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A woman uses an ATM at a branch of the Bankia bank in Madrid. A recently nationalized Spanish bank’s shares plummeted after a newspaper said depositors were rushing to withdraw money while the country paid sharply higher interest rates in a debt auction. (Photo by Paul White / AP)

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The geeks who could revolutionize campaign tech

One was Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard roommate. The other went to Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University. Together, Joe Green and Jim Gilliam want to democratize Internet organizing tools.

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The Atlantic

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Brain drain: Young entrepreneurs leave home

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Digital Dreamers(Sydney Morning Herald)

Is track and field dying in the US?

If a sporting event takes place, but ESPN does not see it, did it really happen? Track and field receives media attention elsewhere, and it is one of the most popular Olympic disciplines.

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BBC

European shares fall on worries over Spain

European stock markets had a shaky start as concern continued over Greece and Spain. Spain’s main index is trading higher after losing over two percent early on.

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BBC

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The euro crisis: the Greek run

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Economist

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Greece swears in caretaker prime minister

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YouTube

Facebook’s historic IPO

Facebook is about to burst out of the IPO gate with a blistering initial public offering that is expected to raise the eyebrows of some investors on Wall Street.

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USA TODAY

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Facebook’s IPO: who gets rich

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BusinessWeek

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The timeline of Facebook

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ABC News

Trayvon Martin case: new documents paint complicated picture

Trayvon Martin had marijuana in his system. He was shot through the heart at close range. George Zimmerman had a broken nose, bruises and bloody cuts on the back of his head.

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Storied battleship making final port call in Los Angeles

The USS Iowa, which ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the Atlantic to a historic meeting with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin during World War II, will be towed to its final port call.

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Reuters

Fire near northern Arizona town nearly triples in size

Fueled by high winds, a wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of a historic mining town in northern Arizona nearly tripled in size.

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BusinessWeek

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Crews fight to halt Arizona fires

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Reuters

POLITICS

Democrats fight against voter ID laws

President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress are pushing back against new voter identification laws and requirements that Republican-led states have been busy implementing across the country.

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CBS News

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Rep. John Lewis: voting rights under attack

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Msnbc.com

Billionaire behind super PAC concerned about deficit

Joe Ricketts, the billionaire behind a new super PAC effort to oppose President Barack Obama, describes himself as a political independent concerned chiefly with the ballooning federal deficit.

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USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Hewlett Packard to cut 30K jobs

Hewlett-Packard’s chief executive, Meg Whitman, plans to cut 30,000 or more jobs next week, according to officials familiar with the plan.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Immigration stalls on US-Mexican border cause labor shortages

Without new immigrants, agricultural operations from the border to the slaughterhouses of High Plains states such as Nebraska and Iowa, face labor shortages.

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Bloomberg

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church that stood up for gay rights may face closure

In 2005, Rev. Oliver White of Grace Community United Church of Christ, in St. Paul, Minn., took a stand in opposition to many of his congregants and backed support for same-sex marriage.

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Religion News Service

Open voyage

Set sail for Mermaid Pose, on a journey that will open your hips as it lengthens your back into a gorgeous arch. Imagine your foundation for this pose to be like the tail of a mermaid or merman.

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Yoga Journal

Meditation brings peace to war vets

Transcendental meditation has its detractors, but many veterans say it helps them with post-war stress. It is not a religion, they say, just a practice that reduces anxiety and improves well-being.

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Star Tribune

EDUCATION

Does it matter where you go to college?

With the cost of higher education climbing every year, and student debt surpassing $1 trillion, more young people will have to decide whether it really pays to go to an elite university, financially speaking.

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The Atlantic

Study: 7.5 million students miss a month of school each year

New research suggests that as many as 7.5 million students miss a month of school each year, raising the likelihood that they will fail and drop out of high school.

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USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Professionals find new way to network

Goodbye, happy hour. Hello, spin class. Networking while exercising is replacing meeting for drinks for some fitness-minded professionals.

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Star Tribune

Donna Summer, disco queen, dead at 63

Disco queen Donna Summer has died. Her family released a statement saying Summer had died and that they “are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy.”’

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CBS News

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Donna Summer — through the years

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Germany, it is time for you to go

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NPR

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Donna Summer was trailblazer, from disco queen to karaoke mainstay

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FOX News

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Fighting for Brown v. Board of Education on its 58th anniversary

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The Blog

The knights of timidity suffer a setback

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It is time for US to OK new pipeline

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Des Moines Register

Column (Jan C. Ting):

Romney’s bullying gets another pass

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Romney, Buffett, GM

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Detroit Free Press

Column (Refik Hodzic):

Bosnia: The haunting legacy of Ratko Mladic

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GOOD NEWS

How do you learn about electricity if there is no power?

The complex equipment needed to teach physics means that in poor parts of Africa, the subject is entirely theoretical. But some teachers are bringing science to life.

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The Independent

Giving a school a makeover: Kids pick the color palette

Project Color Corps, a Berkeley, Calif. color consultancy, is helping students to decide their school’s new color scheme — and teaching them how hue impacts society.

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The Atlantic

At KIPP, dreams of an Ivy League education to become reality

The University of Pennsylvania announced that it will become the 10th school and the first in the Ivy League to join forces with the non-profit group KIPP to help low-income students complete college.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

China cries foul after US sets tariffs on solar imports

The U.S. imposed punitive tariffs on solar panel imports from China, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world’s two biggest economies, sparking accusations by Beijing of protectionism.

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CNBC

US serving up new food, security in effort to alleviate poverty in Africa

The Obama administration is announcing a major new initiative to boost investments in rural Africa in hopes of lifting millions out of poverty.

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NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Coyotes are the new top dogs

Coyotes are champions of change and have evolved in clever ways to take advantage of a human-dominated landscape.

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Scientific American

Solar eclipse to project a ‘ring of fire’

Thousands of people are planning viewing parties in the western U.S. for an annular solar eclipse, a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon.

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CNN

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Football stadium to host world’s largest solar eclipse party

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Christian Science Monitor

We have lost 30 to 70 percent of our wildlife since 1970

We love watching wildlife in high definition on our TV screens. But apparently we do not love it so much that we are dedicated to keeping it around.

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Grist

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Whales are able to adjust their hearing

For many whales and dolphins, the world is shaped by sound; they hunt and navigate by listening for echoes.

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BBC

Google revamps US search

Google is revamping the way it handles searches in the U.S. to give users quick access to answers without leaving the page.

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Reuters

A trial of thought-controlled robotic legs is taking its 1st steps

Research both on people and monkeys has shown it is possible to move mechanical limbs with thoughts by using software that interprets signals collected by electrodes implanted in brains.

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Economist

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Student in wheel chair stuns class, walks

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CNN

SPORTS

Olympic flame handed over in Athens

The Olympic flame, due to be handed over to organizers of the London Games after criss-crossing the U.K., will be used to light the cauldron in Stratford’s Olympic Stadium at the opening ceremony.

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BBC

Pacers burn Heath, take 2-1 series lead

Overlooked during the regular season and given little chance to upset the reigning East champions, the Pacers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

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NBCSports

Inside the mind of the road racer

What is it that makes motorbike racers willing to risk their lives competing at speeds of over 200mph on Ireland’s public roads?

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BBC

HEALTH

The dark — and bright — side of the sun

While most health experts agree that prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays is bad, some think we have gone overboard with protecting ourselves from the sun. Sun is a good source of Vitamin D.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Richmond soda tax makes ballot

Richmond, Va. voters will decide whether to impose what could be the nation’s first municipal tax on soda and other sugary beverages.

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San Francisco Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

1,000-year-old Viking burial site found in Scotland by archaeologists

A 1,000-year-old Viking burial site has been discovered by archaeologists working in the Scottish Highlands. The 17-foot long grave holds the remains of a high-status Viking.

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ABC News

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An egret flies along the river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India. Egrets build their nests on trees along the river Brahmaputra during the monsoon season every year. (Photo by Anupam Nath / AP)

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