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A P-51 Mustang airplane is shown right before crashing at the Reno Air show, in Reno Nevada. A World War II-era fighter plane flown by a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot plunged into the edge of the grandstands during a popular air race, killing three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific scene strewn with smoking debris. (Photo by Ward Howes / AP)

Obama’s approval rating at all-time low

As concerns about the struggling U.S. economy grow, a new CBS News/New York poll finds that President Obama’s overall approval rating has dropped to 43 percent.

CBS News

Blog:

Obama aide: GOP polls lower than we do

(USA TODAY)

The Oval

Uncanny valley: Will we ever learn to live with artificial humans?

Pop blogs and a magazine cover story introduced Aimi Eguchi as a new member of the Japanese band AKB48. But there was something strange about this new girl: She was computer generated.

ABC News

Three confirmed dead in air races crash

A vintage World War II-era fighter plane plunged into the grandstands during a popular annual air show in Reno, Nev., killing at least three people and injuring more than 50 spectators.

Reno Gazette-Journal

‘A wonderful pilot, not a risk taker’

Msnbc.com

Deaths in US airshow crash

Al Jazeera

Why some men earn less than they did 40 years ago

The government’s annual poverty and income report revealed that the earnings of male workers in the middle of the income ladder are lower today than they were almost 40 years ago.

NPR

US sees drop in crime despite economy

Msnbc.com

Scientists discover 12 new frog species

Years of combing tropical mountain forests have paid off for a team of Indian scientists which have discovered 12 new frog species, along with three others thought to have been extinct.

Denver Post

Meowing night frog, other new species found

National Geographic

NATION

Davis-Monthan air force base put on lockdown in scare

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was locked down while authorities from multiple agencies scoured the sprawling base for a suspected gunman.

Arizona Republic

Recent blackouts highlight nation’s rickety power grid

Experts say the cascading blackouts that put millions of Westerners in the dark last week was no surprise: Major power outages have more than doubled in the last decade.

ProPublica

The 21st century grid

National Geographic

Postal Service downsizing nationwide

The U.S. Postal Service, desperate to cut billions from payroll, proposes to end overnight delivery of letters and postcards and will study about 250 processing sites for possible closure.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

GOP presidential calendar threatened by rogue states

In the final days before states submit their primary plans to the Republican National Committee, the GOP is worried that rogue states could wreak havoc on the 2012 presidential nominations.

Politico

Congress puts on smiley face in bid to curry public favor

Since returning from their summer recess earlier this month, lawmakers have heeded the strong message from an infuriated public: Stop squabbling, fix the economy and act like adults.

McClatchy Newspapers

Blog:

Poll: Just 12 percent happy with Congress

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg discusses equality, death penalty

Justice Ginsburg, in speech to law students, called for civil rights equality, saying the Court should return to a 1972 ruling that halted executions nationwide.

San Francisco Chronicle

Special section:

Texas death row prisoners

Guardian

BUSINESS

GM, UAW agree on new 4-year contract

General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers agreed on a new four-year contract without the public acrimony or strikes that have plagued the talks in the past.

ABC News

Many companies are struggling to hire despite high unemployment

Filling jobs in Florida can be a challenge as employers find they’re either paying too little or expecting too much even in a region where roughly 260,000 people are designated as unable to find work.

Miami Herald

SPORTS

Bolt, Blake blaze to world-leading times

Usain Bolt ran the fastest time in the world this year on his way to 100 meters victory in the final Diamond League meeting. The Jamaican clocked 9.76 seconds in Brussels, 0.02 quicker than the previous best.

ESPN

2011 Diamond League Brussels: Usain Bolt runs WL in 100m

NBCSports

NBA players unified in labor impasse

After 11 weeks of lockout, both sides came away professing their solidarity. The separate meetings updating their constituents on collective bargaining talks came after a session brought no progress.

Philadelphia Inquirer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Huge defunct satellite falling to Earth faster than expected

NASA has refined the forecast for the anticipated death plunge of a giant satellite, with the space agency now predicting the 6 1/2-ton climate probe will plummet to Earth around Sept. 23.

SPACE.com

Where could UARS satellite debris fall?

Space

With ‘subconscious mode,’ smartphone battery life may dramatically improve

Leaving smartphones just barely awake may extend battery life nearly 54 percent, says researchers at Univ. of Michigan, who invented a new “subconscious mode” for WiFi enabled mobile devices.

PC World

New Intel chip improves CPU efficiency

Researchers at Intel debuted an experimental processor at the company’s developer forum this week which could be used to make devices with significantly lower energy consumption.

Wired

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Orleans United Methodist Church marks 175th year

To celebrate the 175th anniversary of its first sanctuary, the Orleans United Methodist Church is reaching out to the larger Cape community.

Cape Cod Times

Pro-western Islamists?

Libya’s interim leaders emphasize the Islamic character of a future government. But many say that Moammar Gadhafi’s legacy — and NATO’s intervention — has paved the way for different Islamists.

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Andres Monroy-Hernandez):

Mexico murders show how Internet empowers, threatens

CNN

Column (Soumaya Ghannoushi):

Dueling legitimacies in Libya

Al Jazeera

Column (Charles Blow):

For jobs, it’s war

New York Times

Video (Felix Salmom):

Lessons with Lego: the EU financial crisis

Reuters

Column (John Hughes):

An Israel in trouble makes a peace deal more urgent

Christian Science Monitor

Column (James Abbott-Thompson):

Duane Buck and Texas’s fatally flawed death penalty

Guardian

Column (William Galston):

Slow down on Solyndra criticism! Government can foster innovation

The New Republic

Blog (Dara Chadwick):

A ‘perception’ problem?

You'd be so pretty if . . .

(Psychology Today)

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GOOD NEWS

Texas rain: ‘Like manna from heaven’

Rain is the only thing that‘s been on anyone’s mind or lips since it started slowly and miraculously falling on a dusty stretch of the Texas Panhandle.

CNN

Fish to be rescued from Texas river

Houston Chronicle

Clues emerge to explain 1st successful HIV vaccine trial

At a conference in Bangkok scientists reported molecular clues that help to explain the first-ever success of an HIV vaccine trial in humans.

Nature

Stopping texting while driving, 1 thumb at a time

Noa and her 12-year-old brother, Jacob, designed red thumb bands that are imprinted with “Buckle Ur Phone.” The little bands that fit around your thumb have several meanings, they explained.

Hartford Courant