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Elliott Johns holds up an iPhone 4S in front of an Apple Store location in Boston. Young adults now prefer to spend their money on technology upgrades, such as cellphones, rather than purchasing cars. (Photo by Steven Senne / AP)

Smartphones, not cars, now mold today’s youth culture

Youth culture was once car culture. Yet these days, cars cannot even compete with an iPhone — or so car makers and the people who analyze them for a living seem to fear.

The Atlantic

Fear of missing out and smartphones

YouTube

Growing pains: Nations work to balance growth, power needs

It may take time to pinpoint the cause of India’s recent massive blackouts, but the core issue for India and the developing world is that supply is struggling to keep up with the growing demand for power.

NPR

Access to water out of reach for millions

Guardian

US female Olympians enjoy success

Alex Morgan’s latest game-winning goal served as an exclamation point to the unprecedented dominance by American female athletes — an affirmation that women have made great strides in sports.

McClatchy Newspapers

Gymnast Aly Raisman finishes with gold

CBS News

How women’s sports records compare to men’s

The Atlantic

Gymnastics event finals

NBCSports

In wake of violence, some lawmakers defiant in calls for tougher gun laws

Gun control has long been seen as a politically toxic issue for politicians, and the possibility of passing stricter gun laws is seen as a nonstarter.

CBS News

Arizona shooting suspect pleads guilty

USA TODAY

Syria crisis: Iran pledges support for ‘vital partner’ in alliance

Iran’s security chief has told President Bashar Assad that Syria is part of a vital regional alliance that Tehran will not allow to be broken, and that Syria is an essential part of an “axis of resistance.”

BBC

NATION

Temple shooter’s acquaintances recall a troubled man guided by hate

From the military to failed jobs to music, the Wisconsin man who shot dead six at a Sikh temple is remembered for his ill will.

Guardian

Wisconsin community reacts to shocking attack

TIME

Calls to scrap ethanol mandate intensify with drought

The drought that’s killing crops across the Midwest and sending corn prices to record highs has revived calls to end or ease the government’s requirement that corn-based ethanol be blended with gasoline.

CNNMoney

Fire at Chevron refinery in Richmond, Calif.

San Francisco Chronicle

Oklahoma wildfire razes homes, leaves dozens homeless

Dozens of wildfires have scorched portions of Oklahoma, leaving only ashes in some spots. Emergency managers say dozens of homes are among the 120 structures that burned to the ground.

CBS News

POLITICS

Something old, something new in summertime attack ads

With just over 90 days to go in the 2012 presidential contest, there’s no rest for the weary swing-state voter. Every day, the campaigns and their allies are churning out new volleys of attacks.

ABC News

Special section:

Political ad tracker

USA TODAY

It may be older and tougher — but will the tea party be stronger?

The 2010 elections were a coming of age for the tea party, with big gains in Congress and in state houses. Then came this year’s GOP presidential primaries, with no surviving tea party favorite.

NPR

BUSINESS

State finances recovering

The finances of state governments are improving, but states face deep uncertainty in the coming fiscal year as they grapple with the new costs of Medicaid expansion and pensions.

NBCNews.com

Amazon’s new secret weapon: package delivery lockers

Amazon.com is doubling down to combat a problem that has long bedeviled online retailers: failed package delivery.

Wall Street Journal

EDUCATION

Preschool children who can pay attention more likely to finish college

Young children who are able to pay attention and persist with a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study.

ScienceDaily

Completion-focused financial aid

Even supporters of the concept of government financial assistance for college students concede that the way in which the system delivers aid to students is not working optimally.

Inside Higher Ed

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Genetic map tells the intricate tale of the Jewish diaspora

A new genetic map paints a picture of the 2,000 or so years during which Jewish groups migrated. Some became genetically isolated units, while others seemed to mix and mingle more.

LiveScience

Google Person Finder helps those affected by Philippine floods

The search giant Google is using its service to help people find or offer details on a missing person in response to the flooding in the Philippines.

CNET News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Muslims petition Egypt not to include Islamic law

Muslim and Coptic Christian leaders in the U.S. are calling on the Egyptian government to exclude any mentions of Islamic law or language that discriminates against minorities in its draft constitution.

Religion News Service

US nuns meet to decide how to respond to Vatican rebuke

The largest group for American nuns will meet in St. Louis to consider a response to the Vatican’s decision to assign control of the group to a trio of bishops because the nuns had strayed from church doctrine.

Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

How Curiosity turns Mars into a climate-change lab

Scientists have made great strides in predicting what will happen to our climate, but there is a fundamental problem: we have only had one climate in which to test our hypotheses. Now, we have Mars too.

Grist

Putting a price on the rivers and rain

Payments for “ecosystem services” look like the prelude to another wave of privatization. In many countries, nature is being valued and commodified so that it can be exchanged for cash.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Canine helps former soldier fight PTSD

Angela Peacock was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder by the Army in 2004. She got Joe, a black Labrador, in 2009. Joe has been trained to know when Peacock needs his help.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

City of Houston honors postal carrier for saving 2 children from burning home

Houston Mayor Annise Parker has declared a “Danny Thompson Day” at City Hall, honoring Thompson, a U.S. Postal Service carrier who saved two children from a burning home in June.

Houston Chronicle

Utah man makes global difference with ONE campaign

Naresh Kumar, district leader for the ONE Campaign, has worked to improve health and decrease poverty. Now, he’s motivating and educating Utahans on how foreign aid can help in these endeavors.

Salt Lake Tribune

WORLD

Persecuted Burmese tribe finds no welcome in Bangladesh

Bangladesh turns away and bans aid to thousands of displaced Muslim Rohingya refugees fleeing mass arrests and arson attacks in Burma.

Guardian

Burmese government forces targeting Rohingya Muslims

YouTube

‘It’s like a water world’ as rains paralyze Manila and the Philippines

Relentless rains submerged half of the sprawling Philippine capital, triggering a landslide that killed nine people and sent emergency crews scrambling to rescue tens of thousands of residents.

NPR

OLYMPICS 2012: LONDON GAMES

7 athletes missing from Olympic village

Seven of Cameroon’s Olympic competitors have disappeared from their official residence and may be attempting to seek asylum in Britain, the chief of the African nation’s delegation was quoted as saying.

U.S. News & World Report

Team USA beats Argentina in basketball

This U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team is living proof that the best defense is a good offense. The road to gold in London is built on scores, not stops.

ESPN

Special section:

Medal tracker

ESPN

HEALTH

Kids’ cholesterol is down; fewer trans fats cited for change

Finally some good news about cholesterol and kids: A big government study shows that in the past decade, the proportion of children who have high cholesterol has fallen.

Associated Press

Sooner is better for HPV vaccination, according to new study

Vaccinating teenage girls against the human papilloma virus may be too little too late, according to a new study that found more than half of girls 13 and older already have the infection.

ABC News

Special section:

Human papillomavirus

CDC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Julia Child is still popular on her 100th would-be birthday

Like a fine wine, Julia Child is aging well. August 15th will mark what would have been her 100th birthday, and she would have liked nothing more than to celebrate with a big slice of cake.

USA TODAY

Blog:

Did you see this? Julia Child, remixed

(Slate)

browbeat

Sleep: Are you a lark or are you an owl?

People are divided into those who can bounce out of bed each morning and those who need several hours to wake up — but that easy division is a myth.

BBC

‘Chorus Line,’ ‘The Way We Were’ composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68

In a career that spanned over four decades, Hamlisch won virtually every major award: three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globes.

NBCNews.com

The inspiring music of Marvin Hamlisch

YouTube

SPORTS

Terrell Owens, Seahawks agree to deal

The Seattle Seahawks have agreed to a deal with free agent wide receiver Terrell Owens, the team announced. Owens reportedly received a one-year deal worth $1 million.

ESPN

Dodge nameplate has solid place in NASCAR history

The names read like a hall of fame of stock car racing — Richard Petty, Lee Petty, David Pearson, Cotton Owens, Carl Kiekhaefer and Tim Flock. All rode to NASCAR success in Chrysler products.

FOX News

Dodge reportedly leaving NASCAR

NY Daily News

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