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Carl-Peter Forster, president of General Motors Europe, talks to the media at the Chancellery in Berlin. A plan was approved for Magna International to move ahead with a rescue of GM's Opel unit. (Photo by Gero Breloer / AP)

Gates: Tougher sanctions needed for North Korea

The U.S. defense chief urged Asian allies to consider tougher sanctions against North Korea, noting that past efforts to cajole the reclusive regime into scrapping its nuclear weapons program have only emboldened it.

CBS News

US: Nuclear North Korea is 'not acceptable'

Guardian

President Obama: Criticism of Sotomayer's words is 'nonsense'

President Obama personally sought to deflect criticism of Sonia Sotomayor, who finds herself under scrutiny for saying that a female Hispanic judge would often reach a better decision than a white male judge.

USA TODAY

'Blog entry' sparks furor over Sotomayor

NPR

Obama to Senate: confirm Sotomayer

Associated Press

General Motors on the brink of bankruptcy

General Motors Corp., the nation's largest automaker and an icon for decades, stand on the brink of bankruptcy and an effective government takeover.

CNNMoney

The end of the road for GM

MSNBC

GM bankruptcy hits home

ABC News

US and Cuba resume talks on migration

The U.S. and Cuba have agreed to resume direct talks on migration and open discussions on establishing direct mail service between the two countries, a U.S. official said.

Reuters

Israel: No West Bank settlement freeze

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet reiterated that the government has rejected a U.S. demand to halt all activity in West Bank settlements.

Ha'aretz

Pakistan expects control in days

Pakistani security forces expect to finish their offensive against Taliban militants within days after regaining control of Swat Valley’s main city, an official said.

Bloomberg

Pakistani army retakes town from Taliban

YouTube

NATION

Unemployment in the US topped 9 percent

Unemployment in the U.S. probably surpassed 9 percent in May for the first time in more than 25 years, underscoring forecasts that the economy will be slow to pull out of the recession, economists said.

Bloomberg

Truckers say new regs won't jam borders

Americans returning from Canada, Mexico, and other nations will need more than a driver's license to get back in — and efforts are underway to prevent that from turning into a truck backlog at the borders.

USA TODAY

Passports soon mandatory at borders

FOX News

At CIA, debate continues on disclosure

There is a dispute within the CIA over how much access investigators should be given to ultra-classified CIA "operational traffic" regarding the agency's post-9/11 use of "enhanced interrogation" techniques.

Newsweek

CIA to boost foreign-language fluency

Watertown Daily Times

POLITICS

Arabs hope Obama will offer a Palestinian peace plan

When President Obama takes the podium in Cairo, Arabs in the region will be waiting as much to hear what he has to say about Israel as what he has to say about Islam.

McClatchy

Kennedy and Baucus deny health rift

Sens. Ted Kennedy and Max Baucus — the body's lead Democratic negotiators on health care — issued a statement to tamp down speculation that a rift has emerged between them.

Politico

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fusion tests set at new Livermore facility

Outside a building holding the most powerful array of lasers and precision optics ever assembled, those who created the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory celebrated its dedication.

San Francisco Chronicle

Coming to the living room: 3-D TV

The technology behind 3-D entertainment has come a long way since those sci-fi shockers of the 1950s, which could be viewed only by theater-goers willing to wear dorky cardboard spectacles.

TIME

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

The Electronic Entertainment Expo tries to recapture past buzz

After two lackluster years of tiny audiences and slashed budgets, the Electronic Entertainment Expo is trying to recapture some of its past luster, but it may be too little, too late.

CNET News

Will Ferrell finds his feet in a Lost role

Will Ferrell has a history of bringing TV shows to the big screen. His first taste was a small part in "Starsky & Hutch," a well-received parody, with Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller in the lead roles.

The Daily Telegraph

Downturn brings out vegetable gardens

Throughout Humboldt County, Calif., nurseries, gardening and feed shops are all reporting increases in first-timers looking to plant vegetable gardens or try their hands at animal husbandry.

Times-Standard

EDUCATION

Schools recognized for wellness policies

Jennifer Bruno started, from scratch, a school vegetable garden, a physical education program, and a free weekly after-school farmers market.

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Higher-education bubble could burst

Some higher-education experts are warning that the financial structure of colleges and universities may be the next “bubble” to burst in America.

Boston Herald

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Undercover at an evangelical university

Instead of taking a semester off to study comparative literature in Europe, Kevin Roose decided to go to Lynchburg, Va., and enroll at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University.

NPR

Priest’s conversion strains ties

Even hundreds of years after their split, the path of conversion from the Catholic Church to the Episcopal Church remains fraught with stumbling blocks, as Rev. Alberto Cutie recently discovered.

Kansas City Star

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Swat: a necessary catastrophe

Economist

Blog:

How to kick the coal

Grist

Column (Jim Manzi):

Dunce cap-and-trade

National Review

Column (Charles Krauthammer):

Make Sotomayor defend judicial ideals

Seattle Times

Column (Michael Goodwin):

We shouldn't apologize for terror war

NY Daily News

Column (Dick Polman):

Life experience is a factor for all judges

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column:

Big banks find unapologetic ally

Cape Cod Times

Blog (Megan McArdle):

Attack Sotomayor's qualification, not race

The Atlantic

Column (David Sirota):

Democracy needs a bailout

Salon.com

Column (Ronald Brownstein):

Can Congress step up on security?

National Journal

Column (John Dickerson):

Sotomayer said nothing wrong

Slate

Blog:

9 questions for Newt Gingrich

Economist

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GOOD NEWS

With an early start, children can enjoy fitness for life

The benefits of physical activity have been well documented, yet one third of this country’s children remain overweight or at risk of being overweight.

Buffalo News

Heirloom finds its way back to vet

A war veteran has reconnected with a precious heirloom thanks to a boy from a small town in Iowa.

KING 5

WWII Vet gets heirloom back

AOL News

WORLD

Burmese opposition leader Suu Kyi needs urgent medical care

Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, urgently needs medical attention in the prison where she is being held, her party said.