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A protester holds the Egyptian national flag as fire rages outside the building housing the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. Hundreds of Egyptian protesters tore down parts of a graffiti-covered security wall. Thousands elsewhere protested against the country’s military rulers. (Photo by AP)

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Terror threat spurs tighter NYC security

Authorities in New York and New Jersey increased security after reports of a credible, uncorroborated threat that terrorists may be plotting an attack in the city around the Sept. 11 anniversary.

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Bloomberg

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AP: No sign of US entry for terror plot

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USA TODAY

Deal reached to avert FAA shutdown

House and Senate leaders have reached a deal that averts a looming shutdown of federal highway and aviation programs, a key GOP lawmaker said.

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NPR

Netanyahu: Israel committed to peace

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has reiterated his country‘s commitment to peace with Egypt, hours after a mob attacked Israel’s Embassy in Cairo.

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Al Jazeera

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Egyptian leaders vow to restore order after embassy attack

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CNN

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Israeli Embassy under attack in Cairo

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Guardian

Vast support given for grassroots economics group

Membership of the World Economics Association has now exceeded 6,000. Embarrassment among professionals after the global financial crisis of 2008 is one of the primary reasons it launched.

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G-8 pledges $38B to Arab states

Finance ministers from the G-8 group of industrialized countries have pledged nearly $40 billion to several Arab countries to help with reconstruction and moves towards democracy.

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BBC

NATION

Obama declares state of emergency in wildfire-ravaged Texas

President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in Texas, making federal funding available to those affected by wildfires in Bastrop County.

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CNN

Susquehanna recedes in Pa., NY

As the Susquehanna River and its tributaries in Pennsylvania and New York receded, tens of thousands of people forced from their homes imagined the devastation that awaited them.

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NPR

Obama jobs plan is heartening to frustrated blacks

President Barack Obama’s jobs pitch is already playing well with blacks, who had grown plenty irked with him over what they perceived as his indifference to their needs.

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San Jose Mercury News

9/11: 10 YEARS LATER

9/11 crash spared and transformed small Pa. town

Before the Sept. 11 attacks, the arrival of a car with out-of-state license plates was all it took to capture the attention of residents in Shanksville, a close-knit rural community in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Reuters

What took so long? Why the World Trade Center still isn’t finished

In the lower part of Manhattan, the World Trade Center — 16 acres of planned office buildings, subway stations, commuter-railway lines and a memorial museum and plaza — still hasn’t been rebuilt.

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TIME

New 9/11 memorial is designed to blend mourning and vitality

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Architecture and the Urban Landscape

Americans ready to fly flags on the anniversary for 9/11

Many Americans are hoping that as the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 arrives, Old Glory will be in her glory.

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Telegram & Gazette

Obama proclaims National Days of Prayer and Remembrance

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POLITICS

Slipping Bachmann seeks jolt for fall campaign trail

Republican Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign fell just as quickly as it rose. Now, she’s looking to Iowa, at the expense of other early voting states, to get back on track.

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Msnbc.com

Corporate taxes: How low can you go?

The idea that America’s 35 percent corporate tax rate is stifling U.S. economic growth is almost an article of faith among some politicians. Very few actually pay taxes on 35 percent of their profits.

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NPR

Florida is set for a big role in GOP presidential race

Florida is about to get into the Republican presidential race big time, starting with a televised debate in Tampa and ending with an early primary in 2012 that conceivably could wrap up the nomination.

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Fresno Bee

EDUCATION

US Education chief Arne Duncan: Double teacher salaries

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that teachers have been “beaten down for too long” and endorsed “doubling’’ their salaries.

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Chicago Sun-Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Shift your body, change your mind

Project Welcome Home Troops has been researching a spiritual approach to combat stress using yoga postures and yogic breathing to ease the minds of many troops.

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Spirituality & Health

The many health benefits of yoga

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Timi Gustafson RD

(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

For churches today, the word is ‘big’

Outreach Magazine is out today with its latest downloadable lists of the nation’s top 100 largest Protestant churches and top 100 fastest-growing churches.

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USA TODAY

Deepak Chopra creates video game

Deepak Chopra will be releasing a video game that promises to “enhance the mind-body connection” through interactive full-body motions and breathing techniques.

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Yoga Journal

ENVIRONMENT

Sprinkle of seaweed to make more powerful, less toxic batteries

Research suggests that using a seaweed extract as a binder in lithium-ion batteries will not only cut out toxic compounds, but could cut costs and massively boost battery performance, too.

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Earth Times

Judge approves settlements on endangered species

A federal judge approved a pair of sweeping settlements that require the government to consider endangered species protections for more than 800 animal and plant species.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Oldest shark nursery found

Several 230-million-year-old teeth and egg capsules uncovered at a fossil site in southwestern Kyrgyzstan suggest hundreds of young sharks once congregated in a shallow lake.

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National Geographic

10 great places to swim with sharks

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(USA TODAY)

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GOOD NEWS

Chronic pain gene identified, hopes for new targeted pain drugs

A gene called HCN2 produces a protein which regulates chronic pain, and medications which inhibit the gene’s protein production could be extremely effective in combating chronic pain.

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Medical News Today

Army major helps Afghan boy, 6, whose bladder was outside his body

A 6-year-old Afghan boy born with his bladder outside his body has been reunited with the U.S. soldier who arranged for his rare operation in a New Jersey hospital.

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Good News Network

Vermonters’ generosity aims at helping each other

Tropical Storm Irene damaged or destroyed more than 700 homes and left some Vermont towns stranded. But it has also generated countless acts of kindness like citizen-led road rebuilding.

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San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Hurricane Katia threatens flood chaos in northern Britain

Severe gales and flooding are expected to hit parts of the U.K. as Hurricane Katia makes its way across the Atlantic, with winds up to 80 mph.

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Guardian

Gadhafi forces resist Bani Walid attack

Pro-Gadhafi forces in Libya have been putting up fierce resistance in Bani Walid, one of four towns still controlled by loyalist fighters.

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BBC

Ferry sinks off Tanzania

A ferry carrying more than 500 passengers from Zanzibar to Pemba Island off the east African country of Tanzania has capsized, and scores of people are missing.

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Msnbc.com

BUSINESS

US stocks will continue as a roller-coaster ride

U.S. stocks in the coming week likely will face more of the European-driven volatility that’s bounced the Dow Jones industrial average on a series of triple-digit swings over the past six sessions.

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MarketWatch

G-7 finance chiefs vow to support banks

Group of Seven finance chiefs vowed to support banks and buoy slowing economic growth as Europe’s debt crisis roiled financial markets and threatened a global recession.

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Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Can Yahoo escape valley of the dulls?

Carol Bartz has been fired from her role as CEO of Yahoo, but the company itself remains face-to-face with an identity crisis.

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Humans are wired to respond to animals

No matter how you feel about animals, a specific part of the brain may be hardwired to rapidly detect critters.

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ScienceDaily

How the ear distinguishes sweet sounds from sour notes

A mathematical model suggests that pleasant harmonies cause neurons to fire in regular patterns whereas discordant notes stimulate messier neuron activity, a team of biophysicists reports.

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Science

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Oscar winner Cliff Robertson dies at 88

Cliff Robertson, the handsome movie actor who played John F. Kennedy in “PT-109,” won an Oscar for “Charly” and was famously victimized in a 1977 Hollywood forgery scandal, has died.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Adele makes Billboard Hot 100 history with ‘Someone Like You’

Adele achieves the biggest jump to No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100’s 53-year history that wasn’t spurred by the release of a single.

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Billboard

HEALTH

Survey: US college students not getting enough sleep

Many U.S. college students aren’t getting the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep per night, a problem that could affect their ability to learn, a new survey says.

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HealthDay

A drink a day linked to healthy aging

Women who consume moderate amounts of alcohol in middle age are somewhat more likely than teetotalers to be in good physical and mental health in old age, new research finds.

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USA TODAY

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Alcohol survey for pregnant women

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Herald Sun

SPORTS

$100M deal for Vikings’ Peterson

Running back Adrian Peterson agreed to a seven-year, $96 million deal that could increase to $100 million if he makes it to the end of the contract in 2017 and meets the escalator criteria.

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Star Tribune

Angels 2, Yankees 1

Pinch-hitter Maicer Izturis drove home pinch-runner Jeremy Moore with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth inning as Los Angeles rallied to beat New York.

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San Francisco Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

How dumb are we?

They’re the sort of scores that drive high school history teachers to drink. When 1,000 U.S. citizens were asked to take America’s official citizenship test, 29 percent couldn’t name the vice president.

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Newsweek

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Local residents prepare to launch a lantern during a memorial service for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Soma, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Photo by Koji Sasahara / AP)

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