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Angel Delgadillo pedals past his souvenir store and barber shop in Seligman, Ariz. Delgadillo, 84, has witnessed the rise and fall of America‘s most historic byway and gets credit for helping it rise again as Historic Route 66. Telling his story and the road’s has become his life’s work. (Photo by Matt York / AP)

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Living legend of Route 66

They call him many things: The Father of the Mother Road. The Guardian Angel of Route 66. Sometimes, simply, The Ambassador. His story has been etched in history along side Route 66.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Historic Route 66, turn by turn

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Historic Route 66

Technology brings digital memories to grave sites

The process of burying the dead hasn’t changed much over the centuries, but now their gravestones can provide a digital link to their life stories.

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NPR

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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Joplin, Mo., victims offered existing homes

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Forbes

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Somber day for Joplin tornado survivors

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MSNBC

South African president: Gadhafi ready for truce

Moammar Gadhafi is ready for a truce to stop the fighting in his country, visiting South African president said after meeting the Libyan ruler.

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USA TODAY

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5 generals among latest Libyan defectors

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TIME

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

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

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

POLITICS

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

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

Airline fuel bills are anything but peanuts

To fly someone from New York to Los Angeles and back, airlines spend close to $330 these days — just on fuel.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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

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Bloomberg

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Pain at the pump

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Denver Post

UniCredit CEO: Italy is no Greece; foreign debt is low

Some market players have said Italy will be the next to ask for a bailout but Federico Ghizzoni, chief executive of Italian bank Unicredit, told CNBC that the country is in a totally different situation than Greece.

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CNBC

HEALTH

Making your way through the fast food menu maze

What restaurants tell you about the nutrient values in their menu items is fairly consistent. But how they tell you — or whether they tell you at all — is anybody’s guess.

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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

Just hangin’ out with aerial yoga

The yoga world is being turned upside down — literally — with a gravity-defying form that is just starting to take off across the country.

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Star Tribune

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

SPORTS

FIFA president Sepp Blatter to soccer world: ‘Crisis? What is a crisis?’

FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, has faced down a barrage of criticism over corruption within soccer’s governing body and vowed that only “the FIFA family” could prevent him being re-elected unopposed.

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Guardian

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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Medicare

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Star Tribune

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Let’s not forget the dolphin soldiers

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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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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

St. Petersburg Opera Company giving back to the arts

In conjunction with its production of “Madama Butterfly”, the St. Petersburg Opera Company, Fla., is joining Canvas Zoo to create beautiful archival images featuring the stars in their costumed roles.

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BroadwayWorld.com

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

Tropical Storm Songda hits Japan still reeling from earthquake and tsunami

Heavy rains and strong winds battered the northeast coast of Japan as tropical storm Songda touched down on a region still reeling from a massive earthquake and tsunami.

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ABC News

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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MSNBC

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NATO airstrike hits civilian homes, 14 dead

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

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

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Roadmap for the energy revolution

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Spiegel International

Nuclear power mapped

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BBC

Global greenhouse gas emissions jump to record levels

Greenhouse gas emissions from world energy generation in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates from the International Energy Agency.

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Environment News Service

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Personal mobile devices create security headaches for businesses

Companies are grappling with unforeseen security, privacy and legal conundrums introduced by a host of cool mobile devices flooding into the workplace.

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USA TODAY

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

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

How religions can learn from each other

Indonesian historian Azyumardi Azra, one of the world’s leading scholars of moderate Islam says Islam and Judaism can learn from each other.

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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

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

EDUCATION

Deaf education evolving with implants

At the Clarke School for Hearing and Speech in Pa., all the students have learned to speak, often aided by devices called cochlear implants.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Closing the achievement gap with more baby talk

Children in professional families are talked to three times as much as the average child in a welfare family — and that adds up.

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NPR

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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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