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In this file photo, Rodney King poses for a portrait in Los Angeles on the 20-year anniversary of the L.A riots of 1992. As a central figure in the riots, King was severely beaten by police. Before order was restored, 55 people were dead and more than 2,300 were injured. (Photo by Matt Sayles / AP)

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Title IX’s 40th year: Has the playing field been evened?

This month marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX, federal legislation signed into law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. But it was years later before the wheels of equality were set in motion.

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Opportunities abounded for women after landmark Title IX legislation

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Desert Sun

Drones, computers new weapons of US shadow wars

After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. It’s war in the shadows, with the U.S. public largely in the dark.

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Daily Herald

Rodney King dead at 47

Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead at his home. He was 47.

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CNN

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LA riots: how 1992 changed the police

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BBC

Special section:

LA riots: 20 years later

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Los Angeles Times

Europe holds breath as Greeks vote

The men hoping to lead Greece out of the crisis that is threatening Europe’s common currency have promised their country a bright future, but they have different visions on how to go about it.

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CNN

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Greek election may decide future in eurozone

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CBS News

Greek election: live

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Telegraph.co.uk

Fathers more involved in kids’ lives than before

Whether from within the home or outside it, by choice or by circumstance, men are reinventing what it means to be a dad.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Humble history of Father’s Day

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National Geographic

NATION

Disabled veterans increasingly cheated by fund managers

They survived the Nazis, the Viet Cong and the Taliban. But hundreds of mentally disabled veterans suffered new wounds when the country they served put their checkbooks in the hands of scoundrels.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Challenges give new health care law 4 possible outcomes

The court can uphold the entire health care law, strike down the “individual mandate," strike down the mandate and related health insurance changes or kill the entire law.

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USA TODAY

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Health care hangs in the balance

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CNNMoney

How the end of slavery led to starvation and death for millions of black Americans

In the brutal chaos that followed the Civil War, life after emancipation was harsh and often short. Hundreds of thousands of freed slaves died from disease and hunger after being liberated.

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Guardian

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The voices of slavery

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PBS

POLITICS

Race matters: why Gallup Poll finds less support for President Obama

With the presidential race shifting into high gear, politicians, journalists and the public are scrutinizing each new poll, with every small swing in one direction or another elevated to outsized importance.

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Huffington Post

40 years later, scene of the Watergate crime is forgotten

There’s little marking the location of the crime that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The office building that was the site of the break-in is still in use, but tenants have changed.

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Houston Chronicle

BUSINESS

Cropland prices sow fortune and worry

The agriculture industry is riding high, leading to a wave of expansion and driving up the cost of cropland. Ever-new record prices raise worries that the bubble is about to burst.

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Star Tribune

US drivers turn to smaller, better engines

Back when gas was cheap, Americans bought cars with V-8 engines and acceleration was all that mattered. Now, the motors that move the nation’s cars and trucks are shrinking.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

EDUCATION

National  college costs go up 15 percent

The average tuition at a four-year public university climbed 15 percent, fueled by state budget cuts for higher education and increases of 40 percent and more at universities in certain states.

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Daily Chronicle

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College graduates: not where they thought they’d be

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The Atlantic

Does obesity affect school performance?

Obese children and teenagers face a slew of potential health problems as they get older. As if that weren‘t enough, obesity may harm young people’s long-term college and career prospects, too.

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CNN

Obese children likely to be worse at math

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Health Pop

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

40 years after, memories of ‘Deliverance’ linger on

With the drama the film Deliverance captured, it’s a wonder anyone signed up for a river adventure in North Georgia after the summer of 1972. But they did — and they still do.

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USA TODAY

Is obligation gobbling up your vacation?

Forty-one percent of U.S. adults use the majority of their vacation budgets on obligation trips such as weddings, holiday gatherings and reunions, according to a new survey.

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CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Southern Baptists poised to elect New Orleans pastor as 1st black president

The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. is poised to elect the first black president in its 167-year history, marking the group’s efforts to distance itself from its racist past and become more diverse.

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Guardian

Catholic hospitals reject Obama’s birth control compromise

The hospital group was a key ally of Obama‘s in the battle to win congressional approval of his health care overhaul, but doesn’t believe church-affiliated employers should have to provide birth control.

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Detroit Free Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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Making history, 1 word at a time

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (William Bradley):

The Enlightenment divides American politics

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The Blog

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Honey, I left the baby on the roof at the pub

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The Age

Column (Tom Horner):

Supreme Court won’t have last word on health reform

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Star Tribune

Compassionate immigration policy

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Denver Post

Column (Rochelle Riley):

An attack on women — and democracy

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Detroit Free Press

Back on path to protect a treasure

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Consequences of the one-child policy

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Economist

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GOOD NEWS

Elevate Detroit marks 5th year of feeding the homeless

At a street-corner park in Detroit’s Cass Corridor, about 20 volunteers gathered to mark their fifth year of hauling a grill into the neighborhood each weekend and sharing a meal with all who are hungry.

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Detroit Free Press

World’s 1st autism show offers people with autism a chance to shine

The Autism Show, which is believed to be the only event of its kind in the world, aims to show that autistic people can shine in all areas of life.

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The Independent

Aung San Suu Kyi finally accepts Nobel peace prize

Twenty-one years after being awarded the Nobel peace prize, Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi has finally accepted, saying that the prize helped shatter her sense of isolation during years of house arrest.

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Guardian

WORLD

UN suspends Syria observer mission

The U.N. said it was suspending its observer mission in Syria because of the escalating violence, the most severe blow yet to months of effort by the U.N. to prevent Syria’s descent into Civil War.

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Special section:

The Arab Spring

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CBS News

Egypt’s choice leaves voters out of sorts

Egyptians have voted in a presidential runoff that pits the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate against the last prime minister appointed by deposed president Hosni Mubarak.

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Al Jazeera

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Egyptians go to the polls

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Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic vegetation growing taller in response to warming

New research shows that recent years’ warming in the Arctic has caused local changes in vegetation. Most plants in the Arctic have grown taller, and the proportion of bare ground has decreased.

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Environmental News Network

Super volcanoes: Is there real danger?

Super volcanoes are said to be 100 times the size of active volcanoes. Could one erupt in our lifetime?

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Toronto Star

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Soccket: the ball that produces electricity

Millions in the developing world lack access to clean and safe electricity. Now, an innovative new football gives them a way to produce power with every kick.

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BBC

Supercomputer tames tangle of atmospheric science

Here in the shortgrass prairie, where being stuck in the ways of the Old West is a point of civic pride, scientists are building a machine that will, in effect, look into the future.

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Star Tribune

HEALTH

Virus kills cancer by hitching a ride on blood cells

When a cancer-killing virus is injected in the bloodstream it hitches a ride on blood cells and evades attack from the immune system, allowing it to reach cancer tumors and start destroying cancer cells.

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Medical News Today

War on drugs moves to the pharmacy

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has beefed up its efforts to block the diversion of prescription drugs to the black market, using techniques such as wire taps and informants.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Furyk, McDowell lead US Open

If Tiger Woods is to win his 15th major championship, he will have to do something he hasn’t done in the previous 14 — come from behind.

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ESPN

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2012 US Open at Olympic Club

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Golf.com

Golf ball dimples on the track: new US uniforms for the Olympics

U.S. Olympic track and field athletes will wear uniforms at the London Olympics that Nike says could shave up to 0.023 seconds off 100-meter sprint times.

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The Age

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Coupon clipper amasses $1,400 donation for shelters

Kate Rachel has joined the coupon clipping craze — but her story has a twist. Instead of using coupons to reduce the cost of her groceries, Rachel, 31, is clipping and shopping for a cause.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Photo of the Day

An Indian girl dries a sari following rains as monsoon clouds are seen over the skyline on Marine Drive along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

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