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The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis is the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA. (Photo by John Raoux / AP)

Refugees pin hopes on independent south Sudan

Despite the pride and hopefulness that Sudanese refugees feel as south Sudan becomes the world’s newest country, they also recognize the tremendous challenges that lay ahead.

MSNBC

Blog:

South Sudan expatriates flock home to witness birth of new nation

(CNN)

Inside Africa

GM tests an offer of free car insurance for new buyers

Auto buyers in Oregon and Washington can now take advantage of a unique incentive for new GM-made cars — free car insurance for a year from MetLife.

CBS News

Space shuttle launches on final flight

Space shuttle Atlantis, delayed almost to the last second by a computer glitch, left from the launch pad here at the Kennedy Space Center, and made its way into the history books.

ABC News

Space shuttle live video coverage

NASA

Space shuttle Atlantis over the years

USA TODAY

Former aide to British PM arrested in phone-hacking scandal

A former senior aide to British Prime minister David Cameron was reportedly arrested over his alleged role in a phone-hacking scandal that prompted the closing of Britain’s newspaper.

BBC

British PM calls for hacking inquiry

Al Jazeera

White House is set to propose steps on gun safety

Six months after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot, the White House is preparing to propose some new steps on gun safety, though they’re likely to fall short of the bold measures activists would like to see.

Houston Chronicle

Gun control advocates chide Obama

NPR

NATION

Obesity epidemic grows

A new report from Trust for America’s Health, a nonpartisan advocacy group, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found that not one state has reported a decrease in obesity.

ABC News

Special section:

Good graph Friday: The kids cost more than they used to

MSNBC

Mexican national is executed for Texas teen’s slaying

The state of Texas executed Humberto Leal Garcia, 38, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by the Obama administration to spare the life of the Mexican national.

Houston Chronicle

Search continues off Mexican coast for Americans lost at sea

CNN

POLITICS

Tucson shooting prompts a serious gun safety proposal

CBS News

Debt talks’ bottom lines loom

With White House debt talks due to resume, the next few days will sorely test the mettle of President Barack Obama and Speaker John Boehner as they try to broker a large-scale deal.

Politico

Debt-limit showdown

TIME

Debt debate for dummies: Six keys to understanding the issue

ABC News

BUSINESS

EBay to buy mobile-pay Zong for $240M

The world’s largest online marketplace has just agreed to buy closely held mobile-payment provider Zong Inc. for $240 million in cash, accelerating its expansion of smartphone services.

Bloomberg

Unemployment rises to 9.2 percent as US adds only 18,000 jobs

Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month, as employers added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent.

CBS News

Special section:

In 2 years of economic recovery, women lost jobs, men found them

Pew Research Center

EDUCATION

E-phemeral e-books

Can academic presses harness the recent popularity of textbook rentals to steer customers toward e-books? A number of presses are hoping so.

Inside Higher Ed

Bill would give schools more flexibility in spending federal education funds

A Minnesota congressman who chairs the U.S. House education committee proposed to cut some strings that come with federal education money, but his new bill drew quick criticism.

The Republic

Blog:

GOP proposes unprecedented flexibility in education spending

(Education Week)

Politics K-12

HEALTH

Sports help lower aggression; enhance self control and discipline in boys

Not only do sports help children’s physical health, sports participation also improves their emotional, behavioral and cognitive well - being, researchers from Tel Aviv University, Israel reported.

Medical News Today

Study: Medicaid does make a difference after all

Signing up for Medicaid could improve your overall health and financial security, says a surprising new study that offers clues on how President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul might affect millions.

Philadelphia Inquirer

SPORTS

QB Kerry Collins retires from NFL

Free agent quarterback Kerry Collins won’t be signing with any NFL team when the lockout ends. The 38-year-old veteran has decided to retire.

Sporting News

NFL owners, players re-enter labor negotiations in New York

Members of the NFL Players’ Association executive board and team owners met for hours at a law firm in Manhattan, hoping another push could finally resolve the labor lockout that began in March.

Sports Illustrated

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Blog (David Sirota):

Testing 4-year-olds isn’t the correct answer

Salon

Column (Christine Flowers):

Casey Anthony case proves the triumph of ‘me-ism’

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (Barbara Sehr):

Will seniors be thrown under debt ceiling?

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

Shuttle ends 30-year run, but the US will be back

USA TODAY

Blog (Linda Holmes):

Romance fiction and women’s health: a dose of skepticism

(NPR)

Monkey See

Column (Michelle Malkin):

Beware of Dr. Jihad

Creators Syndicate

Column (David Pollock):

Secularism is neutrality towards all religion – including atheism

Guardian

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The tax man cometh

Hartford Courant

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GOOD NEWS

Brazil’s new plan to beat poverty

Brazil just launched a new, multibillion-dollar program to aid the 16 million Brazilians still living in extreme poverty. It’s the latest in an effort across Latin America to stamp out poverty.

Christian Science Monitor

The (former) hunchback of Tour de France is biking

Thanks to a surgery that implanted two metal rods in Joshua Stewart’s back, he is not only up and running again, he’s biking several sections of the Tour de France.

ABC News

Surgeons carry out the 1st synthetic windpipe transplant

Surgeons in Sweden have performed 1st synthetic organ transplant using an artificial windpipe which was created by scientists in London and then coated in stem cells of the patient.

BBC

WORLD

6 Israeli activists arrested at the airport; planes diverted