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Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby hoists the Stanley Cup following the Penguins 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings to win Game 7 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals in Detroit. (Photo by Frank Gunn / The Canadian Press / AP)

Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup

The Pittsburgh Penguins overcame a whole lot of history to beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 and win the Stanley Cup for the third time.

ESPN

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Depth chart: Detroit Red Wings

CBS SportsLine

Greatest Game 7s in Stanley Cup history

Sports Illustrated

Obama angers gays with marriage law

President Obama has angered gay rights groups with court arguments portraying the Defense of Marriage Act as a nondiscriminatory measure that "preserves scarce government resources."

San Francisco Chronicle

Ahmadinejad has large lead in Iran

Defying many predictions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held a commanding lead in the presidential vote count, election officials with Iran's Interior Ministry said.

CNN

1st results give Ahmadinejad lead

Christian Science Monitor

Iran: both sides claim victory

CBS News

NASA cancels space shuttle launch

The launch of space shuttle Endeavour has been cancelled due to a hydrogen leak, NASA officials have announced.

BBC

More prisoners transported out of Gitmo

Three more detainees have been transported from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, raising the total detainees that have left the facility to 10.

ABC News

Dow turns positive for 2009

Stocks churned at the end of a mixed week on Wall Street, that nonetheless left the Dow industrials in positive territory for the year for the first time since January.

CNNMoney

NATION

Consumer sentiment improves

The Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment rose to 69 this month, up from a reading of 68.7 in May. June's reading was the highest in nine months and the fourth month in a row of increases.

MSN Money

Cautious consumers

Reuters

Gloom lifts over Calif. home prices

Brisk sales of foreclosures are leading optimistic analysts to forecast an end to the misery of falling home prices in California, a first step to recovery in a key housing market.

CNBC

Holocaust Museum to reopen its doors

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is scheduled to reopen its doors after closing to honor slain security guard Stephen T. Johns.

Examiner

POLITICS

Key health care senators have industry ties

Influential senators working to overhaul the nation's health care system have investments and family ties with some of the biggest names in the industry.

ABC News

Dems brace for CBO score

The Hill

Palin unsure about re-election bid

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin isn't saying what's in her political future. Asked if she definitely plans to seek re-election in 2010, Palin said "I'm not definitely going to do anything yet."

CNN

Members' fortunes see steep declines

With the global economic downturn hitting U.S. stock and real-estate markets, some of the nation’s wealthiest senators, like their House counterparts, saw steep declines in their personal fortunes last year.

Politico

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Facebook offers Web addresses

Facebook, the world's largest social-networking site, began offering its 200 million users the chance to claim a personalized Web address on a first-come, first-served basis.

USA TODAY

Can Windows 7 save PCs?

Microsoft's new operating system is coming this fall, but experts say a PC rebound is a ways away and will happen in spite of the new software.

CNNMoney

Toyota Prius to get solar panels

Toyota Prius buyers can now go for an optional "Solar Pack" that cools the cabin when the car is parked in direct sunlight.

Channel 4

ENVIRONMENT

Amazon deforestation leads to development 'boom-and-bust'

Chopping down the Amazon rainforest to make way for crops or cattle has no economic or social benefit for local people in the long term, according to a major new study.

Guardian

Hybrid American chestnut trees are carbon storage champions

A new hybrid of the American chestnut tree could not only revive the nearly extinct species, but also help limit the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere.

Environment News Service

EDUCATION

Obama's charter stimulus

The Obama administration's $100 billion in "stimulus" for schools has mostly been a free lunch, the cash dispensed by formula in return for vague promises of reform.

EducationNews.org

Students not responsible for cheating

Georgia state officials are investigating possible cheating in four elementary schools, but they're not looking to the fifth-graders whose standardized test scores are in question.

Education Week

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Shooting seen by Jewish activists as part of surge in anti-Semitism

As federal prosecutors charge James von Brunn with first degree murder, it is still unclear to what extent his attack on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum represents a shift in antisemitic violence.

Forward

Catholics celebrate Corpus Christi

Many Catholics around the world celebrated Corpus Christi as a holy day of obligation.

Catholic World News

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Jonah Goldberg):

The left's game of connect-the-dots

RealClearPolitics

Column (Ralph Peters):

Iran's choice: ballots, nukes and nuts

New York Post

Column:

Letterman, right's new public enemy?

Politico

Column:

John McCain: 'Don't ask, don't tell' not a 'civil rights issue'

Huffington Post

Column:

How Iran could save the Middle East

The Atlantic

Editorial:

Iran votes

Times Online

Editorial:

A czar too far: Government should not be meddling in pay

Detroit News

Column:

The politics of assassination

Salon.com

Column:

Steps for effective church outreach

Examiner

Column:

Parents must consider disadvantages before home schooling

EducationNews.org

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GOOD NEWS

Unemployed Calif. man hits lottery jackpot twice in 2 days

An unemployed California man, who frequently bought lottery tickets, got twice as lucky when he dropped by to pick up a claim form for a $1,400 California Lottery win from the Super Lotto drawing.

Orange County Register

World War II hero to be honored

Randolph County, Ind., will honor one of its World War II heroes with a Flag Day memorial dedication.

Star Press

WORLD

UN Council votes to punish North Korea for nuclear-bomb test

The U.N. Security Council agreed unanimously to punish North Korea for its recent nuclear-bomb test and missile launches.

Bloomberg

White House applauds North Korea sanctions

The Hill

Amanda Knox defends herself, says she wasn't there during slaying

A poised and confident Amanda Knox gave Italian jurors and the world a side of the story they hadn't heard yet about the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Amanda Knox takes the stand

Telegraph.co.uk

BUSINESS

Obama ousts top AmeriCorps executive

President Barack Obama says he has lost confidence in the inspector general who investigates AmeriCorps and other national service programs and has told Congress he is removing him from the position.

TIME

Hartford to accept as much as $3.4 billion from TARP

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. capped a seven-month push to extend the U.S. financial-company rescue program to money-losing insurers.

Bloomberg

Hartford CEO on firm's challenging year

CNBC

HEALTH

Anti-smoking bill aims at stopping teens

Historic anti-smoking legislation sped to final congressional passage and lawmakers and the White House quickly declared it would save the lives of thousands of smokers of all ages.

Associated Press

Health officials confirm porn HIV cases

At least 16 porn performers have tested positive for HIV in the last five years, health officials said, contradicting industry insiders.

ABC News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Digital TV switch ends

The United States has spent the better part of a decade preparing for the big switch to digital TV. But what happens to consumers once the switch is completed?

USA TODAY

Digital TV switch may leave some in the dark

NPR

Time for the digital switch

Reuters

Madonna allowed to adopt Malawi girl

The singer said she was "ecstatic" that the judge overturned a ruling in a lower court which rejected her adoption of the four-year-old girl Chifundo "Mercy" James.

Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

Fenway flop

If the Yankees and Red Sox are headed for a date with destiny in the ALCS as many believe, then Boston should start making World Series plans.

NY Daily News

Lakers on brink after OT win

Two crucial three-pointers from veteran Derek Fisher led the Lakers to a 99-91 overtime victory over the Magic, leaving them on the brink of a fourth NBA championship since 2000.

Sporting Life

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