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Joseph Oeler Jr., 35, of Hollywood, Fla. waits in line at a job fair sponsored by National Career Fairs in Dania Beach, Fla. Oeler was the first in line and has been looking for work. (Photo by Lynne Sladky / AP)

Will the middle class see a raise again?

For millions of working Americans, wage stagnation has become a way of life. Incomes have remained the same, leaving many just a paycheck from the street.

ABC News

Company hiring probably rose at pace showing slow US rebound

Bloomberg

Economy sheds 131,000 jobs in July

Reuters

Poetry with attitude

More than 500 spoken-word artists, from the political to the confessional, have descended on the Twin Cities from throughout North America for the 21st annual National Poetry Slam.

Star Tribune

Pentagon considering 'compelling' docs from WikiLeaks

With WikiLeaks threatening to publish more classified documents on the U.S. war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon is demanding that the whistleblower website erase its classified records and return documents.

Christian Science Monitor

Pentagon to WikiLeaks: 'Do the right thing'

CNN

Petraeus' rules of engagement: tougher than McChrystal's

In his first tactical directive since assuming command of forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus doubled down on the orders that put a premium on protecting civilians first to win their support.

TIME

Forced US military extensions to end

USA TODAY

CIA moved Gitmo suspects in 'game to hide detainees from the courts'

Four highly valued terrorist prisoners were secretly moved to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, earlier than has been disclosed, then back into overseas prisons before the Supreme Court could give them access to lawyers.

MSNBC

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Stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker flies in formation with four of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels over downtown Seattle. (Photo by Ted S. Warren / AP)	A woman looks through balloons during celebrations for St. Dominic of Guzman in Managua, Nicaragua. (Photo by Esteban Felix / AP)	A plane flies in front of a rainbow above the Mediterranean sea in Nice, southeastern France. (Photo by Lionel Cironneau / AP)

NATION

Lifting of ban triggers anew legal fight on gay marriage

Opponents of same-sex marriage have challenged the overturning of California's ban on gay weddings. They have launched an appeals process expected to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Australian

US payrolls likely fell again on census

U.S. employment probably fell for a second straight month in July as more temporary census jobs ended and private hiring remained too weak to boost a fragile economic recovery.

Reuters

POLITICS

Kagan joins Supreme Court after 63-37 vote in Senate

The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to a seat on the Supreme Court, giving President Barack Obama his second appointment to the court.

New York Times

Elena Kagan photo slideshow

CBS News

Key Obama adviser stepping down

Christina Romer, one of President Barack Obama's economic advisers, is stepping down, an exit that comes as the White House struggles to keep the recovery on track as congressional elections loom.

Reuters

Lobbyist charged with making illegal campaign donations

A federal grand jury charged a once-powerful Washington lobbyist with evading federal limits on campaign donations by using straw donors to funnel money to Congressmen.

Charlotte Observer

BUSINESS

FCC ends private talks on Web rules

Federal Communications Commission officials called off closed-door talks with lobbyists aimed at reaching a compromise on new rules to prevent internet traffic from being blocked or slowed.

Wall Street Journal

Consultant: Current federal aid program is failing homeowners

A Fannie Mae consultant says she was fired after revealing that the troubled financial institution was hindering — not helping — homeowners in trouble.

NPR

EDUCATION

NJ stands to get $268M in school aid through the jobs bill

New Jersey could get $268 million to help avert teacher layoffs in the jobs bill worked out in Congress, according to Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D., N.J.)

Philadelphia Inquirer

Efforts to build rural districts' leadership gain steam

Faced with state and federal mandates to reverse the course of failing rural schools, district administrators and researchers say just finding bodies for empty spots is no longer enough.

Education Week

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Picasso's largest work unveiled

The largest canvas designed by Pablo Picasso was hung in the institution it now calls home ahead of an autumn exhibition.

Guardian

Farewell, libraries?

Amazon’s report that e-books are outselling hardcovers means book collections — personal and public — are about to get a drastic makeover.

Newsweek

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Group sues to stop mosque near NYC's ground zero

The debate over a planned mosque near ground zero became a court fight, as a conservative advocacy group tries to stop a project that has become a fulcrum of religious freedom and 9/11 legacy.

BusinessWeek

Defrocked bishop reinstated by church

The Rev. Charles E. Bennison Jr. was suspended from his post in the Episcopal Church and later removed permanently, over his failure to investigate his brother’s relationship with a 14-year-old.

Telegraph.co.uk

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The mosque mess

San Francisco Chronicle

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Wikileaks driving them gaga

Sydney Morning Herald

Column (Sharon Begley):

Why evolution may favor irrationality

Newsweek

Blog (Bob Sullivan):

Net neutrality: a buzzword that's duping us

(MSNBC)

The Red Tape Chronicles

Editorial:

Educating girls a better option than warfare in bringing peace to Afghanistan

Houston Chronicle

Blog (Megan Tady):

What Google still isn't saying

(Huffington Post)

Megan Tady

Column (Helen Henderson):

Disabled benefits should be better advertised

The Star

Blog (Marwan Bishara):

Western wars vs. Muslim women

(Al Jazeera)

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ESPN

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Washington Post

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CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Breakthrough studies: regenerative medicine to repair broken hearts

Heart transplants could be a thing of the past, as scientists are reporting the first steps toward fixing broken hearts with the body's own cells.

AOL News

'Secret agent' spreading kindness

Laura Miller has been living a double life of sorts: administrative assistant by day, secret agent of kindness by night.

CNN

WORLD

US, nuclear powers join Hiroshima memorial for 1st time

Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the world's worst atomic bomb attack, marked its biggest memorial yet and the first to be attended by the U.S.

ABC News

Hiroshima memorial in pictures