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President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas for the victims of the shootings there in 2009. The shooter, U.S. Major Nidal Hasan, had corresponded with U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. (Photo by Jay Janner / AP)

Animals may alter Stone Age sites

Archaeologists who interpret ancient culture from discoveries of artifacts may need to reanalyze their conclusions. For the first time a study looked at the impact of herds trampling artifacts into mud.

ScienceDaily

Christine O’Donnell: Evolution is a myth

On the latest episode of his show “Real Time,” Bill Maher aired a clip of O’Donnell saying to a groaning audience, “Evolution is a myth.”

ABC News

‘Evolution is a myth’

Examiner

Administration invokes state secret privilege for alleged terrorist

The Obama administration invoked the state secrets privilege which would kill a lawsuit on behalf of U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an alleged terrorist said to be targeted for death.

CBS News

Anwar al-Awlaki: the new Osama bin Laden?

Telegraph.co.uk

Groups allowed to file al-Awlaki lawsuit

CNN

Released hiker meets with Ahmadinejad

Sarah Shourd had been waiting for this meeting for 14 months, pleading for a private conversation with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while she was imprisoned in Tehran.

CNN

Special section:

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Huffington Post

Freed hiker meets Ahmadinejad

Reuters

Lawyer questions execution set to be done before election

On Aug. 31, the warden read Albert Greenwood Brown a warrant informing him of his scheduled execution, Sept. 30. Staff then examined the murderer to ensure his veins could handle a lethal injection.

MSNBC

NATION

America still not eating enough veggies

Despite two decades of public health initiatives, stricter government dietary guidelines and record growth of farmers markets, Americans still aren’t eating enough vegetables.

Star Tribune

Special section:

Obesity statistics

OECD

US war protesters cry foul over FBI raids

Anti-war protesters have claimed their homes and offices were raided by the FBI in an attempt to silence dissent in the U.S.

Sydney Morning Herald

Courts, public opinion chipping away at ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

Since the law was enacted as a compromise reached with senior military officials early in the Clinton administration, some 13,000 service members have been discharged under “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Sore losers abound in Election 2010

In this wild 2010 election cycle, sore losers are everywhere. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida didn’t even wait to actually lose their primaries before they quit the GOP.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Campaign 2010: races to watch

TIME

Republican economic proposals ‘disastrous,’ says Obama

President Barack Obama hammered Republicans over their newly unveiled campaign agenda, calling the opposition party‘s economic ideas “an echo of a disastrous decade we can’t afford to relive.”

Reuters

Recession over, but more needed

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cyber attack appears to target Iran

A computer virus that attacks a widely used industrial system appears aimed mostly at Iran. Its sophistication suggests a state may have been involved in creating it, Western cyber security companies said.

MSNBC

Tech firms admit secret agreements not to poach employees

Top executives at six prominent tech companies have admitted that they created a series of secret intra-company agreements designed to prevent their employees from job switching.

San Jose Mercury News

HEALTH

Stress hormone impacts alcohol recovery

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that high levels of a stress hormone in recovering alcoholics could increase the risk of relapse.

Medical News Today

1st US prescription drug ‘take back’ day

In an effort to rid households of old prescription drugs, the DEA has launched its first ever national “Prescription Drug Take-Back” day. Authorities say the new campaign is urgently needed.

ABC News

New Yorkers’ cigarette breaks about to go up in smoke

They have already been chased out of bars, offices and restaurants. Now, the city wants to ban smokers from outdoor public spaces like parks and beaches.

NPR

EDUCATION

US delays for-profit college rule on student aid after 90,000 comments

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan delayed publishing a rule that could hamper for-profit colleges’ access to federal financial aid after receiving 90,000 comments and letters.

Bloomberg

Tone down Islam in textbooks, Texas education board says

Publishers were put on notice when a divided State Board of Education vowed to reject textbooks with a pro-Islamic and anti-Christian slant, sending a message that critics say promotes fear and prejudice.

Houston Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pull over and pray

A 4-foot placard reads “Need Prayer?” Shawn Heggi, a self-appointed Christian spiritual counselor, sits in a blue tent in the field nearby. His unconventional ministry caters to worshippers on the go.

Detroit News

Catholic leaders in Sudan pray for peace as independence vote looms

Roman Catholic leaders have launched a countrywide campaign in Sudan to pray for peace ahead of a scheduled referendum on southern independence that some fear may lead to violence.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Special section:

Sudan country profile

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Mary Mitchell):

Sex scandals expose bias, character flaws

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial:

The wait is over

Columbus Dispatch

Editorial:

Recession’s over

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (R. Dennis Hansen):

The apocalypse, delayed due to more pressing concerns

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (Larry Kudlow):

Destroying King Dollar is not the solution

RealClearPolitics

Column (William Underhill):

Why the gloomy forecasts about Britain are wrong

Newsweek

Column (David W. Gordon):

A report card on job preparedness coming soon

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Chris O’Brien):

How dumb was the Silicon Valley hiring conspiracy? Let us count the ways

San Jose Mercury News

Blog (Glenn Natt):

The NAACP and gay rights

(Baltimore Sun)

Second Opinion

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GOOD NEWS

Stranger‘s kindness brings burned girls ‘some happiness’

Steven Goldman, a criminal defense lawyer who has two kids of his own, read the story of two girls who were the victims of a fire attack and knew he had to do something.

Chicago Sun-Times

Single mom wins $54M lottery jackpot

She’s been homeless, bankrupt, a robbery victim and assaulted on the job, but 34-year-old Rikers Island prison guard and single mom Garina Fearon now has 54 million glorious reasons to smile.

AOL News

WORLD

Abbas: Israel must face hard choices

Israel must “choose between peace and the continuation of settlements,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in a speech in which he pledged continued support for U.S. mediation.

BusinessWeek

UN nuclear group rejects censure of Israel

Boston Globe

UN warned of major new food crisis at emergency meeting in Rome

Environmental disasters and speculative investors are to blame for volatile food commodities markets, says the United Nations’ special adviser.

Guardian

Russian company seeks to buy US uranium mining operations

A Russian company is seeking to buy a controlling interest in one of the largest uranium extraction operations in the United States — a sale that requires U.S. government review.

CNN

BUSINESS

3 credit unions seized by regulators

The National Credit Union Administration placed three corporate credit unions with assets totaling more than $17 billion into conservatorship.

TheStreet.com

Striving to save jobs in San Francisco

But with Washington spooked by the swelling federal deficit, parsimony has become smart politics — and employment programs like Jobs Now are on the chopping block.

TIME

Corn, soybean prices highest in 2 years

Farmers forced from their fields by wet conditions could at least enjoy the run-up in corn and soybean prices to the highest in two years.

Des Moines Register

ENVIRONMENT

Fresh Colorado air helps standardize pollution measurements globally

In a forest just off the Continental Divide, Duane Kitzis runs a federal government air-collecting operation — trapping the relatively fresh air at 10,000 feet and storing it in hundreds of aluminum cans.

Denver Post

Reverse combustion: Can CO2 be turned back into fuel?

Various efforts are under way to find a cheap, efficient and scalable way to recycle the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide back into the hydrocarbons that fuel civilization.

Scientific American

SPORTS

Cincinnati Reds’ Chapman throws fastest pitch ever recorded

Aroldis Chapman was summoned from the bullpen too late to make a difference in the game. Instead, the Cincinnati left-hander made do by throwing the fastest pitch recorded in a major league game.

Yahoo! Sports

Aroldis Chapman 105 mph pitch vs. Padres

YouTube

Lincecum is the man of the moment

Tim Lincecum is not going to win his third consecutive Cy Young Award this season, but he looks primed to do something nobler.

San Francisco Chronicle

Commonwealth Games head sees improved conditions in India

With national teams on their way to New Delhi, the Commonwealth Games chief said that India’s last-minute push to clean and finish facilities was paying dividends, but much more work remained.

ABC News

Commonwealth Games outlook improving

YouTube

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Ratings, merger force exit of NBC Universal and CNN execs

Two of the media industry’s highest profile executives said they would leave NBC Universal and CNN, victims of a ratings war and chaotic shifts in the business.

Reuters

Restaurants turning to Twitter to fix customer complaints

Conversations about food that once only happened between friends are now public thanks to the Internet. And the micro-blogging site Twitter has only sped up the conversation.

USA TODAY

Luxury jewelry: not just for women anymore

Some believe jewels make the man. A look at the history of male jewelry and its current rise in popular culture.

Newsweek

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