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Heavy rain clouds from approaching tropical storm Lee form over the skyline of New Orleans. Tropical storm Lee formed in the waters off Louisiana, causing heavy storms along much of the Gulf coast and up to 20 inches of rain in some spots. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

On location: Minneapolis Rock City Of ‘Purple Rain’

From the opening scenes of “Purple Rain,” as Prince performs on the stage of the cavernous First Avenue nightclub, it‘s clear that the city of Minneapolis is going to be a character of its own.

NPR

Ruling on damages may be pivotal in BP oil spill case

A key court ruling in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation could change the landscape in the massive case, either encouraging more plaintiffs to sue, or spurring the parties to make a deal.

Reuters

Halliburton: BP hid info that might have prevented spill

Houston Chronicle

Tropical Storm Lee pelts Gulf Coast with rain

Tropical Storm Lee has strengthened as it begins dumping rain in southern Louisiana and pelting the northern Gulf coast.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Gas prices could set record high this Labor Day

ABC News

Map:

Exclusive threat level

The Weather Channel

State of emergency in New Orleans

MSNBC

NATO: Man with al-Qaida links killed

Afghan and coalition forces operating in Afghanistan killed Sabar Lal Melma, an insurgent leader with links to al-Qaida and who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay, officials said.

CNN

Key drug cartel figure killed in northern Mexico

CBS News

Farmers connect with local customers through social media

Many agriculturists have been typing with their thumbs on social media platforms while standing between rows of cornstalks in an effort to connect with consumers.

USA TODAY

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Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic keeps her eyes on the ball during a match at the U.S. Open in New York. (Photo by Paul J. Bereswill / AP)	Surf boards are seen sitting near a blockhaus, part of the Atlantic Wall, on the beach La Caserne in Seignosse, southwestern France. (Photo by Bob Edme / AP)	Jeffrey Sengara’s Celestic Night and the horse’s jockey Martin Garcia race to win the El Cajon Stakes horse race. (Photo by Benoit Photo / AP)

NATION

Ground Zero’s new shape is finally starting to emerge

When President Barack Obama will lead remembrance ceremonies at the site, he and the relatives of the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, will for the first time see and feel what at last is emerging from Ground Zero.

The Independent

9/11: Freedom Tower continues to rise and alter New York’s skyline

Telegraph.co.uk

Feds have sued big banks over mortgage security issues

The U.S. government has sued the nation’s largest banks, along with other financial institutions and executives, for violating federal and state laws in the sale of home mortgage-backed securities.

CBS News

British banks fear lawsuits from US regulator

The Independent

Fed orders Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to review mortgage practices

Globeandmail.com

Obama has yielded to GOP demands over smog rule

In a dramatic reversal, President Barack Obama scrubbed a clean-air regulation that aimed to reduce health-threatening smog, yielding to bitterly protesting businesses and congressional Republicans.

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog:

White House moves to limit fallout from retreat on clean-air rule

(The Hill)

E2 Wire

POLITICS

A hot issue on the presidential campaign trail: theology

Campaigners are desperate to find language generic enough for a broad constituency that also conveys an unshakable faith.

Houston Chronicle

Democrat’s bill would require debt supercommittee to prioritize job creation

A leading House Democrat introduced legislation requiring the newly formed debt supercommittee to prioritize job creation as it seeks more than $1 trillion in deficit reduction.

The Hill

Investigators probe White House role in massive energy loan

House investigators said they have uncovered evidence that White House officials became involved in a $535 million loan guarantee to the now-failed California solar company Solyndra.

RealClearPolitics

BUSINESS

Scanning 2.4 billion eyes, India tries to connect poor to growth

Using the same powerful technology that transformed the country’s private economy, the Indian government is creating a vast identity database that it hopes will help relieve chronic inequality.

New York Times

Jobs numbers paint ‘very gloomy’ picture for all

President Obama is set to deliver a major speech on jobs, and his task will be even more challenging after the monthly government jobs report.

NPR

Job seekers join the military as last resort

CBS News

Special section:

Where are the jobs?

Washington Post

Down and out in LA: When the middle class goes homeless

Homelessness is not a new phenomenon in California. What is new — and so alarming — is that more and more of the homeless are families that once believed they were secure members of the middle class.

TIME

HEALTH

Common signs of aging are traced to tiny brain blockages

Blocked blood vessels in the brain, often too small to be seen with current medical imaging technologies, may explain some of the the most common signs of aging, researchers said.

MedPage Today

Night owls likely to suffer nightmares

People who hit the sack late might have a greater risk of experiencing nightmares, according to scientists.

Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

‘Roamin’ Catholics wander in search of new place to worship

They call themselves “Roamin’” Catholics, traveling from church to church, looking for a new place to worship since Cleveland, Ohio’s, oldest black Catholic church was shut down more than a year ago.

Religion News Service

Report criticizes Missouri diocese on priest porn case

Catholic church officials in Kansas City are pledging to review immediately a new report on how to protect children after a local priest was charged in May with possessing child pornography.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Space debris: Time to clean up the sky

The U.S. National Research Council’s report on space debris is not the first of its kind. A wide range of space agencies and intergovernmental organizations has taken a bite out of this issue down the years.

BBC

Booming bitterns become a source of big noise again

The bittern was classed as extinct in the U.K., but following efforts to restore its reed-bed habitat, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds now believes 104 males have been at large in 2011.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Poodle credited with West Jordan, Utah, fire rescue

A mother and two children made it out of their burning Utah house before firefighters arrived, but her 19-year-old son was still inside. It was the family’s dog who led emergency responders to the man.

Salt Lake Tribune

Special Olympics planning Columbia training center

A $1 million donation from St. Louis-based Centene Corp. has launched a campaign to build a training facility for the group Special Olympics Missouri.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Survivor builds ‘cancer-fighting’ house

Charles Ruma, a cancer survivor, with the help of the Ohio State University Cancer Center, built “Home for Hope,” a “cancer-fighting” house, using materials that are free of carcinogens.

HealthDay

WORLD

Over 20 dead due to religious rioting in central Nigeria