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In this file photo, a wild horse roams on the beach without regard to campers at Assateague Island National Seashore, Md. Increased interaction between man and beast is causing problems with the horses’ diets and behaviors. (Photo by Kristen Wyatt / AP)

Assateague’s horses close to company

The first thing visitors notice about Assateague Island National Seashore is this: The 114 wild horses that inhabit the beachfront park along the Atlantic Ocean have full run of the place.

NPR

Report: GOP retains Wisconsin Senate control in recall battle

It has been reported that Republicans retained four of the six state Senate seats that were in jeopardy in recent recall elections in Wisconsin.

CNN

GOP holds Wisconsin Senate

USA TODAY

Stocks sink 2 percent at open in yo-yo market

U.S. stocks fell sharply following the previous session‘s huge rally in the aftermath of the Federal Reserve’s pledge to keep interest rates exceptionally low through the middle of 2013.

CNNMoney

America raises recession alarm as London escapes early freefall

The Independent

Federal Reserve to keep rates at record lows

Bloomberg

3 dead as London police go on offensive

The rioting and looting gripping England has turned deadly as it enters a fifth day with three men killed by a hit-and-run driver in Birmingham.

ABC News

Images of the pillaging and riots

Globeandmail.com

3 refugees arrested for fake bomb found at Phoenix airport

Three African refugees were arrested after what police described as a fake bomb was found in one of their carry-on bags during security screening at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, police said.

MSNBC

NATION

Drought cripples the South

A drought is a different kind of disaster. It begins with a few dry weeks, but life goes on normally. Then one day we wake up and realize we’re living through a natural catastrophe.

TIME

Drought-stricken Texas was once part of Antarctica, scientists say

Herald Sun

Texas drought will harm wildlife habitat for years

The Weather Channel

Obama announces 1st-ever fuel standards for heavy duty vehicles

President Barack Obama announced fire trucks, heavy-duty pickups and all manner of trucks in between will have to trim fuel consumption and emissions under new efficiency standards.

Star Tribune

Airlines cut ticket prices but no bargain as federal taxes return

U.S. airlines are cutting fares. But many fliers will pay no less now that federal ticket taxes are back in place.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Rick Perry poised to enter national stage

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is set to make his presidential intentions known, shaking up the Republican field with a sweeping tour through the early state trifecta.

ABC News

GOP candidates race for Iowa

Starting with a debate and a make-or-break straw poll in Iowa, the coming stretch will test candidates, messages and machinery and drive the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Apple surpasses Exxon as world’s most valuable company before retreating

Apple Inc., a company that was on the brink of bankruptcy before Steve Jobs returned as chief executive officer in 1997, temporarily passed Exxon Mobil Corp. as the world’s largest business.

Bloomberg

Walgreens plans to sell you health insurance soon

Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens will sell health insurance products with different price ranges and coverage levels from coast-to-coast through a private health insurance exchange.

CNNMoney

HEALTH

Healthy vending machines dispense with junk food

Increasingly workers with gurgling stomachs are finding a new ally to help slay the afternoon munchies: the healthy vending machine.

Kansas City Star

Addiction: What gets us hooked?

Some people have their lives destroyed by drugs or alcohol, while others can indulge and walk away. Now doctors are beginning to understand the reasons why.

The Independent

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Detroit native Philip Levine to become US poet laureate

Philip Levine has been appointed poet laureate by the U.S. Librarian of Congress. The Library’s 18th poet laureate consultant, Levine, 83, will open the library’s annual literary season with a reading of his work.

Detroit Free Press

LA: City of perpetual cinematic destruction

Los Angeles always gets destroyed. In the movies, L.A. has been obliterated by titanic tornadoes, epic earthquakes and even by a colossal volcano.

NPR

How the Payson Salmon Supper becomes a foodie tradition

The irony of the annual Payson Salmon Supper is, of course, that Utah’s longest-running food event is based on serving a couple of tons of Alaskan salmon in an arid town best known for onions and cherries.

Salt Lake Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Whole Foods targeting Ramadan

The national grocery chain Whole Foods is in the middle of a whole lot of controversy for directing a marketing campaign at Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan — and then taking it back.

ABC News

Evangelicals question the existence of Adam and Eve

Some conservative scholars are saying publicly that they can no longer believe the Genesis account.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Underlying cause of panic very real

Business Day

Editorial:

Attack violence at any hour

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Anthony Daniels):

Behind England’s riots, a violent and entitled generation

NY Daily News

Editorial:

Half-measures from the Fed

New York Times

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Tea party vs. the economy

Creators Syndicate

Editorial:

Riots in Britain reflect today’s social ills — and social media

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Jonathan Cohn):

Wall Street is the headline. Main Street is the story

The New Republic

Column (Joseph Farah):

You want to see the face of ‘terrorism?’

Creators Syndicate

Column (Matt Wade):

Behind the images of Africa’s starving, there is economic hope

Sydney Morning Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Wampanoag students get boost from summer program

Native Tribal Scholars, a six-week program in the Boston area, took 38 tribal teens and put them in an intensive academic setting in hopes that the program will lead all its participants to graduate high school.

Cape Cod Times

Potential bone-marrow donors recruited at rock concerts

A nonprofit is developing a global pool of potential bone-marrow donors by asking people at music festivals, rock concerts and other events to swab the inside of their cheeks to be tested as a match.

Denver Post

Wayne Memorial High School in Detroit wins $20,000 in video contest

Wayne Memorial High School’s band, orchestra and choir programs are getting a financial boost for much needed supplies in time for the Fall start of school.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Misery in world’s largest refugee camp