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Dec. 17, 2007 file photo. The Postal Service said it is offering $15,000 buyouts to eligible employees in an effort to cut costs. (Photo by Ben Margot / AP)

Postal Service offers $15,000 buyouts

The Postal Service is offering $15,000 buyouts to employees to cut costs at a time when the post office is being buffeted by the recession and the popularity of e-mail and electronic bill payment.

CBS News

Estimate for 10-year deficit raised to $9 trillion

The nation’s fiscal outlook is even bleaker than the government forecast earlier this year because the recession turned out to be deeper than widely expected.

New York Times

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Q+A: Deficit spotlights health care costs

Reuters

US home prices up as deficit soars

Al Jazeera

'Lion of the Senate' dead at 77

Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died at his home in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.

CNN

Milestones: Edward M. Kennedy

New York Times

Karzai, Abdullah run about even

President Hamid Karzai and his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, were running virtually even in the first fragmented returns from the Afghan election, raising the possibility of a runoff that could prolong the election.

Google News

Massive bomb attack kills 36 in Kandahar

Globeandmail.com

'Rigging' fears in Afghan poll

BBC

College Board reports on SAT scores

Scores on the SAT declined or stagnated in the last year, according to results released by the College Board.

Education Week

SAT results level

Google News

NATION

Americans managing credit cards better

The rate at which credit card holders fell behind on their payments was far worse in the second quarter than it was last year, but did improve sharply from the alarming level seen in early 2009.

CBS News

Consumer confidence on the rise

Confidence among U.S. consumers increased in August as consumers became less worried about the outlook for the labor market.

Bloomberg

Americans in denial over the economy?

MSNBC

Mixed signals on the recovery

CNNMoney

POLITICS

Federal Reserve chief Bernanke gets a chance to finish what he started

Armed with a fresh four-year appointment, the Federal Reserve chief must nurse back to health a U.S. economy hobbled by a staggering deficit, a broken banking system and a historic housing slump.

Globeandmail.com

Bernanke may redefine Fed mission in financial-market stability

Bloomberg

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Ben S. Bernanke

New York Times

Obama administration continues extraordinary rendition

The Obama administration will continue the Bush administration's policy of "extraordinary rendition" but has pledged to closely monitor the program to ensure those held are not tortured, reports say.

The Australian

Probe ordered into prisoner abuse

Reuters

Guantánamo inmate's torture claims

Guardian

House Democrats won't vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker

A freshman House Democrat from Alabama said he would not vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker again because of her “divisive and polarizing” image.

The Hill

HEALTH

Hormone therapy for early prostate cancer not always best

Men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and who also have underlying heart disease may not benefit from treatment with hormones, new research suggests.

HealthDay

Saliva test could detect oral cancer

Researchers say they have identified dozens of microRNAs in saliva, raising hopes that saliva tests could assist in early detection of oral cancers.

MedPage Today

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Promises unkept in digital TV switchover

Broadcasters promised the switchover would be accompanied by additional programming options, but so far, none have materialized.

NPR

20 percent of Jessica Biel online searches deemed dangerous

McAfee has found that 20 percent of searches for "Jessica Biel," "Jessica Biel downloads," Jessica Biel photos" and the like lead to Web sites where malicious content has been detected.

InformationWeek

Augmented reality: the future of toys?

With its i-Tag toy tie-ins to James Cameron's "Avatar" movie, Mattel is just scratching the surface of what's possible.

CNET News

SPORTS

Wagner heading to Boston in waiver deal with Mets

Billy Wagner has agreed to waive his no-trade clause and will go to the Boston Red Sox in a waiver deal with the New York Mets.

Sports Network

Ellsbury steals way to club record

After doubling to lead off the game, the speedy center fielder stole third base off White Sox starter Freddy Garcia and, in the process, broke the club's single-season stolen base record.

MLB.com

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

First Amendment battle: School officials face trial in prayer case

Two Florida school officials will be in court next month to answer charges that they violated a court order when they prayed in public after a school secretary was cleared on similar charges.

USA TODAY

State's Attorney confirms investigation

State's Attorney Charles Smith confirmed that his office is investigating allegations of sexual abuse made against Monsignor Thomas Bevan of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cumberland, Maryland.

WCBC

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GOOD NEWS

Volunteers help replant Portland, Ore. garden hit by vandals

Volunteers helped the victims of a crime that literally took food out their mouths.

kgw.com

New town to honor Robert Owen

A project to build a town for 20,000 people in Lanarkshire, Scotland has been unveiled. Construction could start on Owenstown within three years.

Herald Scotland

WORLD

Honduras defiant over elections

The Honduran interim government says it will go ahead with presidential elections in November, even if results are not recognized by other countries.

BBC

Sri Lanka accused of war crimes after 'Tamil execution' videos emerge

Sri Lanka has been accused of war crimes after video footage apparently showing government soldiers executing nine naked Tamils emerged three months after the end of the 25-year separatist war.

Telegraph.co.uk

Pakistani Taliban say chief Baitullah Mehsud dead

Two commanders of the Pakistani Taliban acknowledged that the militants’ top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was killed by a U.S. missile strike.

Boston Herald

BUSINESS

Staples profit falls 38 percent as businesses curb spending

Staples Inc., the world’s largest retailer of office supplies, said second-quarter earnings fell 38 percent as companies bought fewer desks and chairs and profit margin narrowed.

Bloomberg

Report: Toyota to cut global capacity by 1 million vehicles

Toyota Motor Corp, the world's biggest automaker, will cut its global production capacity by 10 percent, or one million vehicles.

Reuters

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Chris Brown sentenced to probation, must keep clear of Rihanna till 2014

The disgraced singer was sentenced to five years' formal probation, 180 days of community labor and was ordered to complete a one-year anti-domestic violence program.

E! Online

Chris and Rihanna had a history of violence

People

A&E captures Jackson fallout

A&E Network is moving forward with a documentary series chronicling the Jackson brothers' now-altered plan to mount several Jackson 5 reunion shows.

Variety

ENVIRONMENT

Greenpeace: Tuna could be fished to extinction by 2048

Greenpeace and a Taiwan conservation group called on Taiwan to cut down its tuna catch, because overfishing could cause tuna's extinction by 2048, a demand that it will soon make on Japan as well.

Earth Times

Averting a perfect storm of shortages

Faced with the threat of a booming population going hungry in a warming world, there is quiet confidence among many researchers that technology can provide solutions.

BBC

EDUCATION

Poll finds broad support for President Barack Obama's education agenda

A large plurality of Americans are giving President Barack Obama’s education agenda a thumbs-up, showing broad support for merit pay for teachers, expanding charter schools and more.

Education Week

Stanley Kaplan dies at 90

The Brooklyn man who founded the nation's first test preparation company has died at age 90.

NY Daily News

Colleges in Connecticut shift admission strategies to keep enrollment steady

To meet the challenge of an uncertain year, some state and private colleges admitted more students; others fewer; some increased financial aid packages; others tinkered with waiting-list programs.

Hartford Courant

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