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President Barack Obama meets with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo by Evan Vucci / AP)

‘Occupy’ protesters mop, scrub park as deadline nears

Protesters camped at a New York park mopped, collected trash and scrubbed the pavement in the dead of the night as a deadline neared for them to leave the premises for a cleanup.

CNN

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‘Occupy’ too big to ignore in classroom

(Guardian)

Teacher Network Blog

Armless, legless man poised to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

A congenital birth defect left 25-year-old Kyle Maynard a quadruple amputee, but that won’t stop him from braving Mount Kilimanjaro, a nearly 20,000-foot climb, with no help from an assisting device.

ABC News

Obama, South Korea’s Lee promote trade gains for automakers

President Barack Obama told workers at a General Motors Co. plant near Detroit that the government’s aid to U.S. automakers “paid off” in saving the U.S. automotive industry and creating jobs.

Bloomberg

Trade deals alienate some Obama supporters

NPR

Obama welcomes South Korea’s Lee

YouTube

UNHCR reduces Kenya aid operation following abductions by gunmen

The aid operation near the Kenya-Somalia border has been scaled back after the abduction of two women aid workers.

BBC

Spanish aid workers abducted from Kenyan refugee camp

YouTube

Calif. salon shooting suspect was angry over divorce

The horror for most people in Seal Beach, Calif., began to unfold with the staccato ‘pop, pop, pop’ of a handgun as a shooter opened fire in the beauty salon where his ex-wife worked.

CBS News

Hundreds turn out for Seal Beach vigil

Msnbc.com

NATION

California and bust

The smart money says the U.S. economy will splinter, with some states thriving, some states not, and all eyes are on California as the nightmare scenario.

Vanity Fair

Watchdog reports air traffic controller errors are soaring

Errors by air traffic controllers in the vicinity of airports as well as incidents in which there was an unauthorized plane, vehicle or person on a runway have increased sharply, a government watchdog reported.

CBS News

POLITICS

House blocks funding for abortions

The House approved an anti-abortion bill that takes aim at the health insurance subsidies in President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Politico

Perry lays out energy jobs proposals

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry outlined plans to dramatically increase energy production and create 1.2 million jobs, taking aim at federal regulations he said are strangling the economy.

Reuters

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Anita Perry claims Christian victimhood

(TIME)

Swampland

Protesters to ‘Occupy’ London Exchange

Protesters are preparing to set up camp outside the London Stock Exchange, expanding the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations that began in New York.

Bloomberg

BUSINESS

So many US manufacturing jobs with few skilled workers

U.S. manufacturers are failing to fill thousands of vacant jobs, which is surprising in a country where 14 million people are searching for work.

CNBC

Rajaratnam gets 11 years in prison for insider-trading case

Raj Rajaratnam, the face of the biggest trading scandal in a generation, was sentenced to 11 years in prison, one of the longest-ever handed down for an insider-trading case.

Wall Street Journal

HEALTH

Study: FDA seafood standards flawed

Due to outdated assessment methods and assumptions, the Food and Drug Administration’s standard for certain carbon compounds in seafood is off by 10,000 times.

USA TODAY

Senators seek to relax FDA conflict rules

Seeking to speed up review times for medical devices, a bill has been proposed by three U.S. senators that would loosen conflict of interest rules for advisers to the Food and Drug Administration.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Protest greets conservative education summit in San Francisco

Teachers union members in San Francisco protest against an education conference promoting charter schools, teacher pay for performance and more digital instruction in schools.

San Francisco Chronicle

Majority of states say they’ll seek waivers under NCLB

A majority of states have signaled that they plan to seek newly offered flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act, but more than a dozen remain undecided.

Education Week

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The new face of American poverty is a child often turning to charities

As families cycle in and out of poverty, faith-based service programs tend to catch people who fall through the cracks of other safety nets.

Religion News Service

‘Faithful citizenship’ gives glimpse of political season

The bishops have issued “Faithful Citizenship” document every four years since 1976. It began as a 3,400-word paper, but grew to more than 10,000 words mentioning dozens of issues.

National Catholic Reporter

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (E.J. Dionne):

For GOP, doing nothing is the answer to every problem

Houston Chronicle

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Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 doesn’t add up

USA TODAY

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Rajaratnam insider-trading sentence sends Wall Street right message

Bloomberg

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Fed crackdown on California medical marijuana: Does Obama mean it?

Christian Science Monitor

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‘Occupy’ movement is an uncertain uprising

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Majid Rafizadeh):

Iran, the US, and Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera

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Bank fees

Denver Post

Blog (Stephanie Newman):

The myth of work life balance

(Psychology Today)

Apologies to Freud

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GOOD NEWS

Mother and daughter team up to raise money, awareness

The race to cure cancer has no clear finish line. But to help speed the process, a mother and daughter tandem has six hours to complete a 13.1-mile race walk in San Francisco, Calif.

San Jose Mercury News

Plane lands safely in marsh

Two men brought a sputtering plane down beside a South Carolina golf course, and won accolades from golfers for avoiding the rough.

Charleston Post Courier

WHO: Number of people with TB falls for 1st time

The World Health Organization says the number of people with tuberculosis has fallen for the first time.

BusinessWeek

WORLD

Government and pro-Gadhafi forces fight in Tripoli

A gunbattle broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli between 20 to 50 armed supporters of deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi and forces of the National Transitional Council.

Reuters

Keeping traditional Chinese culture alive

Taiwanese are proud of the way they have preserved traditional Chinese culture. But short-term visitors might wonder if that’s little more than boasting.

BBC

Obama: Iran ‘will pay a price’ for assassination plot

President Barack Obama said that Iran will “pay a price” through sanctions for the alleged Iran-directed plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S.

ABC News

US official: ‘Multiple’ sources strengthen case against Iran

CNN

Will Saudis play oil card against Iran?

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tyrannosaurus Rex reportedly bigger and grew faster

A new study reveals that T. rex grew more quickly and reached significantly greater masses than previously estimated.

ScienceDaily

BlackBerrys buzz back to life

BlackBerrys across the world buzzed back to life leaving customers outraged and threatening to cost the granddaddy of all smartphones more business.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Alabama: No ID, no water

A controversial Alabama immigration law is setting a dangerous precedent and could compromise what is widely considered a basic human right: access to clean water.

Earth Times

Tokyo radiation hotspot ‘not linked to Fukushima’ disaster

Elevated levels of radiation found in a residential area of Tokyo are almost certainly not connected to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, say officials.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Darkness visible

Francis Bacon’s debt to Rembrandt’s self-portraits is the subject of a new show at a new art gallery in London. This exhibition shows intent: contemplative exhibitions, as well as commercial clout.

Economist

Materialistic couples are less happy

Loving money may not be good for your love life, according to new research that finds that materialists have less happy marriages than couples who don’t care much about possessions.

Msnbc.com

SPORTS

Wolf leads Brewers over Cardinals 4-2 to even NLCS

For 7 innings, soft tosses by Randy Wolf got the Milwaukee Brewers back to even in the NL championship series in a 4-2 victory.

ABC News

6th inning surge propels Tigers

The Tigers’ season was on the brink in the top of the 6th inning in game 5 of the American League Championship Series. One Justin Verlander pitch and they were on their way toward forcing another game.

MLB.com

USC beats Cal for 8th straight time, 30-9

Matt Barkley threw two touchdown passes and Southern California took advantage of five turnovers from California to win its eighth straight game in the series, 30-9.

San Francisco Examiner

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