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Damage to the walls is seen at Metropolitan AME Church, one of the locations announced by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin / AP)

The 11 most endangered historic places

The National Trust for Historic Preservation added 11 sites to its most-endangered list, including one of the last remaining Negro League ball parks, and other historic sites.

CNN

Endangered list

CBS News

Merritt Parkway: endangered historic place

YouTube

Record growth among entrepreneurs

More entrepreneurs launched new businesses in 2009 than at any other time in the past 14 years, showing that they have remained a strength of the U.S. economy.

The Hill

BP bows to demands from Congress

At a hearing in Congress BP was accused of withholding data and blocking efforts by independent scientists to estimate the amount of crude spewing into the Gulf.

Guardian

Scientist: BP's oil spill estimates improbable

NPR

Oil washing up on marshes

National Geographic

Surprise jump in jobless claims

The number of first-time filers for unemployment insurance rose last week for the first time in a month, according to a weekly government report.

CNNMoney

3 tools for restoring Facebook privacy

Leave it to some clever entrepreneurs to do what Facebook has so far refused to do: Put back the privacy protections Facebook just took away.

PC World

Study: Parents want to communicate with pediatricians via e-mail

Parents would like to ask a quick question forgotten during an office visit. Or consult the doctor about a rash or fever. They want to ask, with the ease of a mouse click, "Do I need to worry about this?"

Baltimore Sun

NATION

When kin of slaves and owner meet

Betty Kilby was gripped with apprehension. Descendants of the white family that enslaved her kin were coming to dinner.

CNN

Tornadoes touch down In Okla.

More than a dozen tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma as another round of severe weather developed.

KOCO

POLITICS

Sweeping Wall Street reform bill advances in Senate

The U.S. Senate voted to end debate on the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the 1930s, allowing a final vote.

Reuters

Education chief says 300,000 teachers could lose jobs

Three hundred thousand teachers nationwide, including 4,000 in Massachusetts, could lose their jobs this year if Congress does not provide additional money to aid states and municipalities.

Boston Globe

White House embraces Sestak

Shortly after Rep. Joe Sestak won an improbable victory over Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate primary, President Obama called Mr. Sestak to congratulate him.

New York Times

Primary voters display discontent

PBS

HEALTH

Antibiotics can leave a patient resistant to that drug for a year

Researchers found that giving patients a course of antibiotics doubles the chance they will develop bacterial resistance.

Telegraph.co.uk

Millions are losing their hearing

May is Better Hearing Month, but millions of Americans continue to needlessly risk losing their hearing each day, warns audiologist Dr. Cindy Beyer.

EHS Today

Links in infertility treatment to autism

A new study provides some of the strongest evidence to date that autism is linked with the ovulation-inducing drug Clomid and other similar drugs.

TIME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Pakistanis restricted access to Facebook and YouTube

Pakistanis woke up to find access to popular websites Facebook and YouTube blocked after a government crackdown on websites seen to be hosting un-Islamic content.

BBC

Headless Egypt king statue found; link to Cleopatra's tomb?

A massive, headless statue of a Greek king has been found in the ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple, adding to evidence that the structure could be the final resting place of Marc Antony and Cleopatra.

National Geographic

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic drilling advances amid concern

A proposal to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean as early as this summer received initial permits at the same time federal auditors were questioning the office about its environmental review process.

New York Times

US scientists urge action on climate change

NPR

Ocean warmed significantly over 16 years

The ocean has warmed significantly over the past decade and a half, a new study based on ocean warming data suggests.

LiveScience

Blog:

Greenland rising as ice continues to melt

PlanetSave.com

SPORTS

Lakers, Celtics aiming at rematch

The NBA’s historic rivals are once again staring each other down. They’re playing a nightly game of can-you-top-this that’s threatening to make a mockery of their respective conference finals.

Yahoo! News

Flying without a net: cheer injuries rise

Cheerleading — not basketball, not softball, not even field hockey or ice hockey — is by far the most dangerous sport for girls.

MSNBC

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GOOD NEWS

Towson graduate calls on experience as a Marine

Veteran Patrick Young realized that he did not have much in common with the average college student. But he identified with veterans at Towson University, so he helped to found a center for them.

Baltimore Sun

Ind. kindergartners study, raise, care for endangered species called axolotls

Native to Mexico, axolotls (pronounced ax-oh-lot-uls) look like a cross between a big tadpole and a lizard. Rene Mancourt's class began learning about the creatures and have been studying them since.

Indianapolis Star

WORLD

Obama hails UN Iran sanctions draft

President Barack Obama has vowed to pursue fresh U.N. sanctions against Iran despite Tehran's nuclear deal with Turkey and Brazil.

BBC

Iran's nuclear deal