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In this file photo, traffic runs along the southbound 110 Freeway towards downtown Los Angeles. Recent studies show people who live in cities are more likely to have mood or anxiety disorder and are twice as likely to have schizophrenia. (Photo by Mark J. Terrill / AP)

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How cities stress us out

Full of blaring horns, flashy billboards and fast-talking residents, cities can be stressful places to be. Even if you live in the country now, the impact of coming from a city persists in the brain.

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City living changes brain’s stress response

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(Scientific American)

Observations

The junk food fight: Should ads stop targeting teens?

The government says junk food marketers shouldn’t advertise to kids. Not just on TV, but also online, in schools and in stores. The guidelines being proposed are voluntary; food companies can opt out.

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NPR

Obama: 33,000 troops leaving Afghanistan

President Barack Obama announced he was pulling home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the “surge” of forces he had sent to rescue a flailing effort.

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CBS News

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Obama to pull 30,000 troops from Afghanistan

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Bloomberg

Troop drawdown won’t stop spending

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CNNMoney

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President Obama announces Afghanistan troop reduction

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C-Span

China artist Ai Weiwei released on bail

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has returned home having been freed after more than two months’ detention. He was bailed after pleading guilty to charges of tax evasion, the Xinhua news agency said.

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BBC

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China’s ongoing crack-down on human rights

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Guardian

College price calculators may not paint complete picture

When the annual college search season gets under way this fall, parents and students will have a new tool that they can use.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NATION

Fed cuts US growth forecast

The U.S. central bank said it would complete the planned purchase of $600 billion in treasury securities, and then pause its three-year-old economic rescue campaign.

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TODAYonline

What interest rates does the Federal Reserve control?

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(About.com)

Saving for College

Texas firms to open up on ‘fracking’

Texas is the first state to require energy firms to disclose information about the chemicals they are pumping into the ground in order to release natural gas during the hugely controversial process.

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The Independent

Rural Colorado received benefits from recreation on interior-managed lands

Land managed by the U.S. Department of Interior in Colorado supported 13,216 recreational jobs statewide and contributed $1.3 billion in economic output in 2010, the agency said.

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Denver Post

POLITICS

Comprehensive immigration reform effort relaunched in Senate

Senate Democrats launched a new effort for comprehensive immigration reform, even though they so far have no Republican support for a bill that would allow some undocumented immigrants.

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Huffington Post

Obama treading carefully on gay issues in 2012 bid

President Barack Obama has delivered important political victories for gays but is unlikely to push his support for gay rights much further before the 2012 election in case he alienates independent voters.

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MSNBC

BUSINESS

Do you have an unclaimed pension?

In 2011, The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation was holding $265 million in unclaimed pension benefits for 37,500 people. The average amount of unclaimed benefits: $8,000.

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ABC News

Funding levels of public pensions by state

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PBS

China’s businesses boom, but its brands fail to make mark

After 30 years of mind-bending economic growth, everyone knows about brand China — but very few people can name a Chinese brand. And the reasons for that are not just economic ones.

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NPR

EDUCATION

Study: ACT test may not accurately predict college success

While students have long contested (and whined about) the dreaded standardized test — a new study shows the ACT test may not actually be a valid predictor of college success.

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TIME

Timberlane high school students build yurt, hovercraft

Geometry students finished building a yurt while a physics class tested out a hoverboard. Both projects were part of a new hands-on curriculum focus at the Timberlane Regional High School.

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6-figure income, $300,000 in tuition

With high-achieving kids comes a college-funding triple threat: Two years down and seven more to go, at least three years of tuition-bill start to overlap.

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CNNMoney

HEALTH

FDA failed to follow own rules for food recalls, audit finds

Government food officials are often sloppy and inattentive in their efforts to keep contaminated foods from abroad out of the nation’s food supply, according to government investigators.

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MSNBC

Chips, fries, soda are most to blame for long-term weight gain

The edict to eat less and exercise more is far from far-reaching, as a new analysis points to the increased consumption of potato chips, french fries, sodas and red meat as a major cause of weight gain.

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HealthDay

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5 foods that make you fat, 5 that don’t

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WebMD

SPORTS

Tiger Woods won’t play in AT&T

Tiger Woods will miss another golf tournament as he recovers from injuries to his left leg, saying he will not play in the AT&T National outside Philadelphia.

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ESPN

Sources: 48 percent share for players

Among the details NFL commissioner Roger Goodell revealed to owners at the league’s meeting is that in the next proposed agreement players will receive a 48 percent share of “all revenue.”

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ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Allison Linn):

I’ll marry you ... when you get a job

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(TODAY)

Life Inc.

Column (Connie Schultz):

A grim landscape in Wal-Mart nation

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Creators Syndicate

Column (David Weigel):

Are members of Congress getting tired of signing pledges?

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Slate

Column (Steve Sebelius):

Heck stands up to Obama on Libya war

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Anti-immigrant bills would hurt workers, businesses and state

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Detroit Free Press

Column (Mohamed el-Erian):

PIMCO CEO: Egypt needs stronger outside support

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Christian Science Monitor

Medicaid: The cruelest cuts

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Jed Perl):

‘Paris: Life and luxury in the 18th century’

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The New Republic

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GOOD NEWS

First lady Michelle Obama urges Africa to advance women’s rights

First lady Michelle Obama urged young Africans to fight for women‘s rights and battle the stigma of AIDS, using her husband’s “yes, we can” campaign slogan to motivate youth across the continent.

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Reuters

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In South Africa, Michelle Obama helps rebuild trust and wows the young women

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Christian Science Monitor

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First lady tells young Africans: Yes, we can!

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ABC News

Businessman hopes giving a motorcycle to a veteran will change a life

Tim Bernard of Boise wants to say thank you to military veterans and those on active duty, and he’s doing it with more than words. He’s giving away a motorcycle: a new Kawasaki KLR 650.

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Idaho Statesman

Developer gives $40M to Wishard; new hospital to bear family’s name

Sidney Eskenazi and his wife, Lois, are donating $40 million to Wishard Health Services, a hospital system in the city of Indianapolis that serves mostly poor and underinsured patients.

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Indianapolis Star

WORLD

Capital is a fickle lover

Recently, a growing number of corporate leaders are getting second thoughts about the “Chinese Model” that has been so central in the globalization of production and markets over the last three decades.

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Foreign Policy in Focus

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RBS’s Liu says time to be `very bullish’ on China stocks

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YouTube

Bahrain unrest: 8 activists have been sentenced to life in jail

Bahrain has sentenced eight Shiite opposition activists to life in jail for plotting to overthrow the government, says the state news agency.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SpongeBob lends his name to new mushroom species

A new species of mushroom has been named by its discoverers after the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.

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BBC

As e-waste piles up, disposal issues grow worse

New smartphones, TVs and laptops enter the marketplace and many consumers feel compelled to have the latest. As a result, they find themselves with a growing stash of gizmos in need of disposal.

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USA TODAY

Earliest example of American art: mammoth on mammoth

The first American art is an image of a mammoth carved on a mammoth bone, suggests a paper to be published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

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ENVIRONMENT

The weather

We all complain about the weather. It is a great topic of conversation. Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.

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Environmental News Network

Government Accountability Office: no quick fix for leaky nuclear reactors

U.S. nuclear power plant operators haven’t figured out how to quickly detect leaks of radioactive water from pipes — and the leaks are not going to stop, according to congressional investigators.

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CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Tim Pawlenty’s pastor stays neutral in the area of politics

When GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty goes to church, he knows he‘ll hear a 27-minute sermon. But whether he’ll hear a biblical endorsement of the Republican platform is far less certain.

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USA TODAY

Jews, Muslims sue to block referendum on circumcision

An unusual coalition of Jews and Muslims filed suit to block a November voter referendum seeking to ban male circumcision in San Francisco.

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Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Self-published author joins Kindle’s elite million-seller list

John Locke, an insurance salesman from Kentucky, has become the first self-published author to sell one million e-books for the Kindle electronic reader.

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The Independent

1st indie author to sell a million Kindle books writes a Kindle book about it

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(TIME)

Techland

Wiccans, astronomers and average Joes mark summer solstice

The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year and an ancient pagan day of worship, but even a Wiccan high priest has to make accommodations to the demands of modern society.

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Times Union

10 famous intellectual property disputes

From Barbie, to cereal, to a tattoo, a copyright lawsuit can get contentious; some disputes have even reached the Supreme Court.

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Smithsonian

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Homeowners decide to deconstruct, but not demolish

Deconstruction — the careful removal of salvageable flooring, fixtures, cabinetry and other house items — is gaining momentum. With it, more than three-fourths of the house can be re-used and recycled.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Pakistani Kushti wrestlers fight during their daily training in Lahore, Pakistan. Kushti, an Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling, is several thousand years old and is a national sport in Pakistan. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen / AP)

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