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In this file photo, a sign on a wire cable sits across the a boat ramp that leads down to the dried up bed of O.C. Fisher Lake at San Angelo State Park in San Angelo, Texas. Severe drought over the past few years has nearly dried out the man-made reservoir that once spanned over 5400 acres. (Photo by Tony Gutierrez / AP)

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Drought cripples the South

A drought is a different kind of disaster. It begins with a few dry weeks, but life goes on normally. Then one day we wake up and realize we’re living through a natural catastrophe.

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TIME

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Texas drought will harm wildlife habitat for years

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The Weather Channel

Addiction: What gets us hooked?

Some people have their lives destroyed by drugs or alcohol, while others can indulge and walk away. Now doctors are beginning to understand the reasons why.

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The Independent

Fed pledges low rates, Dow soars

The Federal Reserve’s unusual promise — to keep interest rates low for “at least” the next two years — comes as panicky global financial markets look for reassuring measures from the U.S. central bank.

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MSNBC

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US stocks rally as Treasury yields drop

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MarketWatch

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Federal Reserve to keep rates at record lows

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Bloomberg

First Nations tribe combines science with legacy of conservation

For the Heiltsuk First Nation in British Columbia, science is proving to be one of the most powerful tools at their disposal as far as asserting their tradition of safeguarding natural resources.

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Scientific American

Misery in world’s largest refugee camp

Right now, Somalia may be the most desperate place on Earth. A drought, not seen in 60 years, compounded with near complete lawlessness and utter disregard for human life, has made it so.

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CNN

NATION

Obama announces 1st-ever fuel standards for heavy duty vehicles

President Barack Obama announced fire trucks, heavy-duty pickups and all manner of trucks in between will have to trim fuel consumption and emissions under new efficiency standards.

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Star Tribune

Airlines cut ticket prices but no bargain as federal taxes return

U.S. airlines are cutting fares. But many fliers will pay no less now that federal ticket taxes are back in place.

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USA TODAY

Kansas boy wants the world to recognize his fallen father

Reading about the Chinook crash in Afghanistan, 10-year-old Braydon Nichols could not understand why no one mentioned his father, another casualty of the crash.

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CNN

POLITICS

Recall elections to determine Wisconsin Senate control

Wisconsin Democrats, fueled by millions of dollars in spending by national unions and other outside groups, are hoping to wrest control of the state Senate away from Republicans through six recall elections.

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Chicago Sun-Times

GOP candidates race for Iowa

Starting with a debate and a make-or-break straw poll in Iowa, the coming stretch will test candidates, messages and machinery and drive the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

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McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Apple surpasses Exxon as world’s most valuable company before retreating

Apple Inc., a company that was on the brink of bankruptcy before Steve Jobs returned as chief executive officer in 1997, temporarily passed Exxon Mobil Corp. as the world’s largest business.

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Bloomberg

Walgreens plans to sell you health insurance soon

Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens will sell health insurance products with different price ranges and coverage levels from coast-to-coast through a private health insurance exchange.

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CNNMoney

A dearth of new psychiatric meds

Despite the need for newer medications to treat a range of psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases, drugs that treat these diseases are just too complex and costly for big development.

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Scientific American

HEALTH

Parkinson’s patients benefit from deep brain stimulation implants 10 years later

According to a study first published online by Archives of Neurology, patients with Parkinson’s disease who received brain implants 10 years ago appear to maintain progress in motor function.

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Medical News Today

Sorry you’re sick, but wow, you’re so skinny, too!

When Marisa Zeppieri-Caruana had a lupus flare-up a couple of years ago, it brought on severe weight loss, a small stroke, heart problems — and a shower of compliments.

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MSNBC

Anorexia cases rising among 5-year-olds

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Berlin Wall makes comeback for tourists

A half century after it was built and two decades after its demise, a few bits of the wall that once split Berlin into East and West are being reinstated for posterity to the delight of tourists.

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Reuters

How the Payson Salmon Supper becomes a foodie tradition

The irony of the annual Payson Salmon Supper is, of course, that Utah’s longest-running food event is based on serving a couple of tons of Alaskan salmon in an arid town best known for onions and cherries.

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Salt Lake Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Whole Foods targeting Ramadan

The national grocery chain Whole Foods is in the middle of a whole lot of controversy for directing a marketing campaign at Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan — and then taking it back.

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ABC News

Evangelicals question the existence of Adam and Eve

Some conservative scholars are saying publicly that they can no longer believe the Genesis account.

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NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Cartoon (Chris Britt):

Tea party vs. the economy

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Creators Syndicate

Riots in Britain reflect today’s social ills — and social media

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Jonathan Cohn):

Wall Street is the headline. Main Street is the story

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The New Republic

Column (Joseph Farah):

You want to see the face of ‘terrorism?’

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Creators Syndicate

Column (Matt Wade):

Behind the images of Africa’s starving, there is economic hope

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Sydney Morning Herald

Column (David Nather):

The supercommittee health care menu

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Politico

Column (George Monbiot):

EU and fish quotas: Who will protect these fish from us?

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Guardian

Blog (Richard Brody):

Seeing stars

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GOOD NEWS

Legally blind man to try solo around-world sailing trip

Dennis Howard has sailed all over the world, and plans to keep it up even after an eye disease took away most of his sight a few years ago.

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CBS News

Wayne Memorial High School in Detroit wins $20,000 in video contest

Wayne Memorial High School’s band, orchestra and choir programs are getting a financial boost for much needed supplies in time for the Fall start of school.

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Detroit Free Press

A quarter million books donated to Oklahoma City teachers

Oklahoma City School District teachers will get to fill three boxes of books with their choices from more than 250,000 books.

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WORLD

UK riots: Trouble erupts in English cities

Sporadic violence has broken out in several cities around England, although London remained largely quiet with a heavy police presence on the streets.

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BBC

Special section:

UK riots: live map

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Guardian

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Clapham comes together for clean-up

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Telegraph.co.uk

Tear gas flies during protests in Chile

Vehicles burned and tear gas flew in Chile’s capital as tens of thousands of demonstrators protested education policies in the South American nation.

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CNN

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Chile police clash with protesting students

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Al Jazeera

Lobsang Sangay is sworn in as new prime minister of Tibetan exiles

Harvard-trained academic Lobsang Sangay vows to fight Chinese “colonialism” at his swearing-in as the new political head of Tibetan exiles. But will he have clout?

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Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Ancient DNA reveals a host of secrets regarding human history

For a field that relies on fossils that have lain undisturbed for tens of thousands of years, ancient human genomics is moving at breakneck speed.

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Nature

Mental abacus does away with words

When 11-year-old Priyanshi Somani multiplies strings of 10-digit numbers she doesn’t use a calculator. The young Mental Calculation World Cup champion manipulates an imaginary abacus.

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Major deep-sea smokers found — ‘evolution in overdrive’

A rare system of smoking volcanic vents that have formed into three-story “chimneys" sits deep under the North Atlantic, according to scientists aboard the research vessel Celtic Explorer.

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National Geographic

ENVIRONMENT

Towing an iceberg to a drought area could actually work

The idea of towing an iceberg was originally floated by an engineer named Georges Mougin in the 1970s. It was laughed out of development back then, but now it’s enjoying a renaissance.

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Popular Science

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Drought-stricken Texas was once part of Antarctica, scientists say

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Herald Sun

Dirt road maintenance spreads invasive plants, study shows

Routine roadwork on rural roads may be aiding the rapid spread of invasive species, found a new study.

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EDUCATION

At Arlington, coed classes are a thing of the past

It was a first day of school unlike any other and the beginning of an experiment that Indianapolis Public Schools officials hope will lead to academic improvement: girls and boys were separated.

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Indianapolis Star

Freedom at a price

Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Jim Petro will unveil a plan designed to reduce government involvement in the state’s 14 public universities, giving the institutions more authority.

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Inside Higher Ed

SPORTS

Olympic officials are confident in London’s security plans

While rioting and looting continued for the third day in London, Olympic officials are confident that local authorities will be prepared for the London Games, now less than a year away.

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USA TODAY

NFL will administer game-day drug tests

The NFL is adding game-day testing for performance-enhancing substances — but not recreational drugs — this season under the new collective bargaining agreement.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Half of living languages face extinction

A new research project is documenting thousands of endangered languages — before we lose them forever. Of 6,500 living languages, half are expected to be extinct by the end of this century.

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Guardian

Photo of the Day

A stray dog rests in the shade as Greek Presidential guards perform at the Unknown Soldier’s Tomb outside parliament in central Athens. (Photo by Dimitri Messinis / AP)

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