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In this file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, and Josh Fattal are shown in Tehran, Iran. An Iranian court set bail of $500,000 each for the two men, clearing the way for their release. (Photo by Anonymous / Press TV / AP)

A musical tour along the Crooked Road

The Crooked Road, Virginia’s heritage music trail, winds for some 300 miles through the southwest corner of the state, from the Blue Ridge into deeper Appalachia, home to some of the most arresting sounds.

Smithsonian Magazine

The crooked road: Va.’s music heritage trail

USA TODAY

Canine military programs expand to save more troops

U.S. troops in Afghanistan are relying more and more on the superior noses of military working dogs to sniff out deadly improvised explosive devices.

USA TODAY

US military dogs in action

Washington Post

Iran: Hikers to be freed ‘in a couple of days’

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told NBC that two Americans given eight-year prison sentences for spying and entering Iran illegally will be released in what he called a “humanitarian gesture.”

MSNBC

Blog:

Iranian President to pardon and release US hikers in days

(PBS)

The Rundown

US hikers to be released from Iran

CNN

Poverty rises in US, now at 15.1 percent

The number of people in poverty in 2010 rose for the fourth year, equaling the largest number in poverty in the 52 years since such estimates have been published by the U.S. Census Bureau.

CBS News

Number of poor hit record 46 million in 2010

Reuters

Blog:

Census data show poverty’s creep, lasting effects of recession

(TIME)

Swampland

California Medicaid expansion: a lifeline for ex-convicts

California has embarked on an expansion of its Medicaid program, three years ahead of the federal expansion that the health law requires in 2014.

NPR

NATION

‘Wi-Fi refugees’ seek tech-free shelter in W.Va. mountains

While most Americans seem to embrace continuous connectivity, some believe it’s making them physically ill, seeking shelter far away.

BBC

Sept. 11 memorial at World Trade Center opens to public

Thousands of people visited the National September 11th Memorial at the site of the World Trade Center after it was opened to the public for the first time.

Reuters

Memorable moments at ground zero memorial

Yahoo! News

POLITICS

Congressional Budget Office chief warns debt panel on economy

The director of the CBO painted a bleak picture of the nation’s fiscal future, warning a deficit reduction supercommittee to be wary while weighing both spending cuts and tax increases.

The Hill

Special section:

Obama jobs plan

Telegram & Gazette

Bachmann pushes back against Romney, Perry on social issues

Jobs, Social Security and vaccines provided the ammunition for sharp exchanges during the Republican debate in Florida.

Star Tribune

Tea party power on display at debate

Politico

BUSINESS

With Greece at the brink of insolvency, Germany balks

As Greece teeters on insolvency, worries about Europe’s ability to hold its currency union together have shifted from a debt-crippled Greek economy to a withdrawn German government.

Globeandmail.com

Buses for planes would save $89M

Taxpayers would save up to $89 million a year if buses rather than planes served 38 cities where the U.S. subsidizes flights, according to the American Bus Association.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Families urge action as US drafts Alzheimer’s plan

The Obama administration is developing the first National Alzheimer’s Plan, to combine research aimed at fighting the mind-destroying disease with help that caregivers need to stay afloat.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Family medicine residency example of efforts to address shortage

St. Louis University’s family medicine residency is part of an effort to encourage more family physicians, the backbone of the primary care workforce, to spend their careers caring for the underserved.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Study shows many reluctant to tell doctors about depression

Some people with depression symptoms may not tell their family doctor about it — often out of worry they will be placed on an antidepressant, a new study suggests.

Baltimore Sun

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

More Americans tailoring religion to fit their personal needs

One of the key findings in newly released research reveals America’s drift from clearly defined religious denominations to faiths cut to fit personal preferences.

USA TODAY

Poll: Most Americans still unsure about Mormons and polygamy

Most Americans aren’t sure whether Mormons still practice polygamy and that confusion could affect their view of LDS presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, according to a new survey.

Salt Lake Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Music and spit: Neil Young gets extreme close-up

Concert film, “Neil Young Journeys,” premiers at Toronto International Film Festival. The camera, up close and personal, caught a glob of his spittle, for a blotch on the lens and a psychedelic tinge.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Preview: ‘Pearl Jam 20’ as American Masters

PBS

Chefs aim to save the world

The so-called G9 meeting of nine of the world’s top chefs, took place in Lima, Peru, where they tried to define what they believe should be the role of those who follow in their footsteps.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Howard LaFranchi):

Palestinians ask Obama: Why not endorse our Arab Spring?

The Monitor Breakfast

(Christian Science Monitor)

Column (Paul Leblanc):

Make college accessible to the masses — and jobless

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Jonathan Bernstein):

Why Romney and Perry need not worry about their liberal heresies

The New Republic

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Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Macy Halford):

Should we fight to save indie bookstores?

(The New Yorker)

The Book Bench

Column (Gayle Tzemach Lemmon):

It’s her mission, but can ‘UN Women’ succeed?

The Daily Beast

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Social Security snow job

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (David Frum):

American heroes who get no credit

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Dying man has new lease on life after immune system trained to kill cancer

Scientists say successful gene therapy treatment on patient may possibly signify a turning point in the long struggle to develop effective gene therapies against cancer.

Msnbc.com

Unexpected Facebook message leads to father-daughter reunion

For most of her 19 years, Jalicia Boldridge had known of her father only through faded photographs. Thanks to a chance encounter on Facebook, she was waiting for him at the airport.

Detroit Free Press

UC investing millions in new cyber studies program

The University of California will unveil its first top-tier cyber courses. At the same time, it’s eyeing China and even American soldiers as potential sources of cash to pay for them.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

In northern Japan, residents who stayed face a new reality

Outside the evacuation zone, as a new semester began, thousands of Japanese students in Fukushima City showed up to class this semester wearing government-issued radiation monitors.

NPR

Inside Japan’s nuclear exclusion zone

BBC

US Embassy: No staff injured in Kabul attack by insurgents

Taliban insurgents launched a coordinated attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in the heart of the Afghan capital, firing rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles.

San Francisco Chronicle

Rockets fired at US Embassy in Afghan capital

USA TODAY

NTC’s Jalil vows a state based on ‘moderate Islam’

The head of the National Transitional Council has delivered his first speech in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, since the ousting of Moammar Gadhafi.

BBC

Gadhafi stronghold under fire

Msnbc.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Thermal imaging turns heat up on liars

Anyone with a burning conscience might want to look away. Researchers in the U.K. are turning to thermal imaging in order to spot liars.

CNN

Forensic meteorology a growing field

Called on to reconstruct weather conditions that occurred at a specific time and location, the number of cases for storm sleuths to solve is on the rise.

Scientific American

EDUCATION

Promises of jobs gained from MBA’s: behind the fancy job stats

Some underemployed graduates are suing their former institutions, claiming they were duped into acquiring massive debt loads based on the promise of a secure, six-figure-salary job.

CNNMoney

Philadelphia baby boom could benefit city schools, report says

For the first time in decades, Center City has an opportunity to keep families with young children in Philadelphia instead of watching them flee to the suburbs.

Philadelphia Inquirer

ENVIRONMENT

Coconuts and sunshine will power South Pacific islands

Foua Toloa, Tokelau’s leader, announced this week that by the middle of next year solar energy will supply 93 percent of Tokelau’s electricity — the rest will come from coconut oil.

New Scientist

ARPA-E: Welcome to the department of big dreamers

ARPA-E is inspired by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — the well-funded military think tank that’s helped invent everything from the GPS system to the Internet.

TIME

Clean energy project crowdsources the hunt for the best organic solar cells

Wired

SPORTS

Djokovic beats Nadal at US Open for year’s 3rd grand slam

Novak Djokovic solidified his place atop men’s tennis with a win against Rafael Nadal in the U.S. Open final, becoming the sixth man to win three Grand Slam championships in a single year.

San Francisco Chronicle

Raiders break streak and open season with win over Broncos

An eight-year run of opening game futility ended as the Oakland Raiders continued their dominance of their own division with a 23-20 win over the Denver Broncos.

Boston Herald

Richard Seymour on Raiders’ win

ESPN

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