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A Brown Pelican is cleaned at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Buras, La. The bird was rescued after being exposed in an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

New GI Bill fulfills veterans' dreams of higher education

The new Post-9/11 GI Bill is sparking enrollment gains across the nation by making it easier for veterans to pursue graduate degrees and, for the first time, to send their children to college.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

New GI Bill targets San Diego marines

KPBS

LA to boycott Ariz. Will the Lakers follow?

After the Los Angeles City Council passed legislation banning the city from doing any further business with the state of Arizona, some Los Angelinos are hoping that the Los Angeles Lakers will get behind the cause.

TIME

Quest for oil leaves damage across the globe

Across the globe, people in oil-producing regions are watching the catastrophe in the Gulf. To some, the black tide is a global event that finally may awaken the world to the real cost of oil.

McClatchy Newspapers

BP making 2nd attempt to funnel oil to ship

BusinessWeek

Ties between regulator, firms eyed in spill

NPR

As the euro wavers in value, the dollar looks better

Both gold and the U.S. dollar have been gaining in value. The dollar recently reached its highest value, compared with the euro, in 18 months.

NPR

Species by species, a new ecosystem takes shape

The eruption of Mount St. Helens 30 years ago destroyed so much that often overlooked is what it created. Scientists are witnessing the assembly, species by species, of an entirely new ecosystem.

Seattle Times

Life and lessons in blast zone

The Olympian

Special section:

Rebirth of the blast zone

National Geographic

NATION

The Supreme Court connection to Ivy League law schools

If Elena Kagan is confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, it will lead to a court where each of the justices will have attended law school at either Harvard or Yale.

NPR

Blog:

Review set for 160,000 pages on Kagan

Politico

NRA celebrates gun culture

The annual National Rifle Association Convention is about more than just guns. It's a celebration of a culture that is distinctly American.

BBC

Protesters urge changes in gun laws

Charlotte Observer

Task force, tourism groups try to cast Ariz. in a better light

After a particularly stinging week, Gov. Jan Brewer formed a tourism task force to polish Arizona's tainted image. (We're guessing they won't go with: "Arizona. We're huge in a spoof on YouTube.")

Arizona Republic

POLITICS

In 4 states, primaries pose puzzlers

In a year that has already delivered more than its share of political shocks, the question in advance of a slate of high-stakes elections is simple: How many more will there be?

Washington Post

Flood of outside money hits the primaries

MSNBC

AP-GfK poll: Voters tilt back toward Democrats

Google News

Civil rights vets uneasy with Kagan

Elena Kagan has steered clear of championing the old civil rights positions on race-based programs and preferences.

Politico

BUSINESS

Some jobs gone for good

In the labor market of the future, fewer construction workers will be needed. Don't expect as many interior designers, either, and retailers will get by with leaner staffs.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Tech pioneers find fertile soil in Boulder

Boulder, Colo., is breeding tech startups at an attention-grabbing rate, solidifying Boulder's place among the country's up-and-coming tech center.

Denver Post

JPMorgan's Dimon stirs students' ire

On Wall Street, Jamie Dimon is considered a leader, but some students at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y., are not impressed.

Reuters

SPORTS

Lookin At Lucky wins Preakness

Lookin At Lucky proved he is more than lucky: He's good. In fact, he just might be the best 3-year-old horse in the country.

San Francisco Chronicle

No tackling, but girls take some hits

Flag football has quietly become one of the fastest-growing varsity sports for high school girls in Florida. A decade after it was introduced, nearly 5,000 girls play statewide.

New York Times

EDUCATION

High lead levels hurt learning for Detroit Public School kids

More than half of the students tested in Detroit Public Schools have a history of lead poisoning, which affects brain function for life, according to data compiled by city health and education officials.

Detroit Free Press

Student’s arrest tests immigration policy

Jessica Colotl, a 21-year-old college student and illegal Mexican immigrant at the center of a contentious immigration case, surrendered to a Georgia sheriff but continued to deny wrongdoing.

Gainesville Sun

HEALTH

Bad at relationships? Good for survival

Feeling happy and secure in our relationships is a goal many people strive for, but in times of need the emotionally insecure partners may be doing us a favor by being more alert to possible danger.

LiveScience

That 'spoonful of sugar' actually works

Giving infants sugar helps reduce the pain of vaccinations, researchers have found. The effect appears to be strong in those up to 12 months old, but weaker in older infants than newborns.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Los Angeles Episcopal Church consecrates lesbian bishop

The Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles ordained an openly lesbian bishop, a move likely to stoke further tensions between liberals and conservatives in the divided global Anglican Communion.

Reuters

Small churches struggle to recover from Tenn. flooding

Rebuilding after the flood of 2010 will not be easy for small congregations like Bledsoe Baptist. The flood wiped out the church's treasury, leaving the congregation wondering how to put things right.

The Tennessean

The sermon of the century

A minister is going to celebrate turning 100 by doing what he has always done: "Deliver the greatest news in the world."

Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Derek Paravicini, the human iPod

Blind and autistic, pianist Derek Paravicini is on the brink of international stardom.

Telegraph.co.uk

Walmart launches $2B initiave to feed America's hungry

Walmart launched a $2 billion commitment to feeding hungry Americans, and in the process the retail giant highlighted a growing social challenge.

ABC News

Woman earns college diploma at age 94

It's never too late to earn your college degree. Just ask 94-year-old graduate Hazel Soares.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Parts of Thai capital under curfew

The Thai military has imposed curfew in some parts of Bangkok as soldiers remain locked in confrontation with anti-government protesters.

Al Jazeera

Protests in Thailand turn deadly

Times Online

Bangkok resident talks about being evacuated

BBC

Greece may take legal steps against US banks for crisis, Papandreou says

Greece is considering taking legal action against U.S. investment banks that might have contributed to its debt crisis, Prime Minister George Papandreou said.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientific breakthrough could offer melanoma cure

A long-awaited shot, being hailed as a scientific breakthrough which could offer a cure for cancer, is to be tested on the first British patients within weeks.

Times of India

Spitting cobras track 1st, predict later

Most venomous snakes are legendary for their lethal bites, but not all. Some cobras defend themselves by spraying venom into the eyes.

ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

Rising carbon dioxide levels may hinder crop growth

Plant physiologists from the University of California, Davis, may have dashed the hopes that rising greenhouse gas levels would encourage long term plant growth.

Vancouver Sun

Gray whale dies off southern Calif.

A young gray whale that captured public concern as it spent the week in and near a Southern California harbor died and washed onto a beach.

San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Young foodies creating a new culinary art

Young people immersed in food culture today are as likely to praise a fish taco from a food truck as filet mignon from a four-star restaurant.

Los Angeles Times

French museum's controversial design draws as much attention as its art

It's France's newest architectural wonder, and it looks something like an enormous, white floppy sun hat.

Courier-Journal

Woody Allen's woes over aging, death

"My relationship with death remains the same — I'm strongly against it," said film director Woody Allen.

BBC

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