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President Barack Obama speaks to reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP)

Smart phones could be latest battle accessory

Smart phones could become the next weapon in the United States' battlefield arsenal, as defense companies seek to cash in on the rapidly growing use of sophisticated mobile applications.

Reuters

BP asset sale to fund oil clean-up

BP is to sell assets in Texas, Canada and Egypt to help fund the clean-up cost of the spill. The oil giant said it had reached a $7bn deal with U.S.-based oil production firm Apache Corp.

BBC

BP rises after sale to Apache

Bloomberg

BP's Tony Hayward 'set to step down'

Guardian

Obama to tout overhaul as good for economy

President Barack Obama will tout the broader economic benefits of new consumer financial protections when he signs into law a sweeping financial regulatory overhaul.

Reuters

Democrat wins may divide Congress more

NPR

Wall Street reform law's starting line

CNNMoney

US announces new sanctions against North Korea

The United States announced new sanctions against North Korea, targeted against its leadership, and warned of serious consequences if it again attacked the South.

MSNBC

US announces sanctions against Korea

BBC

Most massive star detected

A new study finds evidence for massive stars, including an uber-giant so luminous that it makes the light of our sun look no brighter than the glow of the full moon in comparison.

Discovery News

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Men dressed in a Santa Claus costumes at the World Santa Claus Congress parade in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Niels Christensen, Polfoto / AP)	A child plays with water in a fountain at a park in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Ariel Schalit / AP)	'Chief,' a green sea turtle, is held by an animal keeper at Miami Seaquarium, in Miami. (Photo by Wilfredo Lee / AP)

NATION

Jobless benefits extension clears hurdle

Senate Democrats broke through a stubborn Republican filibuster and pressed to restart jobless benefits for 2.5 million Americans still unable to find work in the frail national economic recovery.

MSNBC

Sessions: I will vote against Kagan

CBS News

Benefits extension may help economy

Reuters

Large pot farms on verge of approval

Oakland, Calif., is on the verge of allowing large-scale marijuana farms, a plan that has provoked a backlash from small-time growers who fear being pushed out of the booming pot business.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Democrats to propose extending Bush's middle-class tax cuts

Senate Democrats will soon advance a plan to make permanent President George W. Bush's 2001 tax cuts for middle-class Americans earning less than $200,000.

TIME

Spies among us: modern-day espionage

Long after the Cold War’s end, many nations still send secret agents across borders. But corporations, terrorists, and private investigators are also part of the sleuthing underground.

Newsweek

HEALTH

High-tech vet care goes mainstream across US

Veterinarians are practicing ever more advanced medicine on the nation's myriad of animals — treatments that vie with the best of human medicine.

Telegram & Gazette

More than 5M people received treatment for HIV

An estimated 5.2 million people in low and middle-income countries were receiving life-saving HIV treatment at the end of 2009, according to WHO.

Medical News Today

AIDS timeline

WebMD

Checking for skin cancer

Do you want to know how to take care of your skin this summer? You may already know the basics like drinking water and wearing sunscreen, but here's how you can save your summer skin.

ABC News

SPORTS

Tour de France riders need 'mutant' bodies to perform

The stamina required to compete in one of the world's toughest events comes not only from training, but also from unusual inborn traits.

Discovery News

Bulls add Watson in sign-and-trade

C.J. Watson is happy to be a Chicago Bull. The 26-year-old point guard, who was acquired by the Bulls in a sign-and-trade with the Golden State Warriors, is ready to show the city of Chicago what he can do.

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Through the temple ceiling

Growing up in a traditional Conservative Jewish synagogue, Robin Leonard never imagined that she would become a rabbi. Now she's a congregation's first female, openly gay rabbi.

Concord Monitor

Jesus march in Brazil

Two million people took to the Sao Paulo streets for the latest March for Jesus, first organized 18 years ago by neo-Pentecostal megachurch Renascer ("Reborn in Christ") and declared a national holiday this year.

Christianity Today

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Cooking together keeps kitchen, bedroom cozy

Cooking together, according to some studies, makes for a happy marriage. For Bob and Debbie Clark, it has become one of their favorite ways to connect at the end of the day.

Detroit Free Press

Higher percentage of whites, blacks and Hispanics drinking than in '90s

A higher proportion of whites, blacks and Hispanics reported drinking between 1992 and 2002, but whites increased the number of drinks they consumed while blacks and Hispanics leveled out.

HealthDay

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GOOD NEWS

Chipotle to boost charitable donation with 'junk e-mail' campaign

The Denver-based burrito restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill will double its donation from $50,000 to $100,000 to The Lunch Box, a national nonprofit organization that helps feed children.

Denver Business Journal

No questions, no stares: Just camp fun

More families with disabled children are finding acceptance and much-needed relaxation at special needs camps such as Camp Courage in Maple Lake, Minn.

Star Tribune

WORLD

Japan program is said to exploit workers

Chinese apprentices in Hiroshima, Japan were subjected to 16-hour workdays at below the minimum wage in a government approved job training program.

New York Times

Tribal scars custom drying up in Nigeria