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This image shows the amount of summer sea ice in the Arctic on at center in white. Scientists say sea ice in the Arctic shrank to an all-time low smashing old records for the critical climate indicator. (Photo by U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center / AP)

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Arctic summer sea ice gone by 2015?

A powerful storm system that hit the Arctic Ocean in August likely accelerated the ice loss. As a result, Arctic Ocean sea ice coverage has shrunk to the lowest level since modern records began.

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UK lawmakers seek moratorium on Arctic drilling

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Houston Chronicle

Pacifiers may hinder male children’s emotional growth

New research suggests pacifier use may have long-lasting behavioral effects on a boy’s emotional growth, as the study revealed that those who used it found it harder to mimic emotional expressions.

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CBS News

What happens when the US withdraws from Afghanistan?

The rise in “green-on-blue” attacks by Afghan soldiers on U.S. and NATO coalition forces emphasizes the strained relationship that challenges the strategic military pullout scheduled for 2014.

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Detroit Free Press

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Allies divided over Afghan operations

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Guardian

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Transfer of power in Afghanistan

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Christian Science Monitor

Has the American economy bottomed out? Census suggests yes

Americans are on the move again as more young adults leave their parents’ homes to take a chance with college or the job market, while declines in births level off and poverty slows.

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TIME

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Housing recovery blossoms

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CNNMoney

Official to testify on ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ report

The Inspector General of the Department of Justice, whose office published the report on the botched gun probe “Operation Fast and Furious,” will testify before a House oversight committee.

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CNN

NATION

Forbes 400 richest: Are they leaving the rest of America behind?

The new list of Forbes magazine‘s 400 richest Americans shows their wealth is up 13 percent thanks to rising stock and home prices. That has also helped others, but many do not feel it.

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Christian Science Monitor

NASA’s last space shuttle on nostalgic flight to retirement home

The space shuttle Endeavour began its final aerial show, thrilling spectators across the southern U.S. before completing the first stage of its transcontinental voyage in Houston.

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CNN

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NASA Endeavor’s last journey Farewell to the museum

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US oil boom comes with tradeoffs and an ugly underbelly

Politicians are quick to extol the virtues of domestic oil drilling, but the gritty side of America’s new oil boom is on display with rising crime, a slain schoolteacher, tripled rents and public resources stretched thin.

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McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Chick-fil-A to stop funding anti-gay groups

Chick-fil-A, the fast-food chain that sparked a firestorm earlier this year after its president made public comments against same-sex marriage, has agreed to stop funding anti-gay groups.

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Yahoo! News

Poll finds Obama in better shape than any nominee since Clinton

President Barack Obama is in a better position to win November’s election than any presidential candidate since Bill Clinton in 1996, according to a nationwide poll.

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Bloomberg

BUSINESS

India hit by strike over economic reforms

Schools, shops and government offices were shut down in some Indian states, as protesters blocked road and rail traffic as part of a one-day nationwide strike against economic reforms.

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Reuters

Macy‘s flagship gets $400M makeover, creates stir

A $400 million makeover is giving New York’s iconic Macy’s store a sleek, 21st-century style. And some preservationists are not happy about the store scrapping its classic design.

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CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The more people rely on intuition, the more cooperative they become

It is an age old question: Why do we do good? Harvard scientists are getting closer to an answer, showing that people’s first response is to cooperate and thinking encourages selfishness.

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ScienceDaily

Quick decisions foster more charity

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Not Exactly Rocket Science

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Famous culinary school stresses science in the kitchen

At the Culinary Institute of America, cooking lectures sound more like science lessons, covering the culinary uses of xanthan gum or the physics of why oil and water will not mix.

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New atlas may help solve mysteries of the human brain

The genetic differences between normal and abnormal human brains may be determined one day from a “brain atlas” scientists are refining.

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LiveScience

ENVIRONMENT

New cars can cut fuel consumption in half by 2030

Two recently released reports by the Paris-based International Energy Agency outline how policy initiatives and specific technologies could cut automobile fuel consumption in half by 2030.

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Environmental News Network

Village relocated due to climate change

For villagers of Vunidogoloa on Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest island, climate change has become an intrusion. Villagers are relocating to higher land because of sea level rise, erosion and floods.

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Salon

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Body armor for women

With women now accounting for about 14 percent of the military, it is about time they started getting gear built for them.

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TIME

Is grandma spending too much?

Grandparents may love to help out, but sometimes their overspending on their grandchildren puts their own financial health in jeopardy.

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TIME

Why are 5 million kids on Facebook despite the ban?

Facebook has an ugly little secret, a number disclosed nowhere in its voluminous filings to become a public company and now only vaguely addressed by corporate officials.

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Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Steven Hill):

The mad science of the US presidential election

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Al Jazeera

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The truth about makers and takers

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The Atlantic

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Baseball learns to be more like football

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Bloomberg

Column (Mike Allison):

Mitt Romney, the Republican Party and Latin America

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Al Jazeera

Column (Edward Wasserman):

The plagiarism panic in journalism

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McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Dr. Robert Jeffress):

Romney and the disappearing evangelical dilemma

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FOX News

Column (Walter E. Williams):

Academic dishonesty

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Townhall.com

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Are retailers watching our every move?

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TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Chuck Feeney: The billionaire who is trying to go broke

Chuck Feeney is the James Bond of philanthropy. Over the last 30 years he has crisscrossed the globe conducting a clandestine operation to give away a $7.5 billion fortune.

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Forbes

Style Me Hired gives women makeovers and morale boosts

Marc Voci created Style Me Hired, an event now in its second year that indulges unemployed women with free makeovers, a job fair and, Voci hopes, the confidence to take on the job market.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Protecting mangroves is cheaper than building coastal protection

Preserving mangrove forests helps regulate rainfall, reduce the risk of disasters from extreme weather, provide breeding grounds for fish and capture carbon dioxide to slow climate change.

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Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

European army backed

Germany, France and nine of Europe‘s most powerful countries have called for an elected EU president and an end to Britain’s veto over defense policy, in a radical blueprint for the continent’s future.

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The Age

In Africa’s warm heart, a cold welcome for Chinese traders

Malawians bill their country as the “Warm Heart of Africa,” priding themselves on friendliness. But some feel less than welcoming to the Chinese traders who have moved in the last few years.

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Reuters

Russia orders US to stop its aid mission

Russia has ordered USAID to cease operations in the country, accusing the aid mission of being a front of the American government’s effort to influence its local politics and the outcome of elections.

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Al Jazeera

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Russia accuses USAID of trying to sway and influence elections

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BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Back to school in Chicago as teachers’ strike ends

Chicago students return to school after a teachers’ strike ended, thrilling parents who had to stay home from work to care for their kids for more than a week.

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Reuters

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Chicago teachers’ strike ends

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newsinc.com

Graduation rate racial divide narrows

More than half the young black men who graduated high school in 2010 earned their diplomas in four years, an improved graduation rate that still lagged behind that of their white counterparts.

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CBS News

HEALTH

Drugmakers team up to improve testing

Pharmaceutical industry heavyweights are teaming up to address a challenge that has long vexed drugmakers: how to improve the way drugs are tested so they can get approved faster.

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BusinessWeek

Arsenic in rice: New report finds ‘worrisome levels’

A major consumer magazine is warning Americans to limit how much rice they eat because of concerns over arsenic.

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ABC News

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FDA urged to set standards for arsenic in rice

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San Jose Mercury News

Swedish doctors claim uterus transplant

Two Swedish women are hoping to get pregnant after undergoing what doctors are calling the world’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants.

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Associated Press

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Tunisian artists cry for help against religious extremists

Many Tunisians fear for their freedom of artistic expression, as their country may succumb to the pressure of Islam by banning films, plays or musical performances and censoring exhibitions.

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Yahoo! News

Take back the dinosaurs

Creationists are on a campaign to “take dinosaurs back.” Creationist Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis said, “Dinosaurs have been held hostage for decades” by “secular humanists.”

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Slate

SPORTS

Blue Jays’ Omar Vizquel passes Babe Ruth in career hits

Veteran infielder Omar Vizquel of the Toronto Blue Jays moved ahead of Babe Ruth on the all-time hits list with his 2,874th hit against the New York Yankees.

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CBC News

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Vizquel passes Ruth on hit list

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MLB.com

Racism remains ‘significant’ problem in English football

Over the last year, England‘s football authorities and justice system have had to contend with racism cases involving multiple players and fear that homophobia may be the next big problem.

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CNN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Unheralded heroes of Mt. Kilimanjaro

For every foreigner who climbs Kilimanjaro, at least three Tanzanians, and often more, swarm up the volcanic slope, with 50-pound bags perched on their heads in one of the most dangerous careers.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Photo of the Day

Elementary school students take part in a charity run under a blue sky with white and grey clouds on a late summer day in Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)

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