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Class action lawsuit filed over Apple's hidden location tracking file (examiner)
As governments worldwide as well as the U.S. government investigate or mull the implications of the recently publicized hidden location tracking file in some iOS devices, consumers have jumped into the fray. A class-action lawsuit has been filed in Tampa, FL, seeking an injunction barring the data collection.

Clyburn says compassion necessary in deficit talks (KansasCity)
The No. 3 Democrat in the House said Tuesday believes Congress and the White House can find a consensus on tackling the nation's growing indebtedness as long as "a lot of compassion" is brought to table.But Rep.

Donald Trump Would Like You To Just Take His Word About the Missing Birth Certificate (tunedin.blogs.time)
Donald Trump , the reality-show judge who is not running for President but would very much like you to believe that he is-see my colleague Alex Altman's explanation as to why -went on Anderson Cooper 360 last night to enable America to pay attention to him on TV.

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CNN investigation: Obama 'birther' claims have no merit (fox6now)
Was Barack Obama really born in America? A new CNN investigation reveals what most analysts have been saying since the so-called "birther" controversy erupted during the 2008 presidential campaign: Obama was born in the state of Hawaii on August 4, 1961.

Visiting Chernobyl 25 Years Later: Lessons for Fukushima (time)
Apocalypse TodayThe 18.5-mile radius around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is known officially as the "zone of alienation." Abandoned cars, tractors, buildings and homes litter the landscape and are slowly being devoured by trees and shrubs.

Boehner open to repealing oil company tax breaks (businessweek)
House Speaker John Boehner says Congress should take a look at repealing multibillion-dollar tax subsidies enjoyed by the major oil companies.

Republican Ron Paul to explore presidential run (reuters)
Representative Ron Paul, who ran for president in 2008, said on Monday he will form an exploratory committee to consider pursuing the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Ryan's Medicare plan does not make sense (watertowndailytimes)
Paul Ryan wants to privatize Medicare because it is getting to be too large a part of the federal budget. Paul Ryan proposes to cap Medicare and privatize its administration to profit-making companies so that costs can be contained but only for those aged 55 and younger. Those already on Medicare and those now 56 years old would continue to be the responsibility of Medicare.

CA: Bell seeks to use Rizzo's pension to ease city's budget problems (latimes)
Grand jury transcripts reveal $4.5 million funds placed in secret plan for former Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo and chief deputy, Angela Spaccia. A special pension fund set up by former Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo and his top aide to boost the already generous compensation paid to city employees contains $4.5 million, according to grand jury transcripts obtained by The Times, providing a potential lifeline to a city on the brink of insolvency.

Levees ready to burst as rain pounds central US (ocala)
Tuesday brought the promise of more showers and thunderstorms to the area around Poplar Bluff in southeast Missouri, one of many river towns in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys threatened by floodwaters.

Storms leave at least 7 dead in Arkansas; residents say small town wiped out by likely tornado (toledoblade)
Even as darkness cloaked Vilonia, people in the central Arkansas community could glimpse hints of the damage from violent storms that left at least seven people dead across the state. A tractor-trailer rested on its side. Loose power lines dangled across the road. A crumbled trampoline dotted another street after winds spit it out 350 yards from home.

Barbour out, GOP ponders as 2012 field takes shape (Gouverneur Times)
Republican Gov. Haley Barbour bowed out of presidential contention Monday with a surprise announcement just as the 2012 campaign was getting under way in earnest, 18 months before Election Day.

Trump: Obama wasn't qualified for Ivy League (TheCabin)
Real estate mogul Donald Trump suggested in an interview Monday that President Barack Obama had been a poor student who did not deserve to be admitted to the Ivy League universities he attended.

Ariz. Governor Criticizes Birther 'Distraction' (TheBostonChannel)
Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who vetoed a bill in April that would have required presidential candidates to prove they were American citizens born in the United States, thinks the so-called "birther" movement is a "huge distraction." "It's just something that I think is leading our country down a path of destruction and it just is not ...

Green's allege election flyers replaced with Grit material (Leamington Post)
The event was allegedly caught in a series of photographs by the campaign manager for Paul Baker, the Green Party candidate in Volpe's Eglinton-Lawrence riding.