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A tobacco plant on Keith Beavers‘ farm is shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene in Mount Olive, N.C. Far from the beach towns that took Hurricane Irene’s first hit, the storm inflicted some of its worst damage on inland farms from North Carolina to New York. (Photo by Jim R. Bounds / AP)

All in your head: Why the return trip seems shorter

Scientists have confirmed something every traveler knows: The trip back from someplace always seems shorter than the trip to get there. In fact, they’ve dubbed it “the return trip effect.”

USA TODAY

Orchestra musicians keep busy during Dublin downtime

Though the Philadelphia Orchestra’s tour of European festivals keeps the musicians busy traveling, performing and rehearsing, some members break that routine during their few free hours in any given city.

Philadelphia Inquirer

In the theatre, it’s a matter of voice

Wall Street Journal

Irene adds to farm woes: Will food prices rise?

Irene’s wind and rain damaged East Coast tobacco and corn crops, and flooding has hit New York and Vermont dairy farmers. But the biggest impact on U.S. food prices is still from extreme droughts.

Christian Science Monitor

Flooded Vermont town epitome of patience

CNN

Irene’s flooding

CBS News

Hurricane Irene damage rattles states

ABC News

Nation’s security to be tight for 9/11

Although there is no specific indication of any attack, the federal government is escalating security around the country in preparation for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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‘9/11 Commission’ leaders: Nation‘s security isn’t what it should be

(NPR)

The Two-Way

Study: Some US firms paid more to CEOs than taxes

According to a study of companies’ payrolls, 25 of the 100 highest paid U.S. CEOs earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax.

Reuters

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A young James’ flamingo tumbles against a wall in its enclosure at the zoo in Berlin. (Photo by Michael Sohn / AP)	Nicole Damiano, left, and Cassidy Petrone, right, dig in the sand on the Manasquan, N.J., beach. (Photo by Wayne Parry / AP)	Cristian Correa, right, and Manuela Rossi, left, perform during the 2011 Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano / AP)

NATION

White House could unveil mortgage plan next week

The Obama administration is considering unveiling new plans next week to revive the ailing housing market and reduce foreclosures.

Reuters

The 1-room schoolhouse

One-room schools often lack the amenities associated with high-quality schooling, such as computer labs or a library.

Wall Street Journal

How a special ops impersonator duped the FBI for a decade

A Maryland man was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $171,000 in restitution for fraudulently posing for 12 years as a U.S. Army special forces veteran and terrorism expert.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

President Obama pledges to help ‘the 9/11 generation’ of veterans

President Barack Obama vowed to spare Iraq and Afghanistan veterans’ health, education and employment training programs from Washington’s budget ax.

Politico

Female vets struggle to navigate post-war stress, home duties

NPR

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Obama pledges support to vets

(Star Tribune)

Hot Dish Politics

How new redistricting maps could reshape California politics

California handed redistricting to a nonpartisan commission to help break the state’s chronic gridlock. The new political maps, it is becoming apparent, could do more than that.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Consumer confidence lowest in 2 years

Consumers’ confidence in August dropped almost 15 points to the lowest level since April 2009 as worries about the economy fueled the wildest stock market swings since the financial meltdown in 2008.

TIME

Exxon Mobil clinches Arctic oil deal

U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil has clinched an Arctic oil exploration deal with Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft, extinguishing any remaining chance of BP reviving its own deal, which lapsed in May.

BBC

Moscow office raid deals BP new blow in Russia

Reuters

HEALTH

Coral could hold key to sunscreen pill

Scientists hope to synthetically replicate in the lab the key compounds found in coral which provide its natural defense against the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays in order to make a sunscreen pill for humans.

BBC

Anorexia ruling may affect coverage for mental illness

An anorexic woman’s insurance company must pay for her treatment at a residential facility because of a California law that requires insurers to provide coverage for mental as well as physical illness.

MedPage Today

Study: Vaccines can cause side effects but serious ones very rare

Vaccines can cause certain side effects but serious ones appear very rare — and there’s no link with autism and Type 1 diabetes, the Institute of Medicine says.

NY Daily News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Most US Muslims say they feel targeted by terror policies

More than half of Muslim Americans in a new poll say government anti-terrorism policies single them out for increased surveillance and monitoring.

Kansas City Star

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‘30 Mosques’ explores where Muslim Americans fit in modern society

(PBS)

The Rundown

Muslim Americans: No signs of growth in alienation or support for extremism

Pew Research Center

Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan

Telegraph.co.uk

Archbishop O’Brien leaving Baltimore for post in Rome

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien flies to Rome to lead a global order of Catholic knights, a post that likely will lead to his elevation to cardinal, but also begin his departure from the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Baltimore Sun

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic: great riches, greater challenges

At the rim of the Arctic Circle in Canada, gold mining firm Agnico-Eagle is learning how tough it is to operate in a remote region with temptingly large, but inaccessible, oil, gas and mineral reserves.

Reuters

Wind power makes greenhouses greener

For inventor David Chelf, his high-tech greenhouse with no skeleton, whose lightweight skin is held aloft on breezes from giant fans, looks like it could be the future of agriculture.

CNNMoney

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The Daily Quote

“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”

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GOOD NEWS

Policewoman given medal after attack

A Sydney, Australia policewoman who was attacked repeatedly but returned to work after nearly two years of treatment and rehabilitation has recently received a medal for heroism.

Sydney Morning Herald

1st steps of a cyborg

Austin Whitney didn’t want to graduate from college in a wheelchair. So he and the student engineers at U.C. Berkeley’s “Kaz Lab” built a machine that allowed him to walk across the commencement stage.