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Athenians walk by a broken window of a building in central Athens. Greek lawmakers are set to pass a bill to fast-track fresh austerity measures demanded by creditors following two days of rioting in Athens that left some 200 people injured. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris / AP)

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The end of the space age

People like Elon Musk in America and Sir Richard Branson in Britain hope to make human space flight commercially viable. But the market seems small and vulnerable.

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Economist

Contamination still a big problem for American beaches

A new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council showed that beach closings due to contamination in 2010 were the second-highest in two decades.

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Reuters

Testing the waters

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MSNBC

Greek MPs in second austerity vote

Greece’s parliament is holding a second vote on its austerity program, which it needs to implement to secure the country further financial support.

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BBC

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Could America go the way of Greece?

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TIME

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Greece protests

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Christian Science Monitor

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Violence grips streets of Athens

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Sydney Morning Herald

Why are HIV rates high in southern US?

When the AIDS epidemic first surfaced in the U.S. 30 years ago, the illness was primarily an urban problem. But in recent years HIV has begun to take a toll on the South, including rural areas.

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Scientific American

Remaking the future of defense manufacturing for more effectiveness

Military and defense contractors can learn a lot from the wisdom of the masses — and American fighting forces could be better equipped and better protected.

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Popular Science

NATION

Iowa farm’s practices draw fire after advocacy group releases footage

An animal rights group released on its website graphic footage secretly videotaped at an Iowa pig farm as state lawmakers consider a bill that would criminalize such undercover investigations.

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Wall Street Journal

Over 90,000 acres burned in NM

The Las Conchas fire in New Mexico swelled to 92,735 acres burned, and strong winds threatened to be firefighters’ greatest challenge moving in to the fifth day battling the flames.

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CNN

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Radiation eyed at Los Alamos nuke plant

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As poppy fields flourish in Mexico, heroin use surges in US

What was once a problem largely confined to hubs in California and Texas, Mexican traffickers have expanded into the Midwest and the Atlantic Seaboard, narcotics experts say.

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McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Is GOP resolve on taxes showing cracks?

Most Senate Republicans voted to end a tax break for ethanol. Some see that vote as a chink in the armor of anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist and the no-new-taxes pledge he’s gotten GOP lawmakers to take.

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NPR

US recognizes Muslim Brotherhood

The U.S. has decided to formally resume contact with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group — which does not recognize Israel — in a move that could further alienate some Jewish voters.

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Politico

Obama dismisses Libya criticism as political ‘fuss’

President Barack Obama defended the U.S. role in Libya, dismissing the criticism levied by Congress over the constitutionality of the operation.

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Monsters and Critics

BUSINESS

MySpace deal makes Justin Timberlake a real-life social network mogul

Justin Timberlake apparently wasn’t satisfied with playing a social media impresario, so now he’s joined Specific Media in buying Facebook’s downtrodden rival, MySpace, from News Corp.

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Toronto Star

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News Corp. calls quits on Myspace

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BusinessWeek

Apple has worst first half since 2008 as investors await iPhone

Apple Inc. shares have dropped 4 percent this month, capping their worst first-half performance in three years. Investors await new products and fret that rivalry from Google Inc. will slow growth.

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BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Schools find uses for predictive data techniques to predict success

The use of analytic tools to predict student performance is exploding in higher education. Experts say that these tools show even more promise for K-12 schools.

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Downbeat outlook for those without postsecondary degrees

Many young people without degrees want to return to college. But most of them don’t know how to take out federal loans to pay for it, according to a new report.

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Inside Higher Ed

States target early years to reach 3rd grade reading goals

In a bid to help more students read proficiently in third grade, new laws and initiatives springing up around the country require educators to step up their efforts.

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HEALTH

Group-think can influence your memory, research shows

A study probes the science of false memories and finds brain scans showing regions that activate when in groups.

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HealthDay

FDA panel: Avastin not effective treatment for breast cancer

A panel of cancer experts has ruled for a second time that Avastin, the best-selling cancer drug in the world, should no longer be used in breast cancer patients.

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MSNBC

Avastin tests FDA’s ability to say no

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SPORTS

Ibanez, Worley lead Phils over Red Sox

Raul Ibanez hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh, Vance Worley pitched seven strong innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1.

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Vance Worley helps Phils close in on sweep of Red Sox

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ESPN

Shocker more about Tsonga than Federer

Today’s quarterfinal shocker on Centre Court was a combination of Roger Federer losing some fire and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga getting in the zone.

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Sports Illustrated

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GOOD NEWS

Genetic alterations in pig tissue may allow for human transplantation

A genetic discovery may one day allow pig tissue to be transplanted successfully into humans. The research is a major step forward in filling the shortage of vital organs for human transplantation.

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ScienceDaily

Exhibit highlights Victorian sisters’ art

Works by Picasso, Matisse, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cezanne and the two American women who purchased them in the early part of the 20th century are the focus of a special exhibit at The Jewish Museum.

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Reuters

Nevada doctor part of effort to eliminate surgical errors

Dr. Rudy Manthei, president and CEO of the Henderson Center in Nevada, has analyzed the procedures at his clinic, and his staff was able to improve site marking for procedures and the time out protocol.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

WORLD

Fresh clashes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square

More than 1,000 were injured as police fired tear gas at thousands frustrated by slow pace of change since the start of Egypt’s revolution.

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Al Jazeera

Public sector strike hits services and schools in the UK

Services including job centres and courts will be hit and thousands of schools closed as public sector workers across the U.K. stage a 24-hour strike.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Biggest criminal ‘botnet’ links computers in more than 172 countries

Computer security experts say they have found what appears to be the world’s largest computer “botnet,” a network of millions of computers controlled clandestinely by a criminal cybergang.

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Christian Science Monitor

NASA is now aiming for Jupiter, Mars and the Moon

Things are positively hopping at the Kennedy Space Center. A brand-new Mars rover, named Curiosity, arrived at Cape Canaveral to be prepared for its launch.

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TIME

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Space station’s brush with space junk highlights growing threat

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SPACE.com

ENVIRONMENT

‘Singing penis’ sets noise record for water insect

A tiny water boatman is the loudest animal on Earth relative to its body size, a study has revealed.

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BBC

Green cities found across US as eco-efforts intensify

North America’s greenest cities aren’t just on the West Coast, long known for environmentalism. They’re also in the South, East and Midwest as innovative eco-efforts proliferate in different regions.

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USA TODAY

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7 unexpectedly green cities

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Huffington Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Tech tools tackle Biblical scholarship

Software developed by an Israeli team is giving intriguing new hints about what researchers believe to be the multiple hands that wrote the Bible.

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USA TODAY

Learning about anti-semitism and the American college campus

The controversy over the axing of Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Initiative for Studying Antisemitism (to be replaced by a new faculty-based research program) has generated much heat, but little light.

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Forward

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

At 75, ‘Gone with the Wind’ marks yet ‘another day’

Margaret Mitchell’s famous novel “Gone with the Wind” was published 75 years ago this month.

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NPR

Special section:

‘Gone With The Wind’, the novel, 75 years later

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PBS

Faking beauty: Photoshopping sends unhealthy message to youth

When images are “doctored” by editors with the precision of surgeons, the American Medical Association says the practice is sending an unhealthy message.

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ABC News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

A tale of 2 seed farmers

The Cold War phrase “peaceful coexistence” has been revived in a new context: as a potential solution in the new clash between organic agriculture and genetic engineering.

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NPR

Photo of the Day

Palestinian children play with colored parachutes in the Gaza Strip, seeking a world record for the largest number of people flying parachutes from the ground. (Photo by Adel Hana / AP)

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