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The National Palace is illuminated in the Zocalo during a rehearsal for the bicentennial independence parade in Mexico City. Mexico will celebrate the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (Photo by Miguel Tovar / AP)

On 200th birthday, Mexico is battered but not broken

A battered and self-questioning Mexico limps into the bicentennial of its 1810 independence uprising this month. But with all its problems, the nation is also more open than at any other time in its history.

Star Tribune

Celebrating Mexico's bicentennial

San Jose Mercury News

Growing problem of fake drugs hurting patients, companies

Counterfeit drugs made in Asia and other emerging markets are a growing problem that's endangering consumers' health and chipping away at drug companies' profits.

USA TODAY

India part of $90B counterfeit drug industry

Examiner

Democrats mount final push to keep control

Facing the prospect of losing control in the midterm elections, Democrats return to Washington for one final monthlong legislative push they hope will persuade voters to keep them in power.

CNN

Small-business bill could be Dems' last hope

Reuters

Special section:

Boehner: I'll drop tax cut for rich if I have to

CBS News

Used cars are costing drivers more

With the economy stuck in neutral, auto dealers have been offering all kinds of incentives and deals on new cars. But prices for used cars have actually been rising quite sharply.

NPR

Eminem, Rihanna, Lindsay and Chelsea kick off VMAs

Lindsay Lohan made her first post-jail and rehab TV appearance, host Chelsea Handler got spanked, Eminem and Rihanna got dark with their "Love the Way You Lie," and Lady Gaga thanked "the gays."

Houston Chronicle

MTV VMAs red carpet all stars

ABC News

NATION

US poverty hits record levels

The number of people who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching levels that led to the 1960s national war on poverty.

MSNBC

Crisis 'hollowing out' middle-class work force

Chicago Sun-Times

9/11 memorial ceremony at ground zero simple, poignant

At the 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York, family members and others read the names of those who died that day in 2001.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

What Gates plans to do before leaving

Robert Gates has one last, crucial mission before he leaves office, and it’s not in Afghanistan or Iraq. It’s in Washington — within the hallowed halls of the Pentagon.

Newsweek

Tea partiers seek to spread their message ahead of key election

Tea party activists gathered in capitals on each coast to spread their message of smaller government and focus their political movement on the pivotal congressional elections in November.

Star Tribune

Tea party activists march on Capitol Hill

Los Angeles Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Artificial skins detect the gentlest touch

New artificial "skin" fashioned out of flexible semiconductor materials can sense touch, making it possible to create robots with a grip delicate enough to hold an egg, U.S. researchers said.

Nature

Flying fish glide as well as birds

We're all familiar with birds that are as comfortable diving as they are flying but one family of fish has made the reverse journey.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Self-injury on the rise among teens

More young people appear to be pulling out razor blades and lighters in order to injure themselves, according to anecdotal reports from counselors.

LiveScience

China mass measles vaccination plan sparks outcry

China's plans to vaccinate 100 million children and come a step closer to eradicating measles has set off an outcry.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Measles warning

WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Welcome to Holy Land – Europe's 1st Christian theme park

The Mallorca attraction plans to offer visitors everything from the last supper to "live resurrections."

Guardian

100s at Cathedral earthquake mass

About 400 people gathered in Christchurch's Cathedral Square for the Cathedral's first mass since New Zealand's devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake.

New Zealand Herald

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Tracing the life of mystery novelist Agatha Christie

Inside the drawing room of an old Georgian mansion, a woman's voice rings out from beyond the grave. The woman is Agatha Christie, who has proved herself as immortal as her twisty mysteries.

San Jose Mercury News

French filmmaker Claude Chabrol dies

French director Claude Chabrol, one of the founders of the New Wave movement whose films probed the latent malice beneath the placid surface of bourgeois life, has died. He was 80.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Joe Conason):

Why the GOP embraced Islamophobia

Salon

Column (Jeanne Nott):

A sense of independence for aging boomers

Denver Post

Column (Mike Freeman):

Packers' Rodgers feels for Kolb, but only to a point

CBSSports

Editorial:

A message for Hamas

Jerusalem Post

Column (Robyn E. Blumner):

The language of the future

St. Petersburg Times

Editorial:

Misguided use of microchip technology

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog (Jake Tapper):

Republicans talk about government shut-down over spending

(ABC News)

Political Punch

Blog (Justin Elliot):

A contentious 9/11 anniversary unfolds

(Salon)

War Room

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GOOD NEWS

Ladders build community in church's public art

"Transcend2010," a public art project, is intended to show how we depend on one another to overcome adversity.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Family sells home, hits the road for music

Andrew Witchger and his wife, Janet, took a leap of faith with four children under 12. Andrew quit his job in 2001, they sold their home and moved out of the suburbs and into their SUV. They've never looked back.

CNN

WORLD

US military: Taliban turns to child soldiers

From 4-year-olds used as human shields or in gathering spent cartridges, to teenagers offered motorcycles for planting roadside bombs, Afghan children are used more and more to fight Americans.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Children and armed conflict

UNICEF

Igor now a Category 4 hurricane; Julia to follow?

Hurricane Igor strengthened to a Category 4 storm in the central Atlantic Ocean, and while it's still days away from land, there could soon be two other named storms to worry about — Julia and Karl.

AOL News

Special section:

Hurricane season

The Weather Channel

Mexico arrests suspected drug kingpin Sergio Villarreal

The Mexican authorities say they have arrested one of the country's most wanted drugs traffickers. Sergio Villarreal was detained in the city of Puebla, east of Mexico City.

BBC

BUSINESS

'Green' buildings may improve worker health, output

A new study finds that employees who move from buildings with poor indoor environmental quality to more healthful "green" buildings may benefit from less absenteeism and higher productivity.

Denver Post

New bank rules to curb risk

Global officials meeting in Switzerland announced new guidelines to strengthen the financial system by forcing banks to set aside more capital.

CNNMoney

Factbox: Reactions to bank capital rules

Reuters

Global regulators agree on bank capital rules

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Corals face catastrophic bleaching

This year could be a very bad year for coral reefs, thanks to warm waters as a result of El Nino and climate change.

Scientific American

Climate change is inevitable

Britain can no longer stop global warming and must instead focus on adapting to the "inevitable" impacts of climate change such as floods, droughts and rising sea levels, Government ministers warn.

Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

School unaffordable in Tanzania

Children fill the vibrant, crowded city at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro — some having walked miles to school. By mid-morning, many will be sent home because they can't pay the fees.

ABC News

Despite grant competition money, charter school limit remains

President Barack Obama's "Race to the Top" grant competition has charter school boosters playing from behind again in the latest round of education reform.

Charlotte Observer

SPORTS

San Francisco 49ers fall flat in season-opening loss to Seattle Seahawks

When Alex Smith saw Moran Norris wide open in the end zone, he lofted the ball because he figured Norris would run underneath it for an easy touchdown. One problem: Norris stopped and turned around.

San Jose Mercury News

Source: NFL reviews complaint vs. Jets

An unidentified team has filed a formal complaint claiming an eight-player "Jets West Camp" organized by quarterback Mark Sanchez violated the league's offseason training rules.

ESPN

Blog:

NFL investigating alleged harassment of female reporter in Jets locker room

(USA TODAY)

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