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Wis. Representative Paul Ryan introduces Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney before Romney spoke at the Grain Exchange in Milwaukee, Wis. (Photo by Spencer Green / AP)

The sticky science of athletic tape

It’s everywhere: on abs, legs, backs, even backsides. Judging by the prominence of athletic tape at the current Olympic Games, athletes seem to think it works.

ABC News

Crazy tape on Olympians: Does it work?

Discovery News

Ramadan fast-dodgers indulge in secret

Alongside hundreds of millions of Muslims observing the sunrise-to-sundown fast of Ramadan, a minority in the community goes underground during the holy month and secretly sneaks sandwiches.

Kansas City Star

The fasts and feasts of Ramadan

Photo Booth (The New Yorker)

Romney picks Paul Ryan as running mate

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has chosen Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, a move that brings the debate over government spending to the forefront of the race for the White House.

Reuters

Profile: Paul Ryan

BBC

Paul Ryan: a prolific corporate fundraiser

Politico

Romney names Paul Ryan as running mate

ABC News

Return of the dust bowl

Half of all the counties in the U.S. have been declared disaster zones, as the drought dries out rivers, scorches crops and forces cattle farmers to sell herds they can no longer feed.

The Independent

Woe and opportunity: tales from the drought

ABC News

Pumice shelf floats in the South Pacific

Pumice, the porous stone used to smooth skin, is usually found in beauty salons, but New Zealand’s navy found nearly 10,000 square miles of the lava rock on the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

CNN

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A young caiman reptile in the aquarium of the Berlin Zoo closes in on two turtles. (Photo by Paul Tines / AP)	Cheryl Watson shields herself from getting wet during a rain shower in Philadelphia. (Photo by Brynn Anderson / AP)	China’s Qiu Bo competes in the men’s 10-meter platform diving semifinal at the 2012 London Olympics. (Photo by Michael Sohn / AP)

NATION

Thousands file claims after Chevron refinery fire

Several thousand Richmond, Calif., residents have filed claims against Chevron, seeking compensation for a refinery fire that fouled the air and caused more than 4,000 to seek medical care.

Detroit Free Press

Student loan defaults could hit your Social Security benefits

According to government data, the federal government is withholding money from a rapidly growing number of Social Security recipients who have fallen behind on federal student loans.

MarketWatch

POLITICS

Republicans to be included in hard-hitting Democratic convention

In an appeal to independent voters, advisers to President Barack Obama are scripting a Democratic National Convention that features several Republicans.

Politico

Campaigning through the ages

PBS NewsHour

GOP braces itself for Senate primary upset in Wisconsin

Top GOP operatives are bracing for a surprise in Wisconsin’s nomination fight, sparked by the growing belief that former four-term Gov. Tommy Thompson is losing momentum in the splintered contest.

Politico

BUSINESS

US banks urged to make plans for preventing collapse

U.S. regulators directed five of the country’s biggest banks to develop plans for staving off collapse, emphasizing that banks could not count on government.

Reuters

High-frequency trading and the $440 million mistake

Computers and clever math enable traders to buy and sell in the blink of an eye. But does high-frequency trading make matters worse when things go wrong?

BBC

EDUCATION

Senate report: US for-profit colleges low on academics, high on profit

A two-year investigation of 30 top for-profit colleges has shown that despite sucking up over $32 billion from the federal government, more than 50 percent of students left without a degree.

Times of India

Open-source textbooks are shaking up higher education

A new type of textbook is threatening to disrupt a $4.5 billion industry that has so far avoided the media upheavals experienced in music, movies and trade publications: open-source textbooks.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

London 2012 Olympics ‘greenest ever’

London 2012 has been the greenest Olympics ever, the commission set up to monitor the environmental impact of the Olympics has announced.

BBC

Largest US coal ash pond to close, but future rules still undecided

Many recall promises that the lake known as “Little Blue” would be made into a recreational jewel. But the pond delivered more blight than benefits, and officials have initiated shutdown of the facility.

National Geographic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Are we just too embarrassed to grieve over our dead pets?

The grief we feel when a pet dies is very real, so why are we embarrassed to express these feelings?

Telegraph.co.uk

Robert Hughes: requiem for a heavyweight

Robert Hughes was an explorer — of language, history, art and of what was worthy (or not) of serious attention. With his death at 74, Australia has lost its most glamorous public intellectual.

The Global Mail

SPORTS

Tiger Woods shares lead after 2 rounds at PGA Championship

With the wind gusting and scores skyrocketing, Tiger Woods moved methodically to the top of the leaderboard at the PGA Championship.

Star Tribune

2012 PGA Championship

USA TODAY

Orioles defy logic, soar past expectations

With 50 games to go, the Orioles are proving that more goes into winning than putting up impressive numbers. They are tied for the American League wild-card lead and in second place in the AL East.

Sporting News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Egyptian Coptic Christians have formed their own brotherhood

A former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood is Egypt’s president, leaving many Coptic Christians anxious about their future. Now, a new group has emerged, and vows to stand up for the rights of Copts.

NPR

Sikh shooting puts focus on hate groups in the United States

The slaying of six people at a Sikh temple by a gunman with ties to white supremacists has raised questions about the scope of domestic terrorism — and what law enforcement is doing to stop it.

NPR

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