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A candle with “To all of 7/20/12 RIP” written on it is shown next to roses at a memorial in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in a shooting attack at a theater during a showing of the Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.” (Photo by Ted S. Warren / AP)

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Marketing the munchies

Fast-food companies are pushing products to addicts. Winking and nudging is typical in the emergent genre of ads aimed at stoners, a once-taboo marketing approach now embraced by the fast food industry.

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Salon

Fast food has shown ‘uncanny improvement’

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(CNBC)

Stock Blog

Runner without country to compete at Olympic Games

Despite having no passport and officially no country, a 28-year-old marathoner was cleared to compete at the London Games under the Olympic flag.

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USA TODAY

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Can Olympic runners unite Kenya?

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NPR

Evidence of ‘calculation’ in Colorado shooting

The man police say opened fire inside a crowded Colorado movie theater may have been planning the attack for months, the local police chief told reporters.

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CNN

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Colorado shootings likely to change movie-going experience indefinitely

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Christian Science Monitor

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Families and friends mourn victims

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San Jose Mercury News

Syrian forces fight rebels in Damascus, residents flee

Syrian troops backed by helicopters and tanks have struck back in Damascus against rebel fighters emboldened by a bomb attack against President Bashar Assad’s inner circle.

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Reuters

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Syrians flee fierce fighting

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Guardian

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The war within Syria

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Al Jazeera

Troops march in San Diego gay pride parade — in uniform

Some of the loudest cheers at San Diego’s gay pride parade were for active-duty troops in military dress, the first time that U.S. service members participated in such an event in full uniform.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NATION

Drought still far from Dust Bowl duration

Record high temperatures have scorched much of the U.S. Add little rainfall to the intense heat, and the result has been corn crop failure.

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NBCNews.com

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Drought drives up price of ethanol

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Comparing droughts: 1934 and 2012

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USA TODAY

California added 38,000 jobs in June

California provided a ray of light in an otherwise gloomy monthly jobs report, reporting an increase of more than 38,000 jobs in June and accounting for nearly half the growth in payrolls across the nation.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Traffic deaths shoot up 13.5 percent

Traffic deaths soared 13.5 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year, and the number of deaths per miles driven also rose significantly, according to government estimates.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

As election approaches, presidential candidates beef up spending

Less than four months before the U.S. presidential election, Mitt Romney’s campaign is beefing up on personnel and investing more cash internally as outside groups pour millions into television ads.

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Reuters

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Romney sprints ahead in race for cash

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NPR

Romney makes key trip to visit with leaders from England, Israel and Poland

Mitt Romney is making his first appearance on the international stage during the 2012 campaign, where he hopes to garner international support for his presidential bid and gain credibility among world leaders.

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FOX News

BUSINESS

Economic recovery shows cracks

A combination of expiring tax cuts and slashed spending could shave four percent or more off U.S. gross domestic product next year, throwing millions of people out of work if Congress does not stop them.

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USA TODAY

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Like Thelma and Louise, US economy headed toward cliff

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Murdoch quits boards of British papers

News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as a director from a string of boards overseeing the Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers in Britain, the company said in an internal memo.

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Reuters

Banking suffers yet another blow as scandals pile up

Four years after the financial crisis began, the pile-up of bad behavior is feeding a sense that something remains deeply awry inside banks, despite efforts by governments to reform them.

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Globeandmail.com

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Banks closed in 4 states; 2012 tally hits 38

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MarketWatch

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Road opens for connected cars

In the same way the smartphone was changed by the app, car manufacturers are now betting on small pieces of software to drive the future of cars.

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BBC

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App detects potholes

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USA TODAY

Entire organism simulated by software

Scientists at Stanford University and the J. Craig Venter Institute have developed the first software simulation of an entire organism, a humble single-cell bacterium.

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Austin Statesman

EDUCATION

Yale plans for new college in Singapore

Singapore’s schools are internationally renowned and already cooperate with other American universities, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke University.

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ABC News

School districts bring software programmers in-house

Some educators are using the new online landscape to build their own applications and software, bypassing the typically costly and lengthy procurement process.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Alabama pasture a future pilgrimage site?

Could a Virgin Mary statue under a pine tree in the middle of a cow pasture in rural Alabama one day become an officially recognized international pilgrimage site of the Roman Catholic Church?

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Memory of French Resistance is strong

It is difficult to forget World War II in Cahors, France, and that is a matter of not-inconsequential pride. The Resistance movement was born here and the reminders are everywhere.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Most of the worries will end once Olympics begin

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Herald & Review

Blog (James Zogby):

Beyond Bachmann: a challenge for the GOP

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(Huffington Post)

The Blog

Column (George Anders):

Why startups should hire the ‘minimally viable’ candidate

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Forbes

Column (James Rohrer):

Are progressives harming organized religion and people of faith?

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AlterNet

Column (John Ransom):

Public pensions are another form of theft

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Townhall.com

Column (Jim Merlino):

Post Aurora: Do not expect new gun laws

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Politico

Obama, Americans should not be shocked by mass killing

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San Jose Mercury News

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Why do we allow weapons of war among us?

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Detroit Free Press

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GOOD NEWS

Kids leverage online networks for greater civic engagement

Social media is a tool that enables kids to engage in issues they care about and help to bring about real change in our society. Just ask Seventeen magazine and Universal Studios.

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Christian Science Monitor

Vitamin E lowers chance of liver cancer

Individuals could reduce their risk of developing liver cancer by consuming more vitamin E — either from diet or using vitamin supplements — according to a new study.

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Medical News Today

After girl’s death, mom goes to Africa to honor her clean-water wish

Rachel Beckwith’s wish was for people less fortunate than her to be able to have clean water to drink. A year after her death, her wish has come true for thousands of people she never met.

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NBCNews.com

WORLD

Deadly virus forces closure of schools across Southeast Asia

Health officials in several countries across Southeast Asia are on alert over a deadly virus that has killed more than 50 young children. Authorities fear the virus could spread further.

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The Independent

Leaving Cuba: the difficult task of exiting the island

The issue of emigration and travel is now a matter of public discussion in Cuba. Cubans need permission to leave their island, and if they stay away too long, they cannot come back.

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BBC

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Hike in customs fees leaves Cubans fuming

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Chicago Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Sea glass becoming harder to find

Clues to the oceanic treasure hunt are becoming harder to find. Sea glass — those rounded, frosted shards that once held milk, medicine or seltzer — is disappearing.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

India scientists try to predict monsoon

Scientists aided by supercomputers are trying to unravel one of Mother Nature’s biggest mysteries — the vagaries of the summer monsoon rains that bring life, and sometimes death, to India.

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Al Jazeera

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

How the world is changing, from food trends to high tech

Futurists are people who take foresight seriously, applying past and emerging trends to envision how our lifestyles and industries will develop in the years ahead.

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Globeandmail.com

Emmy nominations show changing TV viewer demographics

The five Emmy nominations for the HBO series “Girls” reflects how television is increasingly driven by younger and more feminine sensibilities.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Emmy nominations announced

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Newsday.com

HEALTH

Know your HIV status? DC’s asking

Health officials believe one way to halt the spread of HIV is to encourage people to get tested so that they “know their status.” They hope this will encourage residents to seek treatment.

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NPR

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NAACP develops HIV manual for churches

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Huffington Post

Prostate cancer screening for men with long life expectancies

The main benefit of screening is detecting prostate cancer earlier on, when treatments have superior results. However, there are also risks such as unnecessary treatments and biopsies.

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Medical News Today

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More Americans put off medical treatment as costs rise

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CNBC

SPORTS

Coach Al Golden, Miami staff violated recruiting rules

Miami coach Al Golden and recruiters are facing accusations of rule breaking, the threat of NCAA sanctions and a long probe into the Hurricanes’ compliance practices.

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Sports Illustrated

Lost sports of the summer Olympics

As the nation turns its eyes to the first baseball-free Summer Olympics in two decades, it is hard not to feel the cold ache of loss.

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The Atlantic

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

For the dying, a chance to rewrite life

Psychiatrists who work with the dying have been trying to come up with ways to help people cope with the reality of their death. One of these therapies asks the dying to tell the story of their life.

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NPR

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A Pakistani boy prays next to plates of fruits donated to worshippers to break their fast on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan. (Photo by Shakil Adil / AP)

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