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Pedestrians outside Athens City Hall pass a plaque representing a Greek one-drachma coin, the Greek currency that was replaced by the euro in 2002. Greek party leaders are in power-sharing talks as negotiations to create a government drag into a second week. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris / AP)

Older Americans opt for surgery in order to keep active

Increasing numbers of older Americans are opting for orthopedic procedures that they hope will allow them to remain active well into their golden years.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Your voice: a new wrinkle in aging

Aging baby boomers have long used exercise, surgery and collagen to try to slow the natural processes of aging. Now, some are searching for medical help with their vocal cords to fight sounding “old.”

Star Tribune

Greek government talks set to resume

The Greek president will resume talks with political party leaders in a scramble to try to form a new government, but the head of the second-largest party says he will not attend.

CNN

Europe: Shares fall on Greek political uncertainty

BBC

Eurozone debt crisis: live

Telegraph.co.uk

In America, 1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education

A study finds that 1 in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college education or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation.

ABC News

Special section:

Autism spectrum disorders

WebMD

Despite dangers, teens text and drive

Virtually all teenagers agree that texting while driving is dangerous, but nearly half admit they have done it anyway, according to a new nationwide survey.

Reuters

NATION

US economy: Recession added debt, drained families’ savings

The economy may be improving, however many American families are still weighed down by debt and without a safety net, according to a new University of Michigan report.

USA TODAY

Hefty salaries, benefits and perks for union leaders raise eyebrows

Watchdog groups find the perks and benefits enjoyed by officials of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers to be unusual and profligate.

McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Registering Florida voters is a different game with new restrictions

In Florida, there are tough new restrictions on groups that conduct voter registration drives. The restrictions already appear to impact the number of people who are registering to vote.

NPR

‘War on women?’ Yes, no and a sidestep

With women’s votes emerging as a major battleground in the 2012 presidential election, the three women in Minnesota’s congressional delegation are carving out distinctly contrasting roles.

Star Tribune

Younger Cuban-American voters shift away from the GOP

A couple of generations removed from the exile experience of the 1960s, which created lockstep allegiance to the strongly anti-Communist GOP, younger Cubans are brandishing a more independent outlook.

Tampa Bay Times

BUSINESS

JPMorgan executives to leave over trading loss-sources

JPMorgan will move to limit the fallout from a shock trading loss that could reach $3 billion or more by parting company with three top executives involved in its costly failed hedging strategy.

Reuters

Yahoo’s CEO to step down amid scandal

Yahoo’s embattled CEO Scott Thompson is set to step down from his job at the Silicon Valley Internet giant — in what will be a dramatic end to a controversy over a fake computer science degree.

AllThingsD

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

‘Solar panel’ eye implant promises sight without wires

Tiny “solar panels” implanted into the eye could one day restore vision to the blind without the need for any ugly wires.

New Scientist

Manta rays deep sea secret revealed

Very little is known about giant manta rays, the world’s largest of the ray species reaching up to 25 feet wide. Now, the first study using satellite tracking of the creatures has revealed a few secrets.

Discovery News

EDUCATION

As college costs soar, total student loans in US top $1 trillion

Up to 94 percent of students who earn a bachelor’s degree borrow to pay for higher education — up from 45 percent in 1993. This includes loans from the federal government and relatives.

Denver Post

Graduating into debt

New York Times

Advocacy groups shaking up education

A new generation of education advocacy groups has emerged to play a formidable political role in states and communities across the country.

Education Week

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Legendary bass player Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn found dead in Tokyo at age 70

Musician Donald “Duck” Dunn, the pioneering bass player whose grooves drove Booker T and the MGs and hits including Otis Redding’s Respect, has died in Tokyo, aged 70.

Guardian

2 minute history: Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn

YouTube

Film making battle continues to brew

Digital movie making is on the rise, but some high-profile directors still shoot popcorn flicks the old way.

The Atlantic

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Bob Greene):

A Kansas town tries to keep the train coming through

CNN

Blog (John Surico):

If you ever become a CEO, make sure your resume is flawless

(Village Voice)

Runnin' Scared

Column (Timothy R. Szymanski):

Kids and fire: a deadly combination

Las Vegas Review Journal

Column (Robert Redford):

Don’t drill for gas in Utah’s Desolation Canyon

Denver Post

Column (Mansfield Frazier and Larry Durstin):

Clergy and Obama’s stance on same-sex marriage

Daily Beast

Column (Trudy Rubin):

Whither political Islam?

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Leonard Pitts Jr.):

As the president moves forward, North Carolina steps backward

Seattle Times

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Jack Higgins’ opinion

Chicago Sun-Times

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GOOD NEWS

School janitor comes full circle with college graduation

Before graduating with a degree in elementary education, Toby Meyer had scrubbed the toilets and mopped the floors of the Maryland Heights elementary school he attended as a boy.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Teaching girls lessons in life, on and off the ice

Sharon Cohen founded Figure Skating in Harlem in 1997. It was the first program in the nation to pair figure skating with academics, and since then it has grown to serve thousands of girls.

Msnbc.com

Figure Skating in Harlem

Vimeo

When a son sent out a digital prayer, a stranger answered to rescue his mom

There are only two posts on Michael Andrade’s blog on the social-media site Tumblr. But those two say it all.

Globeandmail.com