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Standing on an overlook outside the Boulder County Justice Center in Boulder, Colo., Andy Powell surveys damage caused by the wildfire where he rents a home in the direction of the plume of smoke. (Photo by Matt McClain / AP)

Young adults are shying away from the stock market

Affluent 30-somethings say their tolerance for risky investments is much lower, rivaled only by people over the age of 65, according to a new study by Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management.

Newsweek

Tired of stocks? Try these four alternatives

CNBC

Malpractice liability costs US $55.6B

Medical malpractice liability costs the U.S. health care system more than $55 billion a year, most of it in "defensive" medical practices such as extra tests and scans, according to a report.

Reuters

Special section:

Tips to prevent medical errors

FamilyDoctor.org

At least 92 structures burned in Colo. fire

One of the largest and most destructive fires in the history of Boulder County, Colo., burned at least 92 structures, from mansions to outhouses, officials' preliminary survey of the area northwest of Boulder.

Denver Post

Colo. wildfire

Examiner

Wildfire spreads, homes evacuated

ABC News

70 years on, London commemorates surviving the Blitz

The 70th anniversary of the day Nazi bombs began dropping on London was marked with veterans’ memorials and a Spitfire fighter plane parked at the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Christian Science Monitor

The Blitz in pictures

BBC

Color film of London Blitz found

YouTube

Google doodle sparks Web mystery

Google users are being confronted with a bizarre animation of morphing, colliding balls that sweep across the page wherever the cursor passes over them.

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

US judge refuses to lift ban on government stem cell funds

A U.S. judge refused to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.

Reuters

Special section:

Stem cells

MSNBC

Patreus: 'Quran burnings threaten US troops'

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan has criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the demonstration "could cause significant problems" for troops overseas.

ABC News

Protesters denounce plan to burn Quran

YouTube

POLITICS

Campaign season is under way

With less than two months until Election Day, candidates are packing their schedules with campaign events designed to convince voters that they're the best ones for the job.

CNN

Blog:

Polls offer grim outlook for Democrats

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

Marijuana energizes political debate

Marijuana is on the ballot in four states, including the first effort of its kind in California to fully legalize pot, but don't expect politicians to get high on the idea any time soon.

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Immortal signals promise perfect video streaming from Web

A team of optical engineers have devised a way to revitalize light signals being sent down optical fibers, enabling them to send more information down the wires.

New Scientist

Un-natural selection: human evolution's next steps

Millions of years ago, the natural environment was shaping us into the species we have become. Now we create our own environments and that has its consequences.

NPR

Special section:

The human family tree

National Geographic

EDUCATION

Wikipedia for credit

Nine professors at prominent colleges have agreed to make creating, augmenting and editing Wikipedia entries part of their students’ coursework.

Inside Higher Ed

Colleges buy land they don't know how they'll use

Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Tiger Woods leads Pavin's picks for US Ryder Cup team

Proven veterans Tiger Woods, Zach Johnson and Stewart Cink were named to the team that faces Europe at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales.

USA TODAY

Superstitions actually work

Roger Federer is obsessed with the number eight. Serena Williams believes she lost the 2008 French Open because she didn’t tie her laces right.

AOL News

Boise State victory over Virginia Tech stokes debate

In Boise State's thrilling, seesaw 33-30 season-opening victory over Virginia Tech, two of college football's worst-kept secrets were on display.

Chicago Sun-Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Fast-food chains in Asia cater menus to local customers

Haagen-Dazs offers fruit flavors that are favorites of consumers in Hong Kong, as well as special products such as moon cakes during the moon festival.

USA TODAY

Poehler & Perry to kick off 'SNL’s' 36th

NBC announced that former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and three-time Emmy Award nominee Amy Poehler will host the season opener, with guest Katy Perry.

Access Hollywood

Blog:

'SNL's' 10 greatest 1-season wonders

Movieline

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GOOD NEWS

Once a high-tech exec, he now shares his passion for reading in Asia and Africa

John Wood, founder of Room to Read, has spent the past decade building children's libraries and promoting literacy in some of the world's poorest regions.

Christian Science Monitor

Hidden trail details help a blind man see

Jerry Eastham woke up blind one morning eight years ago. It wasn't a total surprise. His father went blind. So did every one of his 14 older siblings. But over the next few years, he learned to get by.

Anchorage Daily News

WORLD

Rescue is just the beginning of recovery for trapped miners, NASA says

The rescue of the 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine will only be the beginning of the miners' ordeal, NASA officials told Chilean authorities during a recent visit.

CNN

Pension rallies hit French cities

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of France to register anger over the government's austerity measures.

BBC

UNICEF shifts focus onto poorest of the poor kids

UNICEF says it has failed to reach millions of the world's neediest kids in slums and remote countryside and is shifting to a strategy of getting critical health care services to the poorest of the poor.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Dollar up on euro zone woes; yen hits 15-year high

The U.S. dollar rose against most major currencies but fell to a 15-year trough versus the yen as renewed concern about the health of European banks sparked aversion to risk.

Reuters

As food prices jump, UN group tries to avoid fueling new crisis

Two years after the food crisis, when soaring prices raised the specter of mass hunger and starvation, food inflation has made a comeback.

Globeandmail.com

HEALTH

In young kids, lack of sleep linked to obesity later

A study finds that even for infants and preschoolers, a good sleep may be just as important as diet and physical activity. Children up to age 5 need at least 10 hours of sleep while toddlers need more.

NPR

Low-carb plant-sourced diet better than animal-sourced one

If you want to live longer, you are better off on a low-carb diet which is vegetable based, rather than one whose proteins are sourced from animals.

Medical News Today

'Magic mushrooms' ingredient beneficial to cancer patients, report says

Researchers find psilocybin improved the anxiety and depression of terminal cancer patients for up to six months. The study is considered a first step in restoring the hallucinogen's respectability.

Los Angeles Times

ENVIRONMENT

World's smallest seahorse faces extinction after BP oil spill

One of the world's smallest seahorses faces extinction because of the BP oil spill, conservationists have warned. The minute creatures, barely 2 centimeters tall, were elusive even before the spill.

Guardian

Ocean 'dead zones' increasing in US

The U.S. Geological Survey and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science finds that the number of so-called "dead zones" in U.S. waters is 30 times more expansive today than it was in 1960.

AOL News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The culinary soul of Jewish life

At sundown, Jews will mark an occasion of great joy and feasting as Rosh Hashana — commonly called Jewish New Year — begins.

Houston Chronicle

After 3 years, Creation Museum continues to evolve

More than three years after it opened in a remote corner of Kentucky, the 70,000-square-foot "walk through the Bible" has evolved into a thriving enterprise.

Religion News Service

Anglican clergywoman to greet Pope Benedict during visit to Britain

Pope Benedict's arrival in Britain breaks new ground on many levels, with a state welcome from the Queen and the beatification of Cardinal Henry Newman.

Guardian

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