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A Occupy protestor works on signage before a march in Charlotte, N.C. Demonstrators are protesting before the start of the Democratic National Convention. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / AP)

6 challenges affecting the American worker

Labor Day means more than a chance to relax and eat hot dogs. It’s also a time to reflect on the challenges facing the worker.

USA TODAY

Map:

America’s best places for a raise

The Atlantic

Labor Day marks the struggles of millions

ABC News

Mexico City’s Aztec past reaches out

Mexico City might be one of the world’s classic megacities, an ever-expanding jumble of traffic, commerce, public spaces, leafy suburbs and cramped slums, but it is also an archaeological wonder.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Labor Day: presidential race homestretch

By locking in some votes early, a campaign can minimize last-minute surprises and Election Day snafus. It also allows for a smoother get-out-the-vote effort.

NPR

Blog:

In convention warm-up, Obama sees economic gains

(TIME)

Swampland

Special section:

2012 Democratic Convention

CBS News

Syrian army destroys citizens’ houses in ‘collective punishment’

Syrian army bulldozers razed houses in western Damascus, pursuing what activists called a campaign of collective punishment targeting people’s property in areas hostile to President Bashar Assad.

Reuters

Syrian army kills 235 people in 1 day

BusinessWeek

The hospitals of Aleppo

TIME

Brush fire in San Gabriel mountains grows to more than 4,000 acres

A brush fire in the San Gabriel Mountains that prompted the evacuation of Labor Day campers in the hills above Glendora, Calif., has burned more than 4,000 acres.

NBCNews.com

NATION

Once denied a Purple Heart, a soldier gets her medal

Last week, the Army said that, under new rules, they’ve finally awarded the Purple Heart to almost 1,000 soldiers who suffered from concussions in combat, once not considered “real” injuries.

NPR

Floods, power outages persist after Isaac

Days after Isaac hammered Louisiana and Mississippi with winds and rain, thousands of evacuees remain at shelters or bunked with friends or relatives.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Minus Greek columns, Obama eyes future with convention speech

The Greek columns may be banished and the “hope” and “change” signs gone, but Obama’s pitch to American voters at the Democratic National Convention will still have echoes of his 2008 speech.

Reuters

Live streaming shows more political coverage than TV

Broadcast networks show a minimum of convention coverage. Cable networks provide several hours’ worth each night. But both are outgunned by the vast amounts of live-streamed coverage online.

USA TODAY

Voters interested more in platforms than speeches

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Sun Myung Moon, church head who ran business empire, dead at 92

Sun Myung Moon, the Korean-born founder of the Unification Church and self-proclaimed messiah who built a secretive global business empire, has died. He was 92.

BusinessWeek

Sun Myung Moon: the life and times of the Unification Church leader

TIME

Fed moves toward open-ended bond purchases to satisfy Bernanke

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke says the U.S. economy is “far from satisfactory.” His colleagues are moving to embrace policies that will stay in place until he’s satisfied.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Modern wheat a ‘perfect, chronic poison,’ doctor says

Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist who has published a book all about the world’s most popular grain, says the wheat we eat these days isn’t the wheat your grandma had.

CBS News

Use of mother’s milk banks skyrockets

From hospital milk banks to pages on Facebook, more new moms are using another mother’s donated breast milk to feed their babies.

USA TODAY

More benefits of breast milk revealed

U.S. News & World Report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What is the smallest possible thing in the universe?

Science’s ongoing quest to find the smallest possible things remains tantalizingly incomplete. Physics has a problem with small things. Or, to be more precise, with infinitely small things.

BBC

How a fluted glass helps you drink your beer faster

Today, chances are good you’ll enjoy a beer or two to celebrate the break from your toils at work. But depending on the glass you’re drinking from, you may work through your brew faster than you expect.

Gizmodo

SPORTS

Strasburg’s final start of 2012 to come September 12

Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson announced that Stephen Strasburg’s last game of the 2012 season will be September 12, against the Mets at Citi Field.

MLB.com

Denny Hamlin wins second consecutive Sprint Cup, grabs hold of top seed

Denny Hamlin won his second straight Sprint Cup race, holding off Jeff Gordon in a green-white-checkered finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

FOXSports

Roddick tested, defending champ Djokovic rolls at US Open

Winning a second consecutive match, Andy Roddick postponed his retirement a little longer by getting past 59th-ranked Fabio Fognini of Italy in the third round.

CBSSports

Special section:

US Open live streaming

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Dan K. Thomasson):

Let dignity take a stand on campaign stage

Star Tribune

Editorial:

Here’s to America’s workers — and to more work

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Video (Alexander Perry):

Oil wars

Vimeo

Column (Rich Tosches):

Elephants and donkeys

Denver Post

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GOP convention highlights

Creators Syndicate

Column (Rose Aguilar):

Labor pains: pushing for equity in the California workforce

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

Jobs and the need for college degrees

Seattle Times

Column (Stephen Henderson):

In Detroit, this 1st day of school will be like no other

Detroit Free Press

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GOOD NEWS

School started by ex-basketball star gives hope to Detroit students

As president of the board at the school that bears his name, Jalen Rose wants to give low-income kids from his hometown a high quality education they could not otherwise afford.

USA TODAY

From detention cells to the stage

“Playmaking for Girls” works with incarcerated girls to write and perform short plays. Every summer, recently-released girls publicly perform some of these plays.

CNN

‘Angel’ inspires readers to donate

When Boston Herald readers learned of one woman’s effort to provide each child in her church’s congregation with back-to-school gift bags, Denise Taylor was deluged by a flood tide of goodwill.

Boston Herald

WORLD

Peshawar suicide bomber kills 2 in attack on US vehicle

An explosives-filled car slammed into a U.S. Consulate vehicle in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing two Pakistanis and wounding two U.S. consular staff, authorities said.

BBC

US companies conduct fire drills in case Greece exits euro

Even as Greece desperately tries to avoid defaulting on its debt, American companies are preparing for what was once unthinkable: that Greece could soon be forced to leave the eurozone.

New York Times

Fur flies in Belarus’s teddy bear wars

In the past few weeks, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has fired the chief of his air force and border guard patrol, and shut down the Swedish Embassy. The reason? Teddy bears.

The Independent

EDUCATION

School attendance push to impel importance of going to class

Educators across the nation are using creative strategies as another school year gets under way to convince students and parents that regular attendance matters — and not just for grades.

Huffington Post

Elite schools head east as Asia’s education market booms

Some of the most notable names in British and North American education are establishing campuses across Asia as they seek to tap into the region’s multi-billion dollar international school market.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

How the ‘Puffin Patrol’ saves tiny lives

In Witless Bay, a small town in Canada, more than 500,000 Atlantic puffins nest each summer to have their chicks. The “Puffin Patrol” works to save their lives.

Globeandmail.com

Last stand of a rare tortoise

The spider tortoise — one of the rarest tortoises in the world — is the equivalent of a microwave meal for the Mikea, a hardy Madagascan forest tribe. Could a newly identified population rescue them?

BBC

Blog:

Extinction rates are biased and much worse than you thought

(Smithsonian Magazine)

Smart News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Fears about Shariah law take hold

More than 20 states have considered bills banning the use of Shariah law. The proposals are a solution in search of a problem, according to many.

NPR

‘Islam: The Untold Story’ documentary receives 1,200 complaints

The Independent

Singapore mega-church faithful invest in malls: Southeast Asia

Centuries after Catholics established missions in Asia, Singaporeans are flocking to a new species of churches making appeals more in common with “Material Girl” Madonna than the Jesuits.

BusinessWeek

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

A resting place for hunting hounds

More than 300 dogs are buried at the Coon Dog Cemetery. All of the dogs buried there earned their keep hunting raccoons.

NPR

John Cage at 100

To many artists, John Cage was one of the most inspiring figures of the 20th century. To some musicians, he is underrated. To a large segment of the public, he’s a charlatan.

Concord Monitor

Sneaky ways to get what you want

All the “pretty pleases” in the world won‘t get you what you want in your adult life — even with a cherry on top. But there’s another way to win people over to your side: ask for something weird first.

NBCNews.com

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