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Mike McCaffrey, manager of the Fort Riley simulation center, explains the working of a machine gun in a simulator at Fort Riley, Kan. The Army is increasingly using simulators to train troops for combat situations. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

War games lure recruits

A controversial Army experience center will soon close its doors. With regard to its military outreach efforts, it has declared "mission accomplished," but opponents question the Army's version of reality.

NPR

Crews beat back wildfire in high desert north of Los Angeles

Fire crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day-old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the high desert north of Los Angeles.

MSNBC

Wildfires rage in Calif.

CBS News

A double dip recession?

Though global equities have rallied modestly after a sharp plunge in May and June and companies have announced strong earnings, sentiment about the future remains gloomy.

TIME

Summer slowdown

ABC News

3 companies fight over oil-spill blame, work together to plug well

On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they' dependon each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster.

Baltimore Sun

House approves major curbs on offshore drilling

Houston Chronicle

Gulf fishing reopens, but is oil in the fish

ABC News

Regulators want truckers to shape up

Federal regulators have announced plans to step up scrutiny of sleep apnea and other health issues affecting truckers, a move that has put them on notice to get healthy.

NPR

NATION

Court denies request for expedited hearing on Ariz. immigration law

A federal appeals court has denied Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's request for an expedited hearing on the state's controversial immigration law.

CNN

Immigration a hot issue in state races

San Francisco Chronicle

Gov. Brewer considers tweaking immigration law

Arizona Republic

US Senate passes legislation for tougher airline safety measures

The U.S. Senate approved and sent to the White House legislation that toughens airline pilot training requirements and aims to reduce pilot fatigue.

Reuters

POLITICS

Parties battle as 9/11 responders bill fails

A verbal flash-fire erupted on the House floor over a battle to pass a benefits bill for emergency workers who were first on the scene of the 9/11 attacks.

CNN

Support for Rangel fading; Obama calls charges troubling

Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics charges.

Baltimore Sun

Panel recommends reprimand for Rangel

Columbus Dispatch

Second senior Democrat to face ethics trial

Reuters

EDUCATION

A surge in homeless students in schools

Nearly 1 million homeless students attended public schools, a 41 percent increase and another sign of how broadly the economic recession has struck America.

USA TODAY

A 'shoot-out' between methods won't help us teach more children to read

A new report examines why one-third of children have reading difficulties at the age of 11, and concludes it is because of a lack of discipline, and the absence of a teaching system called "synthetic phonics".

EducationNews.org

ENVIRONMENT

Natural disaster victims identified fast with new global database

Rapid identification of multiple victims or missing persons in natural disasters and in police work is being examined by Interpol.

Environment News Service

Solar cycle may drive Venice's floods

If you want to see Venice while keeping your feet dry, don't go when the sun has lots of spots. Peaks in solar activity cause the city to flood more often, apparently by changing the paths of storms over Europe.

New Scientist

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FDA approves Geron's groundbreaking study of embryonic cells

A Menlo Park biotech firm will proceed with the world's first human test of a treatment made from embryonic stem cells.

San Jose Mercury News

Cybercrime: Are mobsters planting hackers in big companies?

While cybercrime fell in 2009, a report noted that hackers are getting better at what they do. Verizon's annual cyberattack report analyzes more than 900 actual cases and 900 million stolen records.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Embryonic stem cells cleared for pilot tests in paralyzed patients

Federal officials have cleared a first human embryonic stem cell treatment for experiments on paralyzed patients, a biomedical firm announced.

USA TODAY

Incoming season's flu vaccines

The flu vaccines approved for the 2010-11 season protect against three strains of influenza, including the 2009 H1N1 pandemic swine flu strain, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced.

BusinessWeek

GlaxoSmithKline's FluLaval released by FDA

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Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Bill Bonner):

News flash: 3 out of 4 economists are wrong

The Daily Reckoning

(Christian Science Monitor)

Column (Ron Dzwonkowski):

Obama always welcome here

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Ads for sugar-laden foods aimed at kids hinder obesity control

Houston Chronicle

Editorial:

Find money for road projects now

Detroit Free Press

Column (Adam Smith):

In the short term, immigration ruling is a gift for the GOP

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Jeff Simon):

Weiner enraged on House floor

(CNN)

Political Ticker

Blog (Stephen Sestanovich):

Look who thinks America is cool again

(The New Republic)

Entanglements

Column (David A. Hoffman):

Divorce is costly. The settlement need not be

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Ambler Housing Alliance, Beth Or grow food for needy

When the Inter-faith Housing Alliance of Ambler received $5,000, its executive director, Laura Wall Starke, thought the flower beds outside the group's transition residence would be the perfect location.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Hermitage Museum cares for masterpieces and cats

St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum exhibits millions of masterpieces, among these a fixture that is not often celebrated: cats.

ABC News

Mother and daughter closer 3 years after bridge disaster

For 13-year-old Arrianna Merritt, the words mother and hero go hand in hand. What she remembers most from the bridge collapse is the choice her mother made.

CNN

WORLD

Death of top Mexican kingpin threatens to unleash battle for control

One of the world's most powerful drug cartels took a major hit when soldiers killed a top kingpin. His death likely will mean a fight for his drug empire.

Star Tribune

Mexican drug boss killed in clash with army

YouTube

Pakistan floods kill 800 and displace a million people

The worst monsoon floods in living memory have killed at least 800 people and affected one million in north-west Pakistan, a local official has said.

BBC

Pakistan grapples with massive floods

BBC

BUSINESS

Economy cools as lack of jobs limits spending

The world’s largest economy will probably keep cooling as a lack of jobs prompts American consumers to rein in spending.

Bloomberg

Treasury notes climb with slowing economic growth

Treasury notes gained, pushing yields to the lowest ever, as data that showed U.S. economic growth is cooling fueled demand for the safest securities.

Bloomberg

RIM to join the tablet fray with 'Blackpad'

A new Bloomberg report cited the company's plans to build an iPad-like touchscreen device.

Ars Technica

Research in Motion's Blackbook

YouTube

SPORTS

Bradford gets $50 million guaranteed

Number one overall draft pick Sam Bradford agreed to a six-year, $78 million contract with the St. Louis Rams, with $50 million in guaranteed money.

ESPN

Money management a difficult lesson for NFL's rookie class

As they begin life in the NFL, rookies also ponder sobering fine print that tempers the allure of becoming rich and famous. They could also wind up broke.

USA TODAY

2010 NFL training camp dates, locations

ESPN

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Mark Twain: our mysterious stranger

The University of California Press's first installment of Twain’s three-volume autobiography will be nothing like the previously published versions.

Newsweek

Pixar exhibition brings animation to Oakland

Since seeing "Pixar: 25 Years of Animation," Oakland Museum's Lori Fogarty has thought it would fit perfectly into the institution that she now directs.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Debate heating up on plans for mosque near Ground Zero

An influential Jewish organization announced its opposition to a proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero, intensifying a fierce national debate about the limits of religious freedom.

New York Times

Catholic pilgrims must pay to attend 2 pope events in UK

Pilgrims will have to pay as much as $39 to attend one of the two public events in England to be led by Pope Benedict XVI.

USA TODAY

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