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The Transocean Development Driller III, foreground, and the Helix Q4000, background, are drilling relief wells preparing the static kill as seen at the site of the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

99 weeks later, jobless have only desperation

A hard-luck group of jobless Americans have taken to calling themselves "99ers," because they have exhausted the maximum 99 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits that they can claim.

New York Times

Jobless workers vie for spots at new Wal-Mart

Detroit News

States turn to tolls to fund roads

Toll roads are increasingly emerging as the go-to strategy for states and metro areas eager to build and maintain expressways amid a recession that has battered government budgets.

USA TODAY

BP oil spill: final testing before 'static kill'

BP hopes to carry out a crucial test in final preparation for sealing the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, which scientists agree has been the worst accidental oil spill in history.

Guardian

Blog:

Oil spill: What's going on under the Gulf?

(Ecocentric)

TIME

BP's 'static kill' test explained

CNN

Shoulders: weapons key to hunt

Of all the things that make us unique, one that gets overlooked — literally — is the shoulder. Our shoulder altered the course of human evolution by giving us survival skills we never could have imagined.

NPR

Stimulus slammed: Republican senators release report alleging waste

The Obama administration has credited its $862 billion stimulus program with getting out of recession, but a report by two senators argues the stimulus is full of wasteful projects that do not create jobs.

ABC News

NATION

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

NY panel to vote on landmark status for ground zero mosque site

The building slated to house a proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero leads the agenda for a meeting of New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission.

CNN

High-tech wow for police is a privacy worry for some

Kansas City police last month joined a growing number of area cities that have installed automated license plate readers on some patrol cars.

Kansas City Star

High court trims Miranda warning rights

TIME

POLITICS

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

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

New rules on soldiers' life insurance

Bloomberg

Has the war been worth the effort?

MSNBC

Special section:

Struggle for Iraq

BBC

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

School-based clinics await funds from health care reform

School-based health centers, which provide comprehensive medical care to students beyond the standard school-nurse clinic model, are awaiting a big boost from the federal government.

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

Space-time 'wrinkles' igniting bursts?

Unusually short but intense "fireballs" in the distant universe might be created by the plucking of invisible cosmic strings — ultra-dense flaws in space-time.

National Geographic

Cosmic chameleon drives galaxies apart

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

New Scientist

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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Editorial:

Energy reform needs a voice

Detroit Free Press

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

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GOOD NEWS

Man runs barefoot for youth charity

Anyone who's ever tried walking on hot asphalt or bumpy gravel knows how much it hurts. But imagine running 30 miles a day without shoes. Matt Jenkins has been doing just that for about two weeks.

WWLP

Mom sheds pounds to donate kidney to 2nd 14-year old son with rare disease

This mom really went the distance. When Evette Leavy looks in the mirror, she sees a slimmer version of her former self — and a woman who whipped herself into shape to save her son's life.

NY Daily News

WORLD

Pakistan floods: Rescuers aim to reach stranded victims

Rescue teams in northern Pakistan are battling to reach tens of thousands of people still cut off by floodwaters. UNICEF said 3 million people had been affected and 1,400 had been killed.

BBC

Pakistan's floods: millions displaced

PBS

Israel to co-operate with UN probe into Gaza flotilla

Israel has announced it will co-operate with a UN investigation into its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May. The four-member panel will include an Israeli and a Turkish member.

BBC

BUSINESS

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

Special section:

Global recession timeline

BBC

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

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

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Bound for glory

Maintaining private libraries seems an unlikely career for the 21st century: iPads and Kindles are about to change the way we experience the written word.

LA Times Magazine

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

Keeping your company image safe

Computerworld

HEALTH

Bisphenol A coats 40 percent of receipts

In a study by a U.S. environmental group, 40 percent of receipts collected from major U.S. retailers, supermarkets, food chains and gas stations contained BPA, known as a hormone-disrupting chemical.

Toronto Star

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

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

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