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On board the NOAA Ship Pisces, hydrographer Rachel Medley observes a water sample collected from the Gulf of Mexico about 9 miles south of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead near the Louisiana coast. The ship's mission is to test for signs of hydrocarbons. (Photo by Chuck Cook / AP)

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New microbe discovered eating oil from Gulf of Mexico oil spill

A newly discovered oil-eating microbe is flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico, gobbling up the oil from the BP spill at a faster rate than expected, scientists reported.

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MSNBC

Special section:

Deepwater Horizon disaster

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Nature

Discount medical plan scam artists prey on the desperate

With medical costs skyrocketing and more people uninsured, some unscrupulous marketers are implying that cut-rate fees and discount plans are an alternative to comprehensive medical coverage.

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ABC News

Existing home sales hit a 15-year low

Sales of existing homes plunged to the lowest level in 15 years, dashing hopes that a rebound in housing would jolt the economy out of its post-recession malaise.

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NPR

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How Americans will build wealth after recession

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Newsweek

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Homes sales plunge

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MSNBC

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5 most and least affordable housing markets

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CNNMoney

Government will appeal injunction against stem cell funding

The Obama administration will appeal a federal judge's decision to temporarily block federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed.

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CNN

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White House: Ruling blocks 'life-saving' research

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Los Angeles Times

Digital overload: your brain on gadgets

The average person today consumes almost three times as much information as what the typical person consumed in 1960, according to research at the University of California, San Diego.

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NPR

NATION

State Department details Blackwater violations of US laws

The company formerly known as Blackwater violated U.S. export control laws nearly 300 times, the State Department said.

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McClatchy Newspapers

US troops in Iraq fall below 50,000

The number of U.S. troops in Iraq has fallen below 50,000. The drop comes ahead of President Barack Obama's deadline to bring down troop levels by August 31.

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ABC News

US admits human rights shortcomings in UN report

The Obama administration has told the United Nations that America's human rights record is less than perfect but stressed that the U.S. political system has built-in safeguards that promote improvements.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

POLITICS

Sherrod turns down job offer from Agriculture Department

Shirley Sherrod, who received an apology after being forced to resign from the Agriculture Department, declined an offer to serve as the agency's deputy director of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach.

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CNN

Ariz. primary: Why McCain is set to beat the anti-incumbent backlash

Polls suggest Sen. John McCain is set to win his upcoming primary. Some voters have been turned off by his attack ads and big spending in the race against J.D. Hayworth. But it has worked.

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Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Obama's 'recovery summer' withers amid economic gloom

After months of withering job losses and weak economic growth, summer was going to be the season of recovery, the Obama administration said.

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ABC News

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Drilling ban would cost 23,000 jobs

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Bloomberg

Organic egg sellers scramble to keep up with fresh interest after recall

The recall of half a billion eggs at risk of being tainted by salmonella has scared consumers, who are now showing an increasing willingness to pay premium prices for these most basic of grocery items.

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AOL News

Egg recalls ripple through food supply

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ENVIRONMENT

Scientists discover rich fauna under Sea of Japan

A joint Russian-German expedition has discovered a rich fauna deep under the Sea of Japan, overturning previous scientific beliefs, a representative of the Russian Academy of Sciences said.

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RIA Novosti

Environment ministry failing to preserve British Columbia Parks

As British Columbia Parks prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2011, a report painted a damning portrait of a fast-expanding yet underfunded system unable to protect ecological integrity.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pastor keeps preaching after cancer steals his voice

Throat cancer has left the Rev. Lyle Kath nearly speechless. He has turned to the written word to spread the Word.

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Star Tribune

Church accused of covering up priest's terrorism role

Police in Northern Ireland colluded with the government — and the Catholic Church — to cover up the alleged role of a priest in a 1972 bombing that killed nine people.

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Sydney Morning Herald

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Miss Mexico is crowned Miss Universe

Miss Navarrete, from Guadalajara, won over the judges in Las Vegas after saying it was vital to teach children family values.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Teenage poker players go 'all in' online

From Texas Hold 'Em to Five-Card Stud, online poker games have allowed teenagers to become expert card players long before they turn 21, when it's legal for them to play in the real Sin City.

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Dodd vs. Warren shows that government is broken

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How the World Works

Column (Amr Hamzawy):

5 ways Arab governments resist democracy

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U.S. News & World Report

Column (Deepak Chopra):

How to change your response to anxiety

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San Francisco Chronicle

Beyond skin color

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Jeremy Keenan):

The heart of al-Qaida in the Sahel

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Al Jazeera

Column (Neva Khan):

Things will be much more difficult once the world's attention wavers

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The Independent

Column (Andrew McCarthy):

Inventing moderate Islam

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National Review

Unaccompanied minors

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Columbus Dispatch

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GOOD NEWS

Rachel's challenge: inspiring a chain reaction of compassion

Rachel Joy Scott, who was killed in the Columbine High School shootings, left a legacy that inspires Crockett County, Tenn., students to begin a chain reaction of kindness.

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Jackson Sun

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Rachel's challenge

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WFAA

Wired homes help families keep tabs on aging parents

The boomer generation that has grown up with e-mail, cell phones and video cameras is now using all of these things to help care for their aging parents.

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NPR

WORLD

Passenger plane crashes in northeast province of China

A passenger plane with at least 91 people on board has crashed in the northeastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang, state media say.

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BBC

Al-Shabab avow 'massive' Somali war

Al-Shabab fighters have attacked a hotel in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, killing at least 35 people, a day after declaring a "massive, final" war against what they called "invaders."

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Al Jazeera

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More African Union troops deployed

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Africa News

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Somalia's al-Shabab rebels

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Reuters

Trapped Chilean miners start receiving food and water

The Chilean miners trapped underground have started receiving food, water and oxygen from rescuers who are working to reinforce the 8 cm borehole that will be their lifeline for the next few months.

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Guardian

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Could take 4 months to free Chile miners

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New solar system discovered

European astronomers said they had found a distant star orbited by at least five planets in the biggest discovery of so-called exoplanets since the first was logged 15 years ago.

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YouTube goes upscale at Guggenheim

YouTube will fill the cylindrical atrium of New York's Guggenheim Museum with video installations that may feature anthropomorphic sneakers and avatars from a virtual world.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Living space is the final frontier for evolution

New research identifies the availability of "living space," rather than competition, as being of key importance for evolution.

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BBC

EDUCATION

9 states, DC receive 'Race to the Top' education funds

The U.S. Education Department said that nine states and the District of Columbia will get money to reform schools in the second round of the $4.35 billion "Race to the Top" grant competition.

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USA TODAY

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Best and worst cities for school reform

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Newsweek

Colleges say new health law may imperil student policies

Colleges and universities say that some rules in the new health law could keep them from offering low-cost, limited-benefit student insurance policies, and they're seeking to continue them.

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McClatchy Newspapers

HEALTH

The mysteries of Lyme disease

On the 35th anniversary of its discovery, Lyme disease continues to be a tricky diagnosis. Lyme disease is caused by the B. burgdorferi bacterium, which is mainly transmitted by black-legged ticks.

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Newsweek

Radiologists call for curbs on overuse of imaging tests

Doctors are ordering too many unnecessary imaging tests, raising the cost of health care and exposing patients to excess amounts of radiation, imaging experts said.

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Reuters

How vitamin D can protect us from cancer

Vitamin D protects the body against a range of serious illnesses by binding to the DNA of the body's cells and directly controlling the genes implicated in diseases such as multiple sclerosis and cancer.

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The Independent

SPORTS

Nadal tops men's seed for US Open

Rafael Nadal has been handed the top seed for the next U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows. Five-time champion Roger Federer is seeded second.

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CNN

Vikings wide receiver could miss half the season due to hip surgery

Minnesota Vikings Pro Bowl wideout Sidney Rice could miss half the 2010 season after undergoing hip surgery.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

WW II bombs still a menace in Germany

In the German town of Gottingen, three workers were killed and six wounded while trying to defuse a 1,100-pound Allied bomb — a tragic legacy of World War II.

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NPR

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Members of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force drop from a UH-60JA helicopter during an annual live-fire exercise and demonstration at the Higashi Fuji training range in Gotemba at the foot of Mount Fuji, central Japan. (Photo by Koji Sasahara / AP)

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