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Jim Bryson, an Apple enthusiast, places Apple products on a makeshift shrine at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, following the death of Apple founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs. (Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP)

In memoriam: Civil rights leader, Shuttlesworth

The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who was bombed, beaten and repeatedly arrested in the fight for civil rights and hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and energy, has died. He was 89.

TIME

Congresswoman Sewell honors Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth before Congress

YouTube

Top Democrats endorse ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests by activists

Top House Democratic lawmakers are starting to jump aboard the “Occupy Wall Street” movement — a growing protest that some activists on the left hope turns into a liberal version of the tea party.

Politico

AFL-CIO’s Trumka launches push for jobs measures to help ‘the 99 percent’

The Hill

Apple’s Steve Jobs dies

Steve Jobs, who began the world’s most valuable technology company which built revolutionizing electronic devices that influenced the computer, mobile-phone and music industries, has died.

Bloomberg

Steve Jobs: life and times

LIFE

Steve Jobs in 60 seconds

ABC News

Greek state workers take to streets to fight cuts by government

Flights were grounded, schools shut and thousands of striking Greek workers took to the streets in protest against cuts the government says are needed to save the nation from bankruptcy.

Reuters

Blog:

Eurozone debt crisis: Germany backs bank recapitalization

(Guardian)

Business Blog

Pain of debt crisis felt on Greek streets

YouTube

Texas affirmative-action case could be 2012 campaign issue

A Texas affirmative action case has the potential to rewrite law on whether public colleges and universities may consider race as a factor in admissions.

NPR

NATION

Super committee deficit-reduction talks get down to taxes, benefits

Budget talks in Congress entered a potentially groundbreaking phase with Republicans signaling they could consider revenue increases in exchange for Democrats embracing healthcare cuts.

Reuters

Poll finds pride in military, but not for Afghanistan, Iraq wars

While Americans remain supportive of their all-volunteer military, the length of the conflicts has reshaped attitudes toward war and sacrifice.

CNN

Ariz. dust storms ‘looked like a war zone’; left 1 dead

A blinding dust storm rolled across the Arizona desert, causing three pileups on a major interstate. One man was killed and at least 15 other people were injured, authorities said.

MSNBC

Arizona dust storm causes pile-up

BBC

POLITICS

US trade pacts clear first hurdle on way to final approval

A congressional committee strongly backed deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, ending a lengthy trade policy paralysis. They are expected to boost U.S. exports by about $13 billion.

Reuters

While Republicans argue, Democrats rewrite Obama’s jobs bill

Senate Democrats are scrambling to rewrite portions of President Barack Obama‘s jobs bill, even as Obama is attempting to blame Republicans for Congress’ failure to act.

Washington Examiner

Blog:

Obama’s call for jobs vote requires Democrats’ participation

(USA TODAY)

The Oval

BUSINESS

Foreclosure backlog deepens

As the foreclosure backlog continues to build up, delinquent borrowers are spending even more time in their homes without making mortgage payments.

CNNMoney

Jobs picture remains fuzzy

A pair of job reports show the nation’s employment picture remains cloudy at best. Automatic Data Processing, a payroll-processing firm, said private-sector employers added 91,000 jobs.

CNNMoney

US services sector ‘sheds jobs’: survey

BBC

Gold hedge book set to grow for first time after 11 years

For the first time since 1999, there will be a net increase in the global gold hedge book, with more gold sold into forward contracts, forecasts precious metals consultancy Thomson Reuters GFMS.

Business Day

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

‘Last Universal Common Ancestor’ more complex than previously thought

Scientists call it “LUCA,” or the Last Universal Common Ancestor, but don’t know much about this great-grandparent of all living things. New evidence suggests it was a sophisticated organism after all.

ScienceDaily

Apple iPhone fails to wow investors, fans

Apple Inc‘s newest iPhone left Wall Street and fans wishing for more than a faster version of last year’s device, drawing a rare outburst of criticism and disappointment on the Internet.

Vancouver Sun

iPhone 4S adds better camera, voice commands, many other sweeteners

Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Bishops warn that church teaching must be non-partisan

U.S. Catholic bishops reminded Catholic voters that they can‘t cherry-pick from church teachings to justify their own political preferences.

USA TODAY

Baptist Fellowship offering cash incentives to churches

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri will offer cash incentives to any member church that is willing to consider hiring a female pastor.

Christianity Today

ENVIRONMENT

Europe’s electronic waste

The European Parliament and 27 E.U. member states are set for difficult negotiations as some insist on ambitious targets for collecting and recycling fridges, phones and other e-waste.

Environmental News Network

Melting Arctic ice clears the way for supertanker voyages

Supertankers and cargo ships could voyage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via the Arctic to save time, money and emissions, say Scandinavian shipowners.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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The moral risk of gunning for enemies

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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The (illegal) private bus system that works

The Atlantic

Column (Naomi Wolf):

The price of oppressing your women

Al Jazeera

Column (Mark Morford):

When Jesus ate the magic mushrooms

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog (Tim Newcomb):

An ‘overwhelmed’ Amanda Knox returns home — will Seattle embrace her?

(TIME)

NewsFeed

Column (Gary Kamiya):

The unfree speech movement

Salon

Editorial:

Obama’s right to give schools flexibility

Orlando Sentinel

Column (Victor Davis Hanson):

21st century ‘class warfare’ is a weird thing

McClatchy Newspapers

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GOOD NEWS

Breakthrough may help spinal cord patients experience tactile sensations

In a first-ever experiment, primates move a “virtual body” (an avatar hand on a computer screen) using only their thoughts, and receive electric signals that encode feeling.

Scientific American

Sesame Street tackles child hunger, 1 Muppet at a time

It‘s no surprise that Sesame Street is tackling a tough societal issue. The show’s been doing it from the start. In its new program, the Workshop goes after the very big problem of childhood hunger.

NPR

5 mid-Missouri residents with new ideas strive for microloans, new lives

They’ve all had setbacks from the recession, but these five Missourians have been meeting twice a week to take part in a small-business startup program.

Columbia Missourian

WORLD

Hundreds of Nazi probes reopened

Nearly seven decades after World War II, German authorities have reopened hundreds of dormant investigations of Nazi death camp guards in an attempt to pursue dozens of new prosecutions.

Houston Chronicle

Israeli scientist wins chemistry Nobel Prize for quasicrystals

Scientist Dan Shechtman was awarded for a discovery that faced skepticism, even prompting his expulsion from his U.S. research team, before winning widespread acceptance.

San Francisco Chronicle

Russia, China both veto UN resolution against Syria

Russia and China vetoed a European-backed U.N. Security Council resolution that threatened sanctions against Syria if it didn’t immediately halt its military crackdown against civilians.

USA TODAY

Syrian military defectors organize

CNN

EDUCATION

Helping rural students leap cultural hurdles to college

Helping rural students figure out where they want to go to college and how to make that happen can be a full-time job. One of the challenges has nothing to do with students. It’s their parents.

Education Week

College fair gets major turnout

Fayetteville Observer

Study finds minority students receive harsher punishments

Black and Hispanic students are far more likely to be kicked out of school when they break the rules, including some that often have nothing to do with keeping students safe, according to a new report.

Education Week

A new brand

Marketing is an activity that has been lacking in higher education as compared to the corporate world, say marketers who have been leaving private practice to work in universities.

Inside Higher Ed

HEALTH

The thinnest state loosens its belt

Being fit is part of the culture in Colorado: there are biking trails and hiking trails and ski slopes and even the high altitude itself helps burn off calories. But waistlines are widening, especially among children.

NPR

Cull ‘cannot save’ Tasmanian devil

Culling does not effectively control the contagious cancer threatening the Tasmanian devil, says a new study. The study seems to confirm findings in wild trials, that selective culling is ineffectual.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The bankers who built a city

Botticelli, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci needed money as much as the rest of us — as a new exhibition in the Palazzo Strozzi reveals.

Telegraph.co.uk

The ad magic of ‘What happens here, stays here’ for Las Vegas

When the ad campaign “Vegas Stories” with the tagline, “What Happens Here, Stays Here” began in 2001, it wasn’t an easy sell, especially after Las Vegas’ effort to promote itself as a family destination.

Las Vegas Sun

‘The Simpsons’: 23rd season may be the show’s last

In its 23rd year on TV, “The Simpsons” could be in trouble. Following a report that big pay cuts are being sought for the actors, the show’s producer said that the show can’t continue.

Salt Lake Tribune

SPORTS

Tiger Woods signs major endorsement deal with Rolex

Tiger Woods, in his first major endorsement in two years, announced a deal with Rolex to be one of its ambassadors. He had lost five major endorsements since exposed for adultery.

Sports Illustrated

Texas QB Garrett Gilbert to transfer

Texas quarterback, Garrett Gilbert, who lost his starting job after two games and then had season-ending shoulder surgery, plans to transfer after receiving an unconditional release from his scholarship.

ESPN

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