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Oil is seen on the side of a Munson boat as well as the Gulf Coast Responder oil skimming vessel on the Gulf of Mexico. Together, the two vessels pull a boom in a "J" formation to contain oil. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / AP)

Federal jobs give hope to job seekers

With a 9.5 percent unemployment rate reported, there aren't a lot of job opportunities for recent graduates, but the federal government is looking to fill 50,000 entry-level positions in the next year.

NPR

NATO 'foils Afghan international conference plot'

NATO forces have announced that they foiled a plot to attack an international donor conference in Kabul to be attended by leaders from more than 60 nations.

Al Jazeera

Many in Afghanistan: NATO is bad for locals

Montreal Gazette

Failed safety device on rig was modified in China

BP ordered the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig to overhaul a crucial piece of safety equipment in China. The blow-out preventer subsequently failed to activate and is at the center of investigations.

Guardian

Scientists get another day to study cap

ABC News

BP extending 48 hour test

CNN

AIDS groups call for 'renaissance' in HIV vaccine hunt

AIDS vaccine advocates said studies showing evidence of vaccine-induced protection in humans, and drugs designed to treat AIDS which can also be used for prevention were signs of a "renaissance."

Reuters

Economic slump hurts efforts to fight HIV

France 24

Clinton aims to refine goals of Afghan war

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton started a South Asia tour aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old war in Afghanistan and pushing neighboring nations to work together.

ABC News

NATION

US wilting under heat wave

On the heels of an earlier heat wave that set records in parts of the country, Americans are bracing for round two of what's becoming a very steamy summer.

CBS News

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MSNBC

Riding the heat wave

ABC News

Do state governments have a gambling addiction?

Many states are turning to legalized gambling to help fill holes in their budgets. But gambling revenue is not a long-term fix for budget problems.

Christian Science Monitor

Report: CIA suspects Amiri double agent

Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, who disappeared while in Saudi Arabia and reappeared in the U.S. where he asked to return to Teheran is now suspected by U.S. officials of being a double agent.

Jerusalem Post

POLITICS

Alvin Greene candidacy makes public debut in SC

Greene has morphed into an international curiosity. Manning, S.C., residents have fielded questions from journalists from as far away as England about the quiet man who lives off Greeleyville Highway.

McClatchy Newspapers

Biden's 2008 presidency campaign owes US Treasury $219,000

Election watchdogs have directed Joe Biden's 2008 presidential campaign to pay the U.S. Treasury more than $219,000 to resolve issues caused by sloppy bookkeeping.

CBS News

Obama chides Republicans for thwarting jobless extension

President Barack Obama stepped up criticism of Republicans for blocking jobless aid, hammering home a Democratic election year attack line that casts the opposition as the party of the rich.

Baltimore Sun

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Apollo-Soyuz space crew reunites

It was the first flight in which spacecrafts from different nations docked with each other, bringing a U.S. Apollo spacecraft together with a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and its crew.

CNET News

WISE mission completes its first glance through universe

The WISE infrared telescope finished surveying the universe, but its $320 million mission will continue until its funding and hydrogen coolant run out later this year.

Spaceflight Now

SPORTS

Rangers' Molina hits grand slam, triple completes cycle in win

Molina completed his feat in the eighth inning when he hit Ramon Ramirez's pitch to the deepest part of Fenway into the center field triangle 420 feet from home.

CBSSports

Pyrenees loom large after Contador's attack puts Schleck on notice

The real impact of Spaniard Alberto Contador's attack on Tour de France race leader Andy Schleck could be revealed tonight when the three-week race enters the Pyrenees.

Sydney Morning Herald

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Tour de France

LeTour.fr

EDUCATION

New rules for loans

The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act impacts various aspects of the federal student-loan program, from the way federal loans are originated to the options for paying them back.

Wall Street Journal

Bill Gates' latest mission: fixing America's public schools

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says that smaller schools have not achieved all the gains that were hoped for but that it is "not fair" to declare them a failure.

MSNBC

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Joan W Walsh):

Wash. Post gives New Black Panther story new life

Salon

Editorial:

Immigration stings must target employers

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Daniel Gross):

Poor little CEOs

Slate

Blog (David Indiviglio):

Credit drives income inequality drives credit

The Atlantic

Column (Mike Elgan):

5 stages of Facebook grief

Computerworld

Column (Jonathan Gurwitz):

Border security must be viewed with an eye on terrorists

San Antonio Express

Column (Jonathan Alter):

Dodd-Frank dissonance

Newsweek

Column (Patrik Jonsson):

What's behind yet another summer of racial discontent in America?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Tom Carney):

Don't follow Arizona's lead on immigrants

Des Moines Register

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GOOD NEWS

La. reopens Gulf waters to sport fishing

Tossing a life preserver to its ailing tourism industry, the state of Louisiana has reopened most of its state waters in the Gulf of Mexico to recreational fishing.

MSNBC

Student organizes race for charity

School’s out for summer, but not for Levi Felton. The Superior senior is pacing his way through the details involved in creating a 5K run/walk — the Osaugie Open Run for Hunger — from scratch.

Duluth News Tribune

WORLD

Fire rages after oil pipeline in busy Chinese port explodes

An oil pipeline at a Chinese port exploded, causing a massive fire. State-run media reported that more than 2,000 fire fighters worked to control the flames.

MSNBC

Pipeline explosion in China

CBS News

Abbas says Israel must accept foreign border force

The Palestinian president says he'll go to direct peace talks if Israel accepts its 1967 frontier as a baseline for the borders of a Palestinian state.

Houston Chronicle

BUSINESS

The Facebook effect

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO, in front of an industry conference in Las Vegas announced that e-mail was on the way out.

Guardian

The generals who ended Goldman’s war

The SEC and Goldman Sachs settled an epic battle — one waged over whether the storied investment bank defrauded investors in a transaction that regulators said Goldman had built to self-destruct.

New York Times

HEALTH

Does your dog face a greater air travel risk?

Dogs with pushed-back faces such as English bulldogs and pugs accounted for roughly half the purebred dog deaths on airlines in the past five years, the Transportation Department disclosed.

AOL News

AIDS fight shifts toward prevention

The global fight against HIV and AIDS is moving into a new phase as the high cost of treating millions of people is forcing governments and donors to focus more on the difficult challenge of prevention.

Wall Street Journal

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Aged 9,000 years, ancient beer finally hits stores

Dogfish Head brewery is known for making exotic beer, so it might not sound surprising that its newest creation is from a recipe found from Neolithic China.

NPR

Christo project to drape fabric over Arkansas River takes step forward

Artist Christo's $50 million project to drape the Arkansas River with fabric took a major step toward resolution when the federal Bureau of Land Management released its draft environmental impact statement.

Kansas City Gazette

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Evangelicals call for day of prayer for Gulf communities hit by oil spill

While prayers have been answered for those who asked for the oil to stop flowing into the Gulf, evangelical leaders say the praying must continue.

USA TODAY

Is this your brain on God?

More than 50 percent of adult Americans report they have had a life-changing spiritual experience. Now, scientists are using new technologies to analyze the brains of people on God.

NPR

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