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A coalition of immigrant groups and their supporters march in the hundreds across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Protesters are calling for the full repeal of Arizona's immigration law, saying it fuels a climate of racism. (Photo by Bebeto Matthews / AP)

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Details of 100 million Facebook users published online

The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will now be unable to make their publicly available information private.

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MSNBC

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Google games pitted against Facebook

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The Independent

BP aims for quick well kill

BP may permanently shut the well that caused the worst off-shore oil spill in U.S. history, the company said as speculation grew over assets it might sell to cover mounting costs.

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Reuters

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Oil spill: 100 days, 100 photos

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CBS News

Ariz. immigration law enters new phase

Both opponents and supporters of the Arizona immigration law are confident of winning in the end.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Ariz. plans appeal against blocks on law

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BBC

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Immigration poll report

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Ariz. law sends migrants to Mexico

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YouTube

Army suicides linked to risky behavior, lax discipline

A record high number of Army suicides are linked to an increasingly "permissive" environment in the service where soldiers take personal risks, according to an internal investigation released by Army officials.

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USA TODAY

Afghanistan war: how USAID loses hearts and minds

In the Afghanistan war for hearts and minds, the U.S. Agency for International Development lost its battle in Badakshan Province.

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Foreclosures rising in most metro areas

Households across a majority of large U.S. cities received more foreclosure warnings in the first six months of this year than in the first half of 2009, new data shows.

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MSNBC

FDR papers unveiled at National Archives

The 5,000 documents and gifts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt are shown publicly for the first time at the National Archives. The 14 boxes of items had been sealed with duct tape for years.

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CBS News

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FDR documents include letter to mistress

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Washington Post

Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency in Calif.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency over state finances, pressuring lawmakers to negotiate a budget that is overdue and will need to close a $19 billion shortfall.

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Reuters

POLITICS

House votes to eliminate cocaine sentencing disparity

The House passed a historic bill that narrows sentencing between crack and powder cocaine convictions, which experts say contributed to the disproportionate imprisonment of African-Americans.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Spill issues seep into energy legislation

Energy legislation advancing in the Senate would force companies to reveal closely held details about the chemical cocktails they use to extract natural gas from shale rock.

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The Houston Chronicle

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Oil disaster: The 1st 100 days

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CNN

BUSINESS

Economists see tepid recovery in 2011

The U.S. economic recovery will remain slow deep into next year, held back by shoppers reluctant to spend and employers hesitant to hire.

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MSNBC

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Europe confidence improves while US slows

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Bloomberg

RadioShack quarterly profit rises

RadioShack Corp. reported a higher quarterly profit as the consumer electronics chain benefited from higher postpaid wireless sales and the launch of key products.

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Reuters

Crude oil rises for 1st day in 5, equities gain allay supply concern

Crude oil rose for the first time in five days in New York as rebounding equity indexes allayed concern that the economic recovery isn’t strong enough to clear excess fuel inventories.

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Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Finding doomed rescue ship just a piece of the Franklin puzzle

As archeologists celebrate their discovery of HMS Investigator, they’re only a third of the way through their own Arctic expedition.

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Globeandmail.com

Hormonal birth control alters scent communication in primates

Hormonal contraceptives change the ways captive ring-tailed lemurs relate to one another both socially and sexually, according to a Duke University study.

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ScienceDaily

What apps aren't saying: They're watching

Lookout Inc. scanned nearly 300,000 free applications for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and phones built around Google Inc.'s Android software and found that they secretly pull sensitive data.

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NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Outlook dims for popular energy-efficiency loans

A White House-backed program that allows property owners to pay for energy improvements through an additional assessment to their property taxes may soon be shut down.

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NPR

EPA relies on industry-backed studies to assess health risks of herbicide

Companies with a financial interest in a weed-killer sometimes found in drinking water paid for thousands of studies federal regulators are using.

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Scientific American

Ocean's most abundant food source, phytoplankton, disappearing

In oceans around the world, there has been a surprisingly large and extensive decline in phytoplankton — the tiny algae that keep marine food webs afloat.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

'Anti-Islamic' ads appear in major cities

The growing debate over Islam's place in America, which is escalating in light of plans to build a mosque near ground zero, is increasingly playing out on city streets across the country.

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Christian Science Monitor

Church to release 1971 Ballymurphy killings report

The Catholic Church is to release its archive documents on 11 people killed by the Army almost 39 years ago.

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BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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Reid's sad 'Clean Energy' probably doomed

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War Room

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A clear picture of accelerated warming that won't level off

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The Independent

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Ariz. judge gets it exactly right

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CNN

War in the age of Wiki

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Forward

Editorial (Philip Smucker):

Washington's intelligence bubble needs a pin prick

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McClatchy Newspapers

Column (James Norton):

Facebook and Twitter are turning my mind to mush

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Christian Science Monitor

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BP’s future may be decided in Russia

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Moscow Times

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GOP blocks campaign finance reform bill

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GOOD NEWS

How rights of disabled have changed

The Americans with Disabilities Act was created to provide access to education, housing and jobs for people with disabilities, and to prevent discrimination.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Nurse spreads laughter with clowns without borders

They say that laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle or sneeze, which is why one medical professional has made it his mission to treat his patients with humor.

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Newsplex.com

WORLD

Pakistan mourns victims of air crash

Pakistan is observing a day of national mourning following the country's worst-ever air disaster. An Airbus A321 crashed, killing all 152 people on board.

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BBC

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One Pakistani family's crash tragedy

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YouTube

French mother charged with murder of 8 newborn babies

A mother-of-two who worked as a nurse in the French city of Douai has been charged with the murder of eight of her newborn babies as police investigated into France's worst-ever infanticide.

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Guardian

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Why are French women killing their babies?

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TIME

China flood death toll nears 1,000

China's worst flooding in more than a decade has killed nearly 1,000 people across the country and stranded tens of thousands in the northeast without power.

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Al Jazeera

EDUCATION

Obama to deliver education address

President Barack Obama will deliver a major education reform speech at the National Urban League's 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington.

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CNN

Operation: Kid Equip gives local teachers free supplies

The out-of-pocket costs for teachers and some local parents won't be as high this year, thanks to a take-what-you-need school-supply "store" filled with freebies for teachers from the area's needy schools.

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Detroit Free Press

HEALTH

More support for compression-only CPR

CPR with chest compression alone led to outcomes comparable to those achieved with chest compression plus rescue breathing, clinical trials showed.

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Rescue breathing and CPR

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WebMD

Gene that causes Parkinson's identified

Researchers have found a molecule that causes the nerve cell death in the brain that sparks the condition — and hope they can soon stop it in its tracks.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Drowning in junk: hoarding called a public health issue

Hoarding has become so frequent that a growing number of cities have formed task forces to bring housing, elderly services and health departments together to address the cases.

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CNN

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Do shock ads go too far?

The extreme genre of shock advertising is reaching new levels, and while the cause may be honorable, some people are wondering if perhaps it has gone too far.

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ABC News

Is chivalry dead? Technology twists the wedding proposal

In decades past, your grandfather may have taken granny to the park, got down on one knee and proposed. Nowadays, some suitors are reaching out to their brides-to-be through their computer.

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CNN

SPORTS

Astros await Oswalt's OK on Phillies deal

The Astros have presented Roy Oswalt with a trade proposal that would have him going to the Philadelphia Phillies, two people with knowledge of the situation have confirmed to the Chronicle.

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Houston Chronicle

Olympic venues on track amid concern from London residents

Two years before the games begin July 27, 2012, a once-desolate chunk of east London has started a remarkable transformation into a stage for the best athletes on Earth.

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USA TODAY

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Telegraph.co.uk

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

US paratrooper set to win highest honor

A U.S. paratrooper who took part in some of the heaviest fighting in the war in Afghanistan has become the first living nominee for the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam war.

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Guardian

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Visitors take pictures while visiting the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. (Photo by Gerry Broome / AP)

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