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Britain‘s Queen Elizabeth II and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, speak while on the royal barge during the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. (Photo by John Stillwell, Pool / AP)

The day a nation pushed the boat out

The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant Flotilla of boats sailed seven miles downriver at a sedate four knots to celebrate the longevity and popularity of England’s 86-year-old monarch.

The Independent

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Queen Elizabeth II: in numbers

CNN

Navy marks Battle of Midway’s 70th anniversary, role in Pacific war

Pacific Fleet commander, Adm. Cecil Haney and other officials will fly 1,300 miles northwest from Oahu to Midway to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle that changed the course of the Pacific war.

ABC News

Putin holds firm on Syria

Moscow has resisted Western efforts to remove the Syrian president from power during 15 months of bloodshed. Western nations blame Assad’s forces for the deaths of at least 9,000 people.

Guardian

Assad: Syria faces ‘real war’ from outside

YouTube

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Russia

Guardian

A day that can’t be mentioned

It may be 23 years since Chinese soldiers gunned down unarmed protesters near Tiananmen Square but memories of that day remain raw for pro-democracy activists within and outside the country.

CNN

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Tiananmen Square massacre

BBC

Why the US economy is stuck

The recession officially ended three years ago, but the “recovery” has been a frustrating mix of good and bad news, yet the economy is not careening into a ditch.

USA TODAY

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Unemployment data highlights growing educational divide

(Msnbc.com)

Life Inc.

NATION

Panetta in Vietnam on historic visit

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived at a former U.S. air and naval base at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, becoming the most senior American official to go there since the war ended.

Msnbc.com

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As Panetta visits Vietnam, China eyes US plans for shift to Asia

(TIME)

Global Spin

Disaster relief in the social-media age

Hours after a tornado devastated parts of Joplin, Mo., a mother and daughter turned a Facebook page into a clearinghouse for information on recovery, how to volunteer and where to donate supplies.

The Atlantic

Submarine fire could have ripple effects for Navy fleet

The Navy is evaluating whether it is worth spending millions of dollars to repair the USS Miami, the nuclear-powered submarine damaged in a fire.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Looming court ruling worries some with health woes

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether to overturn the healthcare law, many with pre-existing conditions say the choice is clear.

Reuters

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Health care reform

ABC News

Florida will defy order to stop purging voter list amid calls of ‘suppression’

Florida says it will defy an order from the U.S. Department of Justice to stop purging its voter roll of people the state claims may not be American citizens.

Guardian

BUSINESS

Nissan‘s sales disaster: Murano drop-top

The CrossCab was an ill-fated attempt to see if a crossover could be made into a convertible. It turns out that it can be done, but not many people will buy one.

USA TODAY

US jobs, Chinese factories add to fears

Europe’s debt crisis has frayed nerves around the world for months. Now signs of weakness in the U.S. jobs market and in Chinese factory output give policymakers even more reason to be afraid.

Reuters

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As economy stalls, Fed may step in

(Msnbc.com)

Market Day

ENVIRONMENT

New poll shows public wants wind farms

Seven people in 10 want more wind farms built across the countryside to meet Britain’s energy needs — despite a high-profile political backlash which jeopardizes their future.

The Independent

Rio de Janeiro closes its massive Jardim Gramacho dump

One of the world’s largest open-air landfills where thousands of people have made a living sorting through the debris by hand will close after 34 years in malodorous service.

USA TODAY

EDUCATION

Advertising in schools more common

Financially struggling schools nationwide are increasing the volume of advertising that children see in the halls, at football games and even on their report cards.

USA TODAY

UN calls for investigation of US school’s shock treatments of autistic children

The U.N.’s special rapporteur on torture has made a formal approach to the U.S. government over a school near Boston that inflicts electric shocks on autistic children as a form of behavioral control.

Guardian

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What’s different about the brains of people with autism?

(NPR)

Shots

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Is texting ruining the art of conversation?

Experts fear that, because of texting, more of us are losing our ability to have face-to-face conversations.

Arizona Daily Star

A new chapter is written for the Penguin English Library

The Penguin English Library’s books became design icons in the ’60s, but can the relaunched series be just as big of a success story?

The Independent

Rhode Island cellist tackles transgender question to win Miss USA

A 20-year-old cellist from Rhode Island won the Miss USA crown and will represent the United States in this year’s Miss Universe pageant after voicing support for transgender beauty queens.

Msnbc.com

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (E. Thomas McClanahan):

Taking a cue from Sweden on taxes and spending cuts

McClatchy Newspapers

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Move forward

Creators Syndicate

Editorial:

Veterans services need improvement to help those who served

San Francisco Examiner

Column (Mitch Albom):

Fake pot can have real and serious consequences

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

The Big Apple vs. the Big Gulp

Denver Post

Blog (Steve Taylor):

Looking forward

(Psychology Today)

Out of the Darkness

Column (Daniel Gros):

Democracy vs. the eurozone

Al Jazeera

Column (Paul Harris):

Drone wars and state secrecy — how Barack Obama became a hardliner

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Ceremonies arise in recognition of military-bound grads

ROTC graduates and thier parents give insights and thoughts regarding a yearly ceremony that honors high school graduates serving in the military.

ABC News

Can good deeds lower unemployment?

Long before the current recession, people in Chatham County, N.C., saw the economy dipping. They noticed prices going up and incomes going down. So they fought back by caring for each other.

Christian Science Monitor

Leaving the Bay Area behind

A retired couple find peace, sun and parking meters that give an unprecedented two-hour time value for a quarter, in North San Juan, Calif.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Protesters return to Tahrir Square