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A man walks past housing blocks on an estate in a working class district of Madrid, Spain. His country’s borrowing costs rose sharply as investors fretted about the $125 billion bailout package, which was deployed to save troubled Spanish banks. (Photo by Paul White / AP)

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LA Kings crowned champions, winning their 1st Stanley Cup

The Los Angeles Kings have won their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the New Jersey Devils 6-1 in Game 6 at Los Angeles to finish the series 4-2.

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FOXSports

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Stanley Cup game 6

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Toronto Star

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Boxscore: New Jersey Devils vs. Los Angeles Kings

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ESPN

As drone strikes increase, so do concerns over use

Drones have become the U.S. weapon of choice in the fight against terrorism. But as the technology of this new form of warfare improves, so do concerns about how others will use it in the future.

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NPR

Relief over Spain bank rescue fades

A burst of enthusiasm over a rescue of Spanish banks is dissipating as investor anxiety about the troubled finances of Europe grows on both sides of the Atlantic.

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USA TODAY

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Worry for Italy quickly replaces relief for Spain

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CNBC

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The eurozone crisis and you

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BBC

Financial crisis erases 2 decades of accumulated prosperity for US families

The recent financial crisis left the median U.S. family in 2010 with no more wealth than it had in the early 1990s, the Federal Reserve said.

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Crisis wiped out 18 years of US household-wealth gains

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San Francisco Chronicle

America’s love affair with motor cars running on empty

The country once wedded to driving is having its eye turned by other forms of transport — but policymakers are both dumbfounded and oblivious.

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Guardian

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Where’s my driverless car?

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NATION

Homeless feeding bans

Laws tightening regulations on aid to the homeless are increasingly popping up across the country. Many critics ask: Are American officials trying to help the poor — or legislate them out of sight?

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Los Angeles Times

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US cities crack down on homeless

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WXIA-TV

Justice Department to sue Florida over voting rolls purge

In the latest volley in the ongoing battle over Florida voter lists, the Justice Department has sent a letter stating it will take legal action against the state, citing violations of voting rights laws.

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CNN

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Feds, Fla. in dueling lawsuits over voter purge

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Palm Beach Post

Wildfires out of control as Forest Service adds air tankers to fight blazes

Massive wildfires in drought-parched Colorado and New Mexico are testing the resources of state and federal crews.

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Star Tribune

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Colorado wildfire

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Reuters

POLITICS

FEC allows campaigns to raise money via text message

The Federal Election Commission voted to allow Americans to make political donations via text message, making cellphones the newest weapon in the battle to raise unprecedented amounts of money.

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Politico

Why George Bush still matters in 2012

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TIME

Supreme Court declines case accusing Donald Rumsfeld of torture

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal arguing that the U.S. government violated the constitutional rights of a citizen by subjecting him to harsh interrogation as an enemy combatant.

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Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

WSJ: JP Morgan knew of trading risks

Top JPMorgan Chase & Co. executives and directors were alerted to risky wagers by a team of London-based traders two years before that group’s botched bets cost the bank more than $2 billion.

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MarketWatch

IEA calls for $36 trillion more in clean energy investments

The International Energy Agency said the word’s clean energy investments are sorely lacking and this week called for an additional $36 trillion of funding by 2050.

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CNNMoney

River basins ‘vital for growth’

The world’s top river basin regions have a vital role in terms of sustaining economic growth in the future, a report has suggested.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Local governments repurpose federally funded parks

With an increase of business development wiping out city parks, local governments are renewing efforts to provide citizens with public parks.

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InvestigateWest

Old Japanese composting method may be new way to solve food waste problem

Bokashi is based on an ancient Japanese practice that ferments food waste by covering it with a mix of microorganisms that suppress its smell and eventually produce soil.

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Star Tribune

EDUCATION

New education standards end rote learning, cursive writing

Like fashion, trends in public education come and go. What’s in vogue depends on the decade and often reflects which way the political wind blows and what shiny gadgets have hit the market.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Chicago teachers authorize strike

Ninety percent of teachers in the nation‘s third-largest school district voted to authorize a strike if their union and the city can’t quickly reach a contract deal.

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Associated Press

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

War on religion? ND Measure 3 aims to strike back

Measure 3, a North Dakota ballot initiative, would demand that the government have a “compelling interest” before it puts a “burden” on people following religious beliefs.

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Christian Science Monitor

Black Mormons face tough political, religious choice

Black Mormons are looking at Obama, the Democrat, and Romney, the Republican, and finding themselves caught between political and religious perspectives.

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Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Michael Moran):

Peripheral damage goes global: eurozone crisis

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Confidence in the Supreme Court shaken

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Column (Joshua Foer):

How to train your mind to remember anything

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CNN

Column (William Saletan):

Soda scold Mike Bloomberg’s bizarre elegies to gluttony

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Alexandra Petri):

The most secure password of all time

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Star Tribune

Rolling the dice at the ‘Times-Picayune’

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The Nation

Blog (Erin Wayman):

Old McHominid’s farm

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Special interests trumped voters on choosing judges

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Utah teacher honored for raising $100K for abused kids

Teacher Katie Borgmeier and student body officers at Riverton High School raised $107,000 for the Christmas Box House. The organization was the focus of a communitywide charity marathon.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Colorado group offers horse-riding therapy to special-needs students

Sheryl Clossen saw a television program years ago about a therapeutic horse-riding program that impressed her so much, she wanted to work in the field.

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Denver Post

Deserted by parents, she went from homeless to Harvard

Dawn Loggins endured her family being evicted from their home many times. When the electric bill didn’t get paid, she studied by candlelight; when her parents lost their jobs, she subsisted on noodles.

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Msnbc.com

WORLD

Greece’s ‘potato movement’ grows

A group of grass-roots activists are cutting out agricultural middlemen, connecting farmers and shoppers in Greece.

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Al Jazeera

Syrian forces renew attack on Homs

Syrian government forces have renewed an attack on the city of Homs, one of the focal points of the uprising against President Bashar Assad. There is concern that civilians have been trapped.

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BBC

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A Syrian slow-motion civil war

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TIME

Russian police raid activists’ homes before anti-Putin protest

The opposition sees the raid as the latest effort to intimidate Russians who have been protesting Vladimir Putin’s government since December.

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Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

America’s health chasm

Whether the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act or allows it to stand, America will still face the steadily growing chasm between the health care haves and have-nots.

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Guardian

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US health plans to keep some reforms, however court rules

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Reuters

New prostate screen recommendations strike a nerve

The recommendation that men no longer routinely be screened for prostate cancer has prompted a backlash from some doctors.

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Houston Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New Mac, mobile updates at Apple show

New iPhone and Mac software and updated Mac computers were among the highlights at Apple Inc.’s annual conference for software developers.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Apple’s big event: skinny laptops, smarter Siri and maps

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The Atlantic

State Department offers Amazon up to $16.5M to hand out Kindles

The only e-reader fit enough to meet the U.S. State Department’s need is the Kindle Touch. The government has asked Amazon to negotiate a contract for the distribution of Kindles overseas.

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CNET News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The Beatles turn 50

In 1962, The Beatles flunked an audition at Decca Records in London. It was an inauspicious start for the group that would soon dominate global pop society.

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USA TODAY

Special section:

The Beatles

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Memorial tourism

Holocaust memorials all over the world are seeing numbers soar. At the same time, other sites of massacres or genocide are becoming increasingly popular with tourists.

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BBC

SPORTS

Bradley-Pacquiao split decision leaves boxing reeling

The outrage over the split-decision upset victory for Timothy Bradley against champion Manny Pacquiao reached a fever pitch with many in the boxing world seeking reform in the judging system.

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Indianapolis Star

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Pacquiao shocked in split decision

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ESPN

Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win record 7th French Open

Rafael Nadal stopped Novak Djokovic’s run in major tennis tournaments by beating him at the French Open for a record seventh men’s title.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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French Open 2012

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Yahoo! News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Discovery suggests new way to block fetal brain damage

Recent research may help scientists and physicians find new ways to address the numerous developmental disorders that can arise when fetuses are deprived of oxygen in the womb.

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Photo of the Day

Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during their men’s final match in the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. (Photo by David Vincent / AP)

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