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An artist performs during the closing ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The 3-hour show also featured some of the biggest names of British pop from decades past, including the Spice Girls, George Michael and Elbow. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

Olympics close with spectacular ceremony

The London 2012 Olympics have ended with a spectacular musical closing ceremony and the official handover to the next host city, Rio de Janeiro.

BBC

London 2012: most emotional moments

NBCNews.com

A man lost in the history of the US-Dakota War of 1862

The fate of Minnesota and the Dakota people — along with their leader Little Crow — would be sealed in the state’s darkest chapter, and the story reverberates to this day.

Star Tribune

In his new role, Ryan faces Obama in Iowa

While Mitt Romney continues a Florida bus tour, Ryan will meet voters at the Iowa State Fair, campaigning alone for the first time in the same state where Obama launches a bus tour of his own.

Boston.com

Paul Ryan economics: 5 things to know

CNNMoney

Interview:

Romney & Ryan: The first interview

CBS News

Rebels say they have downed a military jet as fresh violence rages across Syria

Syrian rebels say they shot down a military jet, an assertion denied by the government, which blamed the crash on a “technical failure.”

CNN

Syrian rebels call for no-fly zones, safe havens

Jerusalem Post

Victory for music and film industries as Google begins piracy crackdown

Google has begun a crackdown on piracy by relegating websites that host unlawful copies of films and music, marking a victory for the entertainment industry.

Telegraph.co.uk

Google’s doodles: Who’s behind them?

BBC

NATION

Amish migrate to new home in Missouri

Author and Amish expert Eric Wesner says nearly half of Missouri’s Amish settlements have been founded fairly recently.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Is the era of oil nearing its end?

After nearly a decade of warnings that the world’s oil supply was running out, Americans now are hearing about technology breakthroughs that can unlock vast U.S. deposits of natural gas.

McClatchy Newspapers

Sikh temple holds its 1st Sunday service since attack

More than 100 people gathered in suburban Milwaukee for the first Sunday prayer service at a Sikh temple since a white supremacist shot and killed six people before fatally shooting himself.

Houston Chronicle

Shooting inspires various spiritual ideas

Denver Post

POLITICS

Voter impersonation a rarity at polls, national study finds

A new nationwide analysis of more than 2,000 cases of alleged election fraud over the past dozen years shows that in-person voter impersonation on Election Day was virtually nonexistent.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tea party evolves, gains policy victories

Tea party activists in Georgia helped kill a proposed sales tax increase that would have raised billions of dollars for transportation projects.

U.S. News & World Report

EDUCATION

How to measure a good teacher

As the trend to overhaul teacher evaluations catches fire, some teachers find that new feedback and mentoring programs can lead to “incredible” results with their students.

Christian Science Monitor

Audit firms to fill education system gaps

Major audit and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers believes there are some gaps in the education system, and it’s looking to fill them.

Washington Post

ENVIRONMENT

Federal spending on clean energy falls short on jobs

The multibillion-dollar outlays of the past four years had big goals, but what has America gotten so far from President Barack Obama’s spending on clean energy, and has it been worth the cost?

McClatchy Newspapers

Freshwater fish extinction

From 1900-2010, freshwater fish species in North America went extinct at a rate 877 times faster than the rate found in the fossil record, while estimates indicate the rate may double between now and 2050.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mars rover aces social networking, but will it inspire study of science?

The rover Curiosity, with nearly 900,000 Twitter followers, had a strong Internet presence even before its launch to Mars. Scientists hope this will lead to student interest in science — and more funding.

Christian Science Monitor

Dialing the thermostat into the digital age

One of the world‘s most commonplace gadgets has been stuck in time for 40 years: the thermostat. There’s probably one on your wall right now, beige and boring — and probably wasting money.

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Rich toddlers drawing the attention of fashion designers

Top fashion designers are pushing more expensive duds for the increasingly lucrative affluent toddler demographic.

USA TODAY

Is your doctor your ‘friend’ on Facebook?

Physicians are torn about using social media in their practices. While they recognize the power of such tools, they are wary of crossing professional boundaries with patients.

Seattle Times

Greyhound Express: a new spin on an old-fashioned ride

Mindful that great American road trips occur in all sorts of vessels — heck, Huck Finn rode a rickety raft — we‘re on a Greyhound bus heading up California’s flat, slender belly.

San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Free and fair: Saudi Arabia to build a women-only city

Saudi Arabia is planning to build a city exclusively for women, in a bid to encourage career-oriented females within its strict Sharia law.

Times of India

Evangelist Billy Graham hospitalized

Evangelist Billy Graham, 93, was admitted to a North Carolina hospital after he developed a fever, and is now being treated for bronchitis, said his long-time spokesman A. Larry Ross.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (John Harris):

The Beastie Boy who really is a role model — to rock stars

(Guardian)

Comment is Free

Cartoon (James Stevenson):

Public statement

The New Yorker

Column (Ellen Pack):

What to do with your phone? Finding your appy place

Forbes

Editorial:

Oh, deer — way too many of them

Star Tribune

Column (Mitch Albom):

From bank job to trimming bushes, man keeps his faith

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Stale smoke: The tobacco industry is up to its old tricks

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Column (Ed Morrisey):

Will Romney’s pick end the so-called ‘silly season’?

CNN

Column (Arthur J. Rolnick):

Defend the Fed

Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Nonprofit volunteers-turned-staffers: ‘Volunteering opened the doors’

In 2010, Cathy Perry was laid off by the Jacksonville insurance company where she worked for 23 years. But it was her volunteer experience — not her work experience — that landed her a new job.

Florida Times-Union

Centered on seniors, South Scranton woman at home helping others

Mrs. Carlin sometimes comes across the early birds when she arrives for work at the Alder Street facility, where she helps offer seniors activities and opportunities to interact with others in their community.

The Times-Tribune

India gives another 50,000 houses to the nation’s urban poor

Nearly 200 beneficiaries were allotted newly-built houses at Isopur, India, on the outskirts of the state capital under the scheme for urban poor.

Times of India

WORLD

Afghan officials say they broke up terror plot targeting parliament

Afghan security forces foiled an insurgent plot to attack Afghanistan‘s parliament and the home of one of the country’s leaders, Afghan officials said.

Kansas City Star

Morsi’s surprise sackings

President Mohamed Morsi quietly put an end to the political career of Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, the country’s defense minister for more than 20 years.

Al Jazeera

Earthquakes in Iran kill 300 and leave 5,000 injured

Overcrowded hospitals in northwest Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims as rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful quakes killed nearly 300 people.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Japan’s economy grows less than forecast as exports slump

Japan’s economic growth slowed more than analyst’s forecast amid weakening exports and consumer spending, undermining the nation’s recovery from last year’s earthquake.

San Francisco Chronicle

Is the era of oil nearing its end?

After warnings that the world’s oil supply was running out, Americans now are hearing about technology breakthroughs that could transform America into the next Middle East.

McClatchy Newspapers

Many employers still do not offer paid leave for new parents

While more employers are providing some form of paid time off for new parents, a sizable chunk of the population still doesn’t have access to it.

Columbus Dispatch

HEALTH

Why we need ecological medicine

New research is beginning to question — if not germ theory itself — at least some of the actions that have been taken on its behalf. These studies come from very different groups of scientists.

Slate

Brazilian women rebel against births

In Brazil, more than half of all babies are born via cesarean section — one of the highest rates in the world. But that trend may be turning around.

U.S. News & World Report

Weight gain slower where laws regulating school food are strong

Regulating the foods and beverages sold outside of federal meal programs at schools may help curb the child obesity epidemic, suggests a U.S. study.

Reuters

SPORTS

Rory McIlroy dominates PGA Championship by record 8 strokes

Right down to his red shirt, Rory McIlroy looked every bit the part of golf’s next star in another commanding performance at the PGA Championship.

ESPN

Rory McIlroy’s career

GOLF

Blog:

Another rough weekend for Woods

The Telegraph

US athletes are leaving London on top of the medal count

Most medals. Most gold medals. When the U.S. men’s basketball team took the Olympic title, it won the 46th gold medal for Americans in London, their highest total at a “road” Olympics.

San Jose Mercury News

Special section:

London 2012: medal table

Telegraph.co.uk

Miami Dolphins WR Chad Johnson arrested, cut from team

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Chad Johnson was arrested at his home on charges of domestic violence, according to Davie Police Department Capt. Dale Engle.

Sun Sentinel

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