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A man sits alone at Arlington West — a memorial display sponsored by Veterans for Peace, which contains hundreds of crosses and other religious symbols representing service people killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — on the beach at Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Reed Saxon / AP)

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FBI looks for fake heroes

As Americans honor the service of veterans this Memorial Day, the FBI said it will be busy keeping a close eye out for reports of “frauds” who don fake medals in hopes of taking advantage of patriotism.

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ABC News

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US military actions and wars

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PBS

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Observing Memorial Day

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Houston Chronicle

Suicide bombers hit foreign base in western Afghanistan

Taliban insurgents, including at least two suicide bombers, attacked a foreign base in the largest city in western Afghanistan. Several casualties are feared with gunfire ringing out across the city.

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MSNBC

Okla. seeks federal aid after tornadoes

Governor Mary Fallin has asked the White House to approve a major disaster declaration for seven Oklahoma counties hit hard by tornadoes last week.

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Reuters

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Rain, snow, National Guard troops for Mont.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Joplin, Mo., victims offered existing homes

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Forbes

Obama picks combat-tested Gen. Martin Dempsey to head Joint Chiefs

President Barack Obama has named Army Gen. Martin Dempsey to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Christian Science Monitor

Who is Martin Dempsey?

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The 1600 Report

With real space station complete, astronauts to build LEGO version

Crew members will build a LEGO International Space Station as part of an outreach and educational program developed under a partnership between NASA and the LEGO Group.

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Space

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National Geographic

NATION

Fraud hits southwest Fla. hard

Consumers lost more than $1.7 billion last year in frauds reported to the Federal Trade Commission, and southwest Florida was one of the regions hit hardest in the nation.

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Sarasota Tribune Herald

After bad tornado season, time to worry about hurricanes

Florida is about to enter hurricane season 2011, officially pushing its luck. It’s not because mother nature has gone wild on global warming juice. It’s just a matter of simple odds.

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Miami Herald

POLITICS

After years of war, House holds votes to check military action

The House will vote on legislation to halt the U.S. military intervention in Libya, just days after lawmakers nearly approved a measure to expedite the American withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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The Hill

GOP contenders drift to the right

On energy, taxes, health care and other topics, the top Republican presidential candidates hold positions that are more conservative than those they espoused a few years ago.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

BUSINESS

Oil drops on speculation fuel demand may falter as US economy weakens

Oil dropped in New York, headed for its first monthly decline since August, on speculation that fuel demand will falter amid a slowdown in the U.S. economic recovery and Europe’s continuing debt crisis.

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Bloomberg

South Fla.’s nursery industry: alive and growing

It takes more than pretty plants to stay in the business. Today’s nursery farmers spend less time getting their hands dirty in the field and more time thinking about marketing, science and consumer behavior.

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Miami Herald

HEALTH

Energy drinks not for children, pediatricians warn

Energy drinks have been drawing scrutiny over their nutritional value. Now the nation’s largest group of pediatricians is strongly recommending that they not be consumed by children.

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LiveScience

Hospitals hunt substitutes as drug shortages rise

A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and sometimes even delaying treatment.

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ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

To remember a meal, start with a memory

Think about a dinner party you went to. How was it? If you can’t remember what you ate, you’re not alone. We tend to forget about the food we eat.

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NPR

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Begin the summertime grilling season with a food safety home run

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U.S. Department of Agriculture

Wooden boat traditions in Australia

A small Australian boat-building school is looking to the past to keep a centuries-old tradition of local boat-building alive, producing Tasmanian timber boats that shipwrights hope will last hundreds of years.

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Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Nearly 200 gather in Calif. to dedicate Jonestown memorial

Nearly 200 people gathered at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, Calif., to dedicate a memorial to the victims of the 1978 mass murder and suicide at Jonestown, Guyana, organizers said.

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Modesto Bee

Honoring tsunami victims, loved ones in Hawaii with Buddhist tradition

Like many Japanese traditions, the ritual of toro nagashi — setting a floating lantern adrift to accompany spirits of the dead back to Buddha’s realm — has been embraced by Hawaiian communities.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Sources: Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was encouraged to resign

Mounting pressure, a pending NCAA disciplinary hearing and new revelations about the culture of the program forced Ohio State University to act on their once-revered coach, sources said.

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Columbus Dispatch

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Jim Tressel’s life and tenure with the Buckeyes

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Plain Dealer

Virginia named No. 1 for NCAA tourney

Virginia was selected as the top seed for the 64-team NCAA Division I college baseball tournament. The Cavaliers won the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament and will host one of 16 regionals.

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ESPN

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Memorial Day 2011

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Double Take ’Toons (NPR)

Diversion is cheaper than prison, but it isn’t free

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Making peace in America’s cities

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Slate

Column (Jeremy Williams):

The invisible wounds of veterans

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Houston Chronicle

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Census doesn’t tell us about loyalties

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McClatchy Newspapers

US courts can spur immigration reform

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Globeandmail.com

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Taking out the time to remember

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GOOD NEWS

2 new drug treatments have cured thousands of liver disease

The recent approval of two new drugs offers the first good treatment options in years for the 170,000 Americans newly diagnosed with the liver disease.

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Detroit Free Press

Calif.’s LA Unified to give leftover meals to nonprofits that feed needy

The Los Angeles Unified School District has offered up to 21,000 uneaten meals it has each day to nonprofit organizations that feed the hungry.

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Los Angeles Times

Larry Joe, who found his music behind bars, now inspires others

Some people get a second chance, a pause in life to turn off the bad influences and walk in a better direction. Larry Joe’s second chance came one warm morning in 2008 at the funeral of his grandfather.

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Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

NATO apologizes for the deaths of Afghan civilians

The top U.S. generals in Afghanistan have issued an apology for an airstrike that killed civilians in southwestern Afghanistan, saying that they take incidents like this very seriously.

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NATO airstrike hits civilian homes, 14 dead

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CBS News

Serbian police have detained 180 in pro-Mladic protests

Serbian authorities detained 180 people who had attacked police during a protest against the arrest of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman said.

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MSNBC

All quiet in Rafah: Egypt’s Gaza border opens not with a bang but a whisper

Gazans will now have a great deal more freedom to travel outside their 139-square-mile territory, which they have likened to a large, outdoor prison since the blockade was imposed in 2007.

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TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Floodwaters in Quebec’s Richelieu Valley expected to peak

For the third time in 45 days, floodwater in the Richelieu Valley southeast of Montreal is expected to peak. But, unlike other high water marks this spring, flood forecasters are finally promising better days ahead.

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Globeandmail.com

Global warming jeopardizing ice highways, study says

They are the frozen arteries of Canada’s northernmost lands, a network of roads built on icy rivers, lakes and muskeg that bring supplies to mines and towns across the country.

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Globeandmail.com

Germany has pledged nuclear shutdown by 2022

German chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has agreed to shut down all nuclear reactors and to seek out an alternative energy source.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PBS victim of Tupac hacking hoax

Hackers posted a fake story about dead rapper Tupac Shakur on to the website of U.S. public broadcaster PBS. It comes a week after the network aired a controversial program on WikiLeaks.

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BBC

Facebook’s powerful friends: Are users going to suffer?

Politicians have many reasons to “friend” the social networking site, which connects them with voters and can help them raise money. This is making some privacy activists uncomfortable.

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NPR

Thirsty work: the coffee shop as office

Coffee shops are the unofficial offices of an army of modern workers thanks to free Wi-Fi, good company and of course caffeine on tap.

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The Independent

EDUCATION

Nev. schools helping students become bilingual, biliterate

Harmon Elementary School is one of Nevada’s Clark County School District’s eight dual-language schools designed to help students become bilingual and biliterate in both English and Spanish.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Lecturers back students’ right to wear the burqa

Leaders of the University and College Union will pledge their support for the right of people of all faiths “to wear the religious headdress and other religious attire appropriate to their faiths.”

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The Independent

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Program curtails the sex abuse that skyrocketed after Haiti earthquake

Women have been forced to bathe in public and make their way to latrines and showers in the dark. Even in their tents and huts, fashioned from flimsy sticks and tarps, they’ve been attacked.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Pakistani Fatima Bekhtyar, 3, center, attends an Islamic religious class along with other girls in a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen / AP)

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