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An indigenous medicine man participates in a ritual in Paramaribo, Suriname, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. This ritual is the start of several activities to present their Amerindian culture. (Photo by Edward Troon / AP)

Why you can’t judge a book by its cover

On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Australians celebrate Aboriginal history and culture. But nowadays, the line between who or what is indigenous or not is increasingly blurred.

The Global Mail

Celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

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States are ‘extinguishing’ rights for indigenous people

Huffington Post

Nuclear waste issues freeze permits for US power plants

The U.S. government said it will stop issuing permits for new nuclear power plants and license extensions for existing facilities until it resolves issues around storing radioactive waste.

CNNMoney

US drought drives up food prices worldwide

The drought that’s drying up the Heartland isn’t just an American problem. It’s causing food prices to surge worldwide.

CNNMoney

Siblings warned others as shooting erupted, Wisconsin

Two young children have emerged as heroes after warning others of a gunman on a rampage at their Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

CNN

Authorities still searching for shooter’s motive

Star Tribune

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Sikh temple shooting: commentary and analysis from around the Web

Guardian

Sensational trial in China ends

The woman at the center of China’s most explosive trial in three decades did not contest charges in a hearing that lasted seven hours. The trial could determine the fate of former Politburo member Bo Xilai.

Reuters

Gu Kailai trial for Heywood murder ends

BBC

The baby boom recovery

Three years after the recession’s end, the U.S. population now has pent-up demand for many things: cars, homes, business loans and even babies.

CNNMoney

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The last pieces of Lego blocks are added by Yuka Takahashi to complete Vermeer‘s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” in Tokyo. (Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi / AP)	A horse named Sportswriter, with jockey Javier Castellano, captures the N.Y. Stallion Series’ Cab Calloway Division horse race in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Photo by Adam Coglianese / New York Racing Association / AP)	Motorcyclists ride past a peacock statue to be decorated outside Chitralada Palace in celebration of the birthday of Thai Queen Sirikit in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Apichart Weerawong / AP)

NATION

Life is just good for most older Americans

Whether they move to “active adult” communities or grow old in the homes where they raised their children, many older Americans are saying that they are pretty darn content.

USA TODAY

Brutal July heat sets new US record

The July heat wave that wilted crops, shriveled rivers and fueled wildfires officially went into the books as the hottest single month on record for the continental United States.

CNN

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Record US drought intensifying

CBC News

Drought in the US

Christian Science Monitor

California refinery fire could boost gas prices nationwide

Motorists in West Coast states are about to see a big spike in gas prices, the fallout from a fire that cut production at one of the region’s largest oil refineries.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

South Carolina Sen. Graham: Military cuts ‘will be a death blow’ to US defense

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has been on a crusade to bring the state’s and the nation’s attention to the dangers of sequestration, not only to the military but to domestic programs as well.

McClatchy Newspapers

No end in sight yet for negative focus of presidential campaigns

Both presidential candidates have bombarded the airwaves with an escalating series of charges and countercharges, which has only picked up during the so-called summer doldrums.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Goldman Sachs leads split with Obama, as GE jilts him too

Four years ago, employees of Goldman Sachs gave three-fourths of their campaign donations to Democratic candidates. This time, they’re showering 70 percent of their contributions on Republicans.

Bloomberg

European shares near highs for the year on stimulus hopes

European shares neared their highs for the year and oil prices rose after Chinese economic data kept alive talk that central banks will ride to the rescue again, five years after the financial crisis began.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Good fees make good neighbors

A partnership with VCOM, giving VCOM students access to Wofford facilities and amenities in exchange for payment, is a deal that provides an unconventional source of revenue for Wofford College.

Inside Higher Ed

Louisiana school stops kicking out pregnant students

A U.S. school is changing a policy that kicked pregnant students out of class and required them to be taught at home, the school’s board chairman said.

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Fossil discovery in Kenya sheds light on human evolution

Fossils discovered in Kenya confirm there were two additional species living alongside our ancestors 2 million years ago.

ScienceDaily

Early human ancestors had more variable diet, research says

ScienceDaily

Nokia sells 500 patents, Qt software to counter losses

Struggling cellphone giant Nokia will sell some 500 wireless patents to U.S. firm Vringo and divest its Qt software business to Finnish IT services firm Digia Oyj to bolster its fast-shrinking cash reserves.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

US starts 1st Agent Orange clean-up program in Vietnam

The U.S. has begun a project to help clean up Agent Orange contamination at one area in Vietnam — the first such move since the war ended in 1975.

BBC

The legacy of Agent Orange

NBCNews.com

Meteorite crater found in Canadian Arctic

Researchers in Canada’s western Arctic have found evidence of a crater that formed when a huge meteorite slammed into Earth millions of years ago.

LiveScience

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GOOD NEWS

Students reach out to peers with autism

Making life better can be easy, just by reaching out to others who may be a little different. Three soon-to-be sixth-graders are trying to do that through the REACH program they created this year.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A gift of passion: 25 people got the chance to do whatever they wanted

The Seattle Center selected 25 people and asked them what they would do if given a chance to engage their passions. A year later, those people’s lives have changed in a wide variety of ways.

Seattle Times

Child’s lemonade stand raised thousands to help Detroit

Nine-year-old Joshua Smith and his friend sold lemonade, fruit punch, water and popcorn near Smith‘s Detroit home in hopes of raising $1,000 to help Detroit’s financial crisis.

Yahoo! News

WORLD

Generators whirring, India’s factories shrug off blackouts