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FDA considers ways to short-circuit electronic cigarettes

The Food and Drug Administration, recently granted the authority to regulate tobacco as a drug, is taking aim at electronic cigarettes — battery-powered cigarette look-alikes.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Smoking cessation

WebMD

Smoke-free cigarette debate

CBS News

North Korea 'has no friends left'

Speaking at an Asia-Pacific security forum in Phuket, Thailand, Hillary Clinton said the North's only option was to heed the demands of the international community and return to disarmament talks.

Al Jazeera

Early critic of Sotomayor says will back her

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., an early critic of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, said he will vote to confirm her as the first Hispanic on the top U.S. court.

Reuters

Obama turns health care focus to families, voters

President Barack Obama, who has spent weeks urging lawmakers to embrace his health care agenda, is focusing now on a broader audience: the American people, whose qualms seem to be growing.

Seattle Times

Obama on importance of health care deadline

MSNBC

Fed chief: Government averted risk of Great Depression repeat

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke fended off criticisms from Congress that the Fed had handled the financial crisis poorly and should therefore not be granted additional power to deal with future ones.

ABC News

US man gave al-Qaida subway information

An American man charged with giving al-Qaida information on the New York transit system and attacking a U.S. military base in Afghanistan has been a witness in the fight against terror here and overseas.

Kansas City Star

Arrest of black Harvard scholar stirs debate; officer says he won't apologize

A white police sergeant who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home says he followed procedure and is disappointed by the national debate triggered by the incident.

Baltimore Sun

Obama on Gates' arrest

ABC News

NATION

Concealed arms reciprocity rejected by Senate vote

The Senate rejected a measure allowing a person with a concealed weapon permit in one state to also hide his firearm when visiting another state.

MSN Money

Senate nixes concealed handguns bill

MSNBC

Calif. budget deal doesn't end IOUs

Three weeks after the state started handing out IOUs, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders from both parties have brokered a deal that may allow it to get its fiscal house in order.

USA TODAY

Calif. budget deal closes at $26 billion gap

MSNBC

Chain grocery stores ditch Detroit

National retailers are steering clear of Detroit, leaving independent grocers to serve the city's hard-hit residents.

CNNMoney

POLITICS

TMT: too much Twitter?

If the medium is the message, then what's the message when politicians use 140-character tweets to talk about their state's dire economic circumstances or ethics charges?

Yahoo! News

Palin rejects allegations over legal defense fund

CNN

Dems, GOP court lobbyists at summer getaway hotspots

It's summertime, and the giving is easy, as Senate Democrats and Republicans throw weekend getaways for some of their well-connected donors.

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Spider-Man' director Sam Raimi to direct 'World of Warcraft' movie

Sam Raimi, director of the top-grossing "Spider-Man" films, has signed on to direct a film adaptation of the wildly popular video game "World of Warcraft."

NY Daily News

Jackson film to hit theaters Halloween

Sony Pictures is finalizing a deal to acquire rehearsal footage from Michael Jackson's "This Is It" concert run. It hopes to release the footage in theaters by Halloween.

MTV

Jackson doctor's clinic raided

BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft finalizes Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 code

Microsoft has finalized the code for its Windows 7 client OS and Windows Server 2008 R2, sending both products to manufacturing on schedule.

PC World

Making LED bulbs from DNA

By adding fluorescent dyes to DNA and then spinning the DNA strands into nanofibers, a new material that emits bright white light has been discovered.

Technology Review

A solar eclipse for the people

Not just devoted eclipse-chasers but millions of others were able to view the longest solar eclipse of the century as it passed over Asia.

Christian Science Monitor

Scientists capitalize on extended solar eclipse

ScienceDaily

Century's longest total solar eclipse

YouTube

HEALTH

Many young adults uninformed about vaccines, study shows

Vaccines are not only for children, but many young adults in the United States are unaware of the need to keep up with their shots, a new survey shows.

HealthDay

Teen pregnancy reaching epidemic levels in foster care

Almost half of the 500,000 or so kids in foster care had sex for the first time before age 16, compared with 30 percent of their peers. A new initiative shines a light on an overlooked problem.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

EU to ban inefficient fridges and TVs in global-warming battle

The European Union is to ban the sale of inefficient TVs, fridges and electric motors as early as next July in a bid to save energy and fight global warming.

Earth Times

Winter heat threatens California's crops, says study

California's abundant harvest of fruits and nuts is threatened by warmer winters, UC Davis scientists warn in a new report.

San Francisco Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Caitlin McDevitt):

President backs millionaire tax

Slate

Column (John Bersia):

Shah era offers insight on Iran's future

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Merlene Davis):

Harvard incident a failure to communicate

Lexington Herald-Leader

Column (Dan Rodricks):

Cronkite was right about this 'war,' too

Baltimore Sun

Column:

Think H1N1 is bad now? Wait till flu season

TIME

Column:

Flower power: natural skin care products

WebMD

Column:

Some Dems obstacle to health care

Salon.com

Column:

Can we trust politicians with health care?

ABC News

Column:

Turn economic setback into opportunity

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Link between healthy lifestyle and cardiovascular health confirmed

Two large U.S. studies published in a leading journal support the already substantial body of evidence that shows choosing to follow a healthy lifestyle helps prevent cardiovascular disease.

Medical News Today

1st swine flu vaccine trials begin

Two biotechnology companies in Australia have begun the first human trials of a vaccine for the 2009 H1N1 virus.

MedPage Today

WORLD

Mumbai terror suspect tells court he is ready for gallows

The sole surviving suspect in the Mumbai attacks said that he expects no mercy and is ready to go to the gallows for his role in the violence that left 166 people dead.

CBC News

Hang me, punish me: Kasab tells court

IBNLive.com

Hillary Clinton vows to protect Gulf states from Iran

Hillary Clinton has warned Iran's leaders that Washington will extend a "defense umbrella" across the Gulf if it develops nuclear weapons.

Times Online

BUSINESS

Amazon buys Zappos.com

Seattle-based Amazon.com said that it is acquiring online shoe retailer Zappos.com, in a deal that is worth approximately $807 million in Amazon common stock.

Northwest Innovation

Jeff Bezos about Amazon and Zappos

YouTube

US stocks fall as shares of oil producers, banks retreat

U.S. stocks declined as energy producers dropped on lower oil prices and banks slid following an increase in bad loans at Wells Fargo & Co.

Bloomberg

Delta Air, AirTran beat analyst estimates as fuel costs decline

Delta Air Lines Inc., the world’s largest carrier, and AirTran Holdings Inc. posted second-quarter results that beat analyst expectations as fuel costs fell.

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

New 'science of learning' could reinvent teaching techniques

Scientists are quietly tackling education issues, offering up new tools, new approaches and even a new discipline.

EducationNews.org

Millions cut from education initiatives

Illinois Board of Education members faced with shrunken state revenues approved a $7.26 billion budget for this coming school year, down $146 million, or 2 percent, from fiscal year 2009.

Chicago Sun-Times

SPORTS

ESPN bans New York Post staffers

ESPN banned staffers from the New York Post from appearing on its programming after the newspaper published photos showing reporter Erin Andrews nude in a hotel room.

Sports Illustrated

Werth's walkoff homer in 13th lifts Phillies over Cubs for 10th straight win

The Phillies just keeps on winning. Last night, it took a little longer than normal: 13 innings. The outcome wasn't assured until Jayson Werth launched a three-run homer into the leftfield seats.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Werth hits walk-off in 13th

MLB.com

MLB tests DNA to detect frauds

Confronted with cases of identity and age falsification by Latin American baseball prospects, Major League Baseball is conducting genetic testing on some promising young players and their parents.

Austin American-Statesman

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Peaceful protest against Oregon Senate bill banning religious freedom in schools

An interfaith group will hold a peaceful protest to draw attention to a law that could have, but ultimately failed to, allow teachers religious freedom on the job.

Salem News

US bishops call for affordable health care without abortion

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said they support "accessible, affordable and quality health care that protects and respects the life and dignity of all people from conception until natural death.”

Catholic World News

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