U.S. becomes a soccer nation

The Brief Tuesday, July 1st 2014

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1. Israel Strikes Back After Missing Teens Found Dead
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Israel angrily reacted to news that the bodies of three teenagers kidnapped while hitchhiking on June 12 had been found in a field near where they vanished, prompting an arrest raid in the West Bank that left at least one Hamas member dead

2. Iraq Fails to Choose New Prime Minister
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Officials had hoped a new leader would ease tension as Sunni militants parade through Iraq and the U.N. put June's death toll at the year's highest

3. Clinton Calls Hobby Lobby Decision a 'Really Bad, Slippery Slope'
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The former Secretary of State panned the Supreme Court's ruling that "closely held" corporations can opt out of providing free contraceptive coverage to employees as required by the President's health care reform law

4. U.S. Soccer Fans Board Bandwagon for Belgium Match
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Top soccer organizations have spent years trying to coax American fans to become part of the global game, but they're now rushing aboard the bandwagon as the U.S. is set to play Belgium on July 1 in a bid for the quarterfinals

5. Former Tinder Executive Sues for Sexual Harassment
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Whitney Wolfe, a former marketing vice president, alleges that co-founder Justin Mateen called her a "whore" in front of CEO Sean Rad, who she says ignored her complaint, and that she was later pushed out of the company

6. Study Finds Measles Vaccines Aren't Associated With Autism
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A new study on childhood vaccines in Pediatrics analyzed 20,000 reports to determine that immunizations do not lead to autism, a finding that researchers hope will dissipate fears propagated by anti vaccine campaigners like Jenny McCarthy

7. Census Report Shows More Americans Living in Areas of Poverty
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A U.S. Census Bureau report released this week reveals that the proportion of people living in areas of poverty increased by 7.7 percentage points from 2000 to 2012 and that one-fourth of Americans live in areas that have a poverty rate of at least 20%

8. GM Recalls Millions of Vehicles Amid Scandal
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CEO Mary Barra said the car giant has worked "aggressively" to identify and address any major outstanding issues as it calls back at least 7.6 million vehicles made between 1997 and 2014, which expand the total number of cars recalled to more than 25 million

9. Lawyer Says Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Is Mentally Competent
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Maxwell Blecher said his embattled client was evaluated by a physician and found to be mentally sound, despite some impairment that is common for his age, challenging doctors who his wife helped coordinate for examinations that found differently

10. Obama to Ban Gender Identity Discrimination in Federal Jobs
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The President revealed plans for an executive order that would ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity for federal employees, adding to their current protection surrounding sexual orientation and following up on plans to similarly protect federal contractors

11. Tens of Thousands March for Democracy in Hong Kong
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Calls for popular representation are growing fiercer in the freewheeling metropolis as up to 500,000 were expected to march in a show of support on July 1, which marks 17 years since the former British colony became a Chinese Special Administrative Region

12. Climate Change Threatens Antarctica's Emperor Penguin Population
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New research published in Nature Climate Change suggests Antarctica's population of emperor penguins will be cut down by one-fifth or more by the end of the century as a result of changing climates, which will impact the species' feeding and mating patterns

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