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Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, left, sits with members of his delegation at the opening of the nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers to discuss it's disputed atomic program in Geneva. (Photo by Dominic Favre / Keystone / AP)

Discovery of fossil skeleton disproves 'missing link'

Scientists announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor, modifying evolution theories.

National Geographic

Dow suffers its biggest loss in 3 months

The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index posted their biggest drops in three months after reports on manufacturing and the labor market rattled the market.

CBS News

Reports offer mixed economic picture

NPR

Goldman Sachs changes US jobs forecast

Bloomberg

Iran agrees to send uranium to Russia

Iran agreed in talks with the U.S. and other powers to open its uranium enrichment plant near Qum to international inspection and to send most of its enriched uranium to Russia.

New York Times

Interview:

Q&A: Iran's hidden capabilities

Al Jazeera

Iran's nuclear sites

CNN

Obama: Iran must allow nuclear inspections

YouTube

Law bans federal employees from texting while driving

President Barack Obama signed an executive order to ban federal employees from text messaging while behind the wheel in federal vehicles or while on federal buses.

ABC News

Abortion-rights support shrinking

The proportion of Americans who support abortion rights is shrinking, according to a new poll.

Politico

Blog:

Support for abortion on decline in America

Beliefnet

NATION

House votes to block Guantanamo detainees transfer

In a blow to President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives voted against the transfer of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to face prosecution in the U.S.

Reuters

After 39 years, soldiers honored for Vietnam rescue mission

A reunion of soldiers had a special meaning this year after their unit unveiled a presidential citation for a rescue mission in Vietnam in March 1970.

New York Times

Hero pilot 'Sully' returns to the air

Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger climbed back in his beloved pilot's chair, flying his first planeload of passengers since January's miraculous Hudson splashdown.

NY Daily News

Hudson 'miracle' pilots reunite for US flight

YouTube

POLITICS

Bernanke subdued on Fed's consumer protection role

Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that the central bank is “well suited” to oversee colossal financial companies whose failure could endanger the entire economy.

Globeandmail.com

Speech:

Bernanke's testimony on regulatory reform

Reuters

Rep. Alan Grayson: no apology for 'die quickly' remark

Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., has resisted GOP calls to apologize for saying Republicans "want you to die quickly if you get sick."

USA TODAY

Grayson apologizes

YouTube

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Autopsy: Michael Jackson was healthy

Michael Jackson wasn't the sickly skeleton of a man portrayed by tabloids, according to his autopsy report.

CBS News

Art sales uneven for artists at Santa Fe's Indian Market

Each year at the end of the summer, more than a thousand American Indian artists converge in Santa Fe, N.M., to sell their work at Indian Market.

NPR

NY publisher releases Deveraux novel as video book

The latest novel from best-selling romance author Jude Deveraux isn't exactly a book. "Promises" is a video book — or "vook" — a digital reading and viewing experience.

Denver Post

HEALTH

28 pregnant women dead from swine flu

H1N1 swine flu has killed 28 pregnant women in the United States, raising the level of concern among obstetricians and CDC investigators.

WebMD

Domestic abuse may be predictable, researchers say

It may be possible to use a person's electronic medical records to predict the likelihood of domestic abuse years before it actually occurs, according to U.S. researchers.

HealthDay

Tobacco exposure in unborn linked to risk of psychotic symptoms

A new U.K. study suggests that exposure to tobacco while in the womb is linked to an increased risk of a child developing psychotic symptoms during their teens.

Medical News Today

EDUCATION

Online education expanding

Online education grew 13 percent last year and had been growing at about 20 percent in previous years. Nearly 1 in 4 students take at least some college courses online, up from 1 in 10 in 2002.

Reuters

Some states substitute stimulus dollars for their own education aid

A provision in this year's economic-stimulus law aimed at preventing states from cutting their education budgets may be having the opposite effect.

Chronicle of Higher Education

Special section:

Follow the stimulus money

Education Week

Tradition changing at black colleges

Texas Southern University and Prairie View A&M University, like other historically black universities around the country, are becoming more diverse.

Houston Chronicle

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Lodi City Council votes to keep prayer as 'uncensored invocation'

After months of debate, the Lodi City Council in Lodi, Calif., voted 5-0 to keep prayer before council meetings.

Examiner

Scientology wins rights case vs. Russia

Russia's ban on the Church of Scientology is illegal, the European Court of Human Rights said. The court said Russia cannot ban the Church of Scientology just because it has not been in the country for long.

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Farmington, NM, councilman donates salary for parks

A city councilman in Farmington, New Mexico, privately donated his annual $10,000 salary for five years to the city for parks and recreation projects.

Farmington Daily Times

Kidney recipient and donor have generosity in common

A story about a man who donated his kidney to a total stranger touched hearts across Chicago and the country.

CBS 2

WORLD

Quake and tsunami death toll could be in the thousands

Thousands are believed to be buried under rubble on Pacific islands ravaged by earthquakes and many more were washed out to sea by a resulting tsunami

ABC News

New quake near Tonga, tsunami toll nears 200

Reuters

Disasters caused by 'separate faults'

Telegraph.co.uk

Big names arrive in Copenhagen for Olympic bid

Royalty, heads of state, athletes and celebrities are all vying to win the IOC vote to host the 2016 Olympics.

Copenhagen Post

Poll: Who should host the 2016 Olympics?

Huffington Post

Philippines begins evacuations as Typhoon Parma heads for Luzon

The Philippines started evacuations as Typhoon Parma headed for Luzon, where recovery efforts continue after Tropical Storm Ketsana devastated Manila and other parts of the island.

Bloomberg

Philippines: Rich nations must act on climate

Manila Times

BUSINESS

Even tougher for minorities to get mortgages, report says

The housing collapse has made it even tougher for blacks and Hispanics to get mortgages, according to a new government report.

CNNMoney

Legislator proposes bill on liability for ratings firms

A House lawmaker from Pennsylvania proposed to make credit-rating agencies collectively liable for inaccuracies.

Philadelphia Inquirer

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The oldest known prehuman revealed

International scientists have assembled the partial skeleton of a prehuman who lived 4.4 million years ago during one of the earliest known periods of human evolution.

San Francisco Chronicle

US urges 'cyber hygiene' effort

The U.S. government has urged all internet users to play their part in protecting the network from attack.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

EPA moves to regulate smokestack greenhouse gases

Proposed regulations would require emissions sources to reduce greenhouse gases by installing the best available technology and improving energy efficiency on new or changed facilities.

Boston Herald

EPA suspends 79 mining permits

Columbus Dispatch

Some tribes at odds over coal plants

The president of the Navajo Nation has criticized environmentalists who have sought to block or shut down coal-fired power plants that provide jobs and revenue to tribes in northern Arizona.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Madden crushes Jim Brown offense in video game case

Jim Brown, the retired NFL player and movie star, has had his suit against video game publisher Electronic Arts dismissed.

NBC Bay Area

Tigers solve Pavano, have title in sight

It was more than just a move to the verge of an American League Central title for the Tigers. Their 7-2 win over the Twins might have been a release for the frustrations of an entire season.

MLB.com

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