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A car goes through a street flooded due to heavy rains in Key West, Fla. as heavy winds and rain hit the northern coast. Rain bands from Tropical Storm Isaac are expected to continue as the ninth named storm of the 2012 hurricane season continues toward the northern Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Alan Diaz / AP)

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Hip-hop hits middle age, still garners less respect despite success

Hip-hop is now older than the average American. Yet rap music, which has grown to be the most reliable moneymaker in the industry, is not always given the respect due a grown-up.

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NJ.com

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Is hip-hop becoming less homophobic?

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Florida Times-Union

John Walker Lindh sues for group prayer

U.S. authorities captured John Walker Lindh in Afghanistan after 9/11, when he was allegedly fighting alongside the Taliban. Lindh is now suing for the right to group prayer in prison.

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NPR

Eerie similarities: Isaac follows track of Katrina

Thousands in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were being told to leave their Gulf Coast homes ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac as forecasters warned it was gaining strength.

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CNN

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Isaac to turn into a hurricane

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Scientific American

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Hurricane warning for Gulf coast

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The Weather Channel

Major earthquake hits off El Salvador coast

A strong magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador, followed an hour later by a magnitude-5.4 aftershock, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.

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Earthquake swarm puts Calif. town on edge

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FOX News

17 civilians beheaded in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand

Seventeen civilians have been beheaded by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan for attending a party, government officials say.

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BBC

NATION

A hardy Gettysburg veteran

Jim Tate, battlefield guide, 94, still has tales to tell. He just celebrated his 60th anniversary in that vaunted rank, consisting of 150 historians who had to pass rigorous oral and written exams.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Texas may reconsider sending prostitutes to prison

Texas may be forced to reconsider a state law that allows prosecutors to charge prostitutes with a felony and send them to prison after three misdemeanor convictions.

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Houston Chronicle

POLITICS

Republicans worry about keeping factions reined in

Mitt Romney is set to accept his nomination from the increasingly disparate coalition of factions known as the Republican Party, confronting the challenge of unifying them behind him.

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GOP convention protesters: Storms won’t keep them away

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San Jose Mercury News

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USA TODAY

Former Fla. governor Charlie Crist endorses Barack Obama

Charlie Crist says he’s backing Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race. The former Republican made the announcement in an op-ed piece published in Tampa Bay Times.

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ABC News

BUSINESS

Merkel warns government allies to ‘weigh their words’ on Greece

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned her coalition partners advocating a Greek exit from the euro to “weigh their words,” as she signaled a renewed determination to keep the single currency intact.

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Bloomberg

Shopping hauls: a bargain video genre on the rise

Shopping haul videos — short films posted online by customers eager to share the deals and products they’ve picked up — are having their moment. Retailers and shopping centers see potential.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

ENVIRONMENT

BPA study brings good news for consumers, environmentalists

Most of the toxic Bisphenol-A contained in products Canadians use every day is either destroyed or winds up in landfills, says a new study for Environment Canada.

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Globeandmail.com

Researchers propose cloud experiment to fight global warming

University of Washington researchers propose an experiment to combat global warming that aims to shoot saltwater particles into the sky to make clouds reflect more sunlight.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Gamers take on grey tinge

The average gamer is aging as new recruits from all stages of life are taking up the pastime.

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The Age

Japanese drums tap spiritual music

Riley Lee compares his experience of learning taiko drumming in Japan with going to war. There was no fighting or death. But like a soldier, he learned how one grueling experience can stick forever.

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Singletons: the attraction of solitude

Singledom is on the rise almost everywhere as singletons emerge as the fastest-growing household group in most parts of the world.

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Economist

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China’s single women compete for love

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SPORTS

Manning looks ready for regular season

Peyton Manning looks like he’s ready for the regular season, although he’ll never admit it. The Broncos’ preseason finale against the Cardinals will be more about determining Manning’s primary backup.

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FOX News

USADA: Armstrong could have kept 5 Tour de France titles

Lance Armstrong might have retained most of his cycling titles if he had cooperated with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s investigation, USADA head Travis Tygart says.

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USA TODAY

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Lance Armstrong quits fight to clear his name

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Sexuality in our schools

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Chinese manufacturing is crashing

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‘Walmart Moms’ are unhappy with Romney and Obama

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Make the choice to support small stores

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The GOP and women: Akin’s ignorance is hardly unique

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How the Republican brain plays defense

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Current national issues of interest

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USA TODAY

Look at all ideas on fixing Medicare

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Faiths come together to support Joplin mosque after fire

Since a mosque in Joplin burned to the ground, the beliefs that distinguish and separate the residents of Joplin haven’t seemed to matter. It’s a lesson some say many learned with a tornado.

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Kansas City Star

Family helps boy participate in triathlon

Zachary Blakemore, 12, has watched family members train for triathlons and wanted to race as well. But Zachary could not complete a race on his own, so his family decided to give him a hand.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Muslims in Pakistan show compassion, mercy and justice

Islam is a religion of compassion and mercy, considering that the two adjectives most used in the Quran to describe God are the “compassionate” and the “merciful.” It is also a religion of justice.

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CNN

WORLD

Obama’s warfare demonstrates the advanced technology of power

Pakistani officials say 18 more people were killed by drones. There is no longer a need to send an army for an attack. Technology can be used, along with elite special forces, killing people individually.

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NPR

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Afghans say leader was killed in drone attack

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Reuters

Iran opens ‘nonaligned’ summit with nuclear appeals

Iran has opened a summit bringing together more than 120 nations with an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons — even as the West suspects Tehran is seeking its own atomic arms.

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Al Jazeera

Britain concerned over report of new brutal Syria massacre

Britain said it was deeply concerned by emerging reports of a “brutal massacre of civilians” in a Damascus suburb where activists claim more than 300 people have been killed over the past week.

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EDUCATION

Some schools tell students to bring their own technological devices

With districts racing to adopt 21st century learning techniques while facing budget realities, educators are starting to rethink how they view the gadgets kids bring to school.

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Hartford Courant

Misreporting of rank stems from desire to get top students

Parents, students and college officials are debating misrepresentation by Emory’s rankings of colleges despite high-volume traffic to U.S. News & World Report when the rankings are released.

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San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Multiple sclerosis link to stress not clear

No one knows what causes multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable disease of the central nervous system. Stresses, both psychological and physical, may not be all to blame for the symptoms.

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USA TODAY

Sudden death less likely during or after doing exercise

People whose hearts stop functioning during or after exercising are three times more likely to survive than those not working out.

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BusinessWeek

Merck to seek approval for two cardiovascular drugs in 2013

Merck & Co said it plans to file regulatory applications for a new type of blood clot preventer next year, and will also file with regulators for approval of another cardiovascular drug in 2013.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Is ape ‘genius’ actually smarter than the average chimp?

A battery of tests examining intelligence in chimps found that some consistently score better than others. No 1 factor seems to affect intelligence, but instead multiple skills could explain differences.

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Final movie reels play amid digital film conversion

At U.S. moviehouses, a multibillion-dollar switch to digital is on. Say goodbye to film — and to some old theaters, too.

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Star Tribune

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Small theaters weigh digital movie switch

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Colorado Springs Gazette

Anti-Obama film becomes top-grossing non-nature 2012 documentary

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Macon Telegraph

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Amish hate crime trial set to begin

The trial of members of a breakaway Amish sect charged with hate crimes for cutting off the beards and hair of other Amish men and women is set to begin in an Ohio court.

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ABC News

Libya militants bulldoze Sufi mosque

Armed men bulldozed a mosque containing Sufi Muslim graves in Tripoli in what appeared to be Libya’s most blatant sectarian attack since the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi.

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Guardian

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Libya denounces destruction of Sufi sites

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Al Jazeera

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Palestinian flag raised for the 1st time in Paris at Unesco ceremony

The Palestinian flag was raised above Unesco headquarters in Paris, marking a diplomatic victory despite resistance.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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A dancer dressed as Hanuman, a monkey god in Hindu mythology, waits for his turn to perform during a celebration that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Bantul, Indonesia. (Photo by Gembong Nusantara / AP)

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