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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during an official welcome and reception for the G20 leaders and their spouses at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. (Photo by RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service / AP)

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Bob Bradley won't discuss team's future

Bob Bradley wouldn't elaborate on his future as U.S. national coach, although two influential members of the team gave the coach their endorsement.

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What is coach Bradley's future?

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USA TODAY

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Did the US team meet expectations?

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North Korea rejects UN truce talks over ship sinking

North Korea said it was ready for military talk with South Korea to discuss the sinking of one of Seoul's warships, but only if the armistice commission overseeing the Korean War truce does not get involved.

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Reuters

G20 protests plagued by violence, vandalism

Police said they were preparing for more disruptions after groups of protesters burned cars, hurled bricks and smashed windows as they tried to penetrate the fence surrounding the G-20 summit.

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Guardian

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Geithner says G20 should focus on demand

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Police car burns as protesters watch

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CNN

Botanists fight to rescue rare plant

British botanists have begun a campaign to rescue one of the rarest plants in the world from the threat of extinction. The parsley fern was declared extinct in 2003, after not being seen since 1958.

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Telegraph.co.uk

BP's oil spill efforts ramp up

The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is posing an uncertain threat to the Gulf of Mexico, even as efforts to contain the worst oil spill in U.S. history are set to ramp up.

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Reuters

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Booms delay the inevitable

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NPR

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Storm could stop oil cleanup for 2 weeks

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NATION

Nev. focuses on pardon for 1st black boxing champ

One hundred years later, fans of Jack Johnson are still seeking a presidential pardon, saying that his later conviction for transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes was steeped in racism.

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San Jose Mercury News

Civil War reenactors to honor bravery of Pennsylvania regiment

Almost 150 years ago, Union and Confederate soldiers fought hand-to-hand. Now there is a historical marker celebrating the desperate charge of a unit of Union soldiers.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

POLITICS

Elena Kagan and the porn wars

Some of Kagan’s proposals, particularly her call for more prosecutions under the largely dormant obscenity laws, are highly controversial among civil libertarians and First Amendment advocates.

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Politico

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Porn sites could get their own '.xxx' domain

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Cheney to stay in hospital over weekend

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to remain in hospital over the weekend for tests after falling ill.

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Vice President Cheney in hospital

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HEALTH

Fat and muscle turned into bone, cartilage

Researchers have been able to regrow bone and cartilage by inserting a gene into muscle and fat cells and then implanting them at the site of an injury.

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Telegraph.co.uk

ADA: Weekly diabetes drug holds up to popular daily agents

A novel once-weekly formulation of exenatide (Bydureon) improves glucose control in Type 2 diabetes compared with other antidiabetic agents that require daily dosing, according to results of two trials.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Ingredient in wine may prevent some blinding diseases

Resveratrol — found in red wine, grapes, blueberries — stops out-of-control blood vessel growth in the eye.

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ScienceDaily

Government plans to make online transactions safer

Amid growing instances of identity theft, bank account breaches and sophisticated Internet scams, the government is looking for ways to make those transactions in cyberspace more secure.

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MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Phoenix student wins national art contest

Victor Coronado, 12, won the "All Kids Can...CREATE!" contest, a national art competition that selects one winner from each state plus Washington, D.C. More than 5,500 students entered nationally.

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Arizona Republic

Michael Jackson's '84 Victory Tour glove sells for $190,000

Bidders bought Michael Jackson memorabilia worth $1 million at an auction on the anniversary of his death, including $190,000 for the Swarovski-crystal-studded glove he wore on his 1984 Victory Tour.

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Jackson siblings pay their respects

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ENVIRONMENT

Coral in sanctuaries proves hotbed of life

Scientists have found beds of cold-water corals off the coast from San Francisco that provide a unique habitat for countless sea creatures, from brittle stars to octopus.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Environmentalists file federal suit

Environmental groups sued federal officials including Interior Secretary Ken Salazar over their approval of the 130-turbine offshore wind farm project.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Abuse loosens church’s culture of silence

One afternoon last month, for perhaps the first time ever, an Italian bishop took the witness stand in the case of a priest accused of the sexual abuse of children.

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Crusaders push to go green with God

What to do about off-shore drilling and the regulation of the oil industry is cause for debate in Congress and among coastal residents. Now add to this another dimension: religion.

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GOOD NEWS

New lease on life

Martine Wright, who lost her legs five years ago in the London terror attacks, talks to Gareth A. Davies about having a baby — and setting her sights on the Paralympics.

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Telegraph.co.uk

'Double take' author: skiing hard and staring back

Kevin Michael Connolly was born without legs, though that has hardly slowed him down. In fact it drove him to become a raging competitor, both in sports and in life.

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NPR

WORLD

Kyrgyzstan presses ahead with constitutional referendum

Voting was under way for a new constitution in Kyrgyzstan, weeks after the strategically-important central Asian nation was wracked by ethnic violence.

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CNN

Taliban commander shot dead

A Taliban commander disguised as a woman was shot dead in Afghanistan when he fired at troops, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.

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CNN

BUSINESS

How to handle toxic bosses

A tough boss expects you to work hard. A toxic boss expects you to work hard and belittles you while doing it. As bosses are under increasing pressure, some good bosses are turning into bad ones quickly.

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CBS News

Payrolls probably fell in June as US government cut staffing for census

Employment fell in June for the first time, reflecting a drop in federal census workers as the decennial population count began to wind down, economists said.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

Rivalry between England and Germany

It has been called the greatest rivalry in soccer, a history of 27 international matches going back to 1930, and its renewal has generated some eyebrow-raising headlines in both nations.

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Prince Harry tosses ceremonial pitch before Mets game

Britain's Prince Harry plays competitive polo and showed on Saturday he could also throw a useful baseball pitch.

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Reuters

EDUCATION

How many graduates can be No. 1? Ask the 30 valedictorians

In top schools across the country, the valedictorian is rapidly losing its singular meaning as administrators dispense the title to every straight-A student.

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Radio helps Latinos, Denver schools stay tuned in to each other

Denver Public Schools is reaching out to an increasingly diverse student population through one of the most popular media for Spanish-speakers: radio.

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Denver Post

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Can eating junk food be an addictive habit?

Some addiction researchers might argue that potato chips are more effective than a crack pipe in terms of keeping "users" hooked long-term.

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TIME

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A spectator takes time to observe the moon rise during the South Carolina - Clemson NCAA College World Series baseball game, in Omaha, Neb. (Photo by Nati Harnik / AP)

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