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Iranian women cast their votes at Masoumeh shrine in Qom about 120 kms south of Tehran. (Photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP)

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DTV switch: millions to lose analog signals

More than 1,000 broadcast television stations began switching their transmission from analog to digital while millions of Americans wait to see what effect the move will have on their TV sets.

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InformationWeek

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Winners and losers in an all-digital TV world

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Christian Science Monitor

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Goodbye couch potatoes?

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MSNBC

Novartis says it has produced 1st swine flu vaccine batch

Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis AG said it has produced a first batch of experimental swine flu vaccine.

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Forbes

Iranians go to the polls in huge numbers

Iranians voted in large numbers, choosing between President Ahmadinejad and three rivals — a possible turning point in Iran's 30-year-old Islamic revolution.

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McClatchy

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Opposition warns of vote rigging

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TIME

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Iranians begin voting in election

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BBC

Holocaust Museum to reopen its doors

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is scheduled to reopen its doors after closing to honor slain security guard Stephen T. Johns.

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Examiner

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Holocaust Museum shooter James von Brunn had history of hate

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House vote could send FDA tobacco bill to Obama

Congress prepares to send President Barack Obama a bill giving the government broad authority to determine how cigarettes will be made, marketed and sold.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

How much should the US regulate tobacco?

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CBS News

NATION

Consumer sentiment improves

The Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment rose to 69 this month, up from a reading of 68.7 in May. June's reading was the highest in nine months and the fourth month in a row of increases.

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MSN Money

California seen missing budget deadline

Barring a miracle, California lawmakers will miss their June 15 deadline for passing a balanced budget — a challenge with the state facing a $24.3 billion shortfall.

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Reuters

Holocaust museum shooting shows difficulties in tracking hate crime

A lone gunman's deadly attack at the Holocaust Museum underscored how much of a double-edged sword the Internet has become for law enforcement trying to track domestic extremists.

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Museum gunman faces murder charge

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POLITICS

Dems brace for CBO score

Senate Democrats are bracing for a new estimate in what they expect will be a huge price tag connected with revamping the nation’s healthcare system.

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The Hill

National Guard: Gates weakening security

National Guard leaders from 48 states sent a letter to the House and Senate Armed Services committees warning that a budget decision made by Defense Secretary Robert Gates would weaken national security.

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The Hill

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Can Windows 7 save PCs?

Microsoft's new operating system is coming this fall, but experts say a PC rebound is a ways away and will happen in spite of the new software.

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CNNMoney

Toyota Prius to get solar panels

Toyota Prius buyers can now go for an optional "Solar Pack" that cools the cabin when the car is parked in direct sunlight.

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ENVIRONMENT

Amazon deforestation leads to development 'boom-and-bust'

Chopping down the Amazon rainforest to make way for crops or cattle has no economic or social benefit for local people in the long term, according to a major new study.

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Guardian

Hybrid American chestnut trees are carbon storage champions

A new hybrid of the American chestnut tree could not only revive the nearly extinct species, but also help limit the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Environment News Service

EDUCATION

Obama's charter stimulus

The Obama administration's $100 billion in "stimulus" for schools has mostly been a free lunch, the cash dispensed by formula in return for vague promises of reform.

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EducationNews.org

Students not responsible for cheating

Georgia state officials are investigating possible cheating in four elementary schools, but they're not looking to the fifth-graders whose standardized test scores are in question.

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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Catholics celebrate Corpus Christi

Many Catholics around the world celebrated Corpus Christi as a holy day of obligation.

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Catholic World News

Catholic Church chooses not to comment on Grassi's conviction

The Argentine Catholic Church decided not to comment on Rev. Julio César Grassi's conviction for aggravated sexual abuse and corruption of minors.

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Buenos Aires Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Restaurant manager's 'free food, wash dishes' policy touches hungry students

"Those of you who cannot afford to pay for your meal: Eat your fill here." It has been 27 years since Sadahiro Inoue put up the sign on his storefront.

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Mainichi Daily News

World War II hero to be honored

Randolph County, Ind., will honor one of its World War II heroes with a Flag Day memorial dedication.

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Star Press

WORLD

Public opinion in Pakistan is turning against Taliban

The footage was chilling — a woman crying out in pain, held face-down on the ground as a man with a long beard flogged her in front of a crowd. It could be the video that changed Pakistan.

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MSNBC

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Anti-Taliban cleric among 5 killed in Pakistani blasts

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CBC News

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Taliban beat and humiliate women in public

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Afghan insurgent violence accelerates

Insurgent violence in Afghanistan has accelerated sharply alongside the arrival of new U.S. troops, reaching its highest level since 2001, U.S. officials said.

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Reuters

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US 'to protect Afghan civilians'

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BBC

BUSINESS

Hartford to accept as much as $3.4 billion from TARP

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. capped a seven-month push to extend the U.S. financial-company rescue program to money-losing insurers.

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Bloomberg

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Hartford CEO on firm's challenging year

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CNBC

BlackRock to buy BGI

BlackRock Inc., the giant U.S. money manager, said it will buy Barclays Global Investors for $13.5 billion in a deal that will make it the world's biggest asset manager.

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Reuters

HEALTH

Lack of good sleep might be deadly

Two new studies suggest that chronic poor sleep can actually boost your odds for dying prematurely.

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HealthDay

Food-borne illnesses underreported

Most food-borne illnesses that sicken millions of people in the U.S. annually and kill thousands are preventable, and the toll could be reduced with better reporting and analysis by health officials, the CDC says.

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WebMD

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Palin: Letterman owes women an apology

Gov. Sarah Palin says David Letterman owes an apology to young women across the country for his joke about her daughter being raped.

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NPR

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Palin calls for uprising against Letterman

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ABC News

Madonna allowed to adopt Malawi girl

The singer said she was "ecstatic" that the judge overturned a ruling in a lower court which rejected her adoption of the four-year-old girl Chifundo "Mercy" James.

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Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

Fenway flop

If the Yankees and Red Sox are headed for a date with destiny in the ALCS as many believe, then Boston should start making World Series plans.

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Lakers on brink after OT win

Two crucial three-pointers from veteran Derek Fisher led the Lakers to a 99-91 overtime victory over the Magic, leaving them on the brink of a fourth NBA championship since 2000.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Have a buck? Buy a house!

A dollar doesn't buy much these days, but in Detroit, it can buy a house. The seller, a bank, was losing thousands each month in maintenance costs and taxes and sold the property for the cost of a Citi share.

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A snow leopard is seen in the new exhibit at the Central Park Zoo in New York. (Photo by Seth Wenig / AP)

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