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Workers fill Hesco baskets at a flood wall at Route 23, in advance of Tropical Storm Isaac in Plaquemines Parish, La. Forecasters warned that Isaac, especially if it strikes at high tide, could cause storm surges of up to 12 feet along the coasts of southeast Louisiana and Mississippi. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

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‘Retirement age’ is a moving target for the baby boomers

Just how much the Great Recession reshaped what many baby boomers thought retirement would look like is becoming clearer.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Is 90 the new 60?

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Huffington Post

Paralympics to attract record number of TV viewers, crowds

Wheelchair rugby player Ross Morrison knows a thing or two about crowds, but never has he experienced anything like London’s Paralympics.

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USA TODAY

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Officials on the lookout for ‘boosting’

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ESPN

Tropical storm Isaac gains hurricane strength

Forecasters upgraded tropical storm Isaac to a Category 1 hurricane just hours before it’s expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast.

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ABC News

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Gas prices likely to rise after Isaac

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Detroit Free Press

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Isaac threatens Gulf Coast

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CNN

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Isaac’s storm page

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The Weather Channel

US expected to apply tough new standard for vehicle fuel economy

Senior administration officials will announce new, aggressive fuel economy standards for 2017-2025 during a conference call today at 12:30 p.m., the White House said.

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Detroit Free Press

Home prices in 20 US cities mark first gain since 2010

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities climbed in June from a year earlier, the first gain in almost two years, indicating the market that triggered the recession is beginning to rebound.

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Bloomberg

NATION

The 49th anniversary of King’s speech

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington in Washington, D.C.

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ABC News

Mexican drivers may avoid tolls on El Paso toll road

As El Paso, Texas, prepares for its first toll lanes, officials in the border city are struggling with a question where toll roads are prevalent and proliferating: Will Mexican drivers get a free ride?

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POLITICS

Mrs. Bush set stage for nominees’ wives

Expecting Mrs. Romney and Mrs. Obama to dress up and take the stage to assure Americans that their men are swell husbands may sound like a holdover from the 1950s, but it’s a recent tradition.

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U.S. News & World Report

Romney’s storm-delayed convention limps into motion

Instead of opening with a bang, Mitt Romney’s Republican convention started with a whimper as party leaders staged a low-key session while Tropical Storm Isaac churned through the Gulf of Mexico.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Is technology killing the lure of company heritage today?

Earlier, old firms across the world would proudly proclaim above the door that they had been “established” in such-and-such a year. There is no such sign above the door of Instagram.

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BBC

Consumer confidence in US declines by most since October

Rising gasoline prices, a jobless rate that’s been above 8 percent since the start of 2009, and limited income gains are keeping consumers glum.

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Bloomberg

The American gratuity war

Is adding extra gratuity to foreign customers’ bills a fair practice in the U.S.? Burlington, Vermont thinks so.

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ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Monkey see, monkey do? Just 1 percent of kids save any allowance money

Studies have shown that most parents are poor financial role models for their children. So is it any surprise that of the money kids get in allowance, almost none is saved?

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TIME

The places where masterpieces are born

If you’ve been admiring your favorite painter’s work in a museum, you’ve only been seeing part of the picture. For the full view, you must visit the artist’s home and studio.

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Robots to go spelunking in martian caves

Robots that rappel, hop or lower themselves by tether could reshape the hunt for life beyond Earth.

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Laser archaeology

If you think archaeologists spend all their time with a trowel in a muddy ditch, it’s time to think again. More and more are using sophisticated lasers, and opening up a new age of discovery.

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BBC

SPORTS

Federer, Murray cruise in opening matches at US Open

Top-seeded Federer played up to his billing, dispatching American Donald Young 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to open his quest for a sixth U.S. Open title, which would be an Open-era record.

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ESPN

Patriots tight end Hernandez gets new deal

The New England Patriots gave Pro Bowl tight end Aaron Hernandez a new, five-year contract. The deal is worth $40 million, according to reports.

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Sports Illustrated

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GOOD NEWS

Fabric turns body heat into electricity

Next time your phone runs out of battery, just grab it with your hand. Researchers have developed a way to turn body heat into electricity, meaning your cell will never go dead again.

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Daily Mail

Wind turbine creates fresh water out of thin air

Inspired by the mechanics of a dripping air conditioner, a French inventor has created a solution that could bring fresh water to the most remote and driest parts of the world.

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ZeeNews

A cross-border park spurs water cooperation in southern Africa

The decade-old Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park was formed through the cooperation of three nations and has reduced conflicts over natural resources, especially water, while protecting wildlife.

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Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Somaliland: A pocket of stability in a chaotic region

Somalia is synonymous with failed states, pirates and Islamist militants. But in the nation’s northwest lies a peaceful, stable territory with an elected government known as Somaliland.

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NPR

Syrian refugees stuck at Turkish border

Some 10,000 Syrian refugees are waiting on the Syrian side of the border as Turkey rushes to build more camps to accommodate the influx, Turkish officials said.

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ABC News

EDUCATION

Universities look to the East, fueling branch campus boom

Asia is fast becoming the world’s leading destination for branch campuses, raising questions about quality and control.

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TIME

Out-of-school settings create new skills

As pressure mounts for students to improve their digital learning and gain technology skills, out-of-classroom environments are increasingly being seen as appealing settings to foster them.

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HEALTH

The alarming rate of errors in the ICU

Missed diagnoses may be present in more than a quarter of patients who die in hospital intensive care units, and they may result in the deaths of more people each year than breast cancer.

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The Atlantic

2 Yosemite visitors die from rare rodent-borne disease

Two people have died of a rare rodent-borne hantavirus after visiting Yosemite national park this summer. Officials from the famed nature spot are warning past visitors to be aware.

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Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Research charts growing threats to biodiversity ‘arks’

Many of the world’s tropical protected areas are struggling to sustain their biodiversity, according to a study by more than 200 scientists from around the world.

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Guardian

Arctic sea ice at lowest level on record

The Earth’s air conditioner is on the fritz. Ice in the Arctic has shrunk to its lowest level on record, scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced, breaking a mark set in 2007.

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USA TODAY

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UD scientist sees Arctic ice loss firsthand

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Why our groundwater aquifers are heading towards bankruptcy

Levels of many of the world’s most important aquifers are dropping precipitously. Recent studies have shown that 20 percent of irrigated agriculture is reliant upon aquifers with falling levels.

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Guardian

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Bill Nye the Science Guy challenges creationism in a new video

Bill Nye the Science Guy says denying evolution ‘holds everybody back’ and creationism will eventually die out, in a new video.

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Bill Nye slams creationism

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Belief Blog

Mitt Romney embraces his Mormonism in public after years of discretion

Because many in the U.S. still call his religion a “cult,” the Republican candidate feared having his beliefs used against him in public life.

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Guardian

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

For NFL teams, iPad is valuable playbook

Ubiquitous tablets are changing how teams throughout the NFL prepare for, and review, games. Rather than burning a DVD, they have films sent to their Apple iPads for viewing six, seven, eight times.

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Wired

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Israeli 1st grade pupils wait for the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not shown, on their first day of school in Jerusalem. (Photo by Gali Tibbon / Pool / AP)

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