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Aarianna Morada dresses as the Statue of Liberty as she and others demonstrates during an “Occupy Seattle” protest in downtown Seattle. (Photo by Ted S. Warren / AP)

Having a plan B in mind can make your life more meaningful

Kaiser Greenland and other experts in her field insist that cultivating a backup plan — in the form of aspirations, lofty pursuits, even outrageous dreams — leads us to richer, more authentic lives.

Seattle Times

Bankers balk at EU push for bigger losses on Greek debt

Josef Ackermann, the head of Deutsche Bank AG and chief lobbyist for the world’s largest financial firms, has pressed European leaders to devise a strategy to stamp out the sovereign debt crisis.

BusinessWeek

Backpackers’ guide to the eurozone crisis in the city of Brussels

BBC

1-month birthday for Occupy Wall Street

As the Occupy Wall St. movement continues with nearly $300k in the bank, participants are hopeful they will counter the influence of those who hold the purse strings of the world’s economies.

TIME

China: Protests cause for reflection

Reuters

Occupy protests enter 4th week

CBS News

Protesters ready for the long haul

MSNBC

Globally isolated and economically crippled: why Hamas is losing Gaza

Besieged by Israel and the West and cut off from the Palestinian majority in the West Bank, Hamas has little to offer beyond its jihadist credentials — and the promise of clean government.

TIME

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Israel releases list of prisoners

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This Just In

Parents distracted while teaching children to drive

Despite a national campaign against distracted driving, a majority of parents admit being distracted by cellphones or other electronic devices — even while teaching their children to drive.

USA TODAY

NATION

Minnesotans drawn to North Dakota’s siren song of prosperity

So much prosperity is flowing from oil wells in North Dakota that it’s spilling into neighboring states, with a growing number of Minnesota companies and workers sharing oil field contracts and wages.

Star Tribune

Dedication of MLK monument draws memories across the nation

Many Americans, particularly those in the black community, say today’s dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., is an overdue honor for the slain civil-rights leader.

Columbus Dispatch

Martin Luther King Jr. dedication

CNN

Oklahoma Capitol has begun to crumble with no repair money

The state Capitol has been a symbol of Oklahoma‘s history and aspirations since it opened in 1917. Almost a century later, the building reflects Oklahoma’s problems, especially its fiscal hardship.

Tri-City Herald

POLITICS

It may take years to create energy jobs in Perry’s economic plan

Texas Governor Rick Perry says he would kick start economic growth by unleashing the energy industry.

CNN

Rick Perry campaign hits another setback

ABC News

Why women don’t win Massachusetts

Massachusetts may revel in its liberal reputation, but it has struggled to elect women to statewide office. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren will try to smash the glass ceiling.

The Daily Beast

Herman Cain builds effort around plan for tax overhaul

Herman Cain, who seems to have come out of nowhere to become a leader in national polls for the Republican presidential nomination, has been thinking about running for a long time.

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Stage is set for a big rally on Wall Street

With one-third of the Dow components and crowd favorite, Apple, reporting results, U.S. stocks are setting the stage for gains.

MSNBC

New Bank of America fees good for consumers and small banks

Bank of America’s decision to charge $5 monthly fees for debit card users has been met with consumer backlash, boycotts, and the start of a migration away from the big bank to smaller banks and credit unions.

Forbes

Hedge funds bet big for biggest rally of 2011, in commodities

Speculators boosted their wagers on higher commodity prices for the first time in five weeks as increasing confidence that the global economy will avoid another recession spurred the year’s biggest rally.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

UN relief chief voices concern over flood disaster in South-East Asia

The United Nations humanitarian chief has voiced great concern over the rising impact of storms and flooding on millions of people across South-East Asia.

UN News Center

Cleanup takes on uranium monster in Monument Valley

In the rush to fuel atomic weapons and nuclear reactors, Navajo lands yielded tons of yellow radioactive rock, and the heavy machinery that dug it up left behind a hazardous legacy.

Salt Lake Tribune

Earthquakes in mid America

Between Little Rock, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn., scientists have found evidence of an earthquake source capable of magnitude 7 or greater earthquakes.

Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Teen: Kissing another male cost me my cheerleading post

A 17-year-old senior says he was kicked off the cheerleading squad and suspended because he kissed another male at their high school in Alice, Texas.

MSNBC

Towns to vote on replacing high school

The Massachusetts School Building Authority recently approved contributing up to $28.7 million for the project to replace the regional school for Concord and Carlisle.

Boston Globe

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Is pink blitz for breast cancer too much?

Nearly 20 years after the pink ribbon became the official symbol of breast cancer awareness, unease is building over whether the proceeds most benefit breast cancer or private business.

Star Tribune

Eating healthy: Whose choice is it?

With its new happy meal, McDonald’s said it was aiming to help its customers make healthy lifestyle choices. Rising obesity rates are cited for these and other nutritional changes.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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I agreed to that? Make terms of service simple

San Francisco Chronicle

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US can’t keep ignoring energy policy debate

Detroit Free Press

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Campaign contributions

Miami Herald

Editorial:

Holder should fire his aides — or himself

Washington Examiner

Editorial:

Food fight over marketing to kids misses the mark

USA TODAY

Editorial:

Making the right choice

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Brian Sandoval):

Education is vital part of new economy

Las Vegas Sun

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SeaWorld to be involved in Orca Necropsies

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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GOOD NEWS

No cupcakes here! Gold-medal school fights obesity

In the middle of America‘s heartland, a small public elementary school has won a gold medal from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation for taking on a hefty task — reversing obesity.

CBS News

Memorial for 1979 O’Hare crash unveiled to honor 273 victims

Friends and loved ones of those who died on American Airlines Flight 191 got their memorial, 32 years after 273 people were killed in the worst commercial air crash in U.S. history.

Chicago Sun-Times

Flight 191 Memorial in Des Plaines

Daily Herald

Playing video games for charity

Video game enthusiasts played their favorite games for 24 hours in a darkened library attic in Enoch, Utah, to raise money for Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

St. George Daily Spectrum

WORLD

Kenya sends troops to attack al-Shabab

Kenyan troops have crossed into Somalia and have driven out al-Shabab fighters from two bases near the border in a joint operation with Somali soldiers, according to a Somali military commander.

Al Jazeera

Hollande set to challenge Sarkozy in presidential vote

Francois Hollande has been elected the French Socialist Party’s candidate for the 2012 presidential vote, where he is expected to challenge Nicolas Sarkozy.

BBC

Arab League stops short of suspending Syria, urges dialogue

Arab foreign ministers stopped short of suspending Syria from their regional organization over its military crackdown on dissent and urged negotiation as a way to end violence.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Animals shrink as earth warms

As global temperatures rise this century, the result of human-caused climate change, many living things will likely start to shrink, thanks to a host of changes in the environment.

LiveScience

Chance to spot supernova fading fast

Supernova 2011fe is one of the brightest supernovas in the last century and it’s now visible. The supernova will last for more than a decade, but fade out of view for amateur astronomers within a week.

NPR

Keeping a lid on your portable, digital copy of DNA

Genetic sequencing will soon be cheap enough for everyone to have a digital copy of their own genome, making it easier to fall into unwanted hands.

New Scientist

HEALTH

New ADHD guidelines include preschoolers, older teens

In newly-released guidelines, the American Academy of Pediatrics has expanded the age range for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD to children as young as 4 and as old as 18.

HealthDay

Gut bacteria may be able to keep statin response in check

Various bacterial-derived bile acids appear to influence the response to statin treatment, researchers found.

MedPage Today

Fighting the scourge of ‘pill mills’

According to the Centers for Disease Control, one American dies of a drug overdose every 14 minutes, and a rapidly increasing share of those deaths caused by prescription drugs.

CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Wise guy

Best known for his role in The Sopranos, Michael Imperioli is a dedicated Buddhist. From gangsters to gurus, film to family — this is his spiritual journey.

Shambhala Sun

A fully biblical liberation theology

Liberation theology began as a movement with-in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s, but the movement soon found itself a foothold in some sectors of Protestantism.

Christianity Today

SPORTS

From wild cards to the World Series!

The Cardinals fulfilled postseason etiquette. Last to arrive, they will be the last National League club to leave.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

LSU atop season’s first BCS standings

LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State hold the top four spots in the first BCS standings, setting up two huge conference games that could determine the teams playing for the national title.

ESPN

IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon dead at 33

Dan Wheldon, who won the Indianapolis 500 for the second time this May, died after a massive, fiery wreck at the Las Vegas Indy 300.

San Jose Mercury News

15-car crash at Indy 300 kills one

NBCSports

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