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A South Korean marine looks at the northern side through binoculars at the South Korea's western Yeonpyong Island, near the disputed sea border with North Korea. (Photo by Ahn Jung-won / AP)

Pakistan army secures key Swat Valley city

The Pakistani military says security forces have taken back the city of Mingora, calling it a significant victory in its offensive against the Taliban.

CNN

Pakistan's displaced people

Guardian

Government Motors? The new face of GM

As the nation's largest automaker limps toward an expected bankruptcy filing, General Motors is pushing forward with a massive restructuring plan, shedding weak brands in an attempt to become stronger.

ABC News

GM bondholders near deadline to accept offer

Reuters

North Korea moves another missile

Spy satellites have spotted signs that North Korea may be preparing to transport another long-range missile to a test launch site, South Korean officials said.

TIME

Tensions rise on Korean Peninsula

NPR

US 'opposes' nuclear North Korea

BBC

Virus cripples FBI e-mails

A vicious cyber-virus is crippling the FBI's computer and e-mail systems, continuing to jam the agency's vast communications network more than nine days after first being detected.

New York Post

Obama's strategy for countering cyber attacks

Christian Science Monitor

Sotomayor focus on race may be hurdle

The selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court has opened a new battle in the fight over affirmative action and other race-conscious remedies for patterns of inequality.

MSNBC

Sotomayor controversy

CBS News

NATION

Hurricane season sparks anxieties

This year should be slightly less busy than last year, when 16 named storms formed in the Atlantic, eight of which were hurricanes and nine of which made landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.

USA TODAY

Schwarzenegger proposes closing 80 percent of Calif. state parks

Nearly every state park in the Bay Area —from the towering redwoods at Big Basin to Angel Island, Mount Tamalpais to Mount Diablo — would close.

San Jose Mercury News

Nearly all Bay Area state parks would close

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Former presidents look back

Former President George W. Bush shared the stage with another ex-President, Bill Clinton, for a discussion on global and domestic challenges facing the United States and Canada.

ABC News

McAuliffe blazes different Virginia trail

Two candidates for the Virginia Senate seat are being outpaced in most polls by a man who has never served a day in public office and, until a few months ago, had few ties to Virginia besides his mailing address.

Politico

Weakened Kilpatrick big target in primary

Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick took the lowest primary percentage of any returning member of Congress last cycle, so it’s not surprising that ambitious Detroit lawmakers are taking aim at her again.

The Hill

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Solar alignments cause 'Manhattanhenge'

For 15 minutes around sunset this summer, the sun will set in exact alignment with the cross streets of Manhattan's street grid, making the city's towering buildings function like a modern-day Stonehenge.

LiveScience

Scientists find secret of hockey shot

It takes less than a second, but the wrist shot in hockey is one of the hardest skills in sports to master. A team of researchers believe they have isolated the key components of a successful wrist shot.

BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Passing the torch on the 'Tonight Show'

Jay Leno's final "Tonight Show" week was a carefully orchestrated blend of favorite guests and classic bits. All he had to do on the final show was shake hands with his successor, Conan O'Brien, and go home.

Hollywood Reporter

Conan has big shoes to fill

Hulu

God save the brand? Punk musicians power UK ads

Never mind the bullocks, indeed – Johnny Rotten and some stampeding cows have started a rush toward punk advertising in the United Kingdom.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Duncan: States could lose out on stimulus

States will hurt their chance to compete for millions of federal stimulus dollars if they fail to embrace innovations like charter schools, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said.

Education Week

University of Illinois kept secret clout list

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, maintains a secret list of student applicants backed with clout, a “Category I List’’ of relatives and friends of politicians, trustees and administrators.

Chicago Sun-Times

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Is Mary the 'coredemptrix' of humanity?

At least 7 million Catholics from more than 170 countries, have reportedly signed petitions urging the pope to proclaim Mary "the Spiritual Mother of All Humanity, the coredemptrix with Jesus the redeemer."

Beliefnet

Celebrity priest’s conversion strains ecumenical ties

Known as “Father Oprah” for his popularity and media savvy, Rev. Alberto Cutie left Catholicism to join the Episcopal Church.

Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

The limits of empathy for Sotomayor

TIME

Column (Robert L. Borosage & Katrina vanden Heuvel):

Exacting change

The Nation

Column (Richard A. Posner):

The GM reorganization

The Atlantic

Column (Caroline Glick):

Israel and the axis of evil

RealClearPolitics

Column:

The bankruptcy parasites

Newsweek

Column (Arianna Huffington):

Conservatives play the race card

Huffington Post

Column:

Closing Gitmo won't repair US image

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial:

A Minnesota model for US food safety

Star Tribune

Editorial:

Time's up for state government cuts

Detroit News

Editorial:

Piling on the government

Economist

Blog:

Grasping at straws

Indianapolis Star

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GOOD NEWS

Shivashankar wins national spelling bee

Kavya Shivashankar won the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee one word at a time. “When I was the last one left, I thought I had a chance to win, but I didn’t think about (winning) until then,” she said.

Kansas City Star

Raw video: spelling bee champ crowned

YouTube

Volunteers descend on Eudora for a ‘church-raising’

The national group pulled in nearly 100 volunteers to work with church members. And that was just the first week.

Kansas City Star

WORLD

Iran hangs 3 over mosque bombing

Iran executed in public three men convicted of involvement in a bomb attack on a mosque that killed 25 people, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Reuters

500,000 homeless after Cyclone Aila

Hundreds of thousands of people flooded out of their homes by deadly Cyclone Aila crowded government shelters in eastern India and Bangladesh, officials said.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

New jobless claims drop

The tally of newly laid-off people requesting jobless benefits fell last week, the government said, a sign that companies are cutting fewer workers.

CBS News

Social Security gets new worries

Kansas City Star

US stocks rally, capping 3-month advance for S&P 500

U.S. stocks rallied, capping the first three-month gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since its record in 2007.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Healthy living still eludes Americans

Americans know what they need to do to ward off cardiovascular disease and live longer, but despite recommendations, most still aren't making smart lifestyle choices, new research indicates.

WebMD

UK study: An aspirin a day brings no clear benefits to healthy people

UK researchers who reviewed clinical trial data covering 95,000 people concluded that there was no net benefit to healthy people taking an aspirin a day as a way to protect against vascular disease.

Medical News Today

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic may boost oil and gas reserves

The first-ever comprehensive assessment of Arctic oil and gas deposits reveals that 13 percent of the world's undiscovered oil could be trapped beneath the far north's barren land and icy waters.

Environmental News Network

Fighting for the right to grow food in LA

Just how much trouble can one community garden start? For starters, three years of court proceedings, eviction notices, one assault charge, allegations of corruption, and $16 million worth of fundraising.

Grist

SPORTS

Lakers eliminate Nuggets

The Los Angeles Lakers put together an impressive 119-92 wipeout of the Denver Nuggets to win the West final 4-2 and advance to the NBA Finals.

FOX News

Reutimann: from win to pole

David Reutimann recorded a lap of 156.794 mph to capture the Sprint Cup Autism Speaks 400 pole at Dover International Speedway.

San Francisco Chronicle

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