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A firefighter protects a backburn to fight the Wallow Fire in Nutrioso, Ariz. The wildfire in eastern Arizona has claimed more than 30 homes, forced nearly 10,000 people to evacuate, and might spread into New Mexico, threatening more towns and two major power lines. (Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP)

WWI underground: The hidden tunnel war

Archaeologists are beginning the most detailed ever study of a Western Front battlefield, an untouched site where 28 British tunnellers lie entombed after dying during brutal underground warfare.

BBC

The wind tunnel that helped win World War II

The Atlantic

Civil War buffs to re-enact 1st US spy balloon’s flight

Civil War memories are taking an aerial turn, with a 150-year-anniversary celebration of the birth of the U.S. Balloon Corps on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

USA TODAY

Ariz. wildfire spreads across N.M. border

The massive Wallow Fire crossed the border into western New Mexico, two weeks after roaring to life along the Arizona-New Mexico border.

CBS News

Ariz. fire spreads, health risks rise

Herald Sun

Ariz. wildfire

MSNBC

US strongly condemning ‘brutality and violence’ in Syria

The US has strongly condemned Syria’s “outrageous use of violence” against anti-government protesters. The White House said the government was leading Syria down a “dangerous path.”

BBC

Blog:

Updates from the Middle East

(Guardian)

Middle East Live

Debt ceiling deadline looms — what is Congress planning to do?

One of the things contributing to the Wall Street swoon is the prospect that the U.S. government is going to default on its debt soon.

CBS News

Blog:

Obama: There is no ‘quick fix’ to economic problems

(USA TODAY)

The Oval

NATION

Weak jobs report is putting new pressure on Obama

With job growth slowing and President Obama’s poll numbers dropping, the White House is trying to stage an intervention.

NPR

Gas prices skid 25 cents a gallon in past month — and may dip further

Gas prices have fallen to $3.72 since topping out at $3.98 a gallon. Plenty of supply and soft demand mean gas prices are likely to keep falling this summer — perhaps another 30 cents a gallon.

Christian Science Monitor

Saudi Arabia’s gift at the gas pump

MarketWatch

Archives exhibit serves up Uncle Sam’s role in our kitchens

The U.S. government’s fascination with America’s eating predates the nation itself, and the National Archives can prove it.

McClatchy Newspapers

Special section:

What’s cooking, Uncle Sam?

National Archives

POLITICS

Michigan state house targets many teachers’ tenures

Bad teachers could be fired more quickly and tenure protections would be stripped as part of a package of bills passed by the Michigan state House of Representatives.

Detroit News

A political earthquake ruptures the California delegation

A redistricting panel has demolished California’s exquisitely gerrymandered congressional map, ushering in the prospect of a massive turnover in the state’s legislative delegation.

Politico

BUSINESS

Dow falls below 12K; stocks drop for 6 weeks straight

Fears that the global economic recovery has stalled pushed the Dow Jones industrial average below 12,000 for the first time since March and drove the stock market lower for the sixth straight week.

ABC News

The audacity of the independent donut

So what on earth would possess someone to open a little, independent doughnut shop in the land of Krispy Kreme?

CNN

Why immigrants are good for economy

A new Brookings Institution report provides important new data and evidence on the role of immigration and immigrants across U.S. metros.

The Atlantic

EDUCATION

‘Gainful employment’ rules disappoint

Under new regulations for career-college programs, a program can lose access to federal student aid if too many of its students fail to find “gainful employment.”

Education Week

Texas schools could get extra cash

Public education funding in Texas would plummet $4 billion under a school finance plan given final approval by the Texas House, but the cuts could be eased by an additional $2.3 billion fund.

Houston Chronicle

HEALTH

ER docs frustrated, burned out by repeat patients, claims recent survey

Americans who routinely turn to hospital emergency departments for non-urgent primary care are a big source of frustration and stress for the doctors who run those facilities, a new national survey reveals.

HealthDay

Aggressive fungus strikes Joplin, MO, tornado victims

A Joplin, Mo., doctor said his hospital treated five Joplin tornado victims for a rare, aggressive fungal infection sometimes known to strike the survivors of other natural disasters.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Respect the Holy Spirit in church life, theologian says

Maureen A. Tilley, professor of theology at Fordham University, opened the 66th annual gathering of The Catholic Theological Society of America, asking: “What does it mean to be Holy?”

National Catholic Reporter

Jacksonville, for a day, center of a global prayer movement

Around 10,000 people are expected to converge on Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Florida for the Global Day of Prayer gathering.

Florida Times-Union

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GOOD NEWS

Baltimore School for the Arts youth program to receive $1 million

The Baltimore School for the Arts’ endowment will receive a $1 million donation that will help sustain a youth program that has exposed city students to the arts for nearly 30 years.

Baltimore Sun

High school students help shape community plan for neglected greenway

Recruiting teenagers to help solve complex urban planning issues might seem counterintuitive. But young people are frequently visible and active users of public space.

California Watch

Salt Lake Bees’ pitcher is a star to those who can’t hear

With just one more call-up, a promotion from the Salt Lake Bees to the parent Los Angeles Angels, Ryan Ketchner will become the first deaf pitcher since 1908 to play in the major leagues.

Salt Lake Tribune

WORLD

Anti-nuke protests in Japan, 3 months after quake