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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79184266&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to slowly lower an inflatable dam Thursday to release some of the water that's been building in a lake threatening to overflow and flood a Des Moines neighborhood.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79184234&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The World Cup finally paused for breath with its first rest day, giving the eight remaining teams two days to focus on quarterfinal preparations.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79184232&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Thursday it has an agreement with Japan's Eisai Inc. in a deal worth potentially more than $1.3 billion to fund commercialization of an obesity drug that could become Arena's first product.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79184221&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Nepal's communist former rebels reached out to other political parties Thursday to form a new coalition government, a day after the prime minister resigned following months of sometimes-violent protests.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79183897&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Lonnie Thompson spent years preparing for his expedition to the remote, mist-shrouded mountains of eastern Indonesia, hoping to chronicle the affect of global warming on the last remaining glacier in the Pacific. He's worried he got there too late.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79183393&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK More than 1.3 million laid-off workers won't get their unemployment benefits reinstated before Congress goes on a weeklong vacation for Independence Day.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79183891&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama hopes to rally new momentum behind the push for an immigration overhaul by explaining why he thinks a comprehensive approach is the only way to fix what he and others say is a system badly in need of repair.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79183173&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide — including luxury Lexus sedans — have faulty engines, the latest quality lapse to hit the automaker following massive global recalls.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79183172&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Tate & Lyle PLC says it is selling its European sugar refining business to American Sugar Refining Inc. for 211 million pounds ($314 million).

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79183170&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Excerpts from Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's 1995 review of Stephen Carter's book "A Confirmation Mess," in which she called for a more meaningful vetting of high court prospects: