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Kurt Rieder, in white hat, with his 9 year old daughter Lily watch the smoke plume from a wildland fire burning in the Four Mile Canyon area just west of Boulder Colo. High winds pushed the smoke and ash eastward over the Colorado plains. (Photo by Peter M. Fredin / AP)

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In young kids, lack of sleep linked to obesity later

A study finds that even for infants and preschoolers, a good sleep may be just as important as diet and physical activity. Children up to age 5 need at least 10 hours of sleep while toddlers need more.

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NPR

Patreus: 'Quran burnings threaten US troops'

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan has criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the demonstration "could cause significant problems" for troops overseas.

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Protesters denounce plan to burn Quran

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Wildfires burn in Colorado

A wind-whipped wildfire sent flames roaring through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying dozens of homes.

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Forbes

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Firefighters relieved of service after their homes burn

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Denver Post

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Wildfire spreads, homes evacuated

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ABC News

UNICEF shifts focus onto poorest of the poor kids

UNICEF says it has failed to reach millions of the world's neediest kids in slums and remote countryside and is shifting to a strategy of getting critical health care services to the poorest of the poor.

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MSNBC

Rescue is just the beginning of recovery for trapped miners, NASA says

The rescue of the 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine will only be the beginning of the miners' ordeal, NASA officials told Chilean authorities during a recent visit.

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CNN

NATION

Obama puts jobs on Labor Day agenda

President Barack Obama has for months said that rebuilding the economy and creating jobs is his "most urgent task." He will launch a week of events to again show that he means business.

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ABC News

When the economy begins to take off, so may many employees

Jobs remain scarce, but as small signs of economic hope emerge more are beginning to jump ship — or at least consider it — for better opportunities, national experts say.

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Charlotte Observer

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Despite economic downturn, resignations rise

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McClatchy Newspapers

Tropical storm Hermine makes landfall

Tropical storm Hermine slammed into Mexico's northern Gulf coast near the U.S. border with winds of 65 mph, threatening heavy rains that could cause flash flooding in Mexico and Texas.

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Tropical storm Hermine

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Houston Chronicle

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Tropical storm Hermine threatens Texas coast

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POLITICS

Unions struggle to combat lopsided election spending

Every election cycle, business outspends labor. And those numbers could become even more lopsided. It's not clear how much corporate and union money is going into politics this fall.

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NPR

Campaign season is under way

With less than two months until Election Day, candidates are packing their schedules with campaign events designed to convince voters that they're the best ones for the job.

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CNN

Special section:

Election 2010 hot races

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CBS News

HEALTH

'Magic mushrooms' ingredient beneficial to cancer patients, report says

Researchers find psilocybin improved the anxiety and depression of terminal cancer patients for up to six months. The study is considered a first step in restoring the hallucinogen's respectability.

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Los Angeles Times

2 in 5 kids in NY are overweight or obese

According to a new report, two out of every five of New York City's children from kindergarten to eighth grade are either overweight or obese.

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Medical News Today

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4 nutrients your child may be missing

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WebMD

EDUCATION

Colleges buy land they don't know how they'll use

Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used.

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BusinessWeek

Parents, ready for the school bell?

When it comes to helping students get the best start on the new academic year, parents should help their kids be positive, organized and should prepare to build a good relationship with teachers.

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Detroit Free Press

SPORTS

Stewart snaps winless string, speeds to Atlanta victory

A 31-race streak without a win came to an end on a slippery, treacherous Atlanta Motor Speedway surface as Tony Stewart took lead in the Emory Healthcare 500 in an unpredictable late-race sprint.

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Alabama Local News

Lacrosse star teaches elementary

When school starts, Brian Spallina will trade in his lacrosse stick for a ruler. Instead of throwing cross checks and accruing penalty minutes, he will correct journals and write subtraction problems on a blackboard.

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Douglas County congregation dedicates specially commissioned Torah

It is brand new and unused, yet ancient and eternal — this Torah is the bond between Moses at Mount Sinai and the shiny new suburbs of south metro Denver.

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Denver Post

Cordova Christians put out welcome mat for mosque

The Memphis Islamic Center, a nonprofit organization formed three years ago, is two weeks from breaking ground on the first phase of a multimillion-dollar complex.

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USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Hidden trail details help a blind man see

Jerry Eastham woke up blind one morning eight years ago. It wasn't a total surprise. His father went blind. So did every one of his 14 older siblings. But over the next few years, he learned to get by.

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Anchorage Daily News

Giving sick kids booster 'shots'

When other people looked away, photographer and social worker Annie Levy saw to it that the young adults at Montefiore Medical Center found an outlet to express themselves and their illnesses.

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WORLD

Afghan training expected to cost US $6B a year

The United States expects to spend about $6 billion a year training and supporting Afghan troops and police after it begins pulling out its own combat troops in 2011.

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Plan to woo Taliban foot soldiers stalls

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Talking with the Taliban

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CNN

The glittering Persian Gulf states' dark labor secret

The vast majority of workers who build the sparkling towers in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf are foreigners who are often exploited, rarely protected by local laws, and frequently return home poor.

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Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

As food prices jump, UN group tries to avoid fueling new crisis

Two years after the food crisis, when soaring prices raised the specter of mass hunger and starvation, food inflation has made a comeback.

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Globeandmail.com

Tech firms shop abroad to avoid taxes

U.S. technology companies are in a bind. Much of their cash is parked abroad and they risk higher taxes if they bring profits from overseas back home.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Growth hopes boost global equities

World stocks rose on hopes that the U.S. can avoid slipping back into recession, although the International Monetary Fund's chief economist warned of weak growth.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Un-natural selection: human evolution's next steps

Millions of years ago, the natural environment was shaping us into the species we have become. Now we create our own environments and that has its consequences.

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NPR

Special section:

The human family tree

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National Geographic

Mars may not be lifeless, say scientists

Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars, say scientists, challenging a widely held notion of Mars being barren.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Ocean 'dead zones' increasing in US

The U.S. Geological Survey and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science finds that the number of so-called "dead zones" in U.S. waters is 30 times more expansive today than it was in 1960.

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AOL News

Diverse water sources key to food security, according to a report

Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts said, arguing for greater investment in water storage.

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Reuters

Special section:

Water

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Guardian

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

How much money do we need to be happy? Try $75,000

People say money doesn’t buy happiness. Except, according to a new study, it sort of does — up to about $75,000 a year.

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TIME

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Teaching kids about money pays off

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Houston Chronicle

Chinese experiment seeks to find secrets to happiness

“Happy Jiangyin,” an award-winning experiment, has come up with a list of magic ingredients it believes add up to happiness.

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NPR

The wild things that happen to filmmakers

If you want to live a wild life, being a wildlife filmmaker is just the ticket. For example, Jon Bowermaster wishes he could have filmed an incident when a camera part had fallen into shark-infested waters.

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AOL News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Novel approach: reading courses as an alternative to prison

Thousands of offenders across the U.S. are placed in rehabilitation programs where they attend reading groups and discuss literary classics as an alternative to prison.

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Guardian

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Nurses attend a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, in Shenzhen City, China. (Photo by Kin Cheung / AP)

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