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A shopper enters the Borders book store in Beachwood, Ohio. Cash-strapped bookseller Borders Inc. will start to liquidate all 399 on its stores. (Photo by Amy Sancetta / AP)

The coming global phosphate crisis

Phosphate is greatly responsible for the “green” revolution taking place on farms worldwide. But if certain trends hold, the world could be coming to a point where we will run out of this mineral.

Environmental News Network

New study finds slant in some nonprofit news sites

More than half of emerging nonprofit news sites produce content with a clear ideological bent, according to a study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

USA TODAY

Borders to shut down for good

Borders Group, the 40-year-old retailer that started as a used bookstore in Ann Arbor, decided to liquidate its remaining stores, conceding a battle with technology and itself.

Detroit Free Press

Borders’ landlords and creditors object to bankruptcy liquidation

Bloomberg

The end of Borders book stores

NBC

Murdochs face grilling in UK parliament

News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch and his son James face questions from parliament in a phone-hacking scandal that rocked Britain’s press and government.

MSNBC

Murdochs, Brooks prepare for testimony before the MPs

PBS

Special section:

Murdochs grilled by MPs

BBC

Poorer nations lead global movement toward low carbon energy

Poor countries have spent as much as rich ones — and in the case of China, more — to develop low-carbon energy.

Scientific American

More Americans have green jobs

Christian Science Monitor

The World in Photos .........................................................................
The North Korean team performs their routine in the synchronized swimming at the in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Ng Han Guan / AP)	An Indian farmer picks up rice paddy saplings for planting on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. The monsoon season is vital to agriculture in India. (Photo by Anupam Nath / AP)	Ryan Newman makes a pit stop during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. (Photo by Cheryl Senter / AP)

NATION

Heat wave scorches Midwest

Forecasters call the heat wave gripping the central U.S. “unrelenting,” and say residents should not expect any relief soon. Heat advisories and warnings are in place in 17 states, from Texas to Michigan.

CBS News

Special section:

2011 heat superlatives

The Weather Channel

Heat index rises

ABC News

Post-9/11, biggest terror threat in New York is underground

The possibility that New York’s sprawling, porous and famously gritty subway system could be a terrorist target has become a constant worry.

San Francisco Chronicle

Cities weigh the value of free festivals in tight budget times

Utah cities are noticing an increase in attendance at festivals, movie nights and other free activities as cash-strapped families rely more heavily on free events for entertainment.

Salt Lake Tribune

POLITICS

Arizona launching fundraising website for border fence

Arizona lawmakers are hoping to raise around $50 million for border fencing with a new online public fundraising plan — despite skepticism from key stakeholders.

MSNBC

Obama threatens to veto House GOP spending cuts

House Republicans have shrugged off President Barack Obama’s threat to veto legislation to cut federal spending while simultaneously negotiating with him to avert a potential government default.

The Tennessean

Debt ceiling debate sparks a new round of TV ad wars around the country

NPR

The neuroscience of the debt debate

Scientific American

BUSINESS

For Amazon, high stakes in sales tax fight

Amazon is battling the online tax in several states, arguing that if even one state is successful in forcing it to collect sales taxes, it could “result in substantial tax liabilities for past sales.”

Los Angeles Times

Gold above $1,600, extends record winning streak

Gold marched to a record above $1,600, stretching its rally to an unprecedented 11th day on fears that U.S. lawmakers would fail to raise the debt ceiling in order to avert a default.

Reuters

Special section:

The rise of gold

Globeandmail.com

EDUCATION

States test education law

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been at odds with state schools chief Tony Evers over almost everything. But they have found common ground in their aggravation with No Child Left Behind.

Wall Street Journal

2 Atlanta educators step down; 176 others also face ultimatum

Two Atlanta Public Schools educators stepped down after being issued an ultimatum to quit or be fired.

CNN

More default danger ahead

For student aid administrators, few factors are as seemingly unpredictable and important as the cohort default rate, which measures how many students default on their loans after graduation.

Inside Higher Ed

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

‘Instant churches’ convert public schools to worship spaces

Thousands of religious groups are popping up for weekend worship in public school spaces, in an attempt at making church more accessible to the families whom they want to reach.

USA TODAY

Pope taps Chaput for Philadelphia

Archbishop Charles Chaput, perceived as a leader of the church’s conservative wing and an administrator with a strong work ethic, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI as the new archbishop of Philadelphia.

National Catholic Reporter

ENVIRONMENT

Real Earth cooking

What spreads the sea floors and moves the continents? What melts iron in the outer core and enables the Earth’s magnetic field? The answer: Heat.

Environmental News Network

California mussels: 1st warming casualty?

The iconic California mussel could be among the first casualties of oceans made more acidic by global warming, a new study of the coastal shellfish shows.

Orange County Register

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.”

John Muir

Naturalist & explorer

Daily Quote Archives

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Cartoon (Walt Handelsman):

They’re talking about a deal

USA TODAY

Column (Michael Morris):

Grandparents can be a lifeline for kids caught in upheaval

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Don’t blame tests for school cheating scandals by students

USA TODAY

Column (Dean Obeidallah):

Are social media creating the laziest generation?

CNN

Cartoon (Daryle Cagle):

The week in cartoons

MSNBC

Column (David Limbaugh):

America’s financial restoration vs. Obama’s ideology

Creators Syndicate

Editorial:

Anticipating the Pearl Harbor of the digital age

Seattle Times

Editorial:

The women of the US soccer team have shown what sports should be all about in World Cup

NY Daily News

Column (Bob Kravitz):

A great ride for US soccer

Indianapolis Star

Live Chats All times are E.T.

Jane Austen: Carol J. Adams July 19 at 11 am

Washington Post

NFL: Roddy White July 19 at noon

ESPN

Childhood cancer: Deborah Shelton July 19 at 1 pm

Baltimore Sun

Property insurance: Alan Garfinkel July 19 at 2 pm

Lawyers.com

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GOOD NEWS

18-year-old gives his $40,000 scholarship to other teens

This is a story of a teenager who did something so generous — so big-hearted — that it’s making plenty of adults swoon.

MSNBC

Twitter to track dengue fever outbreaks in Brazil

Short messages posted on Twitter might not seem much, but when the dengue season begins again in Brazil, tweets could help the country better control outbreaks of the deadly virus.

New Scientist

Their paychecks stopped, but their work went on

For some Minnesota state contractors, the needs of vulnerable clients were too great to ignore, so they welcomed their clients anyway. Their work went on, even if the pay stopped.

Star Tribune

WORLD

US officials meet Gadhafi representatives. More talks to come?