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Hezbollah supporters cheer as they listen to a speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a rally marking the sixth anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, in Beirut’s southern suburb, Lebanon. (Photo by Bilal Hussein / AP)

City motorists to urban planners: Stay in your lane

Cast about North America and in just about any city you will find heated rhetoric about urban transportation. Cities and cars share a conflicted relationship these days.

NPR

Green streets can cut pollution, says study

BBC

Shell social media oil spill a ‘coordinated online assassination’

Shell’s brand has been hijacked in what marketing experts say is a “social media oil spill” and a “coordinated online assassination of the Shell brand.”

The Age

No sign of Assad after bomb kills kin

Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as battles rage in the center of Damascus after a bomber killed top security chiefs.

Reuters

Syria uprising puts Hezbollah on defensive

Houston Chronicle

Special section:

Where is Assad? Did ’flower pot assassins’ get their man?

The Age

The AIDS epidemic: Is it the beginning of the end?

Doctors can now prescribe drug cocktails that reduce the amount of AIDS virus in a patient’s body. Landmark research shows these patients are not only healthier, but virtually non-contagious.

USA TODAY

AIDS deaths drop as access to drugs expands

BusinessWeek

Astronomers finally find the answer to Earth’s water mystery

Earth is 99 percent dry rock. According to our current solar system formation model, this is impossible — a mystery that has puzzled scientists until now.

Gizmodo

NATION

Chicago’s homicide rates causing fear

Chicago’s surging murder rate is now four times that of New York, with drug cartels and gang warfare in the area turning chaotic.

Christian Science Monitor

Gov. Jerry Brown signs law to make Calif. home to nation’s 1st truly high-speed rail

California is poised to become home to the nation’s first truly high-speed rail system, following the signing of a law authorizing the construction of a line that will connect Los Angeles and San Francisco.

CNN

Retirement savings being raided by 35 percent of laid-off workers

The number of displaced workers has risen dramatically since the start of the Great Recession, and a third of those displaced workers have had to raid retirement savings to make ends meet.

USA TODAY

Top 10 US cities where you can retire like a king on less than $100 a day

ABC News

POLITICS

Romney digs in against releasing more of his tax returns

Romney has shrugged off growing pressure to release more of his tax returns, and his campaign is lashing out at Obama in an effort to turn the debate away from Romney’s business and financial record.

Reuters

McCain defends longtime Clinton aide against allegations

Republican Sen. John McCain defended a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton against allegations made by Rep. Michele Bachmann that her family has ties to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.

San Francisco Chronicle

Cheney joins Lockheed to fight against defense cuts

The defense industry and its Republican allies in Congress are increasing their volume this week in a concerted push to avert defense cuts.

BusinessWeek

BUSINESS

Visa, MasterCard still face hurdles in China after WTO ruling

Visa, MasterCard, Inc., and American Express were among the companies to win partial support from the World Trade Organization in a U.S. claim that China unfairly restrains the payment processors.

Reuters

Housing construction in US rose to highest since 2008

Beginning construction of homes in the U.S. has risen to the fastest rate in almost four years, indicating a brighter outlook for the residential real estate market.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The science behind Internet addiction

What we do online can contribute to obsessive, pleasure-seeking behavior, allowing tech companies to exploit our addictions for profit.

The Atlantic

Bringing buildings to life

Meet the man who wants to create architecture that understands everything about us, down to our emotional states — and learns from its mistakes.

BBC

HEALTH

Obesity pill Qsymia gains FDA approval

After months of anticipation and deliberation, the obesity pill Qsymia has been approved for overweight and obese people who have at least one weight-related health problem.

CBS News

Physical inactivity may kill as many people as smoking does

New Scientist

Flip-flops present summer feet with a painful problem

According to the National Foot Health Assessment, 78 percent of adults have experienced one or more foot problems in their lives. A culprit of foot pain, especially during the summer, is the flip-flop.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Why girls could rule Emmy nominations

Foul-mouthed, sharp-edged comedies with female characters look set for success at this year’s awards.

Sydney Morning Herald

‘Magic Mike’ thrusts renewed interest to stripper stage

While the guys had not been reduced to living off the bare necessities, the industry had been losing some of its popularity. Then along came “Magic Mike.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Louis CK and Jennifer Pozner):

Are comedy and feminism enemies?

Daily Beast

Column (Tom Laskawy):

The Farm Bureau not a true friend to farmers

Grist

Column (Annie Murphy Paul):

Born to be bright: Is there a gene for learning?

TIME

Column (Jennifer L. Posner):

Are comedy and feminism enemies?

Daily Beast

Column (David Futrelle):

Is high unemployment making us all sick?

TIME

Column (Jeffrey Goldberg):

Suicide bombing is not a hopeful sign

The Atlantic

Column (Bryan C. Price):

US must kill and capture terrorist leaders as soon as possible. It works

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Municipal bankruptcies and term limits go together

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Christopher J. Ferguson):

Can we trust psychological research?

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Precocious 2-year-old shows signs of musical genius

Lavinia Ramirez has been hailed as a mini Mozart, understanding and playing piano with skills beyond her years.

NY Daily News

‘Happiest 5K on the planet’

The Color Run — a 5k run in which volunteers shower participants with colored dust at each kilometer mark — is continuing its 2012 tour and bringing vibrant energy to charity.

AnnArbor.com

New Alzheimer’s treatment can halt symptoms for 3 years

A treatment that has been shown to halt symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease for three years has been described as the “most exciting drug in development.”

Telegraph.co.uk

WORLD

Israel blames Iran for Bulgaria bus bomb that kills 6

Six Israeli tourists were killed in a bomb attack on a bus at a Bulgarian airport. Israel accused Tehran of carrying out the attack, promising a strong response to “Iranian terror.”

Reuters

Is Iran the ‘main threat’ to the world?

CNN

Finding ways to beat the 1-child policy

China’s one-child policy has been in place since 1979 to curb population growth. But there have always been loopholes, and some families have found them.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Weird ancient spiral galaxy discovered

Astronomers have discovered a three-armed spiral galaxy dating back nearly 11 billion years — much older than similarly structured objects that are common in the modern universe.

Discovery News

Greenland glacier spawns huge iceberg

An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken off of one of Greenland’s largest glaciers. Many of Greenland’s southern glaciers have been melting at an unusually rapid pace.

Sydney Morning Herald

Giant iceberg’s birth snapped from space

Yahoo! News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Does Ramadan fast pose challenge for Muslim Olympians?

Winning an Olympic medal is hard. Surprisingly, winning one when you are fasting for Ramadan is not that much harder.

Religion News Service

Special section:

Ramadan 2012

Huffington Post

Religious lobbyists spend big bucks

Religious lobbyists representing a wide variety of faiths spend between $1 million and $5 million per year to state their positions to lawmakers, according to a Pew Research Center study.

Examiner

EDUCATION

Top universities join Harvard’s free online teaching platform

Twelve leading universities in the U.S. and Europe have joined an internet platform that provides free online access to classes designed by academics at elite institutions.

Guardian

Course on extraterrestrial life goes global

Examiner

Hybrid programs aim to stem summer learning loss

Summer school serves as grim remediation for students who fail courses during the academic year, but school districts are now viewing it less as a last resort than as inexpensive prevention.

USA TODAY

Obama proposes elite corps of teachers

The Obama administration has unveiled plans to create an elite corps of master teachers, a $1 billion effort to boost students’ achievement in science, technology, engineering and math.

NPR

SPORTS

Yanks earn sweep over Jays with rain-shortened shutout

The Yankees flashed their brand of impressive thunder before Mother Nature took the stage for her own show. That seems to be just about the only thing capable of cooling off their red-hot bats.

MLB.com

Jeremy Lin leaves New York Knicks to join Houston Rockets

Jeremy Lin is leaving the New York Knicks and taking Linsanity to the Houston Rockets. The Knicks announced that they will not match the Rockets’ three-year, $25 million offer for Lin.

Guardian

Blog:

New York Knicks owner James Dolan gets hijacked on Wikipedia

(USA TODAY)

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