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Iran TV accuses US of 'intolerable' meddling

Iranian state television blamed the foreign media—especially the U.S. media—for the unrest in the country, even as two senior opposition leaders were arrested.

ABC News

New protests over Iran elections

BBC

Obama to OK benefits for same-sex partners of federal workers

President Obama will sign a memorandum granting some benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, two senior administration officials said.

CNN

Obama details a 'sweeping' overhaul

President Obama unveiled his long- anticipated plan to restructure how banks and other firms are regulated, along with a new consumer protection agency, in the hope of preventing another collapse.

CNNMoney

Congress reacts to plan

MSNBC

N Korea warns of 'merciless' retaliation

North Korea warned of a "thousand-fold" military retaliation against the United States and its allies if provoked. This comes as the latest rhetoric in defense of its burgeoning nuclear program.

CBS News

United front against North Korea

Reuters

Climate report mixes dire warnings with a healthy dose of hope

Global warming's serious effects are already here and getting worse, the Obama administration warned in the grimmest, most urgent language on climate change ever given.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Goldenberg on US climate change report

Guardian

NATION

Calif. lawmakers ready to battle over taxes

Democratic lawmakers proposed raising taxes on tobacco and oil companies and refused to cut state worker pay as a key budget committee finished its plan to solve the state's $24.3 billion deficit.

San Francisco Chronicle

Republican Sen. John Ensign quits leadership post after admitting to affair

A day after admitting to an extramarital affair, Nevada Sen. John Ensign has resigned his position in the Senate Republican leadership, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement.

CNN

POLITICS

House moves to stop Gitmo transfers

House defense authorities have adopted legislation that would prohibit transferring military detainees from Guantanamo Bay into the United States until the White House has a full risk-mitigation plan.

The Hill

Cost once again a major issue as Senate discusses health care reform

The Senate made its first stab at overhauling the nation's health care system, with Republicans demanding specific cost totals amid estimates of $1 trillion-plus.

Houston Chronicle

Budget chief sees 'hard slog' on health

USA TODAY

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Space shuttle launch scrubbed again

NASA has postponed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour because of a liquid hydrogen leak.

CNN

NASA: 'We're going to step back"

BBC

Nokia phone recharges without wires

While lab experiments have been able to "beam" electricity a few feet to power a light bulb, the day when our cell phones can charge without having to plug them in still seems decades in the future.

Yahoo! Tech

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Twitter goes literary

Twitter, the social networking site favored by some celebrities, has gone high-brow with a performance from James Joyce's 1922 novel "Ulysses."

Google News

Twitter: Iranian movements' medium

TIME

Temporary restraining order issued in Salinger case

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking publication of a book by Swedish author Fredrik Colting in which J.D. Salinger’s iconic character Holden Caulfield is the main character.

Publishers Weekly

EDUCATION

It's Janet Reno vs. Alonzo Mourning for Miami school's name

The Mournings and Reno are vying for the same title — or at least their supporters are: the future name of North Miami's newest high school.

McClatchy Newspapers

What does 'p' in music mean? 20 percent of US students know

A report card on arts education released by the National Endowment for the Arts shows room for improvement as gaps between socioeconomic and racial groups persisted.

Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Former Catholic priest Cutie marries woman from beach photos

Sitting in the passenger seat of a champagne-colored Lexus and hiding his face behind a newspaper, former Roman Catholic priest Alberto Cutie left a Coral Gables courthouse as a married man.

McClatchy Newspapers

Report says terrorism finance laws hurt Muslim charities

Federal laws targeting the financing of terrorism are vague and have given the government unchecked power over American Muslim charities, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a new report.

Beliefnet

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GOOD NEWS

For the most part, the kids are all right

Although exhausted moms and dads may not hear it often enough, research shows that their devotion is paying off. Kids are far healthier and safer today than they were even a generation ago.

USA TODAY

Blue butterfly colonies thriving

The large blue butterfly was declared extinct in Britain in 1979, but large blues were imported from Sweden in the 1980s by conservationists. Since then they have made an astonishing comeback.

BBC

WORLD

400 pieces of Air France debris found

Search teams have recovered more than 400 pieces of debris from Air France Flight 447 but investigators still do not know why the plane crashed into the Atlantic, the French accident chief said.

TIME

India and Pakistan talk for first time since Mumbai attacks

India and Pakistan held talks for the first time since relations broke down after the Mumbai terror attacks but have refused to resume a diplomatic relationship.

Guardian

Pakistani Foreign Minister lays out intentions

YouTube

BUSINESS

Mortgage applications plunge to near 7-month low

New U.S. mortgage applications have fallen for a fourth consecutive week, with overall demand plunging to its lowest level in nearly seven months.

CNBC

US consumer prices rose less than forecast in May

The cost of living in the United States rose less than forecast in May, culminating in the biggest 12-month drop in prices in almost 60 years.

Bloomberg

Answers to your money questions

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

The end of the Amazon?

Proponents of a pending Brazilian law claim that granting property rights will promote conservation; critics worry that sanctioning previous deforestation will only breed more of the same.

Foreign Policy

Glaciers may be gone by next decade

On the eve of Glacier National Park's 100th birthday, some of its distinctive features — such as its glaciers — are disappearing and may not be around for the park's bicentennial party.

U.S. News & World Report

Global warming already being felt

MSNBC

HEALTH

Cooking carrots whole preserves more anti-cancer properties, study

A new study by scientists showed that cooking carrots whole preserves their anti-cancer properties better than cooking them sliced or diced.

Medical News Today

VA medical gear still being mishandled

Lawmakers blasted Veterans Affairs officials after testimony that the agency still wasn't following procedures, months after instruments may have exposed vets to hepatitis and HIV.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Pudge sets record for games caught

Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, who broke into the Majors as a 19-year-old rookie with the Rangers in 1991, has officially surpassed Carlton Fisk for the most games caught in Major League Baseball history.

MLB.com

Vikings owner Wilf: 'It's up to Favre'

Favre has acknowledged that people are "fed up" with his drama about whether he will return to play for the Vikings. "That's fine," Favre said. "But it's my life, and I'm trying to figure out what to do."

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