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A sunflower stands in front of the euro sculpture in Frankfurt, Germany. The European Central Bank has cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to a record low of 0.75 percent to boost the eurozone economy. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)

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Mind control moves to the battlefield

Technology that taps into a soldier’s thought patterns, giving them a so-called “sixth sense,” could soon see action on the battlefield. But some scientists and soldiers worry about its applications.

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BBC

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Defense and military news

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Telegraph.co.uk

Big rewards, less job security for American college leaders

When it comes to running the modern American university, men and women in the president’s office are increasingly on high alert that their stays at the top could prove shorter than anticipated.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Fewer Americans than predicted file unemployment claims

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Bloomberg

European Central Bank cuts rates to new low

The European Central Bank cut interest rates to a record low to breathe life into a deteriorating eurozone economy and back up measures to tackle the debt crisis.

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Reuters

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Big banks’ ’living wills’ aiming for bankruptcy, not bailouts

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Bloomberg

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Economic optimism climbs

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Politico

Peter Higgs lives to see his boson

British theorist Peter Higgs was not adept in the lab, but he never doubted that his theory of a subatomic particle would be proven right in practice. His surprise was that he lived to see that day.

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Reuters

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Guardian

Japanese parliament report: Fukushima nuclear crisis was ‘man-made’

The nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant in Japan was a “man-made disaster” that unfolded as a result of collusion, an independent panel decided.

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CNN

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Inside Fukishima

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BBC

NATION

Homeowners avert foreclosure

Critics slammed Nevada’s foreclosure mediation program as a delaying tactic to avert foreclosure. But advocates now cite Nevada as a model, and mediation is used in more than 20 states.

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Reuters

Power outages put damper on 4th of July

Hundreds of thousands from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic are preparing to spend the Fourth of July like America’s founders did in 1776, without the conveniences of electricity and air conditioning.

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FOX News

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Celebrating the 4th of July

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CBS News

Next president faces high unemployment

A majority of economists in the latest Associated Press survey expect the national unemployment rate to stay above 6 percent for at least four more years.

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Post Crecent

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Faces of citizenship

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CNN

POLITICS

Critics say Antonin Scalia too political

Justice Antonin Scalia drew unusually critical attention during this past Supreme Court term for comments he made in court and in his writing that seemed to some more political than judicial.

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CBS News

Romney calls health care mandate a ‘tax,’ contradicts top aide

Mitt Romney said the federal health care reform mandate constitutes a “tax,” contradicting the way a senior adviser to his campaign characterized his position earlier this week.

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CNN

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Clouds gather over Obama campaign

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Crocodile breaks record

At 20.24 feet long, a saltwater crocodile from the Philippines is officially the largest crocodile in captivity, the Guinness Book of World Records announced recently.

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National Geographic

Sun fires off Fourth of July solar flares

The sun is unleashing some powerful solar flares in an impressive celestial fireworks display just in time for the U.S. Independence Day holiday.

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CBS News

BUSINESS

US layoffs at a 13-month low in June

The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in June to its lowest level in over a year, suggesting employers were not rapidly downsizing even as the economic recovery slows, a report showed.

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Reuters

Perk wars: Facebook, Zynga, Google jockey for top talent

Technology companies in Silicon Valley are lavishing employees with perks at a time when much of the nation is experiencing just the opposite: job cuts and belt-tightening at the office.

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USA TODAY

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Employee perks boost worker satisfaction

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Frank Ocean’s coming out marks a sea change for hip-hop

In the world of hip-hop music, coming out as gay is not an everyday occurrence. So Frank Ocean’s decision to reveal that his first love was a man promises a brighter future for the genre.

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The Independent

Office stress dogging you? Try punching in with Fido

Most dog lovers will insist a canine friend makes for a happier home. A number of studies back that up, touting the health benefits.

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NPR

EDUCATION

Veterans sign up for job education

Thousands of unemployed veterans may be heading back to school under a federal program to get out-of-work veterans trained and back in the job market.

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ABC News

Prominent charter school networks eye fresh territory

A handful of prominent charter school networks that have won praise for their academic performance and unorthodox models are expanding to new parts of the country.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Tax vs. penalty is the wrong debate

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Denver Post

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Michigan can profit from China’s growth

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Detroit News

Rules of the road

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Daily Herald

Blog (John Horgan):

If you want more Higgs hype, do not read this column

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Cross-Check

Blog (Ken Eisold):

The sovereignty of wealth

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Farm bill bulges in wrong places

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Star Tribune

Column (Danny Westneat):

A heritage of grievances for a nation of complainers

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What are American values these days?

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TIME

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GOOD NEWS

South African runner to be 1st amputee in Olympic track

Never write Oscar Pistorius off. The “Blade Runner” will be competing in the London Olympics in his favored 400 meters after all — the first amputee track athlete to compete at any Games.

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CBSSports

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Pistorius sprints to Olympics

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Msnbc.com

Edmonds, Wash., cop retires after more than 32 years on force

After more than 32 years as a cop in Edmonds, Wash., Gerry Gannon is heading east to North Dakota where his in-laws farm wheat, barley, sunflowers and soybeans.

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Daily Herald

Beijing introduces recycling banks that pay subway credits for bottles

Beijing’s plastic-bottle scavengers will get an automated rival later this month, when the city introduces its first reverse vending machines that pay subway credits in exchange for returned containers.

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Guardian

WORLD

Local wars blur al-Qaida’s threat to West

Spinoff groups from al-Qaida have become increasingly engrossed in insurgencies in Africa and the Middle East, unlike their usual pattern of targeting the West.

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Reuters

NATO supply trucks cross the Afghanistan-Pakistan border

Trucks supplying NATO containers in Afghanistan crossed the border from Pakistan for the first time in seven months after Islamabad reopened transit routes.

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BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Feeling under siege, Catholic leadership shifts right

Perceiving its core beliefs to be under threat from popular culture, the White House and even Catholics themselves, the Vatican and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are pushing back.

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NPR

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Religious right’s new rivals

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Salon

Mystery of missing wife of Scientology leader: missing since 2007

Scientology chairman David Miscavige is the reclusive and enigmatic leader of the religion. But perhaps the biggest mystery surrounding the man concerns his wife, Shelly, who has not been seen since 2007.

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Daily Mail

Losing our religion: doubt by numbers

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Huffington Post

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Astronomers puzzled as star’s dust belt vanishes, seek new explanations

The cloud of dust surrounding a young star has disappeared, indicating that there is something wrong with our current ideas of planet formation. It may mean that planets can form much more quickly.

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TG Daily

Wiki creator talks about his invention

Ward Cunningham, the creator of the wiki, is proud of his invention. But there is one thing about the wiki that he regrets: that he owns all the pages.

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Wired

HEALTH

As the mercury has soared, so too have heat-related deaths. And with forecasts projecting continued steaminess, chances are that more people will succumb. Why can heat be so deadly?

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Methadone drug behind a 3rd of painkiller deaths, CDC says

Methadone makes up only two percent of painkiller prescriptions, but is behind more than 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths.

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CBS News

SPORTS

National Hockey League labor agreement close to expiring

The league’s collective bargaining agreement expires in September, and that means changes are coming to a salary-cap structure forged only after a painful process.

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San Jose Mercury News

Steve Nash goes to Lakers in sign-and-trade deal

Steve Nash is going to the Los Angeles Lakers, a Pacific Division rival the two-time MVP point guard tried so hard to beat, with little success, in his eight seasons with the Phoenix Suns.

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ABC News

Wild agrees to $98 million deals with Parise and Suter

The Minnesota Wild scored a major coup, agreeing to 13-year, $98 million deals with Zach Parise and Ryan Suter — considered the two biggest prizes in this year’s free-agent class.

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Star Tribune

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Dolphins talk like humans

Dolphins do not whistle, but instead “talk” to each other using a process which is very similar to the way humans communicate.

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Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, rides in the pack as it passes a bridge in Dieppe during the fourth stage of the Tour de France. (Photo by Peter Dejong / AP)

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