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A civil guard patrols the entrance of the Villa Padierna Hotel where U.S First Lady Michelle Obama is staying in Marbella, southern Spain. The White House says first lady Michelle Obama is in Spain for a private trip with longtime family friends. (Photo by Sergio Torres / AP)

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Michelle Obama's trip to Spain sparks controversy

First lady Michelle Obama is in Spain in the middle of a five-day vacation at a luxury resort with her daughter Sasha. Critics say with so many Americans struggling economically, she's setting a bad example.

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CBS News

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Huffington Post

Tylenol's side effect? A brand boycott

Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl may come back to drugstores, but industry watchers say consumers could permanently banish them from their own medicine cabinets.

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CNNMoney

New al-Qaida leader knows US all too well

A suspected al-Qaida operative who lived in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with U.S. society is in charge of attacks.

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AOL News

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A rising star of al-Qaida?

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CNN

Cameron, Obama push for Middle East peace talks

British Prime Minister David Cameron's office says he and President Barack Obama agreed on the need for urgency on Middle East peace talks.

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Will the middle class see a raise again?

For millions of working Americans, wage stagnation has become a way of life. Incomes have remained the same, leaving many just a paycheck from the street.

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ABC News

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Economy sheds 131,000 jobs in July

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Reuters

NATION

CIA whisked prisoners from Gitmo 'to hide detainees from the courts'

Four highly valued terrorists were secretly moved to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, then to overseas prisons before the Supreme Court could give them access to lawyers.

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Yahoo! News

Lifting of ban triggers anew legal fight on gay marriage

Opponents of same-sex marriage have challenged the overturning of California's ban on gay weddings. They have launched an appeals process expected to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Petraeus' rules of engagement: tougher than McChrystal's

In his first tactical directive since assuming command of forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus doubled down on the orders that put a premium on protecting civilians first to win their support.

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TIME

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Forced US military extensions to end

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Pentagon considering 'compelling' docs from WikiLeaks

With WikiLeaks threatening to publish more classified documents on the U.S. war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon is demanding that the whistleblower website erase its classified records and return documents.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Pentagon to WikiLeaks: 'Do the right thing'

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CNN

Key Obama adviser stepping down

Christina Romer, one of President Barack Obama's economic advisers, is stepping down, an exit that comes as the White House struggles to keep the recovery on track as congressional elections loom.

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Reuters

Lobbyist charged with making illegal campaign donations

A federal grand jury charged a once-powerful Washington lobbyist with evading federal limits on campaign donations by using straw donors to funnel money to Congressmen.

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Charlotte Observer

BUSINESS

FCC ends private talks on Web rules

Federal Communications Commission officials called off closed-door talks with lobbyists aimed at reaching a compromise on new rules to prevent internet traffic from being blocked or slowed.

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Wall Street Journal

Consultant: Current federal aid program is failing homeowners

A Fannie Mae consultant says she was fired after revealing that the troubled financial institution was hindering — not helping — homeowners in trouble.

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NPR

EDUCATION

Branded! Public schools court corporate sponsors to supplement budgets

A school district in Landisville, Pa., has sold the naming rights to its athletic fields — one of many such arrangements across the country as education budgets fall further behind in the stagnant economy.

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MSNBC

Efforts to build rural districts' leadership gain steam

Faced with state and federal mandates to reverse the course of failing rural schools, district administrators and researchers say just finding bodies for empty spots is no longer enough.

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LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Poetry with attitude

More than 500 spoken-word artists, from the political to the confessional, have descended on the Twin Cities from throughout North America for the 21st annual National Poetry Slam.

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Star Tribune

Picasso's largest work unveiled

The largest canvas designed by Pablo Picasso was hung in the institution it now calls home ahead of an autumn exhibition.

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Guardian

SPORTS

Texas Rangers' new owners planning to spend, win

Pittsburgh sports attorney Chuck Greenberg's ownership group might have spent nearly $60 million more than they anticipated in their $593 million bid for the Texas Rangers.

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USA TODAY

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Nolan Ryan on the sale of the Rangers

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MLB.com

Coaches vote Tide overwhelming No. 1

Defending national champion Alabama is No. 1 atop the USA Today preseason coaches' poll.

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NESN

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'Bama No. 1 in pre-season poll

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ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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Club of Christians sometimes feels too big

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Blog (Glenn Greenwald):

What a collapsing empire looks like

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Unclaimed Territory

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The mosque mess

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Wikileaks driving them gaga

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Sydney Morning Herald

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Why evolution may favor irrationality

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Newsweek

Blog (Bob Sullivan):

Net neutrality: a buzzword that's duping us

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The Red Tape Chronicles

Educating girls a better option than warfare in bringing peace to Afghanistan

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Houston Chronicle

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What Google still isn't saying

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GOOD NEWS

Breakthrough studies: regenerative medicine to repair broken hearts

Heart transplants could be a thing of the past, as scientists are reporting the first steps toward fixing broken hearts with the body's own cells.

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AOL News

'Secret agent' spreading kindness

Laura Miller has been living a double life of sorts: administrative assistant by day, secret agent of kindness by night.

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CNN

WORLD

Wyclef Jean responds to criticism

The potential front-runner in Haiti's election is attempting a difficult transformation from international recording artist to leader of one of the world's poorest and most dysfunctional countries.

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CBS News

US, nuclear powers join Hiroshima memorial for 1st time

Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the world's worst atomic bomb attack, marked its biggest memorial yet and the first to be attended by the U.S.

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ABC News

Russia bans grain exports amid drought

Russia announced that it would ban grain exports, a response to a scorching drought that has destroyed millions of acres of Russian wheat and hobbled the country’s agricultural revival.

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MSNBC

HEALTH

Report: health overhaul helps prospects of Medicare program

Prospects for the U.S. Medicare retiree health program brightened significantly as a result of cost cuts resulting from health care reform legislation, a government report said.

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Reuters

Research breakthrough on the question of life expectancy

Why do we grow old and what can we do to stop it? This is the question asked by many, but it appears that we are now closer to an answer thanks to new research at Monash University.

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Science Centric

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bee eye gives insight into visual world

Bees navigate remarkably. A new imaging system mimicking a honeybee's vision could change the way we build mobile robots and small flying vehicles.

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ScienceDaily

Gene map to give insight into 'iceman'

Iceman has offered researchers all sorts of clues to life 5,200 years ago. Scientists are now poised to find out a whole lot more from the recently completed sequencing of his genome.

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LiveScience

Genetically modified plants thriving in the wild

In North Dakota researchers have found new evidence that genetically modified crop plants can survive and thrive in the wild, possibly for decades.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

BP says it may drill in spill reservoir

BP PLC says it may in the future drill in the same Gulf of Mexico oil reservoir as the well that blew its top and caused one of the world's worst spills.

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NPR

US says countries 'backtracking' on Copenhagen climate agreement

The U.S. is concerned that envoys at United Nations climate talks are “backtracking” on an agreement made in 2009 in Copenhagen, the country’s lead negotiator at the talks said.

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Bloomberg

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Group sues to stop mosque near NYC's ground zero

The debate over a planned mosque near ground zero became a court fight, as a conservative advocacy group tries to stop a project that has become a fulcrum of religious freedom and 9/11 legacy.

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BusinessWeek

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Holocaust survivors condemn tribute to newswoman, call proposed honor immoral

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Detroit Free Press

Defrocked bishop reinstated by church

The Rev. Charles E. Bennison Jr. was suspended from his post in the Episcopal Church and later removed permanently, over his failure to investigate his brother’s relationship with a 14-year-old.

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Telegraph.co.uk

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Could another volcano erupt soon?

As scientists and air travelers kept a close eye on Iceland's ongoing volcanic eruption, some reports suggested that a much bigger volcano could stir in the near future.

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BBC

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A star tortoise walks across paint on a canvas at the Oklahoma City Zoo. The canvas will become part of an exhibition which allows guests to view and buy art created by the zoo's animals. (Photo by Sue Ogrocki / AP)

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