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President Barack Obama is seen on a monitor in the White House briefing room in Washington where he told an ABC interviewer that he supports gay marriage. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP)

Mega-cities pose climate challenge as consumption grows

The mega-cities of Asia will be the toughest test for climate-change policy as a rising middle class begins to consume goods at rates only previously seen in the U.S. and Europe.

Sydney Morning Herald

Blog:

Hong Kong inventor leads charge in war against pollution

(TIME)

Ecocentric

Has ultimate Olympian Michael Phelps met his match?

The swimming phenomenon with a record 14 golds may have to play second fiddle this summer as his U.S. teammate, Ryan Lochte, may be the bigger noise.

The Independent

The life and career of Michael Phelps

USA TODAY

US divided as Obama endorses gay marriage

Americans reacted with joy, scorn and indifference to Obama‘s words supporting gay marriage in a television interview that marked what could be a key moment in his presidency and the nation’s history.

Kansas City Star

Obama throws backing to gay marriage

Philadelphia Inquirer

Special section:

Gay rights in the US

Guardian

Syrian capital rocked by deadly blasts

Two explosions shook the Syrian capital, killing and wounding dozens of people in a district that houses a military intelligence complex involved in President Assad’s crackdown on a 14-month uprising.

Reuters

Syrian capital Damascus rocked by explosions

Telegraph.co.uk

Vidal Sassoon, renowned hairstylist, dies

Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, who undid the beehive with his wash-and-wear cuts and went on to become an international name in hair care, died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, Calif. He was 84.

San Francisco Chronicle

Vidal Sassoon’s iconic haircuts

Telegraph.co.uk

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A rare calico lobster discovered by Jasper White’s Summer Shack was caught off the coast of Winterport, Maine. (Photo by Tony LaCasse / New England Aquarium / AP)	The creation of contemporary artist Daniel Buren in the Grand Palais is seen during the opening of groundbreaking Monumenta exhibit in Paris, France. (Photo by Francois Mori / AP)	Aerial dancers rehearse on the Old Post Office Pavilion in preparation for the Kennedy Center’s street arts festival in Washington. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin / AP)

NATION

Post office closure plan canceled

The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service sought to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

US military snipers are changing warfare

Advancements in technology and training have made today’s U.S. snipers more deadly than their predecessors.

USA TODAY

Blog:

Support for Afghan war hits new low

(The Hill)

DEFCON Hill

POLITICS

Review: What a radical looks like

Modern-day political malcontents, frustrated by the way fashion choices that once meant something, have been co-opted by capitalists. But clothes do not make the activist.

The Atlantic

House votes to renew Ex-Im Bank

The House voted to extend the life of the Export-Import Bank, culminating a struggle that has split Republicans between pro-bank business groups and anti-big government conservatives.

Seattle Times

BUSINESS

Number of academics on public aid triples

The life of an academic is becoming more financially treacherous. A skyrocketing number of Americans with Ph.D.s say they are facing a reality in which they are turning to food stamps to survive.

ABC News

More farmers’ markets to take food stamps

Grist

European startups court crowds for cash

As European banks keep tight control on lending, cash-hungry companies are increasingly turning to an alternative form of financing known as crowdfunding.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Children’s education advocate brings message to Kansas City

Geoffrey Canada, the executive director of the Harlem Children‘s Zone, finds himself an icon in U.S. cities’ struggles to raise up the most desperate neighborhoods through cradle-to-college services for children.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What will $10,000 get me?

The sum of $10,000 may not be able to buy as much as it used to, but Texas politicians and education administrators think that with a little experimentation it can buy a bachelor’s degree.

Inside Higher Ed

HEALTH

Kids’ medical tests need child-size radiation, says FDA

The government is taking steps to help ensure that children who need CT scans and other X-ray-based tests do not get adult-sized doses of radiation.

Telegram & Gazette

Psychosis may be overdiagnosed in African-Americans

Suspicion of white-dominated institutions and society at large among African-Americans may translate into overdiagnosis of schizophrenia, a researcher reports.

MedPage Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Toning down radical Afghan preachers

Muslim clerics in Afghanistan often denounce the U.S. military presence and speak favorably of the Taliban. The Afghan government is now calling on the clerics to be more moderate, or face penalties.

NPR

Collinsville church’s 150th anniversary shows possibilities

With donations and hard work from both black and white citizens, Wilkerson Chapel, the oldest and only African Methodist Episcopal church in Collinsville, Ill., stands as evidence of unity and cooperation.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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GOOD NEWS

Adults with disabilities learn to perform at college of their own

The College of Adaptive Arts‘ Showboaters, all developmentally disabled adults, will perform songs like “Lean On Me” and “Be True To Your School” for their annual Palooza fundraiser.

San Jose Mercury News

Pit bull rescues unconscious owner from oncoming train

Move over, Lassie. A Massachusetts pit bull named Lilly took on a freight train to save her owner, who collapsed unconscious onto the tracks during a late-night walk.

ABC News

Bunking with cats, inmates learn the value of teamwork

The Cuddly Catz program at the Larch Correctional Facility, a minimum-security prison, is only several months old. But inmates say they have already noticed a difference in the cats and themselves.

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

European elections signal an end to market calm