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A girl looks out at the beach as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches in Barahona, Dominican Republic. Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti, but seemed unlikely to gain enough steam to strike the island of Hispaniola as a hurricane. (Photo by Ricardo Arduengo / AP)

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The accidental history of the @ symbol

Called the “snail” by Italians and the “monkey tail” by the Dutch, @ is the sine qua non of electronic communication, thanks to email addresses and Twitter handles.

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Smithsonian Magazine

Drought disrupts life in rural Midwest

The wells supplying people’s homes are running dry at the heart of the nation’s drought, which the government announced has spread to 63.2 percent of the country, centered in the southern Midwest.

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Drought weakens Mississippi River’s flow

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National Geographic

Isaac nears Haiti’s homeless population

Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened as it swirled toward Haiti, threatening to bring rains to people still without homes after the 2010 earthquake, but unlikely to gain enough steam to strike as a hurricane.

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Houston Chronicle

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Hurricane Andrew: Florida residents remember the storm

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BBC

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Tropical Storm Isaac enters Florida

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YouTube

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The most destructive US hurricanes

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TIME

Before reaching war zones, troops risk suffering concussions

A new military study suggests that some soldiers suffer mild traumatic brain injuries even before they go to war. These concussions can come from taking “combatives” classes during training.

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NPR

Liquid pulsing: fracking alternative?

A Canadian firm has developed an alternative to fracking that uses underground fluid pressure to scrub oil out of rock formations without breaking the rock or using toxic chemicals.

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NATION

Got broadband? Access now extends to 94 percent of Americans

Every year, Internet access via broadband becomes available to millions more Americans, up from 92 percent last year to 94 percent, a recent report shows. Rural and tribal areas are the outliers.

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Christian Science Monitor

Shooter kills 2 and 9 others are injured in shootout near Empire State Building

A fired employee gunned down his ex-boss on a packed Midtown sidewalk before dying in a police shootout that left nine bleeding bystanders sprawled outside the Empire State Building, authorities said.

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Mayor Bloomberg holds press conference

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Guardian

POLITICS

Pre-election battles target voting rules

There’s been a flood of new laws on things such as voter identification and early voting, and many of them are now being challenged in court.

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NPR

Proposition 37 in California: a high-stakes food fight

If Proposition 37 passes, California would become the first state in the nation to require new labels on a host of food products commonly found on grocery store shelves.

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San Jose Mercury News

Romney uses secretive data mining

Mitt Romney’s success in raising hundreds of millions of dollars can be traced in part to a data-mining project that sifts through Americans’ personal information to identify new and likely wealthy donors.

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Kansas City Star

BUSINESS

Canadians take shopping vacations to US for deals

A strong Canadian dollar and an increase in the value of duty-free goods Canadians can take home have boosted sales of everything in American border stores.

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USA TODAY

Apple vs. Samsung: 3 possible outcomes of the patent battle

An epic patent battle involving the world’s two largest technology companies could send shockwaves through the mobile device market, depending on the outcome.

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CNNMoney

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Will Apple vs. Samsung alter the future of wablets?

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Bloomberg

In Google’s inner circle, a falling number of women

Google hopes its famous algorithms can solve one of the most vexing problems facing Silicon Valley: how to recruit and retain more women.

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CNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic sea ice shrinks to record low, by some estimates

The area of ice in the Arctic Ocean has thawed to a record low, surpassing the previous 2007 minimum in a sign of climate change transforming the region, according to some scientific estimates.

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Scientific American

Environmental law changes on hold

After details of a proposal to loosen California’s landmark environmental law were released, backers of that effort dropped it and said they would not seek an overhaul of the law.

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San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

David Hwang wins playwriting award

Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang has won the $200,000 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, the richest prize in U.S. theater.

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BBC

The feelgood fantasy of films that let us leap back in time

Time travel has always held a fascination for filmgoers. Perhaps it’s because we all wish we could undo our mistakes, says James Mottram.

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The Independent

SPORTS

Armstrong stripped of Tour wins

Lance Armstrong was stripped of his record seven Tour de France wins and handed a lifetime ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, but he remained defiant as supporters rallied him.

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Reuters

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Lance Armstrong’s long fall from grace: a timeline

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Dodgers, Red Sox near blockbuster

The Dodgers and Red Sox are closing in on a deal that would send Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto to Los Angeles, though a few hurdles remain before it’s official, sources said.

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ESPN

Paralympic cauldron lit in London

A ceremonial cauldron was lit in central London with five days to go to the opening of the Paralympic Games, which Prime Minister David Cameron promised would bring fresh pride to the nation.

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Yahoo! News

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London 2012: Jim White plays five-a-side football whilst blindfolded

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Telegraph.co.uk

Columns And Op-Ed

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You are probably worse off now than you were 4 years ago

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Saving the Arctic is environmentalism’s biggest challenge yet

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Environment Blog

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Why Mother Teresa still matters

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TIME

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Lance Armstrong congratulates himself

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Salon

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What the Supreme Court did this summer

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Slate

School rules do have limits

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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What other cities can learn from Seattle’s ‘deep green’ building program

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Grist

Affirmative action is still necessary

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Bloomberg

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GOOD NEWS

Zap! Cartoonist raises $1 million for the Tesla Museum

The only remaining lab of one of the greatest American inventors may be purchased to be turned into a museum, thanks to an Internet campaign that raised nearly a million dollars in a week.

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NPR

Pairing ‘angels’ with cancer patients

In 2002 Jonny Imerman started Imerman Angels, a nonprofit that matches cancer patients with cancer survivors so they can receive support from someone who has been down a similar path.

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CNN

An inmate firefighter has found his proudest moment

In at least 10 Western states many fires are fought by teams of prison inmates. Daniel Ross, an inmate from Wyoming, speaks of the positive impact this has had on him.

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NPR

WORLD

Mexican drug cartels fighting turf battles in Chicago, widespread gun violence

Gun violence is out of control in Chicago. Recently there were eight shootings, two of them deadly. That pushes the total so far in 2012 to 351 shooting deaths — up 30 percent from last year.

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CBS News

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Mexico tunes in to mental health needs of drug war survivors

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Christian Science Monitor

Norway court finds Anders Breivik sane

A Norwegian court has found that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is sane and sentenced him to 21 years in jail.

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BBC

Norway massacre gunman Anders Breivik gets 21-year sentence

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World News

EDUCATION

En route to a degree, scholarship squeeze is latest hurdle

New data shows that the percentage of students winning cash scholarships, typically awarded on the basis of merit, is falling dramatically.

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Reuters

ACT scores show high school students are not ready for college

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Class Notes

Teachers must make the grade under new rating guidelines

Teacher portfolios, which could include lesson plans, student work, photographs, and even videos are among the tools that states are considering as a way to better rate educators.

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Kansas City Star

HEALTH

Federal court upholds block on graphic cigarette warnings

A federal appeals court upheld a decision barring the federal government from requiring tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Many obese Americans struggle with stigma, discrimination, poll finds

As if the physical woes that accompany obesity aren’t bad enough, many obese Americans say they face discrimination and stigma because of their weight, according to a new poll.

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HealthDay

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A crusade to teach adults how to talk to 2-year-olds

Dr. Harvey Karp, America’s pre-eminent baby shaman and an assistant professor of pediatrics, has devised new techniques for communicating with toddlers.

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The Atlantic

Smartphone app keeps children from getting lost

Now a smartphone app can alert teachers when a child is straying from the flock and help prevent anyone from getting lost.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

To love and to submit: a marriage vow made in 2012

Brides promise to submit to their husbands under a new marriage vow the Anglican diocese of Sydney is expected to approve at its upcoming synod.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Mormonism: a peek inside temple, rituals and family life

Even as Mitt Romney, America’s best-known Mormon, gets ready to take center stage at the Republican National Convention, Mormonism remains a mystery to many.

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ABC News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Local Baltimore chocolatiers create sweetness to savor

Even with plenty of national brands, true connoisseurs know the only way to get the finest is from local chocolatiers with old-fashioned, handcrafted techniques that create luxurious confections.

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A Ukrainian dressed in traditional embroidered clothing holds up a giant national flag in Kiev, Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei Chuzavkov / AP)

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