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President Barack Obama, from left, and British Prime Minister David Cameron board Marine One helicopter in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada, as they leave the G8 Summit en route to the G20 Summit in Toronto. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Jobless in Ariz. begin to worry as US benefits run out

Tens of thousands of jobless Arizonans may have to seek food stamps and other welfare safety-net programs after the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill that would have extended unemployment benefits.

AZ Central.com

Future for many jobless in question

PBS

President Obama calls for bank tax as next step in reform

President Barack Obama, fresh from a win on a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street regulations, urged Congress to take up his proposal for a $90 billion, 10-year tax on banks as the next step in reform.

Reuters

Market's slump in wake of bank reform

YouTube

G20 to take separate routes to recovery

World leaders hoping to shore up a fragile economic recovery will leave it to individual countries to decide how best to repair battered budgets without stunting growth.

Reuters

Summit in Toronto

CBS News

Obama meets world leaders in Canada

USA TODAY

Storm could spell more bad news for BP

A tropical storm churning in the Caribbean could be the latest bad news for BP crews trying to contain and clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf.

MSNBC

Could Gulf beach towns become uninhabitable?

Christian Science Monitor

Will tropical storm halt Gulf cleanup crews?

ABC News

Civil War reenactors to honor bravery of Pennsylvania regiment

Almost 150 years ago, Union and Confederate soldiers fought hand-to-hand. Now there is a historical marker celebrating the desperate charge of a unit of Union soldiers.

Philadelphia Inquirer

NATION

Lunar eclipse 'magnified' in US

A partial lunar eclipse about to take place will appear magnified in the U.S. by an effect known as the "moon illusion."

BBC

Calif. may step on smog pedals

California is headed for another showdown over greenhouse gases. A citizen's ballot initiative could suspend the state's landmark 2006 law mandating a 25 percent reduction in industrial greenhouse gases by 2020.

ABC News

POLITICS

White House praises Kagan

The White House said that Elena Kagan would be an impartial justice, as Republicans criticized her for her stance on legal issues and position on military recruitment at Harvard Law School.

MSNBC

Genetically altered salmon set to move closer to dinner table

The Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering whether to approve the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat — salmon that can grow at twice the normal rate.

New York Times

HEALTH

ADA: Weekly diabetes drug holds up to popular daily agents

A novel once-weekly formulation of exenatide (Bydureon) improves glucose control in Type 2 diabetes compared with other antidiabetic agents that require daily dosing, according to results of two trials.

MedPage Today

Doctors, depression and DNA

Any given antidepressant tends to help only about a third of patients. Now a DNA test may be able to predict what medication will be most effective based on gene variants.

Newsweek

Depression overview

WebMD

Tests find a wider rate of HIV

An HIV-testing initiative at four Houston emergency rooms and two inner-Loop clinics has proved a long-held theory among medical experts: Hundreds are unknowingly living with the virus that causes AIDS.

Houston Chronicle

EDUCATION

How many graduates can be No. 1? Ask the 30 valedictorians

In top schools across the country, the valedictorian is rapidly losing its singular meaning as administrators dispense the title to every straight-A student.

New York Times

Radio helps Latinos, Denver schools stay tuned in to each other

Denver Public Schools is reaching out to an increasingly diverse student population through one of the most popular media for Spanish-speakers: radio.

Denver Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Abuse loosens church’s culture of silence

One afternoon last month, for perhaps the first time ever, an Italian bishop took the witness stand in the case of a priest accused of the sexual abuse of children.

New York Times

News Corp. sells spirituality website BeliefNet to investors

News Corp., the owner of MySpace.com, sold the multifaith BeliefNet website to investors who own other online spirituality destinations.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

US vs. Ghana: Africa best turn up the heat on US World Cup soccer

Not since the USA made it to the semifinals of the inaugural World Cup in 1930 has it had such a clear chance to return. But in Ghana, the US faces a team with organization and collective grit.

Christian Science Monitor

Ghana excitement ahead of US match

BBC

No hits, but plenty of pitches, in baseball’s latest gem

A baseball season defined by pitching excellence took another fascinating turn when Edwin Jackson of the Arizona Diamondbacks threw the majors’ fourth no-hitter this season.

New York Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

The carp, and the inadequate responses, just keep coming

Detroit Free Press

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

Guantanamo and presidential priorities

Salon

Column (Michelle Malkin):

Obama's Department of (illegal immigrant) Labor

Washington Examiner

Column (Charlie Gasparino):

Why financial reform won't work

The Daily Beast

Editorial:

Experience matters in teaching

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

What the Gulf can’t afford

New York Times

Column (Ray McGovern):

Obama misses Afghan exit ramp

OpEd News

Blog (Andrew Sullivan):

The 2011 withdrawal lie

(The Atlantic)

The Daily Dish

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Rachel Barrus, Ashley Nawn and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

'Double take' author: skiing hard and staring back

Kevin Michael Connolly was born without legs, though that has hardly slowed him down. In fact it drove him to become a raging competitor, both in sports and in life.

NPR

WORLD

Taliban commander shot dead

A Taliban commander disguised as a woman was shot dead in Afghanistan when he fired at troops, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.

CNN

US imposes new sanctions targeting Iran’s energy and financial sectors

In a move aimed at making it tougher for foreign entities to operate in Iran, the U.S. Congress has passed tough new sanctions targeting Iran's financial and energy sector.

The Economic Times

North Korea to elect new leaders

North Korea's ruling party plans to hold a meeting with its representatives in September. The meeting is "for electing the party's highest leading body," the North Korean Central News Agency said.

CNN

North Korea holds anti-US rally

Reuters

BUSINESS

3 US banks collapse as Bond Street Holdings acquires another lender

Regulators closed banks in Florida, Georgia and New Mexico, awarding a third financial institution to Bond Street Holdings LLC, an investment firm that first bought banks beginning of 2010.

Bloomberg

$34 million Ponzi scheme stopped

The government said it obtained a court order to halt an alleged $34 million pyramid scheme targeting federal and law enforcement agents with promises of safe investments in a bond fund.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Coral in sanctuaries proves hotbed of life

Scientists have found beds of cold-water corals off the coast from San Francisco that provide a unique habitat for countless sea creatures, from brittle stars to octopus.

San Francisco Chronicle

Environmentalists file federal suit

Environmental groups sued federal officials including Interior Secretary Ken Salazar over their approval of the 130-turbine offshore wind farm project.

Boston Herald

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Government plans to make online transactions safer

Amid growing instances of identity theft, bank account breaches and sophisticated Internet scams, the government is looking for ways to make those transactions in cyberspace more secure.

MSNBC

Fetuses can't feel pain at 24 weeks

The findings mean there is no scientific reason to reduce the abortion limit from the current 24 weeks.

Telegraph.co.uk

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Party Down' finale to air: 1 final defense before it's too late

Several of the show’s cast members have been poached by other more definite projects, and a third season of "Party Down" has not yet been guaranteed.

Paste

Peter Jackson in negotiations to direct 'The Hobbit'

In the month after Guillermo del Toro departed the project, Peter Jackson may wind up in the director's chair for the two "Hobbit" films.

Variety

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