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Workers paint a banner to hang where a World Cup soccer game between Mexico and South Africa will be displayed in Mexico City's main Zocalo plaza. The 2010 World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa starts when Mexico plays South Africa. (Photo by Eduardo Verdugo / AP)

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Bringing comparison shopping to the doctor’s office

Americans comparison-shop for items as small as groceries and as big as cars. But how do you compare prices on health care?

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More workers alleging bias against caregivers

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NPR

Abby Sunderland found alive

A 16-year-old Southern California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the Indian Ocean with rescue boats headed toward her, officials said.

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Detroit Free Press

World Cup: South Africa set for historic event

South Africa is preparing for the start of the biggest football tournament on earth, the World Cup, which gets under way in Johannesburg.

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Top 10 players to watch in the World Cup

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Christian Science Monitor

Anger rises along with spill size estimate

Oil is flowing from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico almost twice as fast — at minimum — as estimated previously, although some of it is now being captured, federal officials say.

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Houston Chronicle

Map: oil cleanup concentration sites

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Los Angeles Times

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Gulf of Mexico spill

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Graduation rate falls across the US

The national graduation rate was 68.8 percent in 2007, according to a new study. But the report also identifies 21 big-city ''overachievers'' that posted higher-than-expected graduation rates.

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Army misplaced remains at Arlington

It's uncertain who is buried in a number of graves at Arlington National Cemetery because of poor management and record keeping, Pentagon officials said.

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CBS News

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Shakeup at Arlington Cemetery

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MSNBC

Census suggests 'majority minority'

The census shows that Whites are on the verge of becoming a minority among newborn children in the U.S., marking a demographic shift that is already reshaping the nation's politics and economy.

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Wall Street Journal

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CNN

US arrests over 400 in 16 states in Mexican drug cartel sweep

More than 400 people accused of having ties to trafficking for Mexican drug cartels were arrested in 16 U.S. states.

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Reuters

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Holder on border shooting

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POLITICS

Resolution on greenhouse gases fails, could boost energy bill

Democrats and environmentalists took satisfaction in the defeat in the U.S. Senate of a resolution that would have stripped the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to regulate greenhouse gases.

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Christian Science Monitor

Banks feel the pressure as Congress reform panel debuts

Banks faced intensified regulatory reform pressures as a special U.S. congressional panel prepared to hold its first public meeting, forcing Democratic leaders to balance on a knife's edge.

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Reuters

HEALTH

Birth control pill for men still a ways off

For half a century, women have had access to birth control pills. Men? Still waiting. To date, no one has come up with an equivalent product for men.

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USA TODAY

Researchers ID genes tied to autism

An international team of researchers unveiled the most detailed picture yet of the genetic causes of autism, identifying specific genes and pathways that play a role in the complex disorder.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

12,000 Minn. nurses launch 1-day walkout over nurse-to-patient ratios

A key issue in the largest nurses strike in U.S. history was the nurses' demand for strict nurse-to-patient ratios, rejected by hospitals as inflexible and unnecessary.

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Forbes

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Some replacement nurses not needed

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Star Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Dvorkovich, chess robot go 1-1

Playing alongside an international grandmaster and a 7-year-old prodigy, the smart money would not have been on Arkady Dvorkovich to score the only victory against Russia's chess robot.

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Moscow Times

4th 'Twilight' film to be split in 2

Why make one "Twilight" film when you can charge moviegoers to see two of them? The fourth movie in the vampire franchise will be split in two, distributor Summit Entertainment confirmed.

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ABC News

In Sweden, the men can have it all

Now 85 percent of Swedish fathers take parental leave. As other countries tinker with maternity leave and women’s rights, Sweden may be a glimpse of the future.

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EDUCATION

Embedded librarians: Johns Hopkins ahead of curve

The role of the library is changing. E-journals and e-books are poised to turn the library building into study space and librarians into e-sherpas.

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EducationNews.org

New teacher distribution methods hold promise for low-performing schools

With effective teaching a top policy priority, certain school districts are renewing efforts to pilot strategies for pairing effective teachers with students in low-performing, high-poverty schools.

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SPORTS

Celtics claw back vs. Lakers in game 4

The finals are tied at 2-2 after Boston's 96-89 win against the defending champion Lakers, ensuring a return to Los Angeles.

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USA TODAY

USC is handed harsh penalties

Citing major violations by the University of Southern California’s football and men’s basketball programs, the NCAA barred the Trojans football program from bowl games in the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

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Coach's comments

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GOOD NEWS

Mich. exhibit displays significant culinary book donations

Four key pieces from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive, including the first cookbook published by an African American, will be on display at the University of Michigan.

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Detroit Free Press

Fewer people have myocardial infarctions, more survive

Fewer people appear to be having heart attacks in recent years, and the number of patients who do seem to be surviving them has increased, researchers have found.

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WORLD

Bloody Sunday inquiry 'to rule killings unlawful' after 38 years

The long-awaited official inquiry into the deaths of 13 protesters shot dead by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday will conclude that several of them were unlawfully killed.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Guardian

Cameron hints at Afghanistan exit on visit to Kabul

David Cameron said that he does not want British troops to stay in Afghanistan a day longer than necessary, as he flew into the country for the first time as Prime Minister.

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BBC

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Plan to woo Afghan Taliban could harm villages

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Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Euro at 1-week high as concern over debt crisis eases

The euro traded near a one-week high against the dollar and the yen as concern waned that Europe’s debt crisis will derail global growth.

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Bloomberg

Ongoing jobless claims plummet to 17-month low

The number of people filing for ongoing unemployment insurance plummeted by 255,000 to the lowest level since December 2008, according to government figures.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study: Comets may be 'aliens'

Turning the Oort cloud theory on its head, a team of astronomers says not all comets originated from within our solar system. If true, more clues could be gleaned about distant stars.

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Los Angeles Times

World's oldest leather shoe found in a cave in Armenia

A perfectly preserved shoe, 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and 400 years older than Stonehenge in the U.K., has been found in a cave in Armenia.

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ScienceDaily

AT&T breach exposes IDs, e-mail addresses of iPad owners

A security breach has exposed 114,000 e-mail addresses and ICC-IDs of various Apple iPad owners, including some big names, AT&T has acknowledged.

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PCMag

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Open spaces sacred places

In 1996, Tom and Kitty Stoner started the TKF Foundation in Annapolis, Maryland. The foundation has helped develop more than 100 green sites including healing spaces at hospitals.

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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Priesthood recruiting difficult in France

The Roman Catholic Church in Europe is struggling with a shortage of priests. In France, the number of priests has been in steady decline since the 1960s.

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Thousands rally in defense of pope

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ENVIRONMENT

GMO potato has some Swedes frowning

Reflecting European resistance to genetically modified crops, some in Sweden remain divided on the Amflora potato, which is being grown for its starch, not for food.

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Plastic's future may not be in the bag

Plastic bags may have become victims of their own success. Their very ubiquity has led to a small but growing number of jurisdictions discouraging their use through fees or outright bans.

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

More men file sexual harassment claims

Women still file the overwhelming majority of sexual harassment claims, but lawyers say they've noticed an increase in complaints by men.

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Houston Chronicle

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An Egyptian television cameraman covering the campaign launch smokes a cigarette as he observes an anti-smoking campaign banner in Alexandria, Egypt. (Photo by Tarek Fawzy / AP)

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