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Firefighters gather for an after-action review after battling the Wallow fire in Eagar, Ariz. The fire in eastern Arizona has scorched an area the size of Phoenix, threatening thousands of residents and emptying towns as the flames raced toward New Mexico. (Photo by Jae C. Hong / AP)

Peace Corps for retirees? A 2nd chance to serve

National service programs were designed primarily for young people. Now baby boomers are looking for another round of service with the same motivations that attracted them four decades ago.

Christian Science Monitor

Blog:

Early retirement? 9 ways to find health insurance before Medicare

(CBS MoneyWatch.com)

Money for Life

Citibank says hackers accessed customers’ card data

Citigroup Inc. said that computer hackers accessed the data of about 200,000 bank cardholders in North America, the latest in a recent string of cyber attacks on high-profile companies.

Reuters

Blog:

Citibank reveals 1 percent of all accounts exposed in hacker intrusion

(Forbes)

The Firewall

Arizona fire threatens power, phone lines

As a giant wildfire raged in Arizona, fire officials and power companies said they were planning for the possibility that the blaze would reach crucial transmission lines that supply power to thousands.

CNN

Ariz. Wallow fire may hit power lines, cause massive blackouts

ABC News

Ariz. wildfire: Wallow fire near Alpine

Arizona Republic

Residents pack their bags as wildfire threatens towns in Ariz.

BBC

US trade deficit unexpectedly narrows

Record exports and lower oil purchases helped narrow the U.S. deficit, easing concern the world’s largest economy is faltering. The gap shrank 6.7 percent in April, its lowest since December.

Bloomberg

Twitter finds a place in the classroom

Students tap away at their cellphones, laptops and iPads during Enrique Legaspi’s class. In some schools, this would result in a one-way ticket to the principal’s office. But Legaspi finds this behavior useful.

CNN

Blog:

Tweeting your homework? More teachers adopt social media in the classroom

PC Magazine

NATION

Bin Laden documents sharpen US aim

The U.S. is stepping up surveillance of operatives previously considered minor al-Qaida figures after digging through correspondence seized from Osama bin Laden’s hideout, officials say.

Denver Post

Banks defeated in Senate vote over debit card fees

The Senate refused to delay new rules that would sharply cut the fees that banks are allowed to charge retailers to process debit card transactions.

New York Times

Lightning strike at Miss. military base sends 77 to hospital

A lightning strike sent 77 Air Force ROTC cadets to hospitals in the Hattiesburg, Miss., area, where they were all responsive and in stable condition.

CNN

POLITICS

Panetta faces challenges on spending, Afghanistan war

Leon Panetta will begin what is expected to be swift confirmation with testimony to the Senate. A former Democratic congressman and director of the CIA, he is widely respected by members of both parties.

The Hill

Panetta: Cyberattacks among ‘blizzard’ of defense challenges

USA TODAY

Appeals court skeptical of Obama administration’s argument on health care

A lawyer for the Obama administration told a panel of federal judges that Congress was well within its authority in passing a sweeping health care law, but the judges seemed, at times, skeptical.

ABC News

BUSINESS

Is high unemployment the ‘new normal’ even in a recovery?

A “new normal” is emerging for the U.S. jobs market, and a growing number of economists warn that it’s likely to mean that unemployment will remain persistently high for years to come.

McClatchy Newspapers

Robot arm lets you sign papers from distance

A Citizens Bank in Massachusetts is testing the technology at five Bay State branches as a way to speed up transactions between customers and off-site banking specialists.

Boston Herald

OPEC talks collapse, oil prices go up

Talks among the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries broke down in acrimony without an agreement to raise output after Saudi Arabia failed to convince the oil cartel to lift production.

Reuters

Oil: uncertain future

CNBC

EDUCATION

Feds defend Department of Education raid on a home

The Education Department is saying that that a raid its inspector general authorized on a California home was part of a criminal probe, not a pursuit of a woman because she could not pay her student loans.

Politico

Community colleges are at the center of debates over educators putting too much emphasis on four-year colleges. Companies are looking for a variety of skills, not all of which require a bachelor’s degree.

Education Week

HEALTH

Drug makes hearts repair themselves

The damage caused by a heart attack had previously been considered permanent. But a study in the journal Nature showed one drug could “prime” the heart for repair if used in advance of a heart attack.

BBC

Girls may be more resistant to autism than boys

Two new studies suggest that girls may be more resistant to the spontaneous genetic mishaps that cause some cases of autism in families with no history of the disorder.

HealthDay

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Religion and controversy always a part of US education

Religious freedom has always been a given in American life, but religious education has had a different road — a path rarely without controversy as it tries to find a place in a secular and worldly democracy.

Reuters

Catholic Charities sues state over foster care liability

Catholic Charities in the Illinois dioceses of Springfield, Peoria and Joliet are seeking an injunction that would protect religious agencies from legal action if they turn away couples in civil unions seeking to adopt.

Chicago Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Helen Gym):

Reformers, please listen to what parents want for schools

CNN

Interview (Michael Skafidas):

Francis Fukuyama: Democracy still rules. But will US catch up?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Philip Meyer):

Have newspapers forgotten the little guy?

USA TODAY

Blog (Amy Goodman):

A perfect storm of stupid

(Guardian)

Comment is Free

Column (Benjamin Radford):

Texas mass grave hoax: Do police really use psychics?

LiveScience

Video (Kevin Connors):

What exactly is wrong with LeBron James?

ESPN

Column (John Dickerson):

Even Iowans don’t care about ethanol subsidies anymore

Slate

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Foul play

Washington Examiner

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GOOD NEWS

Exercise may protect the brain from ‘silent strokes’

Jogging, swimming or other moderate to intense physical activity may protect the brain from “silent strokes,” or small brain lesions that can lead to mental decline and increase the chances of a future stroke.

HealthDay

Oakland community to kick off Bay Area literacy program

California’s Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, elementary school students and community members will be kicking off a new literacy and mentoring program.

San Jose Mercury News

Hepatitis C mouse model a major milestone for testing vaccines

Researchers have produced the first mouse model with a functional immune system that is susceptible to infection by the hepatitis C virus — by getting it to express two human genes.

Nature

WORLD

UN Security Council weighs forceful Syria resolution