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‘Little America’: Lee County, Texas

Analysis of 2010 Census data show that Lee County, Texas, is more representative of the nation as a whole than almost any other U.S. county, based on the racial and ethnic makeup of its population.

CNN

Dawn arrives at Vesta: Will scientists find a water-coated protoplanet?

A 1,600-pound spacecraft called Dawn is scheduled to begin orbiting Vesta, the second-largest asteroid in the solar system.

Christian Science Monitor

Early visions of human spaceflight

Popular Science

Interview:

Q-and-A with NASA’s Dawn spacecraft project manager

SPACE.com

Scandalized UK ponders press reform

The U.K. has been obsessed with the phone hacking scandal that has shaken its media world. But will the fallout help to bring about change regarding the nation’s media industry?

USA TODAY

UK official: Not embarrassed by Murdoch ties

CBS News

Murdoch: ‘We’re sorry’ for hacking scandal

Reuters

Court: ‘Don’t ask, don‘t tell’ will stay in place

A federal appeals court ordered the military to temporarily continue its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for openly gay service members, responding to a request from the Obama administration.

MSNBC

Apple wins international trade agency ruling on HTC phones

Apple Inc. won a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling in a patent-infringement case targeting HTC Corp.’s Android-based mobile telephones.

Bloomberg

Twitter celebrates 5 years, 140 characters, 200 million users

Al Jazeera

NATION

Aviation experts worry about aircraft mishaps on the ground

With the latest collision of two commercial passenger aircraft on a runway at Boston’s Logan International Airport, aviation experts worry about the potential dangers that lurk on the runways of the nation’s airports.

ABC News

After ‘painful’ blunder, green card lottery results released

Results of the State Department’s green card lottery were originally announced May 1, but they were invalidated because of a computer glitch. The results of a new green card lottery are now posted.

Christian Science Monitor

LA readies for ‘Carmageddon’ weekend

Police, fire trucks and ambulance crews were on standby, but cars flowed freely along the region’s freeways in the hours before a weekend shutdown of a major route in Los Angeles.

Associated Press

LA readies for ‘Carmageddon’ weekend

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

POLITICS

All of a sudden, Congress is full of debt ceiling solutions

The initiative for resolving the debt-limit crisis is shifting back from the White House toward Capitol Hill, where House and Senate leaders are preparing alternative legislative strategies to avoid default.

Christian Science Monitor

Blog:

A debt ceiling cheat sheet: 8 possible plans

(New York Times)

The Caucus

Texas becomes 1st state to enact ‘hydrofracking’ rules

Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed energy legislation to encourage more natural gas production and require energy companies to disclose the kinds of chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing.

Reuters

State fracking rules could allow drilling near NYC water supply

ProPublica

House committee tackles pipeline safety

Responding to the Exxon spill in Montana and other recent oil pipeline incidents, a House subcommittee discussed a new bill intended to regulate the industry and improve pipeline safety.

C-Span

BUSINESS

Obama to eliminate Warren as head of consumer bureau

Sources say that President Barack Obama has chosen a candidate other than Elizabeth Warren as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Bloomberg

Google: the beginning

An insider recounts the search engine giant’s early days: the bizarre job interview, April Fools’ pranks that enraged users, roller hockey, platters of sushi — and the uneasy leap to the mainstream.

Wall Street Journal

EDUCATION

The ethics of student life

While many focus on giving students information about the dangers of using drugs, ethicists at Santa Clara University, Calif., are asking students to take a more thoughtful, proactive approach.

Inside Higher Ed

A new majority among college faculty

In the last two years, three outgoing male deans in the colleges of law, business, and arts and sciences at the University of Richmond have all been replaced by women.

Inside Higher Ed

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Clinton says Islamic world, West can agree on religious tolerance

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she’s hopeful that a religious tolerance agreement between the West and Islamic countries will end efforts to criminalize blasphemy.

Star Tribune

The end of church planting?

In a recent blog post that is attracting attention around the Web, professor David Fitch encourages church expansion via a missionary team model to plant churches.

Christianity Today

SPORTS

Hawaii surfer Carissa Moore clinches world championship

Hawaii’s Carissa Moore has clinched a world championship in women’s professional surfing, and thus became the sport’s youngest titleholder.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Hushovd storms downhill for 13th stage

Norwegian sprint specialist Thor Hushovd showed his climbing abilities by winning the 13th stage of the Tour de France, overtaking Frenchman Jeremy Roy towards the end.

NBCSports

Tour de France photo gallery: stage 13

CyclingNews

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

The immigration problems could be solving themselves

USA TODAY

Blog (Tom Fowler):

Stephen Colbert takes on the Friendly Fracosaurus

FuelFix.com

Interview (Katelyn Beaty):

Geek theologian

Christianity Today

Column (A.A. Gill):

Despite scandal, we need tabloid hacks

Bloomberg

Column (Chris Good):

Are we seeing the death of the political pledge?

The Atlantic

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Republican utopia

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (David Sirota):

Why Americans can’t afford to eat healthy

Salon

Blog (Andrew Leonard):

Eric Cantor: The most dangerous whiner in America

(Salon)

How the World Works

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GOOD NEWS

Mental health charity promotes benefits of contact with nature

Dave Urwin, a charity worker in South West, England, is promoting “ecotherapy” as a positive way to maintain mental health.

Positive News

City program gets teens off streets, into rec centers

The Applications for Pride, Purpose & Success program aims to prevent a repeat of last summer’s spike in violence by getting young adults of Columbus, Ohio, involved at local recreation centers.

Columbus Dispatch

Speedskaters to receive free tuition as part of new sponsorship deal

Members of U.S. Speedskating will enjoy free tuition at Ashworth College, an online school based in Atlanta that claims 50,000 students, as part of a new sponsorship agreement.

Salt Lake Tribune

WORLD

Protesters say Egypt’s revolution far from finished