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Syrians carry national flags during a vigil in Damascus, Syria, in honor of those who were killed in recent violence. Syrian army tanks and helicopters shelled at least one northwestern village in an attack that killed four people, activists said. (Photo by Muzaffar Salman / AP)

Immigrants become citizens

The immigrants moved up to a table, where they signed their certificates of naturalization. There, they made a poignant exchange. Each person traded in a green card for an American flag.

The Herald

Blog:

Newest Americans celebrate citizenship

(MSNBC)

Field Notes

Nissan plant opens on Saturdays amid power crunch

Nissan’s plant is busily rolling out the Leaf electric car and other models, having shifted production schedules for an aggressive nationwide effort to fight a power crunch.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Japan’s power-saving kicks off

Reuters

Crowds turn out against Syria’s President Assad

Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded cities around Syria in what activists described as the largest-yet outpouring against the regime of President Bashar Assad.

San Francisco Chronicle

Syria’s Assad tries to appease protesters

MSNBC

Blog:

Live from Syria

(Al Jazeera)

Syria Live Blog

Obama: Ending tax breaks is required

President Barack Obama pressed his case for achieving deficit reduction, in part by ending tax breaks and singling out hedge fund managers, oil companies and billionaires to take the hit.

Reuters

Blog:

Obama, Republicans debate national debt and taxes

(USA TODAY)

The Oval

Illinois death row officially shuts down

After spending years at the center of heated national debate over capital punishment, Illinois’ death row officially died when a state law abolishing the death penalty quietly took effect.

ABC News

Quinn signs Ill. budget, cuts $376 million more than expected

Huffington Post

The World in Photos .........................................................................
Prince Albert II and his bride Charlene leave the Monaco palace, after their civil wedding marriage ceremony. (Photo by Lionel Cironneau / AP)	Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Jair Jurrjens works in the first inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles in Atlanta. (Photo by John Bazemore / AP)	Participants release red balloons during a ceremony in Hong Kong to celebrate the 14th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China. (Photo by Vincent Yu / AP)

NATION

Wall Street’s best week in 2 years

Stocks started July with a bang with Wall Street scoring its best week in two years on strong manufacturing data that eased concerns about slowing growth.

Reuters

The economic recovery turns 2: Feel better yet?

Houston Chronicle

Talking numbers: bumpy road ahead?

CNBC

FAA, air traffic controllers agree on new fatigue rules

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association announced details of a new agreement on fatigue recommendations.

CNN

Anti-abortion: the new face of the infamous modern movement

Recent polls show a shifting of support between pro-abortion rights and anti-abortion factions. Anti-abortion groups have hardened their resolve while adopting a strategy of compassion.

Columbia Missourian

POLITICS

Minnesota awakes to shutdown and political parties point fingers

The shutdown is the product of an ongoing dispute over taxes and spending between Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative majorities.

CBS News

Planned Parenthood fights defunding laws in spending bill

After federal attempts to defund Planned Parenthood as part of Congress’ Continuing Resolution spending bill failed , anti-abortion activists took to state legislatures to continue the battle.

ABC News

New defense chief is seeing tough budget choices

Leon Panetta was sworn in as Defense Secretary promising to keep the military strong while making tough choices on defense spending cuts.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Week ahead: Market faces its next hurdle — the jobs report

The June jobs report looms as the next hurdle for a stock market that has gone from gloom to boom with its best weekly performance in nearly two years.

CNBC

Retirement savings near all-time high

Retirement assets rose to $18.1 trillion at the end of the first quarter, up 3 percent from the end of 2010. That’s up nearly 10 percent from the same quarter a year ago.

CNNMoney

Zynga files for $1 billion IPO

Zynga, creator of the -Ville online gaming franchise, filed to raise up to $1 billion in an initial public offering. Unlike many of its fellow much-buzzed-about Web upstarts, Zynga is solidly profitable.

CNNMoney

EDUCATION

Some kids can just sail through P.E.

Some high school students are learning to sail and kayak to earn a physical education credit this summer. Taking the class gives them more time for other activities during the busy school year.

Roanoke Times

State of Kentucky eyeing new ‘Race to the Top’ grants

State education officials have their eye on a new federal “Race to the Top” education grant proposal that focuses on making improvements in early learning.

Cincinnati Enquirer

HEALTH

Copper kills 97 percent of hospital ICU bacteria, according to clinical trial

Antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care units (ICU) kill 97 percent of bacteria that can cause hospital-acquired infections, according to preliminary results of a multi-site clinical trial in the U.S.

Reuters

Avastin rejection is being supported by cancer experts

Oncologists are endorsing a U.S. health advisory panel’s recommendation that the blockbuster cancer drug Avastin be removed from use in metastatic breast cancer.

U.S. News & World Report

SPORTS

Rivals meet as Tour de France begins

Defending champion Alberto Contador and last year’s runner-up Andy Schleck renewed their rivalry as riders started the 2011 Tour de France.

NPR

Special section:

2011 Tour de France all access

NBCSports

Defending champ Nadal, Djokovic to meet in Wimbledon final

Novak Djokovic secured the No. 1 ranking by reaching the Wimbledon final. He will get a chance to beat the man he is replacing — defending champion Rafael Nadal.

Sports Illustrated

Notre Dame settles case involving death of student videographer

Notre Dame will pay a $42,000 fine for six safety violations and make an undisclosed contribution to a memorial for a student videographer who died at football practice.

ESPN

Sullivan family has no problem with the fine being reduced

Daily Herald

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.”

Orison Swett Marden

American writer

Daily Quote Archives

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (June Thomas):

Can gay bars survive?

Slate

Column (Dean Baker):

Ron Paul’s surprisingly lucid solution to the debt ceiling impasse

The New Republic

Column (Robert Grenier):

What is President Obama’s Afghanistan plan?

Al Jazeera

Cartoon (Joe Heller):

4th of July

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Daniel Denvir):

Segregation in the land of limousine liberalism

(Salon)

War Room

Blog (Eliot Spitzer):

China’s a lion. Is the United States a gazelle?

(Slate)

The Best Policy

Column (Ruben Navarrette):

New life for the DREAM Act?

CNN

Editorial:

House Republicans’ budget cuts imperil food safety

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Leonard Pitts Jr.):

On gay marriage, the president evolves too slowly

Detroit Free Press

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GOOD NEWS

Minnesota zoo welcomes animals from North Dakota

Approximately 230 animals evacuated from the Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot, N.D., have been moved to the Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minn., because of floods.

Star Tribune

Rare grizzly bear photographed in North Cascades of Washington

A hiker has photographed a living grizzly bear in the North Cascades of Washington. Grizzly bears are a protected species in the area but many experts wondered if the bears still survived.

Seattle Times

Day care teacher recognized for saving toddler’s life

Community officials acknowledged the heroics of Cindy Davis who helped save a 4-year-old’s life by administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

Moammar Gadhafi threatens European ‘homes, offices, families’