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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gives Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., a gavel in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington during an event celebrating the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Photo by Alex Brandon / AP)

Full face transplant results revealed

Speaking with difficulty, a Spanish man who underwent the world's first face transplant appeared before TV cameras for the first time since his surgery. He thanked his doctors and donor's family.

MSNBC

Face transplants, now and then

ABC News

Sharks harbor deadly bacteria

The finely serrated teeth of sharks are fearsome enough, now scientists say that even touching the skin of a shark could harm you with infection.

Discovery News

Americans with Disabilities Act turns 20

Millions will be celebrating the legislation that made everything from sign-language interpreters to public restroom grab bars to anti-discrimination hiring policies possible.

Detroit Free Press

Important updates to ADA

CNN

Leaks add pressure on White House

The White House sought to control public debate as reaction to classified military documents increased pressure on President Barack Obama to defend his war strategy.

New York Times

Special section:

Kabul war diary

WikiLeaks

Tony Hayward to get £600,000 pension

BP chief executive Tony Hayward will receive a £600,000-a-year pension when he leaves the firm in October. Hayward is to leave due to criticism of his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.

BBC

Biologists release endangered turtles into Gulf

Houston Chronicle

Special section:

BP's great asset sale

Guardian

NATION

New home sales surge in June

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rebounded strongly in June from the prior month's record low, driving the number of houses on the market to their lowest level in nearly 42 years.

Reuters

Ariz. law symbolizes festering anger

As the days tick down until Arizona's immigration law takes effect, the state stands as a monument to the anger over illegal immigration that is present in many places.

CBS News

Ariz. braces for start of immigration law

MSNBC

Cities tackle traffic problems head-on with commuter options

Snarled traffic costs the USA $87.2 billion a year in gasoline and lost productivity. That's 2.8 billion gallons of wasted fuel and 4.2 billion hours of wasted time.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Democrats to introduce energy bill

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will unveil a slimmed-down energy bill seeking to make offshore drilling safer and convert trucks to run on domestic natural gas.

Reuters

House Dems count down final week

The party could use the week to cram as many job creating and deficit reducing measures onto the floor schedule as possible so they can tout their work to voters during the August recess.

The Hill

Obama's message: 'Things could be worse'

Houston Chronicle

BUSINESS

IRS extends deadline for small charities

Thousands of small charities, in danger of losing their tax exempt status because they missed a tax filing deadline, were given a reprieve by the Internal Revenue Service.

USA TODAY

Ford asks buyers to pay more for smaller engine in Explorer

When Ford Motor Co. starts selling its re-engineered Explorer sport-utility vehicle, it will ask U.S. buyers to do something unusual: Pay more for less.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

String of infestations mostly unrelated to climate change

Changes in climate are driving some insect populations to surge, spread or change. Infestations of bedbugs, ants and spiders have recently been reported.

Discovery News

Denverite's visonary urban garden struggling to sink roots, get growing

After real estate developer Paul Tamburello bought an old greenhouse in a Denver neighborhood with the dream of turning it into an urban farm, things don't look much different from the outside.

Denver Post

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

President to appear on ABC's 'The View'

President Barack Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit a daytime TV talk show when he tapes an interview this week on ABC's "The View."

ABC News

Helicopter parents aren't crazy

According to a cadre of authors and scholars, hypervigilance in parents is often a rational — if misguided — response to dramatic changes in major social institutions.

Globeandmail.com

Are iPads, smartphones and the mobile Web rewiring the way we think?

Multitasking on smartphones, iPads, and the mobile Web makes some feel smarter and others just more scattered. Is it changing how we think?

Christian Science Monitor

The latest mini gadgets

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (David Francis):

Deficit-cutting ax may fall on Social Security

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial (Mary Kate Cary):

Could Bush’s Americans with Disabilities Act pass today?

U.S. News & World Report

Editorial:

Climate change plan collapses in Senate

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Dan Gillmor):

The WikiLeaks war logs change everything

Salon

Column (Ben Mattlin):

Looking back on 20 years of disability rights

NPR

Blog (Roy Greenslade):

'Data journalism' scores a massive hit with Wikileaks revelations

(Guardian)

Greenslade

Column (Michael Rosenberg):

Ah! Nothing like the great outdoors

Detroit Free Press

Column (Kevin Kearns):

FedEx's campaign of distortion

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

'Villages' let elderly grow old at home

The explosive growth of the U.S.'s older population is fueling a grass-roots "village" movement in neighborhoods across the country to help people age in their own homes.

USA TODAY

San Francisco Marathon: 24,000 unique tales in 26 miles

The San Francisco Marathon was full of tales — people from around the Bay Area and the world finding personal meaning in 26.2 miles of pavement.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

African Union peacekeepers in Somalia need more help

The lack of a global response to the Somali crisis has created fertile ground for threats to regional peace in Eastern Africa.

CNN

Al-Qaida executes aid worker

A 78-year-old French aid worker kidnapped by al-Qaida was executed in the Sahara after a failed attempt to free him left six militants dead, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Student aid remains a state priority

Even as the economy began to collapse in 2008, most states found a way to protect from cuts the grant aid they give state residents to attend college, a new study finds.

Inside Higher Ed

Calif. could adopt national English and math standards

In a few years, K-12 students' reading lists may expand to include more of that other stuff: more multimedia texts, scientific and technical articles, persuasive arguments and fewer storybooks and novels.

EducationNews.org

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A handy bunch: tools, thumbs helped us thrive

Scientists have long said that making tools was the advancement that really launched human evolution.

NPR

Feds OK iPhone 'jailbreaking'

Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally break electronic locks on their devices in order to download software applications that haven't been approved by Apple Inc., according to new government rules.

San Francisco Chronicle

China considers big rocket power

Chinese engineers are considering a new super-powerful engine for the next generation of space rockets, say officials.

BBC

HEALTH

Skeleton key: Bone cells may play a part in regulating the body's metabolism

Two new studies suggest that the sugar-regulating hormone insulin may play a role in bone health, and implicate the skeleton as a major regulator of energy metabolism.

Scientific American

Medical devices injure 70K kids annually

More than 70,000 children and teens go to the emergency room each year for injuries from home medical devices, and contact lenses are the leading culprit.

CBS News

SPORTS

A-Rod plunked, Yankees ... relieved?

Alex Rodriguez did not hit his 600th career home run. Nonetheless, Rodriguez, the New York Yankees and their fans are breathing sighs of relief.

ESPN

Exec: Hornets saying 'No deals for Paul'

The New Orleans Hornets prepared for their highly anticipated sitdown with star guard Chris Paul by turning away the latest flurry of trade calls from other teams, according to front-office sources.

Sporting News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Saudi cleric: OK to uncover face in anti-burqa countries

USA TODAY

Internet allows area missionaries to reach worldwide audience

Global Media Outreach shows how evangelical Christian groups are using increasing sophistication to reach people abroad and give all Christians the chance to try international missions.

Houston Chronicle

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