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Are C-sections overused? Rethinking induced labor

The rise in cesarean-section deliveries to more than 31 percent in the U.S., a historical high, has been characterized by some as a key indication of the over-medicalization of childbirth.

TIME

The truth about C-sections

WebMD

New rules on soldiers' life insurance

Rep. Debbie Halvorson wants Congress to set new rules for life insurance companies that profit from accounts from the policies of dead U.S. soldiers and veterans.

Bloomberg

Reports give stocks big start for August

The stock market began August with a huge rally after reports from around the world revived investors' faith in the global recovery.

Seattle Times

Bernanke sees 'moderate growth;' long road to recovery

CNN

Special section:

Global recession timeline

BBC

National Guard troops begin deployment along Southwest border

The deployment of about 1,200 National Guard troops along the Southwest border has begun to unfold in a move the White House says shows it means business when it comes to border security.

ABC News

Cluster bomb treaty takes effect

An international treaty to ban cluster munitions has come into effect, aiming to stop the use, production and transfer of the deadly weapons.

Sydney Morning Herald

Cambodia in clasp of cluster bombs

Al Jazeera

NATION

BP gears up for 2-phase effort to plug Gulf oil well

The "static kill" involves pouring mud and cement into the well from above — a process that had been delayed while debris from a tropical storm was cleared out.

CNN

Spill may cost Gulf Coast homes $56,000 apiece in value

Bloomberg

BP Exec: Equipment hooked-up for static kill

YouTube

High court trims Miranda warning rights

The Supreme Court made major revisions to the now familiar Miranda warnings this year. The rulings will change some of the rights that Americans have become used to over recent decades.

TIME

Social networking leaps in Web use

In June, Nielsen research showed that Web users devoted 23 percent of their time online to social networking sites, up from 16 percent a year earlier — thanks largely to Facebook.

BusinessWeek

Keeping your company image safe

Computerworld

POLITICS

Obama: US combat mission in Iraq to end this month

President Barack Obama vowed to make good on his promise to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq by the end of August.

Reuters

US disputes upsurge in Iraq violence

Sydney Morning Herald

Special section:

Struggle for Iraq

BBC

Democrats confront changed map in 2010

The map that looked so different — and so promising — for Democrats in 2008 received a makeover in time for 2010, and they may lose their majority in the mid-term elections this fall.

ABC News

Senate aims to pass energy bill before August recess

The House of Representatives has adjourned for a six-week summer recess, and the Senate is set to do the same later this week. But before that happens, Democrats have an ambitious to-do list.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

New UN climate chief calls on US to act responsibly and participate

The U.N.'s new climate chief, Christiana Figueres, called on the US to ''participate in a meaningful way'' in climate change negotiations at preparatory talks ahead of November's summit in Mexico.

Monsters and Critics

Interview:

Todd Stern

Reuters

Acidification makes oceans smell funny

As rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide create more acidic oceans, their waters may start to smell funny and that change could prove possibly fatal to fish.

Discovery News

EDUCATION

Clock ticking on school lunch legislation

Child and health advocacy groups are lobbying for school lunch programs that would provide free, healthy meals to tens of thousands of additional children and tackle the problem of childhood obesity.

Education Week

New questions on test bias

The College Board now has in place a detailed process for testing all SAT questions, designed to weed out those questions that may favor one group of students over another.

Inside Higher Ed

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cosmic chameleon drives galaxies apart

A shape-shifting fifth fundamental force could neatly explain dark energy — and other puzzling astronomical observations.

New Scientist

Hackers release new version of iPhone Jailbreak app

The latest version of software that allows iPhone owners to install applications not approved by Apple has been released just days after the practice was declared legal under U.S. copyright law.

Computerworld

Biofuel industry struggles as electric gains momentum

The buzz surrounding electric transportation has never been louder, while the biofuel industry struggles to regain momentum after two brutal years.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Infertile Muslim parents face tough choices, cultural pressure

Muslim women seeking to become mothers face a number of hurdles during infertility, including Islamic laws and traditions that frown on egg and sperm donations or surrogacy.

Religion News Service

African-American Catholic group convenes in St. Louis

More than 1,000 members of an African-American Catholic fraternal organization are in St. Louis for the Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary convention.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Leonard Pitts):

Teaching vs. teachers unions

Orlando Sentinel

Column (David Francis):

Estate tax bills take aim at a growing 'aristocracy of wealth'

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Gwynne Dyer):

The last resort on climate change

Toronto Star

Column (Jonathan Bernstein):

The media's real bias: caring about itself too much

Salon

Editorial:

Next steps will be crucial to ensuring Common Core Standards' success

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Alan Fisher):

Niger's vicious cycle

Al Jazeera

Column (Peter Morici):

Keep all the Bush tax cuts

Baltimore Sun

Blog (Rev. DeForest Soaries Jr.):

Black church, place of empowerment

(CNN)

Belief

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GOOD NEWS

Sally Ride Science Academy aims to make kids starry-eyed

Getting students to see scientists as people who work in places besides laboratories is a goal of the Sally Ride Science Academy. Training teachers on how to engage kids in science.

USA TODAY

Kids' reading helps to halt 'summer slide' in learning

Teachers of a Colorado elementary school visit neighborhoods weekly in the summer with bins of books, lending them to about 30 children, mostly of lower-income families.

Denver Post

WORLD

Pakistan floods: flood stirs anger at government as death toll hits 1,200

The death toll from Pakistan's worst floods in decades climbed above 1,200 as rescuers struggled to help the two million people who have been forced to flee from their homes in the country's northwest.

Telegraph.co.uk

Floods wreak havoc across northwest Pakistan

Dawn.com

BlackBerry users in UAE and Saudi Arabia may have services cut

More than a million BlackBerry users may have services in Saudi Arabia and the UAE cut off after authorities demand access to encrypted messages from the smartphone's maker, Research In Motion.

ABC News

2 countries to block BlackBerry features

YouTube

BUSINESS

Bernanke says states should build bigger rainy-day funds

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called for states to build up larger rainy-day funds as he said consumer spending is set to sustain the economic recovery.

MarketWatch

New silk road built by China connects Asia to Latin America

The high-speed rail link China is building in Saudi Arabia doesn’t just connect the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. It shows how Asia and Latin America are holding the world economy together.

Bloomberg

Long-term joblessness takes a toll

In a recent Pew Research Center survey, more than 44 percent of those unemployed for at least six months blamed the recession for major upheaval, including marital problems and self-image issues.

Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

Colts owner plans to make Peyton highest-paid player

Indy's owner reiterated that he intends to make Manning the NFL's highest-paid player even if it takes the prohibitive franchise tag to keep the only four-time MVP in league history in blue and white.

Sports Illustrated

Quest for 600th HR brings A-Rod, Yankees back to Bronx vs. Blue Jays

Alex Rodriguez's quest to become the youngest player to 600 home runs takes him back to the Bronx where the New York Yankees open a three-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.

Sports Network

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Cursing at work comes under fire

In this digital age, dirty words seem to be everywhere. There’s a website dedicated to tracking curse words on Twitter. And texting would be lacking without borderline profane acronyms like WTF.

MSNBC

Online dating sites are a treasure trove for scientists

Romance doesn't lend itself to yardsticks and calculators, but the proliferation of online dating sites gives social scientists unprecedented opportunities to study who likes whom, and why.

San Jose Mercury News

Letterboxers play hike and seek

Letterboxing, similar to treasure hunting, originated in England more than 150 years ago, but it took off in the U.S. in 1998 after an article about it appeared in Smithsonian magazine.

Denver Post

HEALTH

Adult stem cells used more often in research than those from embryos

For all the emotional debate that began about a decade ago on allowing the use of embryonic stem cells, it's adult stem cells that are in human testing today.

CBS News

Meat-based diet made humans smarter

When humans began eating meat, the high-calorie diet allowed our bodies to spend more energy on things like building a bigger brain.

NPR

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