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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., arrives for a news conference on debt ceiling legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Congress is reportedly getting close to a deal on the debt ceiling. (Photo by Evan Vucci / AP)

Blind teens rely on their senses to focus on chemistry

For some kids, summer camp season means crafts, campfires and sunshine. For teenagers at one Northern California camp, the focus is chemistry.

NPR

Etiquette for helping blind people

WebMD

‘World’s best restaurant’ serves up last ever supper

The 50 diners fortunate to eat the last meal served at El Bulli, a three Michelin stars restaurant on the Costa Brava bay in Spain, feasted on a 49-course menu.

Daily Mail

Senate leaders cite progress for debt deal

Democrats and Republicans are “very close” to reaching a $3 trillion deal that would avoid a possible government default in coming days, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

CNN

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Caution in Capitol Hill

(ABC News)

The Note

In focus: America’s financial fallout

CBS News

Syrian tanks storm city of Hama

At least 45 civilians have reportedly been killed and dozens of others wounded after tanks stormed Hama, Syria, shooting indiscriminately, residents said.

Al Jazeera

Blog:

Live from the Middle East

(Guardian)

News Blog

Catholic group protests against church

A group called “Call to Action” is leading a high-profile protest among American priests that challenges the Roman Catholic Church’s ban on ordination of women.

New York Times

Blog:

Do you speak Christian?

(CNN)

Belief Blog

NATION

Montford, North Carolina, Marines: few, proud and black

In 1942, African Americans began joining the Marine Corps. They fought racism at home and a war overseas.

CNN

Sept. 11 ground zero: Why has its rebirth turned sour?

Ten years on from the 9/11 attacks, the project to rebuild New York’s World Trade Center site is still riven by political and professional infighting.

Guardian

FBI’s News Corp. 9/11 investigation said to be in early stage

Bloomberg

Juvenile offenders helping clean up homes in foreclosure

This is what it’s come to amid the collapse of the housing market: 31 kids, some of them gang members, weeding and trimming the front yard of a foreclosed home in northeast Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Sun

Blog:

Entire SD town goes up for sale

(TIME)

News Feed

POLITICS

Texas Gov. Rick Perry stresses personal opposition to gay marriage

Potential Republican presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry of Texas repeated his personal opposition to gay marriage in a speech to conservatives in Denver, Colo.

Houston Chronicle

Obama administration mulls India-style nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia

U.S. officials are planning to hold talks with Saudi Arabia over a potential civilian nuclear pact. But Israeli concerns and Saudi Arabia’s rivalry with Iran could also complicate matters.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Florida back-to-school spending expected to be down

High unemployment, rising clothing costs and even the debt-ceiling battle in Washington are all making Florida parents reluctant to splurge on their children heading back to school.

Orlando Sentinel

Debt and data suggest more losses

Stocks are likely to face more selling pressure as the deadline draws near for raising the U.S. debt ceiling and Washington remains paralyzed by political brinkmanship.

Reuters

Apple holds more cash than US govt.

Though it was founded 200 years after the United States, Apple has more cash in the bank than the world’s largest economy. The company recently reported that revenue for its just-ended quarter soared 82 percent.

San Jose Mercury News

Blog:

Could Apple pull a JPMorgan and bail out the US government?

Los Angeles Times

ENVIRONMENT

UK plastic bag boom despite promises

An extra 300 million plastic bags were handed out by supermarkets in Britain last year, despite government promises to slash the numbers of bags.

Dailymail.co.uk

Eco-goats are latest graze in Maryland

Cities and organizations in Maryland have found an original and ecologically sound method to cut the weeds from their parks and gardens: Bring in the goats.

PhysOrg.com

Bears moving to the city, in Texas!

Environmental News Network

‘Unexpected’ source of sea level rise

In the whodunit-style search for the culprit behind drastic sea level rise many thousands of years ago, new research may have cleared one falsely accused party.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

North Carolina cuts squeeze state’s education programs

As states pass their budgets in trying times, education spending is taking one of the hardest hits. In North Carolina, for instance deep cuts in funding for education were inevitable.

NPR

Avoiding showdown on agents

Admissions group holds off on adopting rule that would explicitly bar commission-based payments to recruit international students.

Inside Higher Ed

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Judge tosses atheist attempt to stop Perry’s prayer rally

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to stop Gov. Rick Perry from sponsoring a national day of Christian prayer and fasting.

USA TODAY

Nepal will not send delegation to World Youth Day

The Catholic Church in Nepal will not be sending young people to attend World Youth Day in Madrid in August.

CatholicCulture

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Nick Eaton):

Microsoft’s Windows Phone revenue: $613M, at the very most

The Microsoft Blog

(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Column (Mike Hendricks):

Before banning a book, read it

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Judge Perry’s orders threaten the constitutional right of access to the courts

Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Adi Jaffe, Ph.D.):

Stop it — You’re not addicted to ‘The Bachelor’

(Psychology Today)

All About Addiction

Column (Mark Changizi):

Do language and music mimic nature?

Scientific American

Blog (Jon Lee Anderson):

Killing Abdul Younes

(The New Yorker)

News Desk

Editorial:

Government and science do mix

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Democrats keen on raising taxes

YouTube

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GOOD NEWS

Hopkins team helps children with face-saving surgery

While still attending undergraduate school, Dr. Patrick J. Byrne made a promise: If he had the good fortune to go into medicine and become a doctor, he would do something for the underserved.

Baltimore Sun

Millions awarded for birth innovations

About $14 million was awarded to innovations, such as gadgets and health care delivery models, aimed at saving the lives of mothers and children in the developing world.

ABC News

Real-life guitar heroes

From reveille to marches to taps, music plays a vital role in the life of a soldier. One disabled Iraq veteran says he believes it may play an even more important role for wounded warriors.

CNN

WORLD

Iraq boosts purchase of US jets, but no decision on troops

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki signaled continuing military cooperation with the U.S., doubling the size of a planned purchase of U.S. fighter jets, but it is uncertain when troops will withdraw.

Christian Science Monitor

Boeing passenger jet crashes in Guyana, no deaths

A packed Caribbean Airlines jet carrying 163 people crashed and broke in two on as it tried to land in Guyana at night, injuring several passengers but killing no one.

Reuters

Guyana plane crash: your photos

BBC

Earthquake-ravaged Japan now overwhelmed by rain

Floods claimed their first victim in Japan and nearly 300,000 people were urged to flee their homes as a weather system that killed dozens on the Korean peninsula swept the country.

Herald Sun

Earthquake jolts Northeast Japan — no tsunami warning given

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Major pollinators lured away by farmland

A study has challenged the idea that areas such as farmland provide pollinating insects with a “corridor” between fragmented habitats.

BBC

Tiny battery embedded in a nanowire is the smallest yet

Nanotechnology promises to enable tiny circuits powering devices on any surface. Unless they’re harvesting energy from something like a heartbeat, they have to be the size of the smallest battery.

Popular Science

HEALTH

Autism risks: Genes may not be the largest factor

Up to now, genetics were thought to account for 90 percent of a child’s risk for autism. A Stanford Medical study suggests environmental factors could play a much larger role than previously thought.

NPR

Dyslexia makes voices hard to discern, study finds

People with dyslexia struggle to recognize familiar voices, scientists suggest. It is the first evidence that small sounds in the human voice that vary between people are difficult for dyslexics to hear.

BBC

Stave off diabetes insulin resistance with muscle mass training

It seems that hitting the gym and resistance training may not only keep you fit and looking smart, but also will lower your risk of type 2 diabetes.

Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Mystery surrounds loss of records, fine art on 9/11

Besides ending nearly 3,000 lives and reducing buildings to tons of rubble and ash, the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks destroyed tens of thousands of records, irreplaceable historical documents and art.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Sports for tots: How young is too young?

Young kids are starting to play soccer, basketball and football, even though they’ve only recently mastered the coordination needed to run a straight line.

ABC News

SPORTS

NFL, NFLPA working on final details of new CBA

It’s on to the next step for the NFL and its players, who are getting closer to a full-fledged collective bargaining agreement.

Yahoo! News

Peyton Manning signs $90M deal

Peyton Manning has agreed to a five-year deal Indianapolis Colts for $90 million, and thus won’t become the highest-paid player in the NFL.

ESPN

Semi-contact sport

One athletic conference’s move to limit tackling and concussions at football practices may mark the start of a trend.

Inside Higher Ed

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