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The royal barge, Gloriana, carries the Olympic flame along the river Thames ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics on the final day of the Torch Relay in London. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)

Tracking gangs who work on social media

Gang graffiti has taken a turn for the worse. It’s going viral, and virtual. Gang members are marking up the walls of Facebook and Twitter, bringing the war of the streets to the world of social media.

The Atlantic

US economy expanded at 1.5 percent

The economy grew at a 1.5 percent pace in the second quarter, the government reported, confirming a slowdown that has seen companies curtail hiring and investment as consumers cut spending.

ABC News

Is Uncle Sam helping or hurting the economy? Americans are torn

McClatchy Newspapers

Kaleidoscopic pageant opens London Games

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth declared the London Olympics open after playing a cameo role in a dizzying ceremony designed to highlight the eccentricities of the nation that invented modern sport.

Reuters

Special section:

Olympics 2012

Guardian

Map:

Torch relay

BBC

Live: London 2012

NBCSports

Mississippi learning: why the state’s students start behind — and stay behind

The Hechinger Report is teaming up with TIME to examine what’s behind the woeful performance of Mississippi’s schoolchildren, as well as possible solutions to help them catch up.

TIME

Looking into the future for AIDS cure

“Can AIDS be cured?” was the question being whispered in the back rooms of the 19th International AIDS Conference. Now that the means exist to bring AIDS under control, attention turns towards a cure.

Economist

NATION

LA council bans marijuana shops after regulation struggle

The Los Angeles City Council voted to shut down all of the medical marijuana dispensaries. That is no easy task as there are more than 800 of them — more than the number of Starbucks in Los Angeles.

NPR

Farmers may gain amid drought with US backed insurance

This year’s drought may leave many crop farmers largely unscathed as they are protected by taxpayer-subsidized insurance, a program Congress is moving to make more generous.

Bloomberg

Drought plagues Tennessee farmers

NBCNews.com

POLITICS

Amendments are critical hurdles in cybersecurity debate

The fate of the Senate’s cybersecurity reform measure now hinges on amendments — and bill sponsors. The White House and top Republicans have all drawn their lines in the sand.

Politico

Cybersecurity and American power

YouTube

Initiative will fight fraud in health care

The Obama administration and major insurers announced that they will share raw data and investigative know-how to try to shut off billions of dollars in questionable payments.

Columbus Dispatch

BUSINESS

CNN chief Jim Walton quits

CNN chief Jim Walton said he is quitting, claiming that the company needs new leadership at a time when its flagship U.S. network is suffering through some of its poorest ratings ever.

San Francisco Chronicle

Facebook’s earnings call: Zuckerberg and team stress mobile and social ads

As Facebook’s stock tumbles, company officials stress the potential of mobile and social ads. One compelling tidbit: The company is selling $1 million in its new ad format “Sponsored Stories” every day.

CNBC

EDUCATION

What it takes to make school a safe place for students with diabetes

When children head off to school, it is assumed they are in a safe place. But for children with diabetes, school can pose a serious health risk if there is no one on site to help them manage their disease.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

President Obama’s college math does not add up

Early in his presidency, President Barack Obama promised that the U.S. would lead the world in college graduates by 2020. But his own administration’s numbers show he will not come close.

Politico

Higher education’s destination by 2020

Pew Internet & American Life Project

ENVIRONMENT

China rejects call for ban on tiger farms

The U.K. and India have called on China and other countries to ban tiger farms because they undermine conservation efforts. But China challenged delegates to “show us the evidence.”

The Age

Meteorologists go on-site to help crews fight forest fires

National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Smith sits at a desk most of the year. In wildfire season, however, he wears a fire suit and camps out at ground zero of major forest fires.

Sacramento Bee

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Harvey Weinstein calls for industry summit to discuss on-screen violence

Harvey Weinstein, behind some of the bloodiest films ever made, says Hollywood should discuss its role after the “Dark Knight” massacre in Colorado.

NY Daily News

Fall, mortality and the machine: Tolkien and technology

From the beginnings of modern fantasy in the work of Tolkien, technology has always been the enemy of the good life. But does it have to be that way?

The Atlantic

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

1st Mormon named to faith-based advisory council

President Barack Obama has appointed the first Mormon official to serve on a White House advisory council that seeks to improve partnerships between religious groups and the federal government.

Salt Lake Tribune

Poll: Religion has little impact in US race

The religious faiths of President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will have little weight in November’s presidential election, a poll showed.

Reuters

SPORTS

Rodriguez embraces new team, new role

Wandy Rodriguez remained in Houston until the Pirates arrived and met his new teammates and manager. Rodriguez left a team that was 31 games under .500 heading.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

NBA players plead to stay in Games

LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and other NBA stars are pleading their case to keep the Olympics from becoming a 23-and-under event, but the superstars’ advice may be falling upon deaf ears.

Bangkok Post

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GOOD NEWS

Project Restore is more than a charity

Since Catherine Keck started her nonprofit organization, Project Restore, in 2007, people in impoverished villages and towns in Uganda, Mexico and Haiti have received food, medicine and education.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

White House initiative targets education for black Americans

President Obama launched an initiative to improve educational outcomes for black Americans, who still trail behind their white and Asian peers.

Education Week

Survivor of Colombia’s mean streets helps others do the same

Since 2005, Jose “Chepe” Ubaque’s nonprofit organization, Fundacion Cultural Hip Hop La Diáspora, has been offering free workshops involving 30 to 150 young people at a time.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Tough EU stance on financial crisis

A deep-seated aversion to debt and an emphasis on responsibility — that makes Chancellor Angela Merkel’s hardline approach to solving the European financial crisis so popular in Germany.

Telegram & Gazette

Syrian army fires on Aleppo rebels

Syrian forces have renewed their assault on Aleppo, firing from helicopter gunships on rebel-held areas. The U.S. state department fears Syrian forces are preparing to carry out a massacre.

BBC

Blog:

How secure are Syria’s chemical weapons?

(CNN)

Security Clearance

OLYMPICS 2012: LONDON GAMES

The secrets behind the success of Jamaican sprinter Usian Bolt

Few would deny that Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world — but even fewer could say why. While his fans are happy to call him a miracle, the man himself is lost in a cloud of legends and hype.

Spiegel International

Going for gold! 7 Olympic secrets to success

LiveScience

50 Olympic athletes to watch

Olympics (TIME)

Opening ceremony London 2012: A city feels the thrill as Olympics begin

The Olympic torch is sailing down the Thames on its way to light up the ceremony — as well as the mood in London, where grumbling has yielded to palpable excitement.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google unveils ultrafast Internet/TV in Kansas City, Mo.

Google Inc. made its foray into the market for bundled Internet and television services, promising access speeds more than 100 times faster than those of traditional U.S. cable companies.

Reuters

Personalized medicine

Wireless sensors with the study of genes, imaging and health-focused social networks might bring about the “creative destruction” of medicine.

CNN

HEALTH

Ozone loss may lead to more skin cancer

Researchers warn that the depletion of the ozone layer over the U.S. could allow more damaging ultraviolet radiation to reach the Earth’s surface, leading to increased incidence of skin cancer.

ScienceDaily

MU School of Medicine awarded $13.3M grant for health care innovation

The MU School of Medicine plans to use a $13.3 million federal Heath Care Innovation grant to deliver enhanced medical care to Medicare and Medicaid recipients.

Columbia Missourian

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