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Folding bikes making tracks on road to greener travel

From city suburbs to crowded urban centers, folding bicycles are finding a new credibility. Once dismissed as novelty toys or stash-in-the-trunk conveniences, now they're seen as a way for everyone to bike.

CNN

More cyclists commute in heels and suits

Boston Globe

WikiLeaks founder keeps his head down

Julian Assange, the Australian-born face of the web iconoclast WikiLeaks, is in hiding overseas after the U.S. military arrested one of its own soldiers.

Sydney Morning Herald

Solar struggles in US market

Solar power accounts for less than 1 percent of U.S. energy usage. The giant U.S. market currently ranks fourth in solar electric capacity — behind Germany, Italy and Japan.

MSNBC

Vast riches of minerals found in Afghanistan

The U.S. has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself.

New York Times

Afghanistan in pictures

MSNBC

Special section:

Afghanistan

CBS News

Military fails on brain-test follow-ups

The Pentagon has failed to comply with a congressional directive to give all troops tests to measure their thinking abilities and uncover possible brain injuries.

USA TODAY

Telephone con artists use Make-A-Wish Foundation's name to steal from seniors

A massive telephone sweepstakes scam targeting elderly Americans using the names of Make-A-Wish Foundation has further escalated. The foundation has renewed a nationwide scam alert.

ABC News

'Green burials' gaining ground

"Green burials" eliminate toxins and non-biodegradable material from end-of-life rituals. This movement is gaining ground.

Houston Chronicle

NATION

Obama wants added economic stimulus

President Barack Obama and his aides are stepping up a push for further government spending to boost the economy as signs grow of the recovery's fragility.

Reuters

David Axelrod on NBC's 'Meet the Press'

MSNBC

Families of missing visit site of Ark. campground flood

Anxious family members toured the campground where their loved ones were staying when they were swept away by a flash flood.

Star Tribune

Search for Ark. flood victims turns grim

YouTube

Government takes on journalism

Tasking itself to produce a study on the "reinvention of journalism," the Federal Trade Commission has encountered many of the same quandaries the industry has.

New York Times

POLITICS

Congress nears bank trading crackdown

One of the last major agreements needed to approve historic Wall Street reform — a compromise on curbing risky bank trading — was close at hand as U.S. lawmakers moved toward melding three key proposals.

Reuters

Road to banking reform cluttered with lobbyists

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Political fundraising tool taps networks

Candidates in some top political races are raising big sums of money using software that taps donors' social networks, an endeavor that lets the donors track their friends' donations.

ABC News

Obama will be campaigning this fall

CBS News

Energy plans taking shape as fight to craft oil legislation looms large

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s, D-Nev., pledge to bring energy legislation to the floor this summer is intensifying political jockeying among senators for their favorite plans.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Honda strike fizzles in China

A strike at a Honda auto parts factory in southeastern China collapsed, as Honda’s hiring of hundreds of replacement workers prompted most of the strikers to return to work.

New York Times

Stocks look to Europe and US economy

Stock investors will keep a close eye on Europe, looking for signs the debt crisis may be stabilizing, while industrial production inflation data may offer more clues on the U.S. economic outlook.

MSN Money

HEALTH

Employers expect medical costs to jump

Companies that offer employee health insurance expect another steep jump in medical costs in 2011. Workers to share a bigger chunk of the expense.

San Francisco Chronicle

Girls now reaching puberty before 10

The latest generation of girls are reaching puberty before the age of 10, a new study suggests, raising fears they may also begin sexual activity earlier.

Telegraph.co.uk

In youth hockey, 'checking' ups risk of brain injury

A new study finds 11-year-olds who played hockey that allows checking, using your body to block another player, are more than three times as likely to suffer concussions.

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Space probe returns after 7-year voyage

A Japanese space probe landed in the Australian outback after a seven-year voyage to an asteroid, lighting up the night sky and bringing what scientists hope is a rock sample, witnesses said.

Reuters

Hayabusa: a 7-year asteroid odyssey

Discovery News

Video game innovations expected at E3

With revenue flagging and the next generation of consoles nowhere in sight, the video game industry is looking to hardware innovations from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo to accelerate sales.

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog:

Microsoft Kinect gets into motion

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Once notorious uranium waste site beckons tourists

Cleaning up the badly contaminated uranium waste site took $4.4 billion and 17 years. But, incredibly, it reopened as a nature preserve.

Detroit Free Press

Harbor seals use whiskers to detect fish

When a hungry harbor seal sets off in pursuit of a fish dinner, the animal has a secret weapon in its tracking arsenal: its whiskers.

ScienceDaily

Scientists upbeat about global biodiversity science panel

More than 90 countries have approved the creation of a scientific panel on biodiversity. This has been the dream of many scientists around the world.

physorg.com

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GOOD NEWS

Tattoo artist donates work to help cover gang tattoos

Tattoo artist Chris Klein, former gang member, donates his work for other gang members trying to change their lives and forswear violence.

Denver Post

96-year-old can't stop helping others

Charles Pollard, who never seems to stop moving, has been a volunteer at downtown Baltimore's Waxter Center for senior citizens since 1976. He holds the center's record for continuous service.

Baltimore Sun

WORLD

Israel sets up inquiry into Gaza flotilla raid

Israel has set up an internal inquiry into its deadly raid last month on a convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships.

BBC

Special section:

Gaza

Guardian

Dutch-speaking separatist party wins big in Belgian election

A separatist party that advocates independence for the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium scored an unprecedented win in the general election.

NPR

EDUCATION

Teen fights odds, earns diploma

For the past year, when Daisy Mitchell got home from school, there was no family waiting to hear about her day, no smells of dinner on the stove, no one to help with a homework problem.

Detroit Free Press

New teacher rules hitting classrooms

Ten years after Wisconsin overhauled its licensure system for public school educators, teachers are set to advance under the rules — reports are mixed on the the changes.

EducationNews.org

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Red' and 'Memphis' dominate Tonys

Two radically different stories set in mid-20th century America, the exuberant rhythm 'n' blues musical "Memphis" and anguished two-man drama "Red," were big winners at the 2010 Tony Awards.

Seattle Times

Blog:

Live blogging the Tony Awards

New York Times

Reality TV meaner than fictional shows

Reality shows have almost no physical violence, but a new study suggests their name-calling and snarky gossiping make for a much meaner experience compared to watching fiction.

LiveScience

Review: 'Holly's World'

Las Vegas Review Journal

SPORTS

Celtics stop Kobe, 1 win from title

It's looking a lot like 2008 again, with Paul Pierce carrying the Boston Celtics to victory in the NBA Finals and leading them to the brink of yet another title.

ESPN

With the Big 12 collapsing, what will happen to Kan?

The Jayhawks are wondering what conference will have them. After 16 years of uneasy coexistence, the Big 12 is on the verge of collapse.

TIME

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Why 1 woman converted to Islam

Although she’d cultivated an academic interest in Islam at university, Willow Wilson’s religious awakening really came in the hospital.

Globeandmail.com

Sacred sheep revive Navajo tradition

For as long as anyone can remember, Churro sheep have been central to Navajo life and spirituality, yet the animal was nearly exterminated in modern times by outside forces.

NPR

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