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Afghans hide from militants outside of the Spozhmai hotel on Lake Qurgha where security officials say Taliban insurgents killed nearly two dozen people, most of them civilians, in an attack just north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Musadeq Sadeq / AP)

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Microsoft in pursuit: social whirl

Rumors of a Microsoft bid for a social network are flying, and they highlight its clients’ growing appetite for setting up their own new networks.

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Economist

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Social media before the Internet

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TIME

Laser treatment for asteroids

A study suggests our best chance of defending the planet from asteroids is to equip spacecraft with lasers. The bonus is that the technology already exists.

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BBC

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Worldwide asteroid warning system urged

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Msnbc.com

Taliban siege of Kabul hotel ends

Taliban militants attacked a hotel near Kabul and seized dozens of hostages, sparking a fierce battle with Afghan and NATO troops. The standoff ended with the deaths of all seven militants, police said.

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Al Jazeera

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Guardian

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Kabul hotel siege over

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Yahoo! News

Battle for Internet freedom at UN summit

A U.N. summit on international telecommunications could lead to changes in a global treaty that would diminish the Internet’s role in economic growth and restrict the free flow of information.

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House panel: International Telecommunication Union should stay away from Internet regulation

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PC World

Moody‘s cuts ratings of 15 of the world’s biggest banks

Ratings agency Moody’s downgraded 15 of the world’s biggest banks, lowering credit ratings by one to three notches.

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Reuters

NATION

Documentary takes on military sexual assault epidemic

In “The Invisible War,” a documentary on military sexual assaults, service people repeatedly share a version of the same story: harrowing assaults and the failure to hold perpetrators accountable.

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Msnbc.com

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“The Invisible War” trailer

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YouTube

Duluth, Minn., assesses flood damage

As residents filled dumpsters with ruined possessions and officials surveyed sinkholes and an estimated $100 million in damage from flooding, water suddenly rose farther south, forcing more evacuations.

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Star Tribune

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Record rains and flooding in Minn.

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CBS News

Sex offenders required to list status on social media

A new Louisiana law requires sex offenders and child predators to state their criminal status on their Facebook or other social networking pages. The bill is the first of its kind in the nation.

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CNN

POLITICS

Obama has tailwind as he follows Romney’s speech to Latinos

President Barack Obama, speaking in Fla. at the same venue where Mitt Romney criticized the incumbent’s immigration policy, gets his turn today to make his case to the critical Hispanic voting bloc.

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Bloomberg

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Mitt Romney immigration policy: Will it win some Latino voters?

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Christian Science Monitor

Slow and furious legal fight looms

President Obama’s use of executive privilege to block a congressional investigation exposes the uncertain dividing line between congressional and executive branch authority.

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Politico

When churches get political, the IRS remains quiet

On Pulpit Freedom Sunday, ministers around the U.S. intentionally provoke the IRS by violating rules on charitable organizations’ political activities, a situation fraught with peril for the apolitical IRS.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Key EU leaders meet to ease debt crisis

The leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Spain gathered in Rome to find ways to pull Europe out of its crippling debt crisis. They seek consensus ahead of a crucial summit of European Union leaders in Brussels.

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ABC News

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti: We have a week to save the eurozone

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Guardian

Jamie Dimon takes responsibility — but not blame — for $2 billion loss

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told Congress that he bore ultimate responsibility for a $2 billion trading loss, but the bank might financially penalize some of the executives involved.

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McClatchy Newspapers

EDUCATION

How America can get more start-up talent

Build it right at home: Congress should encourage public schools to teach American children how to code just after they learn to multiply.

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The Atlantic

Testing group wrestles with meaning of ‘college readiness’

The work to design assessment systems for common standards is bringing together K-12 and higher education in new ways. But it is also forcing new discussions about the meaning of college readiness.

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Where have all the women gone?

As women have risen to the top job at more colleges overall, they have lost ground in Catholic higher education, their ranks dwindling as colleges went coed and lay leaders replaced nuns.

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Inside Higher Ed

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Review: The secret multiracial churches know about music

So you want to have a multiracial, multicultural church. Music, you decide, is an important vehicle to get there. But what type of music? This is the core question of Gerardo Marti’s fascinating new book.

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Christianity Today

Buddhist film festival seeks to spark faith

Religion can be a tough sell nowadays, so instead of waiting for disciples to make their way to temple, some promoters brought 36 films with Buddhist themes to the heart of modern Thailand.

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Houston Chronicle

HEALTH

Stagnating life expectancies in US, especially among poor

Despite modest gains in lifespan over the past century, the U.S. still trails much of the world when it comes to life expectancy, and its poorest citizens live approximately five years fewer than the more affluent.

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ScienceDaily

PTSD symptoms common after heart attack, may lead to 2nd attack

One in eight heart attack survivors experiences signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, the same condition that disables many combat veterans and assault victims, according to a new analysis.

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HealthDay

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Alex Seitz Wald):

Outsourcing: Obama’s Bain silver bullet?

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Salon

A vertically integrated factory for literature: Brooklyn

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Prospero

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Awful, soulless workplaces are self-defeating for the boss class, too

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The Independent

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The UN is not a threat to Internet freedom — Congress is

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The Atlantic

Column (John Coates):

The anatomy of a huge trading loss

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Time

Column (Stan Cox):

How about a green recession?

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Al Jazeera

Tesla’s the coolest green symbol of Silicon Valley

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San Jose Mercury News

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Supreme Court: rule against affirmative action

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Son with infamous name seeks to build new family legacy

Tony Lewis Jr. is on a mission to right the wrongs of his father’s past. In the same city where the father’s cocaine operation wreaked havoc, the son mentors youths who might be lured into a life of crime.

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CNN

Florida businessman flies 1000th rescue animal to safety

As a volunteer with Pilots N Paws, a South Carolina-based organization that rescues animals on the brink of euthanasia, the businessman from Florida has taken his love for furry friends to the skies.

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Huffington Post

Summer programs help schoolkids learn, yet have fun

About 23,000 children will be served in summer programs throughout San Francisco this year, acquiring skills, finding hobbies and learning how to interact with other kids.

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San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Thousands of anti-military protesters fill Tahrir Square in Egypt

Tens of thousands of protesters have filled Cairo‘s Tahrir Square to denounce a move by Egypt’s ruling generals to seize sweeping powers by dissolving parliament and claiming legislative power.

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BBC

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Egyptian military leaders blame Muslim Brotherhood for tensions

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Guardian

Bo Xilai wife ‘has confessed’ to Neil Heywood killing

Investigators have said that the wife of the disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has confessed to killing the British businessman Neil Heywood, according to a Japanese newspaper.

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Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

UN reaps pledges worth billions for sustainability drive

U.N. officials will detail pledges worth billions of dollars to curb the use of fossil fuels, conserve water and encourage use of renewable energy.

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Bloomberg

Debate over fire retardant toxicity rages in the West

Forest Service officials insist firefighting will not be hindered by new rules that prevent retardant from being dropped onto scorched landscapes.

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Houston Chronicle

Buried seed vault guards thousands of crop varieties

The remote, frozen Svalbard Global Seed Vault stores more than 740,000 sample of seeds that contain genetic treasures such as heat resistance, drought tolerance or disease resistance.

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Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bird flu has potential to go airborne

Results from a second study add to concerns that a handful of genetic changes may cause the H5N1 virus to evolve into a global pandemic.

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As the tech elite grows, tiny conferences take off

“F.ounders” gatherings, organized by Paddy Cosgrave, are less conference and more schmoozing marathons, with entrepreneurs from all over the world attending dinners, panels and parties.

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CNNMoney

Slowest sharks hunt sleeping prey

Researchers have measured the swimming speed of the ocean’s slowest shark. The Greenland shark “cruises” at less than a mile per hour, far too slow to catch a swimming seal.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The Mexican drug war on screen

Although audiences do not care for much border violence in the news, apparently they are glad to see it stylized on the screen, preferably with great-looking actors and a pop-Latin soundtrack.

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The Atlantic

‘Blade Runner’: Which predictions have come true?

It has been 30 years since the release of “Blade Runner” and 10 years since “Minority Report.” Both are rich sources of predictions about the future. But what has actually come to pass?

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BBC

‘Sugar daddy’ seeks ‘sugar baby’ for companionship

There is now a website where men can meet and offer “sugar babies,” or young women, financial support in exchange for companionship.

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ABC News

SPORTS

WBO: Pacquiao defeated Bradley

The World Boxing Organization ruled that Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao should have won his controversial bout against American fighter Timothy Bradley and recommended a rematch.

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Philippine Star

Sandusky’s adopted son also alleges childhood abuse

Jerry Sandusky was either a “predatory pedophile” or a victim of now-grown men who lied to get a payout, attorneys argued as the former coach’s child sex abuse case went to a jury.

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ESPN

King is crowned: James, Heat win title

LeBron James and the Miami Heat have climbed to the top of the NBA, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106, winning the best-of-seven series 4-1. The win marked the Heat’s second NBA title.

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USA TODAY

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Cancer drug resistance clue found

It may be possible to extend the usefulness of cancer drugs by preventing drug resistance in tumors.

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BBC

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Children enjoy a game of soccer after heavy rains in Taknaf, Bangladesh. (Photo by Saurabh Das / AP)

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