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People wearing masks often used by a group that calls itself “Anonymous” take part in a rally in Madrid. Spanish police arrested suspects that allegedly belonged to a loose-knit international activist group that has attacked websites around the world. (Photo by Arturo Rodriguez / AP)

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Frugal health care — quality, not quantity

Above a valley in Pennsylvania sits an old hospital that gives an optimistic hint about the future of American health care.

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Economist

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AMA to reconsider support of requiring Americans to purchase health insurance

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Chicago Tribune

US, Vietnam are joining forces to battle Agent Orange

Vietnam kicked off the first phase of a joint plan with the United States to clean up environmental damage from the chemical Agent Orange.

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MSNBC

Hacker group gleefully promises more attacks

They’ve attacked the websites of the CIA, PBS, and the U.S. Senate, and helped to attack Sony. And to hear hacker group LulzSec tell it, it’s all for a laugh.

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CNN

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Government can’t keep up in cyberfight

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Reuters

As Europeans wince at austerity, markets fear turmoil

The instability rocking Greece is a troubling phase in the global financial crisis: Political turmoil sweeping through Europe threatens efforts to rescue the financial system.

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Greece reshuffles cabinet amid debt crisis

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Al Jazeera

Live from Greece

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Greek debt crisis: live

Advanced tornado technology could reduce deaths

Tornadoes have killed at least 530 people in the U.S. this year, the highest death toll since 1950. But researchers say they are working on new technologies that could reduce tornado deaths.

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NPR

NATION

Youth is an issue for Miranda rights, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against the state of North Carolina in the case of a juvenile who was questioned in a school conference room without being read his Miranda rights.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Justices rule that age matters for Miranda

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YouTube

Many stop looking for jobs

The official unemployment rate, a headline number that comes out every month, was 9.1 percent in May. The number measures how many people are out of work and looking for a job.

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NPR

US nuclear regulations inadequate to cope with incident like Fukushima

The head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Fukushima inquiry task force said his panel is concerned that the severe threats like the one in Japan reveal gaps in U.S. nuclear protection.

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Scientific American

POLITICS

Anthony Weiner resigns from Congress

In the same room where he launched his first campaign for City Council two decades ago in Brooklyn, N.Y., Rep. Anthony Weiner announced his resignation from Congress.

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Politico

Abortion fight heats up in defense debate

Under current law, only those women whose lives are endangered can get an abortion at military hospitals. Victims of rape and incest aren’t entitled to federal funds for abortion services.

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ABC News

Senate kills off ethanol tax credits in possible break with tax pledge

The Senate voted 73-27 to kill a major tax break that benefits the ethanol industry, handing a political win to a bipartisan group of lawmakers that call the incentive needless and expensive.  

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BUSINESS

Wells Fargo ceases to offer reverse mortgages

Wells Fargo & Co., the largest U.S. home lender, said it was exiting the business of reverse mortgages because of the possibility that property values will decline further.

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Bloomberg

Wells Fargo to feel more mortgage pain, stock still goes to $32

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Great Speculations

Capital One to buy ING’s online bank for $9 billion

Capital One Financial Corp., this year’s top performer in the KBW Bank Index, agreed to buy ING Groep NV’s U.S. online bank for $9 billion.

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Bloomberg

Big Blue turns 100: IBM celebrates its anniversary, ability to reinvent

IBM is one of the great stories of a company pulling out of a death spiral and reinventing itself.

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TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Arabian oryx back from brink of extinction

The Arabian oryx, a desert antelope that may have sparked the legend of the unicorn, has bounced back after being hunted almost to oblivion.

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Short-term air emissions and their effect on global warming

Fast action on certain pollutants such as black carbon, ground-level ozone and methane may help to limit global temperature rise.

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Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Rich get richer in athletics

The gap between the “haves” and the “have-nots” in big-time college athletics continues to widen.

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Inside Higher Ed

Illinois teaching certification program under fire

Illinois has invested more than $17 million to recruit parents and other school employees from low-income communities for a teacher certification program aimed at replenishing the supply of teachers.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

HEALTH

Olive oil may prevent strokes in people over 65

People aged 65 and over who use olive oil for cooking, in salad dressing or with bread may be doing much to protect themselves against stroke, according to a French study.

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Medical News Today

Stricter regulation of formaldehyde remains uncertain

The Environmental Protection Agency’s formaldehyde assessment would influence the quantity of the chemical that can be safely released.

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Scientific American

Columns And Op-Ed

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Arabic for right-wingers

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(Salon)

War Room

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Why does Wall Street hate Silicon Valley?

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San Jose Mercury News

Outsourcing democracy promotion

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Christian Science Monitor

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Could ‘Arab spring’ choke Saudi women’s driving movement?

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(Slate)

XX Factor

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A new paradigm for the left?

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Creators Syndicate

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Anthony Weiner resigns: ‘Distraction’ makes it impossible to stay

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The Atlantic

Cartoon (Ed Gamble):

Airlines have made 5.1 billion in fees

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USA TODAY

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Changing relations with the heartland

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GOOD NEWS

Syria’s Makhlouf says he plans to donate profits to charity

Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of President Bashar Al-Assad, said he plans to donate profits from his investments to charity and will no longer be a “burden” on the country.

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Bloomberg

Nicaragua quake survivors get new homes 40 years after disaster

The Nicaraguan government has completed permanent housing for 103 families who have been squatting in the ruins of four abandoned high-rises in Managua since the 1972 earthquake.

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Christian Science Monitor

Opportunity Fund helps opportunity knock for low-income borrowers

Microlending to the poor in the U.S. is quietly growing. But the Opportunity Fund finds that helping people learn how to save is important too.

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Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Al-Zawahiri named new al-Qaida chief

Al-Qaida has named Ayman al-Zawahiri as its new chief following the killing of Osama bin Laden, the group has said in a statement issued in the name of the group’s general command.

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Al Jazeera

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Ayman al-Zawahiri: from doctor to Osama bin Laden’s successor

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Guardian

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Al-Zawahri to head al-Qaida

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Reuters

Young Pakistanis use Twitter, Facebook, blogs to push for change

Meet Pakistan’s “Teeth Maestro,” a dentist who uses his blog to get to the root of the country’s many pains. He is among a growing group of web users to try to influence Pakistani society.

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San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mercury is looking a little less boring

Data released from NASA’s Mercury Messenger spacecraft is painting a more vibrant picture of the solar system’s innermost planet.

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Star Tribune

Meet SpongeBob mushroom, a funky new fungus

A newly discovered mushroom species “lives in the rain forest, under a tree,” and researchers say it’s nearly as strange as its SpongeBob SquarePants namesake.

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LiveScience

How brain training can contribute to boosting intelligence

Could a simple memory workout make you smarter? An intriguing new study by researchers at the University of Michigan suggests it can.

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TIME

SPORTS

Rory McIlroy in lead at US Open

The 22-year-old McIlroy made the toughest test in golf look like child’s play at Congressional with a 6-under 65 to build the biggest 18-hole lead at the U.S. Open in 35 years.

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ESPN

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Round 1 at 2011 US Open at Congressional

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Golf.com

Home runs down, but new pool of baseball sluggers going deep

They aren’t resurrecting memories of Babe Ruth, let alone Barry Bonds, but nearly a dozen players are making sure baseball’s home run prowess doesn’t fade away quicker than the lava lamp.

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USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Christian health-sharing plans that can be founded on faith

An estimated 100,000 people across the country belong to health-sharing ministries, according to industry experts. While small, it’s a growing alternative to traditional health care insurance.

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Kansas City Star

US bishops debating about updating sex abuse rules

The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops have begun a review of church sex abuse policies, bypassing several recent reports that question whether the rules are effective at removing abusive priests.

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USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Older dads try parenting for 2nd time

There is an emerging brotherhood of men in their 40s, 50s and 60s rearing young ones again at the same time they have adult children and sometimes grandchildren.

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USA TODAY

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Childcare gap between men and women narrows

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CBS News

Fashion tech: science jewellery ready for the big time

A colorful parade of fashionistas, hipsters and major label talent scouts descended on Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to take in the annual Renegade Craft Fair.

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LiveScience

Tweeting ‘Ulysses’: Fans put a twist on Bloomsday traditions

For decades, James Joyce-lovers have been commemorating Bloomsday by eating kidney for breakfast and drinking pints of Guinness, as Bloom does. They also hold marathon readings of the novel “Ulysses.”

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Gleaning a harvest for the needy by fighting waste

On U.S. farms, gleaning is making a comeback, as a national anti-hunger organization has turned to the ancient practice to help feed the poor.

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NPR

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Children splash around in a pool near the India Gate Monument in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Saurabh Das / AP)

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