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Tim Williams, left, and David Hare, right, perform a reenactment of a special legislative session called by Governor Erastus Fairbanks in April, 1861 in response to Abraham Lincoln’s request for troops and funds at the outbreak of the Civil War in Montpelier, Vt. (Photo by Andy Duback / AP)

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Battle of Bull Run: the end of illusions

At the start of the Civil War, both the North and South expected victory to be glorious and quick, but the war’s first major battle signaled the long and deadly war to come.

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Smithsonian Magazine

Stubborn heat wave has taken over most of the US

The heat wave that has gripped two-thirds of the nation continued with triple-digit temperatures scorching parts of the Midwest and East coast.

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CBS News

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Heat wave flirting with 100 degrees

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CNN

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Temps soar, record highs

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The Weather Channel

Somalia famine: US pledges a further $28M

U.S. spending on emergency assistance in drought areas of East Africa reached $700 million, but assurances were sought before funding will be directed to rebel-held famine regions of Somalia.

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Guardian

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Climate change ‘threatens peace,’ UN official warns

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BBC

James Murdoch evidence questioned by former executives

Evidence on phone hacking given to MPs by News International chairman James Murdoch has been called into question by two former executives at the firm.

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BBC

Is this the end of privacy?

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Scientific American

America’s soybean king: Can Kip Cullers solve world hunger?

Kip Cullers barely made it through high school — his words — and never took biology or chemistry. But he’s become arguably the globe’s leading authority on soybean genetics.

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TIME

NATION

Doctors group contradicting US mammogram advice

After a government task force recommended that most women in their 40s may not need mammograms, physicians are advising women in that age group to have them annually.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Report: insider terrorist threat to utilities

Sabotage by an insider at a major utility facility could provide al-Qaida with its best opportunity for the kind of massive Sept. 11 anniversary attack Osama bin Laden was planning, according to U.S. officials.

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ABC News

New consumer protection agency faces opposition from public

There’s a new cop on the money beat: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created by the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul and signed by the president one year ago.

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NPR

POLITICS

Lawmakers, farmers worried about more federal regulation

A request by the U.S. Department of Transportation for public input on regulation of American farmers is getting push-back from some Congress members who represent rural and agricultural districts.

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McClatchy Newspapers

GOP candidates debate on Twitter: What could they say in 140 characters?

The first-ever presidential Twitter debate unfurled in rapid-fire style with six Republican candidates proving they can “talk 2 u” in abbreviations almost as well as a text-savvy teen.

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Christian Science Monitor

Deficit reductions sought as debt-limit deadline approaches

President Barack Obama and the Senate back a $3.7 trillion deficit-reduction plan. They also pressed their case for raising the government’s $14.3 trillion borrowing limit.

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USA TODAY

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Progress scarce as debt limit impasse continues

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ABC News

BUSINESS

Express Scripts to buy Medco for $29B

Express Scripts Inc. will buy rival Medco Health Solutions Inc. for $29.1 billion in cash and stock to create a powerhouse in managing prescription drug benefits in the United States, the companies said.

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Reuters

Investors pay big for dot-com stocks

Just 11 years after the dot-com bust, one of the biggest periods of wealth destruction ever on Wall Street, investors are paying rich prices for newly minted Internet stocks again.

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USA TODAY

AMR splits record order between Airbus, Boeing in deal

American Airlines’ parent AMR Corp. (AMR) is counting on savings from 460 new, fuel-efficient jets and $13 billion in planemaker financing as the third-largest U.S. carrier struggles with losses.

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Bloomberg

Fuel efficiency drives American Airlines

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Autopia

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Lutheran church divisions could affect social programs

One of the largest social service networks in the U.S. — which works in areas ranging from adoption to disaster relief — faces a shake-up because of Lutheran divisions over homosexuality.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ireland denounces Vatican role in abuse cover-ups

The Vatican encouraged Catholic bishops not to tell police about suspected pedophile priests and flouted Irish law, according to Ireland’s lawmakers.

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Idaho Statesman

EDUCATION

Memphis, Tenn. schools’ opening delayed in budget fight

The Memphis mayor’s announcement that the city won’t be able to immediately pay $55 million in budgeted money has intensified a long-running funding fight and delayed the start of classes.

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CBS News

In college, without a home

For homeless college students, even the smallest details can become big hurdles: a $5 student ID, a housing or enrollment deposit, and a place to keep a birth certificate or Social Security card.

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Inside Higher Ed

ENVIRONMENT

Climate bill mounts as the dash for gas speeds up

The accelerating dash for natural gas risks a bitter backlash as the environmental cost of exploiting new shale deposits and of transporting it in liquid form spoil its credentials as the greenest fossil fuel.

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Reuters

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After-effects of climate bill’s failure

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National Journal

Paying respects at a CO2 graveyard

Wherever permeable and porous rock is capped by an impermeable layer, a natural gas store may form and trap gas for tens of millions of years, making it a logical choice for industrial CO2 storage.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Issac Bailey):

Our Founding Fathers were men, not gods

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McClatchy Newspapers

Blog (Helienne Lindvall):

Behind the music: Should the music industry put digital first?

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(Guardian)

Music Blog

Column (Dan Murphy):

Gadhafi could step down and stay? That’s not going to happen

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Christian Science Monitor

House Republicans grandstand in the theater of the absurd

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Flying the intrusive skies

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Denver Post

Interview (David Sirota):

Can we ever escape product placement?

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Salon

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Angry Brits

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Shake off ‘donor fatique’ to end famine in Somalia

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Local churches launch fresh-food market to change the way we eat

A half dozen local churches are doing more than spreading the word of God. They’re trying to change the way we eat — and they have the support of local farmers and businesses to do it.

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Spin doctoring: Vets replace tortoise’s leg with wheel

A 12-year-old African tortoise whose front left leg was amputated is now moving fine, thanks to a swiveling wheel attached to his shell by doctors at Washington State University’s veterinary hospital.

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MSNBC

Report: Women should get free prescription birth control

A new report for the U.S. government recommends that women receive free prescription birth control as part of services under the Affordable Care Act.

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Medical News Today

WORLD

China signs South China Sea guidelines, seeks to turn page on row

China and Southeast Asian nations officially approved guidelines on conduct in the South China Sea, a small sign of progress in the dispute over multiple claims in the region.

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Reuters

Germany and France agree common position on debt crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have hammered out a common position on the euro debt crisis.

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BBC

Goran Hadzic ‘won’t appeal extradition to The Hague’

Goran Hadzic, a Croatian Serb wartime leader indicted on 14 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the 1991-95 Croatian war, was arrested in northern Serbia.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

An era at NASA ends: The last space shuttle lands

The space shuttle Atlantis touched down before dawn, marking the sunset of NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program.

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MSNBC

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30 years of the space shuttle

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Nature

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Space shuttle farewell: America in space

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ABC News

Fossil ‘is first pregnant lizard’

A 120-million-year-old fossil is the oldest pregnant lizard ever discovered. The fossil, which was found in China, is a lizard with more than a dozen embryos in its body.

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BBC

Lenovo’s Android tablet story: Netflix, storage and a pen

The Android tablet market is getting saturated to the point where we’ve seen almost everything, but Lenovo is still trying to squeeze a few more ideas out of this generation of tech specs.

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TIME

HEALTH

Genome maps may now help in spotting disease in African-Americans

Two independent teams of researchers have come up with the most accurate genetic maps ever made — a feat that should make the search for genes associated with diseases easier.

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NPR

Sperm donor’s 24 kids never told about fatal illness

Donor-conceived people now have the right to access health information about their biological parents. This legal development is leading to national recognition of rights for these children.

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ABC News

Weight has strongest effect on hormones that raise breast cancer risk

Weight has the strongest effect on the sex hormones that increase breast cancer risk in post-menopausal women, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.

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Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Solar power boom shines for consumers

Solar energy is gaining fans in homeowners who aren’t just tree huggers — they’re penny pinchers.

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USA TODAY

Downtown St. Petersburg, Fla. finds shoppers in sleepwear

Decked out in sleepwear for the 38th annual Sunrise Sale and Pajama Party, early risers were treated to coffee, mimosas, bargains and balloons.

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St. Petersburg Times

SPORTS

Lincecum loses matchup of aces as LA wins 1-0

Major-league records are easy to check. A few taps of the keyboard revealed that Tim Lincecum had not lost a 1-0 game in the majors before the Dodgers got him.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Owners meet to possibly vote on deal

NFL owners are meeting to discuss and possibly vote on a tentative deal to end the lockout that began in March.

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Sports Illustrated

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Manning could miss start of training camp

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New cap rules could help Cowboys, Giants

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NFL Nation Blog

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Study vindicates 30-year-old UCSF fetal spine surgery

Thirty years after UCSF doctors performed the world’s first fetal surgery, researchers have the first hard evidence that the surgery works and that the benefits to newborns can outweigh the risks to moms.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Horses exercise on a walking machine in in Shakopee, Minn. (Photo by Genevieve Ross / AP)

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