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People pass by the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. The court ruled that technology rivals Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. both infringed on each other’s patents, and ordered a partial ban of their products in South Korea. Each side was also ordered to pay limited damages. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon / AP)

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Locals are putting fashion 1st in Seattle

Jokes about the Northwest’s style-senseless, fleece-forward ways abound, but Seattle still has the fourth-highest concentration of fashion designers in the country.

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Forensic test can predict hair and eye color from DNA

Scientists have developed a forensic test that can predict both the hair and eye color of a possible suspect using DNA left at a crime scene.

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BBC

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Innocence Project calls on chemists to support forensics reform

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Nature

Apple’s victory could mean fewer smartphone options

A federal jury’s verdict that Samsung Electronic Co. stole Apple’s technology to make and market smartphones sends a warning to other companies manufacturing similar devices.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Samsung set for bounce back

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Reuters

Isaac expected to hit Florida as hurricane

Forecasters expect Isaac, which is packing heavy rain and wind, to move over Cuba and become a hurricane. Forecasters have also expanded hurricane warnings and watches for parts of Florida.

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CBS News

World map shows every hurricane in recorded history

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(New Scientist)

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The most destructive US hurricanes

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TIME

Syrian rebels try to win countrymen

Over the past few months, rebels known as the Free Syrian Army have taken control of wide swaths of Syria after battles with government forces that have devastated vast swaths of territory.

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ABC News

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August is deadliest month in Syrian civil war

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CNN

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

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

‘Endangered’ Atlanta historic district seeks rebirth through preservation

Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn District was listed as endangered for the second time by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This designation often galvanizes efforts at preservation, the group says.

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CNN

POLITICS

Why conventions still matter

Yes, they have become costly infomercials. But political conventions can clarify — and sometimes even electrify.

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Christian Science Monitor

Big swath of voters undecided, unexcited

Two months out from Election Day, nearly a quarter of all registered voters are either undecided about the presidential race or iffy in their support for a candidate, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows.

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U.S. News & World Report

BUSINESS

Facebook West designed by Frank Gehry

A RipStik might become an essential means of transport at Facebook West, the social networking company’s planned headquarters expansion designed by Frank Gehry.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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A look at Facebook’s new campus, designed by Frank Gehry

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Business Insider

Contraband secondhand clothes dominate Nigeria’s market

Despite a government ban on selling secondhand clothes in Africa’s most populous country, it’s estimated that 80 percent of Nigerians dress in illicit used garments.

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Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Greenpeace activists raid Russian Arctic oil drilling platform

Greenpeace activists scaled the sides of an Arctic oil platform owned by Russian group Gazprom to draw attention to the dangers of drilling in one of the world’s last pristine reserves.

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The Daily Telegraph

Bats threatened by climate change

A study claims that foraging, feeding, roosting, range sizes, and reproduction of bats will all be affected by climate change.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Thrills and more

Roller coasters still rule the amusement park, but parks have been adding more family fun to the entertainment equation.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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

Subscription services: Are they the right plan for you?

Clothing and toy subscription services say they’ll keep kids entertained, but parents should research beforehand.

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Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

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

Danica Patrick finishes 9th in Nationwide Series race at Bristol

Danica Patrick celebrated a top-10 finish at Bristol Motor Speedway. For the driver of the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, it was just her second top-10 of the year, but a career-high showing at Thunder Valley.

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FOXSports

Danica Patrick says she ‘lucked out’ with 9th at Bristol

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(USA TODAY)

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Columns And Op-Ed

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The president and checks and balances

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Lance Armstrong trading yellow jersey for a white flag

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Denver Post

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Droughts and those climate change deniers

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McClatchy Newspapers

Blog (Timothy Noah):

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

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(The New Republic)

Plank

Blog (John Sauven):

Saving the Arctic is environmentalism’s biggest challenge yet

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(Guardian)

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

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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

Cash from residents, business, foundations supports schools

Individuals, companies and foundations are chipping in to welcome students back to public schools this fall by donating cash and underwriting libraries, iPads and science labs.

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USA TODAY

Trunk parties help college-bound students prepare for dorm life

Trunk parties are goodbye gatherings to which guests bring gifts to help students make the transition from home to college.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Mexico tunes in to mental health needs of drug war survivors

After nearly six years of drug war violence in Mexico, some 55,000 people have been killed. Mexico is attempting new ways to reach survivors who may not have considered mental health options.

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Christian Science Monitor

Gambia executes 9 after vowing to kill all death row prisoners

Gambia has executed nine death row prisoners following a promise by President Yahya Jammeh to execute all inmates sentenced to death.

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GlobalPost

IAEA, Iran fail to reach deal at nuclear talks in Vienna

The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran failed to strike a deal aimed at allaying concerns about suspected nuclear weapons research by Tehran.

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Haaretz

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Diplomats: Iran shrouds suspected nuclear site

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NPR

EDUCATION

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

ACT scores show high school students are not ready for college

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(TIME)

Class Notes

Penn amps up role in Coursera online education effort

Both the University of Pennsylvania and its medical school are amping up their participation in the online education game. Some professors are now signed up to offer free classes on Coursera.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

HEALTH

Obese teens getting gallstones

Children are increasingly suffering from gallstones, traditionally thought of as a problem confined to adults, because they are becoming so overweight, a study has found.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Blood therapy used by Tiger Woods lures everyday athletes

While probably hundreds of athletes have undergone platelet-rich plasma therapy, it hasn’t been subject to large-scale testing in wide groups that include the least athletic people.

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Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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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New computer memory uses less juice

Americans spend $6 billion a year on electricity to keep data stored in a computer’s memory. But that figure could drop sharply thanks to new material that can permanently store such data.

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Science

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

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

New poll finds Americans evenly divided in views of Muslims

Americans are almost evenly divided in how they view Muslims, according to a survey released by the Arab American Institute in Washington.

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Religion News Service

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

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Philadelphia selects 1st poet laureate

For years, people called her the “unofficial poet laureate of Philadelphia.” Now it’s official. Sonia Sanchez, 77, poet, teacher, mentor and activist, is named the city’s first poet laureate by Mayor Nutter.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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A Nepalese girl looks for snails, used for medicinal purposes, in a paddy field on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha / AP)

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