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Married for 7 months, Hai Nguyen, 37 and her husband John Pope, 37, sit outside their home in Houston. They are part of a slowing trend of inter-ethnic marriage. (Photo by Michael Stravato / AP)

Is US a melting pot?

The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has risen 20 percent since 2000. While still growing, that number is a marked drop-off from the 65 percent increase between 1990 and 2000.

San Jose Mercury News

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development raises growth forecast

The global economy is recovering faster than expected with Asia leading the way, but it is at risk from huge debts in developed countries and overheating in countries such as China, the OECD said.

BusinessWeek

Stocks rebound from slump, commodities rally; Euro weakens

Bloomberg

BP attempts 'top kill' method to seal oil well

BP was poised to decide whether to move ahead with its most ambitious and potentially most consequential effort to plug the mile-deep gusher of oil that has been streaming into the Gulf of Mexico.

New York Times

BP to begin 'top kill' operation

BBC

Politics and gangsters: Behind the war on Jamaica's streets

The drama that led to the government declaring a state of emergency in Kingston started in New York City, when a grand jury indicted alleged drug-lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke.

TIME

Jamaica police storm Kingston neighborhood

YouTube

Atlantis lands after final flight

The shuttle Atlantis closed out its 32nd and final planned mission with a smooth Florida landing, wrapping up a quarter century of service with a successful space station assembly mission.

CNET News

Atlantis returns home

CNN

NATION

Hunt is on for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' votes

A deal between the White House and congressional leaders that could end the 17-year-old federal law banning openly gay Americans from serving in the military was hailed as a "game-changer."

NPR

Poll: Nearly 8 in 10 favor allowing openly gay people to serve in the military

CNN

Police coalition challenges Ariz. law

Major city police chiefs will meet with Attorney General Eric Holder to oppose the controversial Ariz. immigration law that they fear could drive a wedge between the community and local law enforcement.

USA TODAY

Ariz. law: boycotts starting to take a toll

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Obama orders Guard to Mexican border

President Barack Obama is preparing to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, amid concern about cross-border criminal activity and a debate over immigration.

Politico

Abduction of powerful Mexican politician

Washington Post

Obama to send 1,200 troops to border

Associated Press

On immigration, racial divide runs deep

White and Latino Americans are deeply divided over immigration, their allegiances to the nation’s political parties and their opinions about President Barack Obama.

MSNBC

Could you pass latest citizenship test?

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hubble discovers star eating a planet

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a planet being eaten by its parent star. This marks the first time that the event has been recorded so clearly.

CBS News

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Hubble 20

NASA

Bird conservation: Alaotra grebe extinct

The Alaotra grebe is extinct, according to the latest assessment of the world's rarest birds. Experts have confirmed its demise, killed off by a combination of poaching and predatory fish.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Wood-powered 'biomass' plants are making critics bark

Plans for electricity-generating "biomass" plants are in the works around the country and they're under attack from critics who worry that burning more wood may not be environmentally friendly enough.

NPR

Prison shutting down wood-burning power plant

Las Vegas Sun

Chemicals may increase diabetes risk

Chemicals in the water, soil or buildings around you could be upping your risk of developing diabetes, according to new research from Stanford University.

ABC News

New dioxins: Anti-bacterial soap combine with chlorine in waste-water

Manufacturers have been adding the germ fighter triclosan to soaps, hand washes, and a range of other products. But here's a dirty little secret: once it washes down the drain, that triclosan can spawn dioxins.

Environmental News Network

HEALTH

Control of high blood pressure improving

While the number of Americans with high blood pressure has not declined in recent years, more people with the condition have it under control.

U.S. News & World Report

Bacterium predicter of colorectal cancer

Recent findings suggest that bacteria residing in the human intestinal tract may be associated with an individual's risk of developing colon cancer.

ScienceDaily

SPORTS

Frye leads charge by Suns bench to even series vs. Lakers

The Phoenix Suns got a decisive performance from their hustling bench to overcome Kobe Bryant's 38-point, 10-assist performance and beat the Lakers 115-106 in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

ESPN

Jackson shuts door on Bulls, intrigued by Nets

Sporting News

US mulls expanding Armstrong probe to include possible fraud

U.S. federal authorities investigating accusations that Lance Armstrong and other top cyclists engaged in doping are considering expanding their probe to include other charges involving fraud.

Sports Illustrated

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GOOD NEWS

Social media boosts organ donors

A Michigan resident is one example of how patients and activists are using social networking to encourage more organ donations among the living and dead.

Detroit News

Donated beds help Pittsburgh students get the rest they need

Forty children arrived home to find a new twin bed. Some of the children from a high-poverty school had been sleeping on the floor or a couch with several others.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

95 year old woman finally gets high school diploma

At the Falkville High School graduation ceremonies in Alabama was 95-year-old Earlene Harvey-Morris, whose dreams of a diploma were snatched away from her 77 years ago.

MSNBC

WORLD

Why are honor killings rising in India?