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In this file photo, a group of illegal immigrants walk in line as they are deported to Mexico at the Nogales Port of Entry in Nogales, Ariz. (Photo by Jae C. Hong / AP)

AAA predicts Labor Day travel boost, but expects shorter trips

The auto club expects 34.4 million people to travel at least 50 miles from home between Sept. 2 and Sept. 6. That's up nearly 10 percent from 2009.

USA TODAY

Blog:

Seattle a top vacation destination for Labor Day weekend

(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

The Big Blog

Dozens dead in attacks against Iraqi forces

A series of deadly attacks have rocked Iraq, leaving more than 30 people dead and scores more wounded.

Al Jazeera

Iraq bombs target security forces

Reuters

Iraq bombings

BBC

Feds moving to dismiss some deportation cases

The Department of Homeland Security is moving to dismiss pending immigration cases filed against suspected illegal immigrants who have no serious criminal records, according to several sources.

Houston Chronicle

Groups demand end to 'de facto amnesty'

Washington Independent

Border deaths in Ariz. may break record

Los Angeles Times

Tropical depression 7 forecast to be a hurricane with northward track

Tropical depression 7 is expected to become Tropical Storm Earl. Under the initial forecast, the system would curve north on a path similar to Hurricane Danielle.

Baltimore Sun

Special section:

Hurricane Danielle and tropical depression 7

The Weather Channel

Murals painted with brotherly love

Colorful murals painted by locals are transforming Philadelphia's neighborhoods into art museums.

NPR

NATION

Online rants carry big legal risks

Bloggers have free speech rights, but they increasingly are being sued over trash talk that defames or threatens people.

Star Tribune

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.

CNN

Stem cell ruling to be appealed

YouTube

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.

MSNBC

Special section:

Deepwater Horizon disaster

Nature

POLITICS

McCain defeats primary challenger

Sen. John McCain routed conservative challenger J.D. Hayworth in the Republican primary in what could be the final campaign for the former GOP presidential nominee.

U.S. News & World Report

US says flood donations will come if Pakistan spends transparently

Pakistan will have to demonstrate it can spend relief funds transparently and well if it wants more help in rebuilding after its massive floods, the U.S. aid chief said.

Baltimore Sun

BUSINESS

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.

ABC News

US durable goods orders show sign of cooling economy

Orders for U.S. durable goods increased less than forecast, a sign that one of the few remaining bright spots in the economy is cooling.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Solar power: brighter investment outlook

Energy standards requiring U.S. utilities to use solar power could drive growth for companies ranging from inverter makers to installation financiers.

BusinessWeek

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.

Vancouver Sun

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.

Star Tribune

The Indian tribe that took on a mining giant – and won

The tribal people of the Niyamgiri Hills in eastern India said they considered the mountain their god. They said they would fight before seeing the mountain destroyed, and they won their battle.

The Independent

SPORTS

Cancer makes event even more meaningful for Rose

Brigham Young University men’s basketball coach Dave Rose has always given his time to assist fundraising for cancer research, but it’s taken on new meaning over the last 14 months.

Spokesman-Review

Greg Camarillo traded to Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings acquired Miami Dolphins wide receiver Greg Camarillo in a trade for cornerback Benny Sapp.

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Winding down a war

Baltimore Sun

Editorial:

Find a way to resume stem cell research

Detroit Free Press

Column (Deldelp Medina):

Without death penalty, we'd have funds to treat mental illness

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Karen Heller):

Celebrate being rude

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Cindy Krischer Goodman):

Gen X faces unique challenge in Gen Y

Kansas City Star

Blog (Andrew Leonard):

Dodd vs. Warren shows that government is broken

(Salon)

How the World Works

Column (Amr Hamzawy):

5 ways Arab governments resist democracy

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Deepak Chopra):

How to change your response to anxiety

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Group collecting memories of philanthropists Dan, Ada Rice

Some visitors have memories of Danada before it became a forest preserve. The Equestrian Center and Friends of Danada, a volunteer group, are urging members of the public to share those memories.

Daily Herald

Peace Corps veterans recall the power of a clarion call

If you doubt the impact of a single voice uttering a single sentence, talk to Peace Corps volunteers who set off to help the world in the late 1960s.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Carter in North Korea to free prisoner

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met North Korea’s nominal head of state after touching down in Pyongyang for a private visit to win the release of an American jailed in the reclusive state.

Toronto Sun

Chile braces for a long mine rescue

Through a skinny borehole from the surface, the 33 miners trapped more than 2,000 feet below the parched earth have gotten a gel-like substance to keep them alive, tiny lights to illuminate the darkness.

New York Times

Hearing trapped miners brings relief

Guardian

Why is Britain braced for a mackerel war?

Britain is said to be bracing itself for a rerun of its Cod Wars with Iceland — except this time the fish being fought over is mackerel. Yet, until recently, few were interested in a fish regarded as unclean.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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.

San Francisco Chronicle

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.

NPR

EDUCATION

Mo. schools take on cyber-bullying

A new Missouri law is pushing the anti-bullying effort off campus, placing schools in the midst of the gray area on how to handle student online activities.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fewer Americans back President Obama’s education programs

Support for President Barack Obama’s education agenda is slipping, according to a poll of attitudes toward public schooling.

Education Week

HEALTH

Katrina children are still suffering

A startling number of children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems, a new study found.

Detroit Free Press

Special section:

5 years later

USA TODAY

Virus link to chronic fatigue gives hope to sufferers seeking a cure

Scientists have found further links between a virus and chronic fatigue syndrome, a study says.

Sydney Morning Herald

Causes of fatigue and sleepiness and how to fight them

WebMD

New evidence that cranberry juice fights urinary tract infections

Scientists have reported new scientific evidence on the effectiveness of that old folk remedy — cranberry juice — for urinary tract infections.

Medical News Today

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

New game lets players kill US troops

By allowing players to assume the role of Taliban fighters killing U.S. troops, Electronic Arts may have crossed the line with its latest first-person shooter game.

San Jose Mercury News

Web scam hits iTunes and Paypal users

Accounts linked to iTunes and Paypal have been targeted in a scam with a number of users complaining that they have been cleaned out.

BBC

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