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Australian soldier Michael Heinrich, left, walks after the wreath-laying ceremonies at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, northern France, during ANZAC Day. (Photo by Michel Spingler / AP)

Western Front battlefield: most detailed study ever

Archaeologists have begun the most detailed ever study of a Western Front battlefield where 28 British tunnellers lie beneath untouched scrubland, entombed victims of a “hidden” underground war.

Telegraph.co.uk

The tunnels underneath a WWI battlefield

BBC

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

Thousands lose tax-exempt status

More than 19,000 organizations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware have lost their nonprofit status after failing to file federal tax returns according to the Internal Revenue Service.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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

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

Catholic bishops to take 2nd look at abuse rules

A review of church sex abuse guidelines will top the agenda when the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops meet in Seattle. But no major changes have been proposed, according to church leaders.

Religion News Service

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

Protesters held mass demonstrations against nuclear power on the three-month anniversary of the powerful earthquake and tsunami that killed over 23,000 and triggered a nuclear disaster.

MSNBC

More than 100 million children worldwide work in hazardous jobs

Every minute of every day, a child laborer somewhere in the world suffers a work-related accident, illness or trauma, the International Labor Organization said.

CNN

E. coli outbreak from sprouts, German investigators say

Investigators have identified German vegetable sprouts as the source of the deadly European E. coli outbreak that has killed 31 people and sickened nearly 3,100.

ABC News

One small farm lies at the center of the disease outbreak

The Atlantic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Broken idols of Keros: British archaeologists explain Greek mystery

Cambridge scientists dig up evidence of beautiful marble figurines broken then buried by Greeks 4,500 years ago

Guardian

Natural gas green role

MIT has issued a report that states that natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades.

Environmental News Network

ENVIRONMENT

Humans’ aversion to red has an incredible evolutionary past

Red can symbolize danger, heat and even anger. A recent set of experiments indicates humans’ apprehension of red may have evolutionary roots.

Discovery News

Is all the wild weather connected?

Is some underlying climactic condition driving recent extreme weather such as the Joplin tornado? It could be La Niña, trade winds that blow through every five years, or global warming.

LiveScience

New dino may be world’s smallest

Palaeontologists working in the U.K. have unearthed what may be the world’s smallest known non-avian dinosaur, at about a foot in length and weighing just 7 ounces.

Discovery News

SPORTS

Wade inspires Heat with ring revelation

The proposal came on the eve of the NBA playoffs. That’s when Dwyane Wade brought out the ring, slipped it on his finger and made the championship vow in front of his Miami Heat teammates.

ESPN

Tsonga upends Nadal at Queen’s Club

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied to defeat top-ranked Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals of the Queen’s Club tournament.

Sports Illustrated

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

CMA Music Festival showcases country artists big and small

From the buzz surrounding American Idol final duo of Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina to the dozens of up-and-coming artists, country music’s future continues to unfold in front of Nashville crowds.

USA TODAY

CMA Music Festival preview: Billy Ray Cyrus

YouTube

Paris — a ‘laboratory’ for urban design

Paris, the city that has inspired legions of artists and creative thinkers over the centuries is looking to the future — searching for urban design projects at the forefront of innovation and utility.

Reuters

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