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A visitor walks through the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington. The rescheduled dedication of the newest addition to the National Mall is set. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin / AP)

Dedication of MLK monument draws memories across the nation

Many Americans, particularly those in the black community, say today’s dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., is an overdue honor for the slain civil-rights leader.

Columbus Dispatch

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President to dedicate MLK memorial in DC

WNYC

Martin Luther King Jr. dedication

CNN

Chance to spot supernova fading fast

Supernova 2011fe is one of the brightest supernovas in the last century and it’s now visible. The supernova will last for more than a decade, but fade out of view for amateur astronomers within a week.

NPR

74 arrested in ‘Occupy’ Times Square

Thousands of anti-corporate protesters marched from New York City’s Financial District to Times Square in a show of force that resulted in 74 arrests, authorities said.

Wall Street Journal

Occupy Wall Street protests continue worldwide

Washington Post

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The latest at Occupy Wall Street

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Voice

Occupy Wall Street goes global

TIME

Israel: Debate over prisoner release

The relatives of Israelis killed in Palestinian attacks waged a charged debate over the planned release of militants in a deal to free an Israeli soldier held by Hamas for five years.

MSNBC

Iran’s Ahmadinejad denies US assassination claims

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed U.S. accusations that Iranian government agents plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador in the United States.

ABC News

US citizens who’ve plotted terror in America

CNN

NATION

Oklahoma Capitol has begun to crumble with no repair money

The state Capitol has been a symbol of Oklahoma‘s history and aspirations since it opened in 1917. Almost a century later, the building reflects Oklahoma’s problems, especially its fiscal hardship.

Tri-City Herald

US to drop plans to keep troops in Iraq

The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline. The decision to pull out fully by January will end more than eight years of involvement in the Iraq war.

CBS News

Fighting the scourge of ‘pill mills’

According to the Centers for Disease Control, one American dies of a drug overdose every 14 minutes, and a rapidly increasing share of those deaths caused by prescription drugs.

CBS News

POLITICS

It may take years to create energy jobs in Perry’s economic plan

Texas Governor Rick Perry says he would kick start economic growth by unleashing the energy industry.

CNN

Why women don’t win Massachusetts

Massachusetts may revel in its liberal reputation, but it has struggled to elect women to statewide office. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren will try to smash the glass ceiling.

The Daily Beast

Camp rakes in big bucks after appointment to supercommittee

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions since his appointment to the deficit-reduction supercommittee.

The Hill

BUSINESS

New Bank of America fees good for consumers and small banks

Bank of America’s decision to charge $5 monthly fees for debit card users has been met with consumer backlash, boycotts, and the start of a migration away from the big bank to smaller banks and credit unions.

Forbes

G-20 finance ministers back big bank capital surcharge

Finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s top economies backed a mandatory capital surcharge on big lenders of up to 2.5 percent, which is to be phased in from 2016.

Reuters

European taxpayers’ millions lost by EU-funded regional schemes

Telegraph.co.uk

Apple’s new iPhone, Siri and the future of artificial intelligence

Apple’s new iPhone 4S has met with record sales, topping the release of the iPhone 4 last year. The iPhone 4 debuted with 1.7 million units sold.

Forbes

HEALTH

Gut bacteria may be able to keep statin response in check

Various bacterial-derived bile acids appear to influence the response to statin treatment, researchers found.

MedPage Today

Answer to cystic fibrosis might be found under water

Scientists in Woods Hole and at a Charlestown laboratory are looking under water to treat a disease that robs sufferers of the ability to breathe.

Cape Cod Times

EDUCATION

Teen: Kissing another male cost me my cheerleading post

A 17-year-old senior says he was kicked off the cheerleading squad and suspended because he kissed another male at their high school in Alice, Texas.

MSNBC

Education funds sought by officials to uncover cheating

New York state education officials, in an attempt to boost confidence in test scores, are willing to spend $2.1 million to hunt among millions of students’ tests for evidence of cheating.

Wall Street Journal

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Charlie’s Angels’ canceled: what viewers are saying

ABC finally clipped the wings on its remake of Charlies’s Angels. After blistering reviews and a steady loss in viewership, the news doesn’t come as a surprise to most viewers.

Hollywood Reporter

Eating healthy: Whose choice is it?

With its new happy meal, McDonald’s said it was aiming to help its customers make healthy lifestyle choices. Rising obesity rates are cited for these and other nutritional changes.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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SeaWorld to be involved in Orca Necropsies

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The US must get out of Afghanistan

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A vision for health care: Put the states in charge

Star Tribune

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For parents, sacrifice is living the dream

CNN

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Movements from Argentina to Wall Street

Al Jazeera

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Herman Cain‘s 9-9-9 doesn’t add up

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Memorial for 1979 O’Hare crash unveiled to honor 273 victims

Friends and loved ones of those who died on American Airlines Flight 191 got their memorial, 32 years after 273 people were killed in the worst commercial air crash in U.S. history.

Chicago Sun-Times

Flight 191 Memorial in Des Plaines

Daily Herald

Playing video games for charity

Video game enthusiasts played their favorite games for 24 hours in a darkened library attic in Enoch, Utah, to raise money for Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

St. George Daily Spectrum

Trees help to boost African crop yields and food security

Planting trees that improve soil quality can help boost crop yields for African farmers, an assessment shows.

BBC

WORLD

Haiti leaders say ‘open for business’

Haiti is “open for business” after its parliament approved a new government’s ambitious plan to relaunch the economy after last year’s catastrophic earthquake, Haitian leaders said.

Reuters

Stunned by bloodshed, Egyptians torn over army

An army crackdown on a protest that killed more than 20 Christians has not only stunned Egyptians, but has left them with deeply torn feelings toward the force seen as the protector of the nation.

Houston Chronicle

Thai capital flood barriers holding up

While Communities neighboring Bangkok have been swamped, and nationwide 297 people have been killed, the flood barriers protecting Bangkok have been holding up.

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Animals shrink as earth warms

As global temperatures rise this century, the result of human-caused climate change, many living things will likely start to shrink, thanks to a host of changes in the environment.

LiveScience

Uncharted territory: Scientists sequence the first carbohydrate biopolymer

For the first time ever, a team of researchers led by Robert Linhardt of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has announced the sequence of a complete complex carbohydrate biopolymer.

ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

BP allowed back into the bidding for gulf oil drilling rights

The Obama administration has infuriated environmentalists by giving BP the green light to bid for new drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico.

Guardian

China’s oil producer hit by fresh oil spill in northern waters

China’s biggest offshore oil producer, CNOOC, has been hit by another oil spill in north Chinese waters, following a June spill at a field run with ConocoPhillips that sparked an official uproar.

Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

A fully biblical liberation theology

Liberation theology began as a movement with-in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s, but the movement soon found itself a foothold in some sectors of Protestantism.

Christianity Today

JCPA wades into debate on use of civil rights law

Simmering divisions within the Jewish community are expected to come to a head over efforts to use federal civil rights laws to sanction some forms of alleged anti-Israel activity on campus.

Forward

SPORTS

Baseball’s new bling is being made for true believers

Shouting “Your pitcher wears a necklace!” sounds like the kind of remark that could start a brawl in a major league ballpark. But if you watch this year’s playoffs, you may notice most players do.

NPR

2011 MLB Championship Series playoffs

CBS News

No. 23 MSU beats No. 11 Michigan again, 28-14

Keshawn Martin scored twice in the third quarter on similar lunges to the end zone, and No. 23 Michigan State held off Denard Robinson 28-14 for its fourth straight victory over the Wolverines.

Houston Chronicle

Rangers win AL Pennant

The Rangers are headed back to the World Series in search of their first championship, cruising to a 15-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series at Rangers Ballpark.

Star-Telegram

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