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Ironworkers guide a load of steel to the fourth floor deck of One World Trade Center in New York. The tower, also referred to as Freedom Tower, is now about 160 feet above ground level. (Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP)

9/11 imprint persists in Americans

To elicit powerful emotions and vivid memories, all it takes for many Americans is the mention of two numbers: 9/11. Nine years later, the attacks continue to affect the way we react to stressful situations.

Discovery News

Blog:

Coalition: Don't protest ground zero on 9/11

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

Hurricane Earl becomes Category 1 storm

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick urged the public to remain cautious as a fizzling Hurricane Earl approaches as a Category 1 storm with winds of 85 miles per hour.

Boston Herald

Riding out Hurricane Earl

TIME

Jobless uptick masks some positive news

August's Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show unemployment inching up to 9.6 percent from 9.5 percent. But economists say a rise in private payrolls shows that the economy is on the mend, just barely.

U.S. News & World Report

Why 100,000 jobs a month won't lower the unemployment rate

Christian Science Monitor

US payrolls fall less than expected

Reuters

America's crumbling roads and bridges

The American Society of Civil Engineers regularly issues a report card on the state of America's infrastructure. The last one in 2009 was not good at all. The overall grade was a "D."

CBS News

Special section:

I-35 bridge collapse

Star Tribune

Hero's actions finally recognized

President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger for his valor in saving the lives of three wounded comrades in Laos in 1968.

CNN

NATION

Egg farm workers say complaints ignored

Department of Agriculture employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions.

AOL News

Special section:

2010 egg recall

Des Moines Register

2nd explosion exposes oil industry

Just as BP crews tried to remove the Macondo well's blowout preventer, an offshore oil rig operating some 200 miles to the west of the spill site exploded. All 13 members of the rig crew survived.

NPR

Texas' drilling ban case heads east

Houston Chronicle

POLITICS

Hillary Clinton's high-stakes re-entry into Mideast peace talks

The takeaway from Washington was clear: When it comes to U.S. involvement in the peace process, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton now has the point.

TIME

Hamas fighters threaten peace talks

YouTube

A friendship tested by deep Gaza-Israel divide

NPR

Warren schedule change stirs talk on consumer job

A late change in the fall course schedule of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren has fueled speculation she may be nominated to head the newly created U.S. consumer financial agency.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Calif. and Ariz.: Will data conflicts spur a chill effect?

Never has there been more federal money or pressure for education scientists to partner with practitioners. Two data-confidentiality fights have researchers worried about access to educators.

Education Week

Another study highlights the insanity of junk food in school vending machines

For many students, “back to school” means back to a vending machine diet. As you might guess, this isn’t necessarily a good thing for student health.

Los Angeles Times

ENVIRONMENT

Dolphins herded in Japanese cove but none killed

Japanese fishermen herded dolphins into a cove made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about the hunt, but did not kill any, as conservationist groups ramped up scrutiny of the annual slaughter.

CBS News

Wind turbine or airplane? New radar could cut through the signal clutter

Aging radar technology and the demand for renewable sources of energy have complicated the situation, slowing and in some cases stopping the construction of new wind farms.

Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

As Ramadan ends, Muslims seek school holiday to feast with family

The Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha mean getting together with cousins and feasting on traditional dishes. These joyous occasions come with a struggle: Can kids afford to stay home?

Religion News Service

Stephen Hawking: Creation came 'from nothing,' not God

Did creation need a creator? British physicist Stephen Hawking says no, arguing in his new book that there need not be a God behind the creation of the universe.

USA TODAY

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Stephen Hawking quotes

(TIME)

NewsFeed

SPORTS

Harrison suffers tiebreak heartbreak

American teenager Ryan Harrison squandered a great chance to claim a second shock victory of the week in the U.S. Open after failing to take three match points against Sergiy Stakhovsky.

Sporting Life

The best action from the 2010 US Open

NBCSports

Ben Roethlisberger's ban at 4 games

Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been reduced from six games to four by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Steve Huntley):

Labor Day, and too many jobless

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial:

Use influx of education money wisely

Eagle-Tribune

Editorial:

Remember history of Labor Day amid holiday festivities

The Olympian

Blog (Glenn Greenwald):

AP refuses to use WH/NBC propaganda terms for Iraq

(Salon)

Unclaimed Territory

Blog (Lawrence Lessig):

Neo-progressives

Huffington Post

Column (Andrew S. Ross):

Christina Romer's White House days ending

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Moving on in Iraq

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

How to fix the economy? Sometimes, less is more

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Hero pooch: Dog saves allergic boy from swarm of bees

A hero dog is getting some well-deserved credit for saving its best friend after a swarm of bees attacked. "I had an allergic reaction, because I didn't know I was allergic to bees," said Richie Bragg, 9.

Los Angeles Times

Dog takes brunt of bee attack, saves boy

CNN

Double hand transplant patient has begun to 'wiggle fingers'

The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands.

MSNBC

WORLD

New Zealand's South Island rocked by magnitude 7.0 earthquake

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island, knocking out power, damaging roads and ripping facades off buildings in Christchurch, the country’s second-largest city.

Bloomberg

New Zealand quake

MSNBC

Special section:

NZ biggest earthquakes

New Zealand Herald

Dubai's eclectic skyline

Dubai is a world unto its own, and in this world the polarity of East and West converges in an architectural juxtaposition that, surprisingly, works.

BBC

Police chief: smart phone a spy tool

San Jose Mercury News

Top German banker's attack on immigrants causes a stir

A new book by Thilo Sarrazin, a director on the board of the Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, has the nation up in arms.

TIME

BUSINESS

Group attacks Google privacy, Schmidt with Times Square ad

Just in time for the holiday, a consumer group has purchased space on a Times Square display for a video that attacks Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and his company's privacy policies.

PCMag

Goldman Sachs said to be disbanding principal strategies unit

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is shutting its principal-strategies business, a group that bets the firm’s own capital, to comply with new rules aimed at curbing risk.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Samsung launches Galaxy Tab

Samsung has finally revealed the Galaxy Tab, a tablet computer running Android 2.2 that can be used to surf the Web, watch movies, read e-books, navigate using GPS — and even make phone calls.

PC World

Tether moves spacecraft without fuel

A NASA team is preparing a bid to test a chemical-free propulsion system that taps the power of Earth's magnetic field to move satellites and spacecraft in orbit.

Discovery News

HEALTH

Study may explain fish oil's benefits

Feeding obese mice omega-3 fatty acids reduced inflammation that can lead to diabetes, a new study finds.

HealthDay

Individuals' social networks influence their health behaviors

Individuals are more likely to acquire new health practices while living in networks with dense clusters of connections — that is, when in close contact with people they already know well.

ScienceDaily

Study: ancient Nubians drank antibiotic-laced beer

A new study found large doses of tetracycline, which they think came from beer, embedded in the bones of ancient African mummies.

MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Soul Train' rode the urban express

When the Grammy Museum hosts a 40th anniversary tribute to "Soul Train," Don Cornelius and Smokey Robinson will be on hand as they were in the show's heyday.

Variety

Dumbed-down dialing: Cell phones do the remembering for us

With increased reliance on dialing shortcuts, it may be that the only phone number we will remember in the future is the one in the 1982 Tommy Tutone song with the catchy chorus, "867-5309."

New York Times

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