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Ironworkers James Brady, left, and Billy Geoghan release cables from a steel beam after connecting it on the 104th floor of 1 World Trade Center, in New York. U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, a hopeful sign after three months of sluggish hiring. (Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP)

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Why women live longer than men

The answer to the biological puzzle of why women live longer than men may lie in the tiny “power packs” of the body’s cells, which harbor mutations that are more harmful to men than to women.

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ZeeNews

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DNA clue to women’s longevity found in fruit flies

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Medical News Today

US-backed study exploited China prisoners

A medical study partially funded by the U.S. government was conducted at detention centers in China that engage in severe violations of human rights.

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Reuters

Jobs report beats forecasts of 163,000 jobs

The nation’s unemployment rate ticked up from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent as the economy added a surprising 163,000 jobs in July. U.S. stock index futures rose after the report.

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USA TODAY

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What do jobless do when unemployment checks run out?

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Detroit Free Press

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Keeping the biggest secret in the US economy

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NPR

Congress, with much left to do, takes 5 weeks off

After a final day of partisan battles over drought relief and cybersecurity, members of Congress streamed out of the Capitol, looking forward to five weeks of vacation and a fall fraught with decisions.

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Boston.com

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Congress on break until September

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NBCNews.com

What the octopus can teach us about national security

How can governments ensure their armed forces are protected in the field? By behaving like the tentacled marine animal, says a marine scientist.

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BBC

NATION

Kansas City-bound Megabus crashes into Illinois bridge, killing 1

A Megabus en route from Chicago to Kansas City slammed into a concrete bridge pillar, killing one passenger and injuring dozens. The cause of the crash appears to have been a blown out tire.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Many Americans die with ‘virtually no financial assets’

Innovative research shows a large divergence in retirement saving outcomes, with the single elderly faring worse than married couples.

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MIT News

Early retirement will impact your social security benefit

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U.S. News & World Report

Study projects growing demand for commercial space flights

Commercial suborbital space flights should bring in between $600 million and $1.6 billion in revenue in their first decade of operations, according to a new study.

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NASA boosts funding for commercial space shuttle replacements

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POLITICS

Stimulus watch for Bernanke and Fed

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks set to spend the rest of the summer waiting for signs that could tip the scales toward providing another round of stimulus for the economy.

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Reuters

‘No vacancy’ on Internet for political ads

The Internet seems endless, but for one key commodity — political advertising — it is about to run out of room, at least on the popular video sites that the campaigns care about most.

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Politico

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Deciding the undecideds is a tough task for Obama, Romney

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Houston Chronicle

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The 2012 campaign spending spree

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Time

BUSINESS

Bull market in crops extends with drought

Corn and soybean traders are bullish for a 15th consecutive week on speculation that the drought spreading across fields in the U.S. will spur the government to make more cuts to its production forecasts.

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Bloomberg

Retailers report higher July sales, helped by hot weather and clearance sales

Hot weather and clearance sales drew Americans into stores in July, giving retailers solid sales gains and helping offset worries about jobs and the economy.

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Star Tribune

HEALTH

Tobacco companies profit from loophole, market small cigars

After decades of progress toward preventing smoking-related illness and death, public health officials warn about a new trend: smokers who switch to cheaper — but equally dangerous — small cigars.

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USA TODAY

Exercise may reduce depression in heart failure patients

The benefits of exercise in people with heart problems may go beyond the physical, according to a new study by Duke University researchers.

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CBS News

Special section:

Depression: the world’s silent epidemic

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

At last, scientists have figured out how elephants trumpet

Elephants’ deepest calls can thunder up to six miles away. Now, researchers have learned how the massive animals produce these sounds.

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Christian Science Monitor

Why does North Dakota have faster Internet than the rest of us?

The gap between the most connected and least connected communities is getting worse, and local communities are taking matters into their own hands, possibly improving Internet service nationwide.

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Slate

Mars landing draws near

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory and its Curiosity rover are set to land on the red planet. It is the most advanced, most ambitious and most adventurous mission ever sent to Mars.

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USA TODAY

Special section:

Search for life: Mars rover’s target crater a ‘geologist‘s paradise’

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Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Who is fracking in your backyard?

New analysis shows that in most states where fracking occurs, there are no disclosure laws at all, and that those that do are insufficient when it comes to revealing details of their operations.

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Slate

Palm trees could grow in Antarctic if climate change continues, scientists say

Scientists have discovered that plants similar to palm trees grew in the Antarctic region during the early Eocene era, when the area had a near-tropical climate.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS

Farmers, Campbell Soup give food bank peachy help

The Food Bank of New Jersey and Campbell Soup are pairing up to feed the hungry. Blemished peaches collected by the food bank will be made into “Just Peachy Salsa” in a Campbell plant.

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Salon

Number of US farmers’ markets surges

As demand for locally grown fruits and vegetables has increased, so too has the number of urban farmers’ markets sprouting up across the nation.

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San Francisco Chronicle

US to give more Syrian humanitarian aid

President Obama approved $12 million in new humanitarian aid for beleaguered Syrian civilians as the civil war rages between rebels and the Assad regime in Aleppo and elsewhere.

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Associated Press

WORLD

Kofi Annan quits as Syria peace envoy

Frustrated by “finger-pointing” at the U.N. on how to deal with the Syrian uprising, Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is quitting as international peace envoy for Syria.

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Reuters

Hoping for a ‘soft landing’ in Syria

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Security Clearance

Heywood murder: China sets trial date for Bo Xilai’s wife

Gu Kailai, wife of Chinese politician Bo Xilai, will go on trial for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, lawyers say.

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BBC

OLYMPICS 2012: LONDON GAMES

Olympics 2012: the secrets behind the world’s national anthems

They are songs of pride and patriotism, booming out at every international sporting fixture and medal ceremony. But behind the world’s national anthems lurk some strange and surprising stories.

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BBC

Olympic medal counts by population and GDP

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Huffington Post

Olympic nail art is clear winner of London 2012 trends

Nail art — the fashion for intricately patterned painted nails — has had a great Olympics, bringing it from bling to mainstream.

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Guardian

EDUCATION

Chinese teachers to spend year in Ky.

Schools across 12 Kentucky districts will have teachers from China spending the year in classrooms as part of a language and cultural exchange program.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Families make big changes to pay for college, study shows

A recent study shows that approximately 70 percent of families are eliminating college choices based on cost. More students are also now choosing to enroll in community colleges.

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NPR

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Vertigo’ displaces ‘Citizen Kane’ as world’s greatest film

“Citizen Kane” or “Vertigo”? While film buffs can argue that these two are both meticulously crafted classics, Welles’ “Citizen Kane” has just lost its 50-year title to “Vertigo.”

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Detroit Free Press

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Original ‘Vertigo’ trailer

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YouTube

The name is Bond ... or is it Bourne?

Given that Jeremy Renner and Daniel Craig are not dissimilar — and given that the trailers for both the Bourne and Bond films are edited with subliminal swiftness — you may confuse the two.

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The Independent

SPORTS

Mayweather released from jail after serving 2-month term

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was released from a Las Vegas jail after serving two months of a three-month sentence in a misdemeanor domestic battery case.

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ESPN

Maligned Pocono Raceway winning back favor of drivers, fans

One of the most maligned NASCAR racetracks because of its once-antiquated facilities, interminable race lengths and a rural location, Pocono Raceway is now winning back a favorable reputation.

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USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

China steps up campaign against Ramadan in Xinjiang

China is discouraging some Muslims in the Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramadan. The government says the move is motivated by health concerns.

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Guardian

Germany considers Jewish history for UNESCO Heritage

Germany has 37 sites under UNESCO protection and another 10 waiting for inclusion. None of them come from the country’s rich Jewish history, but four possible nominations may change this.

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Spiegel International

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Loggerhead turtles get more help — but only on West Coast

Loggerhead sea turtles along the West Coast will be listed as “endangered,” but those on the East Coast will not, the Obama administration said in a split decision that muddled environmentalists.

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Msnbc.com

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Indian people ride on a bicycle rickshaw in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)

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