senate political shift will influence nomination

USA TODAY

Elephants don't always keep in the family

With elephants, nothing is more important than family. But what happens when populations are decimated? New research reveals elephants sometimes bring in non-kin to keep social groups viable.

Science

Indian and Pakistani PMs hold talks

The prime ministers of India and Pakistan have met on the sidelines of a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Egypt.

Al Jazeera

Clinton serves in shadow of Obama

Secretary of State Clinton called for a new "architecture of global cooperation" in an address aimed at raising her visibility as a chief voice of U.S. foreign policy.

Baltimore Sun

NATION

Job worries for Obama at NAACP

President Barak Obama’s speech to the NAACP will be an emotional and historic moment, but some members are looking for details on how he will reduce unemployment rates for African-Americans.

The Hill

US must address high minority joblessness

Reuters

California budget held captive by prisons

California is a mess financially, and one of its huge burdens is its prisons. The state spends $10 billion annually on prisons.

NPR

Deal near on Calif. $26 billion budget gap

MSNBC

POLITICS

House Appropriations Defense OK more F-22 funds

The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee decide to fund $369 million for parts to build 12 more Lockheed Martin radar-evading jets.

The Hill

Campaigner in chief hits the trail

President Barack Obama hits the campaign trail not for himself, but for fellow Democrat Jon Corzine.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Surprises join sure bets in Emmy field

Surprises mixed with veterans in the nominations for Emmys as cable series dominated several top categories.

USA TODAY

2009 Emmy nominations

PopEater

Paul McCartney returns to scene of Beatles' US breakout for 'Late Show'

The teenyboppers have grown gray and soft, but Paul McCartney still made them twist and shout when he returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater 45 years after he and The Beatles first performed there.

NY Daily News

HEALTH

Discovery of fetal short-term memory in 30-week-old fetuses

In a new study from the Netherlands, scientists have found fetal short-term memory in fetuses at 30 weeks.

Medical News Today

Killer parasites' genes decoded

Scientists have decoded the genetic blueprint of two parasitic flatworms responsible for thousands of deaths worldwide every year.

BBC

EDUCATION

Black-white achievement gap narrows

American schools show progress in closing the achievement gap between black and white students in math and reading, though that narrowing varies by grade and subject and from state to state.

Education Week

Recession wallops after-school budgets as enrollments rise

President Barack Obama says "unequal access" to after-school summer programs helps cause achievement gaps. The declaration comes as these programs struggle with budget shortfalls and enrollment increases.

USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

How to fight Sharia law? Use Sharia, Muslim lawyer says

As an attorney for those unfortunate enough to be sentenced in the Sharia courts of northern Nigeria, Hauwa Ibrahim sees Sharia not as a sword, but a shield.

Religion News Service

Witness: Evangelist had total control

A woman whose parents and grandparents followed evangelist Tony Alamo testified at his sex-crime trial that "Papa Tony" segregated children by gender to prevent "hanky-panky."

Beliefnet

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog:

The perils of a public life

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Mohamed H. Hamdam):

Syria receptive to US advances

McClatchy

Editorial:

Losing our census: Americans must stand up, be counted

Houston Chronicle

Column (Shikha Dalmia):

Why poor countries won't curb emissions

Forbes

Column (Norman H. Olsen):

What Palestinians think about Obama

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Garrison Keillor):

In an often cruel world, peaceful ordinariness is to be savored

Baltimore Sun

Editorial:

How to curb soldiers' smoking

USA TODAY

Column:

Still thinking about the Sotomayor shift

Slate

Column:

Leave smoking perk alone

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Blind can take wheel with new vehicle

A student team in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering is providing the blind with an opportunity many never thought possible: opportunity to drive.

VTNews

Bug off: How to stop mosquito bites

Mosquito outbreaks have been biting communities around the country. Some places, like Florida, haven't been hit this hard in a decade.

ABC News

WORLD

Ireland: Sinn Fein assembly member threatened over condemnation of riots

A number of leading republicans are believed to have been informed of threats against them because of their outspoken condemnation of rioting in north Belfast.

Belfast Telegraph

Children urged to join Belfast riots by texting