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States embrace national standards

Less than two months after the nation’s governors released their standards recommendations, 27 states have adopted them and about a dozen more are expected to do so.

New York Times

Islamic face covering veil banned from Syrian universties

The ruling outlaws the wearing of the niqab, a garment which covers the face but allows a narrow slit for the eyes. It has not been worn in Syria in recent years but is becoming more popular.

ABC News

Obama to tout overhaul as good for economy

President Barack Obama will tout the broader economic benefits of new consumer financial protections when he signs into law a sweeping financial regulatory overhaul.

Reuters

Democrat wins may divide Congress more

NPR

More than 5M people received treatment for HIV

An estimated 5.2 million people in low and middle-income countries were receiving life-saving HIV treatment at the end of 2009, according to WHO.

Medical News Today

AIDS timeline

WebMD

US announces new sanctions against North Korea

The United States announced new sanctions against North Korea, targeted against its leadership, and warned of serious consequences if it again attacked the South.

MSNBC

US announces sanctions against Korea

BBC

NATION

Jobless benefits extension clears hurdle

Senate Democrats broke through a stubborn Republican filibuster and pressed to restart jobless benefits for 2.5 million Americans still unable to find work in the frail national economic recovery.

MSNBC

Weakening recovery brings deja vu

Los Angeles Times

Benefits extension may help economy

Reuters

Large pot farms on verge of approval

Oakland, Calif., is on the verge of allowing large-scale marijuana farms, a plan that has provoked a backlash from small-time growers who fear being pushed out of the booming pot business.

San Francisco Chronicle

Shirley Sherrod resigns from USDA over race remark furor

A high-ranking black employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has resigned after remarks she made about race were distributed by conservative Web sites and aired on Fox News.

CBS News

Blog:

USDA official fired for admitting past incident of racism

Weekly Standard

Ex-worker: USDA 'wasn't interested in hearing the truth'

CNN

POLITICS

Meg Whitman vs. the Nurses Union

In her gubernatorial campaign, California billionaire Meg Whitman fancies herself a turnaround artist, not unlike CEOs who take on failing companies and put them in the black.

TIME

Elena Kagan approved by Senate Judiciary Committee

The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, sending Kagan's nomination to the full Senates.

NY Daily News

Special section:

Elena Kagan Supreme Court confirmation process

C-Span

HEALTH

Higher percentage of whites, blacks and Hispanics drinking than in '90s

A higher proportion of whites, blacks and Hispanics reported drinking between 1992 and 2002, but whites increased the number of drinks they consumed while blacks and Hispanics leveled out.

HealthDay

Doctor, what exactly does this mean?

In an effort to improve patient-doctor communication, researchers are launching a pilot program in which approximately 25,000 patients will have access to notes their doctors have made in their medical records.

U.S. News & World Report

Vaginal gel helps block AIDS virus

Researchers at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna are claiming a huge victory, saying they have developed a vaginal gel that can significantly reduce a woman's risk of contracting HIV.

CTV

SPORTS

Tour de France riders need 'mutant' bodies to perform

The stamina required to compete in one of the world's toughest events comes not only from training, but also from unusual inborn traits.

Discovery News

Bulls add Watson in sign-and-trade

C.J. Watson is happy to be a Chicago Bull. The 26-year-old point guard, who was acquired by the Bulls in a sign-and-trade with the Golden State Warriors, is ready to show the city of Chicago what he can do.

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

US nun creates impromptu oasis to heal Haitian bodies and souls

The 77-year-old nun runs what has to be one of the most unusual places in Haiti, perhaps anywhere in the world. It is a rehabilitation center for those badly hurt in the earthquake.

Religion News Service

Jesus march in Brazil

Two million people took to the Sao Paulo streets for the latest March for Jesus, first organized 18 years ago by neo-Pentecostal megachurch Renascer ("Reborn in Christ") and declared a national holiday this year.

Christianity Today

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Former inmate recalls daring escape from Auschwitz

The day was July 21, 1944. Bielecki was walking in broad daylight down a pathway at Auschwitz, wearing a stolen SS uniform with his Jewish sweetheart Cyla Cybulska by his side.

San Francisco Chronicle

America's unwavering passion for ice cream is tested by flavor change

Last week, halfway through National Ice Cream Month, the Baskin-Robbins chain launched dairy drama by announcing it was discontinuing five of its original 31 flavors.

Huffington Post

The beauty advantage

In today’s economy, looking good is no longer something we can dismiss as frivolous or vain. How beauty can affect your job, your career, your life.

Newsweek

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Megan McArdle):

In search of effective stimulus

The Atlantic

Blog:

Death camp conga line: What's funny?

(USA TODAY)

Faith & Reason

Editorial:

At the Kabul conference: a road map to transition in Afghanistan

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Robert Verkaik):

The criminal justice system is not equipped for compassion

The Independent

Column (Robert Grenier):

US seeks Pakistan PR triumph

Al Jazeera

Column (Ken Paulson):

Sophomoric speech is free speech, too

USA TODAY

Editorial:

On extension of unemployment benefits don't choke the recovery

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Thomas Sowell):

Race-card fraud

National Review

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GOOD NEWS

Wigs aren't the only thing offered as nonprofit expands

Maggie Varney created Wigs 4 Kids, for children with cancer or other conditions causing hair loss, in the back of her St. Clair Shores, Mich., salon seven years ago.

Detroit Free Press

No questions, no stares: Just camp fun

More families with disabled children are finding acceptance and much-needed relaxation at special needs camps such as Camp Courage in Maple Lake, Minn.

Star Tribune

WORLD

Uganda defends forced repatriation of 1,700 Rwandans

Uganda's government defended the forced repatriation of 1,700 Rwandan refugees, action that the U.N. refugee agency condemned for being heavy-handed.

TIME

Conference endorses Afghan goal

A major conference on Afghanistan has endorsed President Hamid Karzai's goal that Afghan forces should lead security operations across the country by 2014.

BBC

BUSINESS

BP asset sale to fund oil clean-up

BP is to sell assets in Texas, Canada and Egypt to help fund the clean-up cost of the spill. The oil giant said it had reached a $7bn deal with U.S.-based oil production firm Apache Corp.

BBC

BP rises after sale to Apache

Bloomberg

Housing starts fall, permits offer hope

Housing starts hit an eight month low in June, further evidence the economy lost momentum in the second quarter. A rise in permits offered hope that home-building was poised to pick up.

Reuters

China is world's top energy consumer

China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest consumer of energy, according to data from Paris-based International Energy Agency.

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bahamas' 'blue holes' hold wonders and weird science

What lies below the Bahamas in the Caribbean? A veiled world of fossils, blind creatures and scientific riddles.

USA TODAY

Google images top 1B page views

For Google a picture is worth more than a thousand words — it is worth one billion page views. The search giant revealed the numbers as it announced a major image search revamp.

BBC

EDUCATION

Finding friends and ambiguity

Most colleges’ development, marketing, alumni and communications divisions are using social networking, and staffing for it, but many remain uncertain about its role.

Inside Higher Ed

State panel wants to set limits on virtual public schools

The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, apprehensive about a law that allows public schools to operate almost entirely in cyberspace, will consider imposing limits on their growth.

Boston Globe

ENVIRONMENT

Bracing for another disaster: Is Haiti ready for hurricanes?

Meteorologists predict this year's hurricane season to be an active one. The residents are terracing the slopes with stone ramps and planting crops and vegetation to reinforce the barriers.

TIME

BP mulls 'static kill' for Gulf oil gusher

As BP and government officials monitor the containment cap temporarily plugging the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, another option is being considered to seal the well — a "static kill."

CBS News

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