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  • Donna Summer, who sang some of the most memorable anthems of the disco era from "Love to Love You Baby" to "Bad Girls," has died after a long battle with cancer. She had a top 40 hit every year from 1976 to 1984, including the song she once told NPR she'd perform till the very end, "Last Dance."
  • We'll see where the count stands after another day of competition at the London Olympics but after Thursday, the United States is at the top with the most medals. Renee Montagne has results of Thursday night's Olympics competition.
  • President Mohammed Morsi's bold move to sack two top generals is generating much discussion about how it could be a decisive step toward democracy.
  • Forbes magazine has released its 25th annual billionaires list, and holding down the top spot again is Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu. But there are some newcomers like American Sara Blakely. The 41-year-old founder of Spanx, the body-shaping undergarment company, is the youngest self-made woman to join the club.
  • Ryan Crocker will depart in mid-summer "for health reasons," the State Department confirms. He has been the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan since July 2011.
  • Justin Bieber's video for "Baby" is no longer the most viewed video on YouTube. The new record-holder is "Gangnam Style" by South Korean rapper PSY, which topped 820 million views this weekend. Then, Sunday, Bieber played a halftime concert at Canadian football's championship game — and was booed by the crowd. Keeping his cool, Bieber called out, "Thank you so much, Canada."
  • The city council passed a law banning pants or skirts that expose more than 3 inches of undergarments or skin. But in the hipster heaven of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, no one would be caught dead in baggy pants. The new website Styleblaster is capturing skinny jeans and slim fits with its webcam on the main drag. Viewers can rate passersby with a click on an old-fashioned top hat.
  • Putin plays in the exhibition game every year. Last year he scored seven goals. And just like last year, Putin's team came out on top — he had former NHL players on his team.
  • NASA's Cassini spacecraft focused on one of the planet's poles, and produced an image that resembles a hand-painted Christmas ornament. There's also a new photo of Saturn's largest moons that makes it appear they're stacked on top of each other.
  • The Colosseum is getting its first top to bottom cleaning in 2 millennia. The scrub-down began in December and is slated to cost $35 million before its completion in 2016.
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