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Obama kicks off national conversation on fatherhood

President Barack Obama will kick off a national conversation about fatherhood, family, and mentoring with a series of events around DC and a gathering of young men for a discussion at the White House.

Politico

Obama enlists celeb fathers in parenting push

The Hill

Summer jobs make a comeback, thanks to the stimulus

States are flush with stimulus dollars — ranging from about $3 million (in Wyoming, South Dakota and other low-population states) to $186 million (California) — to fund local job programs.

TIME

Khamenei: Vote showed Iran's 'solidarity'

Iran's supreme leader said there was "definitive victory" and no rigging in his country's disputed presidential elections which have sparked a week of unprecedented protests.

CBS News

Iran: A timeline

CNN

Khamenei: The Islamic Republic would not cheat

BBC

Billionaire Stanford indicted in alleged $7B fraud scheme

Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford, whose sprawling banking empire collapsed this year, has been indicted for what prosecutors say is a $7 billion scheme to defraud investors.

Kansas City Star

Stanford surrenders, faces court

Reuters

Tiger struggles as first round of U.S. Open resumes

Tiger Woods swung away on the 18th tee, watched his ball fly into a bunker on the way to another bogey, and turned away in disgust.

USA TODAY

NATION

Foreclosures continue as lenders fail to modify loans

The Obama administration's $75 billion program to reduce foreclosures has been beset by varied backlogs and delays.

USA TODAY

Passengers not told pilot had died

The passengers on Continental Airlines Flight 61 didn't know anything was wrong with their trans-Atlantic crossing until they landed and were met by emergency vehicles and dozens of clamoring reporters.

Associated Press

Pilot on Continental flight dies; jet lands safe

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POLITICS

Doctors signal they'll work with Obama

The American Medical Association voted to support "health reform alternatives that are consistent with AMA principles," although the group fell short of specifically supporting a public plan.

Medical News Today

How Obama could lose health fight

Politico

Robinson: Health care is a 'moral' issue

MSNBC

Pelosi hunts votes in hostile climate

Democratic opposition to a controversial climate change bill has House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fishing for votes in the most unfriendly of waters: the Republican caucus.

Politico

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists hail 'unambiguous' evidence of Mars lake

According to a scientific research team at the University of Colorado-Boulder, there is finally definitive evidence of a shoreline on the Red Planet.

Christian Science Monitor

Sonic black hole traps sound waves

A black hole created by Israeli scientists won't destroy Earth, but it could make our planet just a little bit less noisy. Using Bose-Einstein condensates, the scientists created a black hole for sound.

Discovery

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Rihanna testimony won't be televised

Singer Rihanna's expected testimony at singer Chris Brown's preliminary hearing on assault charges will not be televised, a court spokesman said.

CNN

'Proposal,' 'Year One' face off at box office

Hollywood has a shot at getting back into the win column, as a pair of wide releases are poised to perform solidly at the box office.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Duncan: Push for more school spending

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has given an assist to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who is trying to persuade the state Legislature to use federal stimulus money to increase basic education spending.

EducationNews.org

Students often use technology to cheat

Cheating has gone high-tech, with more than a third of the nation's teens saying they use cell phones to boost test scores and at least half using the Internet to cheat, according to a new survey.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Southern Baptists to gather in Kentucky

Southern Baptists leaders are asking followers to put aside squabbles over issues and look inward at a time when the nation's largest Protestant denomination is hoping to stop declining membership.

Yahoo! News

Pope reminds priests of celibacy vow

Pope Benedict has reminded priests across the world that they must stay faithful to their vow of celibacy.

ABC News Online

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Healthy Father's Day gifts

Health.com

Column:

Doctors hold key to health care issue

Bloomberg

Column:

Obama has not betrayed gay community

Salon.com

Column:

How to eat less sodium at restaurants

WebMD

Column:

Patrick Fitzgerald strikes out

McClatchy Newspapers

Column:

Tiger Woods' genius explained

MarketWatch

Column:

Would Iran be different under Mousavi?

NPR

Editorial:

Clerics in command

The Australian

Column (Ezra Klein):

Wealth-care reform

The American Prospect

Editorial:

Obama’s opening shot

Economist

Column (Marie Coco):

Why patch-and-fill won't do

RealClearPolitics

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GOOD NEWS

Green tea may slow prostate cancer

Men with prostate cancer who consumed polyphenon E — a polyphenol found in green tea — had a significant reduction in biomarkers of cancer progression.

MedPage Today

Toilet training goes high tech

For countless generations, parents have been trying to get toddlers to pee in the toilet. Now, researchers think they have come up with a 21st century solution — electronics.

HealthDay

WORLD

Somalia suicide bomb toll rises

Five more people have died of their injuries after a suicide attack on the Somali security minister, bringing the total number of dead to 35.

BBC

Behind the suicide bomb in Somalia

TIME

ETA car bomb kills anti-terror chief

The head of a Spanish anti-terrorist unit has been murdered in an ETA car-bomb attack. Chief Inspector Eduardo Puelles García died instantly when a limpet mine attached to his car exploded.

Times Online

Car bomb kills Spanish officer

BBC

BUSINESS

US stocks climb after opening bell

U.S. stocks gained as gains for financial and health-management stocks spilled over from the previous session.

MarketWatch

Porsche may fail to avoid VW’s grip

Porsche SE plans to sell a stake to the Persian Gulf state, which would bolster Porsche’s finances enough to raise the sports-car maker’s attraction for Volkswagen AG.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

EPA declares emergency for entire town

The EPA for the first time has declared a public health emergency in a contaminated community, targeting a Montana town for immediate federal attention and up to $130 million for cleanup and medical care costs.

MSNBC

Clean diesel comes of age

A new study shows that diesel trucks and buses are spewing far less soot and smog into the air than they did just a few years ago.

Scientific American

HEALTH

Group aims at prostate cancer claims

A consumers group complained to regulators and threatened a lawsuit over what it calls a drug company’s misleading claims that two of its multivitamins reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

WebMD

Research points to better anxiety drug

German scientists believe they may have found a better anxiety drug that can counteract panic attacks without the side effects caused by existing treatments like Valium among others.

Reuters

SPORTS

Ovechkin wins MVP award for 2nd consecutive year

Washington Capitals star forward Alexander Ovechkin pulled off the kind of repeat the Detroit Red Wings dreamed about by snagging the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP for the second straight year.

CBS SportsLine

Browns WR Stallworth suspended indefinitely by NFL

Cleveland Browns receiver Donte' Stallworth was indefinitely suspended by the NFL for driving drunk and killing a pedestrian in Miami.

Sporting News

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