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Blacks return to their Southern roots

In a major demographic shift, Blacks are moving out of cities in the Northeast and Midwest and into cities and suburbs of the South.

USA TODAY

China’s Communist Party marks its 90th year with celebration

Celebrating the Communist Party’s 90th anniversary, Chinese President Hu Jintao said that its ability to adapt made China affluent and powerful and that the party must fight corruption.

TIME

China marks 90th anniversary of communism

YouTube

Wall Street’s best week in 2 years

Stocks started July with a bang with Wall Street scoring its best week in two years on strong manufacturing data that eased concerns about slowing growth.

Reuters

US stocks extend gain

Bloomberg

Talking numbers: bumpy road ahead?

CNBC

Strauss-Kahn free from house arrest; charges stand

Former International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn walked out of court free without bail or home confinement after prosecutors conducted an extensive background investigation.

MSNBC

US Secretary of State Clinton outlines road ahead for Arab democracy

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the rule of law, political parties and democratic institutions must emerge in the Arab world if it is to transition to truly free societies

Philadelphia Inquirer

NATION

Minnesota government shuts down amid debt fallout

Minnesota’s government has shut down for the second time in the past six years after state leaders failed to find common ground on how to resolve a $5 billion budget deficit.

CBS News

Special section:

Complete coverage of the Minn. state shutdown

Star Tribune

Minn. government shuts down

YouTube

July means fireworks and a new crop of state laws

Like any fireworks show on July 4, state laws taking effect are certain to deepen some Americans’ patriotism — and leave others feeling cheated.

NPR

Anti-abortion: the new face of the infamous modern movement

Recent polls show a shifting of support between pro-abortion rights and anti-abortion factions. Anti-abortion groups have hardened their resolve while adopting a strategy of compassion.

Columbia Missourian

POLITICS

Planned Parenthood fights defunding laws in spending bill

After federal attempts to defund Planned Parenthood as part of Congress’ Continuing Resolution spending bill failed , anti-abortion activists took to state legislatures to continue the battle.

ABC News

New defense chief is seeing tough budget choices

Leon Panetta was sworn in as Defense Secretary promising to keep the military strong while making tough choices on defense spending cuts.

Reuters

Justice Ginsburg reflects on term, leadership role

In her new position as the most senior member of the Supreme Court’s liberal wing, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been carving out a more prominent role among the nine justices.

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Zynga files for $1 billion IPO

Zynga, creator of the -Ville online gaming franchise, filed to raise up to $1 billion in an initial public offering. Unlike many of its fellow much-buzzed-about Web upstarts, Zynga is solidly profitable.

CNNMoney

Stocks jump on manufacturing data

Stocks climbed, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index poised for its largest weekly rally in almost a year, as a U.S. manufacturing index unexpectedly rose and Greece moved closer to averting a default.

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

State of Kentucky eyeing new ‘Race to the Top’ grants

State education officials have their eye on a new federal “Race to the Top” education grant proposal that focuses on making improvements in early learning.

Cincinnati Enquirer

Federal data shedding light on recent education disparities

New federal statistics shared about thousands of schools and districts show that students across the country don’t have equal access to a rigorous education, and school counselors.

Education Week

Civil rights survey: 3,000 US high schools don’t have math beyond Algebra I

To better diagnose achievement gaps and help education leaders tailor solutions, federal civil rights officials released an expanded, searchable set of information.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Defending champ Nadal, Djokovic to meet in Wimbledon final

Novak Djokovic secured the No. 1 ranking by reaching the Wimbledon final. He will get a chance to beat the man he is replacing — defending champion Rafael Nadal.

Sports Illustrated

Bill Hancock, DOJ officials meet

Called in by the Department of Justice to explain how college football crowns a champion, the head of the Bowl Championship Series made a case for the much criticized system.

ESPN

How are college football rankings determined?

HowStuffWorks.com

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Blog (Eliot Spitzer):

China’s a lion. Is the United States a gazelle?

(Slate)

The Best Policy

Column (Ruben Navarrette):

New life for the DREAM Act?

CNN

Editorial:

House Republicans’ budget cuts imperil food safety

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Leonard Pitts Jr.):

On gay marriage, the president evolves too slowly

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Character and compassion define the American spirit

USA TODAY

Column (Sherrilyn A. Ifill):

To save states, fix prison system

CNN

Editorial:

Deciphering signals on Gadhafi, Libya

Star Tribune

Blog (Alex Pareene):

Mark Halperin comes up with great excuse to fire Mark Halperin

(Salon)

War Room

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GOOD NEWS

Rare grizzly bear photographed in North Cascades of Washington

A hiker has photographed a living grizzly bear in the North Cascades of Washington. Grizzly bears are a protected species in the area but many experts wondered if the bears still survived.

Seattle Times

Day care teacher recognized for saving toddler’s life

Community officials acknowledged the heroics of Cindy Davis who helped save a 4-year-old’s life by administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

King County man, Wash., receives hero award posthumously

A King County man who drowned when he jumped into a swift Oregon river to help save a 12-year-old boy was one of 20 people honored for their bravery by the Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund.

Seattle Times

WORLD

Prosecutors find significant problems with Dominique Strauss-Kahn case

Manhattan District Attorney’s investigators have uncovered issues with the account of the maid who claimed she was assaulted by the former head of the International Monetary Fund.

BBC

Dominique Strauss-Kahn sex-assault case may be crumbling

NPR

Dominique Strauss-Kahn case falling apart?

CBS News

Census update: what the world will look like in 2050

Here is the world in 2050, as imagined by the U.S. Census Bureau: India will be the most populous nation, surpassing China sometime around 2025. The U.S. will be in third place.

TIME

Map:

Asia leads a rapid urban shift

National Geographic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cloud-computing presents challenges, opportunities for local firms

It may be bad news for the people in your corporate IT department, but much of their work may be moving to “the cloud.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Pouch puzzle: Kangaroo moms mysteriously swap offspring

Kangaroos adopt. It does’t happen often, but to the astonishment of biologists at Wilsons Promontory National Park in Australia, sometimes a mother invites a foreign youngster to hop into her pouch.

LiveScience

ENVIRONMENT

Fire crews battle NM fire as it pushes into the canyon

Firefighters battled a 145-square-mile fire burning in a canyon leading to parts of the Los Alamos nuclear lab and an evacuated town, even as confidence rose that both would be spared from the flames.

USA TODAY

Los Alamos fire set to become state’s biggest

MSNBC

Winds of change in the US

The new chair of the American Wind Energy Association is calling for more consistency at policy level to develop the wind sector. Does it point to a change in how government sees wind energy?

Earth Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church takes steps into social media

When it comes to social networking, some Catholics are becoming hesitant to click the “like” button.

National Catholic Reporter

St. Patrick’s new virtual candles light up Cathedral website

Clicking your prayers is old news but now you can click your virtual candle — and make a “suggested” $5 donation to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, too.

USA TODAY

HEALTH

Copper kills 97 percent of hospital ICU bacteria, according to clinical trial

Antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care units (ICU) kill 97 percent of bacteria that can cause hospital-acquired infections, according to preliminary results of a multi-site clinical trial in the U.S.

Reuters

Avastin rejection is being supported by cancer experts

Oncologists are endorsing a U.S. health advisory panel’s recommendation that the blockbuster cancer drug Avastin be removed from use in metastatic breast cancer.

U.S. News & World Report

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Specialized summer camp for kids teaches social skills

At Camp STAR in Highland Park, Ill., children with ADHD, anxiety and socially disruptive disorders earn rewards for participation and following rules.

ABC News

Ohio House gives pit bulls a break

A bill passed that would remove the section of the Ohio Revised Code that automatically designates pit bulls as vicious.

Columbus Dispatch

Is the British roundabout out to conquer the US?

A roundabout revolution is slowly sweeping the U.S. The “land of the car” has started to embrace the British circular.

BBC

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