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Sotomayor cool under Republican grilling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor fended off Republican attacks on Tuesday, saying "diversity on the bench is good for America" and promising rulings based on law, not racial bias.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=s2vSs1q0HUE:zoOhoP_JlC0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=s2vSs1q0HUE:zoOhoP_JlC0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=s2vSs1q0HUE:zoOhoP_JlC0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=s2vSs1q0HUE:zoOhoP_JlC0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=s2vSs1q0HUE:zoOhoP_JlC0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/s2vSs1q0HUE" height="1" width="1"/>
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House Democrats vow healthcare plan by August

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's plans to overhaul the $2.5 trillion healthcare industry got a boost on Tuesday as Democrats in the House of Representatives offered sweeping legislation and predicted passage on schedule by August.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=du18s_xiQ6E:oPHYwqPFex4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=du18s_xiQ6E:oPHYwqPFex4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=du18s_xiQ6E:oPHYwqPFex4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=du18s_xiQ6E:oPHYwqPFex4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=du18s_xiQ6E:oPHYwqPFex4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/du18s_xiQ6E" height="1" width="1"/>
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Obama mulls rental option for homeowners: sources

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. officials are weighing a plan to let borrowers who have fallen behind on mortgage payments avoid eviction by renting their home instead, sources familiar with the administration's thinking said on Tuesday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=zi2_gSZZcdI:ZSoARbCpKns:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=zi2_gSZZcdI:ZSoARbCpKns:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=zi2_gSZZcdI:ZSoARbCpKns:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=zi2_gSZZcdI:ZSoARbCpKns:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=zi2_gSZZcdI:ZSoARbCpKns:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/zi2_gSZZcdI" height="1" width="1"/>
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Khmer Rouge interrogator says "no regrets" about deaths

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A former interrogator at the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison on Tuesday expressed no remorse for the deaths of thousands of Cambodians who he said had all committed crimes.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=bFhhaHhFldg:8tu-LyTIk7g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=bFhhaHhFldg:8tu-LyTIk7g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=bFhhaHhFldg:8tu-LyTIk7g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=bFhhaHhFldg:8tu-LyTIk7g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=bFhhaHhFldg:8tu-LyTIk7g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/bFhhaHhFldg" height="1" width="1"/>
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Technology News

Hiccups in Dell's Windows 7 upgrade program

Some customers who recently bought PCs at retail were unable to sign up for the free upgrade to Windows 7, but Dell says it's now resolved.
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Find your friends with these services

Looking for friends to do something with this summer? Use these location-based services to find out where all your friends are.
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Tasks graduates Gmail Labs; Google Calendar gets experimental

Google has taken Tasks out of Gmail's labs section, making it the first feature to graduate. Calendar also has new, experimental features users can flip on and off.
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Einstein bot: E = mc smile

Researchers from UC San Diego rely on developmental psychology and feedback from real-time facial expression recognition to teach the Einstein robot to make a series of complex facial movements.
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Review: Harry Potter Powers Through Puppy Love, Potions in 'Half-Blood Prince'

Like the actors who portray the young wizards and witches on the big screen, the cinematic treatment of J.K. Rowling's saga is growing increasingly mature. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R9UzurF_sMa8szEPmK2KjkLMdU4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R9UzurF_sMa8szEPmK2KjkLMdU4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R9UzurF_sMa8szEPmK2KjkLMdU4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R9UzurF_sMa8szEPmK2KjkLMdU4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/YX9Evm3cwlY" height="1" width="1"/>
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A Fertility First: Human Egg Cells Grow Up in Lab

Scientists have for the first time grown a mature human egg from an immature follicle, which may help cancer patients who cannot delay treatment for egg harvesting. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PWQtzCi94S4BSUMg_qnxgUasTM4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PWQtzCi94S4BSUMg_qnxgUasTM4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PWQtzCi94S4BSUMg_qnxgUasTM4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PWQtzCi94S4BSUMg_qnxgUasTM4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/2jXN_Zf_foQ" height="1" width="1"/>
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Jamming Prison Phones Will Backfire, Groups Warn

Prisoners increasingly use cell phones to talk to their families, run gangs and intimidate outsiders. Congress is considering letting prisons use jammers to squelch the signals, but advocacy groups say that's a dangerous idea. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tYjRqIjuAKCdL7Qy0kApPQ6k8PU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tYjRqIjuAKCdL7Qy0kApPQ6k8PU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tYjRqIjuAKCdL7Qy0kApPQ6k8PU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tYjRqIjuAKCdL7Qy0kApPQ6k8PU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/0mOcyk7nBmM" height="1" width="1"/>
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Verizon Drafts Developers Into Mobile Software War on Apple

Verizon joins Microsoft, Palm, Research In Motion, Nokia and Google in their battle with Apple over the mobile software space. It's an app-store war. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V9gA2s-hdJ3Z4krCw3E68asgGaw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V9gA2s-hdJ3Z4krCw3E68asgGaw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V9gA2s-hdJ3Z4krCw3E68asgGaw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V9gA2s-hdJ3Z4krCw3E68asgGaw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/Rk4WWs0w7x4" height="1" width="1"/>
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Sotomayor cool under Republican grilling

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Obama mulls rental option for homeowners: sources

Khmer Rouge interrogator says "no regrets" about deaths

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Lee's Next Dead Drop Will Be In Northern California

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Jayesh Viradiya Explains ColdFusion Offline AIR Support

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