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Israeli military and medical personnel talk in front of a hospital in the city of Burgas, Bulgaria, after a daytime bombing that killed eight people. Bulgaria’s interior minister has said that the suspected attacker was carrying what looked like a Michigan driver’s license. (Photo by Impact Press Group / AP)

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Generation X does not have time to care about climate change

Even with most of the country mired in a historic drought, and after storms that left millions without power in the mid-Atlantic, Generation X has better things to worry about than global warming.

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U.S. News & World Report

Astronomers finally find the answer to Earth’s water mystery

Earth is 99 percent dry rock. According to our current solar system formation model, this is impossible — a mystery that has puzzled scientists until now.

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Gizmodo

Suicide bomber with false US ID behind bus attack

Bulgaria’s interior minister says a bombing that killed eight people on a bus full of Israeli tourists was likely a suicide attack. The suspected attacker was likely carrying false U.S. identification.

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CNN

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No sign of Assad after bomb kills kin

Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as battles rage in the center of Damascus after a bomber killed top security chiefs.

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Reuters

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Where is Assad? Did ’flower pot assassins’ get their man?

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The Age

Tenn. mosque to open

Muslims in a Tennessee congregation prepared for the holy month of Ramadan a day after a federal judge ruled they have a right to occupy their new mosque.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NATION

Chicago’s homicide rates causing fear

Chicago’s surging murder rate is now four times that of New York, with drug cartels and gang warfare in the area turning chaotic.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Farrakhan, Nation of Islam helps stop shootings

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Chicago Sun-Times

Gov. Jerry Brown signs law to make Calif. home to nation’s 1st truly high-speed rail

California is poised to become home to the nation’s first truly high-speed rail system, following the signing of a law authorizing the construction of a line that will connect Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Colorado digs into details of high-speed rail

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City motorists to urban planners: Stay in your lane

Cast about North America and in just about any city you will find heated rhetoric about urban transportation. Cities and cars share a conflicted relationship these days.

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NPR

POLITICS

Ann Romney says vice presidential decision is ‘not quite there yet’

The wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney debunks speculation that a vice presidential choice could be announced as early as this week.

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Dispute over Pa. voter ID law intensifies

Civil liberties groups suing to upend Pennsylvania’s voter identification law contend that many people do not have the types of photo ID the law requires in order to vote in this fall’s presidential election.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

McCain defends longtime Clinton aide against allegations

Republican Sen. John McCain defended a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton against allegations made by Rep. Michele Bachmann that her family has ties to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.

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San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

IBM sustains decade-long earnings streak despite weak economy

IBM sustained its nearly decade-long streak of earnings growth as it shook off the economic jitters that have undercut several other technology companies.

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Google News

Shell social media oil spill a ‘coordinated online assassination’

Shell’s brand has been hijacked in what marketing experts say is a “social media oil spill” and a “coordinated online assassination of the Shell brand.”

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The Age

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Using the Xbox to study locust swarms

Computer-vision technology and the Xbox’s motion-sensing camera are being used to get a grip on how swarming creatures maintain their individuality and function gracefully as a collective.

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CNN

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Could an Xbox help stop locust swarms?

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YouTube

Power play: Can utilities turn energy efficiency into fun and games?

At any given moment, Collin Faunce can see exactly how much energy he is using in his house. Welcome to our future: where energy efficiency competes with Angry Birds for your attention.

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Grist

HEALTH

The AIDS epidemic: Is it the beginning of the end?

Doctors can now prescribe drug cocktails that reduce the amount of AIDS virus in a patient’s body. Landmark research shows these patients are not only healthier, but virtually non-contagious.

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USA TODAY

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AIDS deaths drop as access to drugs expands

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BusinessWeek

2 new weight-loss drugs are not the cure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration‘s approval of two new weight-loss drugs will not be a panacea for America’s obesity epidemic, health professionals say.

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HealthDay

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Let the battle of the obesity drugs begin

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MSN Money

EDUCATION

Arizona gets No Child Left Behind waiver

Arizona is among six new states that have been granted relief from the controversial federal No Child Left Behind law, meaning the state will not face sanctions if it does not meet certain benchmarks by 2014.

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Arizona Republic

One of the most promising alternative credentialing movements — the manufacturing industry’s — has led to a deeper, more symbiotic relationship between employers and colleges.

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Inside Higher Ed

Columns And Op-Ed

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Why GM retirees should say ‘no’ to lump-sum payoff option

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Detroit Free Press

Syria on the brink of liberty?

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Christian Science Monitor

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Libraries’ experts on call: a dwindling breed

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Are comedy and feminism enemies?

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Daily Beast

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The Farm Bureau not a true friend to farmers

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Grist

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Born to be bright: Is there a gene for learning?

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TIME

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Is high unemployment making us all sick?

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TIME

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Suicide bombing is not a hopeful sign

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The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Incredible transformation of Chinese mother after free surgery

A poor Chinese mother who was left horrifically disfigured by 70 large tumors growing on her face can smile once again after a hospital carried out a transforming surgery for free.

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Fark.com

Grateful non-soldier father helps raise $1.1 million for veterans

Phillip Green, who is president of health care consultancy at PDG Consulting, decided it was not enough to buy a soldier in uniform dinner at the airport or put a yellow ribbon sticker on his car.

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NBCNews.com

Couple says ‘I do’ in 1st gay union on US military base

When Tech. Sgt. Erwynn Umali and civilian Will Behrens wanted to seal their commitment in a civil union, they chose a venue that once would have been unthinkable: a military base.

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WORLD

Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s former spy chief and Mubarak aide, dies

Egypt’s former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, one of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s closest associates and briefly his deputy, died in the U.S. while undergoing medical tests.

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Telegraph.co.uk

India chooses president, reforms seen next on agenda

Indian lawmakers have voted for a new president, opening a political window billed as the chance for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to launch reforms and reverse an economic slowdown.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Weird ancient spiral galaxy discovered

Astronomers have discovered a three-armed spiral galaxy dating back nearly 11 billion years — much older than similarly structured objects that are common in the modern universe.

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For Ecuadorian village, a struggle to adapt to changing climate

Frosts are not on time in this tiny village hidden on a chilly, windswept mountain ridge in South America, and in this Andean community, frosts — and their impact on crop cycles — are a big deal.

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McClatchy Newspapers

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Does Ramadan fast pose challenge for Muslim Olympians?

Winning an Olympic medal is hard. Surprisingly, winning one when you are fasting for Ramadan is not that much harder.

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Religion News Service

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Ramadan 2012

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Huffington Post

Survey of Asian Americans shows wide diversity of faiths

The first comprehensive look at the religious lives of the nation’s 18.2 million Asian Americans finds most are devoted to their faith traditions — but many are disconnected from any affiliation.

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USA TODAY

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Asian Americans: a mosaic of faiths

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Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

SPORTS

Yanks earn sweep over Jays with rain-shortened shutout

The Yankees flashed their brand of impressive thunder before Mother Nature took the stage for her own show. That seems to be just about the only thing capable of cooling off their red-hot bats.

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MLB.com

Greg Louganis back in US diving fold on own terms

Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis, back in the fold at his first games as an athlete mentor, is trying to make sure the stress of winning medals is not heaped on the shoulders of American divers.

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Houston Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Do not hate her for being fit

Homemakers are not what they used to be. Today’s mothers are also emerging as a tantalizing target for consumer-product marketers.

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Wall Street Journal

Why girls could rule Emmy nominations

Foul-mouthed, sharp-edged comedies with female characters look set for success at this year’s awards.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 goes digital

When Oprah Winfrey began her book club in 1996, inexpensive e-books and e-readers seemed more futurist rumor than everyday reality.

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USA TODAY

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Design student creates sleeping-bag coat for homeless people

A design student at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit conceived her coat-bag for a class project in 2010 — and now she is planning to go national.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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A woman carrying oranges on her head walks to a party in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela during celebrations for Mandela‘s birthday in Mvezo, South Africa. (Photo by Schalk van Zuydam / AP)

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