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In this file photo, Otis McDonald, one of four plaintiffs in the Chicago handgun ban case, takes part in a news conference in front of the Supreme Court. McDonald has said he joined a federal lawsuit to challenge the ban because he wants a handgun to protect himself. (Photo by Haraz N. Ghanbari / AP)

Warnings about sex, violence come to Christian movies

Seals are part of a new system to gauge the Christian values in films that contain sex, violence and drugs — a system developed by the Dove Foundation.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Total stops petrol sales to Iran

French energy company Total says it has stopped petrol deliveries to Iran, after the U.S. Congress passed unilateral sanctions that could punish companies doing business with Iran.

BBC

Iran postpones nuclear talks

Guardian

Court rules in favor of gun rights

The nation's highest court extended its landmark 2008 ruling that individual Americans have a constitutional right to own guns to all the cities and states for the first time.

Reuters

Special section:

Guns in America

CBS News

NRA will fight to implement handgun decision

MSNBC

Byrd, longest-serving member of Congress dies

Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to the state of his Depression-era upbringing, died at age 92.

MSNBC

Byrd: 'I love the Senate'

CNN

False sense of security at dating sites

Despite the fact that many online dating sites don't perform background checks, users feel a comfort level that they won't run into sexual offenders or other criminals because they have paid for the service.

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Pride Parade hits middle age

San Francisco's 40th annual Gay Pride Parade marched its way through the city's heart with thousands of revelers undeterred by the previous evening's fatal shooting in the Castro neighborhood.

San Francisco Chronicle

Marchers celebrate gay pride across the country

CNN

Worldwide pride

MSNBC

Cleanup jobs are hard to find in the Gulf

Despite the size of the Gulf oil spill, cleanup jobs are hard to come by. Job-seekers say they have gotten the runaround from BP and the Louisiana Workforce Commission when inquiring about work.

NPR

Unpaid summer internships gaining popularity

Summer is the peak season for educational internships of all kinds — paid and unpaid. For small businesses, the unpaid ones are gaining in popularity.

Los Angeles Times

POLITICS

GOP eager to press case in Kagan hearing

Republicans, who decided early on that they stood little chance of defeating Elena Kagan, settled on making her confirmation process a "teachable moment" to highlight the dangers of liberal judicial activism.

Politico

SC hearings: 5 hot topics for Kagan

TIME

Senator's concern may complicate Wall Street bill vote

President Barack Obama's efforts to win final approval of a historic financial regulatory reform bill looked more complicated after a Republican senator threatened to oppose it.

Reuters

HEALTH

Blood test may predict menopause

A simple doctor's-office blood test may one day be able to predict when a woman will start menopause, possibly even in women in their 20s.

CNN

Early intervention can help children ward off diabetes

Middle-schoolers at high risk for diabetes can reduce their risk for this disease if health interventions are made in the school, suggests research.

USA TODAY

C-section babies skip the bacterial slide

A new study shows that bacteria found on babies delivered via cesarean section just minutes after birth are drastically different from the bacteria found on babies who are delivered vaginally.

NPR

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Tattoo businesses thrive in recession

Surveys and personal stories indicate increasing acceptance for a practice once considered the domain of biker gangs and drunken sailors.

San Jose Mercury News

Friends performing weddings is popular

In 2009, one out of every seven weddings in the U.S. was performed by a friend of the couple and not by a member of the clergy.

NPR

Michael Jackson sells 35 million albums since death

Michael Jackson has sold an estimated 35 million albums worldwide since his death one year ago, according to Billboard — an unprecedented response to a musician's passing.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Water trickles back into village, thanks to solar desalination

Ismail Achar never thought a day would come when his island village in Pakistan would be reduced to a barren tract of land with hardly a drop of water to drink.

OneWorld

Scientific expertise lacking among 'doubters' of climate change

Scientists unconvinced that human beings have contributed significantly to climate change have far less expertise and prominence in climate research compared with scientists who are convinced.

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Christian Legal Society loses in SC case

The Supreme Court said that a California law school can require a Christian group to open its leadership positions to all students, including those who disagree with the group's statement of faith.

Christianity Today

Israeli pig-farming kibbutz draws ire

Kibbutz Lahav, which raises pigs for pork, insists that the primary purpose of its herd is for medical research. Some think this is disrespectful to the Jewish community.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Naomi Klein):

Sticking the public with the bill for the bankers’ crisis

Globeandmail.com

Editorial:

Obama fills oil-drilling panel with opponents of offshore exploration

Detroit News

Column (Diana West):

So what if McChrystal lost his job?

Washington Examiner

Column (Farah Stockman):

Elena Kagan and the Harvard stigma

Boston Globe Magazine

Column (Jonah Goldberg):

The Democrats' vision problem

RealClearPolitics

Editorial:

Watching the watchmen is no crime

Washington Examiner

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

The Jeffrey Goldberg media

Salon

Editorial:

How would you cut $1 billion?

Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Inner-city boys school marks first graduation, sends 107 to college

For each boy, the new Urban Prep charter school offered an escape and a chance at a life that seemed beyond reach.

Star Tribune

Mission: lose 100 lbs to donate a kidney

A father of five is hitting the gym to lose 100 pounds so he can donate a kidney to his daughter.

New Zealand Herald

Therapeutic dog gets high praise for his role in preschool classroom

It's hard work trying to be a very good dog all the time. And when it comes to succeeding in preschool, it's equally hard to be a well-behaved little boy or girl for hours at a stretch.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

Turkey bars Israel military flight after Gaza raid