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Oil containment booms are dragged by a boat skimming the oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in areas of Terrebone Bay near Cocodrie, La. (Photo by Judi Bottoni / AP)

Fake weed causes real concerns

A blend of herbs laced with synthetic marijuana known popularly as K2 is being sold openly in head shops and online, often sending people who smoke it to hospitals.

ABC News

N.J.'s medical marijuana solution

Newsweek

School districts slow to tap into federal stimulus funds

Federal authorities are encouraging school districts to spend education stimulus money to save jobs and blunt the effects of statewide budget cuts, but districts have been slow to draw their share of the funds.

Denver Post

BP to install new containment cap

A new, tighter cap is expected to be placed on top of the busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, a few steps shy of knowing whether it will be enough to finally stop crude from gushing into the Gulf.

Baltimore Sun

BP: Close to capping leak

CBS News

Special section:

Map: Impact of the oil disaster

CNN

N. Korea, US-led UN command to meet

Military officers from North Korea and the U.S.-led U.N. Command will hold rare talks on the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship, their first meeting since the incident dramatically raised tensions.

Houston Chronicle

Making most of credit card rewards

As long as you don't have credit card debt, it's possible for your credit cards to work for you instead of you working for them. In other words, get a card that rewards you for using it.

ABC News

More Americans' credit scores sink to new lows

CBS News

NATION

Feds focus on homeless

The Obama administration's promise to end homelessness within a decade has been welcomed by local policy leaders and homeless advocates with applause — and also some weary skepticism.

San Francisco Chronicle

5 myths about America's homeless

Washington Post

'Barefoot Bandit' captured 2 years later

Colton Harris-Moore, the 19-year-old 'Barefoot Bandit' who allegedly stole cars, boats and airplanes to dodge U.S. law enforcement, was captured in the Bahamas as he tried to make a water escape.

Seattle Times

'Barefoot Bandit' nabbed after boat chase

MSNBC

Md. prepares grand salute to War of 1812

Maryland will revel in its War of 1812 history with a celebration of the pivotal battles, enduring sites and hometown heroes that had a role in the conflict.

Baltimore Sun

POLITICS

Obama spokesman says Democrats could lose House

President Barack Obama's party could lose its House majority in this fall's elections, his spokesman said, perhaps trying to jolt Democratic voters with the specter of GOP lawmakers rolling back policies.

San Francisco Chronicle

Dems facing uphill battle to keep House?

MSNBC

Governors voice concerns on immigration

Democratic governors voiced anxiety about the Obama administration’s suit against Arizona’s new immigration law, worrying that it could cost a vulnerable Democratic Party in the fall elections.

New York Times

Congress stalled on jobless benefits

When members of Congress return from their break, they'll find a big challenge waiting for them right where they left it. The issue is unemployment — an extension of benefits.

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Facebook launches safety application

After months of pressure to improve its online safety features, Facebook has reached an agreement to provide an application not dissimilar to the "panic button" critics have called for.

Guardian

What’s killing farmed salmon? New virus may also pose risk to wild salmon

Farmed fish are an important food source, with a global harvest now at 110 million tons and growing. But infectious disease epidemics threaten one of its most popular products: farmed Atlantic salmon.

ScienceDaily

Deepwater sharks feed on other sharks

These sharks' diets had long been a mystery, but DNA sequencing is shedding light on how they survive in their deepwater world.

Discovery News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Family goes happily 'retro' to shake off the TV habit

Taylor Kidd, 19, and her family of Mechanicsburg, Pa., did a flashback to the past — trying a half-dozen different retro games and activities every night for a week.

USA TODAY

World Population Day 2010

Every country counts it people. These numbers help decision makers decide what the requirements and daily needs of the common people are.

allindiatoday.com

HEALTH

Lifesaving drugs killing health workers

Studies as far back as the 1970s have linked increased rates of certain cancers to health workers. Experts believe that's because accidental spills and punctures put them in contact with hazardous drugs.

Seattle Times

The dark side of perfectionism revealed

Perfectionists, by definition, strive for the best, trying to ace exams, be meticulous at their jobs, and raise perfect children. This drive for the ideal translates over to their physical and mental health as well.

LiveScience

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Examining the biblical truth that Jesus spoke Hebrew

For some Christians, the fact that Jesus spoke Hebrew is a matter of biblical truth. Therefore, any claim that he spoke Aramaic is more than just a difference of opinion about history.

Beliefnet

Iran clerics to fight western influence

The Iranian government said it will send hundreds of clerics into Tehran's schools this fall to fight Western influence and the appeal of the political opposition.

CBS News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Steve Kornacki):

Putting the left's Obama 'despair' in perspective

(Salon)

War Room

Column (Larry Seidman):

God and the law: What if they don't agree?

MSNBC

Column (Louis Miller):

Backers of legal pot just want to get high

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Ken Blackwell):

Obama's 'Fly Me to the Crescent Moon' policy

Huffington Post

Column (Tom Belden):

Winging it: Airlines are a public goods in need of regulation

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Doug Saunders):

Soccer shatters ethnic myths

Globeandmail.com

Editorial:

Climategate still echoes

Boston Herald

Editorial:

What's Ozzy Osbourne's secret?

Akron Beacon Journal

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GOOD NEWS

Family gears up for bike challenge to fight cancer

Families affected by cancer take part in the annual Pan-Massachusettes charity bike-a-thon, which raises more money than any other athletic fundraiser.

Telegram & Gazette

Anna Halprin works on mind, body

Anna Halprin has spent much of her career examining how ritual can inform dance. But the iconoclastic modern dancer and choreographer has no plans to celebrate her 90th birthday.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Somali militants claim responsibility for Uganda bombings

The death toll from twin bombings in Uganda rose to at least 60, after explosions ripped through venues where crowds were watching the World Cup.

CNN

15 years after Srebrenica, Bosnians still bury the dead