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Is Facebook becoming a 'tool' for cheating spouses?

A recent survey found that 81 percent of divorce attorneys have seen an increase in the number of cases using social networking evidence during the past five years.

CNN

Blog:

Facebook hits new traffic record

(Forbes)

Velocity

Free preventive health care

A variety of preventive services, from immunizations to colonoscopies, is due to be covered without cost to consumers under new insurance plans as part of the health care reform bill.

WebMD

In austere times, can bribery be healthy?

Reuters

BP begins critical pressure tests in Gulf oil well

A highly anticipated "well integrity test" designed to measure pressure within BP's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well began after a delay caused by leaking equipment. The test could take up to 48 hours.

CNN

The lost legacy of the last great oil spill

Nature

Special section:

Disaster in the Gulf

MSNBC

Senate passes sweeping Wall Street reform bill

The Senate has cleared a sweeping bank regulation bill for final passage by breaking through a Republican blockade. The bill aims to address regulatory weaknesses blamed for the 2008 financial crisis.

MSNBC

Major US financial regulation reform proposals

Reuters

Reforming the nation's financial system

ABC News

As the US hands over last prison in Iraq, a glimpse at how detainees lived

Throughout the war, 86,000 Iraqis have gone through US military detention. Many were rounded up during the height of the insurgency and released without charge months or years later.

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Colo. medical marijuana-sellers aim high

At a medical marijuana trade fair in Denver, doctors offered cut-price consultations amid stalls advertising "Mile High" ice-cream and iPhone applications that can locate nearby dispensaries.

BBC

Working seniors outnumber teens

For the first time on record, senior citizens outnumber teens in the labor force, accentuating trends that make it harder for young people to find jobs and more likely for older workers to delay retirement.

San Francisco Chronicle

Sluggish hiring causes worry

NPR

POLITICS

Obama plan outlines reductions in US nuclear arsenal

The Obama administration's 20-year plan for the U.S. nuclear arsenal would reduce the number of deployed and stored warheads from 5,000 to a range of 3,000 to 3,500.

Washington Post

Calif. sues feds over renewable-energy loans for homeowners

California Attorney General Jerry Brown sued the federal government, asking a judge to stop government-sponsored mortgage buyers from blocking a property tax funded energy-efficiency program.

San Jose Mercury News

BUSINESS

US jobless claims fall

New U.S. weekly claims for jobless benefits fell to their lowest level in nearly two years while industrial production eked out a small gain in June.

Reuters

AIG chairman quits over dispute

AIG’s chairman, Harvey Golub, stepped down after losing a power struggle with the chief executive of the bailed-out insurer — a move that could cause further turmoil at the troubled company.

Financial Times

World Cup TV: many viewers, no profits

ESPN, ABC and Univision won't cover their costs of buying tournament rights in the U.S. That's fine with them.

BusinessWeek

HEALTH

Avandia stays on the market, but with added restrictions

After two days of contentious discussion, a federal advisory committee voted to keep the troubled diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) on the market, but with added restrictions for its use.

TIME

Blog:

Glaxo to take $2.4 billion charge to cover Avandia cases, other legal woes

NPR

Hopkins researchers examine sites glorifying eating disorders

A new study by Johns Hopkins examines the content of 180 Websites promoting eating disorders. It is the first step to understand the role they play in developing eating disorders.

Baltimore Sun

EDUCATION

Education voucher programs benefit students and the economy

Tuition voucher programs attempt to improve academic performance through school choice. Vouchers pay a set amount to schools chosen by the students' families.

EducationNews.org

Your family 'type' can affect your kids' school performance

Researchers spent three years looking at the relationship patterns in 234 families with 6-year-olds and found a distinct family-school connection, with certain family types predicting problems in school.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Steinbrenner's impact on baseball reaches beyond Yankees

George Steinbrenner's impact on baseball went far beyond his New York Yankees. He showed all teams that spending lavishly on players — when done intelligently — was a way to produce winners.

Seattle Times

George Steinbrenner, 1930-2010

TIME

Brazil's higher goals for World Cup

Brazil's lauded soccer team may have failed to win the 2010 World Cup, but the nation's evangelicals were satisfied by their own success in South Africa.

Christianity Today

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GOOD NEWS

Missouri college to honor first black applicant 60 years later

At 18, Mary Jean Price, the first black student to apply to Missouri State University, was denied admission. Now — 60 years later — she will receive an honorary degree from the school.

USA TODAY

Youth Day stresses fun, education

Metro Detroit Youth Day may have been established as a day for young people to have fun, but this year the event also focused on education, giving many kids future scholarship opportunities.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Argentine Senate passes bill legalizing gay marriage

Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to legalize gay marriage after the Senate voted in favor.

BBC

Tobacco giant sold cigarettes made using child labor