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Reeling from the worst attack ever aimed at homosexuals in Israel, members of the country's gay community and their supporters rallied in the heart of Tel Aviv. (Photo by Ariel Schalit / AP)

Police in door-to-door manhunt for Israel gay club shooter

Hundreds of police officers were scouring the streets of Tel Aviv in a door-to-door manhunt for a gunman who opened fire on a gay youth club.

FOX News

Tel Aviv shock over gay killings

Reuters

Car bomb in Iraq kills at least 5

An explosives-laden car parked near an outdoor market exploded Sunday in a mainly Sunni area in western Iraq, killing at least five people and wounding 34, police said, raising concern

Google News

Bomb near mosques breaks peace in Baghdad

YouTube

LaGuardia suspect ordered to have psychiatric evaluation

A man accused of entering LaGuardia Airport with a bag containing wires and batteries, sparking suspicion and leading to a large-scale evacuation, was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

CNN

Hero cop describes fake bomb ordeal

NY Daily News

LaGuardia reopens after bomb scare

Reuters

Obama trims health care reform sails

From the start, President Barack Obama made clear that his plan for enacting comprehensive health care reform came down to three words: fast, broad and bipartisan.

MSNBC

Public remains confused about health plan

CBS News

Missing Gulf War pilot's remains ID'd

The Department of Defense has positively identified the remains of a U.S. Navy pilot shot down over Iraq in the opening hours of the 1991 Gulf War.

CBS News

NATION

Military-civilian terror prison eyed

The Obama administration is looking at creating a courtroom-within-a-prison complex in the United States to house suspected terrorists, combining military and civilian detention facilities.

Yahoo! News

Many in dark about judiciary: Souter

Two-thirds of Americans, says retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, cannot even name all three branches of the federal government.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gates makes rosy gesture to 911 caller

The woman who made the 911 call that led to Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates' arrest wasn't present at the so-called beer summit, but Lucia Whalen got a shot of kindness from Gates himself.

CNN

POLITICS

Franken feuds with T. Boone Pickens

Five years after he put his money behind the Swift Boat ads that helped tank John Kerry’s presidential campaign, Senate Democrats gave T. Boone Pickens a warm welcome at their weekly policy lunch.

Politico

Ag groups lobby Senate on food bill

Trade associations representing everything from small farmers to pork producers are looking to the Senate for quick fixes to a food safety bill that passed the House.

The Hill

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sued for a tweet: How not to deal with complaints on Twitter

Twitterers should be careful what they write, especially if their account isn't private. Companies should also be careful how they respond to a negative tweet.

Christian Science Monitor

FCC opens inquiry Into Apple rejection of Google IPhone program

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission began an inquiry into Apple Inc.’s rejection of a Google application for the iPhone that allows free calls.

Bloomberg

Maine wind study gets boost

The United States Senate has approved $5 million for a University of Maine study of offshore wind generation.

WGME 13

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Filmmaker takes on multimillion-dollar dolphin industry

Moviemaker Louie Psihoyos dodged deportation, evaded arrest and put himself in serious danger to make the new documentary "The Cove" on the dolphin industry in Japan.

NPR

Death becomes them

In 1945, critic Edmund Wilson penned an eye-rolling put-down of detective stories titled "Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?" But if he were around today, he might do so a little more gingerly.

Newsweek

Newport Folk Festival turns 50

The Newport Folk Festival first gathered the finest talents from the folk music scene in a Rhode Island park back in 1959.

EW.com

Pete Seeger's 90th birthday bash

CBS News

HEALTH

Gorilla HIV makes leap to humans

A new strain of HIV has jumped from gorillas to humans after a French woman in Africa was found to be infected with the virus, which closely resembles strains of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV.)

New Scientist

Distortions rife in health care debate

Confusing claims and outright distortions have animated the national debate over changes in the health care system.

Google News

Are you a mosquito magnet?

Having been around for 170 million years and with more than 175 known species in the United States, mosquitoes aren't going to disappear any time soon. But studies are looking for how to minimize their impact.

CBS News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Finding comfort with non-belief

Joel Klinepeter recalls the exact moment a few months ago when he realized he no longer believed in God.

JournalGazette.net

Friars make journey across Va.

After trekking along more than 300 miles of dusty Virginia country roads and suburban highways, six Franciscan friars reached Washington, after an offbeat modern-day quest for God.

Austin American-Statesman

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GOOD NEWS

New Mozart pieces to be performed

Two newly discovered pieces of piano music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are to be performed in the Austrian city of his birth, Salzburg.

BBC

Deaf teen claims gold at X Games

In her much-anticipated X Games debut, motocross teen sensation Ashley Fiolek didn't disappoint. Fiolek, who has been deaf since birth, took first place in Women's Moto X Super X.

ESPN

WORLD

Israeli law 'violates sovereignty'

An Israeli judge has ruled that Israel has authority over a disputed area in the Ayalon Valley, a move that could allow the confiscation of Palestinian land bordering the occupied West bank.

Al Jazeera

Israel evicts 2 Palestinian families

YouTube

Filipinos honor Aquino

Thousands of Filipinos lined up to pay their last respects to former President Corazon Aquino, to honor the icon of democracy.

San Diego Union Tribune

Filipinos mourn Aquino

Reuters

BUSINESS

Political insiders' Harvey bank among several shut by regulators

Bank regulators shut down banks in five states, including the Mutual Bank of Harvey. The bank had $1.6 billion in assets and $1.6 billion in deposits.

Chicago Sun-Times

Geithner: Lower deficit key to recovery

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the United States must cut the annual federal budget deficit, now more than $1 trillion, for a sustained economic recovery and he's not ruling out new taxes.

San Diego Union Tribune

Aid to unemployed running out

New York Times

SPORTS

Matthew wins British Open by 3 shots

Catriona Matthew won the Women's British Open by three strokes, earning her first major title just 10 weeks after she gave birth to her second child.

ESPN

Tiger Woods and family

MSNBC

Pedro weighs in on Ortiz, Manny

The performance enhancing story involving David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez took another twist when their former Red Sox teammate, Pedro Martinez, decided to weigh in on the controversy.

MLB.com

ENVIRONMENT

Alaska's biggest tundra fire sparks climate warning

At the meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Albuquerque, New Mexico, two teams will warn that as climate change takes hold tundra fires across the Arctic will become more frequent.

New Scientist

Energizing grants for renewable energy

The U.S. government said it is now accepting applications for some $3 billion in government grants to boost development of renewable energy projects around the country.

Environmental News Network

Neglect is casting Britain's once bright woodlands into darkness

A botanist has surveyed 100 woods where the plant life was recorded in detail in the 1930s. She has found dramatic differences and modern farming methods are to blame.

Guardian

EDUCATION

Will Google Book Search increase access for underserved communities?

Google and multiple parties involved in a class action suit have reached a settlement agreement that will likely result in millions of out-of-print books becoming accessible with a mouse click.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Public online schools surge in popularity

This month, 16-year-old Jessica Littlefield of Colorado Springs will start getting up early again to join hundreds of area students headed to Coronado High School.

Gazette

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