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Officer Les Munn, of Texarkana, Ark., stands at the front of the boat as officials search near the edge of the Little Missouri River near Langley, Ark. (Photo by Sue Ogrocki / AP)

US told BP to boost containment within 48 hours

The U.S. Coast Guard gave BP Plc 48 hours to find more capacity to contain its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico after scientists and researchers doubled their estimates of the spill’s size.

BusinessWeek

Obama: no intent to devalue BP

Reuters

Live view of leak

CNN

Advice to college graduates from Obama, McCain, and Souter

It's the time of year for advice and inspiration for college graduates. Former Justice David Souter, who rarely makes public speeches, is among those offering words of wisdom this year.

Christian Science Monitor

Official: Park warning systems will be reviewed

The warning system intended to notify campers on federal land about potentially devastating weather will be re-examined in Arkansas and throughout the nation, the U.S. Agriculture Secretary said.

CNN

Natural disasters: top 10 US threats

LiveScience

Ark. flood survivor

CBS News

Campground disaster: How did it happen?

KATV

US, Cuba to hold immigration talks

The U.S. and Cuba have agreed to hold immigration talks in Washington within days, a U.S. official said, the first since a similar meeting in Havana in February.

San Francisco Chronicle

Making boxed wine look chic

Boxed wine not only costs less to ship but also use vacuum-sealed bags to keep vino tasting fresh for up to six weeks after opening. The main drawback to boxed wine? It looks tacky.

TIME

Nev. wine lovers worried about mail orders

San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Obama takes hard line against leaks

The indictment of Thomas A. Drake was the latest evidence that the Obama administration is proving more aggressive than the Bush administration in seeking to punish unauthorized leaks.

New York Times

Pentagon blocks file release to Wikileaks

The Independent

The media insurgents

The New Yorker

Worldwide BP protest day vilifies BP

Christian Science Monitor

Minority births in US drive diversity

Record levels of births among minorities in the past decade are moving the U.S. a step closer to a demographic milestone in which no group commands a majority, new Census estimates show.

ABC News

'Prince of Pot' sparks sovereignty outcry

His seed catalogs were scrutinized by discerning cannabis cultivators, much like the ladies of Cumbria might fuss over Chiltern's inventories of sweet peas and heirloom tomatoes.

Seattle Times

POLITICS

Obama presses Congress on ‘doc fix’

President Barack Obama called for Congress to avert a planned 21 percent pay cut for doctors who see Medicare patients, saying the move is necessary to insure the health of older Americans.

New York Times

Obama on 'doc fix'

Associated Press

Congress faces vote on Obama's Afghanistan war budget

Congress faces a formidable summer agenda on issues ranging from an overhaul of financial regulation to Gulf oil spill. But nothing is as wrenching as upcoming votes to fund the U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Were Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars' stoned?

Among the pieces in London's National Gallery is a painting called "Venus and Mars" by Sandro Botticelli. At first glance, Venus looks forward while Mars lies beside her, apparently asleep. Or is he?

NPR

Annie comic ends, but with uncertain fate

She has been jailed in North Korea, kidnapped repeatedly, accused of murder, trapped in a cave, roughed up by gangsters. And she's just a kid — more precisely, a red-haired girl named Annie.

Seattle Times

HEALTH

FDA to monitor genetic testing

Indicating they plan to closely monitor the sale of genetic tests directly to consumers, federal regulators told five companies their products are medical devices that require the government's approval.

San Jose Mercury News

Docs wary of new breast cancer approach

Delivering radiation to the tissues surrounding a breast cancer tumor immediately after it is removed now has the support of a positive clinical trial but doctors say much more proof is still needed.

ABC News

Scanning for cancer

WebMD

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Merely human? So yesterday

On an evening this spring, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, became part man and part machine.

New York Times

Zooming in on an infant solar system

A team of scientists at the University of Arizona has observed in unprecedented detail the processes giving rise to stars and planets in nascent solar systems.

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Full in their faith, 9 women celebrate their Bat Mitzvah

In 2009, a group of women from Temple Sinai in Eggertsville, N.Y., added an intensive program of study to their already busy, challenging lives.

Buffalo News

Millions watch relic of Buddha skull in TV enshrining ceremony

Millions of television viewers and Internet users in China watched what government archaeologists have described as a portion of the 2,500 year old skull of Gautama Buddha.

Times of India

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GOOD NEWS

Father and sons to get Drexel degrees

Twin brothers Frank and Christian Anastasi knew they would share the spotlight on commencement day. But they thought they'd share it only with each other.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Teen focuses her compassion on Ghana

Carly Williamson snapped thousands of photos in Ghana and sketched colored-pencil portraits of several of the children when she returned home.

Charlotte Observer

WORLD

1.3 million flee as China floods kill 155

Unusually heavy seasonal flooding in China has killed at least 155 people and forced more than 1 million to flee as water levels in some areas reached their highest in more than a decade, the government said.

CBS News

Kyrgyzstan declares state of emergency

Kyrgyzstan's interim government worked to quell an upsurge of ethnic violence that killed 65 people and injured more than 500.

CNN

BUSINESS

Apple’s grip on apps probed

American regulators are planning to investigate Apple’s business practices to see if it is harming the developing market for software that runs on mobile phones and the iPad, its latest hit device.

Times Online

Spirit Air pilot strike strands thousands

Pilots walked out in a pay dispute with the small, Florida-based discount airline Spirit Air, which has already stranded thousands of travelers.

Houston Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Critics slam new climate change proposal in Bonn

A new round of climate talks ended with rich and poor countries both sharply criticizing a new text meant to pave the way toward a deal to halt global warming.

Humboldt Beacon

Toxic scrub-up a success

The last traces of Vietnam War-era Agent Orange have been removed from Sydney's Rhodes Peninsula, marking the end of the largest clean-up in Australia's history.

Sydney Morning Herald

SPORTS

Gift of a goal helps US to 1-1 tie with England at World Cup

With four minutes left, England goalkeeper Robert Green hoped someone would save him. No such luck.

USA TODAY

Phils 'slammed' by Nava, Sox

The Phillies have lost 16 of 23 games. They are in third place and in a state of clear frustration. The two-time National League champions are facing their greatest test during this run of success.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Rookie hits grand slam on 1st pitch

MLB.com

EDUCATION

Colo. takes on teacher tenure

Colorado is changing the rules for how teachers earn and keep tenure, linking student performance to job security despite outcry from teacher unions that have long defended the system.

Star-Tribune

Educator honored for teaching language, imparting confidence

Floris Wilma Ortiz-Marrero, 52, was named the 2011 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year for her work in building the ESL program at Amherst Regional Middle School in Boston.

Boston Globe

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