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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Lavrov says Moscow is waiting for a U.S. explanation on the arrests of alleged Russian spies. (Photo by Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP)

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Coaching can help students aim higher

Coaching, a college advising model launched in 2004-05 by Chicago Public Schools, is part of a project aimed at improving the college completion rates of its graduates.

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USA TODAY

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Chicago school's success story

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CNN

Oaxaca in southern Mexico shaken by 6.2 magnitude quake

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, the U.S. Geological Survey says.

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BBC

Spy ring suspects had interests in science, finance

The 11 people arrested and accused of being members of a Russian spy ring operating under deep cover in America's suburbs appear to have been part of a slow and patient plan by Moscow.

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Palm Beach Post

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Excerpts from Justice Dept. papers on spy ring

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Moscow Times

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FBI arrest alleged Russian secret agents

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NPR

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Russian officials condemn US accusations

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PBS

Global markets fall on economic fears

The Dow drops 268 points to close below the 10,000 mark as downbeat news from China, the U.S. and Europe intensifies worries about the global recovery.

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Los Angeles Times

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Markets sag as slump continues

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Is it time to restart the uranium industry in the US?

A proposal to build the nation's first uranium mill in 25 years has divided opinions between those who see good jobs and those fearful of health impacts.

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Scientific American

NATION

Alex looms over oil spill, but may help

The tropical storm plowing across the Gulf of Mexico could send oil skimmers back to port. But the rough weather also might give nature a hand in breaking down crude from the massive oil spill.

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CBS News

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Hurricane paths

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USA TODAY

Treating drug addicts in prison

Dr. Josiah Rich, a professor at Brown University, is worried that, by refusing or neglecting to provide treatment to incarcerated addicts, many U.S. prisons are missing the best chance to cure them.

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Newsweek

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Chicago treatment programs cut

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Daily Herald

Not so neighborly associations foreclosing on homes

Capt. Mike Clauer was serving in Iraq when he discovered that his home, which was completely paid for, had been foreclosed on for a couple of missed homeowners association payments.

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NPR

POLITICS

Kagan shifts on disclosure of legal views

At the opening of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Solicitor General Elena Kagan quickly backpedaled from her past call for nominees to speak more openly about their constitutional views.

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Elena Kagan through the years

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NPR

Sen. Frank Lautenberg to chair homeland security appropriations panel

The New Jersey Democrat was named this morning as chairman of the homeland security subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee — a position held by the late West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd.

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Daily Record

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Larry King to end long-running TV show

Veteran broadcaster Larry King has announced that he will be ending his nightly show on CNN in the autumn.

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BBC

National Gallery: an art exhibition where nothing is what it seems

The National Gallery is about to open its worst exhibition ever. The pictures are incompetent copies, botched restorations, and outright fakes, most of them bought in the belief they were masterpieces.

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Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Birth of the Milky Way

For the first time, a team of astronomers has succeeded in investigating the earliest phases of the evolutionary history of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.

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ScienceDaily

Robofish lead in studying group dynamics

University of Leeds scientists have created the first convincing robotic fish that shoals will accept as one of their own, opening up new possibilities for studying fish behavior.

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ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

How do interfaith marriages affect Jewish identity?

Nationally, about 50 percent of Jews who marry now wed non-Jews. Studies show that interfaith couples are much less likely to maintain Jewish traditions.

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USA TODAY

For evangelical Christians, is Gulf spill a moral issue?

For Baptist preacher and theologian Russell Moore, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is more than an environmental disaster, it is a turning point that could shape how Christians view the environment.

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ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Calif. green chemistry

The California Department of Toxic Substances has drafted a new set of green chemistry regulations, which creates a statewide process for evaluating the toxicity of chemicals in consumer products.

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Environmental News Network

Inventor paints mountains to combat climate change

By painting the mountains, Eduardo Gold hopes to replicate the effect of Andean glaciers and reflect heat back.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Columns And Op-Ed

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The price of broadband politics

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Meat and antibiotics: getting our animals off drugs

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Ecocentric

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'Russian spies' bungle was epic espionage

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Guardian

Column (Richard Herman and Robert L. Smith):

Why immigrants can drive the green economy

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Huffington Post

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The 5th imperative: how sustainability makes companies more agile

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Environmental News Network

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World Cup 2010: closer to world support for Africa

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Christian Science Monitor

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Israel's 'unspoken alliance'

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Al Jazeera

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After the Tiger Woods scandal, the parents guide to role models

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

White elephant seen as a good omen

A rare white elephant has been captured in the jungles of Myanmar, a mostly Buddhist country where the animals are considered good omens, state media reported.

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San Francisco Examiner

Schools can help obese kids shed weight, get healthier

Here's some research news that's bound to make the first lady and lots of other parents take note: Schools have more power to influence kids' eating and exercise habits than previously thought.

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NPR

WORLD

EU states 'use outsourced torture'

Britain, France and Germany must stop using intelligence obtained through torture in third-party countries, a report from Human Rights Watch has said.

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Al Jazeera

Lebanon arrests 'Israeli spy' from mobile phone company

Lebanon has arrested a man accused of spying for Israel for more than 15 years, the country's Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahhas has said.

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BBC

BUSINESS

Exxon, Shell may consider possible bid for BP, JPMorgan says

Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC may consider bidding for BP PLC after the London-based oil company lost more than half of its market value in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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Bloomberg

Google to change its approach in China

Google Inc. said it will change the way it automatically redirects Google.cn users in China to its Hong Kong search engine, which offers unfiltered results.

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MarketWatch

SPORTS

Venus Williams loses at Wimbledon

Venus Williams slumped to her heaviest ever defeat at Wimbledon against the lowest ranked player left in the draw when she was stunned 6-2 6-3 to Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova in the quarter-finals.

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Globeandmail.com

A Baltimore baseball mystery at the Babe Ruth Museum

It hangs in an upstairs display case at the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum on Emory Street, an old baseball card at the center of a Baltimore mystery.

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HEALTH

Obesity rate swells in 28 states

Adult obesity rates increased in 28 states, with the No. 1 ranking going to Mississippi, where 33.8 percent of adults are obese.

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WebMD

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Study: Women gain average 20 pounds in 16 years

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USA TODAY

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Report shows teen girls are drinking more than boys, for different reasons

New data released from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America suggest that not only are girls now drinking more than boys, they turn to drugs and alcohol for more serious reasons as well.

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Newsweek

EDUCATION

Legislation to ban corporal punishment in schools hits Congress

The debate on corporal punishment reached Washington where a New York congresswoman introduced legislation to remove paddles from U.S. schools.

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ABC News

Federal investment: Are for-profit colleges educators or predators?

A report released by chairman Senator Tom Harkin found that up to 90 percent of for-profit schools' revenue comes from Washington and that for-profit students are graduating with more debt.

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TIME

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Many donor kidneys tossed away each year

Every year, hundreds of kidneys are thrown out because they may be infected with hepatitis C but even an infected kidney could help infected patients waiting for a transplant.

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HealthDay

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Seagulls hover in the wind over the beach as the early effects of Alex are felt in South Padre Island, Texas. (Photo by Eric Gay / AP)

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