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Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., center — flanked by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. — speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington after announcing that he intends to bring senators back to work right after the July 4th holiday. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

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The end of the space age

People like Elon Musk in America and Sir Richard Branson in Britain hope to make human space flight commercially viable. But the market seems small and vulnerable.

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Economist

US to probe deaths of 2 detainees

The U.S. Justice Department inquiry into CIA interrogations of terrorist detainees has led to a full criminal investigation into the deaths of two people while they were in custody in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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USA TODAY

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Senate confirms Petraeus as CIA chief

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Christian Science Monitor

Top officials: Debt deal needed by mid-July

President Barack Obama and Congress need to strike a debt-reduction deal by mid-July to avoid panicking financial markets, officials familiar with the talks said.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Reid: Senate to cancel July 4th recess during debt talks

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Bloomberg

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Senate shortens holiday to work on debt

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CNN

Low corn prices may ease food inflation

Corn prices fell 10 percent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report that noted farmers are sowing unexpectedly large amounts of the grain.

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BBC

Remaking the future of defense manufacturing for more effectiveness

Military and defense contractors can learn a lot from the wisdom of the masses — and American fighting forces could be better equipped and better protected.

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Popular Science

NATION

Over 90,000 acres burned in NM

The Las Conchas fire in New Mexico swelled to 92,735 acres burned, and strong winds threatened to be firefighters’ greatest challenge moving in to the fifth day battling the flames.

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CNN

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Radiation eyed at Los Alamos nuke plant

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MSNBC

Why are HIV rates high in southern US?

When the AIDS epidemic first surfaced in the U.S. 30 years ago, the illness was primarily an urban problem. But in recent years HIV has begun to take a toll on the South, including rural areas.

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Scientific American

POLITICS

Is GOP resolve on taxes showing cracks?

Most Senate Republicans voted to end a tax break for ethanol. Some see that vote as a chink in the armor of anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist and the no-new-taxes pledge he’s gotten GOP lawmakers to take.

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NPR

US recognizes Muslim Brotherhood

The U.S. has decided to formally resume contact with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group — which does not recognize Israel — in a move that could further alienate some Jewish voters.

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Politico

Obama dismisses Libya criticism as political ‘fuss’

President Barack Obama defended the U.S. role in Libya, dismissing the criticism levied by Congress over the constitutionality of the operation.

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Monsters and Critics

BUSINESS

Fannie Mae’s silence opened the way to $3 billion fraud

The first sign of what would become a $3 billion fraud surfaced when Fannie Mae executive Samuel Smith discovered Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. sold him a loan owned by someone else.

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Bloomberg

Home Depot accused of violating Buy American Act

Home Depot is the target of a lawsuit for allegedly selling goods manufactured in China and other prohibited countries to U.S. government agencies in violation of the Buy American Act.

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ABC News

Apple has worst first half since 2008 as investors await iPhone

Apple Inc. shares have dropped 4 percent this month, capping their worst first-half performance in three years. Investors await new products and fret that rivalry from Google Inc. will slow growth.

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BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Schools find uses for predictive data techniques to predict success

The use of analytic tools to predict student performance is exploding in higher education. Experts say that these tools show even more promise for K-12 schools.

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Downbeat outlook for those without postsecondary degrees

Many young people without degrees want to return to college. But most of them don’t know how to take out federal loans to pay for it, according to a new report.

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Inside Higher Ed

SPORTS

NBA to lock out players

The NBA’s thrilling season came with a high price tag. The NBA will lock out its players, a long-expected move that puts the 2011-12 season in jeopardy.

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Sports Illustrated

Ibanez, Worley lead Phils over Red Sox

Raul Ibanez hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh, Vance Worley pitched seven strong innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1.

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Vance Worley helps Phils close in on sweep of Red Sox

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ESPN

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Chavez feels better

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Video violence vs. free speech

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Creators Syndicate

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Should tenure be completely abolished?

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TIME

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Joe Heller cartoon

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Christian Science Monitor

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Endgame

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I’m against gay marriage — and straight marriage too

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CNN

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The debt ceiling hostage vote is systemic risk

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GOOD NEWS

Genetic alterations in pig tissue may allow for human transplantation

A genetic discovery may one day allow pig tissue to be transplanted successfully into humans. The research is a major step forward in filling the shortage of vital organs for human transplantation.

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ScienceDaily

Exhibit highlights Victorian sisters’ art

Works by Picasso, Matisse, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cezanne and the two American women who purchased them in the early part of the 20th century are the focus of a special exhibit at The Jewish Museum.

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Reuters

Texas wetland restoration could be model for Gulf

A complete ecosystem with animals living in a man-made creation dredged from the Houston Ship Channel is part of a 20-year-old project to restore lost wetlands and islands off the Texas coast.

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CBS News

WORLD

Fukushima children test positive for internal radiation exposure

Trace amounts of radioactive substances have been found in urine samples taken from Fukushima children, raising concerns that residents have been exposed internally to radiation.

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Guardian

Greek MPs in second austerity vote

Greece’s parliament is holding a second vote on its austerity program, which it needs to implement to secure the country further financial support.

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BBC

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Could America go the way of Greece?

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TIME

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Violence grips streets of Athens

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Sydney Morning Herald

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA rover mission narrows down destinations

Mission scientists at NASA are narrowing down the shortlist of proposed landing sites for the agency’s next Mars rover, and the two frontrunners are tantalizing scientific targets indeed.

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Popular Science

Biggest criminal ‘botnet’ links computers in more than 172 countries

Computer security experts say they have found what appears to be the world’s largest computer “botnet,” a network of millions of computers controlled clandestinely by a criminal cybergang.

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Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Contamination still a big problem for American beaches

A new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council showed that beach closings due to contamination in 2010 were the second-highest in two decades.

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Reuters

Testing the waters

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MSNBC

Green cities found across US as eco-efforts intensify

North America’s greenest cities aren’t just on the West Coast, long known for environmentalism. They’re also in the South, East and Midwest as innovative eco-efforts proliferate in different regions.

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USA TODAY

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7 unexpectedly green cities

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Huffington Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

A church by any other name

For Living Faith Lutheran Church, the name change was as much about the future as the past. The Rockville, Md., congregation formally bid goodbye to its old name, Crusader Lutheran Church.

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Religion News Service

Tech tools tackle Biblical scholarship

Software developed by an Israeli team is giving intriguing new hints about what researchers believe to be the multiple hands that wrote the Bible.

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USA TODAY

HEALTH

Medicare confirms payment for prostate cancer drug

Medicare officials confirmed that the program will cover the $93,000 price tag for the prostate cancer drug Provenge, an innovative therapy.

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Yahoo! News

Group-think can influence your memory, research shows

A study probes the science of false memories and finds brain scans showing regions that activate when in groups.

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HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

As poppy fields flourish in Mexico, heroin use surges in US

What was once a problem largely confined to hubs in California and Texas, Mexican traffickers have expanded into the Midwest and the Atlantic Seaboard, narcotics experts say.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Faking beauty: Photoshopping sends unhealthy message to youth

When images are “doctored” by editors with the precision of surgeons, the American Medical Association says the practice is sending an unhealthy message.

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ABC News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

A tale of 2 seed farmers

The Cold War phrase “peaceful coexistence” has been revived in a new context: as a potential solution in the new clash between organic agriculture and genetic engineering.

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NPR

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Palestinian children play with colored parachutes in the Gaza Strip, seeking a world record for the largest number of people flying parachutes from the ground. (Photo by Adel Hana / AP)

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