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Workers stack imported rice which will be repacked and sold to poor residents at a government warehouse in Manila's Quezon City, Philippines. (Photo by Bullit Marquez / AP)

UN chief: Increase food production to avert crisis

U.N. Chief Ban Ki-Moon called for a drastic increase in food production to meet the demands of a rising population and stave off a crisis brought about by oil prices and climate change.

CNN

Mugabe presence at global hunger summit drops jaws

Philadelphia Inquirer

The rising cost of rice

BBC

Many states facing tough trek to reach universal proficiency

In order to avoid sanctions over the next six years, schools and districts need to stay on course in order to achieve the No Child Left Behind Act's goal of 100 percent proficiency in reading and math.

Education Week

Report: Clinton to concede to Obama

USA Today

Clinton campaign making final assessments

Google News

Bill Clinton slams Vanity Fair writer as "sleazy"

Newsday

Historic primary season comes to an end

CNN

Mars Lander to start digging for water

The Phoenix Lander's robotic arm reached out and touched soil for the first time, providing scientists with an up-close view of what could be either salt or ice embedded in the terrain.

Arizona Daily Star

Touchdown on Mars

MSNBC

GM to close 4 factories, may cut Hummer

As more consumers opt for smaller cars due to rising fuel prices, General Motors is closing four truck and SUV factories in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

MSNBC

NATION

Sect's kids, parents reunited

More than 460 children seized by state authorities in an investigation of possible sex abuse at an isolated West Texas polygamist community began going home.

San Francisco Chronicle

Foreign travelers face closer scrutiny

Foreigners enrolled in the current Visa Waiver Program will have to submit personal information for a background check before they can board a flight or ship headed for American soil.

ABC News

Top honor for valor to 19-year-old soldier

Army Pfc. Ross McGinnis is the fourth service member to receive the military's highest honor for valor, the Medal of Honor, for combat in Iraq.

ABC News

POLITICS

Arguments begin over climate change

As senators began a raucous argument over climate change legislation, even its sponsors admitted their chances of passing the Climate Security Act this year are, at best, a long shot.

San Francisco Chronicle

Senate debates climate bill

NPR

Initiative to ban gay marriage qualifies for California ballot

In an expected move on the highly charged debate over gay marriage, an initiative banning same-sex unions has qualified for the November state ballot.

San Jose Mercury News

Both McCain, Obama exaggerating Iran's nuclear program

The presumptive Republican nominee for president and the leading contender for the Democratic nomination are exaggerating what's known about Iran's nuclear program.

McClatchy Newspapers

Poll: Majority of Americans agree with Obama's Iran approach

CNN

BUSINESS

Staples ups bid for Corporate Express to $2.65 billion

U.S. office supplies retailer Staples raised its all-cash bid for Dutch business products group Corporate Express for the second time to $2.65 billion.

Forbes

Microsoft strikes search deal with HP

Microsoft moved to make search engine selection even easier for consumers by making the choice for them.

InformationWeek

ENVIRONMENT

With US farmland maxed out, growers tap into reserves

Soaring commodity prices are bringing new pressures to increase agricultural output, but U.S. farmland is maxed out, limiting any response to price hikes.

National Geographic

Desert is claiming southeast Spain

The Spanish province Murcia is running out of water. Spurred on by global warming and poorly planned development, swaths of southeast Spain are steadily turning into desert.

International Herald Tribune

Lawmakers can't lease gas-guzzlers at taxpayers' expense anymore

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's three-year drive to bring fuel efficiency to the federal vehicle-leasing program finally got some wheels.

McClatchy Newspapers

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Small planet discovered orbiting star

Science Daily

Yahoo! opposed Google deal before Microsoft bid

Yahoo! Inc. dismissed a search-advertising deal with Google due to antitrust concerns, one day before Microsoft Corp made its takeover offer earlier this year, according to court documents.

Reuters

HEALTH

Study: Heavy marijuana use shrinks structures of the brain

A study reveals that brain scans of heavy marijuana users versus nonusers show the hippocampus and amygdala structures of the brain are much smaller.

Reuters

Babies, tots low on vitamin D

Forty percent of kids in a recent study had suboptimal blood levels of vitamin D. A third of kids with vitamin D deficiency had bone demineralization, a sign of thinner bones.

WebMD

South Korea urges US not to export beef from older cattle

South Korea's agriculture minister said his country has asked the United States not to send it shipments of beef from cattle over 30 months old.

Xinhau

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Fertile ground for a legal mess

Denver Post

Column:

Struggling student gets chance to be kid again

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

Red vs. blue? New electoral map turns purple

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

Power awaits Sen. Clinton — just not in the White House

Times Online

Column (Monica Duffy Toft):

Why Islam lies at the heart of Iraq's civil war

Christian Science Monitor

Column (David Weigel):

Bob Barr's unlikely comeback

Guardian

Column (Michael Kinsley):

Rejecting Obama's radical friends

TIME

Column (Sharon Begley):

Praise the humble dung beetle

Newsweek

Column (Jennifer Bennett):

Immigration enforcers run amok

Slate

Column (John W. Mashek):

Consultants hurt the election process

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Sandip Roy):

Be gay, be anything — just not single!

Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

Fla. woman runs a sanctuary for big cats

Judy Berens takes in abandoned leopards, panthers, and other exotic animals at a conservation center on her home property.

Christian Science Monitor

Mr. Rogers' memory lives on

Three college students whose studies focus on children's literacy and health have each been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship.

Associated Press

WORLD

UN nuclear inspectors to visit Syria

Syria will let nuclear inspectors visit the site of a suspected reactor that Israeli warplanes bombed last September, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

International Herald Tribune

China's bereaved parents push for accountability