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Afghan people gather around a demonstrator's minibus at a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, carrying a photo of an Afghan civilian that they said was killed by NATO forces, (Photo by Musadeq Sadeq / AP)

It's easy to publish a book now

With the help of technology, more people are writing that book. And not only are titles being published in record numbers, entrepreneurs are launching companies to meet the needs of aspiring authors.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

E-books taking off at public libraries

Vancouver Sun

The flow has slowed through the trans-Alaska oil pipeline

It's likely the trans-Alaska pipeline will keep declining over the next decade, possibly causing dangerous ice and corrosion problems and hampering delivery of North Slope oil to the rest of the U.S.

Los Angeles Times

EPA to meet Mich. oil spill residents

CNN

UN: Afghan insurgents raise death toll

The number of civilians killed or injured in Afghanistan has jumped 31 percent, despite a fall in the number of casualties caused by NATO-led forces.

BBC

Aid group not leaving Afghanistan

Philadelphia Inquirer

Clinton: We're 'heartbroken' over murders

Youtube

John Lennon's killer fights for freedom

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer, is up for parole for the sixth time. Chapman's latest quest for freedom comes just months short of the 30th anniversary of Lennon's death

CNN

US bomber engineer convicted of passing secrets to China

A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer has been found guilty of selling military secrets to China. He had leaked design information which would allow cruise missiles to avoid infra-red detection.

Telegraph.co.uk

NATION

Police ramp up use of unmarked cars

In their effort to reduce speeding — a factor in nearly one-third of all highway deaths — state and local police agencies around the U.S. are increasingly using unmarked patrol cars.

USA TODAY

Students spared in deportation increase

The Obama administration, while deporting a record number of immigrants convicted of crimes, is sparing one group of illegal immigrants from expulsion: students who came to the U.S. when they were children.

New York Times

Special section:

Immigration

CNN

In illegal immigration debate, to hire or not?

NPR

America: half would deport all illegal residents

Angus Reid Global Monitor

BP, US agree on spill compensation fund

The U.S. completed negotiations with BP PLC over the company’s agreement to establish a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Justice Department.

Bloomberg

BP oil spill costs pass $6B mark

BBC

POLITICS

Caught in America's legal black hole

Guantanamo still holds 176 detainees, and one of them is about to stand trial — in a test of President Barack Obama's resolve to embrace the rule of law.

The Independent

Dems fear more of same after Obama visit

President Barack Obama arrives in Texas for what political professionals call a "bag drag." The term refers to his purpose for being in the state: raising money.

Houston Chronicle

Obama confronts tough sell on trail

MSNBC

HEALTH

School lunches to be healthier

The $4.5 billion Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act approved in the Senate would improve the nutritional quality of the school lunches.

ABC News

Interview:

Why is obesity so prevalent, and what can we do to combat it?

Medical News Today

Liposuction No. 1 plastic surgery in US

A new study says liposuction has leaped over breast enhancement to become the most common type of plastic surgery in the U.S.

CBS News

Home births: no drugs, no doctors, lots of medical controversy

Erin Riley immersed herself in warm bathwater, tilted her head against the tub and dozed in and out of sleep between contractions.

CNN

Special section:

Pregnancy

BBC

EDUCATION

Science lovers thrive as researchers

Students who enjoy science classes might not know all the career options and might not have role models in the field, but that doesn't mean they aren't full of potential.

Columbus Dispatch

Schools spend millions on tutors with mixed track record

School districts across Texas are paying tens of millions of taxpayer dollars for private tutoring that has a mixed track record of improving student test scores.

EducationNews.org

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Attractive women ignored for certain jobs

Good looks can kill a woman's chances of snaring jobs considered "masculine," according to a study by the University of Colorado Denver Business School.

Reuters

A dark view of Dostoevsky at the Moscow subway station

The Dostoevskaya station opened this summer in memory of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. Psychologists are concerned that the dark murals from Dostoevsky's books could put riders in gloomy moods.

NPR

SPORTS

Sox go home after forgettable series

Losers of three of four to the Orioles, the White Sox stumble into a crucial three-game series with the Minnesota Twins with ice-cold bats and a few players working through some bumps and bruises.

Chicago Sun-Times

No Americans in men's tennis top 10

The top 10 of ATP Tour tennis rankings lack an American player for the first time since they started in 1973. Andy Roddick was the last American man to win a Grand Slam, at the 2003 U.S. Open.

Bloomberg

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Richard Roeper):

1st family under fire for living it up? Get over it

Chicago Sun-Times

Column (Tony Dokoupil):

When utopian ideals crash into human nature

Newsweek

Column (Ross Douthat):

Defining the ideal marriage: It's not that easy

Seattle Times

Editorial:

A matter of survival

Las Vegas Sun

Editorial:

FCC needs to get tough on Net neutrality

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Raghuram Rajan):

Rebalancing the world economy after recession

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Jon Elmer):

Going organic: the siege on Gaza

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

National debt is key 2010 campaign issue

Washington Examiner

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GOOD NEWS

Family reunites 3 decades after 'deaths'

Karen Cason and Scott Black's nearly lifelong separation from their mother ended in July when a friend helped them find her.

AOL News

Teens discover joy of aviation at Worcester Regional Airport

Joshua was one of eight teens to participate in the first Aviation Discovery Weekend at Worcester Regional Airport, and he finished the two-day camp more informed and more excited about flying.

Telegram & Gazette

WORLD

China landslide: more than 700 people confirmed dead

More than 700 people are now known to have died in a massive landslide in north-west China — making it one of the deadliest incidents so far in the country's worst flooding in a decade.

BBC

Extreme weather on the rise

Reuters

Netanyahu accuses Turkey of ignoring Gaza flotilla warnings

Israel's prime minister tells a state-appointed inquiry that the raid on a Gaza aid flotilla in which nine activists died was conducted in self-defense.

Guardian

What Netanyahu will only answer in private about the Gaza flotilla raid

Haaretz

Indonesia deals blow to militant Islam with arrest of radical cleric Bashir

In the past, Abu Bakar Bashir has been put on trial for giving spiritual guidance to jihadist movements. But his latest detention is based on alleged material support to a terrorist group.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Back to school, not excessive shopping

For retailers, back-to-school is the second most important selling season of the year. But early reports this year are not especially encouraging. Retail sales figures for July were weaker than expected.

NPR

Craigslist accused of promoting 'prostitution'

Online marketplace Craigslist is under mounting pressure over the "adult services" section of its site.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

When did we become mentally modern?

Ever since Darwin came up with the idea of evolution, there's been one dominant picture of the moment we truly became human.

NPR

Secrets of sleeping soundly uncovered

Sleep like a log? You can thank your spindles, rapidfire brain waves that act as blockades against noise during sleep, a new study says.

National Geographic

Blackouts skyrocketing

Experts on the nation's electricity system point to an increase in non-disaster U.S. power outages by 124 percent since the early '90s.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Artificial dead zones help scientists

Predicting the spread of dead zones on the seafloor could get easier if scientists know what to look for in marine life behavior.

LiveScience

Global hunt for 'extinct' species of frogs

A frog hunt like no other is about to begin, as conservationists scour the world for species thought to be extinct but which may just be hanging on.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

New mosques face hostility far from ground zero

Muslims trying to build mosques in the nation's heartland, far from the heated fight over plans for a mosque near the WTC site, are running into opponents even more hostile and aggressive.

CBS News

Atheist Robert Wilson gives NY catholic schools $5.6 million

Retired hedge fund titan Robert W. Wilson lost his faith in God years ago, yet he believes in Catholic schools and gave $5.6 million to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

Bloomberg

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