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This combo made of book cover images provided by Vintage Books shows the “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy by best-selling author E L James. Public libraries in several states are pulling the racy romance trilogy “Fifty Shades of Grey” from shelves or deciding not to order the best-seller at all, saying it is too steamy. (Photo by Anonymous / Vintage Books / AP)

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Are children able to buy racy books?

The success of “Fifty Shades of Grey” highlights the lack of age restriction on selling erotic fiction. Why are books freely available to children when other media are highly policed?

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BBC

Religious groups vie for Web domains

Centuries-old theological disputes have broken out in cyberspace as religions aim to influence the future presentation of faith on the Internet.

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Reuters

Small minority of Americans use social media for religious reasons

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(CNN)

Belief Blog

Thalidomide maker issues apology

The company that invented thalidomide has issued its first apology in 50 years to thousands of people born with disabilities after their mothers took the drug.

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BBC

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Thalidomide campaign dismisses manufacturer’s ’insulting’ apology

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Guardian

Special section:

The history of thalidomide

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Fort Mills Times

Isaac finally leaves Gulf

As Isaac’s drenching rains and cooling winds drifted north of the Gulf Coast, heat and humidity moved back in — along with frustration, exhaustion and uncertainty.

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NPR

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Tallying the damage in Isaac’s wake

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YouTube

Proud Penn State fans show strength, support at opener

Penn State fans ushered in a new era with an ovation as the team stormed the field for their first game under coach Bill O’Brien. Fans chanted, “We are ... Penn State!” before kickoff against Ohio.

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TIME

NATION

US consumer confidence improves to reach 3-month high

Consumer confidence rallied more than projected in August as merchant discounts and record-low interest rates help U.S. households bolster finances.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Consumer confidence gets August boost

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(The Hill)

On The Money

After tragedy comes controversy

Public donations for mass-shooting survivors often lead to contentious debates between organizations entrusted with millions of dollars and victims who want more say in how the money is distributed.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Obama embarks on march to convention

President Barack Obama lampooned the Republican National Convention as better-suited to an era of black-and-white TV, and declared that Mitt Romney “did not offer a single new idea” to fix the economy.

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Plain Dealer

Economy favors Obama in 8 swing states

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(U.S. News & World Report)

Rick Newman

Obama may step in to protect power grids from cyberattack

Congress appears gridlocked on a cybersecurity bill to protect power grids and other infrastructure, so President Barack Obama is considering the use of an executive order.

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Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Tips for saving for retirement

Anyone with a 401(k) has been painfully aware of the gyrations in the stock market. The market has come back up lately, but the economy is still in low gear, so many analysts are not bullish in the short term.

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NPR

Bernanke: Fed ready for action to assist in the US recovery

At the Jackson Hole economic summit, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke used uncharacteristically direct language to suggest the Fed could soon act to bolster growth and lower unemployment.

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Bernanke remarks at Jackson Hole

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BusinessWeek

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Jackson Hole federal reserve conference

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MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

CSU team reproduces purebred Yellowstone bison for New York

Colorado scientists have produced a genetically pure Yellowstone bison, launching an embryo transfer project to resurrect wild herds that nearly went extinct.

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Denver Post

World’s biggest offshore windfarm planned for Scottish coast

A scheme with enough capacity to power 40 percent of Scottish households has been submitted for planning permission.

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Guardian

Antarctic methane could escape and worsen global warming

Swamp gas trapped under miles of Antarctic ice, a chemical souvenir of that continent’s warmer days, may someday escape to warm the planet again, an international team of researchers report.

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National Geographic

SPORTS

Venus Williams loses at US Open as Roddick sets retirement

Venus Williams is out. Andy Roddick is retiring. And American teenagers Sloane Stephens and Jack Sock are moving on at the U.S. Open tennis championship.

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Bloomberg

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US Open: Sam Stosur will face Laura Robson in 4th round

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New Jersey Star Ledger

Le’Veon Bell carries Michigan State to victory over Boise State

Le‘Veon Bell ran for a career-high 210 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner with 8:12 remaining in No. 13 Michigan State’s 17-13 victory over No. 24 Boise State.

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FOXSports

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Florida Keys seek to save historic ‘bridge to nowhere’

Seven Mile Bridge — the famous 100-year-old bridge linking Marathon, Fla., to the Lower Keys — is deteriorating in the harsh ocean environment. Now, efforts are underway to renovate the bridge.

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USA TODAY

Extreme birthday parties: How over-the-top is too over-the-top?

Talk to parents of school-age children, and they will tell you about the pressure and expense of the birthday circuit. Some say kids’ party costs are skyrocketing for guests and hosts.

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CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Scott Walker):

Obama’s broken promises

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Politico

Column (Brian Dickerson):

At Harvard, new-age collaboration or old-fashioned cheating?

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Detroit Free Press

Column (Brian Dickerson):

A job, the void that food and shelter cannot fill

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Detroit Free Press

Blog (Joel Connelly):

Public events vanishing from political campaigns

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Strange Bedfellows

(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Column (Jessica Valenti):

Motherhood and the GOP

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Star Tribune

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I did build that

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McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Conor Friedersdorf):

GOP nominees did not always run as bellicose nationalists

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The Atlantic

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Smith’s world

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GOOD NEWS

Couple gives inner-city kids educational camp experience

On northern California’s spectacular coast, a free camp for low-income children provides hands-on science education and team building — along with “nonstop fun.”

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Christian Science Monitor

NYC readies world’s largest UV drinking-water disinfection plant

In two months, New York City will be opening the world’s largest ultraviolet drinking-water disinfection plant.

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Scientific American

New Orleans diner lets Isaac victims pay what they can

While Isaac continues to rage through the Gulf, at one New Orleans restaurant it is pretty much business as usual. It serves up comfort food to customers, but lets diners pay whatever they can afford.

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Huffington Post

WORLD

South African mining unrest spreads to Gold Fields

Bullion miner Gold Fields said about a quarter of its workers have walked out in the first strike to affect South Africa’s gold mining industry since violent protest shut down Lonmin’s platinum mine.

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Guardian

Concern mounting for missing journalist detained in Syria

The State Department says it is concerned about the welfare of American journalist Austin Tice after reports he was detained while reporting on the fighting in Syria.

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USA TODAY

EDUCATION

The charter school at a crossroads

The publicly funded, privately run schools have spread so fast, they operate more like a parallel school system in some places. But the quality of charters and their records of success are mixed.

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NPR

Cheating on final exam reflects ‘culture of cheating,’ Harvard grad says

Administrators at Harvard College have accused 125 students of cheating on a final exam last spring, an allegation that Harvard graduate Eric Kester said reflects a “culture of cheating” at the school.

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ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Gauges worn by troops offer clues on impact from blasts

About 7,000 U.S. ground troops in Afghanistan are now wearing blast gauges that enable neurologists to gather profiles of explosions that cause brain damage.

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USA TODAY

FinSpy, crime-fighting software, used to spy on dissidents

Morgan Marquis-Boire is a Google engineer and Bill Marczak is a Ph.D. student. The two men moonlight as detectives, looking into computer espionage software used by governments.

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The Age

Solar geoengineering materials may be feasible and affordable

A cost analysis of the technologies needed to transport materials into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth has shown that they are both feasible and affordable.

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PhysOrg.com

Geoengineering to fix climate change?

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(Smithsonian Magazine)

Surprising Science

HEALTH

The maturing science of getting old

Scientists are beginning to peer more deeply into the mysterious changes to an organism’s biology as it ages.

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LiveScience

Why dogs really do feel your pain

After testing pet dogs in 20-second human encounters where people hummed at certain tones, researchers found the dogs’ behavior was consistent with empathic concern and the offering of comfort.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Latin rebirth in schools

Vatican officials want to see the language of Cicero and Caesar spread beyond the walls of the tiny city state, the only place in the world where ATM cash machines give instructions in Latin.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Pakistan court postpones bail decision for girl accused of blasphemy

A Pakistani court postponed a hearing on whether to grant bail to a Christian girl accused of burning pages containing Quran verses in a case that has heightened religious tensions.

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CNN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Gold, frankincense and myrrh are harder to buy than ever

Times for wise men have never been tougher. Gold prices are soaring on commodity markets, myrrh crops have been hit by drought — and now frankincense could soon face extinction.

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The Independent

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Fans watch the sun set behind the New York City skyline as seen from Arthur Ashe Stadium during the third round of play at the 2012 U.S. Open tennis tournament. (Photo by Mike Groll / AP)

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