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Queen Elizabeth II, center, exchanges gifts with Pope Benedict XVI, right, with Prince Philip, far left. The pope, on a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledged that the Catholic Church failed to act quickly enough to deal with priests who molest children. (Photo by David Cheskin / AP)

Social networking can predict flu spread

Catching the flu isn't fun, but your social networks may help predict just when and where you will. The method is called the "friendship paradox" and was formulated by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler.

Medical News Today

Bank seizures of US homes reach record for the 3rd time in 5 months

U.S. home seizures reached a record for the third time in five months in August as lenders completed the foreclosure process for thousands of delinquent owners.

Bloomberg

Fannie Mae: US cautious on home owning

Reuters

Pope criticizes response to abuse crises

Pope Benedict XVI has offered his strongest criticism yet of the Roman Catholic Church’s handling of the sex abuse crisis, saying it had not been fast enough in responding to the problem.

New York Times

Pope's visit in pictures

BBC

Drilling-ban job losses smaller than feared

President Barack Obama’s moratorium on deep-water drilling is costing no more than 8,000 to 12,000 jobs because offshore rig operators have retained skilled workers during the suspension.

Bloomberg

Oil spill victims suffering from slow payments

CBS News

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US oil spill

BBC

'Stop loss' pay for US troops goes unclaimed

U.S. troops involuntarily kept in the military after 9/11 are eligible for compensation. More than half of the $534 million in "stop loss" funds has not been claimed.

Christian Science Monitor

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An Indian worker reacts to the camera as she works at a landscaping site outside the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Gurinder Osan / AP)	An army national guard CH 47 Chinook helicopter comes in for a landing through smoke rings at the Husker Harvest Days Fair in Grand Island, Neb. (Photo by Nati Harnik / AP)	Members of the Royal Company of Archers march into the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis / AP)

NATION

Honor 'bittersweet' for rare living Medal of Honor recipient

The first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War, Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, says the prestigious award "does bring back a lot of memories."

CNN

Medal of Honor recipient: Award is 'bittersweet'

MSNBC

American team helping to free miners

A group of American expert drillers is working alongside Chileans in their bid to free 33 trapped miners."Miners are miners; it doesn't matter what country they are from," says the leader of the U.S. team.

CNN

NYC mayor moves to ban smoking in parks

Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans to ban smoking in some of the Big Apple's most famous outdoor locations, including Central Park, the boardwalk at Coney Island and part of Times Square.

AOL News

POLITICS

Obama: GOP holding tax cuts 'hostage'

President Barack Obama is applauding two Republican senators who voted for a small business bill and says he'd welcome that kind of cooperation on the divisive issue of extending tax cuts for the middle class.

CBS News

Warren to advise on consumer financial protection bureau

ABC News

1 for the establishment, Ayotte wins nod

In the last turn of a tumultuous primary season, former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte narrowly won her state's Republican Senate primary, to the relief of party officials in Washington.

MSNBC

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Christine O'Donnell on Rove's 'un-factual' remarks and 'Republican cannibalism'

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Passing the sniff test

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted certification tests for explosives-sniffing dogs that must detect compounds used to make bombs and ammunition.

Star Tribune

New greenhouse slotted for space station

A team from Kennedy Space Center is tending to the greenhouse, with the goal of getting the system ready for a test run aboard the International Space Station.

Discovery News

What your cell phone could be telling the government

Smart phones do many things these days: surf the Internet, send e-mail. But one thing they can do that phone companies don't advertise is spy on you.

TIME

EDUCATION

Fenty's loss: a blow to education reform?

When Washington voters declined to give Mayor Adrian Fenty a chance at a second term in the Democratic primary, it rattled the education-reform world.

TIME

Obama: 'Students should work hard, focus on school'

President Barack Obama is taking to the nation's airwaves once again, this time to tell America's schoolchildren that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they dream big, work hard and focus on learning.

Las Vegas Sun

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

They're dancing in the streets

A project that's equal parts art, social experiment and self-exploration takes the concept of dancing in the streets down an interesting path.

Star Tribune

Edwin Newman, longtime NBC reporter and commentator, dies at 91

Edwin Newman, known to generations of television viewers, covered coronations and assassinations and wrote two best-selling books on Americans' mangling of the English language, has died.

San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

An American face of Islam

As the spotlight continues to be thrown on relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, one group is trying hard at myth-busting.

BBC

Church claims evangelizing students punished for 'kindness'

About 200 members of a Roswell church are protesting discipline against students who tried to leave doughnuts with religious messages for their teachers.

USA TODAY

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Freedom, democracy and human rights in Syria

The Independent

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Tax debate gridlock could soon be broken

Detroit News

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The economy and the whirlwind

RealClearPolitics

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Communist reform: Could it happen in North Korea?

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Dollars and sense: Why do banks fear Elizabeth Warren? Because she's on our side

Houston Chronicle

Column (John Nichols):

Can the Grand Old (Tea) Party win in November?

The Nation

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Handling the truth

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Cuba lays off 500,000: 'major shift' to a free market?

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GOOD NEWS

Charity for teens still matters

Chicago's first lady, Maggie Daley, and her husband, Mayor Daley, host their annual fundraiser for After School Matters, the charity that has provided activities for Chicago high school students for 19 years.

Chicago Sun-Times

'America’s Got Talent' $1M winner to buy home for grandparents

Struggling musician Grimm, raised by his grandparents, who lost nearly everything in Hurricane Katrina, entered "Talent" with the hope of being able to buy them a new home. It’s a promise he intends to keep.

People

WORLD

Floodwaters give new life to class dispute

The "superflood" has reopened longstanding disputes over water management and many of the poorer victims fear that they will once again be ignored in favor of rich and powerful interests.

New York Times

Pakistan flood survivors now face threat of malaria