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Colorized electron micrograph of a cell (yellow-green) chronically infected with Ebola virus (blue). (Photo by NIH-NIAD)

Ebola patient, recovered from family, dies in ambulance

A Sierra Leone Ebola patient whose family sparked a nationwide hunt when they forcefully removed her from a treatment center and took her to a traditional healer, died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.

Reuters

Second American infected with Ebola

CNN

Most border crossings to close in Liberia

BBC

Special section:

Why the Ebola outbreak is causing such concern

Financial Times

Storms destroy E. Tenn. homes, no deaths

Powerful storms that raked across several states in the eastern U.S. on Sunday destroyed at least 10 homes in Tennessee, but there were no immediate reports of any deaths or injuries, authorities said.

Houston Chronicle

Fighting forces MH17 investigators to turn back again

Dutch and Australian experts trying to reach the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in war-torn eastern Ukraine turned back for the second time after hearing explosions and being told of heavy fighting in the area.

CNN

Ukraine conflict’s death toll at 1,100 With 100,000 fleeing: UN

NBCNews.com

Israel declares ‘unlimited truce’ but reserves right to respond to rocket fire

The Israeli military has declared an “unlimited truce” in Gaza as Palestinians celebrated the Muslim holiday Eid, following calls from the UN Security Council for both sides to observe an immediate ceasefire.

The Independent

Gaza City and Eshkol hit by deadly explosions

BBC

Veteran hospital aid deal said to be reached by lawmakers

Top House and Senate negotiators reached agreement on legislation to address U.S. military veterans’ long waits for care at veterans’ hospitals, aides to the two lawmakers said.

BusinessWeek

10 things Americans have suddenly stopped buying

Americans have scaled back on purchases of many items, sometimes drastically so. Here’s the top 10.

Time

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Enid Ablowitz: Philanthropy and quants

In the digital era, data has become paramount. Metadata reveals patterns that can be analyzed for profit, for research, even for discovery.

Daily Camera

Caitlin Yager remembered for her philanthropy

A single blog post that Caitlin Yager wrote goes a long way toward capturing one of her ambitions — along with her desire to expand her world by understanding more about the bigger picture.

Youngstown News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Congresswoman and UK MPs to examine human rights in NC tobacco fields

A fact-finding delegation that includes a congresswoman from Ohio and two members of the British Parliament are visiting North Carolina tobacco fields to examine human rights conditions.

The Tribune

Atlantic Beach to discuss human rights ordinance

Atlantic Beach could be one step closer to becoming the first city in Northeast Florida to adopt a human rights ordinance with protections for sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

News4Jax

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

From Boeing to banking: How Russian sanctions will hit western business

The downing of flight MH17 could affect the west’s economic relations with Russia. Since the Ukraine crisis, sanctions have mostly been targeted at individuals and companies associated with Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

Guardian

Aid for trade funds can help advance infrastructure development in Africa

Aid for Trade is one of several global initiatives launched, to help developing countries to integrate into the global economy through trade.

allAfrica.com

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

U.S. surveillance programs threaten freedom of press, report says

U.S. surveillance programs are making it more difficult for government officials to speak to the press anonymously, two rights groups said.

Reuters

Kerry to woo Modi’s India, but quick progress unlikely

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits India as Washington tries to revitalize ties it sees as a counterbalance to China‘s rising power, but rapid progress is unlikely, despite the reformist reputation of India’s new leader.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Science of dating: why playing hard to get only works for men

Men should play hard to get if they want to attract the opposite sex on a first date otherwise women will see them as unmanly or manipulative, new research has shown.

Telegraph.co.uk

Men are attracted to nice girls, while women prefer guys who play hard to get

red Orbit

A trip with teeth: shark sightings off Cape Cod a boon for tourism

Scientists have found the numbers of great white sharks off the U.S. and Canada are surging after decades of decline. Conservation and the availability of prey such as seals are credited with the reversal.

Columbia Daily Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Raina Lipsitz):

Does feminism need men?

Al Jazeera

Column (Jim Wallis):

Immigration laws should serve people, not politics

Time

Editorial:

To end Hamas-Israel wars, deal with the mutual despair

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

A mom sets a good pay-it-forward example

Back when the toll for crossing the bridges was one dollar, I would often pay for the car behind me. It happened to me once and it was such a nice feeling I wanted to share that feeling over and over.

San Jose Mercury News

A good man isn’t hard to find

When I visited Homer Taylor one morning last week, I got to see what a 93-year-old man has growing in his garden.

Macon Telegraph

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Innovation holds the key to nonprofits’ further successes

Funders as well as individual donors are holding charities to high standards of transparency and accountability. In most cases, nonprofits meet or exceed them yet public funding declines as needs increase.

Tallahassee Democrat

NGOs in India’s ‘red corridor’ under Intelligence Bureau lens

The Intelligence Bureau has clearly stated that all NGOs and other social welfare organizations getting funds from foreign agencies should be put on a “mandatory pre-security clearance” to determine misuse of funds.

Deccan Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Human-induced climate change to be major cause of slump in food output

Stanford University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research suggest the odds of a reduction in corn and wheat production are 20 times higher than they would be without human-induced global warming.

International Business Times

54 percent of Americans think climate change is man-made, others think it’s a government tax fraud

Latin Post

The politics of the climate change debate

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Largest coal mine in Australia: federal government gives Carmichael go-ahead

Australian environment minister, Greg Hunt, has approved resources for the largest coal mine in Australia, and one of the largest in the world. Hunt has imposed 36 conditions, primarily aimed at protecting groundwater.

Guardian

Blog:

Fourth mine approved in Queensland’s Galilee Basin

NEWS.com.au

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Honey bee at work in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by David DeHetre)

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