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Timeout on technology

Increasingly, people are spending the majority of their waking hours “plugged in” to digital devices. American teens now consume 10 hours of media each day — with the rest of the world not far behind.

BBC

Scientists find hundredfold increase in plastic trash in Pacific since 1970s

The amount of plastic in the Pacific Ocean area known as the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” has increased a hundredfold since the early 1970s, according to a new study.

San Jose Mercury News

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Insects that skate on the ocean benefit from plastic junk

Not Exactly Rocket Science

(Discover Magazine)

NC voters approve ban on gay marriage

North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, making it the 30th state to adopt such a ban.

Detroit News

North Carolina’s ban on gay marriage sparks cheers, jeers

CNN

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Gay rights in the US, state by state

Guardian

Greek leftists in anti-bailout coalition bid

The leader of a Greek leftist bloc opposed to the country’s austerity measures is set to meet leaders of Greece’s political parties in the latest attempt to form a coalition government.

Al Jazeera

German patience with Greece on euro is wearing thin

CNBC

The climate fixers

Disappointed environmentalists found that predicting long-term climatic behavior from computer models is difficult — and using those results worries scientists engaged in the research.

The New Yorker

NATION

US employers posted 3.74 million jobs in March, highest in nearly 4 years

U.S. companies in March posted the highest number of job openings in nearly four years, a sign that hiring could strengthen in the coming months after slowing this spring.

Star Tribune

Tracking US monthly unemployment

NPR

Student-loan bill stalled in Senate

Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill to preserve low interest rates for college students’ loans. The 52-45 vote to begin debating the legislation fell eight votes short of the 60 needed to proceed.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Amid student loan tussles, more students are seeking ‘forgiveness’

Reuters

POLITICS

Longest-serving GOP senator loses primary fight in Indiana

Indiana voters retired Dick Lugar after 36 years in the Senate, punishing him for the qualities he considered assets: seniority, expertise in foreign policy and a penchant for bipartisan cooperation.

CNN

A Senate legend undone by his greatest strengths

NPR

President Obama sees 1st monthly budget surplus of presidency

The Obama administration saw its first monthly budget surplus in April, with the federal government recording $58 billion, according to figures released by the Congressional Budget Office.

Huffington Post

BUSINESS

Facebook spawns ecosystem of startups

To get the true measure of what is often called “The Facebook Effect,” look beyond the company to the growing ecosystem of startups using the social network to launch their own businesses.

San Jose Mercury News

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Facebook’s timeline

BBC

Bank of America offers principal reductions to 200,000 homeowners

Executives at Bank of America say they will begin mailing 200,000 letters offering certain customers mortgage principal reduction.

CNBC

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The economy where you live

NPR

EDUCATION

Colleges review policies for students who are illegal immigrants

As undocumented students become more visible and vocal about their status, some higher-priced private colleges are being pressed to consider policies to make tuition more affordable for them.

USA TODAY

San Fransisco teachers set for strike vote amid budget woes

San Francisco teachers are set for a strike vote over the district’s demands to cut $30 million from teachers’ salaries and benefits over the next two years.

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Commuting shown to drive up weight and blood pressure

People who drive long distances to work are more likely to be overweight than their noncommuting counterparts, according to a new study that links urban sprawl with expanding waistlines.

ABC News

Study: Long commutes may be bad for health

Baltimore Sun

Depression onset in middle age is linked to dementia in elder years

People who have symptoms of depression in middle age may be at increased risk of dementia decades later, a new study suggests.

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vandals damage artifacts at historic California church

Vandals have struck the historic Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz, Calif., damaging 231-year-old artifacts and scrawling anti-church slogans in what is being investigated as a possible hate crime.

Yahoo! News

Kung fu nuns practice karma with a kick

The world’s first order of kung fu nuns came from across Southern Asia to study at the Amitabha Drukpa Nunnery in Nepal. Kung fu is thought to help build not only strong minds but strong bodies as well.

NY Daily News

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GOOD NEWS

Paralyzed woman still active, finishes London Marathon

For five years, Claire Lomas has not been able to walk, but that has not stopped her from finishing a marathon. She was a professional horse rider, but an accident paralyzed her from the chest down.

ABC News

Ballerina defies odds, racial stereotypes

Defying staggering odds, Michaela DePrince, a former orphan from war-torn Sierra Leone, is taking the ballet world by storm.

Huffington Post

New push to treat the other diabetes

Researchers and public health officials are pushing more people to get tested for Type 1 diabetes. Early detection can reduce some of its dangerous effects.

Wall Street Journal

WORLD

Libya PM office attacked

At least two security officials have been killed after ex-rebels attacked the office of the Libyan prime minister in Tripoli, the country’s capital.

BBC

Annan sounds Syria civil war warning

Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy tasked with bringing an end to the violence in Syria, said that world powers shared a “profound concern” that Syria’s violence was escalating into civil war.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Kinect cameras watch for signs of autism

An automated system that keeps watch over children could spot the telltale signs of autism and lead to earlier diagnoses.

New Scientist

Can texting save stores?

While consumers have figured out how to use smartphones to retailers’ disadvantage by checking the prices elsewhere, chains are still fumbling around for a way to use mobile phones to boost sales.

Wall Street Journal

Hover car is no hallucination

The concept car is one of three designs Volkswagen culled from 119,000 unique, user-submitted ideas of the People’s Car Project, which the company debuted in China nearly a year ago.

Discovery News

ENVIRONMENT

Not always safety in numbers when it comes to extinction risk

A basic tenet underpinning scientists’ understanding of extinction is that more abundant species persist longer, but a new University of Georgia study reveals a much more complex relationship.

ScienceDaily

Green spaces deter allergies

A lack of exposure to a “natural environment” could be resulting in more urban dwellers developing allergies and asthma, research has suggested.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Wild Things’ author Maurice Sendak dies at 83

Maurice Sendak, proclaimed “the Picasso of children’s books” by Time magazine and best known for his iconic book “Where the Wild Things Are,” died at 83.

Seattle Times

Sendak’s work sparked ‘wild’ creativity in young readers

CNN

The unexpected best (and worst) places to be a mom

Where is the best place in the world to be a mother? Not the U.S., says Save the Children, as the children’s advocacy group puts Norway in the top spot.

Christian Science Monitor

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Best place to be a mom: US ranks 25th

(ABC News)

Advice

SPORTS

Minnesota Senate approves Vikings football stadium plan

Minnesota state senators advanced a $975 million plan to build a new domed stadium for the Minnesota Vikings.

Reuters

Hamilton homers 4 times in Rangers’ win against Orioles

Moments before he made history with his final swing in an incredible four-homer performance, Josh Hamilton stepped to the plate in the eighth inning with a surprising sense of calm.

CBSSports

900,000 Olympic tickets to go on sale

Those unlucky enough to have missed out on London 2012 Olympics tickets twice will be given first bite at the remaining 900,000 seats, the organizers announced.

The Independent

Venues for 2012 London Olympic Games

Msnbc.com

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