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Wednesday Jun 19, 2013

• Secrets piling up faster than government can declassify some  

• Afghans quit talks with Taliban before they begin  

• Opponents protest Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s appointments
• Afghans quit talks with Taliban before they begin  
• Afghan peace process in disarray as U.S. prepares to meet with Taliban  
• Sunni-Shiite violence hits Lebanese city of Sidon  
• In Libya, chaos is taking a toll on freedom of press, speech  
• Afghan forces take over, doubts loom  
• Groundwork for arming Syrian rebels began before Obama’s announcement  
• Inspired by prayer, Virginia politician starts errant bedsheet drive for troops in Afghanistan
• Transparency laws give citizens tool against Mexican corruption  
• Erdogan defends crackdown as his ‘duty’ as clashes with protesters spread  

• Spy data disclosures show anew that executive branch holds all the cards  
• Federal Reserve expects slower growth for rest of 2013  
• Idaho GOP seeks to halt cities' anti-discrimination ordinances
• Obama, Putin, at G8 summit, differ sharply over Syria
• NSA chief: Spying stopped 50 terrorist ‘events’  

• Spy data disclosures show anew that executive branch holds all the cards
• Secrets piling up faster than government can declassify some  
• Idaho GOP seeks to halt cities' anti-discrimination ordinances
• IRS cases were referred to ‘Group 7822’  
• NSA chief: Spying stopped 50 terrorist ‘events’  
• Farm bill is fertile ground for complaints
• Dispute over Obama’s choices for D.C. court centers on need – and politics  
• IRS scandal brings out more charges of political audits  
• Alaska delegation suspicious of NSA data collection  
• As public concerns grow, Congress spooked over spying  

• Wine and water: Deep aquifer trouble in California's North County
• Teacher training – especially in California – gets poor grades
• KC terrorist supported plan to bomb stock exchange, FBI leader tells Congress
• Fifty Years Of Night: Coal jobs gone, perhaps for good
• Centre College professor is getting buzz for study of energy drinks
• UTA team’s genome research with reptiles could yield clues to human health
• The government is watching you  
• NC State grad student creates maps of regional dialects that take Internet by storm
• Holt's 'The Abomination' leaves you hungry for more  
• George Lucas leaves crowd at Graffiti Parade in Modesto, Calif., cheering

• Man indicted for murder in overdose death of billionaire's grandson
• Prosecutors look to closely link Manning, Assange in WikiLeaks case
• New evidence: George Zimmerman applied to become a cop but was turned down

• Federal Reserve faces pressure to provide clarity in uncertain environment  
• Americans throw away 90 billion pounds of food a year  
• Tax writers Max Baucus, Dave Camp plan summer taxapalooza  

• Climate change a threat to migratory birds, wildlife group says  
• Scarlet shorebird serves as harbinger of climate change between the poles  
• Rep. Doc Hastings’ bill would protect salmon from California sea lions  

• Immigration reform is more than border security
• Sarah Murnaghan gets new lungs; what happens next?
• Satire: Roll your own news
• Robin Abcarian: New abortion rules assume women are really stupid
• Leonard Pitts Jr.: We're surrendering our civil liberties
• Security vs. civil liberties: America needs a full debate
• Congress must act soon to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling
• When loving others becomes routine, it can overshadow the routine of evil
• New questions raised about origins of U.S. Honor Flag
• Commentary: War costs last forever