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Surfers try to catch waves as anglers fish the waters near the jetty in Grand Isle, La., as remnants of a weakening Tropical Storm Bonnie rolled into the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Dave Martin / AP)

DC teachers get pink slip

D.C.'s public school system will fire more than 200 employees for poor performance, and is putting another 700 employees on notice they will be fired if their performance doesn't improve.

CBS News

US stocks rally, almost erasing 2010 loss for Dow's industrial average

U.S. stocks rose, almost wiping out the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 2010 loss, after better-than-estimated earnings at companies from UPS to Apple and Ford Motor.

Bloomberg

US week ahead: earnings, economic reports

MarketWatch

Bonnie breaks apart in Gulf of Mexico

Bonnie is breaking apart in the Gulf of Mexico and the tropical depression with winds near 30 mph could soon weaken to an area of low pressure.

CBS News

Tropical depression Bonnie moves into Gulf

Baltimore Sun

Storm warning in Gulf could be dropped

CNN

US missiles kill suspected militants

U.S. missiles hit a suspected militant hide-out, killing 16 insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border, intelligence officials said.

USA TODAY

US military curbs 'reduce' Afghan attacks in some areas

BBC

Earthquakes strike Philippines Moro Gulf, Indonesia’s Sumatra

Eight earthquakes struck the Moro Gulf off Mindanao island in the southern Philippines and one rocked the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Three of the quakes in the Moro Gulf were more than magnitude seven.

Bloomberg

NATION

Some insurers stop coverage for kids

Some major health insurance companies will no longer issue certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, state officials said.

San Francisco Chronicle

Gen. McChrystal retires in ceremony

Gen. Stanley McChrystal left behind legions of admirers and the prospect his reputation as a ferocious fighter would one day eclipse the costly comments that appeared in Rolling Stone.

Houston Chronicle

Alarm on doomed rig not fully turned on

The emergency alarm on the Deepwater Horizon was not fully activated on the day the oil rig caught fire and exploded, a rig worker told a government panel investigating the accident.

MSNBC

Oil rig engineer: Alarm was 'inhibited'

CNN

POLITICS

US trims 2010 deficit forecast, economy faces headwinds

The Obama administration warned the U.S. economy had encountered "strong headwinds" and the country's fiscal challenge remained grave, but it lowered an estimate for the budget deficit.

Reuters

Pay czar: 17 banks overpaid execs

The Treasury Department's pay czar said that 17 banks gave their top executives $1.6 billion in payments while they were receiving taxpayer-funded bailouts.

CBS News

Report: 80 percent of bonuses unmerited

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Many pathogenic fungi use the same entrance to invade host cells

Like a burglar with a universal lock pick, many deadly pathogens use the same protein to gain access to the cells of a potential host, researchers have discovered.

Scientific American

ToneCheck scans e-mail for emotions and red flags

Lymbix Inc. launched ToneCheck, a program that plugs into the popular e-mail software Microsoft Outlook.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Human urine is shown to be an effective agricultural fertilizer

Researchers say our liquid waste not only promotes plant growth as well as industrial mineral fertilizers, but also would save energy used on sewage treatment.

Scientific American

Climate change may help hibernating animals hulk out

Climate change seems to supersize at least one animal species. A study of the yellow-bellied marmot shows that the animals are growing not only in number, but in size.

Ars Technica

Amazon deforestation in dramatic decline

The Brazilian environment agency, Ibama, says the drop in deforestation rate is due to increased use of satellite data to spot the felling of trees and other new tactics used to deter loggers.

Guardian

HEALTH

UN expert warns that overcrowded prisons are breeding grounds for AIDS

The U.N.'s top investigator on torture and punishment warned that overcrowded prisons are breeding grounds for AIDS.

Star Tribune

How a heat wave affects the body

Some might like it hot, but an expert from the CDC explains how heat kills and why fans are worthless in the face of truly high temps.

Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Young evangelical writer: 'Move on' from evolution-creationism debate

Rachel Evans of Dayton, Tenn., is part of a movement of mostly Protestant writers and scientists trying to reconcile the conflict between faith and science.

USA TODAY

Italian church says gay priests should not lead 'double life,' or leave priesthood

The Catholic Church in Italy, still reeling from the clerical sex abuse scandal, lashed out at gay priests who are leading a double life, urging them to come out of the closet and leave the priesthood.

Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Build-A-Bear Inc. rewards young founders of non-profits

Ashlee Smith was the youngest of 10 “Huggable Heroes” invited to the Build-A-Bear leadership workshop. A $7,500 scholarship goes to the kids selected and $2,500 to the charity of their choice.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Hawaii, SPCA cares for pets gathered during homeless sweep

In addition to 73 cats, dogs, puppies and kittens rounded up during the city's homeless sweep, 18 more animals were taken in by the Oahu Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Honolulu Star Bulletin

WORLD

British government plans to decentralize national health care

Britain's new coalition government has proposed what would be the most radical reorganization of the National Health Service since its inception in 1948.

New York Times

North Korea vows nuclear response to military drills