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Remembering Rwanda

About an hour’s drive south of Rwanda’s capital city stands Ntarama church. Its unassuming exterior shrouds a darkness within, commemorating one of the most brutal acts Rwanda has ever witnessed.

Al Jazeera

Summer food programs seeking new ways to assist children

Summer food programs aiming to keep U.S. children from going hungry have grown 25 percent in the last five years, amid a nationwide push to change the way they serve food to needy people.

USA TODAY

Mid-Atlantic power outages could last days

It could be several days before electricity is restored to areas hit by vicious storms that killed at least 13 people and left 3 million power customers in sweltering temperatures without air conditioning.

Washington Examiner

Violent Mid-Atlantic storms

CBS News

Severe heat wave holds the United States at boiling point

ABC News

Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Morsi, faces burden of expectation, long to-do list

Citizens seeking jobs, compensation from the state or clemency for jailed relatives crowded in Cairo, showing how Mohammed Morsi’s mandate raised hopes for a responsive government.

National Post

Mohamed Morsi sworn in as Egypt’s president

YouTube

How gay pride went global

Forty years ago, 700 men and women braved hostile police and the missile-throwing public to tell the world they were not ashamed to be gay. Since then, gay pride has become a global movement.

The Independent

NATION

Law could force Mississippi’s only abortion clinic to close

Clinic owners are in a fight to save the only abortion clinic operating in the state of Mississippi. New state requirements may close their doors forever, making Mississippi the first abortion-free state.

CNN

Police find Dali painting at JFK airport

The New York Police Department has cracked the case of the stolen Salvador Dali painting after it was mysteriously mailed back to New York from Europe.

FOX News

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Stolen Salvador Dali drawing mysteriously returned by mail

(ABC News)

Nation

US ponders Guantanamo transfer for suspected Taliban militants, reports say

The White House is considering sending suspected militants currently held at Guantanamo back to Afghanistan in a bid to kickstart stalled talks with the Taliban, it has been reported.

Guardian

POLITICS

Young, worried and unsure — about both presidential candidates

A Reuters/Ipsos poll of recent graduates reveals a drop in support for Obama compared with 2008, but it shows no movement toward the GOP.

Reuters

Medicaid ruling could give red states more bargaining power

The Supreme Court ruling left the Democratic health care law intact, but it also left Republicans in a stronger bargaining position when it comes to Medicaid.

Politico

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Which states are most likely to resist the Medicaid expansion?

(Slate)

Money Box

EDUCATION

Is online teacher training good?

At a time when brick-and-mortar teacher training programs are under fire, does the burgeoning world of online teacher training have the potential to help or hamper efforts to improve public education?

TIME

A movement for absolute smoking bans on college campuses

Colleges are pushing for total smoking bans on campus. This includes not only in buildings but also in the open air. Students who use smoking to get through college are speaking out against the bans.

FOX News

College campuses push smoking bans

YouTube

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New mind-reading device lets paralyzed people type

A new device may offer hope to people dealing with paralysis: a new use of MRI technology to read minds. It allows individuals to type 27 symbols without saying a word or moving a muscle.

(Smithsonian Magazine)

Surprising Science

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Robot plays rock, paper, scissors

(NPR)

Krulwich Wonders ...

Soon we might spray-paint batteries onto any surface

Scientists at Rice University in Houston have invented a spray paint that functions as a battery. The scientists turned lithium-ion battery materials into a sprayable liquid form.

Forbes

HEALTH

Hot flashes don’t signal poor heart health for most women

The hot flashes that bedevil so many women as they enter menopause don’t appear to be linked to poorer heart health. The exception may be if hot flashes persist for years after the onset of menopause.

HealthDay

Purple Hearts for PTSD?

In a report, “Parity for Patriots,” NAMI called mental health disorders “signature injuries" and recommended that military commanders be accountable for suicide prevention.

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

New news network to launch

A new news network is launching online with well-known investors. The venture is called #Waywire, and the hashtag is a nod to its emphasis on social media and reliance on digital platforms.

Variety

See yourself as the next Assange? Good luck with that

Do you aspire to be the next Julian Assange and create a site like WikiLeaks? You will have your work cut out for you.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Graduation gift from a father: a 13-year labor of love

For 13 years, Bryan Martin kept a book hidden from his daughter, dutifully taking it to her teachers, coaches and school principals every year to have them append positive messages.

Msnbc.com

Substance-abuse program in prison changing women’s lives

For Cindy Chatterson, life fell apart the same way it does for a lot of women serving time at the Utah State Prison. But the ExCell program helped her turn things around.

Salt Lake Tribune

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Paws in prison

(Huffington Post)

Bus 52

Anonymous couple gives $30 million gift to homeless