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Egyptian Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, right, talks to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo. Clinton’s meeting with Tantawi came with Egypt’s transformation from dictatorship to democracy in peril. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AP)

Nonprofit Northwest’s Child holds 1st prom

For the first time in its 21-year history, Northwest’s Child held a prom. To an outsider, it appeared to be an annual tradition; it seemed like they’d been doing this for years.

Seattle Times

In the name of the father

Many of the world’s most powerful leaders are either carrying on a father’s legacy, or trying to escape it.

The Age

The newly recognized, nontraditional family unit

The Bulletin

Clinton meets with Egypt’s military leader

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Egypt to commit to “a strong, durable democracy” that protects the rights of all citizens.

CBC News

The depth of Egypt’s power struggle

Reuters

Egypt-US relations

Al Jazeera

Air Force tests biofuel at $59 per gallon

The Navy angered the GOP by spending $26 a gallon on biofuels for the Great Green Fleet demonstration, but the Air Force received little attention when it paid more to test synthetic jet fuel.

Reuters

Blog:

White House holds ‘pep talk’ on biofuels

(The Hill)

E2 Wire

Florida to use federal database to challenge legitimacy of voters

Florida election officials will have access to a federal law enforcement database to challenge the eligibility of a person to vote as part of its effort to purge non-citizens from its voting rolls.

CNN

NATION

Too many jobs, or not enough

Yuma, a town along the Mexican border, has the country’s highest jobless rate, at 28.9 percent. Meanwhile, Bismarck, N.D., has the lowest rate in the U.S., at just 2.5 percent. Local economies differ.

NPR

Scranton, Pa.: Where even the mayor is on minimum wage

Guardian

Welcome to the age of nonprofit city government

With a remarkable ability to get things done in Detroit, a city on the brink of state of emergency, the nonprofit Midtown Inc. has a reputation for effectively performing the role of government.

Salon

Nation’s capital beset by scandal

An embarrassing corruption scandal connected to the mayor’s office further threatens to tarnish Washington’s burnished image and could topple its new leadership.

McClatchy Newspapers

Blog:

Mayor Vincent Gray lashes out at D.C. Council members who demand his resignation

(Washington Post)

District of DeBonis

POLITICS

Senate Dems push 1-year tax cut

Senate Democrats will push a one-year tax cut proposal for individuals earning $200,000 or less annually, setting the stage for a showdown with Republicans over extending the Bush tax cuts.

Politico

Bain Capital far from fading, Obama keeps after Romney

President Barack Obama is keeping up a drumbeat of skepticism over Mitt Romney’s insistence that he stepped down from his private equity firm years earlier than federal records indicate.

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Business schools offering PR tips to future CEOs

The Public Relations Society of America has launched a pilot project at five business schools to teach MBA students how to handle crises and preserve corporate reputations.

ABC News

Stepping out of the system

In lean economic times, alternative financial systems are sprouting up around the world. And now they come with a digital twist.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mars landing: NASA counts down the hours to its latest mission

A giant space probe is set to plunge onto Mars. Should the landing sequence go wrong, $2.5 billion worth of hardware and a decade of effort by astronomers will be splattered over the Martian landscape.

Guardian

‘7 Minutes of Terror’

NASA.gov

Amazon’s keepers reach out to the world

Indigenous groups have begun to “partner” with technology giants to protect endangered cultural customs and ecologies.

Al Jazeera

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Hindu Americans redefine service

Seva, which means “service” in Sanskrit, is an important aspect of the Dharmic traditions, which include Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.

Huffington Post

Americans’ confidence in the church at all-time low

Americans’ confidence in organized religion is at its lowest in more than three decades, with just 44 percent having a lot of faith in the church, a new Gallup poll suggests.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

Salt Lake City’s Western Governors graduates those who prove ‘competency’

Western Governors’ signature innovation is separating academic credit from the time students spend in class. Students study at their own pace and advance when they demonstrate a required competency.

Salt Lake Tribune

Camp lets American Indian youth explore higher education

Almost 40 American Indian students have the chance to experience college life through the 14th annual Native Youth Exploring Higher Education summer camp at Washington State University.

NY Daily News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Howie Carr):

It all depends on the meaning of ‘demeaning’

Boston Herald

Blog (Samia Elfekih):

Women in science: ‘Dream big or go home!’

(The Independent)

Notebook

Column (Maya Wheeler):

Advocate for your child within school systems

Denver Post

Blog (Robert Fuller, Ph.D.):

Is anyone enlightened?

(Psychology Today)

Somebodies and Nobodies

Column (Lynn Parramore):

The ‘50 shades’ of capitalism

Salon

Column (Nathan Slaughter):

The world’s most hated energy source could make you a fortune

Townhall.com

Column (John Dickerson):

What was Obama’s biggest mistake?

Slate

Column (Jesse Singal):

Hey Daniel Tosh — no one believes your lame Twitter apology

Daily Beast

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GOOD NEWS

India’s frontline health workers help stave off global crisis

As a frontline health worker, India’s Sonam Kumari is not a doctor or a nurse. But she is doing something they cannot: helping the poorest of the poor gain access to health care.

GlobalPost

Train bridges the health care divide in South Africa

Four out of five South Africans depend on the public health care system, but access remains vastly unequal between blacks and whites. But now a very special train is helping to bridge the gap.

CBS News

It started with a $500 tip

Something made Aaron Collins outline three things he wanted before he died: to repay debts owed to his parents, to give a homeless person some money and to leave “an awesome tip” for a server.

CNN

WORLD

Red Cross: Syrian conflict now a civil war