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Feds offer $36B in energy loans

The Energy Department is making available $36 billion in loan guarantees for renewable energy projects and for modernizing the electricity grid.

Houston Chronicle

Holder: Homegrown terror increasing

Attorney General Eric Holder has said in an interview that he is increasingly concerned about Americans becoming radicalized and turning to terrorism.

ABC News

Wife: Terror suspects innocent

CNN

911 caller in Gates case says she chose words carefully; hurt by racist label

The woman who dialed 911 to report a possible break-in at the home of Henry Louis Gates Jr. said she was wrongly labeled a racist and hoped the recording of the call would put controversy to rest.

Baltimore Sun

White House meeting on tap

Denver Post

Health care may advance with House deal, cost cut

Top Democrats in Congress quelled a rebellion by party lawmakers over legislation overhauling the U.S. health care system, and the measure gained momentum in both the House and Senate.

Bloomberg

'Blue Dogs' delay health bill

CNN

Teach for America: elite corps or costing older teachers jobs?

Teach For America has grown steadily, delighting supporters and giving critics heartburn as it expands and builds a base of young people willing to teach in some of the toughest public schools.

USA TODAY

Arabs losing hope in Obama's ability to broker Mideast peace

Though President Barak Obama still commands credibility in the eyes of many citizens from Syria to Saudi Arabia, many are still waiting for clear progress — or even a concrete plan.

Christian Science Monitor

Graveside protest planned in Iran

Iranian opposition leaders say they will attend ceremonies to honor those killed in violence, which followed the country's disputed election result.

BBC

Iran to put protestors on trial

Al Jazeera

NATION

Baby cut from murdered mother's womb found alive

A baby cut from the womb of her murdered mother in Massachusetts was found alive in New Hampshire and a suspect is in custody, police said.

FOX News

Police: Woman dead, fetus cut from womb

YouTube

Northwest heat wave sets records

Brutal temperatures are predicted for the Seattle area as a record heat wave afflicting the Pacific Northwest continues, according to the National Weather Service.

CBS News

Water danger escalates as temperatures soar

KING5

POLITICS

Fees may deter efforts to alter loans

The Obama administration summoned mortgage company executives to Washington to demand they move faster to lower payments for homeowners sliding toward foreclosure.

MSNBC

Pete Sessions's blimp flies into storm

Pete Sessions, R-Texas — the chief of the Republicans’ campaign arm in the House — says on his website that earmarks have become “a symbol of a broken Washington to the American people.”

Politico

Food safety bill fails, gets another chance to pass

Legislation that would increase regulation of food processors and growers of fruits and vegetables failed to pass. A 280-150 vote in favor of the legislation was just short of the required two-thirds majority.

Des Moines Register

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Custody agreement gives Michael Jackson children to grandmother

After weeks of negotiations, Michael Jackson's mother Katherine Jackson and his ex-wife Debbie Rowe have reached an out-of-court agreement.

ABC News

Custody deal reached for Jackson's kids

MSNBC

Handling big winnings from lottery, casinos and game shows takes smarts

Aubrey Boyce is a lucky duck. By the time New York's freshly minted Mr. Moneybags claimed his Mega Millions jackpot, he'd already made all the right moves.

NY Daily News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Newfound bird is bald

Scientists have discovered a rare new bird species with a bald head. The creature, dubbed the bare-faced bulbul, was found in Laos and is the only known bald songbird in mainland Asia.

LiveScience

Bizarre walking bat has ancient heritage

A bizarre New Zealand bat that is as much at home walking four-legged on the ground as winging through the air had an Australian ancestor 20 million years ago with the same rare ability.

ScienceDaily

Twitter's new home page: information, not status updates

The micro-blogging service unveiled its revamped home page, which doesn't change anything for people who are already using Twitter, it's just a different look and feel for twitter.com if you haven't logged in.

CNET News

Blog:

Twitter redesigns home page

PC World

EDUCATION

Financial aid 101: make deadline

The state will deny the financial aid applications of an estimated 130,000 students — the most in Illinois history.

Chicago Sun-Times

School budgets dip, class sizes grow

Like a seesaw on the school playground, falling state budgets are pushing class sizes higher.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Reverend Ike dies at 74

The Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, the flamboyant minister known as the Rev. Ike who preached the blessings of material prosperity, died in Los Angeles at age 74.

San Jose Mercury News

Summer camp for atheists: Camp Quest offers secular alternative

An organization called Camp Quest offers secular parents an alternative to sending their children to religious-based summer camps.

NY Daily News

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GOOD NEWS

Ex-homeless man honored for memoir

Thomas Wagner, who used to live under a viaduct, was honored for penning the critically acclaimed memoir, "Land of the Lost Souls: My Life on the Streets."

NY Daily News

Campers help the hungry in Africa

Youthfront is participating in Feed the Hunger, a project that sends packages of rice, soy, dried vegetables and vitamins to Third World countries. The campers want to put together about 100,000 meals.

Kansas City Star

WORLD

Pakistani air force improves targeting of Taliban attacks

The Pakistani military has moved away from scorched-earth tactics, using images from spy planes instead of relying on Google Earth and utilizing more laser-guided bombs.

Bloomberg

US unsure of Swat offensive success