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Republican vice-presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, introduces his mother, Betty Ryan Douglas, to supporters at a campaign rally in The Villages, Fla. (Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP)

New family of spiders found in US cave

Amateur cave explorers have found a new family of spiders in the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon, and scientists have dubbed it Trogloraptor — Latin for cave robber — for their fearsome front claws.

Sydney Morning Herald

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Trogloraptor: America’s newest cave spider

(Wired)

Wired Science

Border gathering welcomes Dakota back home to Minnesota

About 300 people gathered on the border between South Dakota and Minnesota to symbolically welcome home Dakota people exiled from the state following the U.S.-Dakota War.

Star Tribune

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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation community storytelling project

National Geographic

Ryan campaigns with mom to defend Medicare

In what Romney’s campaign referred to as the candidate’s first weekly podcast, the former governor attacked President Obama on Medicare.

Slate

Paul Ryan reading guide: the best reporting on the VP candidate

ProPublica

Obama tees off on Ryan’s tax and Medicare proposals

Los Angeles Times

Experts see a mistake in Britain’s threat to Ecuador over WikiLeaks’ Assange

It was a warning meant to remind Ecuador that Britain’s patience has limits. But as the stalemate over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange settled in, it appeared London’s veiled threat has backfired.

Detroit Free Press

Assange granted asylum to prevent extradition to a ‘3rd country’

Guardian

Schools make room for religion

Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court banned official prayers in public schools, religion remains alive and well on school campuses because students have the right to freely practice their faith.

USA TODAY

NATION

Battle far from over for immigrants who get Obama’s deferrals

The Obama administration’s policy to grant temporary legal status to young illegal immigrants will end the immediate threat of deportation, but may not give them the same privileges as legal residents.

Reuters

Transgender pilots cleared for takeoff as FAA changes rule

The FAA has now instituted a new policy that does not categorically impose a previously required battery of extensive — and expensive — psychological tests on transgender pilots.

ABC News

Suicide ‘epidemic’ on rise in Army

Even as the Afghanistan war winds down, suicides among troops are on the rise. Among all branches, the number is up 22 percent from a year ago, and July was the Army’s worst month.

Christian Science Monitor

Suicide in the recruiters’ ranks

TIME

POLITICS

Romney says he never paid less than 13 percent in taxes

Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney declared he has paid at least 13 percent of his income in federal taxes every year for the past decade.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Romney on taxes

Hotsheet Live (CBS News)

The veep: a regular and not-so-regular Joe

After Joe Biden tripped up his boss by voicing support for same-sex marriage while the president remained on the fence, speculation was rampant about whether the remarks were deliberate.

San Jose Mercury News

BUSINESS

GM, Isuzu recall SUVs to fix windows

General Motors and Isuzu are recalling more than 258,000 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada to fix short-circuits in power-window and door-lock switches that can cause fires.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Deutsche Bank among 4 said to be in US Iran probe

Deutsche Bank AG is among four European banks being investigated by U.S. authorities for alleged violations involving oil trading and Iran, according to an attorney with knowledge of the matter.

BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Obama renews call to halt teacher layoffs

Tight school budgets have meant fewer teachers, larger classes and shorter school years, according to a White House report. Obama is touting a jobs plan to help keep teachers on the job.

Christian Science Monitor

Teens with ADHD may need help making transition to college

For students with ADHD, making the transition to college can be especially difficult. But by adopting certain strategies, freshman with ADHD can do well.

HealthDay

ENVIRONMENT

Treasure Island radiation discovery casts shadow over expansion plans

It was called Treasure Island in honor of Stevenson’s pirate classic, but the artificial island off San Francisco Bay has nothing but trouble buried in its soil: radioactive contamination left by the U.S. Navy.

Guardian

Citizen scientists may beat the pros in identifying at-risk species

A new tally shows that citizen-driven listings under the Endangered Species Act are just as valid as those identified by the pros.

Ars Technica

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Text book encoded in DNA

Harvard researchers have reported in the journal Science that they encoded an entire book into DNA. Not only that, they read back the text.

Discovery News

What is the roundest object ever known?

The roundest natural object ever precisely measured, astronomers say, shines light that takes roughly eight minutes to reach Earth.

National Geographic

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Derek Hunter):

Paul Ryan goes to Florida

(NY Daily News)

The Rumble

Column (Manuela Picq):

Hip-hop Kichwa: sounds of indigenous modernity

Al Jazeera

Column (David Rohde):

Immigration is the important debate the campaigns aren’t having

The Atlantic

Blog (James Zogby):

America has a good story — but it’s not the one the politicians tell

(Huffington Post)

The Blog

Column (Jonathan Bernstein):

Joe Biden: the ‘practically perfect’ vice president

Salon

Blog (Marissa Fessenden):

Will the candidates tell us about their policies on pandemics?

(Scientific American)

Observations

Column (Ian Bremmer):

Pussy Riot is only the beginning

NPR

Column (Don Watkins):

Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’: a paean to American liberty

Guardian

Editorial:

Arab Spring — US should do more to shape Syria’s future

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

When slower means faster, safer

Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Nonprofit opens kitchen for use by carts

A nonprofit organization has developed a facility that gives small-business owners the ability to prepare their food in an up-to-code commercial kitchen, allowing them to conform to food-safety standards.

Columbus Dispatch

French amputee swims from US to Asia

A French quadruple amputee has swum between islands in the icy Bering Strait to cross from the U.S. to Asia, in the final part of a quest to link all continents.

Sydney Morning Herald

Former Susan G. Komen NYC chief tapped to lead YWCA

YWCA USA announced its first permanent chief executive officer in almost two years, plucking an executive who led Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s largest affiliate until four months ago.

NonProfit Times

WORLD

Support for jailed Russian rockers questioned — is it useful?

Some are already starting to question whether the outpouring of support for Pussy Riot is little more than a star-studded fad — and if it can do anything tangible to help them.

NBCNews.com

Protests over Russian punk group sentencing spread around world

CBS News

Assad makes rare public appearance

Syria’s state-run TV aired footage of President Bashar Assad performing Eid prayers in a mosque in Damascus, his first appearance in public after a bombing in the Syrian capital last month.

ABC News

HEALTH

Vitamin C may lessen air pollution effects

Yet another reason to eat fruits and veggies: They may lessen the harmful effects of air pollution for people suffering from chronic lung diseases.

LiveScience

West Nile virus outbreak: How to protect yourself this year

Nearly half of all West Nile cases in the U.S. so far this year are in Texas. If the trend continues, 2012 will be the worst West Nile year in state history.

CBS News

E-cigarettes: no smoke, but fiery debate

Researchers say that electronic cigarettes may induce kids to become addicted to nicotine or irritate bystanders with their vapor, but the industry says they do far more good than harm.

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

For hip-hop and gay rights, a transformative moment

Hip-hop has been described as the heartbeat of urban America, but for years, it had an open secret — that heart was brimming with hate. The scene is having a change of heart.

Los Angeles Times

Adair Lion — ‘Ben’

YouTube

Ayn Rand: Why is she so popular?

One of Ayn Rand’s former devotees, Paul Ryan, has become Mitt Romney’s running mate in the U.S. presidential election. So why is Ayn Rand and her most famous work, “Atlas Shrugged,” so popular?

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

9/11 museum, atheists spar over cross

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum’s planned presentation of the World Trade Center cross-shaped steel beam is being legally challenged by an atheist group.

CBS News

Atheists find a new venue for the godless: on film

There were no red carpets, no paparazzi, no celebrities and definitely no God at the recent annual Atheist Film Festival.

Religion News Service

SPORTS

USC is AP’s preseason No. 1

Southern California is No. 1 in the AP Top 25, tossing off the weight of NCAA sanctions and returning to a familiar place in the rankings — with a boost from LSU’s problems.

Sports Illustrated

Swisher’s 2 homers propel Yanks

Yankees’ Nick Swisher basked in the glow of full awesomeness after his multi-homer performance, a game in which he homered from both sides of the plate for the 12th time in his career.

ESPN

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