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A statue of Abraham Lincoln looks down on protestors against SB1070 and immigration deportations in San Francisco. Supreme Court justices suggested that they will allow Arizona to enforce a law requiring an immigration status check of people who may be in the country illegally. (Photo by Ben Margot / AP)

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Green energy to be ‘cheap within years’

British Prime Minister David Cameron recently announced an initiative called Norstec, which will bring together more than 20 firms based in different countries to create a “second energy revolution.”

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BBC

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David Cameron: the greenest government

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Guardian

Another Secret Service scandal

As fallout continues from revelations that Secret Service agents took prostitutes to their hotel in Cartagena, Colombia, others may have done the same with strippers in El Salvador in 2011, CBS affiliate reports.

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CBS News

Watching for ruling on immigration law

Lawmakers nationwide are following Supreme Court arguments over the fate of Arizona’s tough immigration law. Several states have already passed similar laws that are also facing court challenges.

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CNN

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Government border crackdowns on the rise

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Houston Chronicle

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Immigration law explained

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CBS News

Charles Taylor found guilty of ‘aiding and abetting’ war crimes

An international court has delivered its verdict on Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor, finding him guilty of arming Sierra Leone’s rebels who paid him in so-called “blood diamonds."

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Taylor verdict in ‘blood diamond’ trial

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YouTube

Now on sale at Costco: mortgages

Costco shoppers can not only find bulk-packs of chicken wings, 24-rolls of toilet paper and large-screen TVs all at a discount, they can now also land themselves a mortgage.

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CNNMoney

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The no-frills retail revolution leads to Costco shopping craze

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CNBC

NATION

Prices on helium supplies ballooning out of control from shortage

A desperate helium shortage is inflating prices on the natural gas, threatening to burst the dreams — and spike the costs — of everyone from balloon businesses to welders to squeak-voiced party inhalers.

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The ’92 race riots: a dark time in Los Angeles history

The acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers marked the beginning of one of the deadliest, most destructive race riots in U.S. history.

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Houston Chronicle

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History still haunts Rodney King

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Riots: a look back on the 20-year history

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GlobalPost

As solar panels proliferate, so do clashes between neighbors

Homeowners associations around the country have banned or severely restricted the installation of solar panels, and the solar industry has pushed back to halt the practice.

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Star Tribune

POLITICS

Rubio echoes Obama more than Romney on foreign policy

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a potential Republican vice presidential pick, outlined a vision of foreign policy that sounded more like President Barack Obama’s than that of Mitt Romney.

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Bloomberg

House sets up vote on bill to block hike in student loan interest

The House will vote on a $5.9-billion Republican bill preventing interest rates on federal student loans from doubling, to be paid with money from President Obama’s health care overhaul law.

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Detroit Free Press

Obama defends student loan push

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Political Punch

BUSINESS

Consumers and businesses to get over $1B in health insurance rebates

Insurance companies will have to return more than $1 billion this year to consumers and businesses, thanks to a new requirement in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a report concludes.

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Star Tribune

Fed stands pat but says will act if needed

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said U.S. monetary policy is “more or less in the right place,” even though the central bank would launch another round of bond purchases if the economy weakened.

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Reuters

HEALTH

Add kidneys to list of recyclables

In Chicago, in what is believed to be the first documented case of its kind in the U.S., a transplanted kidney that was failing was removed from a patient while he was still alive and given to somebody else.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Nothing to sneeze at: Allergies may be good for you

Everybody curses allergies as annoying at best, and some allergic reactions can be fatal. But a handful of researchers now propose that allergies may actually have evolved to protect us.

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Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Rural Montana religious colonies fight labor law for insurance

State attorneys asked the Montana Supreme Court to reverse a state judge‘s decision and impose the 2009 law that requires Hutterite colonies to pay workers’ compensation insurance.

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BusinessWeek

Pope stakes out church’s course entering 8th year

Pope Benedict XVI has begun his eighth year as pope after spending the waning days of his seventh driving home his view of the Catholic Church, with a divisive crackdown on dissenters.

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USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

More US-born Latin artists win fans in Spanglish language

A growing group of artists like Pitbull, Prince Royce and Romeo Santos are making it big by singing in Spanish and English — sometimes in the same song.

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San Jose Mercury News

America’s Stuxnet? Weakness found in systems used by Pentagon, power grid

An amateur cybersecurity researcher who bought computer networking equipment on e-Bay for fun discovered a weakness in equipment that helps run railroads, power grids and military installations.

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Christian Science Monitor

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The strength of ideas in the US is unparalleled

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Social media’s small, positive role in human relationships

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The Atlantic

Innocence abroad for Wal-Mart, Apple and all Americans

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Christian Science Monitor

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Live like George Zimmerman

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Creators Syndicate

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Wired and tired? 7 herbs to reduce stress and increase vitality

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Huffington Post

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When there is peace among religions

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Huffington Post

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Apple literally does rule the world

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The Buzz

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The postal service as an agent of change

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GOOD NEWS

A recovering addict runs for her mom

After 24 years of heroin addiction, Cynthia Lockett got clean and rebuilt her life. She graduated from Drexel University, got a job and is now preparing to compete in the Blue Cross Broad Street Run.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Despite early mistakes, female soldiers find ways to relate to Afghan women

The initiative revolves around “female engagement teams.” All Army battalions are expected to have them in Afghanistan this year, as the war shifts its focus to the drawdown of Western forces.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Lung transplant gives Santa Fe man second chance, fresh perspective

After coming so close to dying, Rodriguez said he appreciates the little things in life. Because of his lung transplant, he is happy to feel close to someone he never knew and close to a family that is not his.

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Santa Fe New Mexican

WORLD

Could Iran wage a cyberwar on the US?

Security professionals in government and in private industry have long feared a cyberwar with China or Russia, but Iran may also be capable of launching attacks on computer networks.

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NPR

Rupert Murdoch denies using power to sway politics

Rupert Murdoch has rejected accusations that he used his media empire to play puppet master to a succession of British prime ministers, electrifying a media inquiry that has shaken the government.

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Al Jazeera

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Murdoch in crisis

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CBS News

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Murdoch: the life of a media mogul

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Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

US mad cow find: lucky break or triumph of science?

The discovery of the fourth U.S. case of mad cow disease was one of two things for food safety experts: a validation of a decade-long surveillance regime or merely a lucky break.

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Reuters

Period of intense asteroid impacts found on Earth

New research reveals that the Archean era — a time of early life on earth — experienced more asteroid impacts than once thought.

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ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

Tighten your belts, scientists tell the world’s rich

The wealthiest must reduce their consumption to save the Earth from a “vortex of environmental ills." Tackling inequality is central to solving the exploitation of natural resources.

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The Independent

US air pollution hits 10-year low

The air quality in the U.S. is currently at its highest level in a decade, according to a new report released by the American Lung Association.

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Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Student veterans group revokes charters from 26 schools

A national advocacy group for student veterans, concerned that they are being misrepresented to promote military-friendly schools, has revoked chapter membership from 26 campuses.

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USA TODAY

New Jersey: College faculties protest a lack of contracts

Faculty from across New Jersey’s state college campuses protested, as tensions with the state’s Gov. Christie continue to grow over proposed cuts to professors’ pay and benefits.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

SPORTS

Oldest former Major Leaguer turns 101

The oldest living former big leaguer, Cuban pitcher Conrad Marrero, recently turned 101. He was surrounded by family and old friends in his Havana apartment as they celebrated his life.

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TIME

Metta World Peace: ‘Erratic passion’ inspired vicious elbow

Just when Metta World Peace was rounding into top form for the Los Angeles Lakers, the oft-troubled forward said he let his “erractic passion” overtake him, and it cost him a suspension.

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USA TODAY

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Research reveals direct genetic link to human intelligence

University of Manchester scientists, working with colleagues in Edinburgh and Australia, have provided the first direct biological evidence for a genetic contribution to people’s intelligence.

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Visitors stand under the installation “Horizon Field in Hamburg.” The more than one million-euro indoor installation of Antony Gormley is has been placed in the Hamburg Deichtorhallen, in Germany. (Photo by Philipp Guelland / AP)

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