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In this file photo, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., readies his microphone as he arrives to question panel members on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the Senate Health and Human Services subcommittee hearing on mine safety. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster, File / AP)

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Warnings about sex, violence come to Christian movies

Seals are part of a new system to gauge the Christian values in films that contain sex, violence and drugs — a system developed by the Dove Foundation.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

False sense of security at dating sites

Despite the fact that many online dating sites don't perform background checks, users feel a comfort level that they won't run into sexual offenders or other criminals because they have paid for the service.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Byrd, longest-serving member of Congress dies

Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to the state of his Depression-era upbringing, died at age 92.

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Byrd: 'I love the Senate'

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CNN

G-20 aims to slash their deficits

World leaders agreed to begin transitioning from spending to saving as they walk what Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a "tightrope" between government stimulus and debt reduction.

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USA TODAY

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G-20 summit

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CBC News

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G-20 summit agrees on deficit cuts

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BBC

Inner-city boys school marks first graduation, sends 107 to college

For each boy, the new Urban Prep charter school offered an escape and a chance at a life that seemed beyond reach.

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Star Tribune

NATION

Pride Parade hits middle age

San Francisco's 40th annual Gay Pride Parade marched its way through the city's heart with thousands of revelers undeterred by the previous evening's fatal shooting in the Castro neighborhood.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Marchers celebrate gay pride across the country

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CNN

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Worldwide pride

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MSNBC

Cleanup jobs are hard to find in the Gulf

Despite the size of the Gulf oil spill, cleanup jobs are hard to come by. Job-seekers say they have gotten the runaround from BP and the Louisiana Workforce Commission when inquiring about work.

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Oil spill's psychological toll quietly mounts

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Palm Beach Post

Unpaid summer internships gaining popularity

Summer is the peak season for educational internships of all kinds — paid and unpaid. For small businesses, the unpaid ones are gaining in popularity.

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Los Angeles Times

POLITICS

GOP eager to press case in Kagan hearing

Republicans, who decided early on that they stood little chance of defeating Elena Kagan, settled on making her confirmation process a "teachable moment" to highlight the dangers of liberal judicial activism.

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Politico

Senator's concern may complicate Wall Street bill vote

President Barack Obama's efforts to win final approval of a historic financial regulatory reform bill looked more complicated after a Republican senator threatened to oppose it.

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Reuters

HEALTH

Blood test may predict menopause

A simple doctor's-office blood test may one day be able to predict when a woman will start menopause, possibly even in women in their 20s.

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CNN

Early intervention can help children ward off diabetes

Middle-schoolers at high risk for diabetes can reduce their risk for this disease if health interventions are made in the school, suggests research.

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USA TODAY

C-section babies skip the bacterial slide

A new study shows that bacteria found on babies delivered via cesarean section just minutes after birth are drastically different from the bacteria found on babies who are delivered vaginally.

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NPR

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Friends performing weddings is popular

In 2009, one out of every seven weddings in the U.S. was performed by a friend of the couple and not by a member of the clergy.

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NPR

Michael Jackson sells 35 million albums since death

Michael Jackson has sold an estimated 35 million albums worldwide since his death one year ago, according to Billboard — an unprecedented response to a musician's passing.

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How Jackson made $1 billion since his death

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Billboard

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Israeli pig-farming kibbutz draws ire

Kibbutz Lahav, which raises pigs for pork, insists that the primary purpose of its herd is for medical research. Some think this is disrespectful to the Jewish community.

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BBC

Religious use of pot seen as legal refuge

With two laws that place tighter regulations on medical-marijuana use, some marijuana activists have begun discussing what they believe is an alternate pathway to legally using marijuana.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Naomi Klein):

Sticking the public with the bill for the bankers’ crisis

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Globeandmail.com

Obama fills oil-drilling panel with opponents of offshore exploration

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Detroit News

Column (Diana West):

So what if McChrystal lost his job?

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Washington Examiner

Column (Farah Stockman):

Elena Kagan and the Harvard stigma

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Boston Globe Magazine

Column (Jonah Goldberg):

The Democrats' vision problem

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RealClearPolitics

Watching the watchmen is no crime

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Washington Examiner

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

The Jeffrey Goldberg media

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Salon

How would you cut $1 billion?

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Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Mission: lose 100 lbs to donate a kidney

A father of five is hitting the gym to lose 100 pounds so he can donate a kidney to his daughter.

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New Zealand Herald

Therapeutic dog gets high praise for his role in preschool classroom

It's hard work trying to be a very good dog all the time. And when it comes to succeeding in preschool, it's equally hard to be a well-behaved little boy or girl for hours at a stretch.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

Turkey bars Israel military flight after Gaza raid

Turkey has barred an Israeli military flight from Turkish airspace, in apparent retaliation for Israel's raid on an aid convoy bound for Gaza.

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BBC

Burundi slow to cast verdict on leader

In the first public presidential poll after the end of the civil war, Burundians placed their ballots in a envelope to vote for or against another term for President Nkurunziza.

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Guardian

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Burundi set for 1-name vote

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Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s plan on Afghanistan peace leaves US wary

President Barack Obama and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency both reacted with skepticism about the prospects for an Afghanistan peace deal pushed by Pakistan.

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Panetta: 'Al-Qaida has been driven into hiding'

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CBS News

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Father leads search for answers in soldiers' death in Afghanistan

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BUSINESS

Personal income edges higher

Personal income and spending rose in May, according to a government report. A consensus of economists polled by Briefing.com expected personal income to climb 0.5 percent in May.

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CNNMoney

Banking at the party store

Detroit's liquor, party or corner stores are known for selling overpriced products. But for many of the city's poor people, these businesses are also makeshift banks.

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Detroit Free Press

SanDisk CEO Eli Harari proves he's no flash in the pan

Eli Harari nurtured his next start-up, SanDisk, into a $3.6 billion enterprise. Along the way, he helped redefine an entire product category that fomented the digital photography revolution.

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USA TODAY

EDUCATION

Step too far on textbook costs?

Legislation passed by the Pennsylvania Senate requires faculty members at the state's community colleges and universities to select "the least expensive, educationally sound textbooks."

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Inside Higher Ed

Online bullies pulling schools into fray

Affronted by cyberspace’s escalation of adolescent viciousness, many parents are looking to schools for justice, protection, even revenge.

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The companies hiring the most new college grads

As college commencement season wraps up, graduates are looking to enter a struggling U.S. job market. For the about three-fourths of grads who don't have jobs waiting for them, all is not lost.

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ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Forget hybrids, make your own DIY electric car

Mike Brown, with his company Electro Automotive, was the first to sell parts for gas-to-electric conversions, and he teaches workshops on DIY conversions.

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NPR

Messenger RNAs are regulated in far more ways than previously appreciated

Molecular biologists have discovered that mRNAs can be targeted for destruction by several modes and molecules, an unanticipated complexity in the control of the cell's genetic messages.

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ScienceDaily

SPORTS

Experts warn about repeated brain blows in football

The brain of the late Cincinnati Bengals pass receiver Chris Henry shows a football player can sustain life-altering head trauma without being diagnosed with a concussion.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Making US soccer lovefest last

Soccer not only went mainstream in the one country that's resisted the charms of the beautiful game, it became the center of attention. Now the trick is making the love last.

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ENVIRONMENT

Water trickles back into village, thanks to solar desalination

Ismail Achar never thought a day would come when his island village in Pakistan would be reduced to a barren tract of land with hardly a drop of water to drink.

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OneWorld

Scientific expertise lacking among 'doubters' of climate change

Scientists unconvinced that human beings have contributed significantly to climate change have far less expertise and prominence in climate research compared with scientists who are convinced.

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ScienceDaily

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Examining the rise of homeless Americans

Many Americans find themselves just one paycheck removed from homelessness as the nation struggles to rebound from financial crisis.

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NPR

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Laborers wait for a Delhi Metro rail coach to be lifted to the track for trial runs on a new line, in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Manish Swarup / AP)

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