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Cities get so close to recycling ideal, they can smell it

Stephanie and Matt plan on using cloth diapers instead of disposable ones once their baby arrives. They want to be good environmentalists and reduce landfills, but there is another incentive, too.

New York Times

Egypt’s sexual harassment epidemic

Egypt’s revolution draws idealistic Western journalists, many of them women. Sexual intimidation — even violent assaults — is an all too common part of the job.

Daily Beast

Sexually mauled by mob: young reporter tells of ordeal in Tahrir Square

The Age

Supreme Court upholds health care law

The Supreme Court upheld the health care law today in a splintered, complex opinion that appears to give President Obama a major victory.

USA TODAY

Health care reform’s effect on small business

CNN

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Live: Supreme Court decisions

SCOTUSblog.com

Blasts erupt near Syrian Justice Ministry

A day after attackers bombed a pro-government TV station, massive explosions shook the heart of Damascus near the Justice Ministry, the state-run media said.

CNN

Aftermath of attack on Syrian TV channel

YouTube

Jersey boys: the governor, the Boss and a tale of politics and rock ’n’ roll

Chris Christie and Bruce Springsteen have owned the New Jersey limelight for decades for very different reasons. This is their interwoven story of politics, rock ‘n’ roll and unrequited love.

The Atlantic

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Romney did not ask Christie to join ticket

ABC News

NATION

Wildfire victims crowd shelters in Colo.

More than 30,000 Colorado residents have been displaced by growing wildfires, including thousands who packed up belongings after flames reached the foothills of Colorado Springs.

NY Daily News

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Broncos pledge $50,000 in aid

Denver Post

Changing American values

Americans say they are more open-minded than their parents. Among the issues that rate more morally acceptable now than a decade ago: homosexuality, human cloning and having a child out of wedlock.

The Atlantic

Belief in hell helps keep society safe

LiveScience

One-third of Americans believe in UFOs

A new survey finds that 80 million Americans, or 36 percent of the population, believe UFOs are real.

LiveScience

POLITICS

Supreme Court to deliver Obama healthcare law ruling

The Supreme Court is set to deliver its ruling on President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul. It is a historic case that could hand him a huge triumph or a stinging rebuke.

Reuters

Speaker Boehner says contempt vote on Holder will proceed

A vote on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents involving the failed Fast and Furious weapons operation will proceed, Speaker John Boehner says.

CNN

Why NRA wants Congress to vote Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt

Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Regulate school workouts, group urges

A total of 21 U.S. college football players have collapsed and died during conditioning workouts since 2000 — many on the first few days, when even the fittest players are often pushed too hard.

Vancouver Sun

Athletes’ deaths prompt new guidelines

Huffington Post

For-profit schools could lose their federal student aid

Former students in career-training programs at dozens of for-profit institutions have had so much trouble paying off their loans that the schools’ access to student aid is in jeopardy.

Idaho Statesman

University of Phoenix owner faces federal review

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Watch out, Silicon Valley

London’s “Silicon Roundabout” is biting at your heels. They have hipsters, coffee shops and ironic facial hair. But is the tech for real?

GlobalPost

Think smartphones are ubiquitous now? Just wait a few years

The iPhone has helped smartphones lead the mobile market, and soon many mobile users will have no choice but to own one.

Guardian

Google launches small tablet

The debut of a long-anticipated tablet computer bearing Google’s brand and equipped with its latest operating software kicked off an annual conference for about 6,000 computer programmers.

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Menopausal women ‘work out’ their hot flashes with physical activity

Menopausal women who exercise may experience fewer hot flashes in the 24 hours following physical activity, according to health researchers.

ScienceDaily

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Can IVF treatments reverse a woman’s biological clock?

NPR

Atkins diets may increase risk of heart disease, study shows

Ever try the Atkins diet? Diets low in carbohydrates and high in proteins may increase the risk of heart disease, according to a new study published in the journal BMJ.

ABC News

FDA OKs first prescription diet drug in a decade

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Guardians of foie gras

John Burton, chairman of the California Democratic Party and sponsor of a statewide foie gras ban, has expressed frustration with the movement to keep the delicacy legal.

The New Yorker

Nora Ephron, director, dies at age 71

Movie fans and movie stars are mourning the death of screenwriter, director and essayist Nora Ephron, who succumbed to pneumonia after a battle with leukemia.

NY Daily News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (E.J. Dionne Jr.):

Justice Antonin Scalia must resign

Huffington Post

Column (Daniel B. Wood):

Supersize America: Whose job is it to fight obesity?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Warwick McFadyen):

Hyper society is drowning out poetry

Sydney Morning Herald

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High-speed rail needs cash now

San Francisco Examiner

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A rise in violence needs a better response: more police officers

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Alex Seitz-Wald):

The Supreme Court’s collateral damage

Salon

Blog (Nigam Arora):

Why Facebook forcing its email on you is brilliant

(Forbes)

Great Speculations

Column (Michael J. Koplow and Brent E. Sasley):

Ending the ‘cold war’ between Turkey and Israel

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Long march to their due

About 400 of the first black Marines received a salute from Congress and the country as they were presented with the Congressional Gold Medal at Emancipation Hall for their service during World War II.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Hero dog saves toddler from drowning

A dog has been hailed a “hero” after he saved a Michigan toddler from drowning in his family swimming pool.

Huffington Post

Hero who saved baby from subway tracks gets new gig after a year without a job

The unemployed hero who plucked a baby from the subway tracks in Brooklyn was reunited with the tot — right after getting a new job.

NY Daily News

WORLD

European chiefs put bond buying on table as crisis summit opens

European Union leaders focused on immediate help for Spain and Italy at the start of a two-day summit intended to chart a path out of their financial crisis.

Bloomberg

Former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic acquitted on 1 count of genocide

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia threw out one count of genocide against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, the court said. He still faces another count of genocide.

CNN

Elizabeth shakes hands with IRA chief, continues peace process

Queen Elizabeth’s meeting Martin McGuiness, the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, comes 14 years after the Irish Republican Army ended its war against British rule.

Reuters

The Northern Ireland peace process

BBC

BUSINESS

Peter Madoff, Bernie’s brother, to enter guilty plea

Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard L. Madoff’s brother Peter will plead guilty to two federal charges as part of the U.S. investigation of fraud at the investment fund, prosecutors said.

Bloomberg

Beijing has been struck by a desperate shortage of pirated DVDs, clothes and handbags while the city hosts the World Intellectual Property Convention.

The Age

ENVIRONMENT

‘Armageddon’ fallout: Green groups deny alarmist claim

Conservationists say they are voicing legitimate concerns about the future of the Great Barrier Reef.

Sydney Morning Herald

How to recycle a society

There is a way to create meaning, dignity and employment from piles of rubbish. A group on the bottom rung of Argentina’s economic ladder show how it’s done.

The Global Mail

Exxon’s CEO: Climate and energy fears are largely overblown

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says fears about climate change, drilling and energy dependence are overblown.

Idaho Statesman

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Famed Crystal Cathedral to become Catholic church

The Diocese of Orange re-baptized the church Christ Cathedral and plans to turn the Protestant landmark into its spiritual and administrative headquarters.

ABC News

Jewish groups condemn court’s decision that circumcision is grievous bodily harm

A German court has ruled that circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm, in a landmark decision condemned by the Jewish community.

Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

The fastest man you may have never heard of

Josh Ross, a six-time Australian national running champion, has experienced the highs and lows looking for riches, spiritual fulfillment, his indigenous heritage and a crack at the Olympics 100m.

The Global Mail

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Dara Torres: oldest Olympic hopeful at the swimming trials

(TIME)

Keeping Score

Wimbledon 2012: Roger Federer sweeps past Italy’s Fabio Fognini

Before dismantling the injury-cursed Italian Fabio Fognini in straight sets, six-time champion Roger Federer bowed for Prince Charles, who was present for the first time since 1970.

Guardian

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