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In this file photo, Analia Maya looks out of the window at the Tango Cafe in Saugerties, N.Y., where she and her brother worked as Immigration and Customs Enforcement undercover operatives in exchange for a shot at legal US residency, until the agency suddenly arrested one and threatened deportation. (Photo by Seth Wenig / AP)

Katrina children are still suffering

A startling number of children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems, a new study found.

Detroit Free Press

Mixed recovery along hurricane highway

Philadelphia Inquirer

Special section:

5 years later

USA TODAY

Online rants carry big legal risks

Bloggers have free speech rights, but they increasingly are being sued over trash talk that defames or threatens people.

Star Tribune

Feds moving to dismiss some deportation cases

The Department of Homeland Security is moving to dismiss pending immigration cases filed against suspected illegal immigrants who have no serious criminal records, according to several sources.

Houston Chronicle

Groups demand end to 'de facto amnesty'

Washington Independent

Border deaths in Ariz. may break record

Los Angeles Times

Global outlook casts shadow over Fed mountain retreat

Central bankers from around the world will assess a darkening economic outlook at their U.S. mountain retreat with discussion of printing yet more money to spur growth on the agenda.

Reuters

US futures extend drop on durable goods orders

Bloomberg

Carter in North Korea to free prisoner

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met North Korea’s nominal head of state after touching down in Pyongyang for a private visit to win the release of an American jailed in the reclusive state.

Toronto Sun

NATION

Existing home sales hit a 15-year low

Sales of existing homes plunged to the lowest level in 15 years, dashing hopes that a rebound in housing would jolt the economy out of its post-recession malaise.

NPR

Homes sales plunge

MSNBC

5 most and least affordable housing markets

CNNMoney

Government will appeal injunction against stem cell funding

The Obama administration will appeal a federal judge's decision to temporarily block federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed.

CNN

White House: Ruling blocks 'life-saving' research

Los Angeles Times

New microbe discovered eating oil from Gulf of Mexico oil spill

A newly discovered oil-eating microbe is flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico, gobbling up the oil from the BP spill at a faster rate than expected, scientists reported.

MSNBC

Special section:

Deepwater Horizon disaster

Nature

POLITICS

McCain defeats primary challenger

Sen. John McCain routed conservative challenger J.D. Hayworth in the Republican primary in what could be the final campaign for the former GOP presidential nominee.

U.S. News & World Report

US says flood donations will come if Pakistan spends transparently

Pakistan will have to demonstrate it can spend relief funds transparently and well if it wants more help in rebuilding after its massive floods, the U.S. aid chief said.

Baltimore Sun

BUSINESS

Organic egg sellers scramble to keep up with fresh interest after recall

The recall of half a billion eggs at risk of being tainted by salmonella has scared consumers, who are now showing an increasing willingness to pay premium prices for these most basic of grocery items.

AOL News

Blog:

Egg recalls ripple through food supply

(NPR)

Shots

Discount medical plan scam artists prey on the desperate

With medical costs skyrocketing and more people uninsured, some unscrupulous marketers are implying that cut-rate fees and discount plans are an alternative to comprehensive medical coverage.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Solar power: brighter investment outlook

Energy standards requiring U.S. utilities to use solar power could drive growth for companies ranging from inverter makers to installation financiers.

BusinessWeek

Environment ministry failing to preserve British Columbia Parks

As British Columbia Parks prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2011, a report painted a damning portrait of a fast-expanding yet underfunded system unable to protect ecological integrity.

Vancouver Sun

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pastor keeps preaching after cancer steals his voice

Throat cancer has left the Rev. Lyle Kath nearly speechless. He has turned to the written word to spread the Word.

Star Tribune

The Indian tribe that took on a mining giant – and won

The tribal people of the Niyamgiri Hills in eastern India said they considered the mountain their god. They said they would fight before seeing the mountain destroyed, and they won their battle.

The Independent

SPORTS

Nadal tops men's seed for US Open

Rafael Nadal has been handed the top seed for the next U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows. Five-time champion Roger Federer is seeded second.

CNN

Vikings wide receiver could miss half the season due to hip surgery

Minnesota Vikings Pro Bowl wideout Sidney Rice could miss half the 2010 season after undergoing hip surgery.

Sports Network

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Find a way to resume stem cell research

Detroit Free Press

Column (Deldelp Medina):

Without death penalty, we'd have funds to treat mental illness

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Karen Heller):

Celebrate being rude

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Cindy Krischer Goodman):

Gen X faces unique challenge in Gen Y

Kansas City Star

Blog (Andrew Leonard):

Dodd vs. Warren shows that government is broken

(Salon)

How the World Works

Column (Amr Hamzawy):

5 ways Arab governments resist democracy

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Deepak Chopra):

How to change your response to anxiety

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Jeremy Keenan):

The heart of al-Qaida in the Sahel

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Group collecting memories of philanthropists Dan, Ada Rice

Some visitors have memories of Danada before it became a forest preserve. The Equestrian Center and Friends of Danada, a volunteer group, are urging members of the public to share those memories.

Daily Herald

Peace Corps veterans recall the power of a clarion call

If you doubt the impact of a single voice uttering a single sentence, talk to Peace Corps volunteers who set off to help the world in the late 1960s.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Chile braces for a long mine rescue

Through a skinny borehole from the surface, the 33 miners trapped more than 2,000 feet below the parched earth have gotten a gel-like substance to keep them alive, tiny lights to illuminate the darkness.

New York Times

Hearing trapped miners brings relief