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Rosa Maria Soto, right, and Maria Durand, both from Arizona, cheer as they react to the United States Supreme Court decision regarding Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB1070, comes down at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. (Photo by Ross D. Franklin / AP)

Stimulation During Sleep Enhances Skill Acquisition

A new research from Northwestern University shows that listening to a musical piece during sleep allowed people to learn a composition faster than an unplayed one.

PlanetSave.com

Music helping unlock mystery of oxytocin

Salt Lake Tribune

Rare giant tortoise Lonesome George dies in Galapagos Islands

The giant tortoise named Lonesome George — the last of the Pinta Island subspecies and an enduring icon of the Galapagos — died Sunday, the Galapagos National Park said in a statement.

NY Daily News

Lonesome George led a not-so-lonely life

Christian Science Monitor

Supreme Court verdict on Ariz. immigration law

The Supreme Court has upheld the most controversial element of Arizona’s immigration law, allowing the state to require police officers to enforce immigration laws.

CBS News

Special section:

Key moments in the history of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law

USA TODAY

Egypt’s Mursi starts to form government

Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, Mohammed Mursi, has started forming a government, after promising to be a leader for all Egyptians.

BBC

Morsi prepares for government in Egypt

Guardian

Egypt’s long road to the presidency

CNN

Slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby drenches Florida, spawns tornadoes

Tropical Storm Debby’s slow progress meant the most pressing threat from the storm was flooding, not wind.

Msnbc.com

Debby pounds Gulf Coast

The Weather Channel

NATION

Colorado faces worst wildfire season in a decade, many evacuations

In Colorado, at least 248 homes have been destroyed this summer. More than 6,000 people have been recently evacuated near Colorado Springs.

Christian Science Monitor

Colorado officials on lookout for fireworks

Denver Post

Fire evacuees ‘get out of the way and wait’

USA TODAY

Your ad here, on a fire truck? Broke cities sell naming rights

In exploring the option of selling ad space on its fire trucks, Baltimore is joining other financially struggling cities around the country that are trying to weather the downturn by selling advertisements.

Msnbc.com

Marchers fill streets across US in celebration of gay pride

From San Francisco to New York and cities and towns in between, revelers crowded streets and sidewalks for annual gay pride parades.

Msnbc.com

Pride parade acknowledges landmark same-sex marriage anniversary

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

POLITICS

Democrats and Republicans gird for Supreme Court health care ruling fallout

The justices are expected to announce their ruling on whether President Barack Obama’s health care law, the Affordable Care Act, considered by most to be his signature achievement, is constitutional.

CBS News

Most Americans oppose health care law but like many of its provisions

Reuters

Why is Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital such a target?

Press reports detailed jobs sent abroad and executive profits made when firms failed during Mitt Romney’s time running Bain Capital. Are charges such as these fair, and will they stick?

Christian Science Monitor

Romney’s possible VP picks meet in Utah

Msnbc.com

EDUCATION

Crunch time looming for Congress on student loans

It’s crunch time for Congress, with interest rates on student loans subsidized by Uncle Sam slated to double to 6.8% on July 1.

CNNMoney

Deep cuts to Oakland schools’ special education programs blindside teachers

The Oakland, Calif., school district’s special-education programs will take a $4.3 million hit next school year under a plan to fix a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall discovered just a month ago.

San Jose Mercury News

ENVIRONMENT

US East Coast sea levels rising faster than rest of globe

From Cape Hatteras, N.C., to just north of Boston, sea levels are rising much faster than they are around the globe, putting one of the world’s most costly coasts in danger of flooding, researchers say.

San Jose Mercury News

More bins, more bottles?

Do you find yourself buying plastic beverage bottles without regret because they can be tossed in the recycling bin?

E Magazine

HEALTH

Cranberry industry wary of upcoming nutrition standards

To address childhood obesity in America, the Department of Agriculture is finalizing guidelines for what can be sold in school vending machines, stores and a la carte cafeteria lines.

USA TODAY

Diets suggested for more pregnant women

As the number of obese pregnant women rises, some doctors are counseling expectant mothers to lose weight to avoid serious complications.

Baltimore Sun

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The family dinner is back — not haute, but the right thing to do

The family dinner is back: From Hollywood to the White House and out there at the dinner tables of America, the family ritual is increasingly considered the right thing to do.

Christian Science Monitor

‘Mugly’ wins World’s Ugliest Dog title

Competing for fame, $1,000 and a year’s worth of dog cookies, 8-year-old rescue dog Mugly won the honor by beating out 28 other ugly dogs from around the world.

CBS News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Alex Lickerman):

Why we should befriend jerks for our benefit

Psychology Today

Column (Susan Hogan):

When free speech and common courtesy collide

Star Tribune

Column (Sarah Miller):

Fear of missing out: Are you a slave to FOMO?

ABC News

Column (Dan Morain):

Citizens United and the return of the ‘copper kings’

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Mary Ann Sieghart):

Can women have it all? Perhaps their daughters can

The Independent

Column (Tali Sharot):

Why we fool ourselves into being optimistic

CNN

Column (Paul Campos):

Penn State values: the system that discourages making waves

Daily Beast

Column (Maxine Frith):

Teenage bulimia and the warped world of fashion magazines

The Telegraph

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GOOD NEWS

Regular exercise can help lower breast cancer risk

A new study finds that exercise can lower breast cancer risk. The intensity of the exercise does not seem to matter, for all it takes is moderate physical activity, which could include gardening or walking.

TIME

Chicago gun turn-in yields 5,500 firearms

Chicago police collected firearms numbering more than 5,500 and counting from a gun turn-in program designed to take dangerous weapons off the street.

CBS News

Gene Sharp: a dictator’s worst nightmare

He’s an unlikely radical — an 84-year-old American academic. But his explosive ideas about the power of non-violence to overthrow corrupt, repressive regimes have literally revolutionized the world.

CNN

WORLD

Hague welcomes stronger sanctions against Syria