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A refugee peers out of his family‘s tent at the Al Bashabsheh Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. Shortly after visiting the camp, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, not shown, said implementing U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan is the “best hope” for ending the civil war in Syria. (Photo by Mohammad Hannon / AP)

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US approves daily pill for HIV prevention

The first-ever daily pill to help prevent HIV infection was approved by U.S. regulators for use by healthy adults who are at risk for getting the virus that causes AIDS.

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Deciding on Truvada: Who should take the new HIV prevention pill?

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(NPR)

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Welcome to London 2012: We apologize for the delays in your journey

Excitement is palpable as the first wave of Olympic athletes descends upon the UK’s capital. But as the games draw nearer, transport delays are causing a whole new kind of build-up for London commuters.

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TIME

Syria fighting rages, Russia resists pressure

Syrian rebels said they shot down an army helicopter as they battled government forces in the fiercest fighting to hit Damascus since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad erupted.

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Reuters

Live updates on Damascus clashes

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(Guardian)

Middle East Live

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Russia must be persuaded on Syria, says Hillary Clinton

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BBC

HSBC ‘allowed drug cartels to launder money’ through its US operations

Lax controls at Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its U.S. operations, an investigation by the U.S. Senate has found.

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Al Jazeera

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Senator Carl Levin criticizes HSBC, OCC on money laundering

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BusinessWeek

Alaska drilling: from ‘No!’ to ‘OK’

Many Inupiats think “their garden” is being threatened by an international oil rush to get at what may be a treasure trove of more than 25 billion barrels of crude.

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CNN

NATION

Immigration debate keeps law school graduate a few steps from his dreams

Sergio Garcia, 35, earned his law degree three years ago, but he must pursue the right to a lawyer’s license because of his immigration status, in flux since 1994 when he returned from Mexico.

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San Jose Mercury News

Geography of tolerance

Places that are open to new ideas attract creative people from around the globe, broadening both technology and talent capabilities, and gaining a substantial economic edge.

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The Atlantic

How important is the gay and lesbian vote?

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PBS NewsHour

POLITICS

Obama goes on the offensive with an early barrage of ads

Obama’s campaign has spent nearly $100 million on commercials in selected battleground states so far, unleashing an early barrage designed to create lasting, negative impressions of Romney.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Negative ads: a shift in tone

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(TIME)

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CBS News

Can science plant brain seeds that make you vote?

Voting reminder calls may now include carefully constructed questions designed to seed deep in your brain and stay there until you arrive at the moment you talked about during the call.

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NPR

BUSINESS

What executive Marissa Mayer can do as Yahoo’s new CEO

Yahoo has appointed Marissa Mayer, a longtime executive at Google, to be its new chief executive. Mayer faces the challenges of running a company that is essentially fighting for its life.

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Forbes

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How Marissa Mayer’s vision will shape Yahoo

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ReadWriteWeb

US tightens security for economic data

Market-sensitive data will be guarded with launch-code secrecy, a precaution against anyone who might try to take advantage of a leak to gain an insider’s edge in the financial markets.

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CNBC

EDUCATION

Digital tools can reshape our methods

On many traditional university campuses, it might seem like business as usual. However, higher education is in chaotic transition. What we do now to manage that change will determine the future.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Substitute teaching in schools is the subject of scrutiny

While substitute teachers are largely seen as occasional pinch hitters for full-time teachers, statistics show that students spend a good chunk of their time in school with them.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Is the film trilogy going extinct?

“Ice Age: Continental Drift” broke ground as the second animated “fourquel” to hit theaters, while “The Lord of the Rings” films are getting a prequel. Is “The Dark Knight Rises” the final three-movie format?

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The Atlantic

Stinky, spicy and delicious

Brilliant young American chefs grew up in tough neighborhoods and trained in European kitchens. Now they’ll show you what’s in their kitchens.

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The Atlantic

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Gino Segrè):

How the Higgs boson was lost and found

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Philadelphia Inquirer

LIBOR-rigging scandal is at least as important as Monica Lewinsky

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog (Steve Kornacki):

Why is it so hard to raise taxes on the rich?

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(Salon)

Opening Shot

Blog (Jonathan A. Knee):

How New York’s love affair with Starbucks turned sour

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(Slate)

Culturebox

Column (Daniel Webster):

Census survey is intrusive and expensive

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USA TODAY

Cartoon (Bob Gorrell):

Can’t take Chicago out of the politician

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Townhall.com

Blog (David Cox):

Has the science in ‘Ice Age 4’ gone adrift?

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(Guardian)

Film Blog

Blog (Troy Patterson):

How to throw a drink in someone’s face

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(Slate)

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GOOD NEWS

New York bus driver catches 7-year-old girl after 3-story fall

A quick-thinking New York City bus driver is being praised as a hero after catching a 7-year-old girl who fell out of a third-floor window in Brooklyn.

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CBS News

Unsinkable Molly Brown’s 145th birthday shared with community, family

It was not the woman in the Victorian gown that drew the most looks at Molly Brown’s 145th birthday celebration, but the woman in a red shirt and jeans — Brown’s great-granddaughter.

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Denver Post

Wounded veteran gets dream backyard

Brian Vargas no longer has to stare at the dirt and seemingly endless growth of waist-high weeds in his backyard. The Iraq veteran and his wife, Monica, now enjoy neatly manicured landscaping.

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San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

US Navy fires on boat in Persian Gulf

A U.S. ship has fired on a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates after it ignored warnings and rapidly approached the ship, the U.S. Navy says.

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BBC

Iran restarts threats over closing the Strait of Hormuz

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The Hill

IMF cuts global growth forecast as emerging economies slow

The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for global economic growth and warned that the outlook could dim further if policymakers in Europe do not act with enough force to quell their debt crisis.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

US drought biggest since 1956

The National Climatic Data Center reported that about 55 percent of the country was in at least moderate short-term drought in June for the first time since 1956.

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CNN

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Amid unusually widespread drought, warnings on food prices

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Christian Science Monitor

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Drought sends crop prices higher

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Bloomberg

Thousands work behind the scenes to keep Yellowstone running

Around 429 employees of the National Park Service and more than 3,200 concession operators work each summer to perform the behind-the-scenes duties that keep Yellowstone running.

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Reuters

HEALTH

The deadly world of fake medicine

Everyone knows about the risks that narcotics pose and the lethal war waged against them. But there are probably far more deaths caused by dangerous therapeutic medicines.

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CNN

Working out — while at the airport

Airports famous for long stressful waits and greasy hot dogs on warming rollers have gone on a health kick with yoga rooms and health food.

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Wall Street Journal

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Lightest material in the world

It is a network of porous carbon tubes that is three-dimensionally interwoven at the nano- and micro-level — and it is the lightest material in the world. It weights only 0.2 milligrams per cubic centimeter.

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ScienceDaily

European Commission backs calls for open access to scientific research

The European Commission, which controls one of the world’s largest science budgets, has backed calls for free access to publicly funded research.

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Guardian

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Matisyahu, former Hasidic reggae star, continues evolution with ‘Spark Seeker’

A chapter in one of the most unusual spiritual journeys ended in, of all places, a Supercuts. It was in one of the chain’s salons that Matisyahu’s life changed as the world’s first Hasidic reggae superstar.

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Huffington Post

Mob violence victim could be 1st South African saint

A movement is under way to have the Vatican declare Benedict Daswa South Africa’s first saint, but the movement has stirred concerns that old grudges that should have faded could come back.

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Lincoln Journal Star

SPORTS

Inside Camp Karolyi: building the US women’s Olympic gymnastics team

This is where every girl who wants to be an elite American gymnast must come — at some point in her career — to pay tithes in the form of blood, sweat, and often tears, to coach Martha Karolyi.

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TIME

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US women’s 2012 gymnastics team

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NBCSports

Carl Edwards gets new crew chief

Carl Edwards’ crew chief Bob Osborne has stepped down, citing undisclosed health concerns in his decision to relinquish the No. 99 Ford.

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ESPN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Hummingbirds aflutter during courtship

Some hummingbird males generate loud sounds with their tail feathers while courting females. The cause of these sounds has been identified.

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Photo of the Day

Two grey crowned cranes look at each other in their enclosure at the Berlin Zoo in Germany. (Photo by Gero Breloer / AP)

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