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A contractor for ExxonMobil tends to an oil containment boom along the Yellowstone River near Laurel, Mont., after a pipeline that runs under the river ruptured. The pipeline break was contained, but the spill stretched over dozens of miles. (Photo by Matthew Brown / AP)

Whither the astronauts without a shuttle?

When the final space shuttle will take off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, it will mean the end of a 40-year program that’s put more human beings in space than any other.

NPR

90 years of China‘s Communist Party

China’s Communist Party has transformed from the secretive, illegal revolutionary force that it was 90 years ago to a political party at the helm of a rapidly changing China.

Christian Science Monitor

China’s communist identity crisis

YouTube

Oil spill in Yellowstone River prompts evacuations

An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in south-central Montana ruptured and dumped an unknown amount of oil, prompting temporary evacuations along the river.

Salt Lake Tribune

Blog:

Exxon Mobil Corp. statement on oil spill into Yellowstone River

Fort Worth Star Telegram

Weeks-long wildfire forces closure of vast Okefenokee Swamp

All entrances to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge are closed as firefighters continue to battle a 10-week-old blaze that has burned well over half the 400,000-acre preserve.

CNN

Minnesota public services shut down

Minnesota has shut down all non-essential public services because of a row over the state budget. The Democratic governor wants spending cuts and tax increases, but the legislature rejects higher taxes.

BBC

Vulnerable feel pinch of shutdown

YouTube

Pink-washed: gay rights and the problematic Middle East conflict

A mysterious video painting the organizers of the latest Gaza flotilla as anti-gay was exposed as a hoax last week in the latest instance of what pro-Palestinian activists call “pinkwashing.”

Salon

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Albert Hammond Jr. of the American rock band The Strokes performs at the Peace and Love festival in Borlange, Sweden. (Photo by Fredrik Sandberg / SWEDEN OUT / AP)	Farmer women walk across to sow in a paddy field in Baghia khurd area, about 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Allahabad, India. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)	Australia‘s Heather Garriock, left, and Equatorial Guinea’s Ana Cristina fight for the ball at the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Bochum, Germany. (Photo by Frank Augstein)

NATION

Las Conchas has now become the nation’s top fire priority

The containment is still very low at 3 to 4 percent. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said the state has already spent about $2.8 million to fight the fire and the numbers will only go up.

KOAT News

Las Conchas now biggest-ever fire in NM

Yahoo! News

Fourth of July celebrators more likely to become Republicans

Attending a Fourth of July fireworks display or flag waving parade as a child slightly increases the likelihood that that kid will grow up to vote Republican, according to a Harvard University study.

ABC News

Special section:

Patriotic reflections

PBS

POLITICS

McCain criticizes Obama’s plans for Afghanistan, Libya

The Republican who lost the 2008 presidential election to Barack Obama is not pleased with the developments in Afghanistan and Libya.

USA TODAY

Gay marriage not a hot topic with Congressional Republicans

Not so long ago, Congress was obsessed with banning gay marriage. Now: not so much. It’s not that the issue has disappeared from the political landscape.

Politico

Soldier leaves legacy much larger than the phrase ‘he was gay’

CNN

BUSINESS

California ‘Amazon tax’ kicks in — local businesses could be losers

A new California law requires large, out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases by California customers. The Golden State is the seventh to pass such a law.

Christian Science Monitor

Amazon to drop California affiliates

Huffington Post

US auto sales rose in June thanks to drop in gas prices

Gas prices hit a sweet spot for automakers last month. They fell far enough to spur pickup truck sales, yet remained so high that small cars sold well, sometimes just hours after reaching dealers’ lots.

Boston Globe

EDUCATION

New Pew study asks the question: Is college worth it?

Students and parents want to know if the time, money and effort of college is going to be worth it. A new study by the Pew Research Center set out to find some answers to that very question.

EducationNews.org

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

HEALTH

Study finds that text messages help smokers quit

Smokers are twice as likely to quit when they get text messages urging them to stay smoke free compared with those who receive texts with no motivational messages, a British study has found.

HealthDay

The health beef over barbecued meat

Grilling some meats is reputed to increase cancer risk thanks in part to chemical compounds called HCAs, which form at high temperatures. So what should a July 4th cook do?

Los Angeles Times

SPORTS

David Ragan wins at Daytona for 1st Sprint Cup victory

David Ragan became the second first-time Sprint Cup winner at Daytona International Speedway this season, winning the Coke Zero 400.

USA TODAY

Ragan redeems himself at Daytona with 1st win

YouTube

Petra Kvitova comes out of left field to shock Maria Sharapova

Petra Kvitova shocked Maria Sharapova with the power and variety of her tennis to become the first left-handed women’s champion at Wimbledon since Martina Navratilova 21 years ago.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Knight of old school can still cause a stir

It is almost 20 years since John Graham was last at the classroom chalkface. But this standard-bearer of the old school — knighted last month for services to education — can still stir the dust.

New Zealand Herald

At Camp No Worries, cancer patients are just kids again

Camp No Worries, founded by a college undergrad and recovered cancer patient, brings together pediatric cancer patients and their siblings at a summer retreat.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Jungle hero rescues girlfriend

A man was shot twice in the chest with arrows as he tried to save his girlfriend from being raped by a tribesman in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea.

Daily Mail

WORLD

15 killed in shootout between Mexican navy, alleged cartel members