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Smoke from the Las Conchas Fire fills the sky near the Los Alamos Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. A vicious wildfire spread through the mountain area, driving thousands of people from their homes. (Photo by Jae C. Hong / AP)

Languages are dying off world wide

Some linguists believe languages are disappearing at a rate of two a month. Half of the remaining 7,000 or so languages may be gone in 100 years, replaced by other dominating languages.

McClatchy Newspapers

Tough safety standards for cribs are going into effect

A new generation of cribs, designed to be safer, will be the only ones approved for sale — in stores, online and even at neighborhood yard sales.

Chattanooga Times Free Press

NM scurries to protect nuclear lab from fire

New Mexico fire managers scrambled to reinforce crews battling a third day against an out-of-control blaze at the edge of one of the top U.S. nuclear weapons production centers.

Reuters

NM fires threaten Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab — 2nd time in 11 years

Christian Science Monitor

Satellite photos: fire and smoke in the US

NASA

Deadly attack on Kabul hotel ‘ends’

A brazen attack on a major hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, has ended with the killing of attackers by security forces, an Afghan interior ministry spokesman said.

Al Jazeera

Ditch your 401(k) for vodka, habaneros?

A growing number of investors are losing faith, emptying some or all of their traditional retirement funds and reinvesting their money into “alternative investments.”

CNNMoney

Blog:

Why reduce your 401(k) contributions?

(Forbes)

Financial Finesse

NATION

Grocery store rids itself of packaging

That environmentally friendly canvas shopping bag you proudly lug to the grocery store is about to get a lot more full, if you shop in Austin, Texas.

ABC News

The fading era of big solar: Will budget woes swamp the industry?

The solar boom is being driven chiefly by U.S. Treasury grants which have helped fill the gap created by the evaporation of private capital after the recession.

TIME

Guilty until proven innocent

Medical examiners and coroners have repeatedly mishandled cases of infant and child deaths, helping to put innocent people behind bars.

NPR

POLITICS

Breakthrough on trade could clear the way for vote

The Senate Finance Committee will take up three stalled free trade agreements after chairman Max Baucus said agreement was reached on extending a program that helps U.S. workers displaced by foreign trade.

Forbes

$1 billion that nobody wants

An investigation by NPR found that more than one billion worth of golden dollar coins are the wasteful by-products of another failed Congressional effort to get Americans to replace the dollar bill.

NPR

Blog:

Alienated nation: Americans complain of government disconnect

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

BUSINESS

Homebuyer reality check: Buyer’s market

Although lower prices encourage true bargain hunters to look for deals, they can also scare off homebuyers. And, between the two, anxiety is winning.

San Francisco Examiner

French Internet company seeks $419M from Google

Google faces a new, multimillion-dollar challenge in Europe after a French Internet company filed a lawsuit saying the search engine giant unfairly squeezed out competitors in France.

Philadelphia Inquirer

EDUCATION

When the boss is in a tricky spot, what’s a general counsel for a university to do?

General counsels who learn of potential wrongdoing by high-ranking college officials find themselves in a delicate position. Who should be told? When does attorney-client privilege apply?

Chronicle of Higher Education

Philadelphia schools post test-score gains for 9th straight year

Philadelphia schoolchildren’s state test scores are up for the ninth straight year, according to preliminary data released by the Philadelphia School District.

Philadelphia Inquirer

HEALTH

Dancing outbreak believed to be a case of social contagion

According to scant written accounts there was an outbreak in 1374 known as St. Vitus’ Dance, where groups of people danced uncontrollably. This is otherwise known as a medical condition called Sydenham chorea.

ABC News

Coffee may ward off Alzheimer’s

It’s likely that complex factors influence the development of Alzheimer’s, a disease degrading a person’s memory, personality and language skills. But scientists have found clues to halt its development.

Discovery News

Breast cancer patients are outraged debate

The Food and Drug Administration was to begin two days of hearings on its plan to withdraw approval for the drug Avastin, but some breast cancer patients are outraged over its possible withdrawal.

CBS News

SPORTS

For US soccer women, a twofold challenge

The Americans are gunning for their first world title since 1999, but are also looking to kick-start interest in women’s soccer back home.

Washington Post

Sharapova, Kvitova join Lisicki in Wimbledon semifinals

For exactly one hour of excellence, Maria Sharapova played — and sounded — exactly the way she did when she was a teenager, when it seemed nothing could stop her.

Sports Illustrated

Columns And Op-Ed

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My summer vacation

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Thomas Sowell):

Is democracy viable?

Creators Syndicate

Column (Bryan Gardiner):

Internet IDs are a terrible idea

Popular Science

Blog (Harold Pollack):

Blagojevich — good riddance to him

(The New Republic)

Jonathan Cohn

Editorial:

Protecting kids from violent video games is parents’ responsibility

San Jose Mercury News

Blog (Jules Boykoff):

Why the insurance industry gets climate change

(Guardian)

Comment is Free

Column (John Doyle):

Eye candy or earnest analysis: taking women’s sports coverage seriously

Globeandmail.com

Blog (Robin Lloyd):

Bill Gates urges young scientists to consider the ‘needs of the poorest’

(Scientific American)

Observations

Column (Megan McArdle):

Mental health break

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Benefit of mammograms are even greater than thought

The longest-running breast cancer screening study ever conducted has shown that regular mammograms prevent deaths from breast cancer, and that the number of lives saved increases over time.

Reuters

In the crosshairs: Wildlife survive conflict in Afghanistan

Despite years of unregulated hunting and habitat loss due to wartime conflict in Afghanistan, large mammals are managing to survive in parts of the region, according to a new survey.

LiveScience

Wildlife of Afghanistan

LiveScience

GM Foundation gives Detroit’s College for Creative Studies $2.5M donation

The General Motors Foundation is donating $2.5 million to the College for Creative Studies in Detroit to strengthen a longstanding commitment to the world’s leading educator of automotive designers.

Detroit News

WORLD

Why the Greek crisis has global reach

World markets have been anxiously awaiting a resolution to the Greek debt crisis. If Greece were to default, some predict losses to investors across Europe and even in the United States.

Christian Science Monitor

Blog:

Greek general strike and austerity debate

(Guardian)

Guardian News Blog

New Zealand recovery team enters mine after a 7-month wait

After a frustrating seven-month wait for grieving families, a recovery team has entered New Zealand’s doomed Pike River, taking the first step in a much anticipated recovery operation.

Sydney Morning Herald

Recovery team enters Pike River mine

3news.co.nz

South China Sea disputes could lead to war in Asia

Risks are growing that incidents at sea involving China could lead to war in Asia, potentially drawing in the United States and other powers, an Australian think tank has warned.

Reuters

South China Sea: Asia’s most dangerous waters

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

It’s ‘Tau Day’ on the Internet

On the Internet, anything can be the basis for a holiday — even a number. And now, just when you thought the math holiday season was over, it’s time for Tau Day!

CNN

What Tau sounds like

YouTube

NASA: Space station crew seeks safety from debris in ‘lifeboat’

The six-person crew of the International Space Station was forced to take shelter in a “lifeboat” when space debris came dangerously close to the orbiter.

Computerworld

ENVIRONMENT

Closed-source crops

An unprecedented monopoly on food seeds is taking root, particularly in developed countries, that may decide farming’s success or failure in an era of wrenching climate change.

Conservation Magazine

Blog:

UN food boss brings street cred to new job

(Globeandmail.com)

The Global Exchange

National Climatic Data Center: Extreme weather is a product of climate change

Scientists at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C., have been following the patterns of recent natural disasters and predict that extreme weather will become far more common.

Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Abercrombie & Fitch sued over hijab

A Muslim woman has sued Abercrombie & Fitch, claiming that the clothing retailer fired her when she refused to remove her religious headscarf while working.

San Francisco Chronicle

Facing a faith’s glass ceiling: Trailblazing female rabbi is losing her job

Charni Flame Selch is in rare company. She’s the only female senior rabbi in Conservative Judaism in Minnesota — and at least three other surrounding states.

Star Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Retirees at work

Officially, almost all of us will stop working by our mid-sixties, and those of us lucky enough to have pensions will be able to draw them. However, the reality is likely to be rather different.

BBC

Recipe for safe food: clean, cook, chill and separate

A new government campaign launched just before the barbecue-heavy Fourth of July hopes to remind home chefs to use food safety precautions.

Seattle Times

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